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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
Snack Of War.

CINCINNATI, Nov. ga San An
tonic dispatch says: "Gen. Ord, yes
terday, received an official copy of
the order Of President Disz to Gen.
Daleon, commanding the Mexican
forces on the border, to repel the In
vasion by United States troops by
force, and that Gen. Trevino had
been ordered to the Rio Graude with
$500 troops to carry out the order.
Gen. Ord has lelegraphed the Presi.
dent for another regiment of cavalry
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28

A. GooDLr number of travelling
men held meeting recently in Des
Moines, Iowa, touching Judge Hub
bard's philippe against them as a class.
We give the proceedings elsewhere
in our columns. The license taken
by good many Attorneys to abuse
suitors, witnesses and others, in their
pleadings is wholly unjustiflable. 1t
has become so common that little or
NO credence is given to what Attor-
neys may say in such cases, it gener-
ally being understood that they are
blackgrarding for pay and sieze up-
on the license accorded them by usage
to travel where fancy leads them re-
gardless Of truth. We suppose in the
case at hand the travelling mans At
torney took occasion to abuse the
railroad lnen and the company with
out stint and Judge Hubbard replied
by giving commercial travellers q
turn. 1t all grew out OF the very bad
habit many lawyers have of airing
their billingsgate at the expense Of
almost any body coming in their way.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28

THE struggle Just now, as much as
anything else, is between the east and
tho west over thedonblc or single STAN
dard /; it is about the question wheth-
or the obligations made by the nation
payrble in coin, shall include gold
and silver or only the former. We see
no other way to reach either q just or
constitutional solution of this ques-
tion than to make practical the doub-
le standard. It is enough to say, aside
from all other considerations, that
the double standard is the one rccog-
nized and authorized by the organic
law Of the land.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28

embodied in the liquor-making and
the traffic In it; the quantity Of spirit.
uous liquors imported and exported.
The Commissioners are to serve with
out salary, but are authorized to en-
ploy Secretary at a reasonable COM
pensation and haye their expenses
paid.
The above presents a fearful
amount of labor, and if fully per.
formed, will tale unfold of expense
and horrors from which Old Nick
CLEANS his highest joy.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
Ausseer CaeeIe He. Ce..u n.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 21.-Harrison p.
Thompson, of Clark Co., KY, cattle
dealer, has filed q petition in bank
ruptcy. Liabilities $27S, ,591, assets
not stated. Creditors mostly Ken
lucky banks.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
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81. sn pEN YEAR m ADVANCE
e 90 ~ the end 81 stx MOmtns.
Adde'S ). NJ HSDRlCK q co.

The Gate City thinks that, "The
coming Legislature ought to restore
the hanging penalty for murder and
iuries that then acquit guilty per-
SONS under the law
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28

IMroRTANT TO CIrIEs.-The Su-
preme Court decides that whore q
city extends its limits, such extension
does not affect school districts before
existing in the territory embraced in
such extension. That school districts
have q corporate existence by positive
statute governing municipal corpora
tions, and tho law authorizing cities
TO extend their limits does not annul
the rights of existing corporations.
This decides the case recently report
ed from Iowa City, and afirms the
action Of the Board in charging tut
ton for pupils from that territory
outlying the original Independent
District Of Iowa City.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
Troublesome Times In Texas.

NEW ORLEANS, Nov. 22.--At Mata-
moras, during Tuesday night and
Wednesday morning, about fifteen
prominent citizens, supposed to SYM
pathizc with Lerdo, were arrested
and confined in the military prison.
This action is understood to have
been instigated by tho discovery Of q
conspiracy in connection with Esco-
bedo, who, IL is alleged, is organizing
a forco in Texas to cross into Mexico
in the interest OF Lerdo.
Gen. Canalcs has officially called
attention Of the United States author
itics to the fact Of the existence in
Texas, near the Rio Grande, of a
camp Of armed Mexicans who are ev-
identlv preparing to cross, and ask
ing that the United States Govern
ment cause the neutrality laws to be
enforced against those who undoubt-
cdiy are using the territory Of Texas
to organize revolutionary move
ment against Mexico.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
b. y. Shylock, Esq.
Me too.

B. r. Shylock, Esq.
1t cannot be possible that Iowa will
authorize such an infamous measure
as the corn.rebushelization bill. The
holders Of tho notes Of old Klumby
have supposed of course that they
would be paid in the more valuable
cereal, which is at present oats, and
to disappoint this expectation merely
because the contract reads "grain,
corn or OATS" would be to convulse
the produce markets Of the world
Yours cordially and allthatially.
GEORGE JONES,
IN. Y. Times.)
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
Tho REHABILITATION Of Corn.

| AAo ANOW AVtA oVupWeC IilueiTatcb
the insane howl about the remonetiza-
ton of silver by relating the expert
ence of Mr.. Samuel Klumby, OF Iowa,
whose case is somewhat similar to
that of the people, who ask permis-
sion to pay their debts according to
contract. Mr.. Klumby was a pros
porous farmer some years ago, but
the grasshoppers swarmed down up-
on him, ate ont his substance, and.
finally, he was compelled to go 10 his
neighbors for help. Said he:
~ must hire men to help me fight
the hoppers. Lend me 10000 bushels
Of oats, and will pay you 6 per cent.
interest on them, and will in twenty
years wipe out the debt by giving
you 10000 bushels of corn or oats at
my option. In this way can sell
the oats and hire men to kill the hon.
pers."
They readily agreed to tho profita.
BILE bargain. for they knew that Uncle
Sans fine estate was worth ten times
the debt. They delivered to him the
10000 bushels IF oats, and took his se-
cured twenty-ycar notes. in which he
bound himself to pay the interest reg.
ularly, and to give them two bushels
for one at maturity "ln corn or oats. y
Uncle Sam sold the oats, hired a
hundred men, and killed and drove of
all the hoppers. For twenty years
he has paid the interest every fail.
When the loan was first made, corn
was worth much moro than oats, and
the holders of Kiumby notes hoped
he would radeom them, when the
time came, in corn; but in a few years
the relative psices chanEcva---r-r-.r fvs4
and oats rose.
Then tho hUlders OF the notes went
to the Iowa Legislature and hired the
members to pass an act on the last
night Of the session, when nobody
was noticing what was going on, say
ing that 1t should thereafter take for
ty quarts of corn to make bushel.
1t was put through in the dark, un-
der the title of IAN act to change the
name Of Ann Ejit to Seraphina Sero-
lila Scram, and for other purposes
The passage of this swindling law
made great excitement in Iowa !;
and, taking advantage ofthc indigna-
tion, Samuel Klumby and others sue
ceeded in electing Legislature last
fall favorable to changing the corn
bushel back to thirty-two quarts, and
enabling Uncle Sam to pay his debt in
corn if he wishes to do so, according
to contract.
At this the absurd cry Of "Fraud,"
"Repudiation,' ETC., has been raised.
Some of the Klumby notes have been
bought by the New York brokers,
who own most Of the New York
newspapers, and they echo the cry of
"Fraud !" The following letters arc
exhibited in Iowa by those who are
determined to make old Klumby pay
more than he agreed to:
B. Franklin Shylock, Esq.
DEAR SIR: The proposition to re-
store the corn bushel to its natural
size fills the whole civilized world
with astonishment and alarm. 1t is
Reputation with a big r. 1t will
dishonor your beautiful State if Un.
Gle Sam is permitted to pay his debt
in corn or oats according to contract.
Ever of thou. JAY GOULD.
1
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28

CHICAGO, Nov. GA dispatch re-
ceived this afternoon at Gen. Sheri-
dams headquarters from Gen. Ord,
reports that on the Goth inst, a Mexi-
can was killed on Indian creek, s or
10 miles from Avalos, by party of
I.ipan Indians. On the 2lst, two
more men were killed on rancho
near Laredo. All the killed are sup
posed to be residents of Texas.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
NATIONAL cApITAI. NoTrss.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 2O.-The Presi-
dent has signed the Army and Navy
deficiency bills.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
Good ne.dloc For soldlers.

In tho Confederate House yester-
day, after our telegraphic report of
the proceedings closed, Mr.. Frye, Re-
publican, of Maine, made an impas-
stoned speech on the alleged dis
charge by the door-keeper of crippled
union soldiers. He said when the
President saw fit to take men who
had been in the confederate service,
and who are democrats to-day, and
put them in responsible positions of
power, and when the republican par
ty commended the President for so
doing, it might possibly be that the
door-keeper should, in the interest of
pacifcation, be allowed to discharge
crippled union soldiers and put con-
federate soldiers in their place.
After a confused and noisy discus
sion Foster, of Ohio, Republican, Of
fered a proposition that disabled SOL
diers be retained.
This was ruled out Of order, and on
an appeal the ruling was sustained.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
the HUBBARD WAR.

just now tnere lS mucn dOO aD0u,
nothing, being made over Judge
Hubbard, Of Cedar Rapids. He is
the Attorney of the Chicago Il North.
western railroad, and altogether the
most inveteraie and extravagant jo-
ker that practices in the State, and
Federal Courts for Iowa. When he
calls an opponent thief, liar, he
prostitute and the son Of disreputa-
BILE female quadruped, he..mnst be un-
derstood as you construc dreams, that
is to say, taken as meaning directly
the opposite of what he says. The
other day in defending his Company
from the suit Of a Commercial travel.
er, he took occasion to launch out
against that very extensive and, as a
rule. very respectable guild of travel
ers, in his most fervid rhetoric, de.
nouncing them as men with pot met
al f-onte, who seduce all the chamber
maids at all the hotels, from Maine to
California, and from the Fourth OF
July to the rafting of dry bones.-
This wholesale charge might lead US
to conclude that Judge Hubbard had
bccn unfortunate in HE list of ac-
quaintnaces among chambermaids
and drummers, or else he was indulg-
ing in his usual flights of rhapsodical
nonsense. We prefer to give the
Judge the benefit of the doubt, and
conclude that he didn't mean to in
suit any of the commercial travellers
who don't fill the bill.
And this reminds us Of little story
about the late Gen. Morgan L. Smith.
He was q steamboat mate when the
war broke out, and directly enlisted a
regiment numbered the Sth Missouri
composed principally of steamboat
roustabouts, which was terror to
friend and foe alike. While he was
drilling his regiment in Benton Bar.
racks, preparatory to taking it to the
front to devastate the country, he no.
ticed one of his Captains struggling
little behind the line Of file closers
while the regiment was marching il
line Of battle, whereupon Col. Smith
rode up to the Captain, and in remark
ably polite language, for Smith, said
Capt. -, you blankety blank sor
"of q blank, step up up there into
"line."
That evening after parade was dis
missed the Captain put in an appear
ance at Headquarters and was invit
ed in very Hospitality, by the Colone
and asked to take a seat and some
thing.
ooh no. says the mild hammered
Captain, III don't want to sit dowI
"and / don't want anything to drink
"I just thought would cali arount
"to say that I have looked through
the tactics and the regulations, ant
"Scott's Military Dictionary, and
"don't find any place in them wher'
!" the Colonel is authorized to call ON
"of his Captains blankety blanl
"son Of a blank"
ooh that's all right young man,
says the Colonel, "don't be offended
" at small matter like that, I wa
/" excited at tho time and couldn'
think Of your other name".
| So boys brace up; when Judg
Hubbard was making his speech t
the Court in the midst of his hyper
bole he forgot your pet names. That
all there is in the matter.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
NEW FRENCH MINISTRY.

PARIS, Nov. 23.-A new ministry
has been definitely constituted as fol-
lows:
President Of Council and Minister
of War General, Grenandet de Roch-
ebauet.
Minister Of Foreign Affairs, Mar
quis de Banneville.
Minister of Justice, LePellelcer.
Minister of Finance, Dutillent.
Minister Of Commerce, Ozcnne.
Minister of Public Works, Graeff.
Minister of Public Instruction, Faye
Minister of Marine, Nolict nomi-
mated Dutillent, who was Deputy for
Compeigne, but was defeated in the
election of October 18th. lie sat with
the constitutional group and he has
been connected with the Ministry of
Finance for many years.
PARIS, Nov, 23.--Admiral Rouissin
has been appointed Minister Of Ma
rine. A committee Of the Left to-day
drafted an Interpolation to be made
in the Chamber of Deputies as soon
as the new Ministers appear.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28

that q strong Turkish force is making
reconnaissance, and carried the Rus
sian positions on Metchka Heights at
Piergas and near Jovanchiftlich, de-
stroying at the first named place 20
classmates filed with ammunition and
provisions. The Russians lost 1,400
men.
A Russian attack on Kadikai was
repulsed.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
THE FRENCH CRISIS CONTINUES.

I, VERSAILLES, Nov. 2O.-The Cham.
Dor OF Deputies, by vote Of 297 to
2iO, to-day passed a motion introduc.
Cd by M. Bethmont, in the name OF
the majority, to the effect that, in view
OF the doctrines eminated by Duke
DC Broglie yesterday, the Chamber
being resolved to maintain it's prcrog
alive against encroachment, adjourns
the discussion on the validity of the
election Of NJ. Reille, Under Secrcta-
~ of State at the Ministry Of the in
terror, until the electoral abuses OF
the committee shall have reported on
his doings relative TO official candi-
dAture.
nj. Marcen then urged that as the
Ministry had resigned, and no resu-
lar government existed, the Chamber
ought to adjourn. The Chamber,
Notwithstanding the protests Of the
Right, agreed, by vote of 233 to 23l,
to adjourn until Thursday.
The Senate to-day adjourned until
Thursday.
The defense urges President Mac
Mahon, to select an energetic War
Minister, rs the Minister OF War NAV
be called upon in a few days, to play
z preponderating part in the new
Cabinet.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
erect Of Failure Of Third national,

Eject Of Failure Of Third National.
CHICAGO, Nov. 22.-Banking houses
to-day report that business Is in no
way disturbed by the failure Of the
Third National yesterday. They
have received about as large deposits
as usual and but slightly increased
drafts.
On Change the markets, which
dropped insignificantly yesterday
afternoon upon rumors Of trouble
with the Third National, have nearly
recovered the best prices Of the week.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28

LONDON, Nov. 23.-It is said the re.
cent success of the Russians in Asia,
and the probabilities that they will
soon achieve rs decisive victory at
Plevna, have brought back the gov
ernment to that state of anxiety into
which they were thrown by the first
raid across the Balkans.
Papers that support the Premiers
foreign policy are daily and vehe-
mently demanding the active inter-
vention of England. 1t is stated that
the Premier has informed the Rus
sian Minister if Adrianople be taken
and Constantinople be jeopardized
there may be such an outcryl in Eng
land as to make war ON the part of
this country inevitable. Information
of this declaration has been sent to
Russian headquarters and has made
a strong impression there. Under
these circumstances there is some
reason for fearing that this country
may be dragged into the present con-
flict. Further ground for such appre-
tensions are that within the last few
hours orders have been issued for the
immediate preparation of an army
corps.
A great battle is reported as pro-
ceeding at Tirnova.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28


To the resources may be added the
premium on bonds worth at date $54,-
coo. The cash and exchange are
nearly all in cash balances and may
easily be obtained. OF the capacity
of the bank to meet its deposit liabil-
tiles of 81, ,164, 600, it may be said there
are assets worth 81, ,196,9O7.
Besides this there is the personal
responsibility Of the ninety stock
holders, representing $3.50, 600, 80 that
there Is no possible loss except to
stockholders, and little If any is an
ticipated even to them, beyond the
loss of the interest on their money in
the necessarily tedious process Of
liquidation.
The causes leading up to the clos
ing of the panic of 1873 was the first
and most patent. At that time it suf-
fered heavily. Since then it has been
gradually losing ground from vari-
GUS causes SO that from the deposits
of over four millions its accounts
dwindled to the figures above mem
toned. Some of the recent failuree
have seriously affected its credit, es-
pecially as it has been mentioned in
special dispatches as being in shaky
condition, . statement which alarmed
the country depositors aud caused
the rapid depletion Of its funds.
Within few weeks the county, ,one
of it's depositors, has Withdrawn
nearly its whole balance of $500, 600,
and the South Park Commissioners
have Withdrawn large part of their
balance of $25O,OOO. Other heavy ac-
counts have Unexpectedly been
drawn out.
A few weeks since the bank exam
iner, after q careful scrutiny, declared
to the Clearing House that the assets
Of the bank, If skillfully collected,
were sufficient to pay all liabilities
and return their capital to the stock
holders, and at present it would be
difficult to rate it's payment to the
stockholders at less than 70 or SO
cents.
After business hours, clearing
house committee having made an ex-
ination, reported in favor of suspend
ing tho institution from the privi-
leees of the clearing house. The re.
port was adopted. and this action W as
the cause of the closing of the bank
1t was one Of the oldest and mos,
prominent city banks, having been
founded in 1863, and having done a
large business ever since.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28

FOREIGN.
A Montenegrin Repulse Report
ed Between AnlivaYi and
6cutari.

LONDON, Nov. Gothic Moscow
Gazette states that the Russian MAR
army 10 advancing on Erzeroum.
A Constantinople dispatch reports
that the Russians have summoned
Moukhtar Pasha to surrender Erzero.
um, but that place will be held to the
last extremity, by order Of the Sui.
tan.
MONTENEGRO REPULsE.
Ali Saib telegraphs from Scutari
that 4, 600 Montenegrins, who attacked
q position defending tho road from
Antivari to Scutari, have been re.
pulsed with loss of 300 killed.
TO BEsIEGE PLEvNA.
A special from Veran Kaleh con.
tains the following: Seventeen
thousand men from the Kars army
will be detached to assist at the siege
Of Plevna.
GEN. MELIKOFF
started suddenly for Erzeroum sun
DAY. He will take command Of the
beeieging force there.
A Vienna special from Tiflis re-
ports that Immediately after the cap
lure of kars 5000 Russians. under
General Melikoff, started for Erzero-
um.
BOLD PROPOSITION.
!. AT the council of war Sunday Phi
lppoh, Appointment General, recon-
mended that corps be left to Lower
while the remainder of the
1rmy pushed through Asia Minor to
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28

Another Chicago Bank 9uccumbs.
CHICAGO, Nov. 2l.-The Third Ma
tional Bank decided after business
hours, this evening, to suspend, and
will go into liquidation. The state
ment of its resources and liabilities
is as follows:
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
B. r.. Shyl0ck, Esq.
lam affected somewhat similarly.
I've been took the same way.
EDITOR OF THE "WoRLD."

M1kc tn6 Otu leAlOW pay Al th0 uehr.
er metal--which IL oats. Our poor,
Woodworking bondholders must get
all they can out Of the bloated agri-
cnlturists. The Contract" has moth
ing to do withit. II is ridiculous and
blasphemons to quote II. Sock 1t to
old Klum. G. A. DANA.
B. F. Shylock, Esq.
Teddy O'Ra1erty has just arrived
from Kilkenny, and reports that for.
eign bon,lholdcrs expect the old man
TO shell ont the oats, and II he tries to
pay In corn, according to contract, he
10 blasted repudiatlonist, pickpocket
and bonnty-jumper.
EDITOR OF THE "HERALD."
In the midst Of all this hullaballoo
Uncle Sam doesn't know exactly what
to do. He doesn't quite like to be
plundered by a crowd cflondmouth-
ed ruffians, who simply yell epithets
at him, without listening to him,
when he tries to read the contract; at
the same time, IL his interpretation is
wrong, he is willing to submit it to
the courts.
It looks, however, at this moment,
as IL the Senate would concur in the
bill for the restoration of the bushel
| Of Our daddies.