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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04
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CHICAGO, Aug. 30.-Marcellus E..
Collins, real estate dealer, has filed a
petition in bankruptcy. Secured
debts $4,000; unsecured $3l 600; ac-
commodation paper $55, 600; assets
heavily encountered lands.
Charles Cleaver has also filed q pc
tition. Secured debts $4,000; unse-
cured $S4, 900; assets small.
James M. Bryant has filed petit
tion. Secured debts $lO3, GOO; unse-
cured $53, 600; bills discounted 81, 600 !;
assets nominal.
James f. Dane has filed petition.
Secured debts $39, 900 ; unsecured $40,
600; bills discounted $4,000; accom-
mediation paper $1,000; assets 1890.
Ninety-six bankruptcy petitions
were filed yesterday. Among to-
days petitioners are Sheriff Frank
Agnew, whose debts are $4,000, as
sets $20,O 1000, besides some cucumber.
ed real estate. John II. Davey, for
merly of the wholesale dry goods
firm of Hamlin, Davey u Co., secur-
ed debts $3.50, 900; unsecured $40, 600
assets unknown. Hamlin of the same
firm has also filed his petition; debts
SAG, 600; assets only $4,000.
The collections for yellow fever
sufferers up to noon to-day is 1886
total through regular channels to
date SIS, 400.
The Daily News has had an inter-
view with Avery Moore, defaulting
West Town Supervisor, showing that
he is now in Canada. He attributes
his crime to reckless speculation on
Change, while semi-delirious from
physical ailments. He promises in
time to make good his defalcation.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04

would resume, and we have steadi
ly endeavored to progress in that di
rection until it is here, and this res,tl
Is Just achat is enabling as to enlire,
business, restore confidence, andso bring
prosperity. Does any man suppose
that with all these improvements that
we have mentioned here in Ottumwa
thus bringing us into close com.
mercial relations with Europe, it car
be possible for us to succeed and have
absolute money, paper money, i7edeen,.
able scrip, and do business successfully
with the rest of the world? they
having money, real money, the recog-
nized money of all nations; money
that has a real value whether in bul.
lion uncoined, or coined; metal that
is worth a dollar whether stamped by
any nation or not? In the name of all
that men seek for, viz: happiness and
prosperity, will they not see? Can
they not see? must they not be driven
irresistably to see the stupendous folly
of going back to the wallow of a de-
preciated currency?
Reader, whoever you are, let us say
to you, that these improvements
which you see now giving evidence of
prosperity to all of us, would be
blighted as by fire were it possible to
carry out the scheme of the fiat mon
ey. The people Of this country never
had a more vile or more terrible enc
my, than the demagogues who for per-
sonal ends are now trying to lead the
of this land estray; lead them
to their ruin.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04
HERE IS coNsIsTENcY ron you

MERE Is CONSuS VEWCvf FOR YOU
At the last Democratic National
Convention, held atSt. Louis in 1876,
it was resolved that:
We denounce the failure for all
these eleven years Of peace to make
good the promise of the legal-tendel
notes, which are a changing standard
of value in the hands of the people,
and the non-payment of which is q
disregard of the plighted faith of the
nation.
We denounce the financial imbecil,
ity and immortality of that party
which, during eleven years of peace
has made no advance toward specie
resumption, no preparation for re.
sumption, but instead has Obstructed
resumption.
1t is hard to believe, in view of the
above denunciations, that the State
conventions of this very same party
in almost all the States Of the South
and West, and even in some of Tho
Eastern States, have, the present year
passed resolutions denouncing specie
resumption, and demanding the re
peal of the Resumption law passed by
Congress year ago, and all th'
Democratic stump speakers, from
Thurman down to Voorhees,, mak'
themselves red In the face two O
three times day denouncing the Re
sumption act. That is to say, tn
party anu the party leaders who, il
1876, denounced the Republicans 70
having, in "eleven years of peace
failed to redeem the greenbacks il
specie, now openly and unblushingl,
denounce the Republicans for having
one year of peace subsequently, mad
provisions for doing that very thing
After this, let us hear nothing NOR
about Democratic principles" 1t
plain that that party has no princi
piles. Chicago Journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04
READ this little bit of history; its

READ this little bit of history; its
bearing il on financial matters. In
1870 the Franco-G German war COM
menced. The Bank of France then
had a paper issue of $251 600, 900, and
it held specie reserve of s229, ,OOO, 900;
that is a specie reserve equal to about
80 cents on the dollar of its circulate n
for the purpose of redemption. The
government of France became in
great need of money. 1t did not is
sue legal tender itself, but it authoriz-
ed the bank to increase its issue to
$64O, ,OOO, 900, and these bills to be legal
tender, and then it also suspended
specie payments. The government
then borrowed of the bank its notes
to the amount of $500, ,OOO, 900, which
sum was to be paid in seven annual
payments. 1t was further provided
that sosoon as the government should,
by its payments, have reduced its
debt to the bank down to $60, ,OOO, 600,
the notes should cease to be a legal
tender and the bank should resume
specie payments. The nation, after
the war, first devoted its energies to
the payment of the war indemnity
to Germany; this done they COM
menced paying the bank, and on the
first day Of January last the time ar
rived when the bank was to resume
specie payments, and it did so. The
paper issue OF the bank is now about
$450, 600, 900 and is no longer a legal
tender 6M specie alone is the legal tender,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04
The Insane Oelusion Of Fiat
Money.
Erirac' from a speech by Congressman Frye al A

Extract from speech Oy Congressman Frye at AR-
burn. Me.
But, says our greenback friend, we
are going to make this new issue OF
paper money legal tender. Admit,
for the sake of the argument, you can.
What can government make it a le-
gal tender for' A legal tender for the
payment of debt. Oh, yes! Here we
are, all in debt, and the news comes
that the government has printed
1000, 100000 pieces of paper which
are a legal tender forour debts. Good
gracious! how we want to get at that
$4,000, 100000 How can we? There
is no man i'm this hall that can tell me
any way to get dollar without pay
ing for it in work or worth, unless
you steal it. They say they are going
to have cheap money; well, it will be
cheap money. | asked one of their
leaders the other day. He replied:
"We have not concluded how the
people are to get it yet laughter ;
but my idea is that the government
should print them and appoint a Sub
Treasurer in every county in the
United States, and send him some OF
this money! supposed bale or bas-
ketful-and that he should loan this
out to Tom, Dick and Harry at a low
rate of interest, and take mortgages
on anything man had who wanted
money!" What magnificent field
this would be for the Androscoggin
bar! 1t would take every minute OF
our time to draw up the papers and
protect the Sub-Treasurer; and the
Judge will take all his time in enter
ing up judgments! You 60 over to
Augusta and pick out the craziest
man in that Asylum, and take that
crazy man and you pick out the dark
est e night Sa ha evs6 be ekea ana
ever was, and you get an angel to
bring him the widest dream that ev-
er came to the craziest man in the
darkest night on this earth, and il
would not begin to compare to this
insane delusion. Roars Of laughter.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04

Weaver's agrees with Daniel. O
course the fealty and enthusiasm o.
Weaver as democrat, these gentle.
men consider may depend somewhat
on how readily the democratic party
make him their candidate. They
would not doubtless controvert the
converse proposition thatif the repub.
licans had satisfied Weaver with
nominations he would have been and
remained, strong republican. Our
democratic friends have the thing as
we got it by word of mouth from
Daniel, and they can judge for them
selves how safely and securely Weav-
er has sold and delivered himself to
the democratic party. Per Contrt,
Weaver has assured republicans that
he is still a republican, all except up
on the financial question. This the
Republican of Bloomfield dared him
to controvert, and that paper would
pONC ~ uROH VIC lIluuDlSstuU NSoCA-
mony of good men of Davis and other
counties. Weaver dares not take up
that issue for we knO,c that it is true.
Now we diagnose this case as to the
issues thus: Gen. Weaver will here
after go just where in his judgment
the prospect for preferment is best.
Weaver's conduct, his torturous
deceitful course is by all odds more
inclined to land him into the demo-
cratic party than anywhere else, be-
cause that party is morelikely to graf
ify his ambition, and because there is
a very natural place for all such fell
lows to drift to, as all past experience
has demonstrated. Thenew so-called
reform party-a party claiming the
Of reformation--the ma
tional party-the party of Brick Pom
eroy, of Dean, and of Weaver, need
not, however, preach purity of pur-
pose and conduct. 1t is too thin alto
gether, their conduct bellies it.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04
REPUBLICAN, VICTORY.
Why 1t is Needed this Fall.
cleveland Herald


A republican victory is needed as 9
breakwater to stay the threatening
tide of communism.
1t is needed to reassert the doctrine
now assailed by both democrats and
nationals" that all honest debts
should be honestly paid and that the
paper money of the country should
have the honest basis of gold and
silver.
1t is needed to rebuke the democ.
racy for reopening the electoral dis.
pute and rejecting their moral obliga.
tion to abide in good faith by the de-
cision of the electoral commission.
1t is needed as a condemnation OF
the southern scheme for paying hun.
dreds of millions of rebel claims out OF
the national treasury.
1t is needed to show the south that
if it chooses to act as a solid body in
support of the party in the north
which favored the rebellion, it will
encounter the solid opposition of the
men in the north who put down the
rebellion.
A republican victory can be won by
unity and earnestness on the part OF
the republicans. We have the votes,
if they are got out, and they will be
got out if "A spirit of harmony is cult.
waited and little old-time vigor and
activity are displayed.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04
A Bold Bank Robbery

SEDALIA, No., Aug. 29-At half
past three men entered the savings
bank at Concordia. One of the men
asked the cashier, who was alone, to
change q ten dollar bill, While he
was changing the bill another man
jumped over the counter and caught
the cashier by the arm and placed one
hand over his mouth. They then
took what money was in sight and
placing pistol to the cashiers head
told him to open the safe. He did
80, under fear of his life, and the rob
bers took all the paper money in the
safe-between $1,000 and $4,000 dol
lars, refusing to take the osilver, of
which there was between two and
three thousand in the bank. They
then mounted their horses and gal
loped off in q southerly direction
The whole robbery occupied about
ten minutes.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04
The New Railway Commits sloner.

The New Railway Commits sloner.
Gov. Gear has appointed Mr.. M. G.
Woodruff, of Dubuque, as the success
sor of Gov. Carpenter on the State
Railway Commission. The Registe,
says: "This appointment will be re-
received with satisfaction and meet
with hearty commendation the State
over. It is received with unusual IA
vor and qualification in political and
business circles here. 1t is recognized
as being on par with the unusual
excellence and high character Of the
appointments with which the Cover
nor constituted the Commission at
first. Mr.. Woodruff is as thoroughly
well qualified for this department OF
the public service as any gentleman
well could be. He not only brings to
it the ripe and acute experience of a
wide awake business man and jour-
nalist, but he has also been for years a
student of the railway problem. His
views as they have been given to the
public, through his editorship of the
Dubuque Times, are well known, and
he has been for long time recognized
as one of the champions of what has
been called the Mississippi River
side of the controversy concerning
railway tariff or CONTROL"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04
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Sherman at c,nc,nna.,.


CINCINNATI, Aug. 2S.-At the close
of the session of the Chamber of Com.
merce this noon Secretary of the
Treasury, John Sherman, was intro.
duced to the merchants by Pres. Hart.
we'll and said:
81 have great deal to do with
merchants and take this opportunity
to congratulate you that by the boun-
ty of Divine Providence you will
have to market the largest crop we
have ever gathered, since the world
was born, in this country. The only
point Of an unpleasant nature affect
ing the industrial interests is the mis-
fortune which has befallen q large
portion of the South, where yellow
fever has spread pail of distress
among our Southern brethren. lean
congratulate you also that our curren-
cy is soon to be based upon the solid
money of the world. [Applause. I
do not wish to talk politics to you but
l suppose it is the common desire of
all men engaged in business to have a
staple, certain standard Of value, and
although you and I may differ as to
the best means of obtaining it and as
to whether the means that have
been adopted have been the prop
er means yet believe it is the
slosire of-ths marchants of Gin.
cinnati that their money shall
be Is good IS the money of any
country with which we trade, and
that will soon be accomplished.
/ take hopeful view of our .busi-
ness affairs. After this week there
will be an end of bankruptcies. All
men who believe they are not in
condition to pay their debts will have
to take the benefit of the law provid-
ed for their relief. After Saturday
next we will stand upon better ba-
sis, upon the basis Of our property
and our deserved credit. It has been
the habit of one Of your able and in
journals to charge me with
all the bankruptcies Of the country.
II grocer could not sell goods
enough to pay expenses, or q saloon
keeper could not sell beer enough to
get rich, he took the short way of
paying his debts and this paper would
announce the fact that he had been
We have passed through a severe
crisis. 1t has been common in all
But ray of hope has
on us. Every sign of busi-
ness is hopeful. We do not owe Eu-
rope anything Of consequence. We
have gone through the debt-paying
process. A few years ago we were
running in debt at the rate of hum
dred millions of dollars q year. From
this time we will be more prosperous.
You who live in the heart of the
great West take heart in your busi-
ness, because / believe you have
reached a sound basis upon which to
conduct your business profitably, the
basis of solid coin.
On descending from the stand the
Secretary was greeted with a general
hand shaking and complimentary re-
n arks.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04

We publish to-day part of Secretary
Sherman's recent speech in Ohio. 1t
is a splendid statement of the finan-
cial question, and, of course, coming
from the highest financial officer of
the government, Is authoritative as to
its figures. On this account it is es-
pecially valuable. We commend its
careful perusal to every reader of the
COURIER. It is not long-its state
ments are terse and plain. The show
ing he makes ought to be source of
the highest qualification to every low
er of his country.
1t shows that we have really reach
ed q solid basis and that we are ready
now to build upon healthy, sure
foundation and to commence an era
of prosperity that shall bring comfort
and plenty to all our people if we
shall be sensible people and accept
the situation. 1t is the most insane
delusion that ever afflicted any people
to now seek by the issue OF lrredeem-
able currency to unsettle values, de-
stroy confidence, drive gold and sill
yer from the country and so impover-
ish and distress our land. 1t does
seem to us that Secretary Sherman
points out the way to certain prosper
ity SO plainly that no man ought to
fail to comprehend it and be convinc-
ed. The balance of the speech is
In reply to Thurman, and it is a per-
fectly overwhelming reply, but oul
columns will hardly permit giving
the entire speech without the exclu'
sion of other importantmatter. THAI
portion Of the speech we do give is ir
explanation of the republican finan
cial policy.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04
AwEEkLyL,sr

OF United States patents issued to
the inventors of Iowa, for the week
ending Aug. l3, 1878, and each pat
emit in the list will bear that date.
Reported expressly by telegraph
for the COURIER, by A. Ii. Evans &
Co, Patent solicitors, Washington,
d. G.
w. L. Gamago, Mt. Pleasant,
Branding Stamps.
A. M. Kendall, Davenport, making
| Wooden Pins.
o. d. Bradley, Macedon, Cultivat-
ors.
q. w. Nichols, Clinton, Trimming
Lumber.
Pricc & Klingamon, LaPorte City,
Coloring Photos.
E. Stewart, TT. Madison, Time
Locks.
Goodman & Hurlbert, Chester,
Corn Planters.
Hastings & Clock, Floris, Gates.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04
A Kentucky Brides Dance.
Coylngton Commonwealth

Ata Harrison county, KY, wed.
ding, we are informed the bride
danced several charming reels within
q circle of three feet In diameter
She changed shoes once, on account
of her new ones not sounding right
against the floor.
The prompter gave the very unique
commando during the dance. "Rock
to the right, rock to the left, grind
coffee, wiring the dish rag, rock the
CRADLE" etc.
At the wind up Of the dance thl
bride showed her agility by kickinf
the groom's hat OF his head.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04

"Can temperance hotels live ?" It
was the opinion of the late Artemus
Ward that they couldn't they always
sold such poor whiskey.
So many cities claimed Homer IS .
citizen, that the Burlington Hasckeye
inclines to the opinion that he was q
Methodist preacher.
A white:boy..met:a colored lad the
other day and asked him what he had
such short nose for? II 'spects SOS
it won't poke itself into other peoples
business"
"Does our constant chatter disturb
you ?" asked one of three talkative Ia
dies, to . looking fellow pas
senger. "No, ma am I've been mar
ried nigh ON thirty years" was the re-
ply.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04

OVER 80 per cent. of the national
debt is now held at home. The bulk
of the new bonds have been taken in
amounts of 80, 800 and $500, show
ing that it is comparatively poor peo-
pie who are investing in government
securities.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04

THE democracy of Indiana, as vel
as of the country generally, are no,
very harmonious. Senator McDon'
aid, in recent speech at LOgansport
said: 1--WE are out of our true posi-.
tion as a commercial people until
there shall be no longer any difference
between gold dollar and a paper one,
I don't consider the question of cur.
rency settled until specie payment
shall be resumed" Senator Voor.
hees says "the resumption of specie
payment has been proclaimed as the
height of American craftsmanship,
and yet to obtain it the prosperity OF
the country has been trodden in the
dust and battered out of all shape and
recognition" Mr.. Hendricks, it will
be seen, straddles both of these prop
OsitiOns.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04

The National Republican is after
that horny-handed son of toll, Ben
Butler, and challenges him to give
his consent that the register Of the
treasury may exhibit the records Of
his Office, in return for which the Re.
publican promises that it will under
take to show that Butler is now, and
has been for some time, the owner in
his own right and the custodian OF
United States government bonds ag-
gregating more than $1,OOO,OOO. 1t
would be very funny if it turned out
that Dennis O'Kearney's patron saint
was one of those ''lecherous' bond
holders after all. A million in gov
eminent securities is a snug sum for a
workingman to have laid away for a
rainy day.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04
Hans and the Yellow Fever.

He was somewhat on the shady side
of fifty, portly, round and puffy as q
beer barrel, and as he entered the
lawyers office, strong aroma of la
ger, killikinick and "sweitzer kaseIu
permeated the atmosphere.
"What do you wish" said the dis
ciple Of Themis, seizing pen, ink and
paper with the idea of good petit
tion ahead and fat client to draw
fees from.
"Vell," said he laying down the
pipe he held in his hand, ~ life on
Pourpon street near st. Louis, und l
hear dot dere ish yellow fever on de
same street, from Customhouse to
Cont. l wants you.' who ish goot
lawyer, und q man dot knows every.
dings about injections and mandamus
und accepsions und dings like dot, to
got me q Something's pefore de coorts
an injections, say, to prevent de Pour.
pom shtreet cars from running dowr
dc shtr eet.
81 tell Wy ask dot: ! amt schared
no, mien GOtt in himmell de yallov
fever don't schare . man like me, bu
I've shoost got . paby in der famil,
und six uder shilder, und ii dey ketc
der fever I'll be crazy.
"Dot's Why wants to know Of d
coorts can't shtop de cars from rur
ming down my way. I'll pay elm hur
dred tollars cash."
At last report the lawyer was sti
scratching his head and cogitatin
ON some good point whereby he coul
earn his 800 bill at the expense {
the car company.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04

WHEN called upon to look acros:
the border into Missouri for demo.
cratic defalcation of half a million
dollars by the State Treasurer of that
state the State Leader, democratic or.
gan at the capital, replies spitefully
as follows:
Republican papers in Iowa are try.
ing to run the politics of Missouri
disregarding the Iowa campaign en-.
tirely. Reform the republican party
in Iowa and let the Missouri demo.
Gratis do as you preach, reform within
the narty
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04
The Reward OF carelessness.

West LIBERTY, Ia, Aug. 29.-This
postoffice was entered through back
window Thursday night, and 800 in
postage stamps and $500 in money ta-
ken out of Halls combination safe.
The postmaster neglected to throw
on the combination, and the burglars
succeeded in opening the day lock.
There is no clew to the robbers yet,
but Special Agent Cameron, Of st.
Louis, Is here, and some develop.
ments are expected tomorrow.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04

The democrats Of West Grove, Da-
Wis county, don't relish crow. In a
township convention, last Saturday,
they adopted resolution condemning
the Ottumwa congressional conven-
ton for not nominating democrat.
Many of the Davis county democrats
declare they will not vote for Weaver
and not a few openly declare their in
tention to vote for Sampson. Political
shystering is not popular in Iowa.
H0,rI-pve.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-04

publican party from the beginning OF
the war to this time, even in the dark
est hour Of the war, always professed
to be in favor, and talked in favor, of
good money redeemable in coin.
This class OF Democrats, though they
opposed the Resumption act, did it
because they declared it to be him
drance to resumption, and denounced
us because we did not resume sooner.
This was the position of the last ma
tional Democratic convention.