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Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06


do not know who believes in ist mon
ey. What IL fiat money? can I'M
derstand the miraculous power tha
can turn what 10 valueless into value
but II must change its substance
When you say that . governmant Il
to make what 10 valueless valuable fol
its people, you say what people have
never, never been able TO trust theiI
government to. You might 90 well
expect . people to trust their govern.
ment with the question OF what means
Of subsistence and in what numbers
annually or monthly the people OF
the country should get married.
llaughter]-and make Z government
institution out Of marriage, as IL they
could say whst the people consider
valuable when IL was not valuable
Fiat money, Of course, involves the
necessity, % specie money does-thal
10, in the one case specie being the
money, everything is done ON . spe.
Gle basis; 10 when fiat is the money
everything has to be done on fiat
basis. Laughter and applause II
must make q very thorough revolu.
ton, then, in the money.
You may remember that in the
"ArAbiAn Nights" q story is told by
the barber Of. one Of his brothers,
who, being an honest butcher and
selling meat, was waited upon every
morning by an old man with q long
beard, who purchased just six p pounds
Of beef or mutton and gave him beau
hful, bright coin, 20 much more fiat
Ieering ih its aspect than the ordinary
moneywhich he took, that he kept il
BY itself, and. alter , few months of
this prosperous customers dealing, he
thought he would 60 to his box, Is he
needed TO buy some sheep for the
shambles, and pay for them in this
coin; and he opened his box and
found It was al green leaves clipped
into round shape. Well, money to
sell mutton.shops by needs to be
money to buy sheep with. ZAP.
plause.] Now, it is said by the story
teller that that old man was q magic
ian, and he deceived the eyes Of the
whole people. Who is that old man
now IL this country2 He hasa long
beard--[great laughter ]-but that is
the only circumstantial identity.
(Laugktef. S R' as 4 IN
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

The st. Paul Press says there are o..
coo acres Of amber sugar cane plant.
ed In Minnesota this year. Last year
there were 81, 600 acres and the yield OF
syrup was about 100000 gallons. Il Il
expected the yield this yesz
will be proportionately In.
creased. The yield oi
syrup is from lao to $50 gallons pei
acre. The Press thinks the time /.
not distant whom Minnesota will moi
only produce oil the sugar, syrup and
vinegar that 10 needed for homo CON.
sumption, but will have immenss
quantities for export.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

fiction Of the two separate companies
will disappear.
At Savanna, ILL.,, there is a direct
connection with the Milwaukee &
st. Paul line from Sabula, on the Mis-
sissippi, to Cedar Rapids.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

KeArney said at Fall River ON Sat-
urday: II will follow any man who
opposes me into the northeast corner
Of hell" It 10 moved and seconded
by the whole Democratic party that
Nephew Pelton "opposs" him.-Nesr
York Tribune.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
rHAMkacIvlMc,

WASHINGTON, Oct. N.-The Presi-
dent has Issued the following procla-
nation, setting apart Thursday, No.
vember 18th, as day Of thanksgiv-
ing:
BY the President Of the United States,
a Proclamation:
The recurrence CT that season q
which 1t 10 the habit Of our people ia
make . devout and public confession
Of their dependence upon Divine ia,
vor for sll the good gifts Of life and
happiness, and Of public peace and
prosperity, exhibits in the record o.
the year abundant reasons for oul
gratitude and Thanksgiving. Exhu
beraut harvests, productive minei
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

THERE is certainly no more prOmi
nent journal In this State than thu
Dubuque Herald, and this Is what Il
says in regard to q November election
The people accepted the October
election in good faith, and In equally
good faith chose their representatives
Whatever may be the decision upon
the legal point, as to the equity and
Justice and fairness Of the expre ssiou
Of the people In October there can be
no question. Let the question 20 up
to Congress, and there be decided. Il
1t IL Is found that under the federal
statute the October election was legal,
the delegation elected at. that time
will retain their seats. If, on the 9th.
er hand, it should be found by Con-
gress, which alone is the judge Of the
qualifications of its members, that the
October election was illegal and the
delegation not properly and legally
chosen, they have but to order q new
election to be held In accordance with
the law as the Congress DEGREES 1t to
be. This would be fair and Just to all
sides, ,,and no man could reasonably
complain. And 1t will avoid q simi-
lar complication in 1880, should the
statute and constitution remain un-
changed to that time. And we are
inclined to think the result, whichev-
er way 1t might be, would be gener-
ally acceptable, and received In the
same good faith in which the demo-
Gratis accept the result of the October
election, without attempting to dis
turb 1t when the temptation Is so
strong to do 1t, with Congress practi-
cally with them and the law, too, in
the opinion Of 30 many, both demo-
Gratis and republicans.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
SAYS the New York Tribune:

All the comment the Northern DEM
ocrntic journals make upon the bull
doing canvass in South Carolina is
the sneering one that the republicans
have started the old outrage mill
again. All the republicans have done
Is to charge systematic plan Of negro
terroriZing upon Hampton and his
party, and this charge is admitted to
be true by the Hampton organs. The
Northern democrat runs, as usual, to
tOady to his Southern master.
This has always been the case.
There has never been but one treat
ment of anything which was alleged
against the infamous wrongs commit
ted upon the rights Of citizens in the
South, and that has been the cry of
"bloody Shirt" or the republican
outrage MILL" Here and there posi-
bly, some journals have kept silent,
but as rule their answeristo ridicule
and make a jest of the most infamous
wrongs committed upon both whites
and blacks in the South. Democracy
rejoiced in the days of rebellion at
rebel victories. and now they rejoice
at democratic bulldozing in the South
The heart that prompted the former
is the father of the latter sentiment.
They both spring from the same foun-
tain.
1t matters not how lenient a repub-
lican administration may be; it mat
tiers not how the hand of goodwill
and charity may be extended; it mat
ters not how solemn may be the
promises made in return for this leni-
ty; it matters not how the good Sa-
maritan of the North may relieve in
the midst Of pestilence-the outcome
is the same. The red shirts, the
moonshiners, the kuklux are let to
run riot and the complaint made is
"the republican outrage MILL"
Here in the North force is a danger
Gus and impracticable element to be
employed by the democratic party to
carry elections, and fraud takes its
place, or else some sorehead, some
traitor to the republican cause is taken
up, who can draw from the republic
an ranks, and no matter what his
principles, he is voted for by the de-
mocracy after he has pledged himself
to help them. Into such hands it is
proposed to lodge the control of the
nation in the interest of reform.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
WAR DEPARTMENT.
SECRETARY M'CRARY's ANNUAL RE.

SECRETARY M'CRARY's ANNUAL RE-
PORT.
Special dispatch to the Chicago Tribune.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. 3O.-The
Secretary of War, in conversation to-
day regarding his forthcoming annu-
al report to Congress, gave some
points of it of an interesting charac-
ter. He said that he had not vet be-
gun his report, but he had an idea of
what it would contain. The Secreta-
ry is most bitterly opposed to the
posse comitatus clause of the army
bill of last session, and he says it op-
crates greatly to the injury of the pub
lie service. He will give instances
and recommend its repeal. He says
in New Mexico there have been some
mail robberies. He had decided, af-
ter looking into the law, that he had
a right to use the army in protecting
the Government property, and, think
ing the United States mails were Uni
ted States property, he thought he
was sure he did not have q right to
pursue the thieves and retake the
property, owing to the posse comita-
tus clause. The Secretary
WILL GIVE OTHER INSTANCES
where the law has worked to great
disadvantages.
The Secretary will take no ground
on the question of the transfer of the
Indian Bureau to the War Depart
ment. He will argue, however, that
the army is much too small for its
xIyn hsVt hn ~ Ske,
increase. The Secretary says that the
Indian war, the troubles on the Mex
lean frontier, and other causes during
the past year all coming together, and
each requiring attention, was a sore
tax on the small and scattered army.
The Secretary says that, even in times
of peace, it is impossible, without a
large army, to concentrate strong
force at one place without leaving
many of the forts, posts, arsenals, etc.
WITHOUT ADEQUATE PROTECTION.
The Secretary thinks that an effort
will be made to still further reduce
the army, but he thinks it will prove
unsuccessful. He thinks there are Of
ficers, regiments, and companies
enough In the army, but that author
ity ought to be given to recruit and
to fill the companies to q maximum
number.
The Secretary will show that there
are in the United States about 2SO
military posts, eighteen arsenals and
armories, besides about forty store.
houses or depots.
He thinks that the morale of the ar
my has improved, Notwithstanding the
stories of Indian Commissioner Hayt.
He still thinks the army has q right
to preserve the peace and enforce Or
der in cities and communities, and
seems to doubt that the posse comita-
tus clause is constitutional.
The Secretary stoutly maintains the
right of the Government to
PURSUE WITH MILITARY FORCE
the Mexican raiders over our border.
The history and result of the In
dian war in Eastern Oregon, Idaho,
and Montana will be given by Gen.
Sherman In his report, and both the
Secretary and the General will refer
to that portion Of last winters law
which provides that officers east OF
the Missouri River shall not receive
forage for their horses, but that those
west Of that river shall have the usual
allowance.
Gen. Sherman still maintains his
position that the Indian Bureau ought
to 60 to the War Department.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
IT GAN Dc PROVEN

II CAN 8G p80VEU
That the flavor given to cakes, pud-
dings. creams and sauces. by DR..
Prices Special Flavoring Extracts,
are as natural % the fruit from which
they are made, and ss much unlike,
In delicate favor and strength, the
cheap extracts, as can possibly be i'm
agined. ~
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

''This question of the currency Il
not properly a republican or demo
cratic question. It ought not to be q
party question. In the nineteenth
century, and In the land offree schools,
It is humiliating to find that 1t is nee.
eesary seriously to argue that promis-
es to pay are not money" says the re-
cent address of the Wisconsin Repub-
lican State Committee. More truth
full words were never penned on pc
litical question.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
BRUDDER JONES REPROyED
The Folly Of Putting on style on
0moet eouno0tlon. g.i "a

i The follv AZ ,putt,nv an a<vpa nn
Smau Foundstjon.
"We doan' ,snect 10 An, nerfncshnr
lin human patur,v began Brothe,
Gardner. as the Lime. KIN (luh "A m,
| to order. awe realize DAT Il am I'm:
man 20 take fle wrong streat IVA,
once in = while. an dat none ofus r.
predict the weather. stra;0ht from A.
shoul lder AM neber miss 4 hailstone =
Nobberd eless d 9 trne man will nraise
whar, Il am iustified an; criticise
whar' il am needed. AM now Brndle,
HorserAdishl Shortcake Jones VII
1 please stan, up. ~ 81 " "
The brother. who resides on wat.
son street. was 20 surprised and ANA.
ed that he could hardly reach bis feet
He had no Suspicion that anvthino 9
wa comm = and hia elhows fremhlad
Il he fell in hid vest nockets for sons
watermelon seeds To braca h;s
| nerves. ''''11'j ~.
I "Brudder Jones. Won was in de poss
l of1fa laat Tuasday an Wadnesdav an
Thnrsday. ,bont 10 O'clock in da fora.
moon 2" 49,
| $50 was." replied Jones,
| "You had on. & kaliker shirt. a biz
stan,.up collar. long cuff. an Won car.
ried q cane an walked wid de motion
ob de biggest riraffe in de show.
saw you dar. ,Reudder Jones An, Il.
can be NO mistake. 1t panied INV
heart to ace Won swellic, ,rnnna in d:t
style when 1 .knowed Won hadn't A
Iin de world but swelIin, 'round
wasn't ,nuff for you. You waited iii
Z crowd had kerIectad at de 0ineraI
delivery winder. an' dan Won nnshed
| in AM called out I; sAm der q lpt,ar
| Ihesh fur me from Noo- Yavk wild =
| tree hundred check in itY You nlav
DAT 9ame free dava runni,'. snect;n,
DAT de crowd wonld take Won for 40
man who owns de City Hail. what
has Won to saw. Brudder .Jonas pv
uNufio,. sah. Ixe mightv sorry. s.h
| dat / made such 4 fool Oh mysef"
$50 ami. Brudder Jones. xaae de
members Oh dis clnh has d. giner.I
|reputashun oh bein, nurtv level an
TOP de he'd. Now let me say 10 Won
dat ali de time Won was 'ouiren for
dat check from New York. / conid
ace yer hind patches. yer boots run
down At de heels. = hunrrv look
'aronn' your mouth. an snch = 'snres.
shun in yer eyes AZ belon on 70 dc chan
who am do9in' his washerwoman =
All de- ole folks saw a. same finos
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
Those Cipher Dlspatohes and
Whore They Did not Come from.
Interview with Whitelaw Reid BY New York Cor
respondsnt IndanApolis Journal,

F~.-S.s
"How did you hit on the keys?'
MERELY by experiment and guess
work. The first key was discovered
simultaneously by two men, working
separately"
.'Then you had copies taken Of the
70, yes. We kept the original un-
der lock and key, and had them care
fully copied and printed in slips.
Then we all tried q hand. When the
boys went of for their vacation they
took proofs Of the ciphers, and work
ed on them"
"And some got one key and some
another"
Eyes; we studied the cipher system,
and bought all sorts Of dictionaries,
and the circle of investigation widen.
ed, and at last those in the van, treed
the game"
"Have you seen any of the parties
implicated?' ] asked.
mo, I think not, recently. I met
Tilden, by the way, In August, up al
Saratoga, and I told him that we had
all the dispatches that went between
his house and Florida, and asked him,
laughingly for the key. I told him
we couldn't make head nor tail to
them, and wanted him to help us.
He smiled and blushed innocent as q
baby, and passed on; but the next
morning he came around and told me
seriously that he knew nothing about
any such dispatches"
"Do you know any cipher dispatch
es eliminating republicans?"
mo, I don't believe there are any.
There are republican cipher dispatch
es, but Chandler, who sent or received
them, offered to translate them for
Potter's committee, and the offer was
declined. I believe every one is cred
liable to republicans.
"By the way" he added, you may
say in the Journal, II you please, that
there Is no truth in the story that
Butler gave those dispatches to the
Tribune as q consideration for it's main
tanning silence about him (which II
doesn't do), or the other story that
Morton had these dispatches and
translated them. He may, sometime,
have had them, but he never translat-
ed them. Nobody but the Tribune
had hand In that"
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
A DrsEMBowEL1Na AT CEDAR RAPIDS,

CEDAR RAPIDS, Oct.-30.-In an af-
fray last night in the street, Robert
Kane stabbed John Mulloy, cutting
him in the abdomen, neck, side and
arm. The victim dragged himself to
the steps of saloon, holding his pro-
truding bowels in his hands. Kane
escaped, and has not yet been arrest
ed. This is the second cutting affray
here within the past week. ~!
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

It 10 reported that the stockholders
Of the New York Sun have held Q
meeting and informed Mr.. Dana that
he must stop his everlasting howl Of
fraud, or abdicate. They have
heard oil they can stand Of that sort
Of nonsense.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

A young woman from the rural
districts entered . dry goods store
the other day and asked for . pair of
stockisgs. Tho clerk politely asked
her what number she wore. "Why,
two, you fool. Do you think lam 4
centipede, or that ] have . wooden
! leg e AAa3 ln IeiaH4 aAl i.tsa slaNElI
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
IOWA INTELLIGENCE

DEATH OF HON. J. g. PATTERSON, NEAR
SPENCER, IOWA.
ST. PAUL, Oct. 30.-A special to the
Pioneer Press says q construction
train ON the C. n. & ST. r., near
Sheldon, Iowa, was ditched yesterday.
j. G. Patterson, Of Charles City, at
torney for the company, was killed.
Fred Merrill, nephew OF 8. 8. Merrill,
general manager, .and Frank Church,
superintendent OF the U. 8. Express
Company, were injured. They were
all riding ON freight car at the time.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
THE Burlington Gazette is one Of

The Burlington Gazette is one Of
the democratic journals of Iowa that
defends Tilden in the matter of the
cipher dispatches, and goes even fur
ther than Tilden dares to, by declar-
ing that the dispatches are lies, that
they are fabricated by the New York
Tribune. We wish to record this sim
gular conduct and. show to our read
ers to what extent democratic journals
will go. Here is its editorial COM
ment in its daily issue of Oct. 31st,
1873:
u s'It il said that the Jay Gould cipher
lies about Tilden originated from a
meeting of republican managers. who
decided that some offset to the dam
aging disclosures against the republic.
an party which the Potter committee
had uncovered was absolutely neces-
AAfy, and to Jay GOuld's organ, the
New York Tribune, the dirty task
was committed"
Again in the same issue the Gazette
fatty denies the Sumter county and
other outrages upon republicans in
South Carolina, and other States oi
the South. 1t does this in the face OF
the admissions by democratic journals
upon the ground and against such an
abundance of proof that nobody, at
al Jealous Of their reputation for We.
raeity, dares to enter a denial.
Here Is its editorial comment in
this regard:
"Those campaign yarns about dem
-0crats preventing negroes from assem-.
bling In the South, and about their
plans to suppress the republican vote
In South Carolina, are so old, SO stale,
80 fat and so improbable that even
the republican reader turns away In
wearisome disgust and asks for some
original and novel fabrication
I'll just as improbable to try to
correct the G0zette now as it was in
the days Of its copperheadism.
II is enough to give it's statements
to our readers and In them alone does
an honest public find ample basis t.
to properly Judge Of the Gazette's i'm
pediment In veracity.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

"Oh, ! know she loves him r. cried
the grief stricken youth. "But how
do you know she prefers your rival 2.
asked the friend. "Ah,n was the sad
'reply, II saw her look bias ct him.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

Tho Japanese girls are now ct Vas.
sar College, and . scribe several hun.
dred miles distant remarks that "its
Q beautiful and Affecting sight to Gee
the American girls teaching them
how 70 slide down the balustrade."
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
COUNTY,.

II will be seen that the aggregate
~ well - the per capita amount OF
paper circulation 10 larger in this
country than in any OF the other
countries named. and largely In ex.
cess Of any except that Of France. In
that country, however, the circula.
tion has been reduced to the amount
above stated, since November, 1873
from $6O2, ,OO0, ,OOO,a reduction Of $14l,'
O93,OO0 while in the same period the
metallic reserve of the bank has In.
creased from $l46, ,0OO, 900 to $435, ,O0O,.
600. Very respectfully,
(Signed) JOHN SHERMAN, Sec'y.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
Four Men Killed.

PorTsTowN, Pa, Oct. 3O.-The PIN
ion wheel Of the bucket in the shaft
of Cables iron ore mine, ct Byers-
town, broke to-day and Isaac Gahris,
Keely Hagy, Casper Klebe and John
Quick were killed by falling $50 feet.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
DEATH DOWN rHE srA1Rs,

:"
DUBUQUE, Oct 3O.-Mrs. Churchill,
and old resident of Alamakee county,
was accidentally killed at her resi-
dence near Waukon, by falling down
stairs and breaking her neck. plti
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

Secretary Sherman has written the
following letter in regard to the con-
dition CT the treasury for specie re-
sumption:
TREASURY DEPARTMENT,
OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY,
WASHINGTON, D. c., Oct. 81. 1881
J. Leroy H. Dodd, Buchanan, Mich.
SlR:-I am in receipt Of your letter
OF the 18th inst, making certain in
quiries as to the condition of the
Treasury for resumption and the
amount of paper circulation per capi-
To In this country and the principal
countries Of Europe. In reply I have
to inform you that ON the first inst.
the coin balance Of the Treasury was
$685., ,659, ,646. This entire amount,
however, is not available for resump-
tion purposes, but subject to liabili-
ties as follows: Interest due and un-
paid, $9.345, ,2s9 debt on which inter-
est has ceased, sl2,524, $50; interest
thereon, $373, ,5S5: coin certificates
gold, Isl, ,826, 600; coin certificates
silver, 81 ,84S, ,07O; unclaimed interest,
$9,547; unclaimed bonds called for
redemption, al 100000. Total, $685..
AT, ,7Sl-leaviug for resumption pur-
poses, $134, ,23l, 1856. The coin re-
ceipts into the Treasury will probs.
bly, exceed by considerable the
amount of coin payments between
now and January, 1879, 20 that al
least the above balance will then be
available for resumption purposes
1t should also be borne in mind that
meanwhile there is no probability OF
the entire coin liabilities being pre-
sented for payment.
Az to the paper circulation Of Eu.
pean countries this Department has
not information except what can be
obtained from publications open to
all. The London Economist Of Sep
tember IA, 1873, the latest at hand,
states the amount of circulation OF
banks in use and the amount retain.
ed in the banking department of the
bank of England to be f43,966, ,971
sterling. The circulation Of the
Bank Of France, which alone in
France has authority to issue notes
was, on September /, f94, 10000, and
that of the Imperial Bank Of Germs,
ny. on September 7th, f3O,4l5, 600
1t is understood that some country
banks of Germany have authority un.
der certain restrictions to issue notes
but as the amount is not stated in a.
nancial publications 1t 10 believed to
be inconsidcrable. Reducing thes<
amounts to currency, the per capita
appearsto be ~ follows:
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
By order of Col. Brown Manning,
A. M. BRANsFORD,
Lieut.. and Acting Adiutant.

1t will be seen from the above that
an entire regiment, with full ranks,
and three companies of cavalry from
another county, participated in the
movement against the republicans of
Sumpter county. These volunteers
were body created for the purpose
of taking away arms from the State
militia, which was in part republican.
The latter was abolished by law, and
then the volunteers were organized
and the guns turned over to them.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

We publish to-day the opinion Of
Judge Sloan, on the Sheriff ques-
reported by w. 8. Briggs, ESD,
Reporter for the District Court Of
this district. It Is some
what condensed report, but at the
same time Mr.. Briggs assures us that
1t Is quite complete and contains the
substance Of the opinion.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

Another Bank Gone Up.
Troy, N. Y. Oct 31.-The Merchants
and Mechanics State Bank closed to-
day.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

|at1 ln F1AI RONIIs Nr .flH I
Well, it 10 very difficult to treat o.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06

Atkinson simply looked at her.
He felt that language was unequal to
the expression Of his feeling. Mrs.
Atkinson flew up stairs, two steps at
. time. The policemen laughed and
fled out, Jones pulling his deceased
dog by the tail. Atkinson went ia
bed with raging anger in his soul
and the next morning he put . sheet.
iron bottom, fastened with rivets
upon that folding crib.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-11-06
Financial statement.

Secretary Sherman has written the
following letter in regard to the con-
dition CT the treasury for specie re-
sumption: