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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-27

From Thursdays Daily.
Messrs. Daggett & Harper, yester.
day, shipped two car loads of oil OF
their manufacture to Boston, at which
market we are informed it takes front
rank.
Fifty car loads of emigrants, to-
gether with their household fixtures
passed through this city, yesterday
for Kansas and Nebraska. They wer
principally from Illinois.
From Fridays Daily.
The q. B. & @. railroad company
by their agent, w. d. Armstrong
paid their taxes yesterday, which
amounted to s6025, for their propert,
in Wapello county. The taxes of th,
X. Il D. NJ. road will amount to hal
as much more, and the North Mis-
souri, to quite sum also.
Four car loads of passengers, from
New York and the New Englans
States, passed through tho city las
night for Nebraska, where they will
settle and will form community O.
their own. An emigrant train viii
run from New York to Nebrasks
starting on the Sd Tuesday in ever,
month. In addition to those las
night three car loads will pas,
through here next Thursday for thu
same place. Railroad men inform vi
that emigration never was SO heavy
at this time of year as at present, ani
the class of emigrants are of the high
est order.
The bill to include wine and bee
in the prohibitory law wis yesterda,
referred back to the committee. II
consideration in the House consumed
most of yesterday afternoon. NAM
roll calls were had on dilatory mo
ions, and there was an evident dis
position to avoid vote. The democ
acy don't seem to be able to muster
up courage to vote for the measul a
hey have threatened to do.
The House passed bill for the pro
hibition of the sale of spirits on cleo
tion day; also bill giving a judg
ment against the property on which
or in which liquor is sold contrar,
to law. 1t seems to be the opinion O
the best judges that the wine ant
beer bill will not prevaiI.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-27

Keokuk Constitution: We saw q
gentleman writing a telegraph dis.
patch yesterday, and we heard a
friend of his suggest that he could alb
breviate it and save expense. II did
that once, said the gentleman grimly,
"and lost thousand dollars, becau 7e
my telegram was not rightly con-
strued. Now put in every word,
dot the is and cross the tie, you bet"
This pretty plsinly illustrates the old
proyerb of saving at the spiget and
wasting at the bung.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-27

The great temperance movement,
so successfully inaugurated in this
city by Mr.. Drew, seems to be increas-
ing in volume and the army OF tenn
perance people wearing his badge,
the blue ribbon, now numbers over
two thousand persons, and the num-
Der is constantly and rapidly increas-
ing.-Daily Of the I'D.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-27

Fifty car loads of emigrants, to-
gethcr with their household fixtures,
passed through this city, yesterday
for Kansas and Nebraska. They were
principally from Illinois.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-27

from Thursdays Daily. !
Messrs. Daggett & Harper, yester-
day, shipped two car loads of oil of
their manufacture to Boston, at which
market we are informed it takes front
rank.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-27
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The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-07

The Vermont Republicans have nominal
ed Col. Redfield Proctor for Governor, T..
II. Cotton for Lieutenant Governor. and
John A. Page, present incumbent, for State
Treasurer. The platform heartily approves
the motives and general course Of the Adj
ministration OF President Hayes, and con-
demns a. unfair, uncalled for and rcvolu-
tionary the re-opening Of the Presidential
question by means OF the proposed Potter
investigation.
The Pennsylvania Democratic state Con-
yention. held At Pittsburg on the ed, noni-
mated Andrew ii. Din, OF Union County,
for Governor; ii. T.. Ross, Of Montgomery,
for supreme Judge; John Fertig, OF Titus
vile, for Lieutenant Governor, and J. Simp-
son Africa, OF Huntington, Secretary OF In
ternal Affairs. The resolutions declare
against further monetary contraction and
in favor OF the reissue Of legal-tender notes
a. fast as received into the Treasury; for =
protective tariff, State regulation 81 railway
freight and passenger tariffs, etc. They also
approve the proposed investigation OF the
alleged frauds in the late Presidential cleo
ton, but "oppose any attack upon the Presi-
dental title as dangerous 10 our institu-
tions and fruitless In its results"
Henry Roberts, colorcd, was hanged at
Charlotte, n. O., on the 24th, for the MUIR
der Of Gus Ware, also colored, in February
last.
Governor Colquitt, OF Georgia, has com
muted the death sentence Of Miss Kate
Southern, OF Pickens County, to imprison-
ment in the Pcnitentiary for 10 years.
Three firemen were killed at Hartford,
Conn.,, on the 2sth, by falling walls.
The stewart Hotel for Women in New
York City has proved failure, and will soon
be opened to the general public.
Frost Coles and Alexander sliey, two
prominent citizens OF Forest Depot, Camp
bell County, Va, on the 18th met In the
woods by agreement and fought duel with
knives, the only witness being an old color
ed man who was called In TO act a. umpire
and see fair play. Both made terrible on
slaught, which resulted IN Sliey's receiving
mortal wound ii the left breast, his own
knife striking and breaking against his antag-
onist's breast-bone. sley fell dead and
Coles fed 70 escape arrest. The two men
were brothers in-law and had been warm
friends, but quarreled about some trivial
matter, the lie was given, and, In the opin-
ion Of one ~ them at least, nothing could
wipe out the insult but blood.
Kimberly, Carncs Il Co., one Of the larg-
est iron firms 81 Western Pennsylvania,
with works located at New Castle, Green
vile, sharon and other points IN the Chcnan-
80 Valley, have failed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-07

The London P0st OF the Esd published the
following in semi-ofiicial form: Count
SchouyaloG brings assurance that the dis
position in st. Petersburg for peace quite
equals that In London. He il also The bear
er OF a certain expression OF Willingness to
meet our views and Of a general scheme Of
arrangement for reconciliation. Russia,
however, declines to pass the sponge over
the treaty Of san Stefano, but j. prepared 10
discuss in Congress its various stipulafions.
The Count brings assurances that Gen. Tod
eben has been forbidden 10 make any At
tempt TO surprise Constantinople, and also
that the Russian Government i not con-
nected with the manifesto recently issued
by committee for equipping cruisers.
n 1t was reported, on the 10th. that England
having rejected the detailed concessions Of
fercd by Count Schouvalof, the latter there
upon declared RusSia's Willingness to sub
init all questions raised BY the treaty to the
sanction OF the Powers. II j. rnmorcd that
Germany had been officially informed Of
Russia's concession, and would BY request
issue the invitations for the Congress, 10 be
held AZ Berlin on June II.
The official Vienna fbendpost confirms the
announcement that Russia has consented to
lay the treaty OF San Stefsno before the Con-
sress, that all the Powers have agreed 10 the
proposal. and that invitations have been is
sued to them 10 attend the Congress, which
will meet in Berlin en- the 18th Of june.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-07

Mr.. ID. III. willard, 81 Capital Axe.
nue., Says that in the year 1888 Oh TIE
east farm. half a mile south 81 the New
ington Railroad junction, he came
across a very large spotted box or hinge
tortoise (so-called from It's power 70
close lis upper and under shells firmly
together Turning il upside dowu NJ
inscribed on il his own initials. and the
date, letting him free. In 1862 he found
the same fellow again half mile west
lie bad crossed two bridges or fordei
the streams, and three railroad track.
The new date was then added, the iirst
inscription being very distinct. lie has
not seen him since until last SATURDAY.,
18th, when he espied him on his west
farm near the New Britain line, about
one and half miles from the first poiu,
named, looking as hale and hearty a.
ever, but not increased in size percepli.
bly,. lie was duly marked 1878, and
sent on his way, with this query: "At
this rate Of travel, when will You reach
the Pacific coast?' --HdrfJord Ttmts
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-07
A Destructive Beetle.

Meryland people are complaining ola
new prank Of the '.June bug or MAY
bug" as they call il in different parts y
the State. Its scientific name Is Lqnch-
nosterna fuscd. Hitherto it has given
no trouble Of the sort, but this year the
bug is busying itself BY cutting Of the
leaves Of trees. The object Of the per-
formance is as yet unknown. and the
matter has been brought up for consid-
GRAFTON before the Maryland Academy
Of Sciences. The Rev DR.. Morris states
that the beetles gather by hundreds al
night upon trees. and proceed % cut
through the leaf-stalks, so that The
leaves drop to the ground Several
trees have thus been found almost bare
Of leaves, and the general damage i
regarded as somewhat serious. The
beetles do not, apparently. eat the
leaves or the stalks. The Mar, lander
are advised 70 shake their fruit trees
for beetles now, If they wish 10 shake
down fruit in the autumn.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-07
The House Amendments to the Army
Bill.

WAsHrSGToS, May 2S.-Thc main
features Of the Army bin a. il passed the
House are a. follows: Fixing the strength
Of the Army NJ 5000 msn; liking the num-
Der 81 cavalry regiments ~ eight, with COM
panies Of not exceeding l2j priyatc-,
and OF infantry regiments AZ -. with
companies ~ not lees than ~ priyate-;
reducing the force OF various stan
departments, and providing for board 10
reorganize those departments; providing
for . board TO recommend the retiring or
mastering out Of officers; liking the number
Of Major Generals II one and 81 Brigadier-
Geuerals ~ three; after those figures shall
have been reached, reducing the number
and rank OF aides de-camp; reducing the
pay and emoluments Of officers; transferring
the Indian Bureau 10 the War Department;
and prohibiting the use 81 United States
troops for civil purposes, unless specially
authorized by act Of Congress. II j. under
stood that the proposed transfer % the In
dian Bureau 90 the War Department Will
meet with strenuous opposition IN the
senate.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-07

wAsHlSGroN, May ~ Representa-.
tive Potter, Chairman Of the Presidential
Election Investigating Committee, has wri,.
ten long letter 20 friend, explaining M
purposes and effect OF his resolution. The
piih Of the letter Is contained ia the follow.
ing extracts:
You suggest that TO raise the auesflo,
about the last Presidential election Min
bring on disturbance or revolution. MOI \,
All. About that possess yourself in peace
There Is not the slightest chance al revoIn.
sion or disturbance. When the Whole
subject OF the election, ! way W. W.
fonsd TO establish tribunal IL pa..
upon the election, and every enc submiited
To that determination. The title rcsis upon
that, and In case that there ~as frand which
palpabiy affected the electoral Vote. ma
which the Commission did not notice, ana II
- legal remedy exists for correcting The er.
ror, you can not believe that such A bra.
ceeding under the Law could lead d disturb.
ance. IL there be no such legal remedy ex.
isting, and Congress should hereafter. NJ
approval Of the President. or by two-thrd.
OF both houses without that Al.
proval, provide one, why should
legal determination thereafter MA
any more produce disturbance than M
decision Of the Electoral Commission dIdF
Ii i exactly because this i not Mexico. and
because the people prefer determining 4iIe,
tions by legal methods-and II legal meth.
DDS have not been provided, 10 invent Legal
methods or determining them, aud rs .sb
init 10 the determination thus arrived a.
that this country can not be MeNicanixel
Having accepted the Electoral Commission.
OF course we We're bound 10 submit fo iis re-
suits, but we ought AZ least 10 be allowed N
show, In such W A. the fact, that the return,
upon which the Commission passed wert
procured by fraud"
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-07
The Bill F0rbidding Farther Coztrac-
ton Of the Currency.

WAsnINGToS, May 2S.--The follow
ing T. the full text OF the bill 70 forbid
the further retirement Of United States le-
gal-tender notes:
ne II e1acfed, etc.. That from and after the
passage Of this act IL shall not BE- lawful for
the secretary Of the Treasury or other ON
GERS under him - cancel on retire amy more
OF United states legal tender notes, and when
any 81 the said notes may be redeemed Of be
be received into the Treasury, under any law
from any source whatever, and shall belong
to the United states, they shall not be retired,
cancelled, or destroyed, but they shall be re-
issued aud paid out again aud kept in circu.
latiOn, provided. that nothing herein shall
prohibit tile cancellation and destruction ~
rutilntcd notes and the issue ~ other notes
~ like denomination In their stead, now
provided All acts and parts III nets la con.
fiict herewith are hereby repealed.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-07

United States Minister Seward writes Of
the famine In China, that actual starvation
Is pressing upon l5,0oo.0u0 OF people, while
0o,ooo,0oo are suffering more or less dis
tress. The crops, he says, have been
good Immediately around the stricken dis
trict, but ~ food can be transported only
on wagons or ck-animals. II can not be
taken thither In sufficient quantities to save
the lives OF the people, In Tientxin . house
made Of mats, for the accommodation OF the
suffering women and children from the fam
ine districts, was burned and 80 lives were
lost.
Reports have been received at London,
from Shanghai, announcing that there had
been rainfall In several provinces, that
sowing is general and prospects for harvest
ing encouraging.
The pleasure steamer Empress OF India,
with party Of about is persons on board.
became unmanageable and capsized over a
dam on Grand River AZ Gait. Ontario, on the
night OF the 22d. All the passengers were
plunged into the river below. Only one body
has been recovered, that OF Henry Jaffray OF
Gait, reporter for newspaper. Among tho
missing are Edward Wren, Thos. Elliot,
Fred. Kane, John Brazer, JAS. Montgomery,
one OF the proprietors Of the boat, Andrew
Jackson and David Scott.
President Andrew White, Cornell Uniyer-
sity, has been appointed First Vice Presi-
dent Of the jury u the Educational Group
N the Exhibition.
yirulent cholera has appeared At Morar in
India. OF IL Europeans attacked 30 have
died. One hundred eases among the native
population are reported.
Earl Russell, the great English Liberal,
died on the 2sth, in the s1th yearof his are.
1t was reported on the 2sth that the Mexi-
can town Of New Laredo was besieged by an
insurgent force under Gen. CARA Ayala,
and that the Customs officers bad fed to the
American side OF the river for protection.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-07

TOPPER Landheger, At Cincinnati, one Of the
largest III the West, has been seized by the
Government officers on account OF alleged
non-cancellation Of stamps.
A destructive fire occurred II Parkers-
burg, West Pa, on the 24th, Is houses be-
ing burned.
Stockholders OF the Consolidated Virginia
Mine have begun proceedings against the
firm OF Flood and O'Brcn, trustees OF the
company, 10 recover the sum Of SIS, 60, 33S,
alleged to have been wrongftllly diverted
by said trustees In their management Of tho
mine. The defendants claim that the OBJ
ject Of the proceedings Is simply TO bear the
stock by attacking the management OF the
mines.
Emile Houillion, who was sentenced 10 be
hanged At Columbus, Texas, on the 24th Of
May, cheated the gallows by taking fatal
dose Of poison on the night previous - the
day set for his execution. His crime was the
murder Of Matthias Malsch, brother law
yer, in 1876, for improper intimacy with his
wife.
During severe storm on the night Of the
3lst, an entire freight train Of 10 cars, to-
gether with the locomotive, went through .
high trestle on the Kansas Pacific Railroad
near Denver, into the yawning abyss below.
Three mer on the locomotive were pre-
sumaby killed, but long search for their
bodies had proved unavaing, and, still more
strange 10 relate, no trace OF the locomo-
tive could be found.
James o. Taylor, . well-to-do farmer OF
GAINESVILLE, West Va, under arrest charg-
ed with the horrible crime Of outraging his
own daughter, beautiful gin aged II.
Taylor il prominent member Of the NJ. r..
Church. His daughter, who has always
borne most excellent character, herself
preferred the charges against him, the de-
tails OF which are almost too horrible for
belief.
The State Savings Bank Of Dallas, Texas,
suspended on the 2sth. Liabilities, $1,000;
assets, $4,000.
At Arlington, Bureau County, H., on the
evening Of the 26th, samuel kearney, who
had been paying his addresses "a Mrs. Eliza
beth Shehan, daughter Of Judge Cullenbine,
upon being refused further permission TO
continue his visits, armed himself, and,
gaining admission to Mrs. Shehan's apart
ment, shot her, but without fatal effect. She
then ran down stairs, pursued by him, and
the father attempting 10 arrest the assassin,
the latter fired at him, the
ball entering his hip. Kearney
then seized carving knife from
the table, with which he deliberately cut
Mrs. Shehan's throat from ear 10 ear, and
then with razor he severed his own Jug
lar, falling back dead almost instantly. Mrs.
Cullenbine, in attempting TO wrest the
knife from the assassin, was also badly cut,
but both she and her husband will recover.
kearney was about 40 years OF age, and had
been visiting Mrs. Shehan for about a year.
The latter was the mother Of two children.
and had been separated from her husband
for some years.
Rev. DIR. Seymour, at the unanimous re-
quest o. the Springfield (Ill.) Diocesan Con-
vention, II. T.. Church, has reconsidered his
former resolution and will accept the Bish-
opric.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-07
CURRENT NEWS.
WASHINGTON.

The Potter Investigation Committee, TO
Inquire into the alleged Presidential election
frauds In Florida and Louisiana, consists Of
the following named gentlemen; GARRISON
N. Potter, OF New York; William X.
Morrison, OF Illinois; Eppa Hunton,
ef Virginia; John A. Mcmahon, OF
Ohio; w. 5. stenger, OF Pennsylvania;
Thomas X. Cobb, Of Indiana; Joseph 9. 5.
Blackburn, Of Kentucky; Jacob ID. Cox, OF
Ohio; Benjamin r. Butler, OF Massachu-
sets; Thomas b. Reed, Of Maine; and
Frank Hiscock, Of New York. The first
seven are Democrats; the other four Repub-
licans.
Secretary sherman has addressed letter
10 Hon. Clarkson N. Potter, Chairman Of
the Florida and Louisiana Investigating
Committee, declaring the charges made
against him TO be absolutely destitute OF
even shadow oftruth, and Offering 10 prove
that the elections in East and West Felici-
ana parishes, Louisiana, were controlled by
force and intimidation, and that the protests
referred to were true, supported by testi-
mony and properly acted upon by the Re-
turning Board. Mr.. Sherman has desig-
mated Hon. Samuel Shellabargar as counsel
for him before the committee.
The Committee on Commerce OF the Sem
ate agreed to report favorably the name
OF st. Gem for Surveyor OF the Pert Of 81.
Louis.
The National Democratic Committee met
In Washington on the 23d for general in
terchange Of views. The only public ex-
preston Of their feelings given Il embraced
In resolution approving the action Of the
House in appointing committee to investi-
gate the frauds alleged 30 have been COM
mitted in the late Presidential election, " to
the end that the truth may be made known
TO the people and repetition Of such frauds
be prevented ia the future"
Representative Phillips OF Kansas has pre-
pared bill declaring the contract between
the Secretary Of the Treasury and the Syn
dictate for the sale OF IL per cent. bonds
contrary 10 law, and providing that hereaf-
ter all sales Of bonds shall be made BY open
subscription, or, II by contract, TO the low
est bidder after due publication.
The House Naval Affairs Committee have
agreed to report fayorably on the Harris bill
appointing Board OF Admiralty to sell the
old ships and construct new navy.
The Democratic House Caucus, held on
the 2sth, to consider the question OF adj
journment, decided to postpone until June
8 action on the Senate joint resolution for
adjou nment June 10. That is deemed
equivalent to q decision thnt there will be
no adjournment before the last Of June or
later.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-06-07

Near Dubuque, Iowa, on the 2ist, three
children OF farmer named Wormkey were
suffocated by the burning Of sticks thrown
into q wood-box. Wormkey and wife had
locked the children In the room and gone to
work in q corn-feld.
The Coroner's Jury which had been hold
fng an inquest on the victims OF the mill ex :
plosion At Minneapolis, have returned aver
diet that the disaster was the result OF an
explosion OF mill-dust floating in the air
kindled by fire In the wood-wor OF wash
burn A. Mill, originating in q spark from
the stones running empty.
The Missouri Press Association held a
three days session at Springfield, terminal
ing May %, and adjourned TO meet at Co.
lumbia next spring. The attendance was
large, and the exercises unusually interest
ing and profitable. The convention was
followed by an excursion over the st. Louis,
Iron Mountain and Southern Railroad to
Mobile and New Orleans.
The National Greenback and Labor party
Of Indiana held State Convention 1t In
dianapois on the ed and nominated full
list OF State officers IS follows: Secretary Of
State-Henry James, Of Grant County;
Auditor--Jacob II. Bird, OF Gibson County !;
Treasurer-R. II. Main, OF Floyd County
School Experimentation Young, OF
Marion County. The platform opposes the
resumption Of specie payments, demands
the abolition Of all bank issues, the
free and unlimited coinage OF gold and sil-
yer, and the issuing BY the Government Of
full legal-tender paper In an amount sum y
cient 10 meet the wants Of trade, TO give en-
ployment 70 all labor, and to do a cash bus
mess, etc. The red-lag Communists and
the Communism OF National banks, bond
syndicates, and consolidated railroad COM
panies are equally denounced. Finally the
Toledo National platform Is indorscd and
reafirmed.
/. Jesse Walker was hanged Mt Farmers
vile, Union Parish. La, on the 24th, for the
murder Of his cousin, Violet Simmons, In
February last. Both the murderer and his
victims were colored.
A tornado, moving from southwest 10
northeast, passed through Wisconsin on the
night Of the 23d, carrying death and de-
struciion In It's wake. Az Mineral Point.
where the tornado first struck with great
severity, large number OF buildings were
demolished and their occupants buried in
the debris. Nine persons are reported kill
ed In this locality and . proportionate num-
Der injured. The tornado, somewhat
abated, hut still very destructive, passed
over Madison and 20 on through the state,
sweeping every thing in it, pathway. The
storm appears TO have originated far 10 the
southwest, crossing the Mississippi about
ok miles south Of Quincy, and IT, course
through the State Of Illinois Il marked with
destruction. AT harrington, McIIcnry
County, several houses were blown down.
The house Of q German farmer named Brun
was one Of the number, and his wife and
two children were killed.
The rectifyiry establishment Of Mr.. Chris