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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
IOWA MASONS.
The Meeting at Marsha aiItown--Yei
IoWFever Relief-The New Of
f1NaHc

MARsHALLTowN, Oct. l6.-The
Grand Masonic Chapter to-day ap.
propriated $500 to the yellow fever
sufferers of the order in the South
They also completed the consolida.
ton Of tho Grand Council and Grand
Chapter Of Iowa, aud made the
Council degrees part o: the Chap.
ter. The following Grand officers
were elected and installed:
g. Ii. PA. w. Daugherty, Du-
buque.
Deputy G, ii. PA. r. Dewey
Washington.
q. k.-Wm. Mcknight, Winterset.
Grand Treasurer-Hcury d. Sher-
man. Monticello.
G. WIN. B. Longridge, Musca
tine. .-..
q. C.-Downing Baugb, McGreg-
or.
c. H.-Clark Vsrnum, Malcom,
Il. p. S.-A. e. Sherw ood, Mar.
shalltown.
G. r. A C.-M.T. V. Bowman, Des
Moines.
G. M. T.V,-J.D. Penguin, Bentons
port.
q. M.S.-v. NJ. s. Schemerhorn, Ma
son City.
G. NJ. F. VA. w. Ingate, River
ton.
G. G.-Thomas Schriner, Mi. Pleas.
ant.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
he Future and Honest Green
hackers.
From the Relle Plain HMM

Many of the men who have been
carried away with the greenback de-
lusion we recognize as honest men.
We have no hard words for such.
Most of the leaders are not honest.
Such men as Butler, Kearney, Brick
POmeroy, Weaver and others of that
sort are simply scheming demagogues
who see in the greeEback delusion the
possibility of advancing their own
political and personal fortunes. They
would seize upon any other rallying
cry which they thought to be popular
just as quickly. But now that the
election is Over, and the winter even
ings are coming on, it is a good time
for the rank and file of the party.
who have no political ambitions to
crafty, and do not mean to be the
tools of the political ambition of 9TH
ers, to sit down and study the history
of this paper money question. If
men are ever to be guided by the les
sons of experience they ought surely
to avail themselves of such lessons in
regard to one of the most important
functions of government, that of pro-
viding circulating medium for the
daily exchanges trade between man
and man-in short, money. Now
there is perfectly uniform testimony
of history in regard to the effect of is
sues of irredeemable paper money
upon the welfare and prosperity of a
people. Is it not full time for our
greenback friends to find out what
that testimony OF history is, and to
heed it in their political action hereaf-
<oe.c
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23

SPEAKING of the encouraging signs
of a revival of business, New York
paper notes another good omen in the
bank circulation and reserves which
remain remarkably steady. The
New York banks lost last week only
1854 700 i'm reserve, of which only
1862 800 was in legal-tenders, and
have lost since the month began only
81, ,1O0,O 600 in legal-tenders, while gain
ing 81 400, 900 in specie, and increas-
ing their average of loans by $1,000 :
900. The outstanding circulation of
all the National Banks was 1922 ,Ol6,-
242 on the last day of August, and
only 1921 ,s7s,9 ,9s9 on the 2lst of Sep
tember. The volume of business
transacted is larger than it was last
year, and the earnings Of railroads
and other corporations give token of
general improvement.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23

We had democratic sheriff for the
first nine months of this year, and
next for a day or two we had a repub-
lican sheriff, made out Of republican
coroner, and then we had another
democratic sheriff by order Of Judge
Knapp, and finally democratic
Board OF Supervisors made another
democratic sheriff, and now the Lord
only knows who is sheriff. We want
to jog the memory of all good people
that this Is reform by the great Nation
al-democratic party. We expect that
Judge Sloan, when he opens his court
here next Monday, in order to be sure
that he has a sheriff, will appoint a
republican sheriff. We have just
completed the printing Of the Circuit
Court Docket, for the use Of the at
torneys, and the Clerk Of the Court
ordered us to leave of the name, OF
sheriff, because he could not under
take to determine who was sheriff.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
A DEMONS DEED.
Horrible Butchery Of a Woman and
her Son by a kentucky Brute.

VOtStDto 0OtCOoby OF a woman 60o
her Son by a Kentucky Brute.
EVANSVILLE, Ind, Oct. l6.--A
young h,an by the name of Neil met
q well-to-do old farmer in q saloon
at Burk City, back of Oweusboro,
Kentucky, on Saturday night, where
they drank together and became
quite jovial and friendly. Neil
bought whisky and started home with
the farmer, whose name 10 Garhart,
to spend the night at his house. Neil
wanted the old man to drink, when
young Garhart interposed. Knives
were drawn ON both sides, but Neil
got the advantage and plunged his
weapon into his antagonist. AT this
point the mother of the victim rushed
to the monster and begged for the life
of her helpless boy. Neil wheeled
upon the mother and drove his knife
into her left breast, causing her in
stant death. The drunken wretch
ripped young Garhart open SO that his
entrails protruded. "A younger son
Of the old farmer, who came to the
rescue, suffered severe flesh wounds,
while the fiend himself received dan
gerous wounds. The murderer fed
to the house of Lewis Walls and elu-
ded capture until this morning, when
he was secured and put under 81, 900
bail. He expresses sorrow for moth
ing but the death Of Mrs. Garhart,
who was enicente at the time.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
oTTUM N WA,

A couple Of days sojourn in our
neighboring city (the first We have
paid It for several years. inspires us
to send q few charges OF grape and
canister (such as we use), Into our
own camp, merely, to wake us up"
and put us "on our guard Ottum-
va is assuming city proportions xhd
making rapid strides in the wSy. of
wholesale and manufacturing inter
ests. Her citizens claim for her, a
population of Il, 900, and this estimate
is probably not far from the truth.
A drive over the city furnished us
with ample evidence of thrift and
prosperity astold by the large num-
Der of new dwellings and BuSin4ss
houses of different kinds that have
been erected the past season, and in
process Of erection among the. latter
class we particularly notice the new
packing house being erected by d Liv-
erpool firm Of brick and stone, three
stories high and covers space of l5O
xl9O feet, which when completed
will have q capacity for siaughtering
and packing 900, 600 hogs per annum;
next to this in magnitude we notice
the new building being erected aby
the Ottumwa Starch Company this
company represents $4,000 Of resi-
dent capital and when in operation
will be valuable addition to the
manufacturing interests Of the city.
An Oat Meal mill is also late addi-
tion to her manufactories ), besides
these we noticed the long esta ablished
pioneer factories such as Touring
mills, foundries, engine works, oil
mills, ETC., etc. Besides all these, OF
tumwa has Holly water works, and
right here our fusilade begins, 4 atis
only since the water works were an
established success that the mora i'm
portant of the above enterprises were
secured, and to-day Ottumwa stands
upon her own bottom; (so to speak)
she has reached that enviable posi-
ton in the life of . city when she may
safely stay at home and attend to
business, and reasonably expect that
business will come from now on al
most unsought; other manufactures
will come in unasked and OttumMa
will soon be q manufacturing town of
no mean importance.-Oskaloos Her.
nI.Y s' ~ f5FFiI y a-5fs.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
: Accidental Shooting

Last Saturday afternoon as FinnieA
j Johnson, son Of D. j. johnson, was
home with . comrade from
. days hunt, the two sat down on
the North Missouri railway tressel,
about mile from town, near Fox, to
rest. In an attempt to let his gun
down between the ties ON the tfessel,
Finnie struck the hammer sgainsti
something below causing il, to be dis
charged, the contents Of one barrel.
passing through his right arm, be- !
tween tho elbow and shoulder, liter :
ally tearing the flesh, muscles esc3
therefrom, and leaving the bone bare.
Medical aid was at the scence Of the
accident as soon ~ his comrade,
young Selman, could get II, and FIN
nile 10 doing as we'll as could be exl
pected under the circumstances. y
Bloomfield Democrat. 43Sts
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
Democratic Breeding.

A Georgia lover committed suicide
because his sweetheart named her pet
calf after him. N. b. When weget
a pet calf, one of the long cared kind,
we are going to name il Jim Blaine,
regardless of age, sex or previous con-
dition. See if we don't.
What beautiful kinship there is in
the above with the Gazette's old slang
phrazes in the rebellion of "Lincoln
hirelings," also "Abs, the ape" &C.,
No
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
Ohio Election.

CINcINNATI, Oct. 16.-In the focent
election Hamilton county oflcial
gives Barnes (rep.) for Secretary OF
State, l, l6A majority over Paige (dem).
White (rep.) Judge of Supreme Court
l,OSO majority. Bond (rep.) Board
Of Public Works, 1,195. Butterwortt
lrep.) Congress, First district, 7eo
Young (rep) Congress Second distr'.''
974 majority. On county ticket MAI
son (dem) Judge Of Probste 1oar. ai,a y
reelected BY SO ms'I,,fsrm.naee neiie 195 |
m.;os;.m | S MI 9oPPublicans elect the
ma!oly. i.nnet with the possible
rest Q! tne1f Prosecuting Attorney,
e1ceptlllnges on q decision regarding
wh1fy sheet in precinct G, fourth
Isard.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
Here Il democratic ORGAN with 3

Here is democratic organ with a
spasm of sense. Hear the Council
Bluffs Globe touching a new election:
$50 far as this paper is concerned, it
takes but little stock in another elec-
tiOn for congressman. The general
belief was with everybody that Octos
ber was the legal time far electing
congressman in Iowa, and now that
the election was held we are averse to
going over the field again. Should
another election be held we are satis-
fed that Congress would admit the
members elected in October, and re-
ject those elected in Noyember. 1t is
therefore the .hight Of folly, in our
opinion, to 60 through the forms and
subject ourselves to the expense Of
another election in November"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23

ed !: cost is $4,000, to be sent % fol-
lows: One parcel Of $65, 900. one of
$4,000, and one of 5000. ali to be
$500 or 81 600 bills; notes to be depos-
tied as parties accept and given upon
vote of land of Hampton Ii. Q. State
OF South Carolina). being given to
Tilden's friends. The three packs
should be sent without inscription,
and tonight, unless you receive tel
egram from me countermandinp
Shall try to secure everything by the
plan Of deposit. The friends of
Hampton and Bavaria are here in
force, and 1 fear their money and
careful watching and intimidation of
the Board. For Gods sake let IL 20
II you can be safe in Florida or Afri-
CO. Do this at once and have the
cash ready to reach Baltimore Sum
day night. Telegraph decidedly
whether it will be done.
Inc answer seems to have been
somewhat tardy, but Mr.. Weed made
his preparations to start, and n The
meantime he telegraphed again:
COLUMBIA, Nov. ls.
Henry Havemeyer, Is, West Seyen-
teenth Street, New York:
Shall leave tonight for B. Meet
me Yourself, if prudent. Returning
Board say they will do it sure, and Il
y worth trying, but result doubtful
tony MIND. Must get definite an
swer before 8 o'clock.
Weed did 60 to Baltimore. Tho
further progress of the negotiation is
traced by innumerable kilograms, but
Tllden's procrastination again pre-
vented the closiug Of the bargain un.
til too late, and the result was an
A subsequent scheme was
put ON foot to capture the Legislature,
and the following kilograms were ex-
changed
COLUMBIA, Dec. 3.
Col. Pelton. New York:
County canvassers' returns give re-
publican electors majority. These be-
ieved incorrect, and that precinct re-
urns will elect several democratic
electors. 1t is expected Senate may
mite with republican House and in
lugurate present Governor to-mor-
'ow. May cause mischief, which
courts cannot remedy. Hampton's
depends upon contingency
If the Senate's capture. Four votes
Indispensable. Expect to raise in
State twice and half times $4,000. III
'ou furnish like amount Tomorrow
money to be refunded, ifl
uccessful. Mnst have answers to.
hight. (Signed) F.
New YORK. Dec. A.
70 F., care of A. G. Haskell, Colum-
bia, s. c.:
Dispatch received. Will do as re-
luired if it will secure several elect
'rs. Act promptly.
This scheme also foil through for
'easons too numerous to detail here.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23

The Newton Journal says: "Judge
Cook says that Gen. Weaver is as
much democrat as he is, and that he
is fully pledged to act with the de-
mocracy in Congress, except on finan-
cial questions. What a tremendous
victory the greenbackers have won't,
Judge Cook is the newly-elected
greenback and democratic Judge in
that district, and so his testimony is
good and sufficient. He was at the
bargain, history of which is given
in an article quoted elsewhere. No
wonder Gen. Weaver burned his old
coat at the glOrification meeting in his
own town last week because he had
once worn it as republican. Regis
tx,a,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
STARTLING SENSATION.
A Negro Uprising.

NATcHEz, Miss, via New Orleans,
Oct. l5.-A courier arrived from
Waterproof, La, this evening and re-
ports that $500 armed negroes sur
rounded Waterproof and threatened
to burn and sack the town. 1t is sup
posed they burned j. Senega's place,
on Lake Saint John, four miles be-
low Waterproof. A call for armed
assistance was made on Natchez, and
100 men leave here on ferryboat to
aid the whites at Waterproof, if
needed.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23

Secretary McCrary says that to his
mind the election indicates that re-
publicans are again to get the ascend-
ancy. "If," said he, ''in the very
agonies Of resumption, as it were,
Ohio can be carried against its post
ponement, it foreshadows that that
party which advocates honest money
is to be popular with the great mass
OF the people,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23

A child near Mapleton We, bitten ],
10 tho foot by . rattesnake . faw
Gays ago. The foot and leg 10 the
BODY soon became terribly swollen.
ana the little fellow was In rfeSt
agony. The folks gave him whisky.s
ont the case seemed desperate until,
an OLD lady who WAS . neighbor was
called upon for advice. She told the
parents to get blue clay from spring
near by. and keep it on the wotnd,.
They tried 1t, but the results were not
satisfactory. The old lady then arose
from her SICK bed and stoodAoysrgthe
fresh clay every fifteen minutes. untii
the swelling went down and the cri.
80 was passed. The blue clay ana !.
her knowledge Of tho way to ias4s q Il
saved the boys life.--Siourse Ettuti
Journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
How could any sane man suppose
that Tilden could pay his income tax
and still buy presidential electors at
fifty thousand dollars q head? Ri

TII.DEN and democracy say we
want no more waving the bloody
shirt; let by-gones be by-gones; let
the chasm close over the cipher tel
egrams; why fight the cipher war
over eternally; what's the use of al
ways being party of hate?
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23

The Manchester Press gives an ac-
count OF the fearful goring Of Adolph
Sche!iing by . bull. His collar bone
was broken In two places, his head
and breast We're cut and bruised, and
q long wound several inches long
torn across the abdomen, and another
in the hip. In spite Of the best surp-
ical skill 1t is doubted whether the
man survives. aTsr9-
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23

Hon. p. Henry Smythe, of Bur-
lingtOn, who has been talked of as
the probable November candidate of
the greenbackers and democrats of
the First district, has been asked by
Gov. Gear for his legal opinion on
this question of October and NOvem-
Der elections. Yesterday the Cover
nor received his opinion and it is that
the election in October is legal and
binding and final. So the plotters in
the First district are ehoist by their
own petard. State Register.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
a Pause.

"Yes, fellow-citizens," said wild
Western orator, with gold at par,
greenbacks sf . premium, the tax ta-'F
Ken off rsw whisky, our debts all
Inaid. snd Liberty-dear old gsl--has
new dress, and the American eagle.
% additional arrow and fresh olive.
branch, ask what is to prevent uisA
from being the greatest people on
earth l pause for reply" Just a..
hat point mellow old egg exploded !.
right on the bridge OF his nose, and
ae added "The pause viii continue
Until l can bust the stuffin out of the Z
oP-eared leper that slung that elas
Nhoope let me ct him. 80, u, = II,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23

A railroad in Tennessee which cost
$4,000 was sold the other day by
a receiver appointed to administer its
affairs, for just enough to cover his
own fees and legal expenses. The
stockholders held a meeting the next
day and wrote said official q sarcastic
letter, thanking him for not bringing
them into debt. The receiver replied
cheerfully, begging them not to men,
ton it, and saying that he was suffi-
GENTLY rewarded in the consciousness
of having done his duty.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
The Negro outbreak-A Decisive
Victory.

NATcHEz, Miss., via NEW ORLEANS,
Oct. 16.-The following 10 derived
from an officer of the steamer Match.
ez. A fight occurred with the me-
groes, yesterday, in Goldman's field,
some four miles above Waterproof, i'm
which it is said that thirty-six negroes
were killed and the whole of them
dispersed. Some apprehend further
trouble, while the general impression
10 that the negroes will not again as
semble. Assistance is pouring in
from all directions. Fifty-four men
left here this evening in answer to .
call from st. Joseph, La. No planta-
tions burned. A communication Just
received from q citizen OF Waterproof
states all quiet and settled. Ten me-
gr0es killed yesterday.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23

1t is a matter of little consequence
as to the acreage which is put in, in
this or that grain, in this or that crop,
it matters very little how much far
mer raises on his farm, the important
question is how much he raises per
acre. The farmer who raises 100 bush
els of wheat on four acres will become
a well-to-do, independent farmer, ii
not a rich man, il he does not meet
with extraordinary misfortune; but
the man who raises 100 bushels of
wheat on twelve acres is on the direct
road to poverty, and undoubtedly
will become poor If he lives long
enough and raises wheat enough, .
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
aarraar - an,,.

SAVANNAH Ga, Oct. 16.-Peter. H.
Bentzer, matSs Of the bark James FL
lard, which sailed yesterday, was
Killed just as the vessel psssed the
sea buoy, by sailor named Msnal
lus Stevenson. The bark nut back
and the murderer was arrestad
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23

AN elderly gentleman of culture
and much experience, as well as being
well versed in governmental affairs,
in a letter to his son in this city, says:
"Fiat money is the most idiotic,
most dishonest, most destructive
agency that the evil genius of man
could invent. Its evils cannot he es-
timated only by those who have once
tasted them. We once had fiat mon.
ey-it was in 1886. The deposits,
Public) had been removed from the
old U. S. bank and placed in what
was called deposit banks selected
in the different States in such way
as to equalize the distribution of the
public funds. When the Deposits
were removed there We're less than
800 banks in the country-in three
years there were 1850. After the De-
posits were removed and placed in
the banks selected by the administra-
ton, the then Secretary of the Treas
ury, Levi Woodbury. J, issued an or
der to the Deposit banks to discount
and issue literally. This they did.
The bank of Cleveland, Ohio, a De-
posite bank, issued $23 of paper to 81
of specie; Others did the same liberal
work; SO that in 1886 and in the fore
part of 1887, money was as plenty as
the leaves on the trees. But in '37
the crash came, beginning in the East
and moving West-property went
down, down; potatoes sold at cents
a bushel and flour at $1.50 per barrel.
The first barrel of -four l bought in
Dayton, Ohio, was only $l.5O,-this
was in March, 1910. ] have no time
to write the whole story-it isone of
pain and one of shame to the country
how much greater the shame of the
idiots of the present day."
The above is a lesson learned from
experience and comes from an honest
man who would, if he can, do good
to his fellow-men, by relating his ex-
perience. He wrote with no thought
of its appearing in print, but as ad-
vice to his son, feeling, no doubt, that
it was fathers duty to a son in his
early business life. At our request
we obtained the above extract from
that admirable letter to lay before our
readers. aessgtaY
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
Terribly Fatal Accident .

RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 16.--During q
marriage at the colored Baptist church
at Lynchburg tonight, which was
crowded to It's utmost capacity, a
piece of plastering fell, creating q
panic of the most dreadful character.
The bodies Of ten women have al
ready been taken out. The wounded
are being sent to their homes.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
,MlscEMRNg.
the TnREeLEssoMs.
BY SCHILLER.

There are three lessons would write
Three words as with q burning pen,
In tracings Ofeternal light,
Upon the hearts of men,
Have Hope. Though clouds environ now,
And gladness hides her face in scorn,
Put thou the shadow from the brow
No night but hath Its morn.
Have Faith. Wherever thy bark is driven
The calm's dispOrt. the tempests mirth-- :.
Know this-Gotl rates the hosts of heaven,
The inhabitants Of earth.
Have Love. Not love alone for one,
But man as man thy brother cali,
And scatter like the circling sun
Thy charities ON all.
Thus grave these lessons on thy soul
Hope, Faith and Love-and thou shall find
Strength when life's surges rudest roll,
Light when thou else were blind
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
sammy nieee "a Fxnl.,r

NEW YORK, Oct. 17.-Samuel J.
Tilden has issued q card relative to
recent publications Of cypher tele-
grams in the Tribune. Tilden says
II have no knowledge Of the exist-
ence of these kilograms nor any in
formation about them except what
has been derived from or since the
Of the Tribune"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-23
Anybody, Good Lord!

il bluOHheu DeH0CHaS.
If Gen. Weaver stands anywhere
he stands pledged againstabsolute, ir-
redeemable paper money. At least
that is the latest from renewed pledg-
es made on election day. Now what
will the fiat organs do, crow over his
victory, or admit democratic gain?
Weaver stands somewhere but not
long in a place. He will stand long
enough to get goods he never pays for
both in votes and groceries, if a slip
perry tongue will fetch down the
game? Ep