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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
BEwARE, ILLgoAL voTeRs.


It may not be generally understood
that, In addition to our own statute
In regard to illegal voting, the law Of
tho o. 8. is applicable in our coming
election, and we hope the latter stat
ute-as It IL the more stringent-will
be enforced in every clear case Of
willful illegal voting.
We warn all persons to beware
how they attempt to destroy the votes
of honest mon by dishonest deeds.
The United States law can be found
in section 558l of the U, s. Revised
State, and Is follows:
II, at any election for Representa-
tive or Delegate 20 Congress, any per-
son knowingly personates and votes,
or attempts to vote, in the name of
any other person, whether living,
dead, or fictitious; or votes more
than once at the election of any can
dldate for the same Office or votes
at place where he may not be law
fully entitled to vote: or votes with
out having lawful right to vote or
does any unlawful act to secure an
opportunity to vote for himself or
any other person or by force, threat,
intimidation, bribery, reward, or Of
fer thereof, unlawfully prevents any
qualified voter of any State. or any
Territory, from freely exercising the
right of suffrage, or by any such
means indHces any voter to refuse to
exercise such right, or compel or in
duce by any such means, any such Of
ficer of an election in any such State
or Territory to receive vote from q
person not legally qualified OF enti-
tied to vote, or interfcres In any
manner with any officer of such cleo
tion In the discharge of his duties, or
by any such means, or other unlawful
means, induces any officer Of an elec-
| tion or officer whose duty it is to
ascertain. announce, or declare the
! result of any such election, or give OF
make any certificate, document, or
levidence in relation thereto, to violate
or refuse to comply with his duty, or
any law regulating the same; OF
knowingly receives the vote of any
person not entitled TO vote, or refuses
to receive the vote Of any person en-.
titled to vote, or aids, counsels, pro-
cures, or advises any such voter
person, or officer to do any act hereby
made crime, or attempts to do 80, hi
shall be punished by a fine of mo-
more than $500, or by imprisonment
not more than three years, or by both
and shall pay the costs Of the prose
lcution.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
When the Kankakee Tlla Goxe,,

When the Kankakee Ull.) Gazette
wants to crush out an evil or an edi.
tor, it goes at it in this way:
A conceited ignoramus attempted
this ''indepcndent' plan in Iroquois
county and sailed in and abused ev.
erybody, from tue President of the
United States, whom he loftily term.
ed an idiot, to the peanut pcdler who
cheated him out Of q nickcl's worth
of COOLERS. He is now reaping ths
penalty of such a policy. There ism,
man in Iroquois county to-day who
is held in such universal contempt b.
high-minded and intelligent people
as that same editor whose name in al
its flowery elegance is Auguste lie
Onidas Langellicr.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
Greece Going into the audd,e.

Greece Going Into the Muddie-
CoNsTANTINopLE, Oct. 10. - The
Russian Ambassador to Turkey re.
turned to the city last night.
Vienna newspapers publish intelli-
gence from Athens that the Grecian
government will submit to the Cham
Der of Deputies q proposal for CALL
ing out 10000 men and demanding a
credit of 100000 drachmas, and
authority to contract loan Of ten
million drachmas.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
The democrat. claiming a "great

The democrats claiming "gfeat
victory" with the loss Of four con-
grcssmen in Indiana and five in Ohio,
reminds us of the fellow who boasted
Of having whipped his adversary in
a rough-and-tnmblc fight. II whip
ped him bad" he remarked. Eyes,
but he got You down, bungcd up
both Of your eyes, and cracked your
skull" exclaimed bystander. "He
did that, it's true, replied the bleed.
ing pugilist, shut didn't you see how
quick he got off of me when TOLD
him ! had enough ?'-Chjeugo Jour
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
any man affirms that there is anything
in the Amendments or in the Consti-
tuition that prohibits the payment OF
these claims, they
STATE THAT WHICH Is UTTERLY UNTRUE
AND UNwARRANTED.

tuition that prohibits the payment OF
these claims, they
STATE THAT WHICH Is UTTERLY UNTRUE
AND UNwARRANTED.
This is the clause:
"The validity of the public debt of
the United States, authorized by law,
including debts incurred for payment
Of pensions and bountics for services
in suppressing insurrcction or rebel
lion. shall not be questioned. But
neither the United States nor any
State shall assume or pay any debt or
obligation incurred in aid of insur-
rection or rebellion against the United
States, or any claim for the loss or
emancipation of any slave: but all
such debts, obligations, and claims
shall be held illegal or void"
Now, what are the two classes Of
debt, the assumption and payment of
which are prohibited First, debts
incurred for slaves; second, debts
incurred In aid of rcbellion-that is,
a debt incurred by State or munici-
pality, or by the Federal Government
to equip troops, or buy provisions for
them, or in any other way, to foster
the rebellion. But it does not include
a debt like that which Sherman's
army incurred in marching to tho
sea. That is not debt in aid of re-
bellfon. The very language Of the
amendment is refutation Of the
proposition put forth by those veter-
ans. They may be veterans in war,
but novices in the law. daughter
and cheers.] So we havo this
IMMENSE CLAIM HANGING OVER Us,
pressed upon Congress already, and
tell you tonight there is no constitu-
tional barrier-there is just one bar
rier standing in the way of the pay
ment of this claim, and that barrier
is the republican party. Checrs. /
Sweep 1t out Of the way, and there is
nothing between these hungry claim
ants and the vaults Of our Treasury.
Then is it not clear to any candid,
thinking man, that there is more peril,
more danger of those claims being
paid, If the democrats are in power
than If the republican party ia in
power? Is there not then q better
prospect of peace-peace yoked with
justice in the South, by the continued
control of tho republican party-a
party which believes it has the power
to reach over State lines, take mur-
derers by the throat, suppress insur-
rection and violence, and secure the
political rights Of oil. Checrs.1
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
Drinking in Our Large Cities

New York, with a population ap-
proximating 100000, has 500 sa-
looms or one to every It's of its in
habitants. Chicago, naughty, wicked
Chicago, with nearly 100000 popula-
tion, has about 1000 saloons, or one
to every $50 inhabitants. Boston,
with 100000 inhabitants, has only
!, 200 saloons, or one to every 291 in
habitants. Cincinnati, with about
325, 900 population, and its large Ger
man beer drinking element, comes
pretty close to Baltimore, with 2,1N
saloons, or one to every los inhabit.
ants, and Philadelphia shows. with a
population of about 10000, 200 sa-
looms, or ono to every 206 Of its in
habitants,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
Terry AFTER the Poor lo's.

WasHrNsroN, Oct. 20.--Advicas
have been received at the War Dept.
that Gen. Terry will Immediately
leave Fort Abraham Lincoln IN pur-
suit of the hostile savages.
III. III. Griffith, OF Iowa. has been
appointed receiver OF public monies
at Des Moines.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25

READ the extract we take from
General Harrison's speech in Chicago
We have been cursed with five bill
lions Of expenditures and the land
.been draped in mourning for tn.
death Of hundreds Of thousands O
our brave sons, and shall wc nov
give back the nation into tho hand
Of ex-rebels and their plant, subserv
lent friends in the North, to pile up
on us another immense debt to reim
burse rebels? Read what Genera
H. has to say upon this subject.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25

english Troops Tor india.

LONDON, Oct. 19.-The troop ship
Jumina, left Portsmouth yesterday
for India, with 800 artillerymen, and
upwards of seventy officers, surgeons,
etc. Shc will embark another battery
of artillery at Plymouth. The de-
parture of troops from Woolwich.
for Portsmouth, was witnessed by
vast crowds and the excitement dis
played was the greatest since the
Crimean war.
The Times announces that the
Jumina has been directed to call at
Gibraltar and Malta for orders in case
circumstances should make it neces.
sary in the destination Of the troops.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
curioua Aeeidant,

NEW YORK, Oct. 90.-A tow boat
struck the wharf at the foot of Goth
street, North river, yesterday and
caused a pile of lumber 60 feet high,
to fall on the workmen. One of them
was killed and tho others were injur-
ed so that thsy ~ not expected to
live.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
Francls p. blair Dead.

WASHINGTON, Oct. l9.-Francis Il
Blair, the venerable journalist and
politician, died yesterday at his resi-
dence at Silver Springs. Maryland,
aged 81 years.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25

THE TROUBLE JUST TBEGuN.-Ifde DEM
ocrats think they have got the repub.
lican party whipped in this state, they
are very much mistaken. The troub-
le has just begun Indianapolis
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25

The Chicago Journal says tho New
York betting men, who arc usually
sharp in these matters, are wagering
lively ON the Presidential election.
Yesterday tho pools averaged s6l on
Hayes to $53 on Tilden.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
aarnas. Malotltx.

CtSoINNATr, Oct. l9.--The Official
majority of Barnes for Sec'y Of State,
as published to-day, is 6,G0s.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
VERY SIGNIFICANT
Austria's Eastern policy will con
form TO that of Russia and Germany
WHAT THE "rHUSDEaER" THINKS.

WHNI EHE 1HUNUEKEK IHfNNNs
LONDON, Oct. 1S-The Times off,
cially says: "The hopes we have 50
anxiously cherished must, we fear, al
length be abandoned, and we must
recognize the fact that negotiations
are practically at an end. and that
the two belligerents face to faco in
European Turkey, must be left to the
consequences Of their fate. Another
twenty-four hours has brought nc
relief to the tension which we were
laboring under, and even they are
moving too fast on the Danube to be
arrested by the slow progress of even
telegraphic diplomacy.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25
THE WAR CLOUD
Looming mp .on the Political
HOrizon Of Europe.
Russia and Turkey Preparing
for Mighty Contest.
Probability of Other Govern
ments Being Involved
In the struggle.
All Kinds ofStOcks Experience
q Fearful Decline.
Fluctuations in the Gold Market

LONDON, Oct. 1S-Thc Globe says a
complete panic prevails on the Stock
Exchange. The news of Russia's up.
parent determination to mako wal
on Turkey has confirmed the fears
which have for several days depressed
the market, and eliminated to-day in
an indiscriminate pressure OF sales OF
all descriptions of stock, not only by
spectators stimulating the panic by
their fears, but by the bona .fdc hold
ers Of securities, especially foreign.
There was at the opening of the
market further serious decline in
the quotations, and it was difficult to
obtain prices at which bargains could
be obtained, the fluctuations being so
great and frequent. The changes in
cluded a reduction Of 3D. in Hungari-
an, lad in Turkish, I'd in Egyptian,
Sd in Italian, and less, but consider
able decline in all stocks.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25

LONDON, Oct. 12.-The Funded
Loan, which is the only American
stock much dealt in, feels the influ-
ence Of the prevailing depression, and
is now Il O'Clock p. ny quoted at
$1O5@G.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25

LONDON, II 80 p. m.-At this hour
the Stock Exchange is greatly excited
and it is almost impossible to give
accurate quotations. Russian securi-
ties have declined I'd, making a fall
of nearly god within week.
WAR BETWEEN RUSSIA AND TURKEY
is considered rs already begun. and
1t is generally believed that
OTHER POWERS WILL BECOME INVOLVED
in the mighty struggle that is now
fast approaching. There is a COM
mcrcial and financial crisis i'm Russia.
and the consequence is
A HEAVY FALL IN RUSSIAN EXCHANGE,
which adds to the general confusion.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25

Laughter. We have got enough
roads up here. Your Illinois roads
are not the best, and yet / dare say
that those brave Illinois boys-and i
don't speak unadvisedly when 1 say
SO, because twas my fortune to COM
mand three regiments OF Illinois
troops in my brigadc--thought their
roads here werc good enough for
them. have no doubt that these
men would rather have taken their
wives and children and driven over
the black mud In Illinois than over
their roads. We didn't 60 down
there because we wanted to; it was
no pleasure-drive we were taking
over those roads. We had to march
over them that we might take treason
by the throat and throttle it (cheersl.
and we don't like the idea Of paving
toll. If they wanted any toll, they
ought to have good, resolute toll
keeper with hickory pole and when
Sherman's army came up they ought
Ito have pulled down tho pole until
toll was paid. Laughter.] Very
likely Sherman would have settled
this toll question then, and prevented
its being brought up now. Renew.
led laughter.l They also ask for
MONEY TO REBUILD JAIL.
ifLaughter.] That seems to strike
some of you as o reasonable claim tc
make. Renewed laughter.l The
truth is, they never will build it big
fenough. But If they would agree tG
lput in all those fellows down there
that ought to be in it, | would hell
them build it. Laughter. I have
only given those as samples. On,
man at Atlanta wants 81 200 for I
Ihouse that Sherman burned up whel
lhe proclaimed "War was war; blew
, up tho town and marched down t.
, 1.-THE sea. Anothcrat Vicksburg want
475,0OO for similar service. These ar
, specimens of similar claims that ar
!, looming in. Now, we paid for oil tina
once fearful prico in the blood tha
, was shed. I have seen the sons 0
/ Illinois die, die upon those southerl
D fiiclds-die in front of AtlantA-an,
i know that Illinois paid her fi,l
. share Of the prico Atlanta was wortf
& Cheers.]
81 Are we to pay these claims? l te
J. Iyou we will II this goes on and tn
a democrats get full control Of thi
|. country. I will give some reaso
why, and ! want 10 speak to II
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25


PEsTH, Austria, Oct. lS.--Intelli-
gence from Vienna states that En-
gland considers all diplomatic efforts
for peace at Constantinople at an
end. This statement has produced a
very gloomy feeling here, and
WAR Is CONSIDERED UNAvoIDABLE.
Advices from Eucharist state that
an agreement has been concluded be-
tween Roumania and Russia for
placing the Roumanian troops under
Russian officers in case of war.
A correspondent telegraphs an in
terview with the Servian Prime
Minister, in which the latter stated
that the resumption of hostilities, in
which Russis will participate, is GER
tain.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-10-25

PEsTH, Oct. lS-London correspon-
dents at different points telegraph as
follows: All Russians in Paris under
the age of forty have been ordered
home. The new Russian ironclad
"Peter the Great" has orders to leave
Immediately for the Mediterranean.
Russia has issued circular note
announcing that in the interest OF
humanity she feels bound to march
troops into Bulgaria and Armenia
There are $1,000 men at the camp OF
Bender, and 81, 900 around Tiflis.
VERY SIGNIFICANT
Austria's Eastern policy will con-
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-06-15
a Modern COLOSSUS.

The New yorkers seem awbi.
tiops 0: the renoWn which has dis
tinguished the ancient Egyptians,
and sse TO have erected in their
hsrbor statue, intended, we pre-.
sumo, 70 rival the Colossus at
Rhodes. The Nashville american
says:
She casting Of the colossal stat.
us Of Liberty to BE- erected by
Frenchmsp in New York, is now
going on near Psris, and We are
gwen an ldes Of the great size Of
the statue by the statement that
the shoulders are over forty feet
broad, and the head twenty three
feet high from chin to crown. 1t
is slro. said that man can easily
concSsl himself in the folds Of the
drapory. The statue is to BE- conf
nsmorstive Of the good will be-
tween France and the United
States, but it is to be util Eed as q
light>houss iD New York harbor.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-06-15

"IF true religion, 70 be- general,
must begin in the domestic circle,
to whom will belong the chief
agency, and the most distinguished
honor ? Undoubtedly to pious
mothers. Theirs must be Tho
hands which plant the precious
seed: theirs the prayers and tears
which water the growing plant /;
theirs the kind, seasoBabls and
we'll adapted instructions, which
distil into the tender, susceptible
mind, like the gentle rain op the
tender grass, or the more imper.
ceptible dew upon the thirsty plant.
Those are not the most important
lectures which are With solemn
pomL delivered in the schools; bus
those which flow swestly from The
affectlonatc lips Of mothers TO their
doclle and interested groups Of
little ones, gathered around their
knees. No elsquence equsls that
Of Q sensible and pious mother,
becsuse no impressions made by
human speech are so deep aud in.
delble."
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-06-15
IlI-tempered Women.


Varied as the flowers of earth is
the character of women; to q large
garden. may the whole ser becom
pared; rank weeds are found there,
the sharp, stinging nettle aud the
poisonous nightshsde; but likewise
are seen blooms Of rich beauty.
plants Of graceful growth-the
scented rose and the climbing jas
nine--the painted sulip and mod
est llly-all are met in the great
parterrs Of the world, blooming
side by side, ming'ing eithe fra>
GRANGE or poison wi'h the air
around. And the Influence of q
woman is just as diversified as her
character, whether in a domestic
or public point Of view. Two
women may be placed in precisely
the same circumstances social y,
the one will diffuse happiness, the
other destroy it; the one will give
perfect charm to life, the other
laske IL almost a curSt; and sim
ply by diversity Of temperament
producing different results.
An i'll tempered, quarrelsoms
woman is q nuisance on earth. An
III ten persd man is bad enough,
but the perpetual "nigglsP Of
sour tempered woman Is iusuffera,
bl ); there is u msauness abeut her
irrltability which men generally
do not possess. A man may swear
and behave like brute (such COM
duct is as common as daisies in
summer) but unless he Is something
below the level of a bully--and
that is low enough-he won't keep
up an incessant small.shot charge
OF hint and iuuendo, and pettish
rejoinder--for that is the style Of
these nsttles Of the human race,
these vegetable blistsring plastsrs
ofhumanity- cross grained women.
Such women, without having any.
thing Of positive vice in their
composition, do an immensity Of
harm; there 10 sorrow and trial
enough in the world without an i'll
temper adding to the bulden q
cheerful heart, and o cheering
word Of comfort it is woman pre-.
rogatve to bestow, and il she fails
to exert her prerogative, she loses,
and deserves TO lose, that suprem.
acy over man she is born and des-
tined to hold Tait's Magazine.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-06-15

mineral wealth Of Sibsris and the
Ursl mountains 10 we'll known, the
exploration and mining Of these
regions would bs encouraged. and
their resources developer. 1t is
proposed that the road shall start
from Mini Novgorod, in r ussls,
which 10 now the extreme eastern
station in the net work Of European
railroads; is will run along YoIgs,
the Ksns, 10 Eksterinbourg, on
the Asistio side Of the Ursl noun
tAins, then enter Asia. proceed in
the direction of Trsumsa and Omsk
&C the Irt Oh, cross the river, pro-
coed by the way Of Kainsk to
Iomsk on the Tenn, Q branch Of
tho Obi. and cross that river.
Tomsk 10 the principal centre Of
commerce OF Western Siberia /;
shence the road will run directly
to lrkutsh, st Lake Baikhl; ,hepce
the road 10 G. pass to the frontier
Of China, anu thence il 10 no longer
an exclusively Russian, but az
international undertaking. And
here, also the only serious difi-
culties commence, at the mountsin
range Of KioghaD, which, in it's
northern part, 10 crossed by the
Amoor river, This range ia ths
greatest obstacle, and it will be
necessary to pass by the Msnt-
chooris, sld to lay the road from
Baikal TO Wsrhneoudinsk, through
the valley Of the Sslenga Then
the best route by which to reach
Pekin, che capital of China. near
the Yellow See IA bay ofths North
ern Pacific Ocean. has been found
20 be that Of Tehisa and Dolounor.
As the Southern end the famous
great wall will be crossed; it ais
ready lies in ruins in many places.
Tho whole distance from Mini
Novgosod to Pekin will be 450O
miles, Of which $500 run through
Russian terri,oTy.-Me Scientific
AmericGs.
Union and American. [volume] (Greeneville, Tenn.) 1875-1877, 1876-06-15
On what gound asked Mr.. Blame

On what gound asked Mr.. Blame
have on ground to explain said
Mr.. Cox, / never knew q Speak.
,r to give the ground Of bio de-
olssion said Mr.. Blaine Mr. Cox
seemed % lose his temper and
great excitement Prevailed Mr..
John Young Brown With degree
OF vehemspce said II want to
know if this is the American Con.
grsss?" r. Blaine said IL was
the most surprising Congress ever
assembled. After sum two hours
spent In this style Mr. Huntous
resolution to lay upon tho table
was carried. Mr.. Morrison then
moved that in order to give gsntle>
men an opportunity to attended the
Cincinnati Convention no business
Of apolitical character be tran.
ssc'sd on Monday, Tuesday,
Wednesday and Thursday Of next
week. The House then took up
the private calender Mr.. Black
burn in the chair and at $50
adjourned. Two new witnesses in
the Kerr case were examined the
day before yesterday, their testi-
mony was as to the worthlsssness
of the witness Harvey. The
Committee did not meet yester-
day but hold an executive meet-
ing hoping to clear the case if the
Republicans on the committee
will agree to 9 unanimeus declar>
alton Of Mr.. Kerrs Innocence the
Ease will be closed if not the
Democrats will open up the whole
case sgain not only TO show the
utter worthlessnness of Harvey
but to prove that these charges
against Mr.. Keer originated with
New York Office holders as blow
aimed Ut the Democratic party U.
S. District ATTY bliss and Darling
Collector Of the post are the org
ihators. MEMO