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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
REPREsEMrATlvE sMALLs.
His Coming Triai-c Confederate VIM
dlctlveneo0.
Snecial TelegInm TO the Intcr-O Ocean.

His Coming Trial Confederate Vim
dictlveness.
Special Telegram to the Inter-Ocean.l
WASHINGTON, Oct. J8.-Congress-
man Smalls leaves to-day for South
Carolina to attend his trial for bribery,
which comes off in the courts there
next week. He says he has no fears
of the result of this trial, as the only
evidence against him consists CT one
witness, who swears that he paid
Smalls bride of 5000 when the lat
ter was member of the Legislature
This witness attempts to corroborate
his own testimony by producing q
memorandum book in which he
claims to have recorded in phonetic
signs the circumstances as they occur
red in shorthand ,0but tho hieroglyph-
les are pronounced meaningless and
mere limitations of short hand writing.
The witness, however, explains in a
very lucid way that in his younger
days he was familiar with three diff
ferent systems of shorthand writing,
and now uses mixture of the three,
which no person but himself can read.
| On this testimony alone Smalls was
indicted and, as far as he has learned,
this is all that will be produced
| against him on trial. Before coming
North to be present at the opening OF
the session Smalls retained q Demo-
cratic lawyer by the name of Pope to
defend him, knowing that Republi-
can lawyers would have no chance OF
procuring him fair trial in the South
Carolina Courts. Pope has been the
partner for many years of Haskell,
Committee, and one of the men who
came to Washington with Hampton
last spring to make pledges of peace
and good will to the President. Has.
kell has published notice since Pope
accepted retainer from SmalIs, dis.
solving the partnership on the ground
that he will not associate with law.
yer who will defend a Republican
ssnigger" in court. Smalls thinks thil
action Of Haskell will prejudice his
case. During the war Smalls was Q
pilot on Confederate gunboat, and
when the captain and all the crew
were asleep he ran it into the Union
fleet which was blockading Charles
ton Harbor, and surrendered the
craft. Thereafter he served as pilo,
in the Union service. The Democrat.
ic newspapers of South Carolina arc
recalling this fact now. Smalls il
under indictment. and a Charleston
paper says: Gle is the rascal who
stole one of our gunboats during the
war, and ought to have been rottine
in the Penitentiary long ago."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

Thomas Mast has recovered from
his sore heel, and appears again in
Harpcr,s UIeekly, which relieves it in
mart from the Miss Nancyism and
stupidity of G. Bill Curtis.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
snerman's Apathy.

Sherman's sapathy" is only anoth-
CIR name for "man-millinerism )" and
that's one Of the principal causes of
too much Bishop in Ohio. Yet it is
not entirely an unmixed evil, for as
Bishop steps up, Stanley Matthews
steps down.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
Fatally lni,.ra,,.

OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 2l.-Curtis WAL
lace, of Ottumwa, Iowa, was found
close to the Union Pacific track in
this city, early this morning in an In
sensible condition, with his skull
mashed in several places. He is fa-
tally injured.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
herford's Ril,.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-The bill in
troduced by Senator Herford propos-
90 the repeal Of two clauses Of the
specie resq mption act, which provides
for the redemption 81 United States
notes IN excess Of three hundred mil-
lion dollars, and for the redemption
Of outstanding legal tenders Or and
after. Jan. lst, 1878 in coin. The e.
mainder Of the resnmption act ~
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
Garfield Arra,sns Matthew'S.

Gen. Garfield says OF the Republic
can defeat in Ohio:
at did not arise from opposition
to Hayes Southern policy so much as
from the Civil Service order which
de-oficered all our voters. We have
no organization to bring ont our
VOTE"
NBut the Democracy had 10 en-
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
Shipments 70 Eurana.

New YORK, Oct. 90 Shipments by
European steamers to-day Include
l5S,OOO bushels of wheat, 5000 BOXES
Of cheese, 300 kegs of honey and large
quantities of cotton, -four and pro-
visions.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
THE LOSSES.

LONDON, Oct. 22.-Eighteen thous.
and men and forty cannons were cap.
tured by the Russians in their re-
cent victory over Ghazi Mukhtar.--
Turkish reports of a part of their ar
my holding out in fortified positions
on Aladj ia Dagh are unfounded. The
Russian loss in carrying Aladja Dagh
is officially reported at l,44l killed
and wounded. Losses on other parts
of the battle field arc not stated.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

WASHINGTON, Oct. 22.-The esii-
mated cost for carrying inland mails
the coming fiscal year is $40, SS9, 30;
increase over estimates for the cul-
rent year 5000, 279.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
Didn't Do Enough to Hurt.
Gtata RaufafAR

The President intended to remove
John Sherman for violating the Civil
Service rules by taking part in the
Ohio election, but when he read the
retIrns Ae told Webb, confidentially,
that he didn't believe Sherman had
done enough to warrant silch step.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
BY telegraph

NEW YoRK, Oct. %.
Whcat--Half to one cont better;
No. 2 winter red Oct. 81 44@ Is.
Corn Half cent better; mixed
621 @3.
Oats-E Firm mixed western 35@3
Pork Dull and unchanged.
Lard 6hAde 1lFmeT, unchanged.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
Goodbye. Joens!

The keokuk Constitution calls
Weaver the Charley Ross of the Re-
publican party in Iowa.
To which the Bloomfield Common
scealM says; "And it may advertise
for him in all the postoflice papers
controlled by the party in the state,
and spend the last dollar it can raise
from its ofiice-holders in the search,
but It will never get him home again.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
SOMETHING IA asoHAL AND

When Grant came in in 1869, he |
found Colonel Edmund Jussen, Carl
Schurz' bro.-in-law, Andy Johnson's
Collector of Internal Revenue at
Chicago. During Jussen's admins
tration was founded the gigantic
conspiracy to defraud the revenues,
which eliminated in the great whisky
war of 1875, the results of which
were pretty much all FILTERED away
to kill off Grant, and make Bristow
President, neither of which results
have, as yet, been accomplished. The
head-centers of tho conspiracy at
Chicago, the men who organized the
Ring, debauched the officers, and then
robbed the Government of millions,
were Jake Rehm and A. G. Hessing,
who, on account of the supposed po-
litical necessities growing out of the
situation, were allowed to squeal, and
swear their crimes on to others, and
substantially escape punishment.
During all that whisky war, Ed
mund Jussen stood up as the attorney
of tho Ring, and especially of Rehm
and Hessing, and again he puts in an
appearance before the public.
This time it is at great democratic
Reform meeting, which was held at
Chicago on the evening of the Nth
instant, to rejoice over tho great tri-
umph of the Reform and Cancellation
democracy in Ohio.
In the course of his remarks, Col.
Jussen said, amidst much applause,
| that
at is q shame to hold q citizen liza
BILE for technical violations of the
Internal Revenue law, especially
when it would take Philadelphia
lawyer week to find out what any
one of it's provisions meant"
From this, we judge that it is part
of the frenzy that rules the hour to
pacify the thieves, as well as the cut
threats and traitors, and if not, why
not? The rebellion involved in its
train the crimes of arson, murder,
robbery, pillage and treason; in fact
it was tho sum of all crimes. And
now, if these men, who organized and
ran the rebellion, and who are re-
sponsible for it, are to be pacified
and conciliated by giving them the
entire control of the Government they
essayed in vain to destroy, why
should we be too severe on few pet
ty thieves, who only stole few mil
lion dollars, because the Internal
Revenue law was so complicated?
This is Col. Jussen's boss conun-
drum, which he submits to demo-
cratic meeting, and we give it up, as
well as they did. We may remark
here parenthetically and historically
that when Grant turned this apollo
gist for thieves-Edmund Jussen-
out of Office, Carl Schurz, his bro.-in-
law and sponsor, became Grants
deadly enemy, and that's what made
Schurz such a roaring reformer.
Two other distinguished renegades
to-wit: Lyman Trumbull and James
r. Doolittle, both spoke at the meet
ing, and they like Jussen, date their
! conversion to democracy from the
hour they were chokcd off from the
Republican teat.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
Reforner Sam.

eff'O~fsV 1H1sASD, N17Sr1'V
The selection of RefOrmer Randall
for leader is generally regarded as q
choice made in the interest, If not by
the direct manipulation of Reformei
Tilden, whom the Tammany reform.
ers expect to bring forward again fol
President in 1880. In other words
RefOrmer Randall is the democratic
John the Baptist who is appointed to
prepare the way for the great re.
former of Gramercy Park. 1t waf
very imprudent, to be sure, in Gov
Walker to propose that the House
should interfere in such reformato-
ny arrangement.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

lEapAssDAr Mosx,No, Der. "a, ls77.

Mcclellan is claiming to be the
workingmAn's candidates for COVER
nor OF New Jersey because he was
the grave-diggcr Of the Chickahom-
my.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
FRENCH AFFAIRS,

PARIS, Oct. 23.-Jules Grevy will
accept the representation of the 9th
ACCOMPLISHMENT, Paris. instead of his
former constituency, the arrondisse-
ment of Dole, department of Jura,
from both which he was returned, be-
cause the Republicans attach greater
and more general significance to his
election in the place Of the late Theirs.
Although Grcvy favors moderate
policy believing it better to
serve his term. Still if tho Mar
shall does not promptly accept tho OPP
portunity now open to him and sim
cerely cooperate with the moderate
liberals in guaranteeing the country
against an anti-republican surprise,
Grevy is prepared to place himself at
the head of the solid left and main
tain it's claims and fulfill the du-
ties imposed by the country in
the late elections. The constitution
declares that moderation and patience
remain the watch word of the repub-
lican party.
The Orleanists organ Les Oleil in
sists upon a compromise which is not
only possible but necessary for the
country that MacMahon should.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
Ifnot, Why notf

How would it do for Schurz to re.
sign and let Chief Joseph carry on
the reforms, and thus conciliatc the
Indians r. Has0t-E Eye.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
Live stock Mark ct.

BY Telegraph
ST.. LOUIS, Oct. %.
Hogs-rcceipts 1900 head. Str1hg
and scarce. Light to good Workers
~ 5000; packing "a 90@5; Boston
and Philadelphias lO@5 %.
New York Market.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
---------~ . ----------
Another whisky Man Discharged

ST. Louis, Oct. 23.-U. 5. District
Attorney Bliss has dismissed the suit
against John Henderson, of New Or
leans, for completely with the whisky
ring. Henderson was convicted Mt
New Orleans. and after serving part
of his sentence was pardoned by
Grant and indicted here for the same
offense. The present action seems to
be the result of that in the Mckee
case.
Col. II. S. Stevens, general mana
ger of the Hannibal & st. Joe r. r..
in an interview last evening, said all
the trouble of that road had been pro-
duced by outside parties and that
other roads, no doubt, have had fin
ger in the pie. 1t is monstrous, he
said, that receiver should be APP
pointed for the road, especially as
the road is not in default for a dollar.
That not one Of its obligations has
ever been protested and that the in
terested on its bonds has never been
passed but always paid in full. lie
further stated that the company was
now in possession of Independent as
sets of over $4,000, 600, subject to the
control of the Board for the payment
of whatever Indebtedness may be
against it and for improvement of the
road bed Of the road, laying steel
rails etc.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

Now You see 1t and Now You Don's
The vote of Hamilton county, con-
tanning Cincinnati, was as follows at
the last election:
Bishop, DEM, for Governor {. 90, 709
West, Rep, for Governor. II, A5
Bond, Industrial, for Governor. 9,O7l
Bishop over West. ........ 3,46A
Last fall Tilden carried the county
only by 5S2 majority. This Demo-
cratic gain of 5000 represents tho ex-
cess Of Republicans who supported
Bond, who appears to have received
COCO Republican and only 5000 DEM
ocratic votes. Tho "Industrials" had
80 many promises from the Demo-
Gratis that they expected to sweep the
county. They see how they have
done it-simply making cats paws Of
themselves to rake chestnuts out of
the fire for the Bourbons.
Again: The Industrials expected
great things from the Democrats in
Cleveland. This is what they got:
west, Rep, for Governor. :. IL. ga
blshop, Dem, for Governor. 1864
industrial and Grcenback 3,O05
The Republican majority last fall
was 1878. The Industrials cut it
down to 1000, and the Democratic In
dustrials stuck to the Bourbons and
left the other wing in the lurch.
Ditto here in Wapello county,
The few Democrats who stuck to the
Workingman's Greenback ticket now
all say that the Bourbon Democratic
wing of their party most all deserted
them at the polls. If you want fair
and complete picture Of Democratic
hypocrisy, to the end that profit may
follow fawning, see Sam. d. Evans
and 10. Kiser peddling tickets for
Jessup. temperance candidate for
Governor, and actually voting for
him.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

Chicago Market

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20.-The wheat
crop this year is the largest ever pro-
duced in the country.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

We lay down these propositions:
e !. A democrat can emigrate from
the North to tho South, and be pro.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

GLASGOW, Oct. 22.-The most in
tense excitement prevails over the
colliery explosion. sExploring par
ties are endeavoring to get at the
mines, but have little hopes of rescu-
ing any. The bottom Of the pit is
said to be full of dead bodies.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

GLASGOW, Oct. ~, Up. MA spe-
cial train sent to bring the injured of
the colliery explosion to Glasgow
infirmary has returned, no one hav-
ing been got out alive. Twenty dead
bodies have been recovered. 1t is
feared the entire four hundred who
were in the colliery when the explo-
sion occurred, persisted.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
Mine Explosion.

LONDON, Oct. 22.-An explosion
has occurred at Hight Blantyre, near
Glasgow. Four hundred men were
in the mine q large number are kill
ed,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

WAsHINGToN, Oct. %.
Bills were introduced and referred
this morning.
BY Beck to repeal section 8 Of the
act to provide for the resumption spe-
cic payments, approved July 18th,
1875.
BY Herford repeating the act pro-
viding for resumption.
by Jones, of New. to authorize the
coinage Of dollar of 4l21a grains
standard silver and for other purpo-
ses.
A resolution submitted by Ed
munds for the appointment of COM
mittee to consider the state Of the
laws for inspecting, ascertaining and
declaration of the result of election
tor President and Vice President and
that the committcc have power to re-
port by bill or otherwise, was taken
up and Edmunds moved to amend by
adding the words "and that said COM
mittec have power to confer and act
With any committee Of the house that
may be charged with the same SUBJ
ject." Agreed to and the resolution
passed as amended.
Howe introduced bill amending
tho revised statutes relating to the
transportation Of animals.
Chaffee submitted resolution di-
recting the Sec. Of the Interior to
transmit to the Senate the last annual
report Of the government directors Of
the U. p. r. II. Co. Agreed to.
A number of bills were introduced,
Adjourned.
SENATE.
WASHINGTON, Oct. %.
Several bills were introduced and
q brief executive session held. Adj
journcd till Thursday.
Among the bills introduced were
the following:
BY Wallace to provide lawful note
and coin currency for the u. s. Wal.
lace said he did so by request, ana
without committing himself to the
bill. He also introduced . bill 70 au-
thorize long bonds for the investment
of savings.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

THE POPE,
Becoming an Imbecilc. =
Anarchy in the Church
Imminent.
Osman Pasha's Army short
of Rations.
Portland, Me, has Another Fire
In Which Seventy-fiv Houses
are Burned.
FOREIGN.

Ono MAN Killed and 70 Number I'm
jurcn.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
ny LITTLE HOPE

of rcscuing the men is entertained, as
tho explosion occurred at 8 O'Clock in
the morning and the exploring party
had to relinquish their efforts in ono
pit at 4 o'clock in the aftcrnoon, pc.
cause of the poisonous gAsca AZ
the bottom shaft OF the other PA %
Tho coliiery, compriaing tMo pifs With
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
The G oIiiery Calamity.

LONDON, Oct. y, Eve.-Latcr par
ticulars from High Blantyro show
that 233 men descended into the mine
this morning. None of them except
one man who was working near the
shaft at the time of the explosion, had
been rescued up to late hour this
evening.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
FIGHTING At GRIyJTZA.

LONDON, Oct. 20.--Osman Pasha
telegraphs that the enemy attacked
his position on the wing Friday. The
attacking party, only one battalion
and some sappers, was repulsed.-
This was probably feint to draw
Osman's attention from Grivitza. as
the Bucharest semi-official paper, the
Romaraul, announces that the Rou-
manians thrice heroically attacked the
second Grivitza redoubt, but were re-
pulsed. Details wanting.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
Destructive Fire.

ST. JOINS, N. B., Oct. 1S.--About
three o'clock this morning fire start
ed on Main street, Portland, and in q
short time tho block bounded by
Main, Chapel, and Portland streets
was in flames, destroying q number
of stores and dwellings. A brisk
wind carried the flames along and st.
Johns was called on for assistance
which was promptly given. AT five
o'clock tho burnt district extended
from Acadia to Portland ST., and
along Chase st. to Acadia thence to
Main street. Both sides of Chapel
street arc in ruins, and several houses
on the east side of Acadia as we'll as
we'll as those on tho west, were in
| flames. At that time it was believed
that every house on High Street, be-
tween Portland and Acadia, would
be destroyed. Temperance Hall on
SimOnds street is now on fire.
|. ST.. JOHNS, Oct. 2O.--The fire in
Portland burned itself out about 9
o'clock. Nearly scventy-tive houses
were destroyed. One man was burn
ed to death and several men and wo-
men injured. Drunkenness and row.
dyism was rampant during the pro-
J gress Of the flames. The town council
Is taking measures to relieve suffer-
ers. The fire is supposed to be an in
cendiary, one previous attempt having
been made to burn the building in
which the flames were first discover
ed. The loss is estimated at two hun.
dred thousand dollars. Many of the
I homeless were sufferers by the ST.
Johns fire,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
BEFORE KARS.
LONDON, Oct. 2O.-The Russians
have before Kars 10000 men.

LONDON, Oct. 2O.-The Russians
have before Kars 10000 men.
MoUKHTAR PAsHA's ARMY,
at the time of the battle, did not COM
prise more than 10000 men; among
these were IA battalions drawn from
the garrison of Kars. The Ottoman
field army lost at least onc-third of
its strength in killed, wounded and
captured. A few battalions remain
available to relieve Erzeroum and
unite with the troops of Kurk-Ismael
Pasha, and those from Pcrvnek, to
form the nucleus of new army for
the relief of Kars.
TIE GRAND DUKE MICHAEL
can safely leave 10000 men in front of
kars, and with the remainder press
forward towards Erzcroum.
THE SIEGE OF PLEvNA.
Russian bulletins from Plevna say
siege operations are progressing
The fire is concentrated upon one
point and appears to have considera-
BILE effect.
SULEIMAN PASHA
il concentrating on the LON, in front
of the Czarowitch's left wing, with
the intention of attacking as the
weather permits.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

"Hallo," said a by-stander, "yOu can't
oil that thing; there's big hole it."
A blank look came over the Dutch
mans face. "Mein Colt, ish dot so
den / better keeps my Wind in me. /"
Down east the smart young ladies
have invented new kind Of charm
string. They ask their gentleman
friends to give them ten-cent pieces
which have been ground smooth on
one side, and adorned with the gen.
tleman's monogram, at the giver's ex-
pensc. These coins the fair beggars
wear about their necks in strings as
the Egyptian and Turkish women do
tho one with the longest string be-
ing an object of cnvious congratula-
ton.
William Stevens, of Clay county,
Ala, has squatted ON mountain tract
and built himself log cabin, where
he resides coutentedly with his rifle,
wife, eight kids and 100 goats. The
goats are hardy and prolific; he
shoots them when he wants meat, or
leather for shoes; has their milk for
milk, butter and cheese; exchanges
kid flesh for meal with miller at the
foot of the mountain sells his surplus
animals yearly for clothing, hats, ETC.,
and claims that he is the bcst-fed,
best-clothed, best-shod and best-hu-
mored man in the county.
The Enginecr-in- Chief of the Aus
tralian colony in Victoria has, during
the past two years, made tour Of
the world to examine the railway
system of all countries. The result
is given 10 an elaborate report. He
is Of opinion that our ordinary pas
senger cars are decidedly inferior to
English first-class carriages, especial
ly in long journeys. "The want oil
support for tho head and shoulders.
the draughts and chills which from
one window will sweep over fifty or
sixty passengers, are all drawbacks
to the American system. Again, the
and hawkers passing up|
and down become an insnfferable
nuisance. On the other hand, there
Is no doubt but that the American
cars do give great facilities for col
Letting and examining tickets, and
consequently do save many deleys,n
n
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

The following are the persons who
were present at the conference Hale
and Frye, of Maine Hendee, of Yer
mont; Butler and Grape, of Massa-
chusetts; Blair, of New Hampshire ;
Martin |. Townsend, Of New York
Russell Errett. of Pennsylvania; u. ID.
Cox, Garfield, Foster and Danford, of
Ohio; Conger, of Michigan Thorn
burgh, of Tennessee; Dunnel, of
Minnesota; Price, of Iowa Page, Of
California; and Cannon and Burch-
ard, of Illinois.