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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
Heavy snow in Midsummer

BUFFALO, N. Y, July 25.-The Uti-
CO Herald of yesterday says: "What
was rain in Utica yesterday took the
form of snow or hail ct Stitville and
vicinity. Everybody in that region
vows that it was snow, and it fell in
such quantities that shovels had to be
used to clear the streets. The storm
is said to have been severe near Gov
Seymour's farm in Marcy. What fell
was probably hail, but Stitviile peo-
pie will not admit this. Considerable
damage was done to crops. What is
to be looked for next in the form Of
weather cannot be surmised."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
Man Killed.

JACKSONVILLE, Ills, July 29-About
midnight last night Isaac Hammil
rode up to John Angeles farm house,
few miles south Of this city, and
asked to see his (Angelos) daughters.
Angelo refused permission, and at
the same time ordered his son, Jason,
aged Ia, to shoot Hammil. The son
took down an old shot gun loaded
with slugs and discharged the con-
tents into Hammil's head, killing him
instantly. The father and son were
arrested,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
The Corner on Wheat

CHICAGO, July 26.-Intense inter-
est is manifested in the result of the
great corner on wheat now being
run by Milwaukee and Chicago.
Commission merchants prices have
been steadily advancing for two
weeks, with a prospect of being main
tanned at the present rates or 1T still
higher ones during the present
month. The visible supply of wheat
is but about 4,OO0,O 900 and it 10 stated
that short sales for August delivery
aggregate nearly twenty millions.
Meanwhile, although some damage
has been done to crops in this section,
it is believed by competent judges
that no wide spread or great injury
exists.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

The st. Louis Republican (demo-
cratic is alarmed ut the demands of
the ex-rebel democracy of Missouri,
and claims that the portion of the
democratic party of that State that
were not rebels shall have some show
i'm the distribution of offices. Allud-
ing to the election of rebel briga-
der, Cockcrell, to the U. S. Senate, it
says:
1t is now proposed, not only to dis
allow the claims of st. Louis to one
of the Scholarships, but to seat Col.
Vest by the side of Gen. Cockrell in
Washington as anotherrepresentative
of the but-lately- disfranchised ele-
ment! We say to the eX-confederates
of the State that this is too much. 1t
is unfair to the Union democrats of
Missouri, and especially in the eastern
section of the State, and it is unfair
and impolitic towards the National
democracy of the country. If sue
cessful, the plan will be heralded all
over the country as ''proof" of the
prescription of Union men i'm the
democratic States, and used with tell
ing force in the October campaign of
1880 preceding the presidential elec-
ton. The responsibility and num-
bers of the eX-confederates and their
sympathizers are such that no objec-
ton is raised to one representative i'm
the Senate, to be agreed upon among
themselves, and, whether Cockrell or
Vest, he would no doubt be cheerful
ly supported; but there is no such
preponderance of talent in this State
among those tcto fought .foW gears 70,
their rebel democracy, as to claim
both Senators, and both from the same
section. Up to this time both the
Union and "Rebel' elements of the
democracy have got along harmon
iously since the war closed. The I'm.
ion men do not now propose to be vir
tually prescribed, without protest OF
remonstrance. why" said one o
them the other day, elf this thing
keeps on, we shall all have to so be
fore the legislature, take the oath o
allegiance to the rebel cOnfederacy
and have our Union disabilities re
moved"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
Failure Of J. n. Mcvicker-Raise in
Freight Rates to New York.

ssSsossS VNsSc w NOW VIM
CHICAGO, July 29.-J. II. McVicker,
for many years proprietor of Nc
Vicker's theater, and well known in
this vicinity, filed voluntary peti.
ton in bankruptcy to-day. Liabili-
ties $3.50, 600. OF this amount $780,
600 is judgment against him as one
of the bondsmen of David E. Gage,
ex-City Treasurer, who defaulted in
q large amount to the city in 1874.
OF this amount $95, 900 is secured by
a mortgage on McVicker's theatre and
all the rest is variously secured with
the exception of two or three thous-
and dollars. He owes $60,O0Ot0 Mrs.
McVicker and $35, 600 to various Eas-
tern parties. The theatre will be run
as heretofore by Mr.. McVicker, and
all contracts which have been made
with dramatic troupes will be carried
out.
General freight agents to-day raised
the rate on fourth class freight from
Chicago TO New York to twenty five
cents per lO0pounds.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
AMEEKlYllSr


OF United States patents issued to
the inventors of Iowa, for the week
ending July Is, 1873, and each pat
ent in the list will bear that date.
Reported expressly by telegraph
for the COURIER, by A. II. Evans &
Co., Patent solicitors, Washington,
d. c.
VIM. Kors, Farmersburg Township,
mechanical movements.
w. P. Wood, Leon, wagon brake.
B. F. Elliott, Cedar Rapids, grain
ventilator.
McGenty & Mead, Center Junction,
car coupling.
B. c. Mcguire, Usage, road scrap
err.
.. L. Sturtevant, Ogden, feed cook
or.
r. Stuart, Cedar Rapids, oatmeal
machine.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
A Fact For The Workingmen

The greenbacks that paid the cost
of fighting the battles Of the Union,
and were worth at one time only 81
cents on the dollar, are now as good
as gold. Right at this time the rebel
sympathizers who denounced them
originally, and did all they could to
them, want to send them
on their down ward course again.
The result would be what? Gold
for the bondholder and deprecated
paper for the workingman.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

THE Newton, Ia, Journal, sound
republican paper, doing gallant work
in the party, has undertaken also to
accommodate the greenbackers of
Jasper county, and is printing very
clever article of absolute money. The
Journal supplies all greenbackers with
any reasonable amount of this money.
We have received $50 greenback OF
series ~, 1877 ,973, 529, and number 1881, )
753, 46O, 378, 5O3, O73, 2l9,s47. We judge
therefore that the Journal has already
made very liberal distribution of its
Fiat money issue. The bill seems to
be well secured, as upon its face it
bears two very satisfactory inscrip-
tons: one is that it is ga mortgage
upon all property in the United
States" and the other, Eternal dam
nation to any man who refuses to
take this bill at par for all debts. p
Weaver. Upon the back of the bill
there are several praisew0rthy mot
toes displaying it's good qualities:
One of these reads thus: "Thisis hon.
est money, and will make everybody
honest, as no one will counterfeit it,
rob or kill for it-they can get it for
less trouble" One feature of the bill
some people might question the pro-
priety of and that is, that it particu-
arly states that it is 'sredeemable no.
where, in nothing, and by nObody;"
ut then it should be remembered i
hat the greatest of theoretical and v
tactical financiers in this district ex- o
lains redemption by saying that the q
reat end Of paper money sis circula- n
on and not redemption. We con- y
rs to much surprise at this remark p
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
What Democracy Has Done for the
laboYinU Man.

First. Before the rebellion they
held 100000 of laborers in slavery,
thus degrading the whole mass of la
borers in the country.
Second. They refused to pass the
homestead law.
Third. They went to war to perpet-
uate slavery.
Fourth. They held that slavery was
the normal condition of the labOrer.
Fifth. They enacted that all dues to
the government should be paid in
coin, that government employees
might be paid in superior currency,
leaving only deprecated State curren-
cy for the laborer.
Sixth. They opposed the creation
of a government currency for all the
people.
Seventh. Since their accession to
power, under the false plea of econo-
my, they have refused appropriations
of the peoples money for needed inn
provements, thus depressing labor in
a time of general distress, while they
squandered millions in proftless in
vestigation and attempted payment of
rebel claims.
Eighth. They have refused encour-
agement to commerce, through
which our surplus productions might
find a profitable foreign market.
Ninth. They have embarrassed and
retarded the public business by UNI
wise reductions of the clerical force
i'm the departments.
Tenth. They have attempted the
reduction of the army below the actu-
all necessity of the country for the
protection of the frontier settlements,
and with the view of throwing upon
an overburdened market an addition
al supply of unemployed laborers, and
leaving the country helpless in case
of riots and Instructions.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
Will Ne DO 1T

Weaver has not word of censure
I'm his speeches for democrats at the
present time. He overlooks their
sins in the past, says he agrees with
them on present important questions,
and then proceeds to pour hot shot
into the republican party, OF which he
is last years stink. Suppose the
cast him aside and do not
rive him the endorsement he hopes
for: Will Weaver still WOOdemocracy
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
Judge Davis on the Liquor Traffic

At recent public meeting held in
Tammany Hall, in New York, the
Hon. VIM. +. Dodge presiding, Chief
Justice Noah Davis made an address
i'm which he said:
sin March, ls57-twenty-one years
ago last month-the governor COM
missioned me as Justice of the SUI
preme Court, and since then, except
for a brief period, have fulfilled the
duties of my position in this city and
State. If / could recall the process
sion of crime that has passed before
my eyes, and point you the scenes
which were largely the result of in
diligence in drink-so many persons
condemned, nearly all of whom in
this great exigency of their lives con-
fessed that they were brought to it
by intemperance-l think you would
feel that | am justified in standing
here and speaking for temperance.
applause What shall we do? Ii
each one would say, Il will cast my
influence fortemperance,' there would
be no trouble about this. Hence, fol
one, l feel justified in making my frs
appearance here on the boards O
Tammany Hall (Applause); here tt
do my part for temperance, in favol
of law, order, peace, happiness, ant
prosperity, and against vice, crime
and all its thousand terrible conse
quences.
"Now, what are we met with OF
the other side? Why, we ar
told that we are depriving tn,
charities of this city of the fund tina
supports them, as they get the none,
paid for licenses. This is the truth ii
a measure. The temperance move
ment is depriving certain charities O
: money, that a blow may be struck a
the root of a great evil. The mana
gers of these charitable institution
think only of the small silver threa,
that runs into their treasury. The,
see not that it runs through Il passage
of midnight darkness; they think no
that the mighty stream, whose cease
less tide flows toward the State pris
ons, jails, lunatic asylums, has it
source i'm the same fountains from
which trickles the little rivulet tina
flows into their treasury. Far bette
fhaf fh sS sbaii a nsSe. iad tho,
for such things"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

LeMars Methodists are having a
little war among Themselves. Some
of the brethren have violated the
rules of the church by attending cir
cuses and theatres, and when expos
tulated with they became indignant,
asserting that they propose to do as
sui,eth them best. The result is, a
pulling against each other of two
parties, and unless the matter is set
tied great injury must ensue to the
So says the Liberdt.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

with sweet utterances, and continue
his abuse ofrepublicans? Keep an eye
on him, and see if he don't reverse
sails and try to gather unto himself a
moiety of responsibility by withhold
ing republican abuse, and admitting
that he was not lying when he eulo-
gized the grand old republican party
as the nations only hope-up to the
time it failed to give him oflice.-,Sig-
QUINCY .NclrS.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
Chip In.
Sioux City journal,

The Greenback organ at Dea
Moines is inviting trifiing contribu-
tons from appreciative friends to
prevent its dying a natural death.
We suppose fiat or absolute money
would answer its purpose. There
fore, we suggest to the Atlantic Tel
egraph. Newton Journal, and others
in the State that may have been try
ing the experiment of printing lit
tie fiat or absolute money, that they
remember the struggling People at
Des Moines and forward some of the
medicine. And be liberal aboutiit-
put in allopathic doses. No print
shop in this free country ought to be
permitted to suffer for a little fiat
IN oney.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
WASHINGTON.
Mob Law at the Capital.

WASHINGTON, July Pa mob to.
day interfered with laborers working
for 75c per day, overturned their
carts, plows, etc, and compelled them
to desist. The police prevented fur
Their violence, but the laborers did
not resume work. The riotous dem
OnstratiOn was made against lahorers
who were cxcavating the foundation
of the Bureau of Engraving and
Printing building. The men who or
dered the workers to desist were full
ly 200 in number, both colored and
white. One of the laborers who re-
fused to leave was badly cut.
The workingmen's organization of
this city held meetings tonight and
endorsed the action of the parties who
this afternoon insisted upon the men
quitting work at Is cents day.
Contractorsfor excavating the ground
for the Bureau of Engraving will en-
deavor to have the work resumed to-
morrow, under the protection of the
police. There is much anxiety regar-
ding the situation, Placards are pos
ted in the neighborhood of the excav-
alton warning men not to work for
the low wages offered and threaten
ing those who do so with many pun
ishments.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
Chicago Market
OHIOAaO, July 30,

CHICAGO, July 30.
BY Telegraph.
Wheat-excited, higher, closing
rather easier, No. 2 red winter 96L
cash,4 Aug. No. 2 spring 81 or @S
cash, Os July, 95T Aug, 9lA
Sep.
Corn-strong, higher for cash, op.
tons steady, 4O4 cash, 3sA Aug,
1874 Sept.
Oats-firm, higher, p cash, 1890
u Aug, 227s @23 Sept.
Rye-strong higher, SO $50.
Barley-strong higher, options ex.
cited, old 70, new 81 OF cash, l Os
Sept.
Pork-tirm, higher, 50 GO cash, and
Aug, 9 72h @5 Sept.
Lard-firmer, 81 III cash, Z 2215s
whisky
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

FROM all about us, as the political
canvass opens up, the reputation
clouds of greenbackism begin to dis
pei, indicating that they will, in the
main, pass away long before election.
In several portions of this district
Brick Pomeroy and Weaver green
back clubs have been instituted dur
ing the five months past, and they
have had the field, as it We're, all to
themselves. These clubs have had a
system of contributions to meet eX-
penses, and while Weaver i'm thiscon-
gressional district has gone about
making speeches, a few active parties
in each locality have been inducing
voters into their camp by personally
laboring with parties. These clubs
have met in school houses and local
spouters have, by most atrocious mis-
representation of the facts, appealed
to their audiences dia Weaver, and
declared that the people We're being
made slaves of; that the slavery of
the people at the hands of the wealthy
was as atrociOus as was the enslave-
ment of the colored race, and that
they must rise in their might and
strike down the tyrants. Hence to.
day if a violent greenbacker convers-
es upon politics, he is most vehement
in his language, and while he may be
enough to say that he favors
The use of the ballot only and not the
bullet, yet he will say that blood will
low If his views are not accepted; if
he government of the country is not
conducted financially as the green
ackers desire. He will say that men
own-trodden and oppressed as hum
reds of thousands now are, according
, his statement, are not to be blamed
they do rise and shed blood. They |
ork themselves into perfect frenzy
ID exhibit all the signs of a rank
in fact their talk leads to
thing but the melting of mob rule.
le whole tenor Of Gen. Weaver's
eeches leads to nothing else. Perl
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
A aulIv Indian Fight.

HELENA, Montena, July 29.-Lieut.
Wallace overlook and fought the In
dians who committed the recent MUIR
ders at the mouth of Bear and Rock
Creeks, on the north fork Of Clear
Water on the 2lst inst, killing 6 and
wounding 3. Among the killed was
Tababor, their chief. They also kill
ed twenty-three head of their stock,
and captured 10 Indians, consistinp
Of II bucks and 2 squaws. Lieut.
Wallace's party numbered Ii soldiers
and 2 citizens. No casualties on our
side except the wounding Of few
horses. The fight lasted two hours.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
lawsOt1'S
CURA TIVE:
Is A RADICAL CURE.
1T is NOT ONLY A
PAIN KILLER
But il Cures the Diseases.

Our long experience in treating nervous dis
eases has proven conclnsively that opiates only
deaden the pain, but do not heal any disease
and they occur again and again. Any one who
has doubts OF the efficacy OF the CURATIVE are
at liberty Ia refer to the persons whose letters
appear below.
CLEVELAND. ONO
GENTLEMEN: As was the first to Introduce
your CURATIVE in this city, and having had
large sales, have warranted each bottle and
they have all given entire satisfaction, and /
gladly recommend it to any OF my customers.
am yours respectfully,
JAMES BRUCE,
Druggist, 2si Prospect Street,
The above is from one OF the leading Drug
gists of Cleveland, who has used the CURATIVE
in his family, and knows its virtue.
CLEVELAND, O., June c. 1877.
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From the first application the pain was re-
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have ever used for this troublesome disease.
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CLEVELAND, June 10, 1874
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lMNE2TlCAIl0M.

ATLANTIC Cry, July 27.-Ex-Con-
gresham Morey resumed the witness
chair and gave it as his impression
that had the Packard government
been recognized in the first place, as
Kellogg's government had been, and
had the President said he intended
to maintain the Packard government
and given 1t the necessary moral sup
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
New York Market.
New YORK, July 80.

New YORK, July 80.
BY Telegraph
Wheat-unsettled, I@1c better,
receipts 226,OOO bu., sales 10000; No.
2 winter red 81 O5@l O54 Sept.
Rye-firm.
Corn-active, receipts $1,000 bu.,
sales 100000, at 47@4Ss4 for western
mixed.
Barley-nominal.
Oats-quiet. receipts 10000 bu.,
sales 5000 at 81 @35 for mixed west
ern, 32@38 for white.
Pork-ffrm, unchanged, $lO3O@5O.
Lard-firmcr, 81 4@471a.
Whisky-$l O6b.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

WAsHINGToN, July Elm the work
Of dispensing the crowd in the morn
ing so that the laborers might begin
work, several persons were knocked
down by the mounted police. Some
arrests were made for profanity and
disorderly conduct. Being driven
from Fourteenth and b streets the
crowd went up Fourteenth street and
posted on the fence circular setting
forth that no man is allowed to work
at less than 81 so Il day, and hereafter
any one doing 80 shall be shot or
stoned to death. They also demand
ed that the men stop work, and one
or two stones were thrown and the
workmen were obliged to retire, but
the police arriving they resumed
work. The crowd then went out
Fourteenth street, calling upon men
from private works to join them, and
many did SO. Az the crowd marched
down Seventh street, many with picks
shOvels and clubs, it was swelled to
tho number of 800 or 400, and they
turned into b street south between
Eighthtcenth and Nineteen streets.
AS a squad of police were going to
breakfast, they were attacked by the
mob. The police promptly drew
their pistols and fired into the fright
ened crowd. David Snowden, color
ed, passing through the Smithsonian
grounds was shot in the back. An
other cOlored man was shot while
hurting a brick at an officer Lieu
tenant Gcssford received Il painful
wound from brick. Some incendi-
airy meetings have been held the past
few nights, and the police gave notice
to-day they must be stopped.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

THE International Conference inau-
gurated by Congress at its last session
to adjust and recommend basis of
relative value between gold and sill
yer, will assemble at Paris on the 10th
of August next. Gov. Fenton, Prof.
Walker and the Hon. VIM. Groes-
beck are the Z. S. Commissioners.
The nations which have thus far &c.
cepted the invitation of this country
to attend and take part in the confer.
ence are France, Belgium, Switzer
land, Italy, Greece, Holland, Austria
Russia and England. Doubtless Ger
many and other powers will also be
represented. For time it was a ia
vorite theme of ridicule on the par
of the oddities of this country, to al
lude to the small and insignificant
number of nations that had accepted
the invitation of the United States
Latterly we have heard nothing O
this since many leading nations hav
given notice of their acceptance. /
is really very important conference
We do not think there could well b
an international conference of NOR
Importance to us as a people. w
have heretofore expressed our dissat
isfaction with the appointments mad
by the President. We are clearly q
the opinion that he did not give a fai
depression in these appointments /
the will of the majority of the Amer
lean people as expressed through thei
representative in the passage of tn
silver bill. The majority of that com
mission should have been pronounce'
double-standard men of marked abil
ity. We consider it fortunate tina
this conference is to be held at Pari
-t.ai-l..----,- A-as..-.s vvvritt $ r III
is in progress, since it gives opportu
nifty for the obtaining of extended in
formation from the representatives O
all nations
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

6r. LOUIS, July 30.
BY Telegraph
Wheat-higher, No. 2 red 81 cash
$1,000 Aug; No. 3 do. 89s4 $50 cash
9O@ss July.
Corn-quiet, 353 cash, and Aug.
Oats-higher, 251a @26 cash 253d
July.
Whisky-$lO on.
Pork-better, jobbing $40.
Lard-nominal 81 l2R.