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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-06-06
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Fourth Annual Encampnent
HEADQUARTERS, MARIETTA, OHIo,(
Nav Odd. 1877,

HEADQUARTERS, MARIETTA, Onlo,l
May 23d, 1877. :
To the Tetcrdns Of all branches of
Military and Naeal Service through.
out the United States:
CoMRADEs.-Three annual encamp-
mcnts of the National Re-Union have
been held at Caldwell, Ohio, the last
one having an average daily attend
ance of over 5000, with twenty-scvcn
states represented. The attendance
last year demonstrated that the gath
ering has outgrown the place and
accommodations. 1t has been decided,
therefore, to hold the Fourth En-
campment OF MARIETTA, o., Sept.
4th, 9Th, 9th and 7th, 1877, and the
Executive Committee hereby extend
a hearty invitation to all soldiers,
sailors and veterans of all grades and
branches of the service, without dis
tinction, to meet with us as above.
In this matter we know no politics,
no North nor South, but wish to
meet upon the broad platform Of a
common and united country.
The most extensive preparations
are under way to provide for the
comfort and entertainment of the
great gathering. The city has offered
the use of all public buildings, parks,
&c. The Ohio Guards will generally
encamp with us, and Gov. Young,
with staff, has accepted an invitation
to be present, and review them. This
county alone will furnish battalion
of from 800 to 1000 men for escort
and camp duty. An immense camp
will be located near the city, on the
bank of the Muskingum river.
The President, all State Governors
and leading civilians and military
men have been invited, and are gen
orally expected in camp. Correspond
ence had with General Sherman anG
General Cockrell Qate Of the Confed
crate service,) lead us to hope tina
both, so far as they can tell now, viii
be with us, and we hope to announce
others shortly.
The exercises will consist of artil
lery salutes, brass band contests, dres
parades, experience meetings, shan
battles.
i A boarding bureau, on the Centen
NAL plan, will be established TO
those who desire private entertain
ment. Those who wish to 20 int
camp should form messes and brin,
blankets, &C., along. We furnish shell
. ter and fuel for camp fire only, bu
will allow few sutler stores j
the camp, where supplies can be ha
at reasonable rates.
!, The Executive Committee will b
: pleased to take charge of and retur
I to owners at the next Re- Union, an
relics of the late war that holder
may be disposed to have returned
The return of a captured sword b
Major Estes Of Texas. to Col. Archie
9 of the 18th Iowa, was on interestin
and impressive ceremony.
Marietta can be reached by thre
/, leading railroads and two navigabl
| rivers, the Ohia and Muskingun
Direct railroad connection can I
made from Columbus Clevclan,
Cincinnati, Baltimore, and Pittsbur,
: The lowest possible excursion rate
will be procured, and parties shout
:. club together and write for rates frol
: their respective homes. Further il
formation cheerfully given upon o.
= plication to the Secretary. Respec
! fully submitted,
d. p. BoswoRTH,
Chairman of Executive Com.
: II. B. HOOVER, Sec.
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A PosT-MoRTEM EXAMINATION


was had, and the contents of the
stomach and the spoon with which
the medicine was administered were
forwarded to Prof. Haines, of Rush
Medical College, for examination and
analysis. Strychnine was at once
discovered in the stomach, and adj
herring also to the spoon from which
the bitter medicine had been admin
istercd to Mrs. McGhce. Then it
was discovered that McGhee, about
a week before his wife's illness COM
menced, . 81
HAD BOUGHT ARSENIC
at the town of Capron, Boone County,
while holding protracted meeting
there. All the symptoms of Mrs Nc
Ghec's illness. in the beginning were
those of arsenic poison. Subsequent
ly he purchased strychnine of "a drug
gist at Ashton. The theory is that an
overdose of the arsenic was admins
tered and the stomach rejected it.
THEN sTRYcHNINE WAS ADMINISTERED.
McGhee was arrested and commit
ted to jail. Then came another phase
of the case that is, &C least, striking.
The daughter Jenny Morris, was per-
mitted to visit McGhee in Jail. After
she had made him several visits, he
communicated to friend, and SO the
story got out, that Jenny had made a
written confession that she had poi
soned her mother IN revenge for the
latter's finding fault with her denny,
keeping company with some young
fellow. Jenny, who is half-witted
sort of creature, then told how, in
his cell, McGhee had written out the
confession and wanted her to copy
and sign it, saying to her that it could
do no harm.
SUCH, IN HAsTY OUTLINE,
is the case for the prosecution which
opened yesterday, the entire day be-
ing taken up with the selection of ju.
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The Ellenton Conspiracy.

Chief Justice Waite who has been
presiding at the trial of the Ellenton
murderers and bnlldozers, which has
been in progress at Charleston S. G.,
several days, concluded his charge to
the jury yesterday morning as fol-
lows:
ii IA single word more. 1t has been
argued before you that this is pO-
litical trial, and that the prosecution
has been instituted and carried on
for political purposes. Such an ar
gnment, gentlemen, should have no
Influence with you. The case to yOn,
and to the court also. is political only
in the sense that it grows out OF an
alleged Offense against the political
rights of q citizen ofthe United States
secured to him by the national con-
stitution. That number of citizens
of the United States have been killed
there can be no question, but that is
mot enough to enable the government
ofAhe United States to interfere for
their protection. Under the consti-
.4ntion that duty belongs to the State
alone. But when an unlawful COM
sbiuatiOp is made t0interferc with any
of the rights of national citizenship
secured to. citizens of the United States
s.y the national constitution, then an
.ofiense is committed against the laws
of tho III nited States, and it is not only
the right bnt the absolute dnty OF the
ue.ional government to interfere and
afford TO its citizens that protection
which every good government is
bound to give. The case as alleged
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1000, 900 Bottles
OF THE
Cent auR.
LiniIlentS.

have been sold the last year, and not one complaint
has reached u.s. that they have not done all that Is
claimed for them. Indeed, scientific skill cannot
go beyond the result reached in these wonderful
preparations. Added to Carbolc, Arnica, Men
tina, Seneca-Oil and Witch Hazel, are other In
sredients, which makes family Eminent that
deiies rivalry. Rheumatic and bcd-ritlden Grim
pies have by 1t been enabled to throw AWAY their
crutches, and many who for years have been al
flicted with Neuralgia, Sciatica, Caked Breasts
Weak Backs, &C.. have found permanent RELIEF
Mr.. Josiah Westlake, Of Marysyllle, O.. writes.
"For years my Rheumatism has been SO bad
that have been unable to stir from the house.
have tried every remedy could hear Of, Finally
learned Of , The Centanr Linimsnt The first three
simply marvel"
This Liniment cures Burns and scalds without
scar. Extracts the Poison from bites and stings
Cures Chilblans and Frosted Feet, and is very
eflicacious for Earachc, Toothache, Itch, and Gu
taneous Eruptions.
The Geo auH Lini,nent, Yellow
wrapper. is intended for the tough fibers cords
and muscles of horses, mules and animals.
READ! READ!
Rev. Geo. w. Ferris, Manorkil, scholarie Co,
n. u. says:
I'M horse was lame fora year with fetlock
wrench. Al remedies utterly failed to cure and l
CONSIDERED him worthless until commenced to
use Centaur Liniment, which rapidly cured him
heartily recommend il. >,
IL makes very little difference whether the case
Ne wrench. sprain, SPAWN, or lamcness OF any
kind. the effects are the same. The great power
Of the Liniment is, however, shown in levi,
Big 'head, 6weeny, SPAWN, Ring-bone, Calls and
Scratches. This Lniment is worth millions OF
dollars yearly to the Stock-growcrs, Livery men,
Farmers and those having valuable animals to
csre for. We warrant its effects and refer to any
Farrler who has ever used it.
LABORATORY OF J. b. ROSE 4 Co,
40 Dey street, New York
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Russian Priests.

Russian priests are Q disgrace to
christianity. Gle has priests eyes,"
is proverb which means that the per-
son SO chara cterizcd is lustful, greedy
and sclf-seeking. Moreover, they
are, in drunken nation the most
drunken. A friend of mine who
stayed several months at Russian
country house, says 1t was common
sight to sec two priests lying in a cart
as pigs do when they are driven to
market. One saints day, he tells me
the priest came to the chapel too far
gone to read the service instead of
being overwhelmed with shame, he
actually whined out an apology i:
"We poor fellows spend all our time
praying for others, and have no one
to pray for us; no wonder. therefore,
we fall under temptation" Things
are just as bad in Bulgaria; an En-
glish engineer who has just written
q book Of his experience there, went
over one Sunday to attend a church,
whose "pope" had great reputation
for sanctity. There was no service,
for the "popc" was lying dead drunk
among the nettles at the back of his
yodko (whisky) shop. ~ heard"
quantity adds the writer. "that for
the five previous Sundays his place
had been among those vegetables."-
Is it any wonder that the Turks look
on religion which has such teachers
as filter for swine than for men. p
All tie Year Round.
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A New Confidence Game.
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M n xro,,,{ ,onEIoooo .ro,,oa n

The worst confidence game of the
season was practiccd on a minister q
few days since by unknown parties.
A couple-apparchtly q gentleman
and lady--went to the house of a
Quincy divine armed with mar
rage license and requested the minis
ter to marry them. The ceremony
was accordingly performed, accord
ing to the latest fashion, when the
bridegroom asked the clergyman how
much he charged. Three dollars
A $50 bin was handed out, and the
groom received SIT in change. "A
few moments conversation aud con-
CALCULATIONS followed, when the hap
Ply couple prepared to depart; but
the bride who was little awkward
at the business of handling train,
displayed pair of heavy boots! This
naturally aroused some suspicion of
a trick. Accordingly some Of the
household watched the pair as they
left the parsonage, and had the salts
faction Of seeing the woman disrobe
in an alley, and come forth as fine q
looking young man as one would
wish to see. The reverend gentle
man who had made them man and
wife examined his $40 bank-note and
discovered that it was counterfeit
But he has not yet found the conf
dence men who passed it Oh him.
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Castoriia.

complete substitute for Castor Oil, without it's
unpleasant taste or recoil in the throat. The re-
suit Of 20 years practice by DIR. Samuel Pitcher,
of Massachusetts,.
Pitchers Castoria Is particularly recommended
for children. 1t destroys worms, assimilates the
food and allows natural sleep. Very eflicacious
In Group, and for children Tee thing. For Colds,
Feverishness. Disorders of the Bowels, and
Stomach Complaints, nothing is so elective. II
is as pleasant to take as honey costs bat So CENTS
and can be had of any Druggist.
This is one OF many testimonials:
CORNWALL, Lebanon Co. Pa, March Ii, II,
Dedr Sr--l have used your Castoria in my
practice for some time. take great pleasure In
accompanying ito He profession rs safe, relia-
pig and agreeable medicine. 1t is particularly
dda1fed 10 children where the repugnant taste Of
Castor Oil Tenders 1t SO difficult to administer.
Il. A. ENDERS, M. d.
Mothers who try Castoria will find that they
can sleep nights. and that their babies III be
healthy.
j, B. RosRA CO., New York.
May II Smw
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-06-06
DASTARDLY OUTRAGE.
A Woman Beaten Nearly to
Death by Robbers.
From the st. Louis Disratch.


One of those fiendish acts which
depraved humanity alone is capable
of doing, occurred in Jefferson coun-
ty, Missouri, on last Monday.
About ten o'clock in the morning,
the house of Mr.. McCarty, farmer
living about six miles from Rnsh
Tower, was entered by two men, and
Mrs. McCarty, the only person in the
house at the time, was beaten with
clubs and left for dead. The robbers
and murderers then searched the
house for money, $3.50 being at that
time in the possession of the family.
While the two men were searching
for the money Mrs. McCarty regain
cd her consciousness and by some
means made her way to the field near
by where her husband was at work,
and gave the alarm which caused
him to hasten to her, only to find her
covered with blood and almost in a
senseless condition. The robbers fled,
leaving their booty behind them, aft
er scattering papers all over the floor
Mrs. McCarty is about siXty-scven
years old, and is now in very criti.
cal condition, her life being dcspaired
of. No clue as yet has been found to
the scoundrels who committed the
deed. This is one of the most brutal
deeds ever performed, and deserves
the scverest punishment at the hands
| of the law.
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shIpwre cked Passengers Naurderee

OUIPWSOCke0 PAS80nS0r0 Murdered
SAN FRANCISCO, June 4.-The sur
ylvor of the wreck Of the lost steam
ship, George s. Wright, has at last
been discovered. He is an Indian
named Coma, and was coal HEAVIER on
board. He was recognized on the
streets at Navarino oil Friday, ar
rested and brought to Victoria, ycs-
terday. The Colonist of to-day says
since the disaster Coma has constant
ly evaded the police and until quite
recently it was not known that there
existed Q single survivor of the
wreck. Coma confessed to the SUI
pertinent Of Police, after being duly
cautioned, that at night the
boiler Of the steamship exploded and
she began to sink at once. Captain
Ainsley, with four United States
officers and passengers got into a
boat and told Coma, who was on
deck, to got in. The rest of the pco-
pie were in bed or tried to escape by
means of another boat. The captain
and = party, seven in all, pulled ashore
near Cape Caution. The party were
nearly naked. The Indians gave
them blankets to keep them warm.
A day or two afterwards three canoe
loads Of Indians came to the spot and
and Capt. Ainsley offered the leader
$500 to convey the shipwrecked men
to TT Rupert. Four of the Indians
were armed with muskets with
which they killed all the whites, tied
stones to their bodies and sunk them
in deep water. They robbed the
bodies of all valuables, including the
captains gold watch and chain.
They spared Coma but told him if he
ever dared to narrate the circum-
stances they would kill his father.
Coma thinks all the people on
board who were in bed at the time of
the explosion were drowned, as the
boat went down rapidly. The priso-
ner was to-day confronted by four
prisoners who were brought by the
Rocket and have since twice been in
jail here and identified two CT them
as belonging to the murderers.
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RoscoE CoNKLING has been in
Washington and failed to call on
President Hayes. 1t is well known
that Conkling had doubts at the time
of Hayes carrying South Carolina,
and the ousting of Chamberlin and
all the Republican members from the
Edgefield and other bull-dozed par
ishes, and the admission of Hampton
democrats from them, has probably
added to Conkling's convictions upon
that point. Moreover. he is broth.
cr-in-law of Seymour, and an intimate
personal friend of Tilden, besides hi
own head has been sore ever sine
the Cincinnati convention.
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MccRARY's LETTER
OF instructions to General Sherman
Regarding Mexican lnvasions.

WASHINGTON, June 1.-The follow
ing letter of the Secretary of War to
General Sherman was sent this after
noon; a
GENERAL-The report of w. II.
Shafton, Lieutenant Colonel of the
Twenty-fourth Infantry, command
ing District Of Neuces, Texas, con-
corning recent raids by Mexicans and
Indians from Mexico Into Texas for
marauding purposes, with your en-
dorsement of the 10Th ult., has been
submitted to the President together
with numerous other reports and
documents relating to the same SUBJ
iect have been duly considered. The
President desires that the utmost Wig
lance on the part Of military forces
in Texas be exercised for the sup
preston of these raids. 1t is very
desirable that efforts to this end, in SO
far at least as they necessarily in
vOlve operations on both sides Of the
border, be made with cooperation
of Mexican authorities, and you will
instruct Gen. Ord, commanding in
Texas, to invite such cooperation on
the part of local Mexican authorities
and to inform them that while the
President is anxious to avoid giving
offense to Mexico, he is nevertheless
convinced that invasion Of our terri
tory by armed and organized bodies
of thieves and robbers to prey upon
our citizens should not longer be en-
dured. General Ord will at once
notify the Mexican authorities along
the Texas border of the great desire
of the President to unite with them
In their efforts to suppress this long
continued lawlessness. AT the same
time he will inform those authorities
that II the government Of Mexico
shall continue to neglect the duty of
suppressing those outrages that duty
will deyOlve upon this government,
and will be performed, even IL its
performance should render necessary
the occasional crossing of the border
By our troops. You will therefore
direct General Ord that in case law
less inyasi0ns continue, he will be at
liberty to use his own discretion when
in pursuit Of marauders, and when
his troops are either in sight Of them
or upon q fresh trail to follow them
across the Rio Grande and to over
take and punish them a. well az re-
take stolen properly taken from our
citizens and found in their hands on
the Mexican sidc OF the line. / have
the honor TO be very respectfully,
GEO. w. MeCRARY, Sec'y of War.
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A New crist Of Masbys.

WASHINGTON, juno 5.-Thc follow
ing Postmasters were to-day COM
missioned by the President:
Edwin w. Phelps, Oak Park, Ills. :
Mrs. Jane Rustman, Plano, His. /; Al
bert s, rarker sedaiia Ne Ne Edward
Pierce, Garrettsyillc, Ohio; Z. II.
Overhaul, Wadsworth, Ohio; James
Mcdonald, West Liberty, Ohio Ben
jamin Il. Farmer, Spring Valley,
MIMI; O. A. Hadley, Little Rock,
Arkansas; Alphonso L. Darnal, Sher-
man, Texas; Mrs. Mary W. Briggs,
Mansion, Wis. /; Henry G. Trout, Stu
art, Iowa Stephen M. Jones, Hamp-
ton, Iowa; Valentine Mendal, Abba,
Iowa Orren III. Benson, May Wood,
Ills.
The President to-day appointed
Phillip p. Wilcox, U. S. Marshall
for the District of Colorado.
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The authorities Of Utica, n. u,
have just given an example of swift
justice in overtaking and disposing
of criminals, that may well be fol-
lowed in many other places. On
Sunday morning, the Goth inst, a
burglary was committed at the house
Of John Bush in that city. The bur-
glar was arrested the same morning,
was indicted by the grand jury on
Tuesday, and the same day was tried,
found guilty of burglary in the first
degree and sentenced to the Auburn
prison for twenty years by Judge
Noxon. Three young burglars were
arrested ut the some place on Mon
day at midnight, and were indicted
and sent to Auburn and the Syracuse
Penitentiary at 5 p. m. on Tuesday.
We need few days of Utica justice
in this neigeborhood.
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General Roynton. Wri

General Boynton, writing from
Washington to the Cincinnati. Gazette,
enlarges upon the Chisholm tragedy,
declares that the general responsible
ty of Southern Democrats for such
outrages cannot be avoided, and ex-
presses the opinion that Q fearful ret
ribution must follow. Representa-
tons from the quiet citizens Of the
South, he states, have come to repub-
licans at Washington to the effect that
the people, fearing that such outra-
ges will rouse spirit of vengeance
in the negroes, would willingly have
the troops returned to their old posi-
tons IN the South. The quiet citi-
zens Departing af their efforts to con-
troll the dangerous whites, and fear
ing that the colored population will
become desperate under persecution,
want the tr0Ops,
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VEGETINE

Strikes mt the root of disease by purifying tbe
pood, restoring the liver and kidneys to healthy
action, invigorating the nervous system.
Vegetine
Is not vile, nauseous compound, which s;mplv
purges The bowels, but n safe, pleasant remedy
when y sure TO purify the blood, and thereby
Vegetine
Is now prescribed in cases of Serofula and other
diseases of the blood, by many of the best pLy-
siclahs, owing TO its great success in curing nil
diseases OF this nature.
Vegetine
Does not deceive invalids into false hopes by
pnrg.ng and creating n fictitious appetite. but
assists nature in clearing and purifying tho
Whole system, leading the patient gradually to
perfect health.
Vegetine
was looked npon as an experiment for some
time ny some OF our hest physicians but those
most lncrednlous in regard to its merit are now
HIS most ardent friends and supporters.
VGgctinc
says Boston physician, "has no equal ms "a
blood purifier. Hearing OF it's many wonderful
cures after all other remedies had failed Wis
tied the laboratory aud convinced myself of its
genuine merit. ~ ia prepared from barks, roots
and herbs. each of Which is highly effective aud
they ara compounded In such a manner as to
produce astonishing resnlts.'
Vegetine
Is acknowledged and recommended by physi.
clans and apothecafies TO be the best purifier
and cleanser of the blood yet discovered and
thousands speak in its praise who have been
restored TO health.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-06-06
SUPERSTITION.

A panacea, or Genre all" is one OF
the myths Of the age of superstition
DR.. r. V Pierce docs not recommend
any one or even his whole list OF stan
dard remedies as adequate to cure ev.
cry disease. For ecverc. lingering
coughs, bronchial, throat, and chronic
lung diseases, he believes his Golden
Medical Discovery is unsurpassed, but
II will not cure you ifyour lungs arc
half wasted by consumption. The
Discovery not only exercises potent
influence over pulmonary affections,
by reason Of its pectoral properties,
but possesses also the most valuable al
terative, or blood-cieansing properties
and is therefore sovereign remedy
In blood and skin affections. But
while 1t will cure scrofulous and other
ulcers or sores, blotches, pimplcs. and
eruptions, ii will not cure cancer, nor
does it's manufacturer claim any such
merit for it as is done by proprictors Of
other blood-cleansing medicines, who
dishonesty try to deceive the afflicted
into the BELIEF that their preparations
will accomplish impossibiIilies. BY
reason of its real intrinsic merit il has
a salc surprising that of any other
blood and cough medicine.