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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
chtcaeo ElectIon on,ola,.

CHICAGo, April 4.-The following
are the figures of the election held
yesterday for city officers. In each
case the Republican candidate was
elected:
For Mayor-Heath, 3O,39l; Smith,
1880.
23,OO6.
Attorney-Tuthill 27,954; Hyncs,
21,5T.
Clerk-Butz, 2S,3lO; Ruhbaum, 90
1856.
Tho Council is largely Republican,
but as in some of the Wards party
lines were not drawn, the victory in
that branch Of the government is
rather one Of reform than Of party.
The Council will consist of % reform
members and 8 opponents to reform.
The Peoria & Rock Island Railroad
was sold, with all its appurtenances,
to-day, at auction, under q decree of
foreclosure of first mortgage bond
holders, to r. r. Cable, Of Rock Is
land, for $3.50 900, subject to an in
cumbrance Of $l5O,OOO. Consequently
the first bondholders get only $780,
600, and the second mortgage realizes
nothing. The road originally, in 1870,
cost 100000. The amount Of bonds
was 81 100000
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
Washington items.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-The Post
Office at jacksonville, Florida, has
been burned. The fixtures and other
property were saved. 1t was used
also for a United States court and
other federal purposes.
On account of the absence of Gen.
Sherman at Baltimore, to attend a
wedding, the formal order withdraw
ing troops from Columbia, will not
be issued until tomorrow.
The President has appointed James
II. Mills as Secretary of the Terrific.
ry of Montana.
Assistant Secretary Mccormick en-.
tered upon his duties at the treasury,
TODAY.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
the strlns vvasn., e,e gno.sn.

LOUISVILLE, April 4.-Henry John
son, the supposed leader of the bank
burglars, before the commencement
OF his trial to-day sought to escape by
descending forty feet from tho win
dow In the Court House. He used q
small piece of twine and hardly pro-
ceedcdf -FOUR feet'when it broke allow
ing him to fall to brick pavement
below. When picked up johnson
was discovered to be seriously in
jured. A paper of pepper and a
large knife were found in his posses
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
Hood lnt.sno.

DEADwooD, D. T., April IA
courier from Spotted Tails band ar
rived at Capt. Vrooman's camp near
here tonight, reports Spotted Tail,
Crazy Horse and 900of his warriors
camped on Belle Fourche, about fifty
miles north, enroutc to the agency to
accept terms of peace. Sitting Bull
still holds out but has but few war
riors. The report causes great joy
here.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
Tho white House whisewash.

A correspondent wishes the receipt
given some three years since for the
whitewash used on the east end of the
White House. For her benefit, and
the benefit of others, IL ia repeated:
Take one-half bushel of nice un-
Stacked lime, slack it with boiling
water cover it during the process to
keep in the steam. Strain the liquor
through fine sieve or strainer, and
add to it q peck Of salt, previously
well dissolved in warm water three
pounds of ground rice, boiled to a
thin paste; one half-pound of pow
dered Spanish whiting, and one y Of
clean glue. which has been previously
dissolved by soaking it well, and then
hang it over a slow fire in q small
kettle within larger one filed with
water. Add five gallons Of hot water
to the mixture, stir itwen and let ii
stand a few days covered from dust.
1T should be put on hot, and for this
purpose 1t can be kept in q kettle on
a portable furnace. 1t is said that
pint of this mixture will cover q
square yard upon the outside Of
house, il properly applied. Fine or
coarse brushes may be used, accord
ing to the neatncss of the job requir-
ed. It answers as well as oil paint
for wood, brick or stone, and is much
cheaper. 1t retains its brilliancy for
many years. There is nothing OF the
kind that will compare with ii, either
for inside or outside walls. Buildings
or fences covered with it will take q
much longer time to burn than if
they were painted with oil paint.
Coloring matter may be put In and
made of any shade desired. Spanish
Brown will make reddish pink when
stirred 10, more or less deep accord
ing to the quantity. A delicate tinge
Of this is very pretty for inside work.
Finely pulverized common clay, well
mixed with Spanish brown, makes a
reddish stone color; yellow ochre
stirred in makes yellow wash, but
chrome goes further, and makes col
or generally esteemed prettier. 1t is
difficult to make rules, because tastes
are different it would be best to try
experiments on a shingle and let it
dry. Green must not be mixed with
lime; It destroys the color, and the
color has an effect upon the white
wash which makes it crack.-Neu
York Tribune.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
Tho Flood at Fort wayne. Ind.

FoRr WAYNE, April 4.-Sunday
night the bridge at Cedarville, in this
county, valued at $1,000, was swept
away by flood. The rivers through
out Northern Indiana are greatly
swollen and high water is reported
from all quarters, although there has
been thus far little destruction of
property. The dam in Elkhart river,
at Rome City, is threatened, and if it
goes out it will flood vast section
Of the country. Alarge force ofmcn
is at work trying to prevent disaster,
but at this writing, p. M, it is be-
lieved that the dam will go away be-
fore morning.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
Tho seuders Again.

LITTLE Rock, April "A special
to the Gazette from Alma, Crawford
county, gives the latest in regard to
the Bender family, Geo. Kesfer and
family, supposed to be the original
family Of Bcnders of mnrderous fame
IN Kansas, were arrested here, to-
day, by Kansas detectives who have
been shadOwing the Keafer family
for s0Mc time and are confident that
they have captured the right parties.
The detectives have been for some
time past working as farm laborers
in this county, quietly watching the
movements of their quarry, upon
whom they sprang the trap to-day.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
Burned 70 neat,n.

New YORK, April "A supposed
Frenchman entered house on 9th
Street last night, and after upbraiding
Lucy Freeman because of the life she
was leading, lighted match and set
fire to her clothes. She ran to the
parlor and then to the street where n
policeman extinguished the flames,
but she was SO badly burned that she
died in few hours.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
Anrnnton IuhIlant.

WASHINGTON, April 4.-Hampton
left early this morning for Columbia.
He says the results Of his recognition
would be the best yindication Of the
wisdom of the Presidents policy
which would finally be sustained by
the whole country.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
PEACE Rg,oMs.

A Washington dispatch to Chica-
go morning paper says: 1t is beliey-
ed "that by the time the next election
occurs in that State (South Carolina, |,
two years from last November, such
changes will have taken place in the
political association Of the two races
that the recurrence Of controversy
similar to that which the State has
just passed will be almost impossi-
ble."
We agree with this statement, and,
indeed, go step farther. We are
confident any political controversy in
South Carolina, for some years to
come, will be quite impossible. The
condition Of South Carolina under
Hampton-we mean under him liter
ally, under his heel-will doubtless
be precisely what the condition of
Mississippi is under the heel of the
democracy of that State. There are
practically no political controversies
in Mississippi. There have been
mono since the adoption of Hamp-
toms plan. The plan works admira.
bly,; it puts the negro where, accord
ing to the White League, he belongs,
under the heel of the white man.
The Mississippi or Hampton plan ac-
complishes just what the institution
of slavery did-abolishes the free
dom Of speech, prohibits freedom Of
political action, and crushes out the
negro as faction in politics. The
negro citizen does not vote cheerful
ly in the face Of shotgun in the
hands Of Hampton guard. In 1872,
in Mississippi, s2,4O6 negro citizens
voted, but the Hampton plan had not
then been introduced. Last fall
when the Hampton machinery had
been put in full operation, $4,000 of
the negro citizens remained away
from the polls. Hampton is . very
persuasive politician. His plan con-
vinced the negroes of Mississippi
that they were much moro secure in
their lives and property at home
than at the polls ON election day. He
will exert the same gentle and re-
pressive influence in South Carolina.
Everybody is confident that there
will be no moro political controver-
sizes in South Carolina. There will
be peace there; no doubt of it; but
It will be the peace Of despair.
Order will reign in South Car
olina; but it will be tho Same Pc
culiar order that once reigned in
Warsaw. In some parts of the south
the democratic authorities convict ne
geoes Of petty crimes, and hire them
out to contractors in large gangs to
build railways and work plantations.
And the contractors; well, they treat
them precisely as they used to treat
slaves. Scourgc them, half starve
them, and then, when they seek tc
escape out Of their misery, run them
down with bloodhounds. It 10 be.
lieved that there will bc NO more po.
litical controversies in South Carroll.
mn for some time to comc.-Inter.
Ocean.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
Disasters in New Brunswick.
y ii A A

ST. JoHN, April 4.-There have been
heavy freshets in this section. The
mill dam at Gaspercau was carried
away and James Caldwell and f.
Morton drowned. Mills and bridges
at other places are damaged, and Sc
riOus loss of life is feared.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
the Loulslana .comml,slon.

WASHINGTON, April 3.-Members of
the Louisiana Commission left here
this morning for New Orleans. They
go by the way Of Pittsburg. Cincin-
natl, Louisville and Nashville, and
expect to reach New Orleans on FRI
day and hold the first session on Sat-
urday.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
APos,,lve Denial.

WAsHINGToN, April 3.-R. T. Mer-
rick denies that papers for quo war;
ranto proceedings against President
Hayes at the instance of Samuel j.
Tilden are in his hands, and denies
that he has any knowledge of such a
step.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
s2so,ooo Fire.

WILMNGToN, Del, April 5.-The
loss by fire at Jessup & Moore's paper
mills is estimated at two hundred and
fifty thousand dollars; insurance one,
hundred and twenty-five thousand
dollars distributed among fifteen
companies.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
schuYzs Circumlocution ofice.

WAsmNGToN, April 5.-Secretary
Schurz has promulgated an order
providing for the investigation and
determination of questions connected
with appointments, removals and
promotions in various bureaus Of his
department, by means of a board of
inquiry, comprising three members !;
one to represent the Secrctary's office
and appointed by the Secretary, ono
to be selected from such bureaus as
the Secretary may indicate and
named by the head thereof, and the
head to be designated by the head of
the bureau from which charges or
recommendations emanate. The two
first named to serve three
and the latter for the
session. When reduction is
necessary in any bureau, a list of
names twenty-five per cent in excess
of the actual number dismissed shall
be furnished the Secretary and the
required number shall be selected
from the list by the board. 1t is
however, that the re-.
suit of the boards inquiries
shall in every case be sub
mitted to the Secretary of the
Interior for his approval.
John S. HOyt of Michigan, has
been appointed Governor of the Ter
ritory of Arizona, and John III. Ham
mond, of Illinois, Superintendent of
Indian Affairs for Central Superin-
The Cabinet is session, to-day, con-
sidered contemplated appointments.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11

Grant has sent oil the data touching
his connection with the late war, to
his relative Smith, at Washington,
Penn, for tafekeeping, and after his
return from Europe, proposes to write
his military msmotrs.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11

Go North, South, East or West,
and you will find coughs and colds
ut this season Of tho year. "A remedy
which never fails to give satisfaction
ID DR.. Bulls Congh Syrup. Price Is
cents.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
A School House Burned and Sixteen
Childran with It

LONDON, April "A school house
in Narinegian, village of Ellengso, ha;
been burned aud sixteen children per.
ished.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
rne oRookEUs.

w lIu y vWA ~ ~ VCAso, 0ssSA WAAAcNy y
selling in Chicago at $1.04@1.O5 II
| is apparent to . person who under
stands the cost Of producing q gallon
| Of high-wines, that there is again a
good deal Of the crooked" being
made and put ON the market. Hence
we see 1t given out from Washington
that there is to be another whisky war.
The intimation is timely one for the
illicits, as it will enable them to put
their houses in order.
The cxigencies Of the then pending
presidential campaign neutralized
most of the good results Of the whis-
Ky war in 1876, and terminated it in
a somewhat roaring farce.
To break the "old man" down, as
the President was facctiously called,
and to scotch the third term business,
the gaugers, storekeepers, distillcrs
and rectifiers who had organized and
proflted by the conspiracy, were per-
mitted to "squeal" and escape pun
ishment substantially, provided they
would swear their sins on to some
one little above them, and little
nearer the "old man." The objective
point seemed to be to catch Babcock,
at st. Louis, Ward, Logan, Wads-
worth, Mum and others at Chicago,
and Carpenter, Keyes ct al, at Mil
waukcc. To this end the really guilty
men, the scoundrels who had de-
bauched the service, and robbed the
government of many millions of dol
lars, and who were being prosecuted
and convicted on the testimony
against them, which was ample, were
permitted to come in in droves and
"squeal' Oh their fellow men, and, for
the most part escape from criminal
penalties, and with all their plunder.
Finally, when the sins of the "crooked"
had been vicariously concentrated on
q few of these big bugs, in these prin-
ciral cities, and the government
sought to convict them in court, the
bottom dropped out Of the whole job,
as no decent court or jury in Chris
would convict dog on the
testimony of such wretched, doctored
up, suberned evidence.
The president finally got his dan
der up and relieved all the officials
who had been running this war, pri-
marily to break him down, and sec-
ondarily to make for themselves the
greatest amount of reputation on the
fewest number of convictions, and in
his indignation he has perhaps par
doned out of the penitentiary some
men who would greatly ornament
that institution during their natural
lives.
Secretary Sherman is an honest
man, and thoroughly understands
matters. His Commissioner
of Internal Revenue, General Raum,
and the subordinates of that Office, for
the most part, understand their du-
ties. Attorney General Devens is re-
puted an able law officer of the gov
ernment.
Let us, therefore hope, that there is
now no more political intrigues which
can possibly elevate little men into
big places, and put big men into dis
grace; that we shall have such an
earnest prosecution Of illicit distillers
that honest ones can run without GO
ing into bankruptcy, and that the
government may thus secure its just
revenues.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
More Bonds ca,,er, Eor

WASHINGTON, April 5.-The Secre-
tary of Treasury to-day called in for
redemption of $lO,OOO,OOO of $50
bonds of 1865, May and November,
upon which interest will cease after
July fifth.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
WASHINGTON.
Tho Navy out Of Funds


WAsHISGToN, April 5.--Ihe Secre-
tary ofthe navy last evening issued
the following circular:
The Secretary of the Navy regrets
that 1t has become his duty to an
nounce to officers of the naval service
that the amount of money found by
him in the treasury Of the e. s. to
credit of the appropriation for pay of
the navy is insufficient to pay officers
for the months Of April, Nav and
June. The Secretary proposes to re-
tain as much as may be found ncces-
sary of what there is in the treasury
under "pay of navy" for the
purpose of paying allotments
to wives of officers and sailors
whose husbands are abroad in the
service Of their country and unable to
otherwise provide for them, and in
this purpose the Secretary feels that
he will be sustained by every high
minded, honorable officer in the ma
Wy Of the United States. (Signcd)
R. w. THOMPSON,
Secretary of the NAVY,
The deficiency required to paw the
officers for three months, will be
about three quarters of million.
All temporary clerks in the Navy
Department will be discharged at the
end of the present month.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11

OMAHA, April 4.-The city election
yesterday resulted in victory for
the Republicans excepting Treasurer.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11

A Clean Sweep in Chicago.
And Now Omaha Has GONE Re-
publican.
The People Had Just as Well
Make It Unanimous.
For The OLD Hulk Of Democracy
u Totally Wrecked.
Lawrence rown ElectIon

LAWRENCE, KAN, April 4.-The
election yesterday was very quiet and
. light vote cast. No party nomina-
tions were made, persons simply an
nouncing Themselves through the pa
pers as candidates for offices. Only
one democrat was elected, council
mall.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
leavenvvorti,.

LEAvENwoRTH,. Apr. Ain the mu-
nicipal election, yesterday, the DEM
ocrats elected the Mayor. The bal
ance of the ticket being about equal
ly divided between the two parties.
The council stands five republicans
to three democrats.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
4 Clean Sweep In Rnode Island.

PROVIDENCE, II. L., April 4.-Pres-
ent returns indicate that the republi-
can candidates for Governor and
Lieutenant Governor are elected by
400 to GOO majority.
For the first time in three years the
republicans have elected the entire
State ticket.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11

Visiting cards, invitations and
things Of that sort must be severely
plain to be In style.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
MAGDALENE,


.. ". HAzxLTIND.
Look mot At her 10 scornfhlly.
Though stained with sin and shame.
Oh, think how slow sad stcalthily
The disguised tempter came
Think how, with al his Villains art
And many subtle word,
He charmed her ~ the cunning snake
Charmeth the helpless birdi
look mot at her SO scornfully.
The words Of chiding spare,
II thou coultlst ops that sin-cTushe1 heart
And read tho record there,
PerchanCe, far whittier than thou think'st
Its pages would appear,
And thou w0uld'st change that look of gcorn
Into . plying tear.
Look not ct her 30 scOrnfuliy,
And ray o 0agdalenei
God can forgive the blackest sin,
And % should chrtsffan men;
But help her with thy hand TO rise,
For oh, the worlds cold frown,
Thou can1oe not know how heavily
II holds The fallen dowAi
Look not 1t her 80 scornfhlly,
For 1t u not for thee
To Judge how deeply stained by sin,
AnOther'e heart may be.
Oh, those who have In weakness erred,
Look Kindly still at them,
And he who can their b0soms read
Let him alone c0ndemnl
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11

The wives Of Indianapolis elders
are called elder sisteys.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
MIsCELLANY.
For the CouRrpr.

For the COURIER.
Every philanthropist must rejoice
to know that by christian effort some
in our city have been reclaimed from
the life Of sin they were leading; but
1t is painful to know that in our
midst are young women earnestly de-
string to lead pure lives, to whom no
assistance is offered, either for lack of
charity, confidence or self-sacrifice.
The fact brings to mind the following
poem said to have been suggested by
the author reading beautiful Snow"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-11
IhE MuHOEBLH FATE
DENVER & Rio GRANDE r. r

10 tke Editor Of fhe N0nparei1:
Enclosed you will find q statement
Of the murder Of an Iowa man and
son. The sheriff Of Colfax county
started with the prisoner, yesterday
for Mexico and when about twenty
miles from Trinidad, he was taken
from the Sheriff and hung to . tree
! have seen Maxwell several times
but do not know what part Of lows
he was from. He has considerable
property In Colfax county. am not
able to say whether he has any friends
here to look after it or not-there
should be. Yours, etc.,
JOHN WILLIAMS.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-08-15
QUIDITIES.


Itmakes the average youth teelworse
to miss an easy billiard shot, when there
are experts looking on, than to lose his
second cousin III a railway collision
Paris Paper: Turkish general to ur>
kish colonel-"Colonel, the day after
Tomorrow is pay day. You will take
care that tomorrow we have warm en-.
gagement.
Chief Secretary Everett, of our lega,
ton in Berlin, is the Oldest surviving
son of Edward Everett, an accomplished
man, He has lived abroad for the past
ten years.
Hawkeye 1t is enough to bring
tears to the eyes Ola potato to see a Bur
lington man. on "lodge night brace
himself up against the Office door and
try to open postal card to see what is
in it and who its from.
Philadelphia Ledger The people
who pity and sincerely pity, and the
people who complain and grow indig
nant over the wrongs Of labor all go to
the shops where they can get the most
for their money.
Upshur Democrat Pulling cigars
out of their mouths to cry for bread"
the Pittsburg rioters burned forty thou
sand bushels of wheat. That is the way
to distribute not wealth, but poverty,