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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
THE RUSSIAN CAPTURE IN ASIA.

LONDON, Oct. 1S.-A dispatch from
Tiflis says: 1t is estimated that the
Russians captured in the battle, Mon
day last, thirty-two battalions of
Turks, from brigade of artillery 100
officers and 1900 horses.
Among the killed are the son of
the Circassian chieftain, Schamyl,
and the Turkish general of cavalry,
Mousa Pasha. The Russians estimate
the total Turkish loss at 10000 men,
together with great stores of ammu-
nition and provisions.
THE czARowITz's HEADQUARTERS.
A dispatch from Biela reports that
the Czarowitz has removed his head
quarters from Dalma Manastyr to
Bristova, which is further north, be-
tween the LON and the Jautra.
A NEW ASSAULT ON PLEvNA.
A correspondent at Vienna tele-
graphs under date of Thursday night !:
1t is rumored that an assault upon
Plcyna commenced tonight.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
rhe canawI All Rlol.t.

KEoKUK, Oct. lS.-Tho repairs on
the locks Of the government canal are
completed and boats are now passing
through.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

an, or anti -MacM majority. The
Catholic priesthood Of France afford.
ed Mac cMahon his chief support, and
their defeat il somewhat noteworthy:
A more yielding, vascillating, and
less courageous man than MacMahon
would probably resign under the cir
cumstances, but the old Marshal is
famous for his obstinacy and staying
qualities, go that he will probably re-
main at the head Of the republic, So
called, until his eight years expire, or
at any rate SO long as his red-lcgged
Zouaves remain faithful to his
orders.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

THE Des Moincs Register says of
Gen. Garfield that lever and anon he
atakes from his inner vest pocket q
" certain letter and gazes upon 1t with
"the air Of q victim Of misplaced con-
1ffdence."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

Mr.. Geo. c. Hazleton is member
of congress for the Third district of
Wisconsin. Mr.. Hazleton says he has
no doubt that Mr.. Hayes civil-service
order was one of the potent causes of
the election result in Ohio OF that
order Mr.. Hazleton says;
'It paralyzed the best workers 10 the party then.
lust as 1t Ia dOiog everywhere. You see they are
carry ing this thing pretty far. Now Tor instance.
the marshal of the Western district of Wisconsin,
1t Madison, received oraer No. !, He % was in
been hard workers and now are stopped. This
counts 10 campaign, tell you.'
Mr.. Hazleton's idea of the effect of
the presidents civil-service order in
Ohio is unquestionably unwarranted
by all considerations of reason and of
human nature, But his disapproba-
ton Of that order conveys to these
| who never heard of Mr.. Geo. G. Ha-
zleton before, the idea that he is one
of Mr.. Conkling's recruits. The fact
| is that Mr.. Hazleton labels himself
.democrat." He voted for Sam Til
den. During the Tilden-Hayes can
vass, when he himself was a candi-
date for congress, Mr.. Hazleton per.
mitted It to be supposed that he ap-
proved OF Mr.. Tilden's uttersnces
i and OF the deliverance Of the St. Lou
is convention, on the question of civil
service reform. 1t now appears that
that supposition was erroneous; that
Mr.. Hazleton 10 not in favor Of civil
service reform, but adhercs with rock.
rooted consistency to "the old demo.
cratic creed" Of the pirate and high.
wayman, which inculcates that the
spoils belong to the victors. The pi.
rates doctrine "counts In campaign
I tell you!" What does . democrat
like Mr.. Hazleton exist for il II be
not to have the means of counting in
. campaign 2"- Chicago Tines.
| When we state what is well known
to every intelligent journalist in tht
west, that George c. Hazletonis red
hot Republican, who was never sus
pcctcd Of having any sympathy will
democracy, it will be seen what /
great mistake the Chicago Times com
mits when it leaves off its suicides
rapes, seductions, Grim cons, assigna
tions and abortions, which it is mastel
! Of, to talk about politics, which i
don't know anything about.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

In the convention Of the Episcopal
Church Of the United States, sitting
at Boston, Mass, motion by Liver
more, Of Minnesota, favoring the sew
erence Of Church and State and sym
pathizing with such movement in
England, was on the 18th inst, laid
ON the table. It acted like bomb
shell thrown into the convention
We suppose II was tabled out of cour-
tesy to the church in England and
upon the principle that tho church in
America did not wish to interfere
with the church across the waters.--
Certainly tho Episcopal Church Of
this country for itseV would not hest
tate to pronounce against q union Of
Church and State. The position
which the tabling Of the resolution
referred to places them In will
call for some Affirmative action to OK.
plain the real position ON the ques-
tion Of the church in the United
States.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
1T LOOKS LIKE A SEDAN.

1T LOOKS LIKE A SEDAN.
LONDON, Oct. l7.-According to
Russian official bulletins. Mukhtar
Pasha was most dccisively defeated
on Monday, and
THE TURKISH ARMY UTTERLY DESTROY
ED
as fighting body.
On Sunday q Russian division
turned Mukhtar's right wing, and on
Monday General Heymann with ten
thousand infantry carried Olya Tepe,
the key of the Turkish position, by
assault,
CUTTING THE TURKISH ARMY 1T TWO
in the center, and the left wing under
Mukhtar himself, retreated upon
Kars, closely pursued by Gen. Hey
man, and harrassed ON the flank by
Gen. Lazereff, but he succeeded in
gaining the cover of the fertilization
of Kars after fearful rout during
which the Turks lost great numbers
in killed and wounded, several thou
sand prisoners, and four guns.
Three divisions, constituting the
Turkish right had, in the meantime,
been surrounded, attacked and driven
from their fortified camp with great
loss. Finally, at o'clock on Monday
night. the remnant Of this portion OF
Mukhtar's army
SURRENDERED, WITH THIRTY-Two CAN
NON
and q great quantity of war material
Among the persons captured are sew.
en- Pasha's. Mukhtar Pasha is in
kars. The Russian losses are said to
have been relatively light.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
rRAupuLENT BANKRuproy.


NEW YonK, Oct. 19.-George A.
Wheeler, of w. Bailey, Lang n Co.,
iron merchants, is under arrest on {
charge Of fraudulent bankruptcy,
brought by Frederick 8. Comstock,
one Of the creditors.
Judge Blatchford directed the u. s.
Marshall to take possession of the as
sets of the firm left out Of the sched-
ule, which are said to amount to
several hundred thousand dollars.
The creditors claim that with this
the assets will cover the
which are estimated at
$4,000
ADVANCED FREIGHT RATES.
Freight from New York will bc
advanced next Monday to the follow
ing figures:
Cleveland--lst class 65c, I'd 59c, 3d
49c, 4th 3Oc.
Columbus-lst class SOC, I'd 72c, Sd
60c, 4th 36c.
Cincinnati-1st class 92c, I'd 83c, Sd
70c, 4th Ale.
Indianapolis-1st class 95c, I'd S5c,
Sd Tic, 4th 43c.
AOulsvAlt-ASt CAoos *AsA0s CO, Luz,
Sd 8S, 4th IS.
st. Louis-lst class $1.2S, I'd 1.16,
3D. 97c, 4th Gle.
Toledo-1st class TIC, I'd 69c, Sd 5sc,
4th 35c.
Chicago-lst class $1.OO, I'd 9Oc, 3d
75c, 4th 45c.
Milwaukee-lst class $l.OO. I'd SOC,
Sd 75c, 4th 45c.
Detroit-1st class 70c, I'd CSC, Sd 53c,
4th &c,
Rates from Baltimore are s cents
less on first aud second class, and Sc
less on third and fourth class than
rates from New York.
From Philadelphia they are six
cents less on first and second class,
and two cents on third and fourth
clasP.
The tariff on wheat by rail from
Buffalo has been advanced to twelve
cents bushel,. an increase Of One
cent,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
Malt Facilities Of Iowa with 81.
Louis.

The mail facilities of St. Louis are
receiving, at this time, especial atten-
tion at the hands of the business men
Of that city and its energetic and in
defatigable postmaster, Mr.. Filley.
Postmaster Filley, since he took pos
session Of that Office. has labored with
grcat energy to enlarge the mail facil-
tiles Of st. Louis, and has succeeded
well, but there yet remains much
to be done. 1t is wonderful to see
the immense difference between the
mail facilities of Chicago and those Of
st. Louis. At this time there is but
one route out Of st. Louis,north, west
or south that has tho railway postal
service, while the routes ont Of Chi
cago havs this service ON at least
q half dozen lines. Many may
ask why is this so, and many, especi-
ally Of those interested in st. Louis,
are ready to answer that there has
been partiality towards, or discrim-
ination In favor of Chicago in the
Fostofiice Department.
For ourselves we do not SO reason
in regard to this matter. The fact is,
the real cause for the difference is the
wide awake character Of the business
men of Chicago in looking after and
pressing their cause, while the people
of st. Louis have been asleep as to
their postal interests. An interview
published in the st. Louis Times be.
tween its reporter and Postmaster
Filley, clearly shows that tho ST.
Louis public have had very little
knowledge of their want of a fair
share Of mail facilities, and shows
too, that tSey have been wanting In
enterprise.
| We are glad to know that 81. Loui,
70 now stirring upon this subject
Hitherto they seem to have left III
tho work to be done by Postmastel
Filley. Chicago has pushed her rail
road postal service vis IIannibal ant
Sedalis, right In tho rear Of ST. Louis
on down to Texas, and at last 81
Louis is awakening from her slum
bers. As we said, we are glad to not,
this, and we confess that we are It
loss to account for the apathy Of tn,
press Of st. Louis for years past upol
this subject. To-day We estimate tho
thero arc 300 Chicago daily pa
pers sold in this city, while not
score of st. Lo0is dailies, al told, ar,
sold here. Ths sula and substance o
tho wholethiag = thAt Chicago ~
and 81 Louis sosesSaeas are Il
lthises Which sse ~ M ~ dtlIsr
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

The hsnnlbal 4 81. Joo R.Sn.
QUINCY, Ill, Oct. ia special to
the Wing, from Chillicothe, No., says
that at the session of Court there to-
day, Sidney McWilliams, q banker Of
that city, was appointed receiver Of
the Hannibal q st. Joe railroad.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
Metropolitan J Journalism.

Nothing short of great metropol-
itan journal could afford to have two
such editorial paragraphs as the fol-
lowing which, We find on the same
editorial page of the Chicago Times
of the 18th inst:
A rather wild projectI Congressman Black
Is to have Congressman burn, of Kentucky, Is
Joe Blackburn, of Ken Qualifying for a strait
lucky. censuied at the Jacket. AtNewark, o.,
bar of the House for say the other night, he ex-
ing In speech at New -prcssed the hope that
ara, o., that he hoped "God would not spare
the Almighty would Gov. Morton to return to
prevent Oliver p Nor his seat In the Senate.o
ton from ever FcsumnglT The expression Of so
his seat in the Senate Ifiendish sentiment
II the House were to be,should cost the Com
compelled to take cog gressman his seas Only
nizance Of every f0olishla coward or 9 lunatic
and profane remark would be guilty of utter
made by members out ing such wish
side Its walls 1t would
probably be able to
transact no other bus-
ness than passing formal
acts Of &C nsurc
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
THE BANK OF EMcLAMD.

asks us for information concerning
the often quoted rate of discount Of
Bank of England. The matter is q
very plain one. The Bank Of England
is allowed to issue notes upon Gov
ernment bond securities held by it up
to q certain amount, say $4,000, 600.
The Bank is also allowed to issue
notes, pound for pound, TO the amount
of all the gold in its possession. 1t
holds the greater part Of the available
gold in Great Britain. When a de-
mand is made for gold for exporta-
tion, the Bank of England notes are
returned to the Bank and the gold is
Withdrawn. This reduces the amount
Of the circulation of the Bank. The
bank not only discounts commercial
paper itself, but it does a large bnsi-
ness in rediscounting the commercial
paper discounted by all the other
British banks. To draw largely on
it's gold is to reduce the amount Of its
own bank-notcs, and hence the Bank
protects itself in such an emergency
by raising the rate of discount on
commercial paper. Thus, if the rate
of interest en- commercial paper is 3
per cent, and all its bank-notes are in
circulation, a demand for $20,0O0,00O
in gold compels it to retire that sum
Of its own notes. The bank at once
raises the rate of discount to 4, or 5,
or 6 per cent,or whatever rate will at
tract gold to London to be loaned out |;
this gold rapidly finds its way into
the Bank of England. When the
Bank raises its rate of interest or dis
count, all the other banks advance
theirs. 1t continues the high rate as
the market is readjusted by the
receipt of gold to take the place of
that sent out. The moment the rate
Of interest on bank loans-discounts
of commercial and business paper
is raised in London above the rates
of interest in Paris, Berlin, Frankfort
Amsterdam, or the other European
markets, gold is withdrawn from
these points, where interest is low,
and sent to London where it can
command the higher rate. As the
Bank of England holds the reserves
of nearly all the British banks, pri-
vate, joint-stock, and provincial, its
condition is of deep concern to the
whole British commercial community,
and reduction of its reserves by the
withdrawal of large sums of gold,
has an immediate effect upon the pub
lie mind. To advance the rate Of dis
count--that is, the rate of interest on
borrowed money in England-higher
than is asked for in France, Germany
or Holland, at once attracts the gold
to London, where it finds its way to
the Bank of England.
If any Greenbackcr in Wisconsin
assumes that the Bank of England
discounts its own notes, and that that
is what is meant by raising the rate
of discount, he is sadly mistaken.
The notes of that bank are redeem
able on demand in gold, and the in
stitution must have the gold in bank
before it can issue the notes, except
to the limited extent which it is au-
thorized to issue notes secured by a
deposit of national bonds. For near
lily half century the Bank of En-
gland has never refused or failed to
redeem its notes in gold in demand.
Chicago Tribune,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

The Rochester Democrut thinks
Charlie Ross was deposited In Chi
cago aAvings bank.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
The Bummers at washington.

sttC aS 00stttsE5NOU
WAsHINGToN, Oct. l6.-The lobbies
of the House are disgracefully filled
with gangs Cf hangers-on and stool.
pigeons of every legislative swindle.
To-day the members could not make
their way along the space back of
their desks without jamming through
o crowd, not single member of
which had any right upon the floor.
the d0orkeepers are helpless against
this crowd Of political bummers un-
less they are backed up by their SUI
periors, Nearly all of these political
outlaws and legislative pirates are
brought into the House Of represen-
tatives hanging on to the coat-tails of
some dcvilish good fellow of men,
Der who is only too happy when he
has a dozen or SO of this class grouped
about him. 1t is carly in the day to
criticise, as the
ORGANIZATION OF THE HOUSE
Is not completed; but If, when the
days 60 on, this gang of disreputables
are allowed to swarm over the floor
and make concert-saloons of the
cloak-rooms, then everything that
can be said of the present house man.
agement being given over to the
clutches of the hungry lobby will be
only too true. Townsend, of New
York, whose temper is never of the
best, fairly foamed at the mouth al
the impudent crowd that swarmed
about him. Hc has q seat upon the
rear row. He was punched in the
back and jammed against until he
swORE HIMSELF INTO A FIT
bordering upon apoplexy. Whenoy-
er he left his desk some ruflian would
take his desk and disarrangc his pa.
pcrs until Townsend became SO de-
moralizcd that he registered vow
that if his God would allow him to
live until tomorrow, he would ask
congress to authorize the constr uction
of an iron railing back of the seats tc
protect the members. Among other
things the irate Townsend said 81
don't want to be considered too unap.
proachable, but I'm id ifI want ia
be too apprOachable."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
TIE FOURTH CAPITOL.

In 1855 law was passed again to
relocate the Capital and Des Moincs
was selected. A square of ground
was donated for the Capitol by the
State and citizens combined, which
square was reserved for permanent
structure. A temporary building
was erected, across the street. by an
association of private citizens, and
rented to the State, which has since
been used for State offices. In the fall
of 1857 the State archives were re-
moved here. 1t was a disagreeable
work. The roads were horrible, and
there were no railroads. by ten yoke
of oxen and on two bob sleds the State
Trcasurer's safe was hauled over the
route.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

SPRINGFIELD, ILL.,, Oct. F.-Forged
drafts, amounting with interest to
$4,000, purporting to have been
drawn on the old Commissioners
fund, March, 1S40, have been discov-
cred. They were presented for pay
ment by Fred White, of New York,
last winter, when a careful investiga-
tion has been made, which has sho wn
them to be forgery.
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Unexpended balance
Sept. l, 1877. IS 81, ,469. 80
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$l.s0 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

q 90 ~ the saA sf six Menths.
Address !. n. HkDRICK co.
, 1877-04-15

A GENTS WANTED-To TAKE AGEETg GUIDE,
IL fourth yehr: ctFculstton over 10, D0os uansh8
.oc. JA1E5 r. SCOTT. 60 Desxhoea-H., Chicago
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A New York Clergyman's History.

One of the most popular Fifth avenue
pastors has a singular history, says a
New York letter. He is a graduate of
Harvard college, and twenty-seven years
ago was among the "Forty-niners "
who i~mmigrated to California via Cape
Horn. Here he became an "honest
MINER" and afterward went to Sacra-
mcnto, where he entered into the news
paper service as reporter and editor, and
utility-man in general. Welding 4
fluent pen and readily acquiring jour
nalistic habits, he was a decided success.
Among his earliest employers were the
present proprietors of the San Francisco
Bulletin and call. In 1852 they re-
moved to SIN Francisco, whittier our
present clerical friend followed them.
He shortly after accepted a situation in
the government service, and, though it
was not wholly q sinecure, it left con-
siderable spare time upon his hands,
which he turned to practical account by
making contributions to the then only
magazine on the Pacific coast. His re-
ligious opinions tn that period were very
different from those he entertains now
in fact, he was a reputed infdel-but
his attention wa attracted to Spirit
uallsm, and, finding that SO unsatisfac-
tory, he found rest at last in the
Episcopal church. His earlylife, devoted
to journalism and literary pursuits, led
him to study stenography, and his
present sermons are written in short
hand, which he reads off as glibly as if
it were a printed page.
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NEW YORK'S DIRECTORY.


Interesting Items Concerning it's Contents.
We take the following from the New
York World:
The ninety-frst volume of Trow'sN Y.
City Directory has been issued, thus
ending the annual season of discomfort
and inconvenience Immediately following
the great moving day. The man who
has climbed six flights of stairs on a hot
May day, only to find that his friend has
moved he knows not whittier, or the
country cousin who arrives in town and
goes to the old address of his fashionable
relation, can appreciate the value of a
new directory which is, like good health
or good weather, properly valued only
when it is gone.
The preparation of a directory, con-
tanning, rs this one does, 248, 800 names
and addresses, and q vast amount of in
formation about the city, is a work of 80
great magnitude that it taxes the re-
sources of a large printing and bookbind-
ing establishment severely to accomplish
it in q month.
Among the names there are many
curious ones. From Aab to Witold
Zychlinski, almost every possible COM
bination of letters seems to be used to
designate somebody.
Among the distinguished citizens Of
New York whose anne are to be found
in this directory are Isaac Walton, who
has m%odernizcd his name by substituting
q C for a k, George Washington (who
lives in several places, andi is a carpenter,
q clerk, all editor, an expressman, two
walters and a gentleman of leisure),
Daniel Webster, John Adams (who is
numerous), John @. Adams, Thomas
Jefferson, James Monroe (who now has
b for a intellectually, Absalom (Joseph),
Solomon aaron, Abraham, David, Elias,
Isaac, Joseph, Josiah, Judah, Moses,
Philip, Rachel, Raphael, Ruth, Mary,
Samuel and Simon), James Buchanan,
Ethan Allen, Oliver (B.) Goldsmith,
Thomas Chattcrton, Samuel Johnson, A.
Burr, Andre, B. Arnold, J. Davis, Simon
Rothschild, William Pitt and w. Hast
ings. Among the curious names are
Pushanperger, Washin, Fata, Qua, Guam
chiera, Cure, Qurst, Qullweger, Blaso,
Raczkiewiez, R%adwaweck, Ragaglia,
Radricjewski, RiHiel, Raft, Ryszczynski,
saaf, saalfrank, Saarosy, Saatweber,
Saazer, Villain, Vitzithum, Viverobsky,
Vnztowski, Vingut, Vute, Vyborng,
Waag, Yak, Zbent, Zeb, Zekind, Zerface,
Zhank, Zidssne, Orzula Zwadzeszewska,
Corner, Deuel., Devile, Cussen, Damn,
Damne, Colt, Tams, Helle, Hades.
Heavenrich, Angel, Giblett, Carfoot,
Rr,,in. Wolf Wasp. Ouail. Clean. Clear.
Waste, Glass, Hack, Clash, Bull, Bull
Wrinkle, Horseman, Warts, Webb, Blue,
Green, Brown, Black, White, Gray, Pink,
Purple, Yellowlee, Egge, Yelk, Fatman,
Grease, Daod, Darnall, Dady, Dare,
Darling, Dandy, Voice, Heard, Hax,
vincenz Cyphritz, Cynax, Prosper Mer-
Gle, Hasty, HIATT, Shoemaker, Tailor,
Shook, lott, Shoulder, Els, Devour,
Plant, Rigor, Rife, Fix, Fladderman,
Shah Boudagof, Shancupp, Bee, Bird,
Canary, Jay, Grow, Ok, CAMS, Herring,
Fish, Flower and Grass.
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Good DOG.

A rich merchant of Paris has a hand
some country house in the environs which
he only occupies from July to Septem-
Der. The rest of the year the property
is under the care of .Lcrat, an old soldier
retired from service. About May LIST,
while Lerat was smoking his pipe before
the door, two men in blouses, carrying a
large goods box on a ~handbMlrow, asked
his leave to deposit the box for all hour
in the garden. Lerat assented; the box
was set down behind the stable and the
men departed. In the evening Lerat's
dog began to bark savagely. Lerat went
to see what was the matter and found the
dog guarding the chest, barking and
showing his fangs significantly. Lerat
crept on tiptoe to the box and heard
movements in it. He ran at once for his
gun, got the gardener, and, returning,
opened the chest. A man in a blouse
sprang out and started to escape, but
Lerat covered him with his gun, and the
man, instead Of evading, fell upon his
knees and beggedLerat MOTTO betray him;
he would confess everything. Lerat,
however, handed him e to the police,
who set q trap, and that night captured
his two accomplices trying to break into
the house. The goods box dodge, it
seems, has been frequently tried Of late.