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Net profits for 1s7s.................. s2S.i5e 90
ASSETS OF THE COMPANY.
Valued OF their cash market value:
Heal estate .s11S,162 II
United States bonds, City Railroad
Company, city and j. and @. N. r. II.
first mortgage, bank and insurance
stocks ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 15s.300 ga
Bills receivable tpremiums). ........... n.7ss "a
First mortgage notes and pledge notes 193.7Go 90
Cash In bank......s 36,97b 80
Premiums in course Of collections, 47.253 90
Amounts due by Insurance companies s.207 80
ss74.41s ss
We. the undersigned, special committee ap-
pointed by the Board Of Directors OF the New
Orleans Insurance Company. to value the assets
OF said company at their present probable mar
ket value. hereby certify that after a careful ex-
animation the valuation of said assets, as above
specified. lis true and correct, to the best Of our
knowledge and belief.
New Orleans, 12th January. 1877.
W. A. BELL.
II. GALLY,
T. MERILH.
A sCHRIEBEB
The above statement Is a true and correct
transcript from the books of the company.
J. TUYES. President
J. W. H1NcKs Secretary.
Sworn to and subscribed before me. this 18th
day Of jas uary. A. D. 1877.
JOHN L. LARESCHE.
Third Justice OF the Peace
At o meeting OF the Board of Directors. held
this day. it was resolved to pay the semi-anD ual
interest dividend Of five per cent on the capital
stock to the stockholders, or their legal repre-
sentatives, on and after the first Monde of
February next J. W. HINCKS. Secretary.
January 15 1877.
DIRECTORS.
Ernest MerIlh, FL. GalIy.
Charles LATTE. VIM. Van Benthuysen
Charles e. Schmidt. Jules Aldige,
Charles ]. Leeds, w. A. Bell.
d. Fatjo. Pierre Poutz,
A. Schrieber, J. Tuyes ja18 2n
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INSURANCE NOTICES.
SUN MUTUAL INSURANCE
COMPANY.
paid UP Capital, 100000
FROM THE TwENTY-FIRsT ANNUAL
STATEMENT FOR 1879.

Net annual earned pre-
minms and Discounts
and Interest. SLOT 1851
Losses. Exs enses. Taxes.
e....-.--~4 ..s....-....... sz77, 2s7 o.
Reserved furd $4,000 and
Dividend q capital 10
per eeGt.-.@ssss.s.-...-.. s9,64T E-336, TGE
Net proft-~.s-~ s7i,2lE..
Assets of tbs ~ "a any es-
tinated Mt their cash
market value;
Stecks Bonds. Loans and
Bills Receivable ..-...... 500, so 78
Cash OH hand and premi-
ums In course Of collee-
ZION. s..ss-.---..-.-.-.-.-.. IS6.oSo 40
1856. 29s a
Dividend paid on stock ten per cent per an
mum. and on participating policies twenty per
cent. payable In casn. :.
This old and reliable company is issuing poll
Giles on Fire, River and Marine risks on the most
favorable terms. A II losses promptly adjusted
and settled upon liberal terms OF their Office.
81 Camp street. JAMES /. DAY.
President.
3. CARPENTER. Secretary. jas1 ~
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INSURANCE NOTICES.
INSURANCE NOTICES.
FIREMEN,s INSURANCE COMPANY. 1
or New Orleans.
on,co-Corner OK Camp and Gravier Streets.
SECOND ANNUAL STATEMENT.
NEW ORLEANS. Jan. Y. lsg'

NEW t'RIJEAhBs slils III bHatsa
At a meeting OF the Board OF Directors hbi&
this day, Ii was resolved to declare the following
dividends from the net earnings OF the year emu
Ing December 81, 1876. to wit: !. .
/, Ten per cent annual interest ON sheesuatfM
paid In.
.. Five per cent to carry 10 reserve fund In mo-
cordance with SEQ. 4. Art. 9. of the charter.
Q. Ten per. cent 10 carry 10 tho credit OIL fissg
ihremens Hnartape Asss2 tn 81 NsM
phans, and general relief system Of said aa So
citation. In secordanoe with Sec 4. Art. =. OF tb@s
charter.
4, Five per cent interest dividend on sapite
paid in.
pating insurers. NJ.
All declarations Of dividends to stockhoidarF
to be carried to credit oil stock notes In accord
ance with Sec. s., Art q, OF the charter certjA~
Gates OF which will be issued on and a2tSr TIM.
10th day OF February, 1877, sg h8
Participating dividends to Insurers tMss i
stockhoiders) payable In cash on demand.
Stockholders can obtain printed detailed staeR-s
mentS at The oft1ce OF the com any.
/. N. MARKS, President,
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New Orleans. May 20. 1875.

The trustees, In conformity TO tho axaenNwsSs
charter, submit the following statement Of t&ss
affairs OF the company on the seth April. 1915.
Marine uremiuma III Ara 97 f8s42
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TRUSTEES.

M ERCaANTS MUTUAL INSURANCE Ca
OF NEW ORLEANS.
10A Canal street. .Hasans
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10
MlscEMAMg.
Facts About the Four Per Conts,
Washington Correspondence Cincinnati Com


Facts About the Four Per Cents,
Washington Correspondence Cincinnati Com
mercial.
As to the assertion that the four
per cent. loan is not selling as rapidly
as he had anticipated, Secretary Sher.
man says that is a mistake. He did
not expect when so favorable loan
for the Government was offered that
1t would be taken as rapidly as it has
been. Thirty days were given to sub
scribe and three months to pay. Seven
ty-seven millions were subscribed
and are now being paid for, he be-
lieved in every case, and he believed
that every subscription would be
paid for by the 10th Of October, when
due, and he was entirely confident
that the loan will be resumed imme-
diatcly afterward. As a matter of
course, it ought not to be forced, and
Congress might greatly aid him by
authorizing the receipt of U. s. notes
for bonds, when he could conduct the
business directly with the people.
The very best possible investment for
savings is in these bonds, which will
not be likely to vary in market value.
The members of the syndicate arc in
fine spirits and quite sanguine as to
the success of the loan, and two Of
them are now making arrangement.
to GO to Europe to give their person
al attention 10 their affairs abroad
The Secretary said he had received ,
great many letters inquiring why tn,
4 per cents. already sold did not an
pear in the public debt statement. II,
had not time to answer all these let
ters, but the reason is that they hav,
not yet been delivered, and that the
per cents. called in have not yet beef
retired. If the A per cents. should ap
pear in the debt statement before tn
is per cents have been retired, tn
public debt would not be correctl,
stated, as it would appear to be larg
er than it really Is by the amount 0
per cents. already subscribed, viz
81, 100000.
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FROM IDAHO.

IDAHO CRY, IDAHO Terry, October
l, lS77.-MR. EDIToRs: Seeing gen.
eral invitation in your paper to de-
linquent subscribers to the COURIER
to call and pay the amounts due it on
settlement, will now put in my non.
appearance in the way of remittance
which you will please accept by mail
and fined enclosed within.
Idaho is now being settled up very
rapidly out of the Western States, and
still there is plenty of room left for
more. The fairer sex is the mos,
successful in regard 10 getting good
locations and comfortable homes, es.
pecially the single ones.
There is now quite a number Of
Ottumwaites throughout this vicinity
The Coffin boys are located and do
ing business in Boise City; and also
have branch store at this place
James Pomeroy, formerly of Ottum
wa, who has for several years pas
been wrestling in the mountains Of
Arizona, and the salubrious cline Of
the extreme remote valleys of Cali
fornia, not long since dropped in and
camped with me over night.
You can now tell the friends ant
relatives in Ottumwa that james
Pomeroy is not dead nor hasn't been
but that he is still alive and well, ani
like the rest of us, willing to take hi
chances wherever fate may cast hi
lot.
Please send me specimen copy o
the DAILY COURIER. Yours, respect
fully, j. s. MCCLUNG.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10
Rises to Explain.

New YORK, Oct. S.-Assistant Sec'y
of State Apgar, writes about tho
Tweed revelation as follows: "It was
entirely proper for me to write let
ter to Tweed who was at the head of
the Department stating my circum-
stances and asking his aid in obtain
ing for me my salary. Incver per-
formed service of any kind for Tweed
nor did he ever ask me to do so. l
have never had any connection of any
kind with him since 1868, nor in that
year when he was in good repute did
1 have any other relations to him than
were legitimate and proper"
Other persons whose names were
mentioned by Tweed in his disclos-
ures on Saturday cmphatically deny
they had any corrupt arrangement
with him and that the letters read
were written at the time he was a
good citizen and reputable public
officer.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10

New YORK, Oct. 6.-An examina-
ton of the Arctic Fire Insurance
Company, of this city, by the Insur-
ance Superintendent, shows that its
capital stock is impaired and the SUI
pcrintendent has made a requisition
upon the company for $4,000, Is per
cent. of it's capital, that amount to
be made up in cash within GO days.
1t is not claimed that the trouble has
grown out of any dishonesty of the
the principal cause Of
impairment being duo to shrinkage
in value Of securities.
Elijah Alliger, of the insurance
agency so largely deficient in its ac-
counts with the Commercial Union
Company of London, is Secretary of
the National Board of Fire Under
writer's. He has taken an active part
in the work of the association for q
number of years and has been strong
advocate of a system Of establishing
fixed rates of Insurance.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10

The Railroad Gazette publishes
somc valuable statistics of railroad
construction for the first five months
of this year, with very sensible CON-
ments thereon. Taking the period re-
ferred to, for zach Of the last i've
years, which includes the panic year
of 1873, we find that the total coustrnc.
ton was smaller this year than in any
except 1875, being 1893 miles, against
5i2 miles last year, and 260 mics in
1875. In 1873 it was 9lS milea. OF
the total mileage SO far constructed,
~ per cent is narrow gusge, and is Of
course, intended only for local usc or
as feeders to the main roads. 81 per
cent. of the increase was in the Two
states of Texas and California, while
Ohio chiefly in narrow guagc roads
was next. The Gazette points out
that there is now very little work re-
naming to be done on long roads, and
that we may look forward to COM
paratively small rate ofincreased mile
age for some time to come, and 1t adde
that II is ga return to something like a
normal activity in railroad construc-
ton, not a;retrogression to unhealthy
stagnation."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10
IOWA.

A maker Of shirts in Philadelphia
advertises himself as ''shirter."
Fatty john aud Alexander Under,
BARRIERS of Burlington, have each fall
en- heir to the snug sum Of 5000.
Wendell Phillips is the next lectur-
or in tho Marshalltown course. He
will not be there until late in tho Fall.
The Richmond Enquirer tells of q
journalist who accompanied the
Hayes party through the south, and
who gets up in his sleep every night
and covers pages of manuscript with
c'laughter and applausc.")
Mrs. M. A. Kridler, M. D., of Winter
set, died few days ego. She was
Secretary of tho Madison County
Medical Agsociation, and succassful in
her profession. She leaves husband
and one child. Her age was 3S.
Moorc's Opera House, Dcs Moines
will soon be beautifully frescoed, az
well az the entrance. The main en-.
trance will be complete picture gal.
lery. Tho dress circle will be uphol.
stored with red plush. The sccuery
will all be repsintcd with lire-prool
paint,
The imported COW, Maid Of Honor
belonging to Hon. Charles Macune, Of
Scion, which last year won the cen
tennial medal, and this Fall took frs
premium at the Dubuque and Scot
County Faira, dropped to second
place at the johnson County Fair las
week.
| Mr.. V. N. Clary, Constable of Linz
township, Warren County, arrested
Henry Behrens on tho farm of Thomai
Barley, three miles northeast of Nor
walk. Behrcns is charged with burn
ing tho barn (worth $4,000 Of Jane
Adrian, Of Lee county, ILL.,, and steal
ing four Of his horses about sever
weeks ago.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10
Joseph surrenders.

FIT. BENTON, MONTANA, Oct. TO-
Since the first battle Of Gen. Miles
with Joseph's band the troops have
been holding tho hostiles in narrow
ravine and have picked them OF from
rifle pits losing only four men them
selves. Joseph raised the white flag
four times Offering to surrender If he
might keep his guns. Miles deman-
ded an unconditional surrender, and
on the last day Joseph raised the flag
again, advanced in front of the lines
and handed his gun to Gen. Miles
and shook hands with him. The re-
mainder Of the command did the
same. 40 wounded Indians were
found in camp. The number Of dead
IL unknown as al were buried. The
glory Of the light rests with Miles
The entrenchmsnts or the Nez Perccs
were ineeniouoly constructed their
bravery NJ unsorpAssed throug hout
de n1A1 and they arc credited With
nas 80 aces 0f humAnity n the
~ 49,. "! q
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Jvpog DILLON.

Judge John f. Dillon, of the Unit
ed Etates Circuit Court, has received
i letter signcd by Krum, Broadhead,
Noble, Grover, Harrison, Miner, Lack
land, and hundred other leading
citizens Of st. Louis, rendering him q
public banquet. Tho letter says:
ut has not escaped our attention that
some vain efforts have recently been
made by disappointed and cxacting
suitors to malign and injare you,
through the public newspapers. We
have examined the charges, and we
feel that we can conscientiously pro-
n0uncc them false and unfoundcd.
We find nothing that even malice can
4 torture into reflection upon the pu-
rity Of your character or even the
cOrrcctness of your decisions; and in
saying this we are but expressing the
unanimous opinion Of this commune
". And now, to give expression to
our conscientious convictions as to the
falsity OF the imputations, and to re-
assure you Of undiminished conf
dence in you as judge and as man,
W beg leave TO tender YOU tho COM
spliment Of : public dinner, and ex-
'lrsss tho hope that you may feel At
1lhorty 70 accept our Invitation"
IN III repIy Judge Dillon dcclines
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Medicine for Sick Hens.


Hens will not bear much medicine
y very little red pepper will warm a
hen or chicken If it is cold or partly
drowned. In cases of sickness q par
tial change Of food ! consider to be
the best. Give boiled potatoes, rye or
rye meal, or little flax seed; liver,
lights and the heart, fresh from the
butchers are all necessary for hens
sometimes. Fresh, pure air ia neces-
sary, especially II they arc sick. Their
houses and roosts Must DO cleaned,
and the earth should be fresh. The
building alec should DO whitowashed.
Fowls will not bear much grease Tor
grease and sulphur) on them. II you
grease chicken much It will die.
Grease hardens, bnt kerosene softens,
and will cure hcns' legs of mango and
tho insects connected with Il, and 10
perfectly harmless III degree.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10

Among the first things which Con-
gress ought to do, after it meets on
the 18th instant-a meeting rendered
necessary by the failure of the Con-
federate House to make the appropri-
ations necessary to pay the army and
otherwise run the Governments to
mako greenbacks receivable for all
import duties.
For the fiscal year ending June 80,
ncxt, it is probable that $3.50, O0O, 600
will be collected for that purpose.
There is no good reason why the gov
crnment should not now take its own
notes for its own dues, and that very
act would probably put gold and
grcenback paper together as to val
ne, so that hereafter the tariff duties
and tho semi-annual payment of in
terest ON Government bonds would
be payable in either gold or paper a
the option of payor.
Then the question would be forever
settled, and then the occupation Of
the greenbacker and the other fellow
who has been bowling SO loud ani
long about one currency for the PEG
pie and another for the bondholdel
would be gone, which is consumma
alton devoutly to be wished.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10
Tho President, oecrotavy gvarts, and
the Southern Tvlp.-Mlleo' Dear
Aou0ht victovv

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 LIN comment
Ing upon criticisms BY the Inter- Ocean
and other Western papers upon the
Presidents speeches on !. the southern
trip, Secretary Evarts remarked to
your correspondent. to-day that It
was not fair to take disconnected SEN
fences, "a he said has been done, and
construe them to mean what the Pres.
ident did not mean to gay. II was .
difficult matter for apracticed speak
or, which tho President does not
claim 10 be, to make several speeches
. day for week ct stretch, and
have them all beyond criticism. The
reception OF the President In the south
was as enthusiastic 90 II was In New
England, and Mr.. Evarts said he did
not think tho Northern Republicans
ought TO grumble when the President
was popular among tho ext onfeder-
atee. Unless the papers In the West
stopped criticising the President, he
thought they had better take q trip
out there. In regard to himself, Mr..
Evarts said there was an effort being
made to represent him ~ . Liberal, or
something outside of tho Republican
party. This was Lot fair. He had
voted the Republican ticket at every
election since the party was organized
and had never voted any other.
GENERAL MILES VICTORY OVER CHIEF
JOSEPH.
While the Secretary OF War and
other prominent officials at the War
Department feel reason to. con. |
gratulate General Miles upon his vic.
tory over Chief Joseph, and express
their confidence In his ability to cap
ture him, although his force IL very
small, they think the victory very dear
~ bought at the cost OF go many valua-
bio lives. Captain Hale, who was
killed, was New York man, and |
served through tho war as an officer
In the Seventh New York Cavalry. |
Lieutenant Biddle is member OF the |
wealthy Biddlc family OF Philadelphia |
and only received his commission on |
the 3Ist of August last, having grad
mated from West Point this summer. |
1t was his first engagement, having |
been With General Niles few days.
Within yoar the Seventh Cavalry has
lost eighteen officers Ia action. and |
those who have friends still alivo ii |
that regiment are petitioning the War
Department to transfer them to some
other 6eld Of duty.
a.
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Colorado.

Complete returns from various
counties give satisfactory Republican
gains. In Arrapahoe. county where
Denver is located, returns give in
creased majorities over the estimates
The average Republican majority ii
800 and Denver city and county ar,
cold Republican. Colorado nov
promises, next year, as q result of this
Republican State officers, United
States Senator and Representative.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10
THE BREADsruFF MARKET.

LONDON, Oct. 9.-The Times says
since the beginning of the present
year we have imported twenty-three
million pounds of wheat against eigh-
teen million pounds last year. Curl
ously enough the increased supplies
have not yet come from tho United
States which sent us nearly four mil
lion hundred weight less this year
than last. One of the chief sources Of
the extra supply has been British In
dia, Russia, Germany, France and
Egypt. No doubt India, Egypt and
Russia has been stimulated to export
more largely than usual by their
financial necessities, but the figures
are none the less significant on that
account. 1t is just possible that the
corn dealers in the United States may
hold back little too long in the hope
of obtaining higher prices and it is
quite evident from the ease of the
market at present, that it will not yet,
at all events, bear squeezing.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10

Ohio. In fact II was anticipated on
the ground, mainly, that the state for
severelD years. has been gradually be-.
coming more and more friendly to.
the doctrineDf imitation. Hard times
also, had an influence and the work
ing mans ticket Injured to the BEN
eft Of the democrats and this being
the Off year there was much indifler-
encc on the part of the republicans.
The election could not be called re-
buke to the administration because
tho democrats themselves claim to be
In favor of civil service reform and
the southern policy.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10
Mora swindiina

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 9.-Warrants
have been issued for the arrest of j.
G. Duncan, manager of the Pioneer
Bank and principal stock holder of
the Safe Deposit Co., and Benjamin
G. Lcwarne, Secy. Of Deposit Co,
charged with the over issue Of stock
of the Deposit Co.. The amount Of
over issue is not yet ascertained, but
is known to be large. The over issue
was manipulated by Lewarne, while
Duncan hypothecated it. The stock
deposit in the vault Of the company
is all right, Neither Duncan nor
Lewarne have been seen since Satur-
lay. The police of all the towns In
he state are notified to be on the
watch for them.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10
Tho Moth which Doth Corrupt.
fl,scos.o yutar- nNoo,, n;cno

at is understood that Inspector
General Marcy and Assistant Quar-.
tarmaster General Ingalls, have asked
the Secretary of War to appoint q
board of inquiry into the charges of
bribery brought against them by
Don Piatt in connection with the moth
exterminator contracts. The Secre-
tary of War did not see the propriety
of taking official notice Of anything
that appeared in Piatts sheet, and
would not appoint board of inqui-
~, unless asked for by the officers
accused. Whatever has occurred be.
tween them and the Secretary of wa,
in reference to the latter will be made
public officially in day or two, and
it is understood that an inquiry will
be ordered"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-10

The Stock holders of the New Ma.
tional Republican. Of Washington are
a. n, Clspp, Alexander II Shepherd,
Leater A. Bartlett, IIallet Kilborne,
Horny II. Clapp, Orvil,e Babcock, and
LOWS Ciephane. 1t is generally I'M.
der stood that the Republican is to be
be the organ OF the movement to &C.
euro the nomination of Grant in 1880