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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
Our Next CONGRESSMAN.

From exchanges within and out.
side this District we quote on another
page number of articles touching
Judge Sampson and his candidacy
for Congress. We have many more
laid aside for future use. These fiat.
tering notices we believe to be fair
showing rs to the cordial satisfaction
manifest, not only in our own party
but among candid men of other par.
ties, with Judge Simpsons record
and nomination. Our personal pref.
erence was for General Drake, but we
shall give our most hearty support to
the choice of the convention. We be.
lieve there is no purer man, none
more industrious or conscientious, in
the District than Judge Sampson
none more worthy of the position, OF
who would more carefully and hon
estly represent US in the next Con-
gress During his two terms he has
been faithful and in the third, to
which he will be elected in spite OF
his malicious traducers, he will prove
true to the interests of the people as
he has always hitherto been in every
Off cial place he has been called to fill.
His good name is a shield which can
not be pierced by the shafts of mis-
representation. Though our people
already know him well, they will
have opportunity to see and hear him
often during the campaign. He is
right on the leading, and on all the
issues before the people, and lacks not
in ability and courage to sustain him
in the advocacy of his own and his
psrty's principles.-KmosviNe Jour-
0nI
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
Inharmonious Democracy.


There is that i'm Michigan which
goes by the name of democratic party.
What it is may be inferred from the
following:
1--WE declare that gold and silver
coin is the money of the constitution,
and all paper currency should be con-
yertible into such coin at the will of
the holder"
There is also in Missouri that which
goes by the name of democratic party.
What it is may be inferred from the
following:
eve demand the immediate and
unconditional repeal of the act of
Congress of Jan. /, 1878, known as the
resumption act. Legal-tender
notes, commonly called greenbacks,
should be made legal tender in pay
ment of all debts, public and private
There is in Indiana a party of the
name of Hendricks who claims the
right to be a candidate for president
because he is the only man in Ameri.
ca capable of standing squarely upon
the platform of both these democratic
parties. Who shall say that the claim
of the Indiana democratic party is
not made on good grounds.
The Times ought to have accounted
for this difference; the reason is plain.
Missouri democracy have some rebel
claims to be paid and they want an
abundance of money to do it with,
while the Michigan democracy have
no such claims and therefore declare
for honest money.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
No. of Amount of Averag,
Failures Liabilities Labl':
les mo in issS 1900 los, ais,4Ss 1856 2s,sS:
LIST mos In 1877 4,749 99,6O6 IL, 20g7
LIST G mo- in ISIS 5,S25 40. $50. 7t;f % 60,

These figures are of very grave i'm
port, if taken as an indication of the
state of trade, for, according to the
Agency, never before in an equal Pc
Rod in the history of the country,
have business misfOrtunes been so nu-
merous, or aggregating an amount
of loss by bad debts so great. But
before accepting these statistics as
a true test of thebusiness, the circular
before us urges some considerations i'm
mitigation of the unfavOrable conclu-
sion which would otherwise be inev-
liable. These considerations are
briefly synopsised as consisting of an
unusually open winter, retarding
sales, deliveries of produce, and col.
lections; the discussions in and out OF
Congress of financial measures, and
the necessary condition of uncertain.
ty that resulted; the possibility OF
important changes in the tariff; and
finally, the steady decline in prices OF
merchandise, and the general shrink
age of values, which it is said, have
been more apparent in the past SIX
months than ever before, especially
whenever it became necessary to re
alize.
The Agency also gives, i'm connec
ton with the circular, a synopsis o
the reports from various representa-
tive sections of the country concern
ing the present outlook. These re
ports, it says, fully confirm the i'm
preston that there is much in tn
present to encourage a hopeful belle
in the future.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
judicial Ticket
Gov. 0outWell on Labor Saving
Machinery.

This thoughtful Ex-Governor made
an admirable address to the Worces-
ter Free Institute of practical Mech
anism, on Wednesday last, and, as
usual, was suggestive and hopeful in
his remarks. His topic was the effect
of labor-saving machinery upon labor
itself, and his claim was that, altho'
it might for a time disturb labor to "A
greater or less extent, it was in the
end beneficial. He mentioned, in il
lustrationf the sewing machine, which
has not only cheapened clothing, but
has immensely improved the condi-
ton of those who make it, giving
them easier work, in better ventilated
rooms, at higher pay, and has, more
over, multiplied the number of per
sons who are employed at making
clothing. He held that English la
borers, with all their limitations
were to-day far in advance of theil
brethren of hundred years ago, an6
that England's greatness came from
her industrial invention. Should sh,
fall in pieces, her empire, in each sep
arate part, will be better and create
than was the original whole at tn
opening of the present century. 1t i
a delusion that the present age is in
ferior to those that have preceded it
Europe, in its history since the darl
ages, has shown uninterrupted prog
ress, and America, in her two and
half centuries of civilization, ha
shown constant advancement and n
step backwards.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
SUFFERERS FROM
RHEUMATIS

CLEVELAND. June 9, 1874.
This Is to certify that have used LAWSON'S
CURATIVE for Neuralgia in the head and
shoulders, and have felt speedy relief from its
entire cure. MRS EDWIN DENISON,
No. 439 Woodland Ave
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
The Dubuque Times says:

The Chicago, Clinton 4 Western
Railroad has changed hands, says the
Clinton Herald. The purchaser was
the Burlington, Cedar Rapids& North,
ern Company. Efforts are at once tC
be made to push on the construction
from Iowa City in the direction OF
Ottumwa by way of Sigourney, and
Ointonians feel jubilant over another
important railway enterprise radiat.
ing from that city.
To this the Clinton Herald of the
18th inst. adds:
The Dubuque Times, commenting
on our railway article yesterday says
1tClintonians feel jubiisnt over anoth'
er important railway enterprise radi.
ating from that city,"
Gen. Winslow, Vice President and
Manager of the B.. G. r. & n. rail
way company, the new owners of our
c., C. & w. line, was in st. Louis yes
terday settling UP with the st. Louis
certificate holders. The b., C. r. 4
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17

Says the Abingdon Knoronian.
Cadet Taylor, of the Wenons Indez
(recently sued for libeD, bewails the
ingrstitude Of men who urged him
to pitch into officials with q promise
of seeing him out, and then went
back ON their words. The longer a
man lives the more he finds out.
There are lots of men valiant as lions
in giving advice, but when called on
to shed their own blood or spend
their own money, they button up
their pockets and slide out. It's q
nice thing for a newspaper man to
pitch into public abuses, and perhaps
get whaled, but ask the men who
cried ''steboy" to help feed the dog
who does the fighting, and they don't
come down worth ceut. A news
paper man has lots of such opportu-
mites, but is seldom caught the Sec
ond time.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17

found. 1t was said they were out on
wheels. The militia then quietly
marched homeward. During the
performance of the constables duty
there was largo crowd on the street,
but no disturbance or anything like
excitement.
THE ARRESTS MADE
so far are l.. and G. Maasdam. Their
trial will come before the Mayor next
Wednesday. p. Chambers, who was
assaulted, was the attorney that swore
out the search warrant; and Fair
banks had been in the constables'
posse to aid in the search; that was
all the latter had to do with it.
ALL Is QUIET
at present and likely to remain.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
ottnmwa MarIra..,

In the way Of local markets we are
in that peculiar condition when NO
accurate quotations can be given ca
pecially in regard to wheat, rye, oats
and barley. A small quantity Of rye
has been sold on the market, but not
enough 10 establish market. Wheat
has not yet commenced coming in,
and what the price will range at 10
difficult to determine.
The stock market is also very un-
reliable owing to the extreme hot
weather, shippers not caring to risk
the shipment at such terrible risks as
they run at present.
Shippers are only paying from to
6 cents per pound for butter and do
not care for it at that price. Gro
GERS are paying considerable more
for butter, but the quality must be Of
corresponding grade to reach the
better price.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
INDIANS CAPTIIRED-

BAKER CRY, Oregon, J uly l3.-Hos-
tiles have made their appearance on
Glover creek, a tributary Of North
Powder river. Capt. Vivian's com.
pany of Egbert's command, while
scouting on yesterday in that direc-
ton, captured seven Indians, eight
squaws, and some children, aud some
twenty head of horses, after a vigor-
GUS pursuit. Thirty or more of the
hostiles escaped. Scouts from
Meacham's report large trail
through the Blue mountains, passing
towards Snake river made early yes.
terday morning. Egber,'s command
has been ordered to the Fayette coun-
try, to watch for returning hostiles,
who are evidently moving north to-
ward Idaho and the Salmon river
country as fast a. possible. Sanford'e
command has been ordered to Miles,
in Fly valley, near Dalv's ranch, aud
then to follow or the trail of the In.
dians north.
The prisoners captured on yester.
terday are now on the way to Fort
Boise, under Egburt's escort.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
DASTARDLY DEED.
An Unwarranted, Cold. BlOOded and
Heartless Homicide,
Charles. Segerman, of Davenport
Meets His Death at the Hands
of Tr0mo

DAVENPORT, Ia, July l4.-At noon
to day, on one of the principal streets,
a tramp murdered q citizen by plung-
ing knife into his heart. 1t was
the boldest murder ever committed
in Davenport. 1t has created intense
excitement, and Judge Lynch came
nearer presiding over trial of the
murderer than ut any previous time
in this city. At the time indicated,
Charles Segerman, proprietor OF .
saloon on the corner Of Third and
Iowa street, was walking westward,
on the south side of Third street, in
search of q policeman. A tramp
came out of Pope's saloon, East Third
street, met Segerman, walked up to
him, raising his hand and said, You
son of D." Segern an put up
his hand to ward off the blow. There
was loud talk for few seconds and
the tramp struck Segerman's right
breast. He changed knife into his
other hand and gave his victim an.
other blow on the left breast. Seq.
erman staggered, gave shrek, put q
whistle to his mouth, blew for pc.
liceman, and fell back dead. Mrs
Farr, keeper of cigar store, who
saw the ARRAY, ran out and placed The
murdered mans head in her lap, fan
ned him, and bathed his face il
water till assistance came. Tn,
tramp rushed down the street. HI
stared at the gathering crowd, anl
cried, "You can't take me-" and no
body attempted to take him. Tn,
police, two in number, by this tim,
had reached the scene and seized tn,
murderer, who cried, ~ did it, ant
I'll do il again to any man who in
suits me. Hang me if you want to.
AS the officers marched their man VI
Brady street, there were loud cries o
"Hang him, hang him! !" Had it bee
ten minutes later, there would hav
been a rush for the prisoner by tn
crowd. The murderer was intervie "
ed by a reporter shortly after he wa
behind the bars. He said his nam
was Henry Hayder, thirty-two year
Of age, and born in Anklam, Prussia
"What is your occupation ?" aske'
the reporter. Pm a tramp, put tha
down. killed him and 1 amt sorry
He insulted me-" 1t transpires tbs
Hayder went into Segerman's saloo
and got two glasses of beer which b
refused to pay for when asked t.
That was the insult.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
Tramp Troubles.

MADISON, Wis.,, July l2.-The
tramps driven out of Iowa, en- route,
as they say, to Minnesota, have caus-
ed great deal of trouble at Beloit.
To-day twenty-five of them were ar
rested there and lodged in Jail, out Of
which they Immediately escaped and
crossed the line into Illinois, where
nearly 200 of them are congregated.
They swear vengeance on the people
of Beloit, threatening to burn the city
The local military are under arms
and the authorities feel confident of
their ability to protect the city.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
The Terrible Heat at st. Lou,.

ST. LOUIS, July l6.-The heat is still
intense, but up to noon fewer cases Of
sunstroke than for three days past.
Only fifteen cases were treated at the
city dispensatory this morning, and
only three deaths are reported 80 far.
Total deaths yesterday from heat
fifty-four. The effects of the pro-
longed heat 10 being felt now by a
different class Of people than at first.
Scores of merchants and professional
men, clerks, statesmen, &C., and many
women are becoming sufferers, and
prostrations Of greater or less degree
are numerous in all parts of the city.
Even children are falling victims, and
the mortality among infants is greater
than ever known except in time OF
epidemics.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17

A GRAND State Greenback rally is
to take place early in September next,
at Des Moines. Extensive prepare
tons are being made for it, 1t is Civ.
en- out that the principal speakers are
to be Brick POmeroy and II. Clay
Dean. This will be, we presume, an
entaining treat for such greenbackers
as have left the republican ranks
Both these individuals tried all in
their power to destroy the national
credit during the war and after it
During the war they said greenbacks
would become as valueless as the pa
per upon the walls of your houses,
and after war they wanted to pay off
the national debt by issuing an I'M
limited amount of this paper. In
both cases these men were actuated
by an unholy traitorous sentiment
and they have not, tothis day, chang
ed their sentiments.
To show the terribly wicked, bale
full character of these men let us quote
from them briefly in days gone by.
At the democratic national cOnven-
ton held in Chicago, 1864, Dean spoke
as follows:
81 say i'm the presence of the face of
Camp Douglass and all the satraps of
Lincoln, that the American people
are ruled by felons. Lincoln never
turned dishonest man out of Office
or kept an honest man ina voice,
What have you to say of jeff Davis
i have nothing to say of him. Lin
coin is engaged in a CONTROVERSY with
him and / never interfere between
black dogs"
Here is what Pomeroy said i'm his
paper following the assassination of
Lincoln:
"Everything concerning the depart
ed cuss possesses IA fascination and
charm for us which we make no eff
fort to resist-we wouldn't five could
we feel his loss more than most peo-
pie, for he was such a nice, beautiful
man-possessed of such winning ways
and charming characteristics he
was snui1ed out Of existence SO easy
he was human first-class rocket
and everybody used to admire him
they didn't think there was a touch
and go in him--that there wasso much
of that divinity which doth hedge
about, &C. But one day naughty
boy, John Wilkes Booth by name,
came along and he, admired the rock
ct and he said, ooh! what a beautiful
rocket! and he scratched match and
touched its flame to a nice first-class
rocket, and before any one could say,
Let me kiss him for his mother il
went off with tizz, pop and bang,
his soul to glory, we reckon-and all
that was left of the amusing rocket
was a nasty, blackened, broken stick
and an empty case of no account to
anybody or anything"
Let any man tell us, if he can,
wherein these bad men have ever
given evidence since they uttered the
above, that they have broken faith
with the devil, to whom they have
been SO long welded. They are the
great mouth pieces of Iowa greenback-
ism and they want the democracy OF
the Sixth district to endorse Weaver;
of course they do.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17

go
A comparison Of these two state
ments shows:
l. That $57O,OOO,OOO of the interest
bearing debt have been paid, aud the
debt bearing no interest has remain
Ell nearly stationary, having increas-
ed less than $3,OOO,OOO.
2. That the average rate of interest
has been reduced from 6.3 to 5.3 per
cent, and the annual burden has been
diminished by $50, 100000. more than
one third of the amount in 1865.
These are the results of the first
two principles, and they need no
apology. For the third, our paper
dollars, in 1866, were worth 6S cents !;
it took LAT of them to buy 500 in
gold. They are now practically at
par.
The government, at the close of the
war, was in the condition of a veal
thy corporation which has met with
great and sudden losses, and has been
compelled to use its credit to the ut
most to procure ready money. The
rules which have guided the finan-
cial policy of the last thirteen years
have been the ordinary rules of bust
ness prudence-l. Meet all engage
ments punctually and fairly. 2. To
Improve the credit so earned and
maintain to make better terms. 1t is
because we have paid off five hun.
dred and seventy millions Of our ma
turing obligations, as agreed, that
we have been able to reduce our av-
erage interest rate from 6 to 5 pei
cent, and that our demand notes have
advanced from 6S to par.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17

New York last week, and good
many things that We're not done, were
published in the newspapers. Your
correspondent is warranted in giving
the following outline of some of the
interesting facts in relation to resump-
ton mentioned by. Mr.. Sherman. We
could resume to-day, but it would not
be proper to do so. The law fixes the
date when we shall pay coin for paper
dollars. 1t means payment then and
not before then. 1t will be better to
go along for six months, and let the
people understand that this condition
of things is real. Then the good eff
feet will be felt, confidence will be re-
stored. capitalists will come forward
and invest their means, and manufac-
turing will revive. The premium on
gold is merely nominal at one-half
per cent. The sale of a half million
of gold would break the market. A
prominent broker in New York told
me that 81 ,000, 900 would knock down
this premium. believe gold will go
down to I shortly, and soon thereafter
to !, which is nothing more than a
brokers' premium. The balance of
trade is greatly in our favor, having
reached $3.50, 100000 last year. Our
bonds have ceased to return from Eu-
rope. They had been returning since
the panic Of 1878. THAT time about
81 900, 100000 of our bonds We're held
abroad, Now not more than $780,
OOO, 200 are held there, and $75, 900, 200
returned in two months during the
silver agitation. All the bonds that
have returned have been absorbed in
this country-none went back to Eu-
rope. No more bonds will be sold,
There is coin enough in the Treasury
with which to maintain resumption.
There is Sl90,0OO,0O0, all told, or, IA.
ther, we have, in round figures, $l23,-
600, 600, in gold and silver, in the
Treasury for resumption purposes
that is, exclusive of all coin obliga-
lions, consisting of coin, of coin Ger.
tificates, bonds due and interest on
bonds, and is also exclusive of the
subsidiary silver on hand.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
What the Excitement In Canada IL
all. About.

The battle of the Boyne, In Ireland,
was fought in 1890, between the forces
of King William Ill. Duke Of Or.
ange, and King James H., aud was
one of the most decisive conflicts OF
what are known as the wars of sue.
cession, in British history, and which
resulted in establishing the Protest
ant house Of Hanover upon the throne
in place Of the Roman Catholic house
of Stuart. 1t would seem that after
q lapse of 1888 years the animosities
engendered by the struggle ought to
have SO far abated that people living
as fellow-citizens 5000 miles from its
scenes might be induced to dwell to-
gether in peace if not friendship. Ii
is preposterously absurd for the Rib
bonner to fly into paroxysm of rage
whenever the Orangemen seek to
honor the anniversary of the day on
which their ancestors won SO signal q
triumph by going about the streets
wearing yellow badges as much SO
as it would be for the descendants OF
the men who served under Cornwall
lis at Yorktown to object to the cele-
bration of indie pendence Day. The
"walking" of the Orangemen on July
II is mere Formally. 1t may do
them no good, but no harm certainly
is done to others, and we suspect the
practice would have ceased long ago
but for the foolish wrath INDUCED in
by the Ribbonmen, and their attempts
to break up the custom by violence.
People are apt to be confirmed in a
habit when they find that it annoys
those toward whom they bear no love
and especially when violent means of
putting stop to the thing are at
tempted that is human nature. Or
angemen argue that they are not in
the habit of assailing Catholic process
sions on March II, in honor of St.
Patrick, and naturally insist upon the
right to be unmolested when they
commemorate the battle of the Boyne,
some four months later. Whether
this reasoning is exactly pertinent or
not, there can be no question that the
Ribbonmen are guilty of grave out
rage when they seek to interfere by
force with the privilege of the Or
angemen to hold peaceful celebrations
of their favorite anniversary. Neither
faction can justify itself in disturbing
the quiet of community through .
senseless wrangle. over q dispute
which was practically concluded
nearly two centuries since.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17
Indian pow.vtoM.

RED CLOUD AGENCY, Dakota, July
l3.-Commissioner Hayt and the
Stanley commission had q council
yesterday with the Red Cloud In.
dams. Hayt spoke pleasantly to them
and Red Cloud responded. He said
they wanted to 60 to White Clay
Creek over two hundred miles from,
the Missouri River. They would not
locate nearer. The great father had
promised them this selection in wri-
ting. He wanted five hundred cows
and other cattle, wagons, farm
houses and schools; he was not
content with their supplies; he want
ed q Catholic priest. The commits
sioner saw II was useless to attempt
to get the indiana to locate on the
Missouri river, but Gen. Stanley told
Red Cloud that the cost of transport
alton Of supplies that long distance
would come out Of the supplies.
The commissioners generally agreed
that Red Cloud was right and that the
might Indians 60 west.
Spotted Tail was equally determin-
ed to 20 IS miles west Of the Missouri
river. Hayt 10 much disappointed.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-17

and the sacred cause to sustain which
they We're issued, as well as predicting
their ultimate worthlessness, 1 an.
very naturally, an earnest adherent
of the Republican party which au-
thorized them, championed them,
and has, by a maintenance of the ma
taional faith and credit, brought them
up in purchasing value to an equiva-
lent with the best dollar any nation
can claim to have. Yours truly,
SCHUYLER COLFAN.
Dr NJ N lorf1nu Erancieyille Ind