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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-09

sumption clause of the resumption
PHI OF 1875 and the House joint rcso-
:uIion 10 provide for commission to
,,MquIre into the change which has ia
Nel pace, relative to the value of gold
ana silver ana the cause thereof and
enect ON trade, were read and refer
cd to the finance committee.
Frelinghuysen moved that tho
House joint resolution providing for
a sixteenth constitutional amendment
prohibiting the appropriation of any
school fund for the support sectarian
schools, be referred to the judiciary
committee. The American people
are in earnest on this subject, but
the amendment proposed didn't meet
the case. Congress had no power to
enforce the amendment provided
some state made such appropriation.
Neither did 1t prohibit the appropri-
ating money to theological institu-
tons, nunneries, houses of the Good
Sheph erd, SC. Within decade one
state has voted $l,2OO,OOO to protest.
ant institutions, for which catholics
were taxed and at the same time sew
cral millions were given catholic in
stitutions for which the protestants
were taxed. He submitted substi-
tute and moved its reference to CON-
mittce.
Christiancy said his state was pre-.
vented from appropriating from the
school fund but it did not prohibit
the United States.
| Morton said it did not prohibit q
state from appropriating money OF
the general fund for the support Of
sectarian SCHOOLS, nor prevent a state
from leyy-ng general tax for thu
support of such schools, but simply
prohibited it from usinga part of The
!, funds set apart for public schools fol
: the support of sectarian schools. HI
/. hoped it would be properly amended
/ and sent back to the House.
, Salisbury said this was not tn
t proper time to discuss this amend
, ment. He had no doubt the objec
of the House in passing this a
mendment, was to remedy the cry
raised for political purposes. III
thought the objections raised agains
] it were captious. Let it be amende'
and sent back to the House. He di
I not care.
I The House amendment and all sui
stitutes were then referred to tn
8 committee on judiciary.
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now bear high premium. This was
their privilege, but this does not give
them. in justice or equity, the right
to refuse silver and demand gold, be-
cause since the contract was entered
into the nanipnlations of capital have
depressed the former and appreciated
the latter.
Until this morning had seen moth
ing i'll our journals expressive OF the
views on this subject which have
entertained. The communication in
to-day's Tribune over the signature
of &c. congresses the argument in
to brief space. But there is so
much truth and such clear and strong
common sense commencing it to at
tention, that hope it will be extern
sively read. And, what is still more
encouraging, your own editorial OF
to-day seems to authorize a hope that
at least one leading journal may come
TO see that there are two sides to the
silver question. Il. w.
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ORIGINAL NOTICE

In the District Court of :he State OF lows, In
and for Wapello county
q. A. Madison frF
Against
Mary Laurence August Term 1876
John Laurence
To Mary J. Laurence and John Laurence. he
fendants- ia ~ KS
You are hereby notified that ON or before IN.
10th day OF August, 1876, the petition OF q a
Madison, plaintiff, will be filed in the CIerk ]: ~.
flee OF the District Court Of Wapello cnnntv
Iowa, claiming Of you Two Hundred ana EiSSsyy,,
Five Dollars (s2S5 0O) due on your Prnmissoyv
Note, and said petition will ask for the frciosmr
Of the mortgage given BY you, and each Of You.
TO secure said note, on the west halt OF the aort.
eat quarter OF the northwest quarter Of Section
No Twenty-three; also the northwest quarter or
the north est quarter of said section No. Twenty
three, and the southwest quarter OF the northeast
quarter OF the northeast quarter Of Section No.
Twenty-sevtn, all IN township No. Seventy zone.
Range No. Fourteen west In Wapello county,
Iowa.
And unless you appear and make defense there
to, on or before noon OF the second day Of the
next term Of said court. TO be begun and held a
the Court House In Ottumws, ia said co,lntv ~,
the 2Sth day Of August, 1876, default viii ~ IN.
tered and u judgment rendered thereon sasinst
YOU.
HUTCHINSON & MAST,
I-Z8 aww Plaintiffs Attorneys
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TELEGRAPHIC.
CONGRESSIONAL.
FIRST SessiOn-44th CONGRESS,
SENATE.
my

w AsHlNGTON, aug. -.
Thurman called up the bill regulating
the count Of Presidential votes. He want.
ed It passed and put through the HOUSE
this session.
Frelinghuysen moved it lie further
amended teiore being sent to the House.
Agreed to, und it was laid aside until the
amendments could he prepared.
Morton's motion to take up the resolu.
ton to print tho Presidents message and
other OF the Hamburg documents about the
massacre was agreed to, 35 to Is. stric,
party vote.
Humans motion to lay it aside and
consider the Pacific Railroad hill was re.
jected by the same vote.
Thurman having intimated that these
we're to be used as campaign documents,
Morton asserted they were only to convey
information. He regretted to observe In
reading the letters OF rilden and Hendricks
that they did not see ct to take notice OF
this transaction at Hamburg and transac.
tions of kindred character throuehou,
the South. They had much to say about
finances, economy and reform, but nothing
about these murders.
!hs oiscuss' 'h became entirely political
ana was continued through the morning
hour. being participated in by Patterson,
Thurman, Cameron, Gordon and Nc MILAN.
The chair then presented unfinished bus.
mess which was the postal bill.
Boutwell, submitted joint resolution
authorizing tho appointment Of . commits
sion to consider the ex pediency Of Issuing
s'Iver noliars aed making same legal ten
ae'' "e'erfed.
HOUSE.
blands silver bill was taken up aud the
previous question moved which Bland re.
fused to withdraw.
Dilators motions consumed the morning
hour.
Ciymer and Caulfield made q minority
and majority report of the committee on
msnt. Ords-sS ;u n,; w.. anu 'u''''e u'p"''-
C,ox. from The cnrrsncv comm,...a -.
ported bill repeating that section of the
resumption act which directs the Secretary
IT the Treasury to redeem in coin the le-
gel tender rates outstanding in 1875. LIE
proposed discussion Of an hour and hall
and the same time the bill providing for a
commlsston on the subject. He declines to
entertain amendments and openei his ar
gnment against fixing the date for resump.
tion.
efoode, OF the banking commltte advocs.
TED repeal.
townsend, OF Pa, opposed the bill.
Hsymamso, favored repeal.
Hewitt thought the resumption
ACT the weakest and most in
significant piece of legislation
mat ever passed Congress, yet it
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LEGAL,
NOTICE ron TAX DEnn-

To Taylor 4 Pound or whomsover 1t may con.
Germ: You are hereby notified that on the sixth
day OF October, 1873, the Treasurer Of WaDellO
county sold to G. Myers for the taxes, interest
and costs, for the year 1872, amounting TO ak
dollars and eighty-twO cents, the following de-
scribed real estate tO-wit
Lots four and five "a a 81 in block two C2).
Lots eleven and twelve III l2), In block five C5).
Lots two. eight, nine and ten in block six (G).
Lot four in BLOCK seven ~. .#
Lot one. two, three and four in block nine t9).
All in Taylor & Pounds addition to Agency City.
Iowa Wapell0 county.
You are further notified that unless YOU redeem
said property from said sale within ninety DAYS
from the date Of completed service of this notice
ON you, as provided by section s94 of the Code OF
1873. your right of redemption will expire and
the Treasurer will execute deed to the under
signed, assignee Of the above named e. Myers
for the above described property. ~
CHARLES DUDLEY.
Agency City, August LIST. 1876 - sw
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Ten Persons Drowned.

WHITEHALL, N. Y, August Ton
Sunday p. m. ten persons were
drowned crossing Putnam's pond.
Thirteen persons were on small
rowboat, and when about three rods
from shore in eight feet water, a
squall struck the boat capsizing it
with the result stated. The names of
the drowned were johnson and wife,
John McAulister and wife, John
Burt and daughter, Peter Osur,
Adolph Levineer and his son, a Mr..
Holden and Miss Thatcher. The
bodies of all but Holden were recov-
cred.
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ORIGINAL NOTICE.

In the District Court of the State of Iowa in
and for Wapello County. -
j. w. DIXON and
j. g. HUTCHINSON
AGAINST August Term 1875
GEORGE ID. " GOD &
CHARLls L. #. WooD.
To said Defendants: You are hereby notif,.d
that or before the 10th day of August lS78 the
petition OFF. w. Dixon and j. q. Hntchison
Plaintiffs, will be filed in the Clerks once on ths
District Court of WapellO County, lows. nrnyins
for the partition or sale whichever NAV ani,osr
most equitable, of the following described rsaItv
viz: That part of Mill Donation commencin~ -
the South corner OF Lot 10 Of Myers e WoolSs
Sub division OF Mill Donation in OttumWa Iowa
thence Southwest to the Des Aoines River tlemcS
up said river to the Easterly line extended 10 nh
river offractional Lot No. ts) nine, OttunwS
Iowa, thence Northeast on the line al Tot q
to the West corner Of Seth Richard Lot. thence
Southeast to the Northwest line of Iot Is Mn
Donation thence Southwest to the " est corner Of
said Lot 10 thence Southeast 10 the place Of e0in
ing: The interest Of each Of the plaintiffs in said
realty being an undivided one.third, yopr IA.
terest being thst derived as the heirs or Andrev
D. Wood deceased. And that unless YOU sppesr
and make defense thereto, ON or before noon Of
the second day of the next term Of said Court. 10
be begun and held at the Court House In Ottnm
VA in said County, ON the 18th day OF AuSnst.
1879, default will be entered and Indictment viii
be rendered thereon against you.
Dated July 18th. 1875.
lw. HUTCHIsON l. MAST.
Plaintiffs Attorneys.
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Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, Aug. 8.
By telegraph
Wheat-Heavier and lower at S7T
@88 cash 9O1s Sept. 92s4 Oct; No.
3 500 rejected 64@66,
Corn-Firmer and steady at ASH
cash 4514@45ss Sept.
Oats-Steady at 3Ol4@3Oss.
Barley-5O@55.
Rye-52c.
Pork-Heayy and lower at $lS So
cash $lS 60 Sept.
Lard-Easier at liz cash; II 321s
Sept.
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Alarming Indian News.

LEAvENwoRTH, KAN, Aug. 8.-A
story comes here from northern
Texas that a large body of Indians,
said to number from 1000 to 5000 are
camped on the North Fork of Red
River, some 20 or 30 miles from Fort
Elliott and that great fears exist
among the people Of that section that
they mediate mischief, if not war.
1t is said that they are well armed
and have an abundance Of provisions.
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sHERaEss SALE.

by virtue of an execution to me directed from
the Clerk of the ircuit Court Of Wapello county.
Iowa, on a judgment obtained in said Court, on
the 9th day of March ls76, in favor OF The First
National Bank OF Ottumwa as plaintiff and against
Anna Q. Auwer,la as principal and II. A. Zangs
as surety, as defendants, for the sum OF Seven
Hundred and thirteen dollars and sixty cents
and costs taxed at s. 90 and accruing costs
have levied upon the following Real Estate
taken as property of said defendant, to satisfy
said execution, to-wit: t'i
Lot No: twenty-three. l23. in the city OF OF.
tumwa, Wapello county, Iowa;
And will offer the same for sale to the highest
bidder for cash in hand, the 18th day of uRust
1876. in front OF the Court House, in Ottum-
wa, Iowa. at the hour Of O'Clock, p, NJ, Of said
day, when and where due attendance will he Qiyen
by the undersigned.
Dated at Ottnmwa, Iowa. July l, 1876.
Il. L. SpiLMAN, Sheriff of said County,
8-2-w2t450 By j. @. SLAuGHTkR DEPUTY
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1t. Louis Market.
ST.. LOUIS, Aug. s.

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 8.
By Telegraph
Wheat-Dull and easier; No. 2
Fall 81 l61@1 l6k Aug. No. 3, II OF
cash; No. A, SO bid.
Corn - Lower at 40a4@H Aug. /;
AK Sept.
Oats--Lower at 29ls bid Aug; 10
Sept.
y Rye-Dull At 49H bid.
Whisky 81 10.
Provisions-Dull and unchanged.
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of the people by undue influence and
by immense corruption funds, system.
atically collected from the salaries and
fees of officeholders. The official class
in other countries, sometimes by
its own weight, and sometimes in
alliance with the army, has been able
to rule unorganized masses even UNI
der universal suffrage. Here it has
already grown into gigantic power
capable of sitting inspirants of a
sound public opinion and of resisting
an easy change of administration UNI
til misgOvernment becomes intOlera-
BILE and public spirit has been stung
to the pitch of civic revolution.
The first step in reform is the eleva-
ton Of the standard by which the APP
pointing power selects agents to ex-
ecute official trusts. Nextin import
ance is conscientious fidelity in the
exercise of authority to hold to ac-
count and displace untrustworthy or
incapable subordinates. The pub
lie interest in an honest, skilful
performance of official trust must
not be sacrificed to the opinions
of an incumbent. After these imme-
diate steps which will insure the ex-
hibition of better examples, we may
wisely go on to the abolition of un.
necessary officers, and finally to the
patient and careful organization of
better civil-service system under a
test, wherever practicable, of proved
competency and fidelity. While
much may be accomplished by these
methods, it might encourage delusive
expectation if I withheld here the ex-
preston of my conviction that no re-
form of the civil-service in this coun-
try will be complete and permanent
until its chief magistrate is constitu-
tionally disqualified for reelection
experience having repeatedly exposed
the futility Of self-imposed restriction
by candidates or incumbents
Through this solemnity only can bt
effectually delivered from his great
est temptation TO misuse the power
and patronage with which the execu
tive Is necessarily charged. Educated
in the belief that IL is the first duty o
o citizen Of the republic to take hi
fair allotment of the care and troubl
. in public affairs, l have for 40 year
as private citizen fulfilled that dut
Though occupied in an unusual dc
gree during all that period with TIL
, concerns of the government, 1 hav
} never acquired the habit Of officia
: life. When year and half ago
entered upon my present trust it wa
. in order to consummate the reform
9 to which had already devoted scy
!. eral of the heat years Of nv life
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WASHINGTON.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 7.-Boutwell's
majority report ON the Mississippi
relations comes to the conclusion that
the present state legislature was cleo
ted by fraud and intimidation, and is
therefore not legal body. Governor
Ames' resignation was illegally effec-
ted by the legislature. Mississippi is
largely under the control of organ
lied, armed politicians whose COM
mon purpose is to deprive the negroes
of the free right of suffrage. These
organizations if unobstructed will
obtain control by force and fraud.
That the power Of the national gov
eminent should be invoked and exer-
cised to make good its guarantee of a
republican form of government TO
Mississippi. 1t concludes that the
measures necessary and possible in
this exigency are these:
First, Laws may be passed by Con-
gress for the protection OF citizens in
their respective states.
Second, States in anarchy, or where
in affairs are controlled by bodies of
armed men, should be denied repre-
sentation in Congress-.
Third, Constitutional guarantee of
a republican form of government to
every state will require the United
States, if these discords increase or
even continue, and all milder meas
urcs shall prove Intellectual, to remand
such state to territorial condition
and through system of public edu-
cation and kindred means of improve
ment, change the ideas of its inhabit-
ants, and reconstruct such govern.
ment on republican basis.
WASHINGTON, Aug. THE House
Commission on Foreign Affairs to-
day adopted the report prepared by
Springer in relation to the Venezue-
Ian Commissions after cutting out
large portions especially relating to
Ortiz. The report is long one and
says the fraudulent character of the
claims awarded having been deter
mined the further refusal of the U.
S. to respond to the appeals Of Vene-
zuela cannot be justified. A revolu-
ton accompanying the report re-
quests the President to Withhold fur
Their demands upon Venezuela and
directs the Secretary Of State to sus-
pend payments to holders and GER
tificates awarded until March 4, 1877,
unless Congress otherwise orders.
About o'clock Congressman La
mar was overcome by excessive heat
and was taken to the speakers room
where he soon recovered and RETURN
ed to his seat in the House.
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CoNsTANTINoPLE, August 6.-The
advance from Nisch into Servian ter
ritory is slow. Kern Pasha has been
ordered to move at all hazards, but
he has not done so as yet. This in
action paralyzes Osman Pasha, at
Widdin, for the Servians between
Alxinatz and Saitschar are on the
inner side Of the circle whilst the
Turks from Nisch to Widdin are on
the outside. The Servians are ma.
on a line 40 miles long and
can easily mass their forces, whilst
the line on which the Turks are oper.
ating is 100 miles in length.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-09

LONDON, Aug. 5-Over 40 fishermen
persisted in the gale on the coast Of Great
Britain on Thursday.
The siege Of Whydot, coast Of Africa,
has been raised.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-09

Every time the editor of the Madi-
son, Wisconsin, Patriot sits down to
write a soul-stirring article in favor
Of Tilden, this sentence, which he
published two days before the Gov
ernor was nominated, rises up and
.discQuragcs him: Besides being a
hard soft-shin- plaster -anything-to-
niake-a-dollar man, Governor Tilden
ii D big railway shark, with double
row or teeth all round"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-09

ST. Louis, Aug. 8.
Hogs-Receipts 500; firmer; for
heavy Workers and bacon &c OO@6 30;
butchers $6 2O@6 40.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-09

MAyv1LLE, N. Y, Aug. 8.-James
Spicer and daughter and John Fill
more were drowned by the capsizing
of boat in Chautaqua Lake, last
evening,
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RAaUsA, Aug. 6-The garrison in the
Turkish portion Of Kick, yesterday, de
stroyed the fertilization and embarked for
Autivsri. English surgeons are being en-.
gagged for ser vice in the field.
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Chicago Live stock Market.
CHICAGO, Aug. s.

By Telegraph
Hogs-Receipts 1900; sales light,
$6 40@6 IS mixed, heavy to packers
$6 20@6 35; shippers rs 35@6 so.
Cattlc-Dull; receipts 1900; COM
mon to choice shippers "a Good 10
bulk sales, fair to choice 81 25@14 so.
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TiLDEN'S LETTER OF ACCEP-
TANCE

CmCAGo, August 4.--The following
is Gov. Iildcn's letter, accepting the
nomination for President:
-.- ALBANY. July 81. 1916.
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backward in responding. Is it pos
sible that on the Centennial natal day
of this great nation, Tom Hendricks
was closeted somewhere away from
the vulgar crowd, away from the fes-
tivities of that glorious holiday
Why, this was only six days after he
had been nominated, and he had re-
piled that he could not accept until he
had conference with the Indiana
delegation to st. Louis. Why, since
then Tom has made two trips to Sara
toga, to confer with Tilden, and hung
days and days around Washington
trying to get some sort of action on
the money question, that he could 90
before the Hoosiers with and bam-
boozle them into gulping down Til
den. Now, if Tom wrote that letter
on the 4th of July, what in the name
Of common sense did he go down to
see Tilden so often for? was it only
to help Tilden out on his letter? All!
reader, what silly, deceptive bosh, is
this dating of Hendricks letter back
to july 4th. Why, the fact is, we are
asked to believe that Tom got sort
of inspiration on him on the Centen-
NAL 18th, at time when he was con-
founded as to what he and Sam conld
do about their cross purposes, and
retired from the noise of the bows
fire crackers, and wrote his letter OF
acceptance and has kept it, perbatim
ct Hteratin,, stuck down in his jeans
ever since.
Oh, what saints of reform, these
fellows are! Sam says we must be.
lieve he wrote his letter Just as soon
as he had time to spare from his
Gubernatorial duties, and Tom saws
he wrote his on the glorious Centen-
NAL 4th, and then he went twice
down to Saratoga to help Sam out on
his. Oh, the limpid truthfulness-
the rare innocence of these standard
bearers of reform! These wonder
iul letters are very juicy, and we will
point out more of their rare points at
another time, but we cannot further
speak Of them now.
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adoption bring healing on its wings
to all our harrassed industries, set in
motion the wheels Of commerce,
manufacturing and mechanical arts,
restore employment to labor, and re-
new in all it's natural sources the
prosperity of the people," The gov
eminent Of the United States, in my
opinion, can advance to q resumption
Of specie payments on its legal tend
err notes by q gradual and safe pro-
cess, tending to relieve the present
business distress. If charged by the
people with the administration of the
executive Office, I should deem it q
duty to exercise the powers with
which it has been or may be invested
by congress, as best and soonest to
conduct the country to that beneficent
result. The convention Justly affirms
that reform is necessary to its purifi-
cation, necessary to its economy and
efficiency, necessary in order that the
ordinary employment Of public busi-
ness may not be prize fought for at
the ballot-box-a brief reward of
party zeal, instead of posts of honor
assigned for proved competency and
held for fidelity in the public en-
ploy. The convention wisely allow
ed that reform is necessary even
more in the higher grades of the pub
lie service-the president, vice presi-
dent, judges, senators, representatives
and cabinet officers. These and all
others in authority are not a private
perquisite. They are public trust.
Two evils infest the official service of
the federal government One is prev
alent and ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS notion
that the public service exists not for
the business and benefit Of the whole
people, but for the interest of the Of
ficeholders, who are in truth but
the servants of the people. Under the
influence of this pernicious error,
public employments have multiplied,
the number of those gathered into
the ranks of the Officeholders have
been steadily increased beyond any
possible requirement of public bust
ness, while inefficiency, POPULATION
and fraud, and malversation Of pub
lie funds from high places of power
to lower have Overspread the whole
service like leprOsy. The other evil
10 the organization of the official class
into body of political mercenaries,
governing the caucuses and debating
the nominations Of their own party
and attempting to carry the elections