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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

affection TO his friend and ally. the
noble and chivalrous ruler of tho At
ghans and Belooches. History teach
es that Russia ever espouses q Just
cause; that she has always known
how to protect her allies from tha At.
tacks Of any enemy, however power.
ful whoever sides with Russia mead
not fear that . hair of his head will be
injured. The power OF tho Russian
sword lie great. This IL fact kno WIN
to the enemies of Russia, 10 well a. to
her allies. May God protect and pre-.
serve the two powerful sovereigns,
the Gar and the Amer. May God
promote the welfare Of the two allied
countries to the benefit oft Afghans,
the Russians, and humanity at large.
May the echo of these words awaken
CON ISOLATION and hope where oppres-
sion and tyranny are paramount"
The blade of the sword has the fol.
lowing inscription in the Persian
tongue: "May God give thee victory
over tho infidels.0
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
An Er,atic Congressman.

The Springfield (Mass.) RepuJl can
reports that Hon. II. B. Smith. recent
ly elected to Congress from Smith
vile, N. j., by the combined votes of
Democrats and Greenbackers, has
two families, one in Woodstock, Vt,
and another at his present home. In
1876 he ran away with and ostensibly
married Venona Eveline, a young
daughter of John English, of Wood
stock. The pair lived happily to-
gether until 1866, and four children
were born to them. Part of this mar
ried life was spent in Boston and part
in Lowell, where Smith was in bust
ness, but about 1850 he bought q
house in Woodstock, where Mrs.
Smith came and lived, being fire.
quently visited by her husband, and
where most, if not all, of the children
were born. They represented them
selves as man and wife, and were so
considered and received by the peo-
pie. Mrs. Smith was a model wife
and mother, and was then, and has
always since been respected in the
community. She never suspected but
what she was legally married until,
to quote her words, che told me that
he had found a woman who would
be true to him, and was going to mar
ry her, and / might tell my friends
that my marriage was not legal"
Mrs. Smith, as her Woodstock neigh
bors, indignant at her treatment, still
call her, is about GO years old, and
her face is marked with lines of care
and sorrow. When visited by a re-
porter the other day, she refused to
say anything which could injure
Smith, and begged that no publicity
might be given to the affair. Smith is
wealthy and owns all Smithville, a
small manufacturing village eight
cen miles from Philadelphia. The
date of his marriage to his present
wife is not known, but there is no
doubt of his being married. Mrs. A.
M. Smith, edits the Smithville Me-
chanic, an eight-page advertising
sheet published by her husband, and
is smart woman. Whether this Sec
ond marriage, az is supposed without
the formality of an intervening di-
vorce, will defeat Smiths Congress
si0nal aspirations, il not known. I'm
Ter tho laws of Vermont an agree
nent to live together as man and
wife, followed by cohabitation and
approximations by the parties that
hey are man sand wife, 10 a legal
marriage without any ceremony, ]
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
WEAVER PLEDGED.


The Ottumwa Democrat and Times
have consolidated and will hereafter
be run by Evans & Ives. During the
last campaign Evans represented de-
mocracy, and Ives greenbackism. In
the first issue under the consolidation
we find the following:
Seen. Weaver and Mr.. De la Ma
tyr, of Indiana, will act with the
democrats, which will add two more to
the democratic column, and leave the
Nationals but 8. At any rate the
democrats will have a majority over
ALL"
AS Ives got good many of his ar
ticles, during the campaign, from
greenback headquarters in this city,
they must know what they are talk
ing about SO far az Weaver is con-
cerned.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

The London Lancet announces as
the heavy weight Mr.. VIM. Camp
bell, of Newcastle, on Tyne. He
weighs over 1928 pounds; is six feet,
four inches high, measures around
the shoulders ninety-six inches,
around the waist eighty.five inches,
and around the calf Of his leg thirty
five inches. He is only % years old.
1t is with difficulty that he keeps his
present Glow" weight. He was bro't
up tprinter, but his size compelled
him I'd discontinue, the type cases be-
ing crowded too far away for the
fresch" pr bis arms.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27


The Cincinnati Gazette has obtain
ed one of the simon-pure fraudulent
tissue paper tickets voted down in
South Carolina by the democrats. 1t
is about such paper as is used in books
for protection to steel plate engrav-
ings. The ticket is three inches by
one and a half. The Gazette has print
ed a large number of fac-similes Of
this ticket and sends one to each of its
subscribers.
Mr.. Mackey, of Charleston and the
q. 8. Supervisor at one of the polls in
that city, both attest | that Daggett,
foreman of the Charleston Netrs ano
Courier, stuffed large number Of
these ballots into a ballot box, and
did it without hindrance by the cleo.
ton board.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
MISSIONARIES EATEN UP.
FVty or More Cdnnidals Killed, and
Many Of Their 7Oicns Destroyed.
From the Melbourne Argus, October 8

rTofh VIZ NActuouTut Argus, OCtOUer o.
Intelligence has been received from
the Island of New Britain of the
massacre, on April 10th, Of three ma
tive Wesleyan mission agents, who
were set upon and murdered, and
their bodies eaten by the mountain
tribes. The Wesleyan church in Aus.
tralia directs and supports evangelist
ic operations in the Friendly Islands,
the new colony of Fiji, Samoa, the
lone island OF Rotumah, and the
group of islands OF which New Brit
ain and New Ireland are the largest.
The mission is under the charge of
the Rev. George Brown, who resides
on one of the Duke of York
group of islands. Eight of the
teachers had expressed their wish and
determination to visit the interior
tribes of New Britain. They divided
into two bands in order to cross the
island at different parts. Four Of
them started from Blanche Bay, and
the other four made the north side of
the island their point of departure.
The Blanche Bay party returned next
day to their point of departure. The
other four teachers also reached the
plateau in safety, interviewed the ma
tives and were entertained for the
night in one of the towns. A chief,
named Talili, who lived on the low
land, but who had influence in the in
terror. sent a message to the town in
which the unfortunate teachers were
lodged for the night, beseeching the
tribe to kill item. When the doomed
men left the village the next morning
the people followed, and calling upon
all whom they met working in the
plantations by the way to join them
in the deed of blood, at length fell
upon the unarmed, unsuspic'ous
teachers and slew them in a savage
fashion. The bodies were cut up aud
the pieces sent here and there to the
different towns, where they were
cooked and eaten with cannibal GER
emory and delight. The object of
thus. distributing the bodies was to
implicate large number of towns in
the massacre-a customary device of
savages. The Rev. Mr.. Brown, on
hearing of the massacre, adopted
very severe reprisals, which on the
part Of missionary have been vari-
ously commented on by the Austral-
ian press. An expedition was forth.
with organized, and the result Of the
reprisals was that at least fifty, posi-.
bly, more of the cannibals were kill
ed, and many of the towns and plan.
tations were destroyed.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

The administration proposes to dis
continue an Alabama pOstoffice be-
cause the postmaster is swindler.
Of course! 1t is another Southe I'm out
rage. How about the Chicago post
office? Would the Ottumwa Courier
or Davenport Gazette favor the dis
continuing of the Ottumwa and Da-
renport post offices, should the post
masters of those offices prove to be
swindlers.-B,trlingtosa Gazette.
It is often distasteful to try to set
some men Alright. Where a person
has been honestly mistaken, however,
it is pleasure to call their attention
to it, for such are ever ready and anx-
ious to do justice.
The facts in the Alabama case are
that the postmaster referred to traded
in postage stamps, whereby he made
a large profit to himself, and did so
in violation Of law. The Govern
ment sent its agent down there to ar
rest the postmaster and have him
properly dealt with. The people who
were served by the Office sided with the
postmaster and INSTRUCTED the officer
in the discharge of his duties. The
people openly declared that the law
should not be enforced against the
postmaster. This declaration on the
part of the people setting at defiance
the law of the United States and its
officer, led the Postmaster General te
think it best not to furnish mail faeil.
tiles to people who had no respect
for the law Of the department AND
maltreated its agents. We presume
to say that if the postmaster at OF
tumwa should commit crime and
an officer of the law was sent here te
deal with him, and the people herea.
bouts should oppose the postmaster
arrest, or oppose any legal steps being
taken, the department would deal
with our people in the same way, es
lpecially when, from the nature o.
things, as in the Alabama case, nc
other efficient remedy seemed availa
BILE.
Anybody,-who like the Gazctt,
folk, will defend Alabamians under
the well-known circumstances of this
case, as in the above extract,-is offs
piece with them; indeed we think
living in the North, with all its ad
vantages, and not having the plea O
Southern bias to urge. they are The
worst part of the piece.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

THE following is not authoritative
but it is supposed to be the methods
that Secretary Sherman has decided
upon thus far, touching the manner
of the resumption of specie payments:
First-United States notes will be
redeemed at the New York Sub
Treasury in gold or silver coin at the
option of the holder of notes, with.
out limitation us to amount.
Second-Legal-tender notes of a
special issue of large denominations
will be delivered in place of gold GER
tificates, and there will be no further
issue of gold certificates.
Third-Holders of notes who pre.
fer gold instead of silver will obtain
gold, and the Treasurer will not force
upon the holder of notes the kind of
legal-tender coin that is not desired.
Fourth-That legal-tenders, even
without the enactment of any law of
firmatively authorizing it, will be ev-
erywhere received for custom dues.
Fifth-That silver dollars will be
exchanged for legal-tender or Nation
al bank notes in multiples of 81 900 at
any Sub-Treasury or National Bank
which is United States depository,
the expense of transportation to be
paid by the mint. This is the plan
which was inaugurated in September
last, but was so suddenly discontinued
on the ground that there was no au-
thority of law to exchange silver for
legal tenders until after January 1.
Sixth-That perhaps arrangements
would be made at Sub Treasures 9TH
er than at New York to redeem legal
tenders in coin within ordinary linn
its, but not in large sums. There can
be no doubt as to first point, for the
reason that the Resumption act makes
such an act mandatory. AS to the
second point, this was decided upon
at the time the plate for legal tenders
of as large denominations as $50, 900
were ordered engraved. The plate is
ready, and the object of the special
issue of legal tenders is to avoid the
necessity of the further issue of gold
certificates.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

ration OF the specie standard, and the
legislation needed is that which will
not overthrow but corporate with
the present well-managcd monetary
institutions in the country in accom-
plishing this result. When this is
done the present banking system, if
then thought desirable, may DO modi-
fled without danger to the credit or
business and commercial interests Of
this great nation,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
WAS He MURDERED?

Another Chapter in the Ashtabula
Bridge Horror "A Belief Prera,l.
ing that Engineer Collins Did Not
Commit Suicide.
There lie considerable excitement
in Cleveland, O., over a story which
has just got into circulation in regard
to the death Of Charles Collins, Chief
Engineer of the Lake Shore and
Michigan Southern Railroad, who
committed suicide soon after the ter
rible bridge disaster on the road at
Ashtabula. O. Tho theory is that
Mr.. Collins never committed suicide,
as was supposed at the time, but that
body placed in the bed where it was
found. 1t was thought that on ac-
count of his being engineer of the
road and therefore responsible for
the condition of the bridge, he had
become insane by brooding over the
terrible cat ,strophe and taken his
own life. But it is said that the gen.
tleman who found the body has new
Ell believed it case of suicide, and
that j. N. Brewer, Assistant Engineer
is especially firm in that opinion.
Hon. George l.. Converse, chair
man of the joint committee of the
General Assembly to investigate the
accident, is also reported as being OF
the belief that it was murder. Mrs
Collins, who was in Ashtabula at the
time, also believes there was foul
play. There is no denying the fact
that several of the intimate friends OF
Mr.. Collins have made up their minds
that he was murdered, aud this too
at the instigation of persons who
feared what he might give before the
legislative committee, which was in
Cleveland taking testimony at the
time. 1t is claimed that for case OF
suicide the body laid too naturally,
and that the covering Of the bed was
in the best of order, and that on the
forehead there was an indentation,
going to show that the deceased was
knocked senseless, and then murdered
by shooting through the head. 1t is
further asserted that the blow on the
head was inflicted by a roller on
which towel was hung. The frame
to which this roller was attached was
found broken, and the roller itself
was not found for moth.
The theory is that party Of ronghs
were hired to make away with The
engineer, and entering his residence
at the dead of night, accomplished
the terrible deed without disturbing
any one, Mr.. Collins being alone al
the time.
Detectives are now working on the
case, and possibly may be able to
throw some light on the question,
Was Chas. Collins murdered?
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

Capt. Bates informs us that he has
nearly completed his part of the Wa
pello county history. He spent some
three weeks more time here than in
any other county, and he says his col
lation of facts touching the early set
Element and growth of our county
will be unusually interesting. The
sale of the book will be large andev.
erybody ought to have one.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
SCHuRZ-sHERlDAN CoNTRo.
NE0Sv

Says the Inter- Ocean Washington
special, giving purported interview
with Gen. Sherman:
"Why," said the General, in his
quick, nervous way, tive have got
stacks of enough to fiji q
large rOom-and we are anxious to
bring 1t out, but Sheridan could af-
ford, under the circumstances, to
merely reply that, inasmuch as Sec
rotary Schurz has seen fit to give his
letter to the public before it was de-
livered to him (Sheridan), the Secre-
tary might wait for the public to
make an answer. ! suppose Sheridan
will reply promptly, and in a manner
he is capable of doing, and then all OF
the correspondence will go the coun.
try together. There is going to be a
lively fight if the Indian Bureau
wants to make fight" concluded the
General.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

In 1912 England attempted to
chastise the Amer of Afghanistan.
Gen. Elphinstone was dispatched to
that country with 1880 men, and
captured Khyber Pass, as the present
English force has done, and then
marched on the capital, Cabul, and
captured 1t. In the meantime the
hardy mountaineers rushed down
from their homes in the rocky detiles,
drove the English back, and Of all
that 16, 500 of the flower of the Eng.
lish army scarce 300 survived to tell
the tale Of defeat and disaster. Il
history to be repeated?
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

The Chickasaw Indian nation seems
to be advancing in the science of pol
itics, having already reached the
counting in" stage. Cyrus Harris,
of that nation, wants the President to
intercede in his behalf. In a petition
he sets forth that he was elected gov
ernor of the nation; the Chickasaw
Senate and House of Representatives
declared him duly elected. The next
day, however, they again met, and
by throwing out enough votes count
ed him out, declared b. G. Burney
elected governor, and installed him
in the executive chair. To such a
proceeding Mr.. Harris objects, and
wants the president to help him out.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
FURTHER FROM COMPTROLLER
KNOX ON NATIONAL BANKS

The surplus of the National banks
amounted, on Oct. l, to nearly $ll7,-
100000. A part of this sum repre-
sents the profits earned by former
State banks previous to their CONVEX
sion into National organizations, and
brought by them into the system.
The greater portion was, however, ac-
cumulated by the National banks
during the years of business prosperi-
ty Immediately succeeding the close
Of the war.
The maximum surplus was reached
In June, 1875, and there has since been
q gradual diminution of this fund.
The diminution has been caused by
charging thereto from time to time,
portions of the losses sustained by the
National banks, such losses aggregat-
ing, during the last three years, the
large sum of $64, l19,4l5.,
Although the charging up of losses
has very considerably reduced the
surplus of the banks, vet if the total
losses incurred had been wholly
charged to this fund it would have
been still more largely diminished.
The greater portion Of the losses men,
toned has been Cancelled by charging
them to the account of current profits,
In consequence of which 357 banks,
with an aggregate capital of SIS, 1885,.
$50, have, during the last six months,
paid no dividends at all; while dur
ing the last three years the average
number of banks semi-annually pass
Ing dividends on account of losses has
been 2S8. This number Is equal to
about one-seventh of the whole num-
Der now in operation. The average
amount of capital upon whichno div
idends have been paid during that
time Is $44, $3.50, SIC; from which it fol-
lows that for continuous period of
three years nearly One-tenth of the
total capital of the National banks
has been without profit to its owners.
The ratio to capital and surplus OF
the total net earnings of all the Ma.
tional banks was, in 1876, 60 per cent;
In 1877, Sc per cent; and in 1878, S. l
per cent.
The average ratio of dividends to
capital in the New England and Mid.
die States, where the greater portion
of the capital of the National banks
Is held, was, during the last three
years, 80 per cent. In the same States
the ratio of dividends to combined
capital and surplus was SIS per cent
and the ratio of the net earnings to
capital and surplus was 81 per cent.
The amount of taxation, National
and State, annually for the last foul
years have been as follows:
Year National. State. Total
1874 81 ,256, 1883 S, 500, 1926 SIG, SIG, 4Oe
1875 7,317,531 lO,058,l22 1885
1876 = 7,076,087 9,7O1,732 1871, Sle
1877 6,902,573 S,829,304 1871 ,S71
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
uNGUALlFIEDLY POINTED.
lhicaun Trihnna

There seem to be only two opinions
in regard to the result of the trial of
the Protection Life-Iasurance Compa-
ny conspiratOrs: One, that twelve
men were found whose moral natures
were so low that they could not dis
tingush between right and wrong;
could not see that it was a crime to
steal $3.50, 900; and the ether that they
were bought to bring in verdict of
not guilty. The verdict was a shock
ing commentary on the jury system
as it works in practice in this country.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

The official vote on Congressman
in New Jersey makes the parties in
the State stand in this way: Repub-
lican vote, 9O,44s; Democratic, so, O29;
National, 24,609; Temperance, GIG.
Republican plurality, lO,45O. In 1876
the democratic vote on Congressman
was s,l3s, and the republican lO3,-
Ala. In 1876 the democrats elected
four members, and in 1878 the repub-
Hcans elect five and the democrats two.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
THE Newton .1o,,yoo, exnl.,n. .bopt

The Newton Josamm explains abou,
that contest for County Recorder in
Jasper county. and why the republic.
an, Carrothers, got the Office over
Russell, Reform democratic green.
back-fusiOn candidate. Notice where
the reform comes in:
Russell testified before the Judges
as follows:
Had no idea how much more than
$1,000 per year the Office was werth
understood it was worth from $4,000
to $500; visited nearly all the town
ships; never made that resolution an
election plea; made no objection to
the publication of the resolution /;
knew it was before the people as an
argument in my behalf; was in the
convention when the resolution was
passed; about fifty present; was call
ed on and agreed to be bound by the
resolution, and said l would pay over
all in excess Of $1,000; took no means
or measures to induce people to cote
for me on that account.
The point in italicizing the last sem
tence will appear on the perusal of
the testimony Of other witnesses as
follows:
B. II. Dennis.-Voter and tax.pay-
err; had q conversation with Russell
before election; wanted witness to
vote for him, that he proposed to run
the Office for 1000.
II. X. Stahl.-Had a conversation
with Russell as to what he would
charge the county after eletion; said
he would live up to the resolution of
the convention told Mr.. Carrothers
what he said.
Z. w. Holden.--HeArd about Rus
sells offer to do the work for 1000,
and pay the balance to the county
had an influence on. my vote; voted
for him on the ground that he would
work for the least money.
j. Ii. Pickett-Haye heard the in
ducement offered to vote for Russell,
on account 81 reduction, at four or
five meetings of his party; the mo-
tive was urged. as q saving to the
county !; am satisfied it. had an influ.
ence; know that it influenced votes
for Russell, at least in Richland town.
ship; know because voters told me
they were influenced by Russell's of.
fer.
w. II. Pardoe--Russell asked me
whether I would not rather vote fol
q man who would take the Office fol
81 600 than for one who would take
the whole fee.
Two of the jvdges decided agains
Russell, and the third, Hon. j. Z
Cook, in his favor, although he quail
flied his decision by saying:
conceue that if it is shown tina
by this act he procured his election
then the election is void.
The case now goes up, on appeal o
both parties to the Circuit Court.