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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
Na,l.ual Cen,e .n,al items.

Twelve men have been killed at
the Centennial buildings in three
The Sunday question is still being
agitated in connection with the Cen
tennial.
An area of 558,44O feet, or nearly
thirteen acres, is covered by Machin-
cry Hall.
The exhibition of the Argentine
Republic at Philadelphia will consist
of 10000 articles.
The Women's Pavilion is about fin
ishcd, except some slight ornamental
ton and painting.
A colossal statue of Prince Bis
marck will be exhibited in the Ger
man Art Department.
Prominent among the German col
lection of paintings will be scenes
from the Franco-Prussian war.
The kingdom of Netherlands will
exhibit 1850 books published during
the recent years on educational topics
alone.
A fancy pavilion occupies SPANS
place in the main building, and is
fully prepared for the arrangement
of the exhibition.
A design in chrome TYPOGRAPHY
illustrating the growth and history
of the American flag, will decorate
the Main Exhibition Building.
Thirty Indian families, with thei1
dogs, trappings and paraphernalia
will encamp on the Centennia
grounds, under the direction of Prof
Baird
The finest part of the Italian dis
play will be in the Art Department
There will be 200 exhibits Of statuar,
alone, and the paintings will be care
fully selected.
Specimens of the engine and othe
machinery used in propelling man
of-war will shortly be sent to the Elk
position grounds from the Washing
ton Navy Yard.
The entire process of reducing an
amalgamating ores will be illustrate
by California firm. They have cor
tracted for the construction of a mir
iature twenty STAMP quartz mill fo
that purpose.
Four structures in the villa styl
of architecture, in addition to III
main building, will be erected to a,
commodate applicants for space j
which to exhibit works of art ft
which there ia no room in the mai
building. They will each be lao b
40 feet. The cost of the four wi
he $4,000. Four rooms will also |
added to the north side of the anne
TO the Art Gallery.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
TIE United States treasury an,

The United States treasury and
snb-treasuries contain now about $l2,-
GOO in silver coin. The minis are now
at work increasing the supply. 1t is
thought that in the course of twelve
months silver "change" may be SUBJ
stituted for the fractional currency.
Bristow and the Director of the Mint,
DIR. Linderman, agree in the opinion
that no more of such currency need
be printed.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
MARK ETS.

The weather during the last week
has been particularly unfavorable,
and as consequence the receipts of
grain has been very limited, indeed.
In the regular market there is no
change, but the feed market is con-
siderably higher. Corn is selling to-
day at 45c per bushel by the wagon
load. Oats is brisk at 25c and some
have been sold as high as 2Sc per
bushel.
The hay market is also higher, and
prices ruled firm to-day for timothy
VIZ U@l3 50per ton and but little at
that figure.
In the live stock market there seems
to be but little doing. The pork
house, we understand, has closed
business for the season. and business
has settled down to regular ship
ping trade.
A good quality of hogs of good
weight will sell for 500 per 100 tbs.,
although the market is rather under
than over.
Fat steers-$3 750o4 25.
Cows-$3@3 25.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
Fact. Abeus Clever.


Clover seed bids fair to be very
scarce the coming spring; at all
events it has suddenly gone up in
price, and farmers who have it to buy
find that they have to pay two or
three dollars per bushel more than
they expected. Clover seed has been
too low for several years, and the adj
vance is a healthy indication. We
hope it will not lessen the quantity
sown per acre. 1t is better to get q
good seeding wherever you attempt
to seed, and if the price of clover goes
up too high, leave some without seed
ing; plow the stubble and SOW with
wheat in the fall. In some cases-as
where the land is very rich-it will
pay to grow wheat, after wheat
While clover seed is SO dear, it will
not pay to try to seed after oats. There
was generally poor "filling" of clo-
yer heads last fall, and owing to the
low prices for two three years, many
farmers did not try to save seed. We
hope they will let their clover grow
the coming year, and save good
crop of seed. 1t will pay in the i'm
provement of the soil il not in seed
sold.
Scientific men in Europe have
found out. by investigation, that
while healthy clover plants in good
soil are forming 100 pounds of stems
and leaves that will make hay, the
roots below, Invested of dirt, will
weigh Sc pounds, allowing two years
for growth, and three cuttings of the
clover, two to the second year, and
one to the first. Clover roots and
stubble more than pay the cost of
production as manure to the land,
whether You fertilize for a crop OF
corn, oats, wheat, barley,or what not.
A turf that has grown four years has
been worth six tons of hay for ma
nure. 1t is good economy to sow
about one hundred pounds of land
plaster to the acre of clover, to en-
large the crop.
Let all farmers learn how to make
sterile or thin land become fertile. 1t
is as easy to make poor land become
fat in sod and manure, as it is to
make poor pig gain in flesh. Make
grass and clover labor for you.-.Prai-
RTE Farmer.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22

DISPATCHES of the 18th inst, report
that the testimony of VIM. A. Dan
forth, of Chicago, ILL.,, states that one
Sanderson, of the firm of Barlow 4
Sanderson, informed the witness that
large sums of money had been paid
parties in the Postofiice Department
under Postmaster General Cresswell's
administration to obtain contracts for
carrying mails. Sanderson gave no
names of the parties receiving money.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22

New HAMPSHIRE has surpassed her.
self, and now for Connecticut. The
nutmeg state holds her election on
the first Monday in April, which
this year comes on the Sd day of the
month. We have had doubts of Con-
necticut, but as we were happily dis
in the completeness of the
Republican victory in New Hamp-
shire, we entertain good strong hopes
for the second Republican effort of
the year in New England. 1t has al
ways been the case i'm the history of
the Republican party that in Presi-
dental years our vote is larger, and
our victories consequently both more
numerous and decided. This result
is caused simply by Republicans turn.
ing out better. 1t is great draw.
back on the party, and always was
that great many of its members can
only be induced to attend the polls
ON special and important occasions
The party comprises the busy, the in.
dustrious men of the nation to much
greater degree than its opponent
and hence there are more detained
away for individual reasons. Again
the party comprises more of the in
telligent, the men who form theil
own opinions, and, the fact is, that il
ordinary state elections they indulge
their diversity of views in voting
But when it comes to year of
great national contest when the ques
ton is to be solved as to whether tn
nation is to be placed in fact in tn
hands Of its enemies or of its friends
instinctively the Republican hosts be
gin to align themselves, droppin!
minor differences, and the line of bat
tie is broken by hardly dissenter o.
laggard. This explains the resul
in New Hampshire, and unless Their
should be frauds committed by tn,
Democracy, Connecticut will do like
wise. The City of New York is s,
near the state line of Connection
that the Democratic reformers o
Tammany very frequently try thei
reformatory measures among tn
nutmegers. Tammany is as full o
repeaters and illegal voters as the heat
of Medusa is of serpents, and thei
aid may be thrown in to carry Con
necticut for the 500 Robbins reform
ers, the saw-buck statesmen of tn
Dismal Swamp.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
save Year spring Psgs.

The number of swine in the country
has been very much reduced, within
a few years, by the ravages of "hog
cholera" in the West and Southwest
therefore it behooves farmers to take
good care of the breeding sows, give
them warm, dry quarters, and
save and rear all the pigs possible
tor pork can hardly fail to bring pay
ing prices for few years to come
Rurdl Home.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22

TEN days ago the President and
Attorney General Pierrepont set to
work to see what could be done to
get the runaway Marsh and wife back
to testify in the case against Be.knap
and tell all they know about crooked
ness generally. About the 18th inst,
the plan was adopted and the mes
senger dispatched to Montreal to try
and make terms with Marsh for his
return. A week after this, the DEM
ocrotic House, doubtless finding out
what had been done, the Judiciary
Committee sends request that the
President should do what he already
had done, and the same day that they
sent in their request the President
was in receipt of the terms proffered
by Marsh, upon the compliance with
which by the government he would
return. Now, here are not presented
the words of the parties, but their
deeds, to show which really wanted
to get the testimony of Marsh and
wife. Clymer and his co-democrats
did not send in any request to the
President to seek the return of Marsh
until long after the Chief Executive
had taken such action, and, indeed,
not until the very day that Marsh's
terms had been received at Washing
ton and accepted. In order to get the
testimony Of Marsh and wife, the
President made out and signed free
and full pardon, SO anxious is he that
there shall be nothing in the way of a
full investigation of the case of Sec
rotary Belknap. We grant this is
going to the extreme, but the Demo-
cratic House has gone still further
by passing law in effect pardoning
all the rag-tag and bob-tail of the
country who may be willing to travel
to Washington and back to their
homes on good pay therefor, to vent
their spleen against the officers of the
government or others against whom
they may have agrudge, or perchance
have detected these witnesses in
schemes Of plumber. Now, look out
Mr.. Clymer, saw-buck Robbins, and
for that matter, ex-rebels and ex-rcb-
el sympathiz!ng Democracy gener-
ally. If Marsh and wife tell all they
know, there sUiU be fun.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
THE BLACK HILLS.


Gen. Merritt, of the Military Divi-
sion of the Missouri, who has just re-
turned from an investigating tour to-
Red Cloud Agency, connected with
affairs of the Government, has been
interviewed by Chicago Times re-
porter in regard to the Black Hills.
The opinion of the General in regard
to this much pulled Eldorado, are
worth the consideration of those who
are looking in that direction. The
General said:
"Now, mind you, don't say that
there is no gold there. There is gold
there, even in the area they have
opened up already for mining pur-
poses. But it is fact that the area
in which gold is found at present is
so limited that it wouldn't support
one-half of the people who are there
already. The gold yield at the best
will not pay more than wages, and
whenever there seems to be prom
ising location it is already covered
with experienced and practical gold
miners, with whom the crowds of
people going there now could not
possibly compete, even if they had a
chance. Away up north, now, it is
asserted that the region is more large
ly auriferous, but how are they going
to get there--north of Fort Fetter-
man, with wild bands Of Sioux on
every side? Gen. Crook is after them
now with large force, and ! think
will give them threshing. But such
an idea as going gold mining up
there, with swarms of hostile Indians
to meet them, is the most preposter-
GUS folly that any lot of too credulous
people ever took into their heads.
Crazy Hose, too, has gathered band
of young and moody redskins from
Red Clouds band and gone up north
to join the insurgents. Had they not
the conviction that large force was
after them to whip them these mall
contents would attack miners even in
the already cleared mining area.
= +
Under the most favorable circum-
stances the whole thing is q wretched
showing. Produce is high, and the
people cannot get enough to live on.
Besides, they are not used to such a
country work they cannot, for they
are not experienced miners; and
there is no other work for them to do.
They go out there as forlorn hope,
totally unprovided with the means of
obtaining for a reasonable time the
necessaries of life, and leaving the
crowded cities from the fear of star
walton, they find themselves in q
strange, bleak, inhospitabie country,
face to face with the certainty Of
starvation. The great majority of
the poor deluded people going there
are broken down city people. Their
dress, demeanor and habits prove it
beyond a doubt. RECRUITED by these
lying adventures, greedy to skin
them of what little means friends
have contributed to sustain their de-
lnsive hopes, they come from Philadel-
phia, Boston, Chicago, and other
cities in parties of 900 and 400, and
when they arrive at Laramie City, or
Sioux City, Sidney, or any other of
the dcpots in which they are swindled
and fieeced by these harpies for Sim
plements," "outfits," and what not,
they find themselves ushered into q
new country, into what is for the
most of them a wholly impossible
life, and at their wits ends to pre-
serve themselves from starvation"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
Chicago Market,
CHICAGO, March 81.

By Telegraph!
Wheat-unscttled and lower, closed
weak; 81 02ls cash, 81 Ola April.
and vi O15s May. No. 3, 90lac, and
rejected 7Sc.
Corn---firm at H14c cash, 44ssc
April, and 472sc bid May.
Oats-steady at 341s @345sc May.
Rye-65c.
Barley--easier at 5Sc April.
Pork--weak and lower; $22 81,
cash, and 500 G2la May.
Lard-weak and easy at $l3 65 cash
and $13 80 May.
Whisky--higher ;sales were effected
at 81 O6, bnt the market closed with
ST. O5 bid and 81 O6 asked.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22

The Twentieth Annual Republican State Con-
vention will be held at Des Moines, on
WEDNESDAY MAY 81, 1876.
for the purpose Of making the following nomna.
tons:
Twenty-Five delegates to the National Republic
can Convention "A Mt large from each Congress
sional Oistrict)
Eleven candidates for Presidential electors q
ut large-l from each Congressional Distrct)
Two candidates for Judges of Supreme Court.
One candidate for Secretary of State
One candidate for Auditor of State.
One candidate for Treasurer of State.
One candidate for Regist OF State Land Of
fee.
One candidate for Attorney General.
The ratio of representation will be one delegate
for each county in the State, and, in addition
thereto, one delegate for every 200 votes frao-
tion over lO0, cast for SamuelJ. kirkwood, fol-
Governor, at the general election in 1875. The
following table shows the representation
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
New York Market,
By Telegraph

by Ielegraph.I
New YORK, March 81.
.Wheat--quiet and scarcely so firm.
No. 3 Chicago 81 1901 l6; do. Mil
waukee l6@lS; do. 2 Chicago 81 &c
OPS; do. Milwaukee $1.30@32, and
winter red western 81 25@38.
Corn-dull and declining; new
western mixed COZ @62h old do. 60.
Oats-steady; mixed western 49,
@4SIc.
Pork-quiet at 1923 3O@351s.
Lard-firm at lac.
Whisky-$l 1917.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22

WASHINGTON, March 21.-A member
OF the foreign relations Committee
authorizes the positive statement that
Danas nomination will be reported on
adversely. Another member charac-
terizes Dana's letter to Senator Bout
well as a direct insult to the COM
mittee and they regard il so.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22

At collection made at charity
fair lady offered the plate to rich
man who was well known for his
stinginess. II have nothing" was the
curt reply. "Then take something,
sir" said the lady; "you know / am
begging for the poor"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22

Sheep are going into Central Kan
sas in immense numbers. Grasshop-
pers don't modest sheep, and hence a
good many Kansas people are going
into the wool business this year.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
1t. Louis Market.
ST.. Louis, March q.

ST. Louis, March 81.
by Telegraph
Wheat--easier on best grades, but
iirmer on low grades. No. 2 Fall
81 81 bid cash do. 8 Fall 81 35 bid,
and No. a 81 O3ls.
Corn-firmer at 1890 &c cash, and
81 O414 May.
Oats-a shade flrmer at 331a q 34e
cash.
Rye-6a,s @64c.
Barley-unchanged.
Whisky-$1 O5.
Pork-higher at 1923 25.
Lard-tirmer. at 1890.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
Milwaukee Market

CHICAGO, March 81.
Wheat-declined one cent, closing
at 81 O4s4 cash, 81 0514 April, and 81
O95s May. No. ), 921ac
Corn-tirm at Acc.
Oats-quiet at 32kac.
Rye-691ac.
Barlpy--S(ic
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22

GEN. KIDDoo, the witness who was
the source of the Boynton charges
against Clymer and his committee,
has been before that body and given
his testimony. He makes two points
that are important: one is that he met
Pendleton in company with the Bel
knaps and Marshes, travelling togeth-
err i'm Europe, and that while in Eu-
rope, the same year, he met Clymer,
but not in company with the Marsh
party. Pendleton denied that he was
with the Belknaps and Marshes in
Europe. Gen. Kiddoo is an officer on
the retired list, and is quite well ac-
quainted with the Marshes and the
Belknaps. The other point that he
makes quite clearly and positively is,
that he told Clymer before Marsh
left Washington that there were mat
tiers touching Pendleton that ought to
be Investigated, and that Clymer re-
piled that he had not sufficient data
to attack Pendleton. But the witness
said that he told Clymer that he had
as much against Pendleton as he had
against Belknap when he commenced
the investigation. The witness re-
ferred Clymer to the Treasury De-
partment for information against
Pendleton, and the General further
stated to Clymer the conversation
between the women, Mrs. Marsh
and Mrs. Belknap, which he heard,
concerning the matter of the latter
receiving money in the settlement
Of the Kentucky Railroad Com
pany's claim.
The testimony of Gen. Kiddoo
clearly shows that Clymer did want
to prosecute the case against BelknaI
but did not want to follow up The
case of Pendleton. This places ely
mer on the anxious seat and in com
pany with twenty dollar Robbins
Both he and the latter find that it il
fun to hunt the tiger so long as h,
don't turn to hunt them.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22

CONCORD, March I7-Returns from
all the towns in the State, save two,
Eaton and Randolph, give Cheney g.
693 plurity over Marcy and 1921 ma
jority over all. The total being, Che
ney 4l,66s; Marcy 1875; Kendall
and scattering $50. The towns to be
heard from, last year gave Cheney II,
Roberts l49.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22

New York, March 2l.-A schooner
in q storm last night, was driven
ashore near Sandy Hook and all
ON board were lost. The life-savmg
crew lost all the boats they launched
In an attempt to reach the schooner.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
81. Louis Live stock Market.

ST. Louis, March 81.
By telegraph
Hogs-Market strong and prices
higher; light shipping grades 81 500
Z 20; Workers 81 S5@S 25; packing
81 S5@8 40, and butchers lots IS 400
IS. Receipts TO.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
Disappcarcd,

SPRINGFIELD, Mass, March eli.
A. Barber, of Barber Il Bacon, lum-
Der and grain dealers at West North
field, has been missing since the thir-
teenth. He leaves twenty thousand
dollars, liabilities.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22

BosfoN. March PA heavy South
east and East storm of snow, rain and
wind prevailed here all night and
continues. II is the worst storm of
the season.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
CONGRESSIONAL.
First Session u 4th Congress
SENATE.

SENATE.
WASHINGTON, March 20.
Wright said he desired to do what
he thought he never should do.
While confined to his house by illness
last Thursday the Senator from Pa,
had sent to the clerks desk and had
read a newspaper paragraph charg-
ing several Senators, himself among
the number, with having private
secretaries paid for by the Govern
ment. For himself he had no clerk
appointed in the Indian Bureau for
three years. There is no person there
whom he had recommended; there
was no person there who does any
work for him, and he had no private
secretary whatever. The only per-
son who does any work with any
thing with which he is connected
is the clerk to the Committee
on Claims who does the work of
the Committee.
HOUSE.
Banning and Saylor presented pc
titiOns of various distillers of Ohio,
Kentucky, Indiana and Illinois, pro-
testing against any change in the
frrred ~
Under a call of States Hopkins in
trodnced = hin IN reUnlata cnmmerca
and nroh;h;t mninst Observation-Disclosures nv
common carriers. also several c,r.
rency bills.
Morey introduced q h;u for the
election If nostmasters IN ali ;ncor.
nnrated cites aud towns
AtEins moyad m smsnand tho ,,,oS
and nass the hin reneaI;ma ali nro
visions of the act of The I1th Of Ian
nary. 1879. for the resnn,nt;on of
snec;e nayments that onthnr;ya tho
Saorato r.. of H. Tmaoe,',., . ~ ~ .ne
end concol m natas ga ~ - ea,, II
9 honds fo, mo ao"nmn,;s, t oc
that nmrnosa ~ 'e'''''"' ~
' pop pna p Sosi,.oa e. oe.,,
mont h,,+ AZ Snoalo,. r,,,a -" :. 'n .e. y.
nrda, amd tha 80 anI 80 =. 'u. VI
o,.doroJ "'A nays "eie
o' w.su,vero, Mo.,, .,
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p;us po.;.;ona e.
I'd 90 s,ilon,s ' w. "o'o '''''"''-
H. Coma M 90 w;soo,s;, ;o;,,.
rosc,,.;n'. - e IL .;s,a.., ! Wr.a
aoms;,, 30 49, h,.;Is;n ~ n,.o:
Inn; R;rer Rofarred " eeis''
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
THEsHoT-GuN AND THE REMINGTON

to protect themselves from the mid
night onslaught Of the lawless des-
parade, alias the patriotic citizen and
hospitable neighbor. They tell the
people Of the North that reports Of
Southern Kuklux outrages are all ro-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS for polit-
zeal effect, etc. Perhaps so, but ro-
nance assumes the air of history,
when human blood is spilled. The
time is fast approaching when white
man dare not teach a colored school
i'm the State of Texas.
JOHN HARMON DE SHIELD.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22

Georgia postpones her State fair
till next year on account of hard
times, the Presidential election, and
the Centennial"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-22
REMINIsCENCEs OF THE WAR
DkRARTmENT

In these times, when so much ado
is made over wrong doing in the War
Department over few thousand dol
lars, it is well TO look over the last
Democratic administration of that
Department.. We take the record
from the Washington Republic, con-
corning the populations of John B.
Floyd, ex-Democratic Secretary of
War, involving loss to the govern
ment of $4,000:
During the year 1860 GODDARD Bail
ey, a relative Of John B. Floyd, then
Secretary of War, was the custodian
of bonds belonging to the Indian
Trust Fund, held by Jacob Thomp-
son, Secretary of the interior, as
trustee of various Indian tribes,
amounting in the aggregate to 1885,
24l.S2. Said Bailey, during the year
above mentioned, placed in the hands
of Russell, Majors & Waddell the fol-
lowing bonds belonging to the In
dian Trust fund:
Missouri per cent bonds. /. $4,000
North Carolina 6per ct bonds $4,000
Tennessee 6 per cent bonds. $4,000