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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-18
Grasshoppers.
.CoNFEpR1r Y RoAps

Several gentlemen from Northwest
ern Iowa have been in Des Moines
for day or two past, and from them
we learn some unwelcome facts con-
corning the winged plague" The
soil in fifteen counties is literally
honeycombed with the nesting place
of grasshoppcr eggs. They are all,
apparently, in q healthy condition,
and shovel full of dirt taken up
even from the hard road and placed
in warm room will develope scores
Of these pests. The only hope for
destroying them is with the prairie
fires, which are to be kindled June
first. This arrangement has been
made throughout the entire north
western part of the State. Whether
this will be successful in destroying
them remains yet to be seen. If It
does not, the future of that country
will be dark.
One of our informants states that
the people are leaving the thrice de-
vastated region as fast as they can,
but there are large number who are
too poor to get away. One man who
owns farm for which he paid II, 600,
has recently offered it for one-tenth
of that amount and was unable to
find purchaser. A large portion of
the personal property of the country
is under chattel mortgage. A gentle
man who was in Clay county one day
last week, states that he saw man
drive up to a railroad station with his
family in the wagon and accompanied
by another man who held o mortgage
on the entire establishment, for an
amount just about sufficient to take
the settler and his family ont of the
country. The creditor accompanied
them, and they stepped from the
wagon to the car platform, leaving
the team and vehicle in his hands
There has been but little actual suf
fcring there this past winter, although
food has been scarce and money al.
most unknown, but the grasshOppcl
eggs arc SO abundant that the settlers
have no hope for the future, except
to abandon their homes and fee the
country.-Des Moines Register.
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validity in his settlement with the
board of supervisors as tho orders
from the railroad company provided
for in section three hereof.
Sec. 8. All railroads in this state
constructed by or with tho aid of any
taxes levied and collected under the
provisions of this act shall be subject
to the control of the general assembly
thereof in regard to the management
of the same, and the charges for the
transportation of frcights and passen-
gers thereon.
Sec. 10. This act being deemed by
the general assembly of immediate
Importance, shall take effect and be
in force from and after its publica-
ton in the Iowa State Register and
Iowa State Leader, newspapers pub
lished in Des Moines, Iowa.
Approved March Is, 1875.
hereby certify that the foregoing
Fact was published in the Io,ca State
Register. March "a, and in the Io,ca
State Leader, March 30, 1876.
JOSIAH r. YOUNG,
Secretary of State.
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SOUTHERN HOTEL.
J. e. Russell. Engineer Of tho Hotel,
Makes a:otatement Of His
Experience.

ST.. LOUIS, April 13.--J. E. Russell,
chief engineer of the hotel has made
a statement of his experience on the
night of the fire, which throws some
light on the origin of the fire. He
says he left the engine room about
half-past IL o'clock, leaving an assis-
tant in charge and went to the room
on the fifth floor near the baggage
elevator. He was aroused about five
minutes after one o'clock by shriclss
of women; he hurried out and found
the. hall filled with smoke, which
came from the freight elevator, but
saw no fire; started for the south
part of the house with q view to de-
scend by the servants stairway; was
obliged to crawl on his hands and
knees to prevent sufIocation from
smoke: was certain there were o
number of women on the fifth floor
crying piteously for help, whom he
told to follow him to the lower floor;
some did and others were too dis
tracted, apparently, to do as directed !;
finally he reached the dining room
floor, passed into the kitchen and de-
scended by the basement; hero he
found the smoke very dense and that
the pumps connected with the engine
had been in operation and that some
employees had been throwing water
on the fire which at that time was
raging furiously in the store room.
The nozzle had been blown off before
he reached the basement; another
was put on, and then he put the
pumps at work again and turned the
steam on the fire; this was continued
until the fire became SO hot and had
spread SO far that all were obliged to
flee for their lives; they made their
exit through the basement under the
rear part Of the building and emerg-
ed on Elm street.
This account does not state how
long the fire had been burning before
the alarm was turned on, but it does
show, and conclusively, that efforts
were made to subduc 1t before the
guests in the house were aroused or
any attempt made to notify them that
the building was burning. 1t seems
to be pretty certain, at all events it is
extensively believed, that the hotel
was known to be on fire by the en-
ployces from twenty minutes to hall
an hour before the fire department
was notified. Russell also states that
there was pile of mattresses in one
corner Of the store room and lot oil
loose hair, and about five feet from
them on the floor was q box in which
9 stock Of matches was kept. He
thinks the mattresses Eand matches
had a good deal to do with the orr
gin Of the fire, but does not seem t6
know anything definite about it.
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ANTI-BrGAM1sTs,
Resolutions Adopted by q Meeting
OF Citizens who Think tho One
Wife System the Best.

SALT LAKE, April H.--.At a mass.
meeting of non.M ormons, held here
to-day, resolution was offered by
Gen. Nathan Kimball to amend the
act of the Territory to read
as follows: That all male inhabitants
y years Of age, citizens of the United
States, shall be entitled to vote and
be eligible for Office; provided, how
ever, that no person living in the
practice of bigamy or polygamy shall
be permitted to hold any office or to
vote at any election or to act as Juror.
and that all votes shall be by secret
ballot, and that all laws in conflict be
repealed, which was unanimously
adopted by the meeting and referred
TO the committee on resolutions.
Resolutions were adopted, among
others IN the mass-mecting, tonight,
that bigamy and polygamy is increas.
ing in this Territory that as no leg.
islation exists as to marriage. thew
ask legislation from Congress defin.
ing the obligations in regard to mar.
riage relations; that the Mormon
priesthood have inaugurated mark.
ed ballot to return the votes Of the
people under their control, and ask.
ing for . secret ballot as long as Utah
is controlled by the Mormon priest.
hood, and protest against its admis.
sion as State. The committee will
prepare memorial to be submitted
to Congress.
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SPECKS OF STRIFE.
ThenVery Latest Cable News
from Over the Sea.
Russia's Asia Reserves Being
Brought 70 the Turkish
Frontier.
Officers Of the Southern Army
Summoned Beferc q Coum-
ell Of War.
The Turkish Army Suffering from
Want Of Provisions.

LONDON, 30 q. M, April 13.-The
Standards dispatch from CONSTANT
nople reports that Russia is bringing
her reserves in Asia to the Turkish
frontier. 1t is stated that Germany
docs not wish to see the neutrality of
Roumania violated, consequently the
principal Russian attack will be on
the Asiatic side.
The Standards Vienna correspond
ent says the better class. of the inhab-
itants are leaving for the interior.
Russian officers from Persia report
that 10000 Persian troops are con-
centrated near the Turkish frontier.
The Gar will start on the Oath inst.
for the vicinity of the army. A man
ifcsto will be issued Tuesday.
Superior officers Of the Southern
army have been summoned before q
grand council of war in st. Peters,
burg, to be heard respecting prepare
tions for marching go, 600 men across
the Pruth next week. The army has
already advanced, but has not passed
the frontier.
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coroners Inquest on tho st.
Louis Fire.

ST.. LOUIS, April 16.-Thc Coroner's
inquest in the Southern Hotel fire
case organized about noon, but so far
the proceedings are very meagre. A
jury was sworn over the body of
Kate Nolan, which had been kept in
q cooling room at the Morgue for
that purpose. They then repaired to
the Grand Jury room in the -Four
Courts building, where they will
hold sessions. A somewhat lengthy
discussion was had rs to whether the
investigation should be public or
private, and the question was not
definitely decided when the reporter
left, but the probabilities were that
the sessions would be opened to the
press. The jury is composed of Gen.
John Mcneil, Geo. Balm, 8. II. Latin,
Charles w. Irwin, w. c. Carr, and
Jacob Tamm, who arc among our
most reputable citizens who express
q determination to 60 down to the
bottom of the matter and bring out
all the facts connected with the case.
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Up She Goes,

BALTIMORE, April l4.-Speculative
operations in corn for several days
past were increased yesterday by war
rumors from London, and orders
from Chicago, to charter vessels to
load with grain, and dispatches from
New York that freights were excited
gave additional animation to opera
tions. The sales of corn yesterday it
is said, amounted to nine hundred
thousand bushels, the largest by 200,
GOO ever sold in this market in one
day. At the regular board of corn
and flour exchange, operations reach
cd 100000 bushels, and in the after
noon street sales reached the same
figures. Seventy thousand bushels of
spot sold at Coo. Charters to take
corn to Cork were made at five shil-
lings six d per quarter, an advance
of9 d in the past few days.
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Shot hIe Rrotlner.In.Iaw.

FLAT Rock, ILL.,, April l3.-An
ARRAY took place two miles west Of
this point yesterday, between VIM.
Castle and AL. Mcclure, which result
ed in Mcclure shooting Castle
through the head, dangerously
w0unding him. The circumstances
are about as follows: On Monday
they had some words about a note
which Mcclure wished Castle to sign.
On Tuesday they had lawsuit which
resulted in the defeat of Met lurc, and
this morning Mcclure put his clothes
into valisc, and taking his rifle on
his shoulder started for Castles house,
about . quarter of mile distant.
When he arrived he saw Castle at
work, went up within about thirty
yards and shot him through the head.
Castle fell, and Mcclure left him for
dead. The mon were brothers-in-
law, and, until Monday, wcro good
friends.
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Two irreconcillab,e condIt,ons


Debility and health are irreconcili-
able conditions. Weakly people, that
is to say people who lack the vitality
requisite for vigorous discharge OF
each and all of the bodily functions,
are invariably afflicted with some,
though 1t may be . triiling disorder
of tho system. Atony, or want OF
nervous and muscular vigor, 10 ac-
companied by poverty of the blood
and ieanness. A certain way to over.
come it and aggravated maladies to
which it must ultimately lead is to
use Hostctter's Stomach Bittcrs, which
promote digestion and assimilation
OF the food, and thus are the means Of
furnishing the body with . supply of
blood of . quality essential to . proper
nourishment. IMMIGRATION through
the fundamentally Of the matchless
tonic protects the feeble from host
of bodily ills which lurk In ambush
for the debilitated. Tho Bittcrs are
an article which II II most desirable
to keep constantly on hand,
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a street ARRAY.

PHILADELpHIA, April 16.-Nat Nc
Kay. government contractor, met Col.
A. X. Mcclure, of the Philadelphia
Times, on Chestnut street, to-day, as
the Colonel was walking with cx-
Governor Curtin, and struck him with
o whip. Mcclure collarcd Mckay,
but was struck by some body from
behind and by another man in front
simultaneously. These men are sup
posed to be friends of McKay's. One
Of them was arrested and held to
bail, together with Mckay.
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SOUTH CAROLINA.
The State OFFICERS and Mr.. Hampton

The State OFFICERS and Mr.. Hampton
COLUMBIA, s. G., April, l5.--It is
reported from reliable authority that
the substance of the reply of the state
officers to Governor Hampton's de-
mand will be the assertion that they
hold the Offices by the declaration of
the state canvassers from the face of
all the returns; that they were COM
missi0ned by Governor Chamberlain
while his title was undisputed that
their contestants have taken their ca
SEES to the Supreme Court that Hamp-
ton has no right to anticipate the
judgment of that court or in any way
pass upon their title, and that his ac-
ton is violation of his pledges to
leave disputed questions to legal set
Element. For these reasons they will
decline to give up their offices.
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SENTENCED TO ne HANGED.

ST.. LOUIS, April 14.-Edgar NJ.
Moore, the young man who shot and
killed Mable Hall, a ballet girl, at the
Theatre Comiquc, about year ago,
who was convicted of murder in the
first degree, was sentenced to-day by
Judge Jones of the Criminal Court,
to be hanged Friday, June LIST. A
motion for new trial had previously
been overruled.
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Reliable Eyrnrrcu.

Dear Sir will most checrsully add I'M, tos,,.
mony 70 the great number you have already 70.
vEGETiNE, for do not think eno,ir, ~ m
In Its praise, for was troubled ,cI ,iir, s =,
with that dreadful disens >, .,atarrh, AMI hn,
such bad coughing spells tliat.it would seem aa
yEGRTINE has cured me; and / do feel 10 iiha"n
God oil the time that there is so good a medicine
e vEGErINE, and also think ii one Of the best
medicines .oI coughs and weak sinki ing feelings
vkaETlNE, for can assure them IL Il one Of lie
best medicines that ever was. = $50 ~ '''s'
cx, M RS. u. GORE
CoIhe1 Magazine and Walnut streets,
Cambridge Mass
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osasshoppsrs.

FL. BCorr, Kan, April l8.-It Is
now ascertained beyond doubt that
the grasshopper eggs in this section
are unproductivc. Careful expert
ments have been made, and in addi-
ton the weather OF the past few days
has been warm enough to have hatch
ed them by the million had the eggs
been good, but not one of the pest can
be found. Farmers are generally jn-
bilant and . big crop ofeverything is
looked for in southeastern Kansas.
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Honey

A'itcher-s Caht0ria is a complete substi-
sthte Tor Castor OIL and is as pleasant to ta Ike az
Honey. lis particularly adapted to Tcething
andirritable children. 1t destroys worms, asslin-
Hates tbs food, regulates the Stomach and cures
Wind Collie. Few remedies are as eillcaclous for
Feverlshness. Group, Worms and whoopng
Cough, Castoria Is a scientific and purely veg
esable preparation, more effective than Castor on
ana neither gags nor gripes, Prepared by Messrs
., u, Rose Co., 40 pey Street, New York, from
BILE, Mass. ''''"-
Feb. 81 3mw q change
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The Hog Business.

CHICAGO, April 14.-According to
returns received by the Secretary of
the Pork Packers Association, the
the number of hogs packed in the
West during the past winter season
was 5,05l ,O3O, against 4,874,l25 last
season. The decrease in the average
weight is reported at 2G4 pounds and
the decrease in the average. yield of
lard l9.a pounds. The amount of
mess pork produced was 47S,OS5 bar
rels and of other kinds Of pork 154,-
1926 barrels. The packing during the
summer season of 1876 is reported at
1921 1928 hogs, an increase of l,O53, 3S9
as compared with the previous aum-
mcr. The increase in the average
weight was $50 pounds and the in
crease in the yield Of lard GA pounds.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-18
major Reno.

WAsHINGToN, April l6. - Major
Reno, recently tried by court martial
on the charge of insulting the wife OF
brother officer, and sentenced to be
dismissed from the service, has for
wardcd to the war department re-
quest for delay In the presentation OF
his CASE to tho President, claiming
that he has additional evidence, which
will tend to q mitigation of the sei,-
tencc. Thc-request was granted.
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OHI0Aao, April II.

CHICAGO, April II.
Wheat-weak, dull and lower al
" 4lsS cash, ! 423a May, and 1889
Corn-wcak, active and lower al
1910 cash, 4Glac May, and 47l1c bid
June.
Oats-fairly active but lower; 3Gsz
cash, and SIC May.
Rye-easier at Zoe.
Barlcy-easier at &c.
Pork-active but decidedly lower
$l5 l711a cash, Is 20 May, and Is 35
June.
Lard-activc, but weak and lower !;
80 rs bid cash and May, and 30 80
asked June.
Whisky-flrmcr at 81 OF.
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WASHINGTON, April l6.-Chief JUS
tice Waite announces that on account
of insufficient appropriations the
Supreme Court will not sit after May
7th.
The President has no intimation as
to when the commission will return
to Washington, but opinion is ex-
pressed that they may complete their
business SO as to return here by Sat
nrday or Monday next. There is no
doubt that the troops will be with
drawn from New Orleans, as intimate
friends of the President say that it is
not to be expected that he will pur-
sue in Louisiana course different
from that in South Carolina, but il is
an open question when it will be best
to act. 1t is the desire of the Presi.
dent that the Commission shall have
the fullest opportunity for the compile
ton of their work.
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interviewing the President.

WASHINGTON, April 16.-A delega-
ton Of Friends called on the Presi-
dent to-day, and presented petition
from the Universal Peace Union, ask
ing him to continue the Indian police
policy. The President said he favor
cd peace everywhere. as fully ex-
pressed in his inaugural address,
which indicated his course for the
next four years. lie, however, was
not so far advanced as the Quakers,
and there might be occasion some
times to resort to military operations.
A colored delegation from Rich
mond, interviewed the President in
favor of the retention of Miss Van
Lew as postmistress of that city.
Edward A. Thomas has been APP
pointed Associate Judge of the Su-
premc Court of Wyoming.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-18
Mail Robbery.

KANSAS Cry, Mo-, April l4.--A
special from BAKER Springs, Kansas,
says the Baxter and Joplin mail COM
ing this way was robbed yesterday
afternoon by highwaymen, who pre-
sented pistols at the head of the
driver and compelled him to throw
offthe mail bags, which they took and
escaped to the woods. There were
no passengers on the stage. There is
no clue to the robbers.
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WASHINGTON.
Secretary McCvary visited by Il
Iowa Association.

Secretary McCvary visited by the
Iowa Association.
WAsHINaToN, April l4.-The Iowa
State Association paid their respects
to the Secretary of War last night at
his residence. Associate Justice
Miller addressed the Secretary on
behalf of the Association, expressing
their qualification and pride at his
transfer from Congress to his present
moro prominent position, and Of their
confidence in him as one Of whom
Iowa might feel proud.
The Secretary briefly responded,
saying In conclusion:
Concerning the very responsible
duties recently dcyolvcd upon me, by
favor Of the President, have only to
say that they shall be discharged &C.
cording to the best of my ability, and
/ hope by faithful endeavor to Justify
at least in part, the anticipations Of
my good friends, which you, sir, have
SO kindly expressed. How we'll, OF
how i'll l do this, time will show"
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A man went into photograph gal
lery at Stockton, CAL, to sit for his
likeness, and borrowed the proprie-
tors watch and chain to adorn his
person while having his picture taken,
and when the operator took the plate
into the dark room, walked off with
the jeWelry.
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Moro Fires.

CINCINNATI, April l6.-A fire al
Ashland, Ohio, on Saturday night de-
stroyed the brick block adjoining
Millcrs' hotel. The fro is supposed
to be the work Of tramps, a number
of whom were arrested during the
fire loss SEC, 600 insurance $4,000.
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place In the night TO escape being
tarred and fcathcred. This was 3
short time before she entered the
poor house at Delhi. There is now on
record in the courts of Wayne county,
q document that was drawn by Mrs.
Wilson, the companion of Lucy Ann,
IL being petition for the release Of
her Husband, Joseph L. Lobdell, /"
from jail, on account of "his'' failing
health. The pen used was a stick
whitfield to a point and split; the
ink was polScbcrry Juice. The writ
ing is faultless, and the language used
a model of clear, correct and argu-
mcntatiyc English-a really superior
piece of composition, showing that
the writer, now voluntary Outcast
and the associate of an insane, foul
and unsexcd woman, is highly edu-
Gated, and capable of adjoining the
best circles.
Mary Slater, the daughter of, the
strange being whose history has been
briefly given, has not escaped her
share of misfortune. Growing to at
tractive womanhood in the family of
the kind farmer who rescued her
from the life of paupcr, she incurred
the hatred of o young man named
Kent, who sought her hand in mar
riagc and was refused for another.
In August, 1871, he planned and &C.
complishcd her abduction, one dark,
stormy night. She was drugged,
grossly maltreatcd, and thrown into
the Delaware river, near Coshocton.
She was washed ashore ON on island,
where she was found in semi-uncon-
scious state by river man next day.
Taken to his house she was restored
to life, but not to reason, and I'M
known she wandered into tho woods,
where she was found o raving maniac,
and nearly dead from exposure and
hunger, three days afterward, and re-
stored to her friends. She in time
recovered her mental and bodily
yigor only to learn that the young man
she was to marry was her half-broth-
or, being the illegitimatc son of her
father, Henry Slater, according to the
testimony of people who profosscd to
know. Kent, the fiendish abductor,
although arrested and lodged in jail,
managed to escape the Justice he so
richly deserved.
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Drsnnnasa.

SYMPTOMS.-Want Of appetite, rising flood
ach, heartburn, dryness anil whiieness OF tha
Tongue in the morning sense OF dis:ension in liz,
stomach and bowels, sometime Rubbing and
pam costiveness, which is occasionally inter
Tnpted by darrhda; paleness Of thcnrjne me
mouth Is cianmy, or has sour bitter tas;n
otier frequent symptoms are Watesbrasl, lalpi.
iaton OF the heart, headache, aud disorders al
me senses, as seeing double etc. There h nei,
eraI debility, langnor and aversion, e., motion,
detection OF the spirits, disturbed sheen. ana
friehtfnl lrnains -, y 'it''