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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20
Senator Jones, of Nevada, made hi

Senator Jones, of Nevada, made hi
great speech on the silver question in
the Senate on Thursday, 14th inst. II
is reported as by far the most exhaus-
tive and telling effort yet made upon
the subject and as having the merit OF
being something new after all that
has been said. A special from Wash.
ington speaking Of how it was receiv-
ed says:
Immediately upon the termination
of his speech there was burst of en-
thusiastic and long-continued ap.
plause from Senators on both sides of
the chamber, as we'll as from all the
galleries, and more that half the
members of Senate left their seats
and crowded around Senator Jones
to congratulate him, the first being
Senator Blaine, who sat directly in
front of him. So great was the con-
fusion caused by these congratula-
tons that despite the efforts Of the
presiding officer and numerous calls
to order, it was nearly ten minutes
before order was sufficiently restored
to allow the business OF the Senate to
paoceed. The official reporters and
other old habitues of the Senate, say
the scene has never been paralleled
with their recollection. Mr.. Conk-
ling and several other opponents of
silver reconciliation, characterized
MT: Jones effort as a ::"great speech"
and Stanley Matthews, rejecting the
general opinion of sympathizers with
its argument, remarked with BEAM
ing countenance Gle has not only
made a great speech, but has worked
q miracle, for he has said something
both good and new on the silver
question"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

to-day in response to an Interpolation
Bismarck stated that he had little
practically new to tell. lie then dis
cussed the separate provisions of the
preliminaries of peace, and showed
that Germany's interests are not af-
fected so as to oblige her to deviate
from her previous attitude. He de-
scribed the apprehension respecting
the Dardanelles as not justified by the
actual situation. Regarding the po-
sition to be taken by Germany, he
said he could not now give any official
information, as the documents only
came into his possession to-day. He
did not believe in European war, as
the powers who opposed Russia
would have to assume the responsible.
ty ofthe legacy left by Turkey. Ger.
many was in favor of Fastening the
Conference, which perhaps will meet
within the first fortnight of March
He rejected emphaticaliy all sugges.
gestions that Germany should inter.
vene, and declared that she was viii.
ling honorably to mediate, but did
not wish to exercise the office of Ar.
bitter of Europe.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

The Des Moines Register SAYS
"There was q little throwing of stones
in the House of Representative, Mon
day forenoon. Mr.. Stone, of Ma
rion, arose to question the proprietv
of a motion to adjourn at a particu.
lar time, that was made by Mr.. Dun.
can, we believe. The Speaker, Mr.. j
Y. Stone, of Mills county, thought
the motion was in order and would
sustain it, to which Mr.. VIM. Stone
of Marion, dryly remarked that hi
supposed then,..a motion to adjourn
in that body was like the time for
taking drinks in q democratic con.
vention-always in order. Speaker
Stone very humorously rejoined that
he could not offer an opinion as to
the rules of democratic convention,
never having had any ezperience in
such body, IS had his worthy friend
from Marion. The House caught the
inspiration Of the joke, and broke out
in laughter, which was at once quell-
ed by the Speakers gavel, and bust
ness was proceeded with. 1t was q
very laughable episode, and relieved
the dull monotony of Legislative
work.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

ONE Of the counsel for the Return
ing Board has written letter to par
ties in Washington, dated on the 9th
inst, in which he says:
The conviction of Anderson and
the entire board is q foregone con-
clusion here. Nothing can save them
if they are tried in the state court
1t makes no difference what the law
and the evidence may be, the public
aided by the manipulation
of the state law in forming Jury,
makes conviction certain. They have
NO chance. l think 1 explained the
matter to you when last in Washing
ton. Under the statutes and Civil
Rights bill this question can be re.
viewed by the Supreme Court of the
United States in a writ of error from
our Supreme Court, but in the mean
time you see the consequences. We
are in bad condition, and with no
help or no hope. Anderson is as in
nocent of the crime charged as if he
had never been on the board. Yet
he has been convicted. God help us
Yours, JOHN RAY.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

We are panied to announce the
deaths of Mr.. Allen A. Smith, and his
daughter Julia. Mr.. Smith home
steaded q portion of what is now the
Enterprise town site, some years ago.
About five years since he purchased
the farm on which he died, making
substantial improvements, and hau
succeeded in fixing his family COM
fortably on fine farm. But he did
not long survive to enjoy the reward
of his toll. He has, however, as we
hope, only exchanged the home on
earth for the home on high. He was
kind husband and father, a good
citizen and an honest man-"the no.
blest work of God" and leaves behind
him a good name, which is more to
be desired than riches. Julia Angus
ia was good girl, obedient and
kind, and beloved at home, and by
her associates in our schools. Peace
to the departed. The family remain
ing consists of Mrs. Smith. three sons
and two daughters, who deeply
mourn the absence of the loved ones
from their circle. May they be COM
forted by the hope that their family
circle will, in the Kind Fathers own
good time, be joyfully reunited in the
"MorniDg Land, "''The land of peace
and love-" where "tears will be wiped
from all faces.-Abilene (Kan.) Ga
zette, Feb. Is.
The old friends of Lieut.. Smith, in
Wapello county, will regret to learn
of his demise. He was faithful SOL
der and officer of 20. Z. Both Iowa
Infantry, and was an honest, upright
man.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

John Irish, late candidate for Gov
crnor in this state, calls the greenback
doctrine "mean, dishonest or ignorant
false teaching upon the currency qucs.
tion," and says "75 per cent. of the
democratic party believes in the dec,
laration of President Tilden and Gov
Mcclellan upon the hard money the.
ory."
Irish received, on the 7th day o.
November last, $4,000 democrati,
votes, holding and announcing jus
such utterances as the above. In pla
ces democrats made diversion las
fall to tickle the greenbackers an,
gain votes on local candidates. w,
notice, however, that in the fall o
l'76, one year preceding, democrat
hereabouts did not go back on Til
den.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20
The Chicago journal says:

Frank Hatton, editor of the Bur-
iington Qowa) Haackeye, who is
writing letters from Washington TO
his paper, after listening to the Senate
debate on silver for q week, fails to
discover glimmer of craftsmanship.
1t would be well for Congress to
heed this conclusive estimate of Con-
gressional craftsmanship on the sill
yer side and those of them that can,
should pray the Lord to direct
them rs to whether they better re-
sign or not.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

The vote in the Senate on tho Silver
bill was. including those paired and
absent, politically, as follows: For
the bill, Republicans, &c; Democrats
&c; nays, Republicans, IA /; Democrats,
10.
This shows how utterly this ques.
ton is taken out of the realm of par
ty. New England, from whence
came a large part of the negative
votes was solidly against the bill and
in those six States the democrats had
only two Senators, viz, Eaton and
Barnum from Connecticut. The fact
that the republicans predominant in
New England explains clearly why
the republicans in the negative are a
few more in number than the demo.
Gratis. lG
There were twenty-five States that
voted in the Senate unanimously SOL
i'd for the Silver bill: Virginia, Ohio,
North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Ala
bama, Iowa, Florida, Colorado, Ken
lucky, Indiana, Tennessee, Minnesota,
Arkansas, Nebraska, Louisiana, Wis
consin, Texas, Illinois, West Virginia,
Kansas, Missouri and Nevada; and
eight States that gave half their votes
for the bill; Delaware, Maryland,
South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi,
Michigan, California and Oregon
making total of 80 votes out of rs.
OF the twenty-four votes in the
Senate against the reconciliation of
silver, twelve were contributed by
New England, four by New York
and New Jersey, and one each by
Delaware, Maryland, South Carolina,
Georgia, Mississippi, California, Ore
gon, and Michigan. Senator Chris
Fl M 81 tie Great West voted
on the gold side.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

SATURDAY morning at 5 o'clock ..
m, the last check in the way of the
final passage of the silver bill was
removed by its passage in the Senate
by two-thirds vote. And yet gold
has not gone up but down, and better
still, government stocks have not gone
down but up. Where is that terrible
scare-crow that has been SO assidu-
ously hoisted to the public gaze by
the goldites for months past. 1t has
vanished. Not ruffle occurs in the
financial world, by the certainty Of
the passage Of the silver bill, but or
the other hand, from one end of THU
broad Union to the other there is |,
voice Of gladness, a song of conf
dence restored and hope of bette
times SO assured as to amount to
q certainty of it,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20
Mall Robbers Arrested.

CHICAGO, Feb. lS.-The Postofficc
Department came into possession, on
Saturday afternoon, of 5000 of Can
ada money, which was stolen while
on the way from Bell & Smithere,
New York agents of the Bank of
Montreal to Fort Benton, Montana,
last August. Several previous ar
rests for the robbery have been made.
but all have proved fruitless.
These bills were in the hands of
Abe Lipman, pawnbroker, who was
negotiating them for a stranger from
Nebraska, who called himself Har-
mon and who claimed to have come
by the bills honestly. Harmon, Lip
man, Peter Voslaski, Lipman's part
ner and Frank Rose. were arreste d,
but all except Harmon were released
on bail. The matter was kept q pro-
found secret. especially from press
agents, as it is claimed that had the
story been telegraphed promptly over
the country the actual thief, who is
now in the vicinity Of Cheyenne, and
under espionage, would have been
enabled to escape. 1t is expected he
will be arrested to-day.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

The Sioux City Journal seems to be
wavering from policy to an impla-
cable standpoint, as witness the fol-
lowing in its daily issue of the 10th
instant:
The President of the United States
should be the President of the whole
country. But for all that, the Presi-
dent who shall undertake to be the
President of both political parties
will make conspicuous failure of
the Job.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

A spurious coin, in the shape of a
Mexican silver dollar, made its ap-
pearance in Chicago few days ago,
and is supposed to be gaining rap.
i'd circulation. The counterfeit is a
very clever one and not easily detect
ed. 1t is made of sand and glass,
which gives tc the piece deceptive
ring, and sufficient nickel to give it
almost the necessary weight. The
best plan suggested to detect the
piece is to rub it with the genuine
coin, and it will be found to chip off
ct the edges. All the coins found
thus far bear the date 1877.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

The United States Senate may be
set down as no longer q possible
stumbling block to the remonetiza-
ton of silver, oven should the Presi-
dent veto the bill. Taking the 4S
Senators who voted for the bill, to-
gether with the two who favored it
but were paired aud the ono favor
ing it who was absent from sickness
viz: Ransom, and we have 81 votes
which is just two-thirds of q full Sen
ate. So that if even the entire Senate
were to assemble, the bill would pass
over the veto, and the 81 would Ger.
tainly be increased to 50 by the vote
of Senator Sharon. Thus two-thirda
and one to spare of the United States
Senate demand the restoration Of sill.
yer as money, while in the House the
majority is much greater.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20
A Cloud Of Witnesses.

For nearly quarter of a century
DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy has been
acknowledged by the people as pos
tive cure for all catarrhal affections.
Its great popularity with physicians
and patients, together with its con-
stantly increasing sale, attests, in ar
guments stronger than words, its
healing power. If there be general
or nervous debility and impoverished
blood, DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery should be used in connec-
ton with the Catarrh Bemedy. The
following named persons are among
the thousands who have been cured
Of catarrh by the use of DIR. Sage's
Catarrh Remedy:
) Brown, st. Joseph, Mo. &c Lewis,
Rutland, VT; Levi Springer, Nettle
Lake, o.; Chas Norcrop, North Ches-
terfeld, Me-; Milton Jones, Serbia,
n. Y; } e Miller, Bridger Station,
Wyo.; j G Merriman, Logansport,
Ind; j. W. Bailey, fremont, Pa. !;
II b Ayres, La Porte, Ind. Jessie NJ
Sears, Fl. Branch, Ind. L. Williams,
Canton, Mo-; w A Thayer, Onarga,
III. ); S B Nichols, jr., Galveston, Tex !;
Jonas F Reinert, Stonesville, Pa; S
w Lusk, Mcfarland, Wis.,; johnson
Williams, Helmick, o.; Mrs M A
Curry, Trenton, Tenn; j q Joslin,
keene, n. H.; A j Caspar, Table
Rock, w. Va. Louis Anders, Gays
port, o.; c II Chase, Elkhart, Ind. !:
Mrs Henry Haight, San Francisco,
CAL, Mrs f M Galusha, Lawrence
vile. N. y w Graham, Adel, Ia. !;
A o Smith, Newman, Ga. Chas. E
Rice, Baltimore, Md; Jesse M. Sears,
Carlisle Ind. Danl B Miller, Fort
Wayne, Ind; Mrs Minnie Arnaise,
29O Delaney street, New York II W
Hall, Hastings, Mich. VIM. f Mars
ton, Lowell, Mass; l w Roberts,
Maricopa, Arizona. Chas. s Delaney,
Harrisburg, Pa; M C Cole, Lowell,
Mass; Mrs C j Spurtin, Camden,
Ala; Chas F Kaw, Fredericktown,
Ohio; Mrs Lucy Hunter, Pennington
His; Capt. p j Spaulding, Camp
Stambaugh, Wyo. Nv Tracy, Steam
boat Rock, Iowa; Mrs Lydia Waite,
Shushan, N. Y; j M Peck, Junction
City, Mont. Henry Ebe, Bantas, Cal ;
L + Cummings, Rantoul, ILL.,; s Z
Jones, Charleston Four Corners, N.
r.; Geo. f Hall, Pueblo, CAL; VIM
y Bartrie, Sterling, Pa. II II Ebon,
94S Penn Street. Pittsburgh, Pa: r
Jackman, Samuels Depot, KY; Hen
ry nobrist, Geneva, N. r.: Miss Hat
tie Parrot, Montgomery, Ohio; l.
Ledbrook, Chatham, I'll. !; s b Coy,
Nashport Ohio; w w Warner, North
Jackson, Mich. Miss Mary A Winnie,
Darien, Wis; John Zeigier, Carlisle
Springs, Pa; James Tompkins, st.
Cloud, MINI. Enoch Duer, Pawnee
City, Nebraska; Joseph T Miller,
Xenia, Ohio; S B Nichols, Galveston,
Tex; H L Laird, Upper Alton, Ill.
John Davis, Prescott, Arizona; Mrs
Nancy Graham, Forest Cove, Oregon.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

The Inter-Ocean special from WASH
ington says that public opinion there
is about equally divided as to wheth-
or the President will veto the silver
bill. To US it seems that it cannot be
possible that the President will inter-
pose his veto. Was there constitu-
tional question involved and he tho't
the constitution violated by the bill,
then the President might be justified
in exercising his veto power, but in q
mere matter of policy il can hardly
be that the President will assume to
dictate to an overwhelming majority.
Should he veto the bill, it will be
very certain that he is not lacking in
asinine stubbornness.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

The following occurred on the 18th
inst, in the U. S. Senate during the
debate on the silver bill:
"Mr. Blaine said he received MANY
letters asking whether the demoneti.
cation bill was read in the Senate in
February, 1873. And he referred to
the Globe, to newspaper reports, and
to the Record 10 show that it was
read.
Messrs. Blaine and Voorhees, be.
came involved in q discussion, in
which each confessed that he knew
nothing about the character of the bill
when it passed."
Here are two very prominent poll.
ticians, one Of each of the two great
parties, who were both members OF
the House in 1873, when the silver de.
monetization act was passed, who,
now occupying seats in tie Senate,
publicly say that they did not know
anything about the character of the
act of 1873, at the time it passed. We
have not the least doubt but both OF
them told the exact truth, however,
humiliating it was to admit the fact
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20
A0GuE LET 0tlT

ST. LOUIS, Feb. l6.-U. S. District
attorney Bliss has been directed to en-
ter nolle prosequi in the criminal
case Of Jno. T. Hogue the only men,
Der of the st. Louis whisky ring,
against wAom proceedings still stand.
Hogue was q revenue agent and
was sent here to investigate charges
made against certain distillers. The
Indictment charged him with accent
ing bride of several thousand dol
lars to make false report, He has
been in Canada since the indictment
was found.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20
The Crippled soldiers, paw Doll,

the Crippled soldiers Pay Roll.
This roll was one of the most
sacredly preserved features about the
House Of Representatives during Re-
publican rule. The conditions of sp-
pointment upon it were that the ap-
plicant should be minus at least one
limb, although the loss of two limbs
was greater recommendation. Thus
Congress has kept twenty-four Grip
pies acting as janitors and messen-
gers for about twelve years. During
the last ex-confederate Congress these
veterans were undisturbed, but on the
election of doorkeeper to this Con-
gress, the old veterans were al dis
and their places were to be
filed, it was announced, with veteran
soldiers, but Of the Democratic per-
1t appears, however, that
the law-which provides that all en-
ployes of this class shall be disabled
soldiers-lias been violated in nearly
every instance, and that 2O-year old
son of ex-Doorkeeper "Bigger-man.
than-old-Grant" Fitzhugh has, among
others. been drawing pay as disa-
bled soldier. He was about 8 wears
old when the war closed.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

1t is now being very tersely put 10
policy men whether it was peni-
Tertiary offense to return the elector-
al vote of Louisiana for Hayes?" We
don't undertake to answer this CO.
nundrum for policy men, but one
thing we say, viz that from the course
President Hayes has pursued, we are
inclined to think he must answer the
query in the affirmative.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

The cremation of Mrs. Ben Pitt
man, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was success
fully accomplished at DIR. LeMoyne's
"human bake oven" at Washington
Pa, on Friday last, in one hour and
three quarters. The remains were
reduced to five pounds in weight, and
resemhled cutie bone, such as is
fed to canary birds. The dispatches
say that the ashes will be forwarded
to Mr.. Pittman at Cincinnati, when
sufficiently cooled, per express and
Mr.. Pittman will plant them under Q
rose bush.
The correspondent of the Chicago
Times, in giving an account Of The
ceremonies of cremation offers tht
following gratuitous and uncalled fol
insult to the forty million Christian
people of the United States. He
says:
"No clergyman was present to de-
liver fulsome eulogies upon the life
of the deceased. No hymns were sung
There was
| NONE OF THAT PoWWoW
usually held over corpses, which i
scarcely an improvement upon tn,
barbarous drum and tom-t tom bust
ness Of the American Indian o,
South Sea Islanders"
But what better could be expecte,
of such venal paper as the Times is
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

A NOVEL thing appears in . bill re-
Gently introduced in the Senate by
Stanley Matthews, to incorporate the
"National Security Life Insurance
Company" Among the incorpora-
tors are men of national reputation,
but the interesting and important
feature of the bill is clause compell-
ing the company to deposit in the
Treasury of the United States, Unit
ed States bonds, . reserve fund for
the security of the policy holders,
just as q national bank is compelled to
deposit bonds to secure it's circulation.
Another good clause compels the
to make an annual report to
the Secretary of the Interior of the
condition Of its finances and business
subject to his investigation, such re-
port to be published, with his certifi-
cate of approval, in a newspaper.
We don't know why Stanley has
not hit upon a good thing.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

Hon. E. S. SAMPSON, writes us of
the passage of the silver bill in the
Senate, and says: 81 want to say that
"having voted to restore the old dol
"lar of 4l2k grains in the first ses-
"sion of the 44th Congress, am very
"much gratified at the result in the
.Senate." Judge Sampson has been
q staunch and able advocate of silver
reconciliation.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20
O0ssUMpTION uURED.

An old physician retired from active
practice, having had placed in his
hands by an East Indian Missionary,
the formula ofa simple vegetable com.
pound for the speedy and permanent
cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Ca
tarrb, Asthma, and all Throat and
Lung affections, also positive and
radical cure for general debility and
oil nervous complaints, after having
thoroughly tested its wonderful cnra-
tive powers in thousands of cases,
feels II his duty to make it known to
his suffering fellows. The recipe will
be sent free Of charge, to all who de-
sire it, with full directions for prepar-
ing and successfully using. Address
with stamp, naming this paper, DR.. J.
G. Stone, A North Ninth ST., Philadel-
phia Pa. oct256md&w
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

Among the names we have seen
mentioned for the republican nomi-
nation to Congress in the Sixth Iowa,
district are those of the present very
worthy and able member, Hon. E. S.
Sampson, Hon. NJ. E. Cults, Hon. VIM
Loughridge and ex-Gov. VIM. NJ
Stone.-Siou1 City journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20
Assassination.

ST.. LOUIS, Feb. 1S.-Dr. Henry C.
Moss was assassinated at his house in
Venice ILL.,. about one o'clock this
morning. Hehad arisen to take some
medicine when he saw two men peer.
ing through the window. He opened
the door, thinking they wanted his
professional services, and one of them
Immediately fired, shooting him
through the heart. Several men were
arrested to-day on suspicion.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20

The United States Suprem, Court
has just confirmed the decision of the
Circuit Court (Judge Dillon in the
noted case Of the Govern
ment against the distillery of Samuel
II. Nisley, of Camanche. Iowa, q short
distance below Clinton. This is the
final result of series of operations
constituting the cleanest sweep ever
made in the west by the national au-
thorities against any distiller found
guilty Of violating the revenue laws.
The Government has secured $4,000
forfeited bail, $4,000 forfeited distil-
lery bond, and now has the distillcry
itself, and the land ON which it is sit
uated.-DubuQue Times.
The above was q case that was fer
reted out by Supervisor Hedrick and
Revenue Agent Brown, and in which
the evidence was all accumulated
and fastened SO directly upon the
thieves engaged in the steal that there
was no escape for them. This too
was accomplished before the grea,
whiskey Reform was trumpeted owe,
the land by Ben. II. Bristow, and who
took almighty good care that nobody
arrested should be convicted provided
they thought Bristow would make
model candidate for the presidency