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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
Drilling wheat.

When man tells me is not able to
buy drill, give him this ilIustra-
ton: Mr.. A. puts in 10 acres of
wheat every year. Three years ago
he bought drill of me. Before that
he sowed two and half bushels to
the acre; since, lie has used but one
bushel and,a half per acre. Thus in
three years he has saved on seed alone
thirty bushels calling it 81 per BUSH
el, very moderate estimate, he has
secured much better yield by drill
ing. The first year he drilled wheat,
he put his gain over broadcast SOW
ing at % bushels !; the second year, 30
bushels, and this year 10 bushels. He
gets these figures by comparing his
present crops with past ones, and
with his ncighbor's crops that were
sown broadcast. Here is n gain in
three years of $65. Adding this to
$50 saved in seed, and we have $95
gain in three years-$l5 more than
the drill cost him, and it is good for
twenty years work. Don't that pay :?
Il Correspondent Ohio Farmer.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
"Down In the Mouth" !"

Where there is continued dropping
down into The back Of the mouth, with ir-
ritation and Inflammation OF the nasal
cavities and throat, with hawking, splitting,
and sense OF fnliness about the head. be
not deceived or fancy il simple cold. You
are afflicted with that scourge Of this eli.
mate, Catarrh, the forerunncr of Consump-
tion. Ia its early stages te~ bottles OF
DR.. Sage's Cstarrh Remedy win effect an
entire cure. When confirmed, DR.. Piercc's
Golden Medical Discovery should be used
in connection with the Remedy. These
standard medicines have been before the
public many years, and their use has been
attended with the most gratifying success.
A full discussion Of Catarrh and its rational
treatment is contained iD "Ths Peoples
Common Sense Medical Adviser" = book
OF over 900 pages, illustrated with two
hundred and eighty engravings. bound
in cloth and gilt, price. postpaid, $l.tO
Address, Pab.ishing Department, Worlds
Dispensary Buffalo, n Y.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
WHAT WILL He DO.

"Poor Logan! wonder what he'll
do now ?" mused Mr.. Coolbaugh on
yesterday afternoon. "He's all out of
business"
81 don't know" said he, moment
afterward, "but what he might go
back to acting again."
"Acting; what acting 2" asked a
gentleman who was sitting by. "Was
Logan ever on the stage?"
"On the stage? Course he he was.
He use to aspire to high positions, too.
The first time / saw him was in "A, /
think, in Louisville, when he was
playing Claude Mclnotte in The
Lady of Lyons and that cousin of
his-Olive? No; not Olive-the
Cecilia ?"
eyes. Celia-I guess it was Celia.
She played Pauline"
81 never knew Logan had intelli-
gence enough to act part on the
STAGE" said another.
40, don't know. 1t don't always
follow because a man is an actor that
he is an intellectual giant. Not al
ways"
"Thought Logan's strong hold, be-
fore he got into the Senate, was tam
ing mules" put in the third speaker.
mo. He used to act. He got into
the mule business afterward."
Here's spectacle for the gods.
John A. Logan was conspicuous
democratic congressman before the
war, and during that war was the
most distinguished of all its volun-
teer soldiers.
Since then he has served the state
Of Illinois in the House and in the
Senate, with preeminent credit, and
now after over quarter of a centu-
ry of public service, covering untold
opportunities to enrich himself, he
is kicked out and the purse proud
Chicago banker, who accumulated a
gigantic fortune during that war, is
ridiculing John A. Logan's poverty,
necessities and family.
If John A. Logan had let his coun-
try go to the dogs in 1861, and turned
his attention to making money and
serving himself instead of the public,
on scores of battle fields, he might
have been as great a man in Illinois
to-day as David Davis, or w. +. Cool
baugh.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07

He is dead. Peter p. Wintermute,
the Yankton I'D. T. banker who killed
General Edwin McCook two or three
years ago, is the she" referred to.
Never since the day he robbed a brave
man of his life for a fancied wrong,
has this man Wintcrmute, seen mo-
ment of peace. He escaped deserved
hanging, to be sure, by tricky coun-
selling, expenditure of money, and the
outrage Of justice but he gained lit
tie. He gained little, for life has been
a burden-so great one that, in the
time since the murder, he has broken
down from ruddy health to abject
decrepitude, until yesterday grinning
death came into his room at the bro
ken-hcarted old fathers house in
Chemung country, N. V, and took
away tho Cain-markcd son. II does
not pay to kill, though Justice may be
easily foiled, for the life-lease which
may be gained is, to blood-stained
life, the chietest of curses.--Chicdgo
Journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
littleGelc a Liar.

NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 3l.-The State
House authorities claim that Little
fields statement before the Congress
sional committee yesterday, that he
was requested by Wells to transfer
It's votes in Vernon parish, in order
to elect Hunter Judge and Andrews
district attorney and Kelso State
Senator, is false On the face of it.
Hunter and Andrews were elected
without this transposi,ion by the re-
lection of three polls ordered reject
ed. kelso was not returned elected,
Texada (dem.) being returned elected
by l33 votes over Kelso. The trans
position affected no result in the
State, parish or district.
Littlefeld held office under Kellogg
as hay inspector, and was removed
by Antoine, acting Governor,to make
way for Kenncr, of the returning
board, and Kellogg refused to rein
state him.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07

THE State Board of Agriculture of
Illinois, will present the Legislature
when it re-assembles this week, a pc
tition, urging upon that body the
Importance of prompt and efficient
legislation t. secure thorough scien-
tific investigation into the disease
known as hog cholera. The statistics
gathered by the board last year,
showed that the disease is constantly
on the increase, and the annual re.
ports to the Auditor show a decrease
in the number Of hogs. Reports re.
Gently received by the board indicate
a prevalence of the disease to some
extent in Lightweight counties of the
State. 1t is estimated that the loss to
the farmers of that State during the
past year from hog cholera, will fooI
up nearly $S,O000OO.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07

The following is one of Zatk
Chandler's answers to the questions
propounded by Tilden's pettifogger
David Dudley Field:
Witness 'Therc was, suppose, L.
700 telegraph Offices where messages
can be taken off LOO times, and I
have never sent telegram in my life
that was not willing to see in print
the next day."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
THE NEW YORK ,MIov,rY.

Not nywherc else in the civilized
world has there ever been such con-
summate and general prostitution Of
civil government, commercial honor,
and, indeed, honor of every sort, as
in the city Of New York. The great
est thief of the country was the leader
of Tammany. This thief's ostcnsible
nice man was Samuel j. Tilden, and
the latter, at Tweed's behest, had
dispatches sent broadcast over the
state to have returns sent in on the
night OF election in 1870, so that the
Boss might know how much ballot
box stuff'ing 1t was necessary to do in
the city of New York to win. All
this Tilden has followed up with the
basest Of frauds and rascalities since,
and now stands defending suit
against him for $4,000, on account
OF income tax, which he defrauded
the government out Of. He is also
proven to have paid $4,000 for vote
in Oregon. David Dudley Field, the
lawyer Of Tweed, becomes Tilden'.
attorney at Washington, and for mon.
ey, scoundrels are now giving testi.
mony before Fields investigating
committee to destroy the reputation
OF good men. Field, as a lawyer
owes his success to his ability to con
duct his case with no possible regard
to honesty. Field goes to Washington
for few months to attend to Tilden',
presidential case. Thus does one Of
the chief retailers Of New York cor
ruption peddle his slime out for IN,
nation from the national capital. TIL,
fact is, that not even Tweed himself
stands before the American people
to-day SO clearly infamous as does
Samuel J. Tildcn, and naturally al
the buzzard scents his peculiar pre-,
from afar, so Field follows Tilden',
path.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
WASHINGTON.
Must Abide by the Result.
Special fo the Inter OCEAN

New YORK, Jan. 9.-The New
York Tribune says, editorially: eve
have never believed in the compro-
mise bill. We have looked upon ii
as unconstitutional and dangerous,
and had no doubt that at least rcpub-
licans, If not also democrats, would
yet learn to consider it, as in party
sense, impolitic. While it was open
to discussion we opposed it. The de-
cision ofarbitrators, whatever it NAV
be, must be ratified not only by FORM
al assent of the Senate and House of
representatives, but by the cheerful
acquiesence of the whole country.
There must be no wrangling over
the Judgment no attempt to SET aside
the verdict, no complaint by the ad-
herents of the unsuccessful candidate
that a president has been made by
violence or fraud. The country has
agreed to submit this controversy to
arbitration, and both sides must abide
Loyalty by the result"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07

Gen. John S. Phelps, the Governor
elect of Missouri, whose name became
somewhat notorious during the cam
paign in connection with an adven-
turc upon a Mississippi steamboat,
has been singularly unfortunate in
his relations with the other sex.
Years ago his wife left him. There
was no divorce, but a separation by
mutual consent. After everything
had been arranged, Mrs. Phelps left
Missouri and went to Oregon, where
she remained until couple Of weeks
ago, when, the election being oyer
and Phelps success assured, she ar
rived in Springfield, accompanied by
her daughter, and took rooms at the
hotel, at once announcing TO her ac-
quaintances that she had s'come to be
inaugurated with the Governor"
The lady seems to have the best of
the matter, and it is likely that a
truce will be patched up, and she will
do the honors of the Executive Man.
sion, while he looks on with all the
resignation and grace he can muster.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
wnllamson county murderer..

Sr. Louis, Feb. Information
from Williamson Co., Ills, which
has been the scene Of numerous mur-
ders and attempted assasinations OF
late years, is to the effect that band
of desperadoes, organized for the pur-
poses of robbery, aud murder, if
necessary to carry out their plans,
have been discovered during the past
week, and Jas. Moss, the leader, and
Jas. Jackson, Frank Palmer have
been arrested and lodged in Jail.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07

Some roaring idiot at McGrcgor,
Iowa, wants the Chicago Times to
bounce Senator Allison for voting
against the Arbitration bill, and the
Times publishes his communication
without dissent, and allthis after the
intelligent, reading public has known
for week or so that Senator Allison
was the first man in the United States
to vote for the scheme.
However this fellows screcd is OF
no consequnce except to illustrate tie
incorrigible stupidity Of an average
Iowa bourbon, and the mcndacity OF
of the Chicago Times, reform and
wah Tilden organ.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
SENATE.

WAsHINGTON, Jan. 81.
The President pro tenn presented a
communication from Justices Cliff
ford, Strong, Miller and Field, an
nouncing that they had yesterday in
pursuance of the electoral count bill.
selected Justice Bradley as the
fifth member.
A concurrent resolution was adopt
ed providing that nobody shall be
admitted to the south wing of the
Capitol during the electoral count
except persons holding tickets issued
by the President of the Senate and
Speaker of the House, to be distrib-
uted equally among Senators and
Representatives.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07

William M. Evarts, Stanley Mat
thews, Col. Bob Ingersoll and Gen.
Stoughton are named as the attorneys
who are to appear and argue the
legal questions which may como up
before the High Joint Commission,
for the republican side, while it is
understood that Jere Black, Lyman
Trumbulf, Matt Carpenter and Ben
Butler are named as retained for the
democrats.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
Tho Oregon Infany-N Develop.
mont.

New YORK, Jan. 29.-The New
York Times Washington special
says: ga letter has been received here
from a trustworthy gentleman at San
Francisco, who is cognizant of the
facts, stating that when j. N. Patrick,
one of Tilden's western agents, ar
rived at San Francisco he did not
register his name at any hotel, desir-
ing to keep his presence in San
Francisco unknown. The following
morning he called at the banking
house Of Wells, Fargo & Co., of New
York, with authority to draw $1,000
at sight. The money was paid him
in coin and coin notes by Wells, Fargo
" Co.'s treasurer, who, of course, was
furnished with satisfactory evidence
that the bank was secure in paying
out so large sum in this unusual
manner. Patrick was not seen in San
Francisco after drawing the money,
and il is reasonably certain that he
Immediately proceeded to Oregon to
carry out the programme adopted in
New York for stealing one electoral
vote from Hayes in that State"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
Capital Cuttings.
THE ELECTORAL COUNSEL.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 3l.-The repub-
lican National Committee decided to-
day to engage as leading counsel be-
fore the Electoral Commission, VIM.
NJ. Evarts and Z. W. Stoughton, of
New York, and Stanley Matthews
and S. S. Shellabarger, of Ohio. All
these gentlemen are here, and have
entered upon PREPARATION Of their
case, except Stoughton.w is expect
ed here tomorrow. They are au-
thorized to associate with themselves
any others they may desire who are
familiar with the Florida and 'Louisi-
ana cases. The democrats have as
counsel, Lyman Trumbull,o of Illinois,
Mat. II. Carpenter. OF Wisconsin, Jer-
emiah Black, of Pennsylvania, and
Asahel Green, of New York.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07

JUDGE DAVID DAVIS, who has been
on the Supreme Bench for sixteen
years by the grace of the Republican
party, seems determined TO hold on
until the 4th of March, to give the
democrats chance to fill his place,
provided they manage to huggermug-
ger Tilden in under the High Joint
Commission.
It is too much to hope that he may
retire in time to enable Grant to fill
his place with such an eminent jurist,
as say John +. Dillon, or Thomas
Drummond.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07

Mr.. JOHN CARVER, lineal descend
ant of the John Carver who came
over in the Mayfowcr, and who was
the first Governor Of New England,
died at Keokuk the other day, aged
70.
He was the father-in-law of Col.
VIM. Leighton, DR.. Carpenter, and
Ham Brownell.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
Another Democratic Retormer

KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Jan. 3O.-The
Journal Of Commerce has just received
a special from Jefferson City stating
that Mumford, owner and manager
of that Reform paper, the Kansas
City Times, appeared before the in
vestigating committee to-day in the
case of the Hannibal &'St. Joe re-
newal bonds and plead guilty to re-
ceiving "slush" to the amount Of
$500
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07

Eight Tilden "reformcrs' have
been convicted in Cincinnati of hav-
ing voted from 81 to 81 times, re-
spcctively, at the late election. II
looks as though Stanley Matthews
might give Banning some trouble to
hnld his seat
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
Cabinet Meeting.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 2.-The feature
of the cabinet session, to-day, was
the submission by the president, of
his contemplated message to Con-
gress, on specie resumption at an ear
lier date that that fixed by law. 1t is
expected that the message will be
sent to Congress in day or two. AZ
ter the adjournment of the cabinet
council Attorney-General TAFT and
Secretary Fish were in close conversa-
tion with the president.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
The ReturnIne soara. :

WASHINGTON, Jan. Marshall
Pitkin, of Louisiana, was examined
last night at his rooms by the SUBJ
committee of the Louisiana Commit
tee. Gov. Wells is ill this morning.
The Louisiana Returning Boafd is in
close confinement. Visitors are only
admitted by card and conversations
are held within hearing of an officer
of the House.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
A Good Word for Scientific
Farming.

Farmer Clarkson, in the State Reg
ister says: scientific farmers have
changed the wild boar into the Suf-
folk and Berkshire; the wild bull of
Britain, into the Short Horn; the
mountain sheep, with its lean body
and hair fleece. into the Sonthdown
and Merino. They have brought up
the milk of cows from pints to gall
Ions. They have heightened the sir
loin of the bullock, deepened the ud-
der of the cow, enlarged the ham of
the hog, given strength to the shoul-
der of the OK, rendered finer the wool
of the sheep, added fleetness to the
feet of the horse, and made beautiful
every animal that is kept in the SER
vice of man."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07

One would think that Mr.. Tildcn's
party was in ertrcm,s when it finds
itself compelled to resort to the servi-
ccs of two such eminent criminal law
yers as Ben Butler and Matt. Carpen-
ter, two men that democrats have
persisted in calling liars, thieves and
pickpOckets,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
Cronin is mad. He has heard that
Tllden's friends offered that darkey
in South Carolina $1,000 for an cleo
toral vote and he only got $1,000.

Jerry Murphy Of Davenport, who
was recently scoopcd out for Congress
in the Second Congressional Dist. by
Hiram Price to the tune oftwo thou
sand majority, has turned up as con-
venient witness in the Louisiana case.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
indicted for Perjury and Grand Lar
NAnv.

New YoRK, Feb. 2.-The Grand
jury has indicted Theodore II. Wet.
more, Vice-President of the Security
Life Insurance Company, for EN-.
bezzlement and grand larceny: Rob.
ert l.. Case, President, Robert L. Case
jr, Actuary, and Isaac II. Allen, Sec.
retary for perjury. Allen speaks in
harsh terms of his late associate Off
GERS, and says he has lost consider
able sum himself by undue confidence
in them.
Edward Dyas, the father of Miss
Ada Dyas, leading lady at Walack's 8
theatre, died at his residence in this
city on Wednesday night, aged GO.
Mr.. Dyas was an actor, but of late
wears seldom appeared.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
THEIMeLIclslEs.
Report OF the Committee on tho Con
nectlcut, Virginia and Mis-
souri, CAao2.

w ASHtNGTON, req. i. - senator
Mitchell made report from the cleo
ticns committee to-day on Edmunds'
resolution concerning the cases of eli.
gibility as presidential electors of
Williamson, of New Jersey Frost, of
Missouri, and Holiday, of Virginia.
In the case of Williamson, the COM
mittee find that the U. S. Circuit
Court about % years ago appointed
him United States Commissioner,
which Office he never resigned, being
consequently ineligible as an elector
on the 7th of November. William
son resigned, and did not attend the
electoral college, and the electors
filled the vacancy, as under the New
jersey constitution they legally could.
The committee report in the case of
Frost, that he was before the rebel
lion United States officer ; had taken
the required oath as such, and as q
member of the Missouri legislature to
support the constitution. He was q
confederate officer. These facts rem
der him ineligible as an clector under
the third section of the fourteenth
constitutional amendment. He was
pardoncd in 1865 by the President,
but this pardon did not remove his
disabilities, which could only be re-
moved by two-thirds vote of both
Houses Of Congress. Frost absented
himself from the electoral college,
and its members filled the vacancy.
This act, under the Missouri State
constitution, they had no power what
ever to perform, and consequently
their action was void. Frost being
ineligible as an elector, he was also
Ineligible to be appointed.
In the case of Holliday,th commit
tee say he was a centennial commits
sioner at the time of the election, that
being an Office of trust, and he, there
fore, was ineligible as an elcctor.
Holiday did not attend the meeting
of the college,and those present filed
the vacancy, as they could legally do
under the statute of Virginia.
The committee further find that,
should the doctrine assumed by Gov.
Grover, of Oregon, be conceded,
which the committee report as indc-
fensible in either law or morals, then
Stifel, the republican candidate in
to Frost in Missouri, and
the republican candidate in oppOsi-
ton to Holiday, were each entitled
to receive the certificate of the COVER
nor, and each was entitled to act as
presidential elector.
This report does not cover the Ore
gon case, as the investigation in that
case is under special resolution of
the Senate. A report on that case
will be made in few days.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-07
His Pathetic Article

From the Detroit Free Press.
On the Bay City train coming down
yesterday, was passenger whose
strange actions drew the attention of
every one in the car. lie had news
paper in one hand and a handker-
chief in the other, and he would read
for a minute or two and then turn
away and weep. After this action
had continued for some time one of
his fellow.passengers approached
him and tenderly remarked:
"My friend, you seem to feel sor-
rowful."
$50 do" was the choked reply.
"Have you had some great bereave-
ment?"
'Not very lately. l was reading q
pathetic article in this paper and il
called up old recollections."
Let me see it," asked the gentle
man and taking the paper he found
that the article commenced with :"All
persons are forbidden to trust my
wife after this date, as she has left
my bed and board" and SO forth. He
didn't know what to say in reply,
and, as he handed the paper back
without a word, the grief-stricken
man remarked:
~ haven't been so affected for fif-
teen years.
"Why, what has this to do with
you 7" was the surprised query
"Th-Therc's q fond wife turned out
on-on the world, replied the weep
er: mo home, no cash, no credit
Poverty drives her to sleep in a barn.
During the night she rolls off the
hay NOW, strikes On the tanning mill,
and breaks her neck and is found
dead the next morning. The hus-
band and seven children gather
around the body, and-and-but can
you imagine that scene and not weep
Lend me some of that tobacco, and
leave me alone with my grief. j feel
like spring break up, and 1 know
it's better for the system than quiz
nine"
They stood back and let him grieve
and he didn't seem to get over it a
bit until he saw dog fight on the
platform at station. That entered
his soul like a. ray of sunshine, and
as the train moved on, he stood up
and said;
"lll bet any cadaver in this car, S.
that the wall-eyed dog gets licked !"