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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02

Reports Of Devastation by Grass
hoppers from Minnesota.
A Settled Conclusion That the
Crasshopper War Must Continue

ST. PAUL. July 2S.-Terrible devas-
tations of grasshoppers have been
progressing in the western borders of
this State, but, though many farmers
have lost everything, the loss is not
as yet widespread.
The Pioneer Press says that great
-eertassss J,eo~'seri "eoainst Of faao;fn
Dakota, and south through North
western Iowa, is covered with de-
vouring hosts, and our reports indi-
cate that the entire crops are being
swept away, and that many Of the
discouraged settlers are temporarily
leaving. We record the sad fact as a
matter Of news which it would be a
useless policy to attempt to conceal,
for it might as well be understood
now, that the Northwestern States
have got to fight these grasshoppers
to death.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
CAUGHT IN the ACT.
important Documents eecreted hv
| 1iuford wilson.
Special dispatch to the Inter- Ocean

special dispatch to the Inter- Ocean
WASHINGTON July 27.-There has
been some anxiety here within a few
days in regard TO the whereabouts OF
the original manuscript Of the Presi.
dents famous "Let no guilty man es.
cape" letter. Yaryan has testified
testified that the letter was forced Out
of the President by Rristow and Viii.
son, who had represented to the Pres
ident the necessity of his saying
something SO as to deceive the people
into thinking he was in sympathy
with the prosecution. Those who
saw the original letter knew that il
wonld be sufficient evidence itself OF
the falsity of Yaryan's story, and an
anxious search was made among the
records of the department for the
document but it was not to be found
our correspondent remembered dis
tinctly that Bluford Wilson told him
last August that he intended to keep
the document for the historical value
it would some time have, and the fact
was stated to the President. He sent
for Wilson and asked for the docu.
ment. Wilson denied having it, say
ing that he had not seen it since last
August. Another search was made
through the records Of the office,
without result. 1t was then reported
to the President that there were
stored in the Office of the Solicitor
several boxes nailed up and address
ed to Bluford Wilson, Springfield, ILL.,,
which Wilson had packed before he
retired. Wilson insisted that they
were simply his private papers, but
the President ordered that Wilson be
sent for and the boxes opened, and
the papers examined in his presence
by Mr.. Talbot the new Solicitor.
This was done this morning, and
among many other papers of impor.
lance to the department was found
the original manuscript of the Presi-
dents letter, written on the back of a
private communication from FEEDER.
al official in St. Louis, as described in
these dispatches about two weeks ago.
Wilson had no explanation to make,
except that the letter must have
slipped in the boxes by mistake. The
discovery places both Wilson and his
associate Yaryan in very disagree
able position.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
Crop Reports.

TOLEDO, July 2S.-Crop reports
from 1877 points in Indiana, Michigan,
Ohio and Illinois show that the wheat
is nearly up to the average In qnanti-
ty, and superior in quality TO any
former year. Spring wheat in Him
OILS has done badly. Corn promises
well everywhere. The average Is large
and the crop will probably be enorm-
GUS. Barley is up to the average.
Hay is generally good. Fruit ia
abundant and promises well.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
A Horse which Killed Two Men.


Mr.. Joseph Richter, tenant of Mes
tors farm in Swcetland, this side OF
Mrs. Sherfey's, met with a terrible
death while attending to his horse on
Monday. 1t is not known just how
the horrible casualty occurred, but
Mr.. Richter was found dead in his
stable, with the fearful marks in his
groin and hip of a horses hoof, the
kick being so severe as to lay poor
Richter in death, with his entrails
protrnding in sight. He was quite
dead when found. The remains will
be inferred to-day, the funeral being
from St. Matthias.
We learn that this same horse caus-
ed another mans death by kick,
two years ago.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
His Indian Policy.

care you in favor of the Indian
peace policy 2" inquired philanthro.
pic Chicago man of long-haired
party from the frontier the Other
day.
"Favor of il p echoed the frontier.
man, oval, l shud say l wuz."
And then he continued with flash.
ing eyes and raised fist:
"Favor of it, boss? why durn my
scalp if / wouldn't like ter see this
ere piece policy carried out til there
want a piece of Injun left bigger'n a
sixpence!'
The philanthropist did not prolone
the argument.-Chicdgo Journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
Pitchers
CastOria.

Mothers may have rest and their babies may
have health. II they will use Castoria for Wind
Collie, Worms, Feverishness, Sore Mou h, Group,
or Stomach Complaints. 1t 10 entirely vegeta-
BILE preparation. and contains neither mineral,
morphine nor alcohol. 1t is as pleasant to take
as honey. and neither gags nor gripes.
Di. y. DimDch, Of Dupont, o.. SAYS:
~ am using Ca. toria In my practice with the
most signal dement's and happy result -
This IL what every one says Most nurses in
New York city use the Castoria 1t Is prepared
by Messrs. J. B. ROSE 4 Co., 40 Dey st New
York, successors to Samuel Pitcher, ND.
6-2S-w-chq
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
TilAen directly Charged with the Re
spenstbtsity Of = hem-s0metheng
fer all Honest Men - Read.

1t is notorious that in the election
of 1868 great frauds were perpetrated
upon the ballot box in New York.
The actual Republican majority in
the State was overcome by fraudu-
lent majority in New York city. How
it was prepared and managed is
shown by the following copy Of Mr..
Tilden's famous circular:
lf.rivate and strictly conhdential.l
Rooms OF DEMOCRATIC STATE COM
MITTEE. Oct. q, IS6S.-My Dear SIR:
| Please at once communicate with
some reliable person, in three or four
principal towns and in each city of
your county, and request him Tex.
penses duly arranged for at this end,
to telegraph to William M. Tweed
Tammany Hall, at the minute ofclos'
ing the polls, not waiting for the
count, such persons estimate of tn,
vote.
Let the telegraph be as follows:
"This town will show Democrat,
gain or Qoss) over last year of (num
/ ber): or this one sufficiently certain
This town will give Republican
Cor Democratic) majority o.
There is, Of course, an important Oh
ject to be attained by a simultdmeou
Transmission at the hour Of closing tn
Y polls, but no longer acditing. OppOr
, tunity can be taken of the usual hal
hour lull in the tclegraphic commun
J ications over lines before actual re
It suits begin to be declared, and befor
r the Associated Press absorb the tele
6 graph with returns, and interfer
with individual messages, and Civ
" orders to watch carefully the coun
d Very truly yours,
vi SAMUEL j. TuDEN.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
FOREIGN.

LONDON, July 29.-Y oderh O W n
Marines town Of Sweden, was almost
totally destroyed by fire on the 22d
inst. Great distress prevailed, and
the damage amounts to many mil
lions of crowns.
BOTH VICTORIOUS.
Monkton Pasha has outflanked the
Prince Mikita's army, near Kosito,
making the position of the latter very
critical.
Dervish Pascha was driven back
while attempting the reinforcement
of the Turks, losing l29 killed.
Turkish Defeat.
ST. PETERSBURG, July ga dis
patch from Prince Nikata says: The
Turks under Moukhtar Pasha attack
ed us early to-day near Urbiza. A
severe engagement ensued, and the
fighting is still proceeding. We have
broken through the Turkish lines,
Osman Pasha was captured and
brought here alive, and we have taken
many prisoners.
THE TURKS ROUTED.
LONDON, Inly 3l.-The Turks en-
gagged Friday, near MEDIUM, number
ed 1900. They were driven to Pod
garitza and lost two guns. The sup
porting battalions were nnnihilated.
The atrocities of the Bashi Bszour-
kis cause intense feeling throughout
Greece, and her relations with the
Turks are becoming alarmingly seri-
Gus,
TURKISH LOSS.
RAGUsA, Aug. 1.-The Turks lost
in the recent battle at Trebinje, Selim
Pasha, killed, and Osman Pasha taken
prisoner, two Colonies, three Lieut..
Colonies, seven Majors, and from
5000 to 5000 men. Two battalions Of
infantry and one Of chasseurs were
TOTALLY ANNIHILATED,
destroyed to the last man. All the
battalions engaged suffered. The
number Of Turkish inferior officers
killed is enormous. Tho pursuit of
the fleeing Turks was continued to
the walls of Bilek. Corpses were
thickly strewn in the road before the
citidel, besides artillery and provis-
ion trains. The Montenegrins cap.
tured four hundred horses and an
IMMENSE NUMBER OF ARMS.
The Turks were greatly outnumber-
ed.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
Hayes and wheeler support

LITTLE Rock, July 28.-The Repub.
lican State Convention adjourned to.
day. The following are the nomina.
tons for State offices: For Govern.
or, w. w. Bishop; Secretary of State,
w. l.. Copeland, (col. y Treasurer, A.
A. z. Rogers; Auditor, J. r. Berry
Attorney General, II. A. Pierce. The
resolutions endorse the Republican
National Convention nominees and
declare the party worthy Of support.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
LEGAL.
SHERGF,S SALE.

By virtue Of an execution to me directed from
the Clerk of the ircuit Court of Wapell0 county.
Iowa, on judgment obtained in said Court on
National Bank OF Ottumwa as plaintiff and against
Anna Q. Auwerla as principal and H. A. Gangs
as surety, as defendants, tor the sum Of Seven
and costs taxed at s. 90 and accruing costs
l have levied upon the following Real Estate
taken as property of said defendant, to satisfy
said execution, to-wit,
Lot No: twenty-three, (23). in the city of OF.
tumwH, Wapelfo county, Iowa;
And will offer the same for sale to the highest
1875. in front of the Court House, in Ottum.
wa, Iowa. at the hour of O'Clock, r, NJ of sai,,
day, when and where due attendance will be given
by the undersigned
Dated at Ott0mwa, Iowa, July l, 1876
L. p. SPILMAN Sheriff of said County.
S-2-w2t-450 BY j. @. SLAUGHTER, DEPUTY,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
"A Little Fun Now and Then.
Texas still has ovct sO,OO0,OO acres

Texas still has ovcf sO,OO0,O0O acres
ofpublic lands.
An eight-feet-in-feight Chinaman
is en- route for this country. Ills plg-
tail touches the ground.
Large quantities of dead fish sol
the sucker variety" are floating down
the Potomac, being killed by the heat.
Since April -, 256, 600 barrels of oil
have been destroyed by lightning, in
the Pennsylvania oil region.
An author says that one of the uses
of adversely is to bring us ont. That
is true, particularly at the knees anu
elbows.
1t takes the Chinese to get along
with the Indians. The average pig
tail can cheat a relskin out OF ms
scalp without his knowingit.
A man who has given $4,000 to es-
tablish college Of cooking al Boston,
says that fried pork and doughnuts
have about depopnlated New Eng
land.
! New clocks, run by electricity and
guaranteed not to vary more than ten
seconds month, have Just been put
up at the Grand Central depot, New
York.
: Rice culture in Louisiana employs
10000 hands on 1900 plantations
produces a crop worth $3,OOO,OOO,and
develops business to the extent Of
: $lO,OOO,OO0. ......
t Says the Saturday Rerie,r: 9TH,
: happiest life Of woman is probabl!
@ attained when she adopts the opinion
: of reasonably intelligent husband
!. and conscientiously thinks they arr
: her own"
u At Carrollton, Mo-, a few days age
trial was made to see how quicl
wheat standing in the field could b
!. harvested, threshed, ground, baked
" and eaten. All these operations wer
/. completed in eleven minutes.
a A Hartford girl treating too FRI
o, uuent gentleman caller rather COOL
ne drew from him the remark: 81 fes
r You are not dealing squarely wit
al me I" "That's because you are 'roun
g. so Often" was the quiet reply.
Mt The "big tree,' as it was Gale
in which grew in Calaveras county, Ca
en- ifornia, contained half million fe
es of inch lumber, and was recent
ed felled by five men working twent
NO two and half days, making liz
he days. labor.
he The largest negative ever produc
We by means of photography was recci
as ly exhibited in San Francisco. 1t "
lg,, about three feet long and two fl
lid wide, and the perfected apparatus
tie said to have cost the inventor OK
ere $4,000.
~ els it not time that you paid
' = that five Dollars ?" said the farmer
nc nc his neighbor. "Taint DUE" was
'n ne reply. "But," said the farmer. ~
~, VI promised to pay when You got bt
IN from New York "Well, ] hai
~ been," was the reply.
lsc, About three hundred newspa
ide, men have been thus far dead h ga
/, in into the Centennial, and each
/ or these had to do IS worth of rum
my around and writing autographs
ave fore gaining his pass.
urn Hot weather in California.
paper from there says: "Never in
history of California have we kno
such suffering from heat by both
POI, mails and men, as has been expert
be-
ded, A woman may disguise most OF
one imperfectlons, ana seem IKE u
dar- OF beauty to the susceptible aho
who experienced. but no man VINO
all been through the wine-press of
Said a dozen courtships can ever be
She ceived by the splendor Of q
that eye.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02

THE Cincinnati Commercial. in.
tensely Liberal, and withal muchly
Democratic of the modem type, final
Nv Yields to the excellence of the Re
publican ticket, and says of Hayes
.sIIe has an amiable obstinaey that
resists without fret or friction, and
while his front will wear the placid
ity of peace rather than the wrinkled
front of war. it will stand against Il
siege of jobbcrs like wall of iron.'
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02

CABL ScHURz has written letter of
four columns in length to Mr.. Oswald
Ottendorfer, editor New York Stats
Zeitung, in which he defines his polit-
ical situation. He fully justifies the
action of himself and the other par
Elephants in the May Conference at
New York, in their present support
of Hayes and Wheeler as being the
only ticket before the people offering
honesty and good government. This
letter is too long for our columns, but
in ii Mr.. Schurz gives many sound
and logical reasons why Hayes should
be elected, and why Tilden should
not, among the latter, the following,
for which Mr.. Schurz will, doubtless,
be charged with waving the bloody
shirt, to-wit;
at is scarcely necessary for me to
speak at length of other reasons which
make triumph Of the Democratic
party undesirable. l refer among
other things to the strength which il
would give to the Ultramontane ele'
ment, and to the false hopes which j
would arouse i'm the lawless members
of the Southern communities, giving
a fresh impulse to the commission o
those excuses which make us shud
der, and for which the better part o
Quc Southern people haze as great
IT is probable that at sometime thi
week we shall have the letters Of &C
ceptancc of Samuel J. Tildcn an.
Thomas A. Hendricks. To della,
longer would be absolute suicide
Already it has cost the candidates tn
loss of many votes. Two conference
have already been had, and all owe
the country it is known that the,
vitality disagree, and that the wits Q
these two willy, crafty men are pu
to the severest test to patch up some
thing that shall be satisfactory t.
New York and TO Indiana Democra
cy. 1t is not alone among the bcs
, informed, but among the entire mas
of vcters perfectly well known tha
Tilden and Hendricks are laborin
with all their might to practice dc
ception by the issuance of shrew
cunning letters of acceptance. Nc
so with the Republican NOMINEES
HAYES and Wheeler They needed n
conference they use no deceptive
!. cunning, lawyer-like phrases. In dn
time they wrote plain, straightfol
ward letters, the sincere prompting
of honest hearts and able heads.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02

The Hon. II. r. Claussen, of Daven
port, Iowa, is one Of the ablest Ger
man-American citizens in the State
He is lawyer of very decided abil
ity, and gentleman of the highest
integrity and standing. Some weeks
ago he wrote long letter, giving his
reasons for supporting Hayes and
Wheeler. In 1872 he was Greeley
man. Having been invited to address
his fellow citizens at Mnscatine, Iowa
recently, he declined in the following
letter:
of it were questionable whether
the State of Iowa would vote for
Hayes or for Tildcn next fall, might
be tempted, though y years of age
to travel to Muscatinc and other
places, trying to persuade my Ger
man friends not TO transfer Ly then
rotes, the General Government to the
Southern Confederates. But as the
Republican majority in Iowa will be
next Fall very large, deem it not OF
very great Importance to swell that
majority by few more votes for
Hayes in Muscatine. Therefor l shall
leave it to younger men and more
eloquent persons than / am to arouse
the people for the Republican ticket
for what l ardently desire in other
States is q sufficient success so as to
elect Hayes and Wheeler.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02

In speaking Of times past and gone
an exchange remarks: Zone hun
dred years ago woman did not lose
caste by wetting her hands I'm dish
water or rubbing the skin Off Of her
knuckle, on washboard." Few
boys now living have ever seen their
mothers grow red in the face and
jump up and down as the handle of a
Fash tub broke oil.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02

THE following was Hendricks idea
ofthe emancipation proclamation, and
there is nothing to show but what it
is yet. We. quote from a speech that
he delivered several yearsago: Il do
not know whether that proclamation
is going to be taken back or not; am
going to vote to take it back the first
opportunity l get"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

JoHN FITZGERALD
w. In the District Court
WILLIAM STRANG of Wapello RI in,ra
CATHERINE STRANGE
fendants: s'
!, You and each OF yon are hereby notified that
tnere - now on nie in the Office OF the Clerk Of
tne District Court Of Wape 10 County, Iowa, the
petitlon OF John Fitzgerald praying Judgment on
piomissory note for Two Thousand One Hun.
aFed ana Finy Dollars against William Streng.
ana also Praying the foreclosure Of mortgage
klven by You to secure the said note; . nd thai
unless you appear and defend thereto on or before
OF said Court. to be begun and held in said Wa
kei,o County ON the 18th day Of August. 1876. de-
, .tm VIII DC entered against you and Judgment
July IA, ls76.-4w STILES Il BURTON
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02

ernor. lie had been previously nom-
mated by the Greenbackers. Having
made such nomination, they endorsed
the nominees and platform of the ma
ional Democratic convention. Thus
they have mixed up hard and soft
money, and undertaken to transfer
body and soul the whole greenback
party of the state into the Democratic
camp. Any sort of a disgraceful I'M
principled scheme TO win is the motto
Of the Democracy. Such chicanery
wont go down.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02

The Charleston Is. c. Ne,cs and
Courier, having been repudiated by
certain Southern Democrats for hav-
ing denounced the Hamburg massa-
ere, renews the attack, denounces the
massacre as "a horrible crime," and
courts reputation from all those
"who wink at such deeds as the kill
ing of unarmed and defenseless ne
groes." Finally it describes the mas
sacre as follows: "Ihere qrds mo
earthly doubt that the ,chttes, scithout
authority, undertook to disa7m a body
Of colored men, and that, q0hen the
tight achich ensued acas ocer, .fue of
the captive negroes, unarmed and de-
fenseless, acre killed in cold blood.
These facts stand uncontradicted to
this hoa,, and upon these facts, and
none other, ace based oar denunciation
Of the crime" Such language as this
ought to put to the blush such men at
the North as Cox and Cochrane, and
other doughfaces who tried to belittle
the affair and laugh it off in the in
terest of the Confederates. If every
Southern Democratic newspaper
would speak out in terms as bold,
there would soon be an end of the
barbarisms at the South which has
disgraced it ever since the close of
the war. Unhappily, the Charleston
Necs and Courier has itself :acknowl-
edged that a Democratic newspaper
at the South cannot even denounce a
massacre of negroes without being
censured by Democratic Conventions
and cut of by Confederate readers.
Chicago Tribune.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
A Tornado-Severai Lives Lost

ST. Louis. August IA tornado
passed over Rhamor township, Cas-
county, Missouri, on Saturday morn.
ing last, destroying several dwellings
and other buildings, seriously injur.
ing crops and other farm products
Mrs. Geo. Webb was instantly killed
her mother-in-law fatally injured and
an infant belonging to Jacob Rynor
was also killed.
Bruce Younger, cousin of the
notorious Younger brothers, was ar.
rested at Joplin night before last on
suspicion Of being one of the gang
who robbed the railroad train near
Otteryille, some weeks since.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02
MIR. GREELEys OPINION OF TILDEN.

MIR. GREELEy's OPINION OF TILDEN.
To Samuel j. 7Wden, Chairman of
Democratic State Committee:--SIR !:
You and l are growing old. We
came here young from the country,
and have lived and struggled side
by side for nearly forty years.
We have participated ardently in
many political struggles, always on
opposite sides. On one very import
ant point, however, your bitterness
as partisan has impelled you to ig-
more and come short of your duties
as citizen and professed upholdel
of government by the people, and fol
THIS DERELICTToN HERE ARRAIGN
you. allude to the preservation o.
the purity of the ballot-box.
l can imagine how man can shu
his eyes to many things which h,
deems it convenient not to know blu
l must speak of what you must know
however you may acish or seek to be 70
: norant Of 1t. The matter to which
call your attention is vital to the yer
existence of free popular government
Whenever it shall be generally ur
derstood that the results of election
are not determined by the ballots {
legal voters, but by frauds in votin
or by frauds in counting, then tt
I event of avowed, unequivocal de
t potism must be near at hand. Betwee
the rule of an emperor and the rule
: clique of ballot-box suffers, ever
5 intelligent man must prefer the form
8 err as less rapacious and more respol
t sible. When honest citizens sha
a avoid the polls, asking "What is tt
! use of voting? The result is alreat
:, fixed" the days of the republic W
q be numbered. Between a ruler wi
:, prohibits voting altogether, and t
8. gang who make it sham by fill
:, the ballot boxes with illegal votes,
, miscounting those actually east, Il
sway of the former is every way pl
10 ferable.
h You hold most responsible al
ic influential position in the counsels
lg great party. You could make II
it party content itself acith polling 10
G. If you only Womld. In our late &C
it stitutional convention tried to err
RS some fresh barriers against elect
~ frauds. Did YOU? The very lit
Of which was able to effect in this
a. roction I shall try and have ratifI
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-08-02

THE Confederate General, Frank
Nichols is the candidate of the De-
mocracy for Governor OF Louisiana.
He was educated al the expense OF
the Government at West Point, and
lost an arm and leg fighting for the
destruction of the nation whose ward
he was in his youth.