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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
How the Indians are Governed

AOW TUG 4U01210 0l0 0OV01U6O
The Alta California, of the 9Th in.
slant, in its report Of an interview
with Major +. Mcars, of the Ninth
Infantry, regular army, has tho fol
lowing:
| Major Mears has been living among
the Indians and on the frontier ever
since 1866, and he records it as re-
suit of his experience that if the coun-
try wishes to solve the Indian prob
lem, the first step will have to be to
disarm them all, friend and foe, take
away their ponies, and make them
work, giving them land which they
can cultivate, and not SO much rs they
have now. AT the present time at the
agencies where the Major has been
serving, the Indians spend their time
in eating, drinking, sleeping and
llorsc-raeing. They do no work of
any kind. Tho Indian Bureau even
goes so far as to hire butcher to kill
and dress the beef that is issued to
year ago the bureau issued an order
that the Indians should be made to
work, but as the agents had no means
to enforce this decree, the Indians
laughed at the order and thought it q
good joke. They never did and never
will do any work. All the policing,
the loading and unloading of stores
at these agencies are done by white
employees, the Indians scornfully
looking on. The Indian Bureau is
even SO careful about the Indians that
in a circular it authorizes the employ
ment of a gnn-smith at the agencies
to repair their firearms. In the same
circular the agent is also instructed
in making any change of subordinate
employers at the agencies to carefully
consult the good will of the Indians.
The Indians have plenty of ammuni-
tiOn, and are constantly endeavoring g
to obtain more. One trader at Red
Cloud admitted last year that he
sold over 1900 rounds of ammuni-
ton.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
An Embarrassing Mistake

She was pretty, wore pleasant
smile, and when she entered an ave.
nue car last evening, there were seven
young men who Immediately vacated
their seats and delighted themselves
by casting alternate glances at the
fair one and the vacant spaces. She
took the nearest seat with nod to all
and bewitching smile; six young
men bowed and sat down, while one
young man bowed and stood up, and
imagined himself a martyr. She car
ried a bcwitching child in her arms,
and it was very playful. One young
man thought she was its aunt, and
two others were quito positive she
was not its mother. Meanwhile the
child amused itself. 1t climbed and
crowed, and laughed and played, and
the lady laughed and pctted it. One
of the young men, sacliligious
wretch, commenced humming, 81
wish ! was q baby" when the child,
kicking in playful mood, knocked a
handkerchief from the lady's lap on
he floor. There were four of the
young men who made a simultaneous
dive for the muslin, and two of them
got it; they came up smiling, neither
willing to relax his grasp, and two
hands extended it toward the fair
one. An old lady on the opposite side
Uttered, and the young lady held the
child in front of her face and blushed.
The young men looked at each other
and then at the --. Their mouths
and eyes opened; each handed it ia
the other, something tell upon the
floor, and the two young men silently
departed from the car. The other
young men looked out of the win.
dow, and somebody whispered, Il,
wasn't q handkerchiefp
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Her Irnpatience.

AS Woodward avenue car was go.
ing north the other evening, with a
young lady and an old gentleman az
sole passengers, she exhibited symp.
toms OF impatience at the slow prog.
ress made. The car had to halt for q
team on the track, and she would have
got off but for the gentleman, who
said:
"It's for only half a minnte-don't
be inpatient
Then the car waited two minutes
on switch, and she put her head out
of the window, walked up and down
and was on the platform when he
said:
"There comes the other car. You
seem to be so impatient that am led
to believe that some of your family
are sick. Is it so?"
"They are all unusually WE'LL" she
replied, and she took her seat again
One blOckmore and the car left the
track. She waited a half a minute to
see if it could be hauled on again
right away, and then she started to go
at will be all right in minute
protested the old gentleman.
"Can't see it, she curtly replied.
"Then you will go?"
81 will"
"And it isn't sickness p
"See here" she said standing on the
lower step, "if you are dying to know
the cause of my hurry l will tell you
My fellow is to be at the house at hall
past eight, and I'm not going to run
the risk of losing good offer for all
the old men and all the street cars in
Detroit. There does that make vou
feel any better?"
He pondered over it as the cal
slowed around and bounced and bob
bed, and he concluded that she was
perfectly correct, though little i'm
pudent.--DetroitE Free Press.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

They have court proceedings" Out
in Nevada, If the Virginia Chronicle
tells the truth. Inquired lawyer
Dickson:
How hard did he shake the man
when he grabbed him?
Witncss--I don't know. Pretty
hard.
Dickson--What do you call "pretty
hard?"
Witncss-Well, it was pretty hard
that's all l can say.
Dickson--Come, now, you surely
have sense enough to let the court
know what you call "pretty hard"
Witness--I guess l can show the
court. 1t was like this
Here the witness rose from his seat
and, springing upon the astonished
attorney, grabbed him by the collar
and, with strong impulsive jerk
landed him on the floor. Then h,
gathered him up and Topped hin
across chair--then he began to bang
him over the floor, jam him VI
against the wall and batter hin
around over the benches.
"Hold on-I understand" !" shouted
the lawyer.
'This is how he fetched him." re
torted the witness, giving him anoth
cr lift.
-"Won't the court rule out this an
swer9 l object" said Mr.. Dickson
catching his breath.
"If you withdraw the question, al
right" said the Judge; and, spring
ing down from his seat, he collare,
the witness and took him of.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
A Thrilling Incident.

The Pottsville Miners Journal
prints the following:
"a thrilling incident occurred on
the North Pennsylvania railroad, near
Ambler station, ono night recently.
The western express down, crowded
with six hundred passengers, was
dashing along at rapid rate, while
an excursion train, at equal speed.
and about the same number of pas
sengers, was flying up to meet it.
The curve above Amber Station
prevented the engineers from seeing
each Others trains until they arc al
most together. One train was pro-
vided with air-brakes, which were
instantly applied. while the brakes OF
the other train were also frantically
jerked to the last notch. Fire flew in
streams from the air brakes by the
terrible friction, but they stopped the
train when the locomotives were but
a cars length apart. Very few of the
passengers knew that they had SO mar
rowly escaped most fearful disaster.
1t is said that the upward train was
in fault, not having stopped the re-
qnired time at Fort Wa shington.-
The blessed air brakes saved many
lives"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

A COLORADO AvALANME.-At an
early hour on Friday morning last
the denizens of Alpine street, which
runs parallel with Republican Noun
tain, were aroused by the ominous
rumbling of rock far up the noun
tain side, and ere the first echoes
had died away q fearful sight met the
gaze @of the terrified crowd who
stood riveted, as it were, to the
ground in speechless awe, not know
ing which way to turn. A tremen-
done mass of rock weighing some
$500 pounds, came leaping and roll
ing down the rugged sides of Re-
publican Mountain at a rapid rate.
Every eye was strained in painful
anxiety as it came nearer and faster,
and seemed to be bent on destroying
everything in its path. It barely
missed the residence of Mr.. Glaze,
which is situated just on the side of
this mountain, and was only stopped
by coming in contact with Mr.. For
rests stable, which, but moment be-
fore had contained large number
of horses and pack animals. 1t made
a hole in the stable large enough for
ten persons to go through. Mr.. For
rests loss is not very great. Owing
to the early hour Of the morning the
lives of many little children were
saved who would, later, most proba-
bly,, have been in the pathway Of this
havoc-making rock. = Denver 7ri-
bitne.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

BRowN PAPER AND HAVANA Clears.
lit is stated that not a steamer leaves
New York for Havana that docs not
take out from 1900 to 5000 rcams, or
in occasional instances as high as 30
GOO reams of coarse brown wrapping
paper. What this paper was used for
was for long time q mystery; but
1T has recently been revealed that il
enters into the manufacture of "pure
Havana cigars" 1t is said that when
saturated in the juice of tobacco
stems the straw paper makes "till-
ing" almost equal, If not superior to,
genuine leaf. In fact, it is sometimes
impossible to detect the delicate film
of paper interlapped with leaves in
the finished cigar, or neatly folding
the exterior. For this purpose, we
are told, it serves admirably, the pa.
per, under combustion, leaving no
residuum other than pure white ash
To su ch refinement of art has this
business been carried that by the use
Of machines rolled over the sheet Of
paper an almost perfect impression Of
tho tobacco leaf is obtained, the pc.
culiar "spots" being printed as on cal.
leo. Smokers, of Havana cigars vii
no doubt consume their weed will
an added zest after learning of wha
tits probably composed,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Judge Lxnot,s WORK.

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Oct. 31.-This
city has been in great state of ex-
citement all day over rumors Of a
lynching scrape in Kansas, about
eight miles southwest of this city.
For a long time notorious band of
horse-thieves. with headquarters in
Texas, has been operating through
out this section Of the country, and It
is rumored that the farmers of Wv.
andotte county, Kansas, have organ.
ised themselves into vigilance com
mittee for the purpose Of either ex-
terminating the scoundrels or
driving them off. 1t is asserted that
on Sunday morning, near the point
referred to, they captured William
Fulton and another notorious des-
perado, named Hundlcy, and hanged
them to the nearest tree. 1t is also
said that three others were subsc-
qncntly captured by the same band
Of vigilantes and that they have un-
donbtedly been lynchcd. The far
mcrs of Jackson county, Missouri, are
cooperating with their Kansas neigh
bOrs in the matter, and hempen hal
tcrs are to be quickly forthcoming
for all horse-thievcs who may be un-
lucky enough to fall into their
clutches.
Fulton was q resident of Leaven-
worth, and his corpse was placed IN
charge of his mother, who took it
home for interment. He was about
twenty-five years of age. Nothing
is known of Hundlcy's antecedents
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
The Corn Crop.

Cincinnati Price Current: The
August returns to the department of
agriculture indicated that the corn
crop of the country was full aver
age in condition. The changes which
transpired in August resulted in a
net loss of 2 per cent. in condition,
the average for the first Of September
being 98 for the whole country. This
may be regarded as a highly promis-
ing condition. The States north of
the Ohio river report an improved
condition excepting Michigan, Ohio,
and Wisconsin, are above average,
while the great corn regions of Indi-
ana and Illinois show a gratifying
Improvement, greatly reducing the
decline apprehended at the close of
July, during which month drouth and
excessive rains prevailed over alter
nate zones of the corn region. The
average condition of Wisconsin is IL
per cent. above average. Minnesota
maintains her August average, in
spite of the ravages of grasshoppers
in the western counties, while Iowa
and Missouri report an improved con-
dition. Kansas advanced to six per
cent. above average, while the very
superior condition at the close Of July
in Nebraska declined to one per cent.
below average at the close of Au-
gust. In Texas the average is l1S,
Arkansas 112, Tennessee 1O7, Georgia
Ill, West Virginia 103, and Kentucky
ITO.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
The SILK Famine.

A sudden rise in the price Of silk
has led to new and absorbing inter-
est in that valuable commodity, which
now amounts to many millions Of dol
lars annually as an article of import.
We have the alarming news that the
silk crop Of this year is q failure, or
nearly so. An investigation shows
that the silkworms have been killed
by an atmospheric or electrical wave,
unexplainable, as such climatic
changes usually are, and confined to
particular ATTITUDES in which the silk
crop grows that supplies the market.
There is not an eighth ofthc usual
crop gathered, and consumers will
probably feel the loss next season
more than this. The silk crop is
gathered in June, and the new article
is not yet in the market; but the light
yield is an established fact. The
Lyons manufacturers are telegraph
ing TO their agents here to take no
more orders for certain lines Of goods,
since 1t will be impossible to supply
them.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
"Hazing' at Annapolis.
Ral,imoro no,asto

Among many of the tricks per-
formed would be such as this: A
third-class cadet, backed by several OF
his mates, would enter the room Of a
pleb and say: ~ am an ugly fellow,
don't you think SO ?" The pleb would
say: "Oh, no; you are quite hand
some fellow" 'Thcn. sir" says the
third-class man, "you mean to call me
a liar?" The pleb disclaims any such
intention, but in an instant he finds
himself hanging out of a third-story
window, at the imminent risk of hav-
ing his neck broken the next instant.
After permitting him to pass through
an age ofagoniziig fear in this peril
GUS position, he is hauled in, placed
between two mattresses, and an In.
dian war-dance performed upon the
upper one the whole scheme con.
Guiding with large dose of writing
fluid forced down his unwilling
throat.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Shot. Gun Accidents,

Joseph Hoffman, aged %, living at
Mount Vernon, while out hunting, at
tempted to drag his gun over fence
by tho muzzle, with probably fatal re-
suit. lie is a student Of Carroll Col
lege, and highly esteemed.
Patrick IRWIN, of Sioux City, while
hunting, getting over a rail fence,
the gun was discharged, tearing his
face to fragments and causing death
instantly.
A. Jenkins, near Estherville, while
hunting ducks, while loading one
barrel of his gun, the other was dis
charged, tearing one hand and wrist
to tatters.
Mr.. ireland, near Unionville, Ap-
panoose county, found an old Der
ringer pistol. Having no caps or
bullets, he charged it with leaden
slug and placed a lucifer match under
the hammer. Raising, the match fell
of, but portion of the Illuminating
powder remained, so that on letting
down the hammer, the pistol was dis
charged, the contents passing through
his abdomen and killing him.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

Ed. Stokes was so broken down in
mind and body when he left Sing
Sing that he had to be supported with
diamond studs, the handsomcst kind
of watch and chain, the best clothes
to be had in New York, several bot.
ties Of champagne, and the choicest
IIavanas. r
The dycing Of animals is now
quite common branch of the dyer's
art. Some time ago French woman
of the kind that choose notoricty
drove in Paris four gray horses dyed
q brilliant magenta.
Tho Woman's Temperance Con-
vcnti0n which met at Newark, N. j..
last Thursday evening, pledged itsell
to abstain Iii future from the use ol
! lferMented vino at communion.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
BIG BANKS.
The Largest Banking Institutions

The San Francisco Post says: "The
paid up capital of the Nevada Bank
100000 in gold coin, stands, with
the exception of the Bank of Com.
merce, of New York, unequaled by
that of any bank in the United States
The Bank of Commerce has also q
capital of $4,000, 900, but it is in cur.
rency. The largest bank in Canada
is the Bank Of Montreal, with a capi.
tai Of $l2,OO0,0O0. The Merchants
Bank, in the same city, has capital
of $9,0O0,O00. The following is list
of the only banks in the United States
with capital Of $5,OOO,OOO and up.
ward: Bank Of Commerce, New
York, $l0,O00,O0O; Nevada Bank, San
Francisco, $lO,0O0,OOO; c. II. r. and
Banking Company, Savannah, $780,.
600; Bank of California, San Francis.
co, $5,00OOOO; Merchants Exchange
San Francisco, $5,OOO,OOO; American
Exchange, New York, 5000, 600
Fourth National, New York, $5,OOO,.
600. 1t will be seen that San Francis
CO now stands on a par with New
York as great banking centre, and
the indications are that in time the
bullion trade of the world will BIZ
controlled by our city instead o.
London, as heretofore. The Nevads
bank, only year in existence, ha.
been such u success that 1t enters or
its second year with doubled capita
and the best wishes of the mercantile
community.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
A R;p Flood.

LOUISVILLE, o., Oct. 3l.-The New
Albany Ledger-Stdndard's corres-
pOndent at Orleans, Orange county,
on the line of the New Albany rail-
road, sends particulars of terrible
rain storm which took place in that
region, commencing Sunday morn
ing and continuing till nearly day.
light Monday. The rain was per-
feet flood, the water not only pouring
down as usual in drops, but perfect
sheets. The ground resembled lake,
the water having poured upon the
town until half the place was flooded.
The water rose as high as the window
tops, and as yet has fallen but little.
In addition to the destruction of
housekeeping goods, barns, stables,
etc., large lots of cattle, horses, hogs,
ETC., were drowned. Lost River is
extraordinarily high. The bridge
over this river between Orleans and
Paolio is. swept away. This is the
bridge on which Packard and Tun-
gett were hanged by vigilants several
years ago. AT the present time it is
impossible to compute the damage
which the flood has occasioned along
the bottoms of Lost River, but it will
be unusually heavy, probably $780,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
HORRIBLE ACCIDENT.
Two Persons Killed ana One In
jured by Z Train ColNding with
awagon at Keota.
Muscatine Joaraal. Oct. slst.

A most shocking affair occurred
yesterday at Kcota, Washington
county, six miles west of Washington,
resulting in the instant death of a
man and his wife, named Vincent, and
the serious injury Of q man named
Z. M. Gilman. Through note from
ID. \. Junkin, formerly of this city,
we learn that the parties were in the
act Of crossing the railroad track in q
wagon, at 4 o'clock p. m, when train
came dashiny along, and before they
could get off the track the horses and
wagon were struck, and the occupants
were hurled some distance. Mr.. and
Mrs. Vincent were taken up lifeless.
and Mr.. Gilman SO seriously injured
that he has since been unable to
speak. The train men say that when
they first saw the wagon it was $50
yards ahead, and going parallel with
and in the same direction as the train.
and that under the circumstances the
collision was unavoidable on their
part Keota and the surrounding
country is greatly excited over tho
terrible casualty.
Mrs. and Mrs. Vincent, who were
killed.ar old citizens of Washington,
and Mr.. Gilman, who was injured, is
q resident Of the southern part of the
State.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
A Story Of the Hartford Pulpit

A story of the Hartford pulpit, told
in the Recolzections, illustrates the
simple customs of the days gone by.
DR.. Strong, after his revolutionary
chaplaincy, was q pastor for many
years in tho city where he was uni
versally loved and respected. On
week days, the Doctor was interested
in tho sale of rum as q member of the
firm who distilled and sold the liquor.
This may seem strange, yet it is worth
remark that the liquor business ap-
pears to have been better in the time
when the ministers managed it than
now; but that is not all the story
The firm failed, and the sheriff fol-
lowed up the minister with q writ.
The latter retired to his house and
shut himself up there to escape, but
as writs could not be served on Sum
days, he would come out of exile on
those days, and, making his way to
the sanctuary, would in safety lead
his flock in their religious duties, nor
did anybody then comment on the
affair as peculiar. Another version
of the tradition has it that the sher-
iff did arrest the minister but he was
released "within limits" as the custom
then was, and the legal ''limits" had
to be especially extended for the ben
eft of this culprit in order that he
might be able to reach the church
where he preached.-H. Clark; Scrib-
ner for Nocember.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

calIlna OUT the Iroopa.


LONDON, Oct. 31.--The Standard!
Belgrade dispatch says an order ha.
been read in the streets throughou,
the day calling on all able-bodieG
men to report themselves for imme.
diate service. The Turks lack trans
portation, and can therefore advance
but slowly. 1t is rumored that Italy
and Austria have offered mediation
A Vienna dispatch to the same journ.
al says it is an established fact tina!
before the Russian ultimatum upset
all calculations, the Ambassadors al
Constantinoplc telegraphed on Mon.
day to their Governments that an
armistice was secured.
A CONCLUSION REACHED.
New YORK, Oct. 31.-Thc Times
has the following dispatch:
PARIS, Oct. 81, midnight.-It is an.
nounccd this evening that before the
expiration of forty-cight hours the
elimination of an armistice will be
reached.
PRINCE MILAN WANTS TO ABDIcATE.
LONDON, Oct. 3l.-A special dis
patch to the Daily Ne,cs from Paral-
achea, says General Tchernayeff has
had an interview with Prince Milan,
and it is reported that the Prince
has expressed a desire to abdicate.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
The 0eecher Case-tle 10 Endorsed
by tho Congregational Asso.
ciatlon.

New YORK, Nov. 2.-The Congre-
gational Association of New York
and Brooklyn have issued to the pub
lie a statement of their action in re-
gard to the charges against Rev. Hen
ry Ward Beecher's morals, which
were to be brought before the advis-
ory council commission and q COM
mittee appointed last winter to CO.
operate in bringing evidence before
that commission, report up to this
day, after more than six months op-
portunity to speak, and after the
most urgent and public entreaty that
every one would speak who had any
thing to say against him, no one had
seen fit to respond. No one had un-
dertaken to make either before the
association or before the commission,
the slightest responsible charge
against the moral character Of Beech
er.
The report was adopted and the
following preamble and resolution
passed:
WHEREAS, The report of said COM
mittee indicates that there is no SUBJ
stantial ground for believing in the
guilt of Mr. Beecher. Be it there
fore
Resolred, That we do therefore as
an association regard our brother as
worthy of our confidence and love,
and express to him our sympathy in
the severe trial through which he has
passed.