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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
KIDNAPPED ON THE CARS.
A lady's Terrible Adventure on q
New York Central Train.

VSVv ~ S0sbSs
New YORK, july 2S.--The Times
to-day adds to the criminal record
an account of perhaps the most auda-
cious crime ever perpetrated in this
country. 1t appears that some
months since u married lady OF Bos-
ton of great refinement and beauty,
and occupying a prominent social
position, had been visiting friends in
the interior of this state, and when
leaving took drawing room car OH
the New York Central railroad for
Albany, where her husband awaited
her, Two villains followed her into
the car, probably attracted by the
valuable jewelry she wore, and when
the conductor approached the lady
for ticket, informed him that they
were her friends, that she was de-
ranged and they were unfortunately
selected to convey her to the Utica
asylum. In spite of her protes,ations
aud appeals for protection, the scoun-
drels succeeded 10 convincing the
conductor and passengers OF the
truth of their story, and removed the
lady from the cars at Utica, she
sWOonlng as the cars moved away
She was then lifted into coach, chic.
reformed, taken to house of Hire
pute, outraged aud robbed Of jewel
~ and clothing. The husband learn
cd of the wife's alleged insanity when
the train arrived at Albany, aud, pro-
curing special engine, started for
Utica without delay. Upon arriving
q few inquiries enabled him to find
the disreputable house where the
wife had been taken, and there he
found her, lying upon bed, almost
stripped of her clothing and her mind
seriously injured by the terrible ex.
pericnce. No names are given from
considerations of delicacy. The hus
band made every effort consistent
with privacy to discover the fiends
but 20 far without avail.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
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CURIOSITIES OF CRIME.
An Attempted Assas sinatIon-M ys
terious Movements Of the
Assassin.

DANvILLE, Ills, July PA very
mysterious crime was perpetuated at
Southtown, small suburb of this
city, which came near causing the
death of four citizens. The facts of
the case seem to be about as follows |:
Last Sunday evening as Mr.. George
Bedo was standing in front of his
house, two strangers approached him
and without moments warning,
fired upon him, when they immcdi-
ately fled into the darkness, and moth
ing more was seen of them. Mr.. Be-
do and his noighbors, however, being
alarmed, placed u guard of four men
around the house at night with a
view of either capturing or killing
the villains. Nothing more transpir-
ed until last night about 8 o'clock.
AS the guards, consisting of Benja-
min Dean, John Davis, James Mer-
rill and John Surge were entering
the grounds of Mr.. Bedo, for the pur.
pose of taking their stations, they
were fired upon from the grape ar
Dor, and all of them more or lest
wounded. Benjamin Dean is the
most seriously injured, his legs being
literally filled with buck, and small.
er shot. The others arc but slightly
injured. The fire was promptly re
turned, and one of the assassins il
supposed to have been wounded, a.
he cried out that he was shot. fired
again and fled. There is no explana
ton to the matter, but it is hoped tn,
wounded man will at least be caught
1t is not known how many were il
the party. 1t is needless to say tn
people Of the village are in the great
est excitement and fear. The polio
of the city have taken hold Of tn
matter, and will probably soon fcrre
| il out,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
The Eclipse at Denver.

DENVER, July 29-The sky was
entirely clear until l p. m, when q
few masses of cumulus clouds showed
themselves over the mountains toward
the north and westward. With these
exceptions the sky was perfect and
the atmospheric conditions of the
most favorable character for suo-
cessful observation or the eclipse.
House tops we're thronged with
people, the higher being especially in
demand, as from them the approach
of the dark shadow of totality could
be seen as it swept onward over the
plain. The time of the first contact
was 1920, Denver time, and ten
minutes later the presence of the
moon at the edge of the suns disc
was plainly perceptible to ordinary
observers, with smoked glass. BY
B o'clock the sunlight had moderated
TO marked degree, showing pale
yellow color. Later on lurid glare
overspread the earth. The hest of
the sun wac no longer oppressive and
light similar to twilight was shown
GU the horizon, and the light fiecks of
clouds began slowly to dissolve.
Owing to the change of temperature
as the period of totality came on,
light from an elevated station was
grand. An extreme dark shad 10 " fell
on the long peak seventy-five miles
distant, and sweeping rapidly south
ward covered the plain like grey
pail, to the northward. Clouds could
be seen bathed in sunlight and
presenting view Of beautiful sun
set, and during the period of obscur-
alton the moon appeared like huge
black ball surrounded by beautiful
circle of light and as the moon
passed the sunlight suddenly burst
forth, and chickens crowed as though
the morning had dawned.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

port, there would have been no
trouble in maintaining 1t. Witness
incidentally said he had one or two
interviews with the President at
great length, during which witness
argued that the withdrawal OF troops
from New Orleans and not maintain
ing the Packard government would
be the destruction of the republican
party in the South. Tho President
took the position that tho republican
party could no longer maintain that
policy, which had lost New York to
the republicans and the party had
become weaker in consequence, there
fore the gooa Of the republican party
demanded a change. The President
treated the subject as of national
concern. Witness said so far as he
knew no return had been thrown out
by the returning board on made
quate or insufficient proofs. There
was q movement to make Nichols
Governor even to the extent of vic.
lence.
Gen. Butler interposed, saying
"And in this Nichols had the aid Of
the President and the McVeagh com
mission"
The witness remarked, ''Gentlemen
I wish you would distribute thes,
questions among Others"
Gen Butler-We have been asking
many of them because it is 80 rar'
that we have an honest witness.
A.-There are many of them, j
you would only look after them.
find the people of louisiana as hon
est as those anywhere.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
Anything to Get the Coon.
Abba Union

We have corrected report of the
speech of Mr.. Fullerton in answer to
Henry Bell. When he was called
out by the audience, Mr.. Fullerton
spoke substantially as follows: Gen
tlemen. l am not in the habit of ma
king speeches, but sometimes tell a
story, and think OF one now which
1 think appropriate. Some years ago
ago boy in Indiana had pet coon
and concluded to sell it, but vowed he
would not sell it to either II publi-
can or Democrat. Taking the coon
to town ne soon met man who
wanted TO buy it. "What are your
politics ?" asked the boy. IL am a
Republican" was the answer. "Then
yOacan-u have the coon," quoth the
boy. Another man stepping up said,
81 am Democrat and want to buy
the COON" No sir, you can't have it
either" quoth the boy. Presently a
third man wanted to buy the animal.
whats your politics ?, demands the
boy. ooh, I'm anything to get the
COON" Now these greenbackers or
absolute money men who are going
about the country talking nonsense
remind me OF the third man in the
story they are anything to get the
Offices"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
Now In 1t MoW3

With our annual exports of domes-
tic products OO,OOO,OOO in excess of
imports, with 800, 100000 in coin in
the United States Treasury, and the
minis all running to the extent of
their capacity, thus adding daily to
the aggregate on hand, in addition to
the weekly receipts of coin and bull
lion coming into the country from
abroad, how is it now in reference to
the prospect for speedy resumption?
Where are the anti-resumptionists
and resumption-act repealers? And
with resumption once established,
shrinkage Of property brought to a
close, public confidence restored, and
the country blessed by Providence
with one of the largest returns of ag'
ricultural products everrecorded, who
will doubt that our industries will
mediately feel the effects? Allthings
idicate that the dawn of period o
solid and widespread prosperity i:
now looming above the horizon, ant
that ere long the nation will be in thu
full enjoyment Of great industrial &C
tivity.-Repudiic.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
Mrs. Jane Swisshelm and the
woYkingmen.

workmen refuse to recognize and
be governed by the laws of nature,
which bind men together as oppos-
ties, the compliments of each other,
they must suffer the consequences.
He is the workingman's true friend
who says to each one, paddle your
own canoe" All this twaddle about
taking care Of them, as if they were
a flock of tame pigeons, is an insult.
1t is bad enough to be woman, and
have men make spheres like toy bal
looms, and put one in to stay, but it
must be worse to be man and have
to be taken care of like little plaster
of paris Samuel saying his prayers.
A human biped with a beard must
feel nice to have political economists
discuss him as if he were one Of
thousand bags of wheat which were
to be disposed of to the best advant-
age. Pears to me, If i were man,
with all the waste cabins and idle
fields in this country before me, l
should save Agitation Committees
and eX-Secretaries the trouble of talk
ing about me; for, il l did not raise
my own pork and beans, it would be
curious.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

1.-THE earth is mans and the fullness
thereof" is the motto of the Conn
munists and Socialists. That is true
as far as man in the aggregate is con-
cerned; but it is not true of man in
the abstract. The scientific fellow
who "lives by his wits" and the lazy
lubber who does nothing but travel
about ''like a gentleman" organizing
labor lodges and making windy
speeches, as q business, at the expense
of the real laboring men, would find
it very difficult to prove up his honest
title to one foot Of earth or to one
cents worth of "the fulness thereof"
On the other hand, the man who
earns his honest living by actual work
and saves enough of his earnings to
s'lay up something for rainy day"
is the one who realizes and enjoys, as
a reward of his personal endeavors
the full significance of the truth that
''the earth is mans and the fulnes'
thereof. Chicago Journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
-Ottumwa Markets.

The business of the week has been
very slack indeed and but few peo-
pie from the country in the city, yet
produce has not advanced in the least,
except potatoes, which are trifle
higher. Flour, it will be observed,
has declined from 10 to 20 cents per
hundred. New wheat, rye and oats,
has not yet commenced coming in,
but will probably the last of this
week. The price of wheat will prob
ably open at about 70@75 cents per
bushel and extra may 60 trifle high
er. The price of wool for some grades
10 little better, although there is
but little coming in. ackberries
are selling to grocers and dealers at
5@6c per quart by the quantity. The
quotations given below were reliable
yesterday evening:
OttUAWa Grocery MAPket.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
The attention of the Government

The attention of the Government
having been called to the prevalence
of hog cholera in some portions of the
Union, and the necessity of providing
proper preventive measures and GER
tain remedies, Congress appropriated
$4,000 for this purpose. The Com
missioner of Agriculture, who has
been investigating the subject, finds
on examination, that the greatest
losses from this cause occurred in the
States CT Illinois, Indiana, Iowa and
Missouri, and that they have reached
annually about 81, 100000 for these
States. He has decided to put the
matter for investigation into the
hands of eight examiners. They are
to receive $500 month each for their
services, and reasonable travelling
expenses. The following gentlemen
have been appointed upon the board :
Professor Law, of Ithaca, N. Y; Pro-
fessor ii. q. Detmers, of Chicago DR..
II. f. Dyer, of Ottawa, H.; DIR. d.
w. Voyle, New Albany, Ind. DR.. Al
fred Dunlop, Iowa City; DR.. Hines,
of Kansas, and DR.. Salmon, of Nash
vile, N. G.. When the reports of
these gentlemen are received they
will be placed in the hands of eminent
scientific and medical authorities for
comparison and further report.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
Cucumber Catsup.

For small quantity take twelve
fine, full-grown cucumbers, and lay
them an hour in cold water. Then
pare them and CRATE them down into
a deep dish. Crate also six small
onions, and mix them with the grated
cucumber. Season the mixture to
your taste, with pepper, salt and vim
egar, making it OF the consistency OF
rich marmaladc or jam. When thor
oughly Incorporated, transfer it to a
glass can and cover it closely. so as
to make it perfectly air-tight. 1t
will be found very nice (whcn fresh
cucumbcrs are not in season) to eat
with beef or mutton, and, if properly
made, will keep we'll. 1t should be
grated very fine, and the vinegar
must be of excellent quality-real ci-
der vinegar.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
How to Make Times Good.


Curse the capitalists brighten them
all you can. Do not let them 60 into
business If they show any DISPOSE
ton to do SO, call meeting; get up a
set of rules and regulations for man
aging the business 80 as to break them
up as soon as possible, and threaten
those who will not 60 in under the
rules until they gather up their mon
ey and leave the country, as they have
already begun to do. Nothing helps
times so much as to let men know
that, if they get more by working
hard than you do by idleness, you
will compel them to divide. They
will work harder for such encour-
agement. Go right ahead with your
Communistic speeches; they are do
ing a good deal of good. All that is
necessary is to follow it up and we
will all soon be on the ground floor !;
all equal; all poor; all idle; all
worthless.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

HENRY CLAY DEAN, more famil-
iarly known as ''Dirty Dean," in his
late speech at Kansas City, said: "The
time is coming when there will arise
among the people "men with sand in
their craw, iron in their blood, God in
their love and hell in their hate. Then
there will sweep across the land a
whirlwind-a cyclone which will re-
deem a land intended to be land of
freedom, but now a realm of white
slavery and confiscation." He ought
to dovetail somewhere in that speech,
portions of the one he made some
time ago in favor of banishing all
crippled Union soldiers, and battering
down all tombstones on the graves of
men who lost their lives i'm the Union
army. Between the two Dean could
get up IA very attractive bill of fare
for the greenback-communistic crowd
that will meet at Des Moines this fall.
-,SiOur Tty Journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
THE National Republican Commit

THE National Republican Commit
tee propose, as we understand it, to
send speakers south to aid the repub-
licans in Congressional districts where
hopes may be entertained of success.
AS yet we have not heard of anybody
proposing to 60. Our voice is for this
plan. There are those among us who
were not soldiers in the Union army
and we find many of these more or
less friendly to the Presidents South
ern policy. Now, since these gentle
men did not, during the war, occupy
the post of danger and SO make the
personal acquaintance of Southern
gentlemen under the conditions of
contesting with them, we propose
that they now 60 to the front in this
contest. Men never learn the true
inwardness of Southern democracy
by merely talking gush with them,
when both sides vie with each other
in giving utterance to hOneyed words.
The condition of making contest
with them is absolutely necessary to
learning the genuine milk in the CO.
cOanut. In fair, open political con-
test in a government "of the people
and by the people" one would say
Southern democracy would act the
gentleman, or at least our policy
friends are SO disposed to think, but
as we said, we want our policy repub-
licans to try this contest and test our
Southern brethren. We believe that
such a contest will not be all sunshine
and hence we suggest that it is no
more than fair for those who staid at
home before, now to go to the front;
besides if the South will treat any re-
publican decently on such mission,
certainly they will policy republic
can.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

There is no need of a greenback
movement outside of the democratic
organization. All reforms. particu-
larly currency reform, can be found
inside of the democratic party.-G1-
ci,nldti Enquirer.
To which the indianapolis journal
aptly replies: "The democratic party
has always fought greenhaeks, and
would degrade them now if they had
the pewrr. The proper place for eve
ry honest greenhack man is in the
republican party. 1t created the
greenback, and has maintained and
defended it against the attacks of reb-
els, repudiationists and democrats
The claim made by the Enquirer is
correctas regards, we thinks majority
of the democratic party Of the West,
yet there is a very large minority of
Western democrats who are not En-
Qui,er greenbackers. In the East,
however, the majority Of the demo-
Gratis are utterly opposed to the En-
4uUT1'S fnanclal pOllcy.
The yo,0naPs statement is literally
correct. 1t is a truism that the only
genuine partisans of the greenback
are therepublicans. They made them
and with their aid saved the nation,
and though they We're unable to pre-
vent their depreciation, when in the
midst of a great rebellion it was un-
certain whether or not the pillars OF
the republic might not crumble, and
yet during all those dark years the
republicans said they would make the
greenbacks par money in the end and
now they have virtually done it. Tht
republican party has well kept it
grand and noble promises in nations
: salvation and its promise to pay dol
lar for dollar. The democratic part,
!, spit upon the greenbacks as the re
public's financial savior and now thu
, tgreenback Western democracy AK
moving heaven and earth to repudi
, ate them and make them WORTHLESS
by an illimitable issue of them.
just 50 some blatant seekers afte
> Office are doing. They have had tn
experience of putting out their owl
> promises to pay on thepublic till the.
will no longer be taken by anybOd,
and they want the government to d
j. the same thing.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
Horrible Tragedy.

A terrible tragedy occur red on the
2lst inst, near Fluvanna Court House,
Virginia. 1t appears that Col. VIM.
Houchens, who had for some time
past been indulging in threats to kill
his family, yesterday morning while
the family were seated at the break
fast table, siezed an ak and commence
ed his bloody work, dealing the first
blow to his wife, inflicting horrible
wound on her head, killing her al
most instantly. He then attacked his
little boy. The mother-in- law inter-
fered and impl0red the fiend 10 desist,
but instead of yielding to her appeals
for mercy he turned upon her and
knocked her severely with the AK
handle, and coolly returned to the
horrible work of butchering bis child.
Then before his mother-in-la re-
vivcd, Houchens finished her, stiik-
ing her several blows on the breast
and head. His spite seemed especial
ly directed to his wife's mother
Houchens' son, little fellow Z years
old, came into the room while the
horrible butchery was going on. and,
selling his infant brother, lying in
the cradle, sought safety in the
woods. Houchens looked for them,
but failing to find them, he, it seems,
went into the parlor and left the fol-
lowing letter:
81 have intended to do this thing
for some time. My mother-i in law
drove me to it. She has tainted me
to death. l cannot live as long as she
lives. She has poisoned my wife and
children against me, and l am mis-.
cradle man. Whisky, too, has some.
thing TO do with it, Let all take
warning by my end. Pick up my
fragments. WILSON HoUCHENs.'
After completing this Honchcnt
went to his barnyard, seated himself
it is believed, upon keg of blastin Z
powder, and smoked his pipe. After
finishing his smoke, it is supposed, ht
touched of his internal machine will
fire from his pipe. A fearful noise
followed the explosion, attracting
neighbors twelve miles distant
An investigation of the premises dis
closed portions of Houchens' bod.
upon branches of a tree forty fee
from the ground, the head on top o
the barn, and portions of the trunl
and legs in other portions Of thu
| BARNARD.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
N,vaf,sI nisaatar.

YANKToN, d. T., July 27.-Parties
arriving to-day from the Silver Lake
Mennonite settlement, forty miles
north from Yankton, bring intelli-
gence of a cloud burst in that region
on Monday, by which large portion
of the country was submerged and
several persons drowned. The west
branch of Vermillion river, ordina-
rily about two rods wide, was filled
to width of over mile, and depth
of from ten to thirty feot. Much de-
struction of property is reported.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

An honest-faced stranger called on
Squire Jones not long since and ask
ed what his fee was for joining q
couple in marriage.
"The fee is two dollars if you come
here,' said the justice.
"Let's see." unused the youth as he
pulled out his money, "there's three
dollars for bedstead, eight dollars
for secondhand stove, two dollars
for dishes, two dollars to run the
house on, and-and that's every
blamed cent !"
$50 you are short?" queried the
Squire.
"Thafs my pile" said the young
man.
"But I'll knock the two dollars off
for dishes and give it to you, for Pm
bound to be harnessed to my girl this
week if we have to bile Eaters in the
teapot
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31

THOSE South Carolinians have been
conciliated. There's no sort of doubt
about that. The Edgeville IS. c. Ad-
rertiser shows this in the following
paragraph:
AS for as, we say; People of Edge
field, watch thisthing narrowly, cease
lessly, jealousy, and if you discover
any ring, or any fellow, trying to
work this game, seize them and lam
them. DO not be satisfied with abus-
ing and ostracising them, JW seize them
and hang them! In Edgefeld let lis
have no more of the negro in politics.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-31
THE contest between the statean

THE contest between the state and
national courts. -of-Sonth Carolina is
becoming Interesting. u. s. Revenue
officers have been frequently murder
ed i'm the discharge Of their duty in
the South, and never have the State
courts, so far rs we can now recall his
tory, punished one such murderer,
but the tables We're turned a few days
ago in South Carolina, and revenue
officer killed an illicit distilIer i'm self
defense and State court casts him
into prison and the sheriff of the
county refuses to obey writ of habe-
as corpus issued by a Federal court.
The powers at Washington have de-
termined that the writ shall be obey
cd