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Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
PublIc pebt statement.

WASHINGTON, Aug. The public
debt statement shows reduction
during July of $SlS,904; coin in
Treasury $97, ,SO3, $50 coin certificates,
$37, ,SO7, 800; currency IN Treasury
SO, 81 !, ,956; currency held for redemp-
tion of fractional currency IS, l60. .S58 ;
coin certificates Of deposit $55, ,495, COO.
Payments made from the Treasury
during the month on account Of civil
and miscellaneous list $6,53O, ,73S
war $S57, 500; navy $l,6S2, ,S76: Int.
rior,-Indian and Pension 81, ,149, SOL
Total $l0,2a0, ,5O7. The above does
not include payments made on &C
count of interest or principal of tn,
public debt Of the United States.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
The Unfinished Prayer

"Now IIay'-..Repest it darling"
.'Lsy me, /" lisped the tiny lips EfngHi
OF my daughter, knoeling, bending,
Ger her folded finger tips.
"Down to sleep',-'.To sleep.p she murmuretl
And the curly head bent low;
pray the Lord !" gently added,
"You can say Il all, 1 know" @
"Pray the Lord, p the souud came family,
Painter sttll-''my soul to keep;''
Then the tired head fairly nodded,
And the child was fast asleep.
But the dewy eyes half opened W
When 1 clasped her to my breast.
And the dear voice whispered,
Mamma, God knows all the rest"
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

The Hon. II. M. Bishop, the demo-
cratic nominee for governor of Ohio,
is a wholesale merchant. lie is no
speaker and the stumping will have
to be done second handed. Hisnom-
ination is regarded by those who
know best, as an unfortunate one,
chiefly from the fact that he was a
prominent Know Nothing in the days
of that organization, having made a
aaasicipal canvass in Cincinnati upon
the Know-Nothing ticket. It's said
this fact alone will cause him to lose
thousands of votes in Hamilton coun-
a.,
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1roubIe Alone rho LackauanaR. s

New YORK, Aug. 3.-According to
a despatch received by the Presiden
of the Delaware, Lackawana & Yves.
tern r. r., the LackawAns & Bloss-
burg will get trains through by
guarding each one with troops. OBJ.
structions are puton the track and
the wires are cut at night. Things
are yet quiet at Plymouth The
wires are cut at that place, so we car
get noting from there this morning
Some 1000 troops are here and along
the l.. IL Il. H. Al rs
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

New YORK, Aug. 2.-Pres. Stern,
of the Delaware, Lackawana & Wes-
tern railroad, says 1000 troops of the
Pennsylvania National Guards arriv-
ed there this morning and tranquility
was restored. Business is going on
as usual to-day. ,4 &.l, ,.-s5l..
j. B. Donohue, leader of the strik.
ing railroad men at Hornellsville, has
been admitted to bail in $1,000.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
Aserslsn innatlon,ss.

PANAMA, Aug. 3.-Henry Meiggs,
of Lima, tho great contractor, has
made proposition to the Peruvian
Government TO either issue on his
own account, or allow time to issue,
IS, GOO, 600 in payment ofthat amount
of bonds held by him to relieve his
present necessities and enable him to
prosecute the work of opening the
Cerro de Pasco mines.
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TIE r. M q:
81. 80 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
~ 90 as thc end Of SIX Months.
Address j. M, HEDRICK & co.

Washington was the scene of a pa
thetic affair, recently. And that was
when Carl Schurz went homo and
played "The Heart Bowed Down"
because he couldn't get the Cabinet
to agree with him that all Federal
officers should be removed who were
connected with newspapers.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
Sad Failure In Chicago.

CHICAGO, Aug. 2.-The failure of J..
8. u w. q. Mead, wholesale grocers,
is announced. As nearly as can now
be learned the liabilities of the firm
will foot up to about 100000. The
heavy losers are thought to be Du
rant u Sons, sugar refiners, Balti
more, and Harrison Havemeyer 4
Co., of Philadelphia. Their assets
consist Of stock in hand, valued al
$6O, 600, and Of paper the quantity OF
which the firm declared their inabili-
ty to give at present. In addition tC
tho above mentioned losers are J. w.
Doane y CO., of this city, to whom
Mead & 20. owe $4,000. They are
probably the heaviest local losers.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
Raising the Blockade

TOLEDO, Aug. 2.-Citizens, Military
and Police turned out in strong force
this morning and raised the freight
blockade on the Lake Shore & Michi-
gan Southern railroad at this point.
Under their protection trains are be-
| ING started in all directions.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

The total expenditures on the new
capitol at Des Moines, up to the first
Of July were 81, ,l6S,62l.3l, says the
Register. And the law by which this
building was authorized, provides
that "the cost thereof shall not ex-
ceed the sum OF one million five
hundred thousand dollars" Accord
ing to the estimated expenditures SO
far, there is but $33l,S79 which may
yet be lawfully expended. Still the
great structure is but little more than
half done.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
var,ou. and sundry charses,

WAsHINGToN, Aug. 2. - Charges
have been presented against Edward
Clark, architect Of the Capital, that
he received two salaries, one as arch
tect and the other as Superintendent
of the Soldiers Home, and that he
kept horse, driver and landaulet at
public expense for the use Of his fam
lily, and that he was extravagant in
expenditures and is generally incom-
petent. sF s,
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

Henry w. Hilliard, of Alabama, a
member of Congress from the Mont
gomery District, before the war, has
been appointed minister to Brazil ;
and Commodore Van Rensselaer, Nor
gan, late Of tho Confederate Navy,
has been appointed an inspector of
Public Works in Washington.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
Naisslsslppi Democrats Hayes Pol
Icy Endorsed. ~ Z. 4

JACKSON, Miss, Aug. 2.-In the
Democratic Convention to-day, La
mar warmly endorsed Hayes policy
so far as it had effected the south,
and on the other hand, Mr.. Singleton
member Of Congress from the 4th
District, objected to any approval of
. man, who, he said, had gone into
Office through fraud. n
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

"In telegram to the Tribune of yes
terday it was stated that the remains
of the officers killed in Gen. Clusters
fight last summer were brought down
from the battlefield in a "bungling''
manner, that before being placed on
the steamer Fletcher, Gin the Yellow
stone," they were thrown into an
open shed and left there some time
and that the remains of Gen. Custer
and Col. Tom. Custer were not iden-
tilted, but only guessed at. We are
informed and believe, that these
statements are false.--Chicdgo Iri.
bune.
OF course it was, and the CouRIEI
ought to have known as much at the
time and not copied the dispatch and
made editorial comments thereon
presuming that it was true. The pre-
sumption of truth don't run in favo
Of everything you find in the Chica
go Tribune.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

WAsHl NGToN, Aug. 3.-Ex-Detect-
i've 9. 8. Bell, witness in the safe
burglary cases, has been arrested on
q reQuisition Of the Governor of Tex
% ON Q charge of murder alleged to
have been committed in 1869, the
victim being man named VIM.
Morris.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

Now comes the Chicago Journal
and denies that any orders were ever
given in that city to fire blank car
tridges. 1t says:
1t is not true that the police or mil
itary were at any time ordered either
to fire in the air or to discharge
blank cartridges into the mob. The
report that either tho Mayor, the
Chief Of Police, or anybody else in
authority, gave such orders, or thai
anything Of the kind was done, wal
a base invention of reckless news
papers.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
Tho rriumphaut Turk /.

LONDON, Aug. "A Shumla dis
patch reports that Mehemet Ali is at.
tacking the Russians near Rasgrad.
The fighting continues and the Turks
are reported to be meeting with sue
cess. Several kilograms confirm the
Turkish occupation of Eski Saghra.
A special from Karabunar says the
Russians left five guns at Eski Saghra.
LONDON, Aug. "A Bucharest cor
respondent telegraphs that the force
recently engaged at Plevna have re-
tired behind the Osms river. All
the scattered Russian troops now in
the principalities have been summon
into Bulgaria. 1t is also understood
that the Turks are not advancing
eastward from their Plevna position
but are passing strong forces from
Plevna northward towards LOoca.
The Berlin papers consider that the
battle puts an end to all hope of ter
minating the war this year, and les.
sens the chances of an Intervention
by Austria or England.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
Tho Battle Of Plevna.

The Turks evidently galncd q
great victory at Plevna, on Monday
and Tuesday last. The Russian loss
in killed and wounded runs up into
the tens of thousands and the retreat
is ono of great disorder. 1t docs not
look as though the war was likely te
end with this seasons campaigns
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derstanding, is somewhat painful to

UcTstHHVIIIg, 10 sVHoWH"0 P"tHfuf 70
read. fa
The business of regular orthodox
reform journal is to lie good mon ont
of Office, and bad ones into their
places. but it is a calling not entirely
unmixcd with modification, as Mr..
Bowles has found when he tackled
Vice President Wheeler,
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
A Bloody ARRAY on the Public
Street.
Hawkeye July 3lst.


At 8 o'clock last evening Chris
Range, a baker, doing business OF
North Hill, was drinking with few
German friends In a saloon on Third
street, opposite the Barret House,
DIR. J. Volkammer, the well known
veterinary surgeon, saw him from
the sidewalk, and stepping to the
door, called him out onto the walk.
Volkammer assailed him with loud
and abusive epithets, and followed
that with the more effective and dan.
gcrous assault with knife, cutting
and slashing him over the stomach
and then fled.
Range was seriously wounded
and was conveyed to Bierworth's
drug store near by, where his wounds
were dressed.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

"You see my DEAR" he explained,
'the man was climbing the ladder
with hod full of mortar on his
shoulder. just as passed he made a
misstep, and the whole contents OF
the hod came down on my head
"How absurd you must have looked y
she remarked. "On the contrary,
my dear, l was sub-lime."- Boston
Transcript.
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has appeared in the cotton fields oi
North Mississippi.
WANT TO WORK NOW.

BALTIMORE. Aug. Ia despatch
from keyser, West Virginia, says the
movement of trains over this division
has caused quite general break
among the strikers and they are now
constantly coming in and asking to be
set to work.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
TWO DANGEROUS aAsHEs

were found. One five inches long
was OH the lower left side of the alb,
domen, and through it, when the un.
fortunate man was first examined, the
bowels extended, almost three fee
being exposed, and a puncture dis.
covered In them adds its dangerou:
complication to the dangerous wound
The other is over the upper aud righ
side of the stomach and is fully al
long.
The wounds were sewed up, anG
the wounded man laid on bed il
the back part of the drugstore, being
too seriously hurt to be removed tt
his home. His recovery is extremely
doubtful
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
Texas IL FUNDS.

New YORK, Aug, 3The Comp
trOller Of Texas, now here, has called
in $500, 600 Of pension bonds, the State
having negotiated q six per cent loan.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08


SAM BowLEs, of the Springfield
(Mass.) Republican was in great
glee not long ago. His Washing
ton correspondent had dug up the
fact that there was letter
on file in the War Department
written in 1861, by William A.
Wheeler, addressed to the then Sec
retary of War, Simon Cameron, ask
ing for gun contract. The astute
Bowles and his Washington cores
pondent were quick to discover that
Vice President William A. Wheeler
was then in Congress from New
York State, and that he was even
charged with being personal and
political friend of Mr.. Cameron, then
and later. 1t was also discovered
that the law then, as well as now
forbids Congressman from contract
ing with the government to deliver
guns or anything else. This and that
were hastily put together by Bowlcs
and Dana, the pirate of the Sun, and
the discoverers were in as much glet
as the devil is supposed to be when {
woman lapses from virtue. They
talked glibly of an impending inves
tigation and impeachment of the Vice
President of the United States, which
would create great sensation ant
double the circulation Of their grea'
reform papers in all the, slums, broth
els and saloons in Boston and New
York.
But you can't most always some
times tell, and even reform journal
ist himself is not always certain of
good, frtid, maggoty piece of scanda
to roll under his festered and b,isterc
tongue, until he gets it into his moutl
for along comes William A. Wheeler
member Of Congress in 1861, and Vic
President in 1877, who says, over hi
own signature, that he never wrot
any such letter. And, morcoye
William A. Wheeler, now of Tenr
essee, arises to remark that he is tn
chap who committed the unpardol
, able sin of trying to get contract
. 1861 to furnish the government som
guns with which to shoot rebels.
l
q And now the Bowels of the Spring
r field HepudlicGn man arc moved, on
the half column Of apology which
wades through at the inspiration
9 Vice President Wheeler's boot
'.lclose proximity to the scat Of his nj
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

David II. Wells, the Connecticut
Free Trade cssayist, has just been re-
warded by his masters and employees
of the Golden Club, in London, by
being made an Honorary Secretary
of that Club.
No prophet is without honor save
in his own country.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

HAzLEToN, Aug. 2.--The excitement
is over; the miners and railroad men
i'm this vicinity will resume work in
the morning. They have accepted
former wages.
The Baltimore trains on all branch.
es of the Baltimore & Ohio road are
now running without any interrup.
| ton whatever.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

Thistles require radical treatment
to remove them and so do boils and
pimples. DIR. Bulls Blood Mixture
is radical blood searcher, curing all
skin eruptions.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

vision, he would greet them with |
volley of oaths, treating them lik'
dogs. Some men, of course, d,
wrong, but no officer is justified il
discharging without hearing.
vANDERBILT's MOTTO Is,
81 must have my eight per cent
Having spent twenty years OF my
life on the New York Central Road
1 know something of the manage
ment. Ever since Vanderbilt assum
ed control, 'curtaip has been the or
der of the day." 864 IA
An illustration is here given by
Arthur that kindness will accomplish
more than brute force. Besides be-
ing honest and just toward employees
railway men are advised to be JUS
toward each other, i'8sE
CEAsING THE SUICIDAL POLICY OF CUT
TING RATES. t
Cases arising between officials and
employees should be referred to 9
committee Of arbitration composed
of three disinterested men, one to be
chosen by each party, and these two
to unite on third, and their decis-
ion to be final. Another's opinion ID
that this is the only fair way of set
tling disputes, and sure prevention
of strikes. The class of men
GENERALLY FOUND TO TAKE THE
PLACES OF STRIKERS.
are of doubtful character. Il have
seen men with passes and recommen-
dations from superintendent and
master mechanics to officers of anoth-
er road when the brotherhood had
experienced trouble, who were noted
vagabonds-men expelled from the
order for stealing and other behav-
iOr equally bad, but they were hired
in preference to good men because
the latter belonged to the brother
hood"
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

the passenger coaches and engine and
threw the coupling bolts into the ca
nal. They were replaced and q. $.
detectives stationed on the platform,
The train was backed below the de-
pot and under full head of steam shot
past the strikers. Some of them at.
tempted to board the train. 81,
HARRISBURG, Aug. 1.-The mobs
are in entire possession of everything
in Kingston. Plymouth and Nanti.
coke. Gen. Brinton with the first d.
vision, arrived at Nantic6ke, and is
proceeding cautiously to Kingston,
Wilkesbarre and Scranton. Cover
nor Iartr4nft with additional troops.
artillery and supplies, is on the way,
Altogether there is about 1000 troops
on their way to the Luzerne country.
SCRANTON, Aug. 1. - Everything
quiet. The streets are patrolled by
armed men Troops hourly expect
ed. The d. l.. & wv; track at the
notch north of the city, was soaped
tonight but the train got through 1t
all right. 1t had an escort Of II men
from this city. Large crowds are at-
tending the wakes of the men shot to-
day. ais4 sa.es s,sf ..tl Ia. g.5i
The Maosie hotel has been burned
down, about four miles from Scran-
ton. Tonight further trouble is
feared.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
ANOTHER DEFEAT.

LONDON, Aug. 3.-A special is pub
lished giving nm account of another
defeat of the Russians before Plevna
OH Wednesday.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

WMKFsBARRE, Aug. -Four COM
panies of General Brinton's troops
have been sent to Plymouth, where
the railroad has been barricsded and
the track torn up. The strikers and
idlcrs there are turbulent and are
collected in crowds Of 1000 or more
around the depot.
In Wilkcsbarre the day has been
quiet, scarcely any strikers being seen
around the Valley depot. AS no at
tempts were made to run any trains,
the Superintendent Of the Wyoming
division to-day notified the Mayor
that all possible attempts to run
trains had failed, and called upon
him to take the necessary steps ia
protect the company. The Mayor has
conferred with the military and TO.
morrow an attempt to start trains on
that road will be made. Isl ..s.,g
General Mccartney gave notice
that he would to-day distribute l,OO(
loavcs of bread among the destitute
families, but being notified that if he
attempted it the bread would be de.
stroyed and himself harmed, he had
to abandon it.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
SLEW ALL THE WOUNDED.
TURKISH VICTORIES.

-
CONsTANTINopLE, Aug. 2.-Tht
British representative here has ad
vices confirming the Turkish victor.
at Plevna. The Russian right wing
numbering 10000, was all engaged
Layard also has news of an import
ant Turkish success near Eski-Saghra
in which the Russians lost severa
guns and the Turks occupied Eski
Saghra.
The Porte has the following off
cial dispatch: "The Russians OF
Tuesday attacked Reouf Pasha a
Eski-Saghra, and after seven hours
lighting Reouf Pasha retreated upol
Kakanbura, but Suleiman Pash.
coming up, repulsed the enemy, ant
Irecaptured Eski-Saghra, capturing
several guns and infiicting consider
able loss on the Russians.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08
9N38 F4l3 EtsGss " s7f l2 So ksls
WHAT CASsAGNAC THINKS

PARIS, Aug. 1.--Cassagnac, in
reply to letter Of the B0napartist
committee, refuses to acknowledge
the committees authority and says ii
the empire does not know how to
be subordinate itself to the needs Of
France, to contain itself and wsit, it
will never be restored. sg
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

Judge Drummond, of the United
States Circuit Court, one of the
most eminent jurists in the country,
has just fined and sent to Jail, eight
Peoria rioters, who interfcred with,
and in fact stopped, the trains of the
Toledo, Peoria Il Warsaw railroad
running through Peoria. The Il. +.
u w. II. r., is in Bankruptcy and in
the hands of receiver, consequently
it is managed under the direction of
the United States Court, so that these
rioters who tackled this road tack
led the United States. 1t is presum-
ed that when these fellows get out of
Jail and pay their fines, they will
have a wholesome respect for the
Government of the United States and
that hereafter when they undertake
to capture a railroad, they will find
out first whether it is under the pro-
lection of the Nation, or State Rights.
For it makes all the difference in the
world.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

MAucH CHuNK, Aug. A meeting
of the miners of Audenried, Jeans.
vile, Hazleton, and vicinity, to-day
decided not to stop work, but to be-
gin as soon as the railroads furnished
cars. ~
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

THE Democratic House of Repre-
sentatives, in order to cripple the gov
,ernment and make it powerless to
suppress insurrection in the South,
failed to make proper appropriation
for the army. That is, they used the
power vested in them TO cripple the
Executive Department of the govern
ment. They did the same thing to
cripple the Judicial Department.
To-day the army is without pay and
the business of the courts is delayed
for the want of funds. This action
of the Democratic House is reyolu-
tionary, but composed as it is of a
majority comprising men who once
committed the overt act of treason
or sympathized with those who did,
it is not to be wondered at that they
use their power to prevent other
branches of the government from
doing their duty. 1t is the helpless
ness in which the Democratic House
left the Executive and Judicial
branches of the government which is
the cause, in the main, of the disor-
der that has run riot both North and
South for few months past.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

1t was indeed one Of the cheering
things in all the turmoil of the last
few days, to have seen the Governors
of Maryland, West Virginia and In
diana, calling upon the President for
troops. Blue Jeans, of Indiana, it
is true, hung out long, so long that
the trouble was past, or nearly so,
but doubtless he was anxious not to
hurt the disorderly rioters at TT.
Wayne or other places and so put off
the employment of troops. The
whole democratic party has been
bowling for years about the en-
ployment of U. s. troops in southern
states, and It'll one gratifying feature
amid all the bad news to see these
humiiiated officials forced to ask for
troops to help them keep order.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

SCRANTON, Aug. 2.-The United
States troops on the way to this place
last night, when near Plymouth,
found the track torn up and the
switch misplaced. They captured 90
prisoners and brought them to this
city.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

CINCINNATI. Aug. 3-The fire in
Pestering's box mandatory, this
morning, originated in the cellar.
An attempt was nfkde to .extingIish
it without the aid OF the fire depart
ment but was unsuccessful. After
reaching the first floor the fire spread
with fearful rapidity and in an in
credibly short time had reached the
roof. The employees, mostly girls,
were at work in the third and fourth
stories. Some escaped through win
dows upon the roofs of other build
ings, but it is feared eight or ten per-
ished in the flames. AT this writing
but four bodies have been recovered, /,
and they were so disiigured that it
was an hour before any Of them could
be identified. Bits of clothing still
remaining led to the Identification of
Mary Nurre, twenty years of age,
Mena Keub, IA, Frank Studair, 20,
and Anna Patiger. John Blanchard,
engineer in the factory, died soon
after from injuries received. Two
girls and one man, Isaac Scofield, are
so badly burned that they win proba-
bly, die. From the factory the fire
spread to six frames and one brick
dwelling which will prove total
loss. Amount of losses n0teyet esti-
mated. t,.st ..,it ..e-t,s.,4s = -.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

CLEVELAND, Aug. 2.-The train
men, to-day, held q conference with
the General Manager Of the Lake
Shore Road, after which they return.
ed to Collinwood and there confer.
red with the strikers, and tonight
the men telegraphed the officials that
all the men would re sume at I. O'Clock
in the morning. 81 1Ess'i4-- e''s'' 9 - =
The company have agreed to COR
rect some local abuses in regard to
passes and extra pay for over time.
The shop and freight house hands are
still quiet.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-08

BUCHAREST, Aug. 2.-One hundred
thousand men were engaged on each
side at Plevna. The Russians were
routed and poured across the Sistova
bridge, into Roumania