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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
RUTnERFoRp II, HAYES. now Gov

RUTHERFORD b. HAYES, now Gov
ernor of Ohio, to our mind starts in
the race for a Presidential nomina-
ton at the hands of the Republican
party, with very fair prospect of
success, indeed. Ohio is a great State,
power politically, and pretty even
ly balanced between the two great
parties, with certain expectancy,
however, of giving respectable Re-
publican majority under fairly pro-
pitious circumstances. She occupies
a commanding position geographic
ly: she is to have within her borders
the National Republican Convention !;
Hayes, her favoritc, is a most admira-
BILE man he was splendid and gall
liant soldier ; he has proved himself as
a civil officer, able, honest, and just,
and rs citizen he is pre-cminently
admired and loved by those who
know him best. The recent Repub-
lican State Convention at Columbus
adopted a splendid platform, one that
may be considered keynote to the
campaign, and with one universal
prolonged shout of applause from
every single delegate, Hayes name
was announced as their candidate for
President. This endorsement athome
was one of those hearty, warm, Ell.
thusiastic acclaims which have The
leavcn in them to go abroad and ell
kindlc an uprising of its kind ever,
where. Plainly, to our mind, Haye.
may be set down in the coming grand
race OH the l4th of June, as one who
though he may start out third or ever
fourth, stands an excellent show tt
take the pole after few heats, ant
glofiously win the race, and what i.
better, the Republican party be joy
ously and abundantly satisfied witt
the choice.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
Passage Of the silver Bill by the
House.

On the 3lst ult. the House passed
what is known as the "silycr bin" b,
a vote of l22 yeas, to 100nays. The
following is the text of the bill:
SEC. 2. That the Secretary of the
Treasury is hereby directed 10 issue
silver coins of the United States OF
the denomination Of 10, 20, 25 and &c
cents,of standard value in redemption
OF an equal amount of fractional cur
rency, whether the same be now in
the Treasury awaiting redemption or
whether it may be presented Tor re-
demption; and the Secretary of the
Treasury may, under the regulations
of the Treasury Department, provide
for such redemption and issue by
substitution at the regular sub-treas-
ury and public repositories of the
United States until the whole amount
OF fractional currency outstanding
shall be redeemed.
SEC. 3. That silver coins of the
United States OF the denomination of
one dollar shall be legal tender at
their nominal value for any amount
not exceeding $50 in any one pay
ment. and silver coins of the United
States Of denominations of less than
one dollar shall be a legal tender at
their nominal value for any amount
moi exceeding $25 in any one pay
ment.
TheIowa members voted as follows !:
Yeas - kasson, McCrary, Pratt,
TUFTS and Wilson.
Nag-Oliver.
Not voting - McDill and Aims
worth.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
plorrsb,e Trfnle MN rider.

CAnLINvILLE, ILL, April 4.-Yes-
terlay morning Thomas Tracy, who
lives six miles east of this place, shot
his wife because she had packed up
her things preparatory to leaving
him. He then struck his six year old
daughter over the head with the butt
of his gun and completed the tragedy
by cutting his own throat with, q
butcher knife, nearly scvering his
head from his body. The horrible
tragedy was not discovered for some
two hours afterwards, when word
was brought to this city. Medical
aid, accompanied by the coroner, at
once repaired to the spot. The Wo-
man and child were not instantly
killed. but can live only few hours.
Particles of the head and skull of the
woman were blown about the room
and the rude country house presented
a most sickening sight. This is the
second triple murder in the county
in less than Il year.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONvEN.
TlON

The next Union Republican Convention for the
nomination of candidates Tor President and Vice
1esidcnt of the United States, viii be held in the
city ofCincinnatt on Wednesday, the 1ith day of
June, at IL o'clock noon and will consist of del.
egates nom each State equal to twice the number
and of two delegates from each organized Terri
rory and the District of Columbia.
In calling the conventions for the election of
delegates, the committees of the several States are
recommended TO invite all Republican electors
and all other voters, without regard to past polit
who are opposed 10 reyiving sectional issues and
desire &c promote friendly feeling and permanent
harmony throughout the country by maintaining
and enforcing all the Constitutional rights OF
every citizen, including the full and free exercise
OF the right OF suffrage without intimidation and
prosecution of an official dishonesty and of an
economical administration Of the Government by
honest, faithful and capable officers, who are in
favor of making such reforms in government as
experience may, from time TO time, suggest; who
are opposed to imparing the credit OF the nation
ny ocpreciating any of its obligations, and in
laVor OF in every way the national faith
ana financial honor; who hold the common scnool
system Is the nursery of American liberty, and
should be maintained absolutely free from secta-
ran controls who believe that for the promotion
OF these ends, the direction of the Government
adhere to the principles ofi716, and support them
rs incorporated in the Constitution and the laws
anu who are in favor OF recognizing and strength
ening the fundamental principleof national unity
IN this Centennial Anniversary of the birth ofth
Republic;
tsignedl ED. MORGAN.
Chairman.
W. K. CHANDLER,
Secretary Republican National Committee
WARRINGTON, ID. c., January Is, 1878.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
Cameron, Wise, Oglcsby, Bayard and

Cameron, Wise, Oglcsby, Bayard and
Mcdonald.
The impeachment managers on the
part of the House appeared in the
Senate and were escorted to seats on
the left of the presiding officer. After
proclamation by the Sergeant-at-
Arms the articles of impeachment
against w. w. Belknap. late Secreta-
ry OF War, were read by Scott Lord,
Chairman of the Boa.'d of Managers.
The reading of the articles of i'm
peachment concluded, Ferry, Presi-
dent pro temporc of the Senate, an
nounced that the Senate would take
proper order on the subject of i'm
parchment, of which due notice wo'd
be given the House. The managers
then retired.
HOUSE.
A message was received from the
Senate announcing that the Senate
was ready to receive the impeachment
managers.
Knott chairman of the judiciary
committee reported q bill to amend
the revised statutes so as to provide
that no person shall be prosecuted,
tried or punished, for any otiense
except against internal revenue, UNI
less indicted within three years after
such ofiense has been or may be COM
mitted. After discussion the bill
passed.
Blackburn offered resolution in
strncting the committee on military
affairs to require and report under
whatlaw, and in obedience to whose
orders, and for what purpose and at
what expense to the Government
Brevet Brigadier Generals Upton and
Forsythe, and Brevet Major Sawyer
of the army are now absent in foreign
countries; how long they have been
so absent and why they should not be
ordered to their respective com.
mands. Adopted.
Lord, on behalf of the managers the
impeachment of the late Secretary OF
War asked leave for the managers OF
the House to retire, that they might
proceed to the Senate and duly pre-
sent articles of impeachment. Leave
was granted and the managers re-
tired.
Hoar offered Il resolution directing
the Speaker to accept an invitation
to be present at the unveiling of the
the Lincoln statute on the I4th OF
/ April. Adopted.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
THE Council Bluffs Nonpayiel saws

IHE Council Bluffs NOnpaTiel saws
Gen Hedrick's resignation as Supervisor OF
Internal Revenue will be submitted, it is said to
the proper authorities at Washington to-day.
We are informed on undoubted an.
thority, and it should be stated now
in justice to Gen. Hedrick, that he
has several times tried to resign his
office on account of failing health,
snperinduced by the serious wound
he received in the war. The Secre-
tary of the Treasury refused to let
him do it. But five months ago il
was agreed that he should be allowed
to resign on the first Of April, as the
worst of the crooked whisky cases
OF which the General then had charge
would then be so far along, or SO
nearly disposed of, that another Off
Ger could assume the care of them.
So that the resignation is something
long ago agreed upon, and The post
leadership stories have nothing to do
with il, ut least not inducing it,
State Register.
Concerning the matter spoken of
above, we know this: that Gen. He'd
rick seriously contemplated resigning
six months ago, and did request in
formally of the Secretary of the Treas
ury that lie should be permitted TO
resign, before the Belknap scandal
had an existence. The General really
ought, on account of his wound, to
have long since quit the Office, which
in the discharge of its duties required
so much travelling over the country.
In reference to his rcsigning, we now
have no notice or intimation of il
whatever. We were informed that
at Department headquarters it was
thought best to make an entire new
arrangement in the internal revenue
business, which contemplated the
adjustment OF the Office of Supervis-
or, and that this would be accom-
plished before the adjournment of
Congress. This was determined upon
several months ago, and for this and
other reasons, II was thought that
General lIedrick should hold on. If
the General has thought proper to
resign now, We arc not advised of such
determination. We do not believe
that he intends to resign. We think
the rumor to that effect is without
any Foundation i'm fact.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
The Minneapolis iMinn,) Ereniu,

The Minneapolis (Minn.) Ereniug
Mail sets up row Of Democratic
tombstones, as follows:
Hero lies George ii. Pendleton
died of Kentucky railroad claims.
Peace to his ashes.
Here lies Thomas Hendricks; died
of too much indianapolis water
works, We shall wait for him on
the other shore.
Here lies Samuel J. Tildep he died
of a railroad dizzy out West; he
thought his tracks were oil covered
up. May the Lord have mercy on
his soul.
Strike up the dirge--move on the
cortege-therc's more to follow.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
oIauRo,r PROPERTY TAXABLE.
Important Decision 81 q Davenport
Court
Davenport Gazette, March srst.

Yesterday Judge Ellis, of the Cir
cult Court, rendered decision which
will be regarded with interest by all
the church organizations in tho State.
and open many thousand dollars
worth of property to taxation which
has hitherto paid no taxes.
Up to last year 1t had not been the
practice in Davenport and Scott colin-
ty to assess parsonages, and, of course,
no taxes were paid on any of them.
We believe this was the case in every
other city in the State. The Episco-
pal residence in this city, and the res
idence Of the President of Griswold
College, being OH college grounds,
also escaped assessment.
In 1875, however, at the instance of
county attorney Bills, assessor Finger
placed all the parsonages in the city,
as well as the other property above
named, on the assessment list. At the
proper time, tho agent of Bishop
Hennessy and the trustees Gf Girls,
void College, and OF the Iowa Epis-
copal fund, applied to the Board Of
equalization to have these pieces of
property stricken from the list. Be-
sides the real estate mentioned, a va
cant lot on the southeast corner Of
Perry and Fourth streets, belonging
to the Catholic Church, and some lots
on the east side of Perry street, be-
tween l4th and 10Th, belonging to the
Episcopate fund, or the Griswold
College, lots far removed from church
or college, were included Up the ex-
emptions hitherto allowed and were
the subjects Of the same decision.
The Board refused to grant the re-
quest, and the parties appealed to the
Circuit Court. The arguments be-
fore the Court were made by Hon.
John G. Bills for the county, Hon. ii.
M. Martin for the city,J, ID. Campbell
for the College, ETC., and w. 4. Dittoe
for Bishop Hennessy. And Yesterday
Judge Ellis denied the application,
stating that "the Court finds that said
PROPERTY is not exempt from, but sub
ject to taxation" The appellees gave
notice of appeal to the Supreme Court,
and the case will be carried TO that
tribunal for final adjudication.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
Res. tter-Maker I'm userk.h,,

That is her fathers assertion, and !,
having tasted her butter, vouch for
il.
"Take some butter" said the farmer.
IN. makes the best butter in the
county,"
l took some. The roll showed care,
and glistened like glass and tasted
beautifully.
"What do they pay for butter in
your place 2" asked the lady, in mon
otone.
~ think % and 30 cents"
oval said the farmer, 81 git 40
cents. I've got an agreement with
two families in your place, to furnish
each twenty pounds of buffers week,
for five years, at 40 cents a pound"
"Change in the market does not af-
feet u.s. remarked the damseI, slowly
speaking.
eyer see that glaze OH that butter ?''
said the farmer proudly. "That's
what sells it. Your big folks like that
shine. l never see any only my but
ter that was glazed"
SHow is that done Pr asked.
well" said the lady, II am not
adverse to telling, now that we've
made this five years agreement.
Formerly my success was a mystery.
but now don't mild telling"
l always find it good policy to fiat
ter old maids, and SO / expressed a
desire to know how she made and
glazed her butter. The truth is, l
was not highly interested, butt is
excellent to hear the discourses of a
real old maid, you know!
II go by rule, she said, artlessly fin
gerin9 q haan s.N,, ss;lk cot inst
two inches deep; my cream l skim
the third day; | churn Friday; my
cream is just SO hot. In five minutes
it comes. then wash out the butter
milk. 1t stands in the bowl till night.
! then make it into balls and stamp
them. They are spread in rows on a
wire-cloth shelf-a and are done.
have usually twenty-five pounds at a
time. then glaze each ball, as you
see this one is, to polish them.
"The way to do It, is this: l take a
pint of water, and dissolve in it tea
spoonful of sugar. l have this hot.
My butter is on wire shelving. Then
! turn it on each bali. When it
touches the butter it Just melts the
outside, and when 1t cools it is just
ICY"
She talked by jerks, and very fast.
This is the first have ever heard of
glazed butter" and when i saw the
CLASSY polish on the rolls, l resolved
they were worth forty cents.-Berk-
shire INdSs.) Eagle.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05

THE Fort Madison Plaia6ea1er is
responsible for saying that the Hon.
John II. Gear, of Burlington, will not
be candidate for Congress in the
First District. 1t is intimated further,
that he will be i'm the next Guberna-
torial race, but we think Mr.. Gear
and most all other people, deem it too
early to start out in such a campaign.
AS we have high regard for Mr..
Gear we don't want to be so foolish,
both on his and our own account, as to
cross bridge before it is time even
to lay down the stringcrs of the
structure.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
HYPOCRlTICAL ECONOMY.

We have frequently referred to the
hypocritical effortnow being made by
the Democratic majority in the lower
House of Congress to cut down ex-
pcnditures by reducing the salaries
of all officers save their own. In the
Senate the Diplomatic and Consul
lar appropriation bill has been un.
der consideration, and many Of the
reductions made i'm the House were
voted down by large majorities. One
half OF the Democratic Senators them
selves voted to strike out the reduc-
ton or did not vote at all. Still a
great many of them stood solidly by
their friends in the House, and voted
as we must think, against their con-
victions. In few brief remarks the
Hon. John Sherman stripped from
OIL the Democracy their guisc of ny.
pocrisy, assumed for political effect
by the statement of a few facts. as
follows. lie said:
Mr.. President, l am surprised to sec
the vote on the last amendment,
1t does seem to me that if Senators
will look at this matter in a dispas.
sionatc way, and not i'm any party as
pcct, the idea of reducing the salaries
of our leading ministers below what
they were twenty years ago is so total
~ unjustifiable that we ought not TO
divide about it. The salaries of these
ministers was fixed by what is known
as the Pennington act Of 1856. TWEEN
ty years ago that act was passed by
the unanimous vote of both Houses.
the Senate being Democratic and the
House Republican. The salaries were
fixed in gold, when everything was
based upon gold. 1t was called the
diplomatic bill, and is SO known in
the ordinary phraseology of the De-
partment Of State. 1t was passed aft
er the fullest consideration, with en-
tire unanimity. That is the law of
the land. 1t has stood there for
twenty years, and nobody has ever
proposed to change it.
1 am disposed to go as far toward
economy as any member of this BODY
1 think 4; and if we have advanced du-
ring the war or since the war, the
salary of any Of our civil or military
or naval employees beyond what is
reasonable, | am willing without re-
gard to circumstance or time or per-
son or place, to reduce it; but we
ought not, when we are cndeavoring
to accomplish real good, Ito pro-
mote economy in the service of the
government to strike at all branches
OF the Government by some arbitrary
rule, without regard to the circum-
stances which led to fixing the sal
aries. say to Senators now that
these salaries were fixed twenty wears
ago, without the slightest controversy,
without the slightest dispute, upon a
lower basis than those of the diplo-
matte service of any leading nation i'm
the world. While the minister of
Great Britain to the United States
gets, according to the newspapers and
the Blue-Book of England, somewhere
between $25, 600 and $50, 600 year, we
pay our minister to live in London, a
much more expensive place to live in
than Washington, only Sl7,5OO,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
Chicago Live Stock Market.
CHICAGO, April 4.

By Telegraph.
lIogs-Receipts 5000. The market
rules strong and higher. Sales of
light al $S05@S 20; common to choice
heavy $S@S 40.
Cattlc--activc and firm. Receipts
$500. Good to choice 81 7O@5 50; me-
dunn $4@4 so, and butchers stock ST.
50@4 90.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
Imporsasce Of Cerrsei Pu.ctu.,,...

The contract made for lighting the
town of Liverpool during the year
1919 was thrown void by the misplace
ing of comma in the advertisements.
thus: "The lamps at present are
about 1850, and have in general two
spouts each, composed of not less than
twenty threads Of cottOn.n Tho con-
tractor would have proceeded to fur
nish each lamp with said twenty
threads but this being but half the us
ual quantity, the Commissioners dis
covered that the difference arose from
the comma following instead of pre-
ceding the word "eanh.a Tho parties
agreed to Aannul the contract, and a
new one was ordered.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
The Marshall QOwa) Times makes
tciMperance speech like this:

The fact is, there is a certain class
OF drug stores IN this State that are
little better than "gin mills" Like
the Arkansas man, their proprictors
lay in $1,000 worth of whisky and a
few dollars worth Of drugs, and then
peddle out both the whisky and the
drugs with reckless disregard of
human life and health that should
copsign them to the pepitegtiary.
Ida Lewis, the animated life saying
machine, has received q divorce, or,
rather, her husband has. He says
"she's got too much muscle"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
New York Market,
( BY TELEGRAPH,

[By Telegraph
NEW YORK, April 4.
Wheat--dull and in buyers favor
No. 3 Chicago 81 lao l5; do. Milwau-
kee ! l3@lGla do. = Chicago 81 900
20; do. Milwaukee $l.26@2S; do. l
Spring 81 34@3S. and winter red
western 81 2l@3S.
Corn--scarce and firm new western
mixed G7ia use old do. 69c.
Barlcy-lower.
Oats-dull and heavy mixed west-
ern 44@4Sc.
l'ork-heavy at S23 20@25.
Lard-heavy at Fla 25.
Whisky-Sl IL.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
---------~ } -
l.OcnD Elecffnns In Alssn

CINCINNATI, April 4--In the cleo
ton yesterday for members of Public
Works, the Democrats elected three
and the Republicans two. The Re-
publicans will have majority in the
City Council and School Boards.
The Democrats will retain a majority
in the Board of Aldermen and probs-
bly, have small majority on joint
ballot. The Democrats elected the
Clerk of the Police Court and the
Republicans the Director of the mfr
mary. II is very evident that the In
dependent scratchers were out in full
force. Returns from the interior of
the State indicate that the elections
generally turned upon local rather
than party questions.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
Imneaci,mest Managers.

WASHINGTON, March 3l.--A Demo-
cratic caucus was held tonight to Sc
lcct managers to conduct the impeach-
ment of ex-Secretary Bclknap before
the Senate. The following were cho-
sen: Lord, McMahon, Knott, Lynde
and jerks. Democrats, and Wheeler
and Hoar. Republicans.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
All . Lie.

WASHINGTON, March Bitten. Bah
cock, Mr.. Luckey, and Mr.. A. G..
Bradley pronounce the statement of
of Detective Bell given to-day before
the Committee on Expenditures in
the War Department as being a tissue
of falsehoods from beginning to end.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05
Chicago Market,
CHICAGO, April 4.

CHICAGO, April 4.
BY Telegraph
Wheat-weak and lower at 81 OIL "a
cash, | 05la May, and l O6A June.
No. 3, SOC, and rejected 7Sc.
Corn--casier at 461 &c cash, and 4S7s
May.
Oats-weak at 81 = @56c May.
Rye and barlcy-easier.
Pork--a shade lower: 800 30 cash,
and S22 55@57ia May.
Lard--wcak $l3 G5 cash. and 49,
ST. May.
Whisky-firm mt 81 OF.