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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
Sampson voted to demonetize sill
N<.<.

Sampson voted to demonetize sill
ver.-loicd National.
Now that election is over we beg
leave to suggest that the fourteen flat
editors of the little e. b. organ might
safely give their readers little truth
occasionally, by way of a change.
Try it in small doses at first, and then
increase the allowance as the patients
can bear it. We would remind the
fourteen editors that silver was de-
monetized by act of Congress in 1873,
and Judge Sampson took his seat In
that body in 1875. Ne,rton Journal.
1t Is too short time since the elec-
tion for these greenback papers to be
able to tell the truth. They have got
into such way Of misrepresentine
people and fa!sifying history that you
can't expect the truth from them fol
some time yet---in fact we don't think
they viii ever be able to tell it,
.BlOon.jfeid Repu6lic0n. 5.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13

Il is currently believed by : major.
ity OF the weather prophets Of this
land that in the history Of cold win-
ters the present one will prove to have
no 4; that the man who tests IL by
getting drunk and staying out doors
all night will think be was born un-
der an unlucky y; that the keen
winds will pierce mans vitals like
|a Il; that NO form will be able to
stand its em -, and that . fellows
time viii bs all taken up hanging
around the IRE and putting more -
CHICAGO Journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
A Congressman Who Cant
Sleep.

Wa1ntn8t0n Letter 70 the PhtlAdeIphiA Ttme9.
Some strange stories are told OF
Hewitt, which would be very anus.
ing II they did not relate to his mala.
dy, insomnia. 1t 10 probable that he
sleeps fewer hours than any man il
America. He ID gradually dying for
want Of sleep. One year he had quar-.
ters near Welcker's, and he was driv.
en- wild, or imagined he was, by the
early growing Of . cock. He com.
planned of it for some time, but the
cock crowed all the same. Finally
in fit of desperation, he told Welck-
cr's colored man, John, that he would
be id IL he could stand 1t any long.
er, and that he would give IS for that
id rooster's head. John is thrift.
ty lad Of few words. He left the
threatening presence at once and
sought the owner Of the cock. He
had no difficulty in buying the fowl
for seventy-five cents, and the wiring.
ing Of his neck was quick work. Ha
placed the head upou . salver, like
John the Baptist's, and presented
himself before the Congressman, sal.
yer in hand. This made Hew lit laugh
but he paid the IS. John sold the
dead cock to Mr.. Welcker fer so cents
aud cleared $4.75 for his morning,
work. Last winter Mr.. Hewitt oc.
spRiea S aSsftsssa ssa iad Ra oRte Rs xhhsf; xxhhsfe
term % Secretary of State. Some
time before the session he sent his
man ont to engage quarters. Money
was no object and the man, obedicnl
to his Instructions, hired not only
rooms for Mr.. Hew tits own use, but
those all around them and above
them. These he kept idle in order
to prevent others getting them and
using them. The noise of any one
walking disturbed him greatly, and
by hiring all the rooms about him hi
was sure to be reasonably quiet
Thus, having longer purse thar
Senator Conkling, he hired the apart
ments the latter had previously occu
pied, and intended to occupy again
aud that created an i'll feeling for {
while. Mr.. Hewitt owns q grea
many homes, but he can sleep in non,
of them. Sometimes he can sleep q
certain place. He at once buys O
builds q house there, but the voic
that followed the Wandering Jew
"Go on Go on" continues to pu rsu
him. He 10 merely waiting for tn
great hereafter. where there 10 res
for the weary.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13

to hold up its hands and take the fol.
lowing oath:
II solemnly swear before Almighty
God that on the coming election day
l will risk my life to perpetuate the
freedom of the ballot box.O
1t has become known that Butler
has already paid Kearney at least
81, 900. Two checks for $500 each have
been paid to Kearney at the Mer-
chants National Bank in Lowell.
Butler has a deposit in the bank, and
the payments were made through one
of Buffers campaign agents.
Kearney said In his speech this af-
ternoon that they must think him
made of cheap material If he would
come here from California for a thou
sand dollars. He would not 60 across
the street for 1t, He says he shall stay
in the city, hold open-air meetings,
and run the city election.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13

At the city election last Spring at
Iowa City, Iowa, the judges refused
the ballot of F. A. Vanderpool, stu
dent at the State University. He
brought suit against them ORDINANCES
in a large sum. After a tedious trial
the case was decided on Saturday, the
jury finding verdict for Vanderpool
of 5000. The case will 60 to the SUI
preme Court, and probably determine
the right of students to vote.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
HONOR AMONG THIEVES.


Bellew, In his account OF the mis-
sion which he accompanied into AT
IghanistAn, tells . most remarkable
story, which may be quoted % Illus
trating not only the determination
which the race 10 capable Of, but of {
sense Of honor-such was the word
the relator used, and although it il
only honor among thieves, there was
mixed with II q desire for the honor
Of the family to which the hero Of the
story belonged, which would be cred
table anywhere.
The person who tells the tale was
called Khan Gul, and he was one of
the actors In il. The, whole of his
family had, at . former period, be-
come band Of frobbers, which occu-
patton they practised, seemingly ON
the sly, and their .neighbors were
kept In the dark about their doings.
They had determined on robbing .
house at s0me distance, and going
there during the night they made a
hole through the mud wall. Khan
GuPs brother, like Oliver Twist, was
passed in, and he began to hand out
whatever was within his reach.
The people Of the house chanced to
waken up, upon which the brother
tried to make his escape, but while
In the act OF returning through the
hole in the wall, those ON the inside
caught him by the feet. Now began
tug like the "tug Of war !" ficrcely
they pulled to get him out Of the hole
but It was useless; those within had
one or two holding on TO each leg,
and the burglar was held as il 10 o
wise. The fear that they would be
recognized and detected became at
last the dominent feeling, and, as
they could not possibly pull him out,
they determined on On extreme meas
ure, and ono so very extreme thati is
hard to believe ii could have occurred
to any other than these knife-using
Afghans.
The only plan left to prevent ident-
ity was to cut of the head, carry it
away and leave the body; and the
very striking part of this tale lies in
the fact that 1t was done ct the sug-
gestion OF the man himself, and, ss
BE expressed at that instant, 90 that
"the honor ofthe family might be pre-
served undeflled." This was done.
They fed with the head only, leaving
all the spoil which had been thrown
out, and, % Khan Gul ended the sto-
ry, he thanked God that the honor Of
the house had by these means been
preserved. There is something hero
ic in such acts. Neither Agamcmnon
nor Achilles, - described by Homer,
suggests character capable of such
self-devotion.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
THE FISHING wRANar.E.

LONDON, Nov. 8.-The Daily Nsscs
concludes an article on the fishery
question % follow: 1--WE await with
interest the publication Of Lord Sal-
isbury's dispatch and statement, but
theirs 10 no use trying to disguise the
fact that SEQ. EvArts case has some
force in It. A right has been bought
and In the natural course Of thingl
will be paid for By the United States
Their right Of fishing thus acquired
occurred about two years before th,
ilocal law was passed, and our com
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13

Geburon bounded upon him like q
tiger and
GRIPPED HIM by THE THROAT.

The assaulted man read his fate Il
the fierce eyes Of his enemy, and strug
gled savagely to release and save him
self; but the noise Of the foundr,
drowned his cries, and he alone, pow
erful ~ he was, was incapable Of op
posing the fury-born strength OF III,
husband he had wronged.
Then, amid the thunders of the bus,
hammers, the kissing OF molten metal
and the roaring of the flames, ther,
ensued In that solitary corner, con
cealed from al eyes by the heaps Of
ashes which In conseq uence Of the bai
weather, had not been removed ths
day as usual, tragedy which the rec
| glare ofthe furnace lighted AZ contes
of devils may be lighted by the firel
of hell.
/ Stunned by . blow from mass o,
Stag, Degoucin fell. When he recov.
cred his senses he was wrapped from
head to heets In strips torn from his
own blouse. Geburon was
CALMLY STIRRING THE FURNACE FIRE
Consumed by raging thirst, the
bound man prayed for drink. Hi,
enemy dipped . cupful of scaldins
water from the ash-pit under the
CRATE and dashed it in his face.
"Drink," be said, with the hollow
laugh ofa fiend. at 10 the last chance
lyon will have to do 90 this side of
! hell.
And snatching his victim % II he
had been puppet rather than stall
wart man, he hurled him into the fur.
mace. Then, with folded arms, he
watched the body draw up and shriv.
ell, losing shape, till all that was left
of 1t was cinder which he broke to
pieces with . tap Of poking rod
This done he banked the fire again
and quietly sat down to eat the fru.
gal supper he had found in the pock-
OF of the dead mans blouse.
"HIs SUPPER FOR MY WIFE"
He said to himself, with chuckle,
"It's fair trade, after ALL"
He was enjoying this repast when
the superintendent found him. Hall
On hour after the latter had left the
murderer stole away also, bent on
completing his scheme of vengeance.
He found his wife in bed and fell
upon and stabbed her to death with
the knife he had taken from her low
er. The money in the bureau drawer
he put In his pocket. The trinkets he
carried back to the forge and threw
into the furnace.
He had accomplished his bloody
mission unseen by any human eye
Thanks to the tempest the streets
were deserted, while all in the found
~ were too busy with theirwork to
take note Of his movements. When,
in the morning his horror-stricken
neighbors came to inform him of
what he knew already, he was peace
fully sleeping in front of the smolder-
ing fire in which the ashes of his VIC
tim mingled with those of the fuel
which had consumed him.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
Nasby Drinks Plat" whiskoy.
From tho Toledo Blade.

Sadly went over to Bascom's and
found there the entire Corners dis
cussin the finanshell sity ooashen. =
There was Deekin Pogram in his old
famiiyer chair, there wuz Issaker 4
lyin on his back on round table thai
the citizens play keerds upon when II
is aroused, and Capt M'Pelter leaniu
against the bar, all sighin at the scare.
ity Nv money and the deprest condi.
shen NV industry. II wuz site hev
seed thousand times, and 1t meltid
me. / determined to dem onstrate that
ther wuZ one patriot that wood raspet
the laws NV his native place, and &c.
cept her currency.
"Gentlemen," sez, firmly, "steI
up. Bascom, set 'em up"
Bascom he'd bin takin our muney
fur several days and he'd been tn
Louisville fur likker. He sot out the
bottle with ssrdonic grin that BODIED
no US no good. We each pored out
the likker, however, and placed the
glasses tn our respective lips. Imme.
jitlY every man spit the likwid out
upon the floor. I turned sick xn.
he0 uuCuwet1usnIy sWallered little
nv ii.
1t ,c,az scdter, the first I he'd tasted
fur years!
"What does this mean, sir ?" 1 de.
manded, feercely.
"Don't you like the whisky 2" WI,
his anser. ez he glared feercely at me
"Like it Like it! Why, it's Wa
ter ~
"Bless yer SOLE" replied Bascom
"why don't you say it's whiskey
The mint you say it's whisky it 1!
whisky. You say the paper you wan
to pay me in 10 dollar, jist becoz YOU
say it is dollar; and why in blood }
thunder can't you make whisky ou
nv water by jist sayin it's whisky
Gentlemen, this is fiat schisky, and I'll
the only kind can git with fiat nun.
ney. When yoo git to payin in th,
comfortable old greenbsck, or tn,
modest nickel, all rite, I'll give VOC
the regelar old scorcher. But th,
likker is . goin to assiMilate to tn,
muney. learned that word in Lou
isville. Ell yoo want to pay In fia
money, 700 are gcin to git fiat likker
Eff you kin imagine piece NV paper
with your stamp onto il 10 dollar
700 must likewise imagine this flooil
to be good likker, and vice versy.-
Parson, this is oil you will ever 81
with yoor kind NV muDey."
And he leaned back sgin his bot
ties with . defiant air, and we sanl
back terrified.
Where 10 the end to bep / dom
know. Oh, that Butler wood carr,
Massychoosits, and git into power, q
90 that his genius Good s0lve the prob
lem. Ef Bascom repudiates the fia
muney 1t is al over here.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
FULL MEAsuRe,

While most OF the so-cAlled two
ounce lavoriqg extract bottles hold
bnt one and one.quarter ounces, and
the four ounces less than three ounces,
DR.. Prices Special Flsvoring Ex-
tracts are<full measure, strong, pure
ap2 AAtural ~ the fruit from which
kre derived.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
DEMOCRATIC STATES.


California, which does not vote till
next fall, is republican now. Add it
to the republican column, as can be
safely done, and the figures show 2ll
Electoral votes for the republicans
and 156 for the democrats. State Reg
iSker.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
Just What Thev Want,

New YoRK, Nov. 8.-Mrs. A. T.
Stewart has offered Z reward Of $685.
600 for the recovery OF tho body Of
her late husband, stolen from the
family vault in st. Marks church
graveyard. and the conviction Of the
thieves, or proportionate sum to be
paid for the recovery ofthe body.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
viii Pay now.

NEW YORK, Nov. 7.-At special
meeting of the Union Pacific r. r..
Directors, yesterday, the Directors
unanimously, 1t il stated, expressed a
willingness to settle the debt due
Government in full. The plan. pro-
posed is for the Union Pacific to is
sue new bonds for tho entire debt and
interest, the bonds 70 bear four per
cent. interest with provisions for .
sinking fund, and to be secured by
the existing Government mortgage.
It 10 also stated that there are to be
several changes in the directory and
that the future meetings Of the exec
utivo committee will be held alter.
nately In this city and Boston.
Murat Halstead. editor Of the Gin
cinnati Commercial, arrived from Eu-
rope yesterday with his wife and fam.
| ily.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
THE czAR I'LL.

ST.. PETERSBURG, Nov. S.-The
health Of the Gar 10 becoming more
and more unsatisfactory aud causes
great anxiety. Count Schouvalofl
has left Lavida for Lsndon, the state
Of the Emperor's health not permit
ting decision upon pending poliii-
cal difficulties. Count Schouvslofi
was Of the disting guished party of the
imperial yacht wrecked on the way
| 10 Odessa.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13

missioners forgot 70 reserve to local
legielaturee the right Of making reg
ulations. We fear the date fixed BY
the treaty for the payment OF the
award, November 23d, viii be long
passed before the American govern
ment are convinced of the error Of
their contsntion. The question IL one
OF legal obligation and It cannot be
too calmly discussed on both sides.
a reluctance to inflict wrong should
DC at least % strong % the determin-
alton not to submit TO one.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13

The new Ottumwa pork packing
establishment will have capacity for
slaughtering and packing 800, 600 hogs
| per annum. Ottumwa u also putting
$4,000 in . new starch factory.-Keo.
| sduqad Repubscaa.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
| GLASGOW, Nov. 8.-Subscriptions
for the relief Of the shareholders of
the City Of Glasgow bank have
reached $4,000.

PEsTH, Nov. 8.-Count Andrassy
presented the budget to the delcga-
tion, yesterday. The expenditure for
1873 ts estimated ct 81, ,75l, ,7l5 forins,
being 100000 less than the prsced-
ing Budget.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
THE FOUNDRY FIRE.

What Happened One Winter Night al
the Creuzot Forged Wronged
Husbands Discovery-The Struggle
for Life and the Craze of Flame
Butchering False Wye-Amplt
Vengeance and an Alibi that soas
Never Questioned.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13

The Doldest Robbery on RECORD
NEW YoRK, Nov.S.-Johnson's Jew.
elry store. ON Eighth avenue, between
55sh and Seth streets was robbed last
evening Of q, 600 worth Of clocks and
watches in the presence of Q large
number Of passers by. Shortly after
six O'Clock two men entered the
store; one closed the door and the
other with . revolver kept in their
place Mr.. johnson, the proprietor, his
clerk, customer and two
others. They smashed the
large plate windows and
packed in two bags the stock expos
ed. While they were thus occupied
two others armed with pistols order
cd passers by to move on. The prop.
erty having been packed the thieves,
still protected by their companions.
moved quickly to . butchers cart in
waiting ct the corner and drove rap
idly away.
The two who had kept possession
Of the store receiving . preconcerted
signal, turned on the throng and FIR
cd their pistals in the air. A stam-
pede Of the people followed and the
thieves all made good their escape.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
SNIP AND GREW Icsr.

1HIP AND CREW LCDT.
LONDON, Nov. 8.-The ship Fife
shire was lost on her passage from
Madras to Liverpool and y Of the
crew drowned.
The great Lancashire handicap was
won by Sir Joseph Tower and Sword
ran dead heat for the End place,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13

SAN Francisco, Nov. 8.-Mr. Rich
ards Barry, residing in a lonely part
Of the city near the Masonic Cemetery
was found murdered yesterday in his
house. His head was chopped to pie
ces with hatchet. Tho object evil
IDENTIFY was robbery, though but few
dollars were obtained. Footsteps
were traced from the house to q
tramps camping place, three.quarters
OF mile distant and one man found
there and he wss locked up for exam
ination.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13

BOMBAY, Nov. THE Afghans In
Khyber pass are deserting largely in
consequence Of sickness and hunger.
Hopes are entertained that the Amoer
will submit Internationally to the
British. The mortality among the
Afghans at Jelalabad, IL from thirty
to forty daily.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
GLEANINGs.
Russian papers are sassing Johl
Bull again.

Russian papers are sassing Johl
Bull again. A
The Western wits call big4ynl
Utahlizing the female sex. ~
For what port is man bound dpr
ing courtship? Bound to Havre.
A Kansas man has been on the jury
9S4 times and never "stuck out" once
In . population Of 10000 Rutland
county, VT, averages thirty divorces
annually.
Many . poor widow is . bloated
bond holder. Down with 'em =
Boston post.
A teacher at Newport, VT, made 4
naughty boy "chin" blackboard till
the child tainted.
The recent foundations of the Mile
destroy $50 human beings and g..
500, 200 in property.
The "sweet bye and bye" 10 now
spoken of % the "saccharine future"
London Advertiser.
Hop Bitters-Seeing fellow with
his hair parted in the middle waltzing
with the girl you like best.
There are 39.258 post-ofiices in the
Union, 1913 having been added in
the course Of the present year.
Punch: Hungry Traveller: First
of all, have you q sole? Irish Land
landy A sowl, lit? Now, do look
like D baste ~ q
A Boston man has stolen S96 600
worth of water from the Mystic Wa
ter company. He had the best milk
route in the city.
The expectation Of American pork
has made the keeping of pigs unprofi-
table In England, and even the Irish
farmers are giving up the attempt.
A Grand Rapids man was holding
awoman on his knee when his wife
entered his Office, and now he hasn't
got any home to go to when the lodge
is out.
A cabinet maker, deriding law
yer who was indebted to him, said
the only case he ever had was book
case, and that he neglected to pay
him for it.
A train of 1S9 empty cars, making
q length Of more than a mile, was
drawn by . single locomotive ON the
Northern Central railroad of Penn.
sylvania.
Edison is experimenting daily and
nightly with that baby. He calls il
the squaliphone, and pronounces 1t
one of his most useful and practical
discoveries.
A resident of Grand Rapids, Mich,
invested $1,000 with . Chicago brok-
er, being desirous of accommodating a
fortune with rapidity. He lost 1t sll,
and was sued for 1915 of . balance.
A fashionably dressed woman en-
tered . drug store the other day, and
informed the clerk that her husband
had overloaded his stomach, and that
she desired to get an epidemic to re-
lieve him.
The time has now arrived when the
lonely tramp smokes his pipe in the
hay-mow, aud the calculating farmer
ascertains the next morning that the
insurance will about half cover the
loss.
Janet: "Mamma, dear, what time
in the day was 1 born?" Mamma:
"At 2 o'clock in the morning." Jack: !:
"And what time was 1 born ?" Mann
ma; "Not until s o'clock" Janet !;
can, my birthday is longer than
yours, Jack" !" Jack "What's the use
of being born before its time to get
up ?"-Punch.
The San Francisco Call states that
up to the close of September An even
hundred cargos of this years wheat
had passed out Of the Golden Gate.
The aggregate is 17S,156 tons, worth
$6,O37, ,497. This 10 the largest export
movement Of the great staple during
tho a aot A.. az
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
SNOW AND FLOODS.

LONDON, Nov. 8.-Telegrams from
northern and eastern Europe An.
nounce heavy snow falls. The Ap.
pennies and the Black Forest are GOV.
cred and the Swiss passes blocked
with snow. In France the rivers are
very high. The Seine threatens In
undation. a,
Kallerig, Mailer & Co., commits
sion merchants, Fenchurch street
have failed. Liabilities $500 600.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13
EaT0AVGD.

)rse, near eye out. Liberal re.
n be paid for his return. -.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-13

LONDON, Nov. THE 1smes ON
elections in the United States says
at is with very sincere satisfaction
that we publish the result Of Nov.
elections in the United States. The
gravity Of the issues ON which the
electors had practically to decide
could scarcely be ovsressimated, and
there was some ground for spprshen-
sion that the caprice of the democrati
might turn the scale in favor Of reck-
less agitation and . ruinous policy
Now, % often ~ before, the good
sense Of the American people hal
come to the rescue justin time to save
the country from the consequences ol
party laundering and the immortality
Of professional politicians. Little
thanks are due the leaders Of the 70
publican party, and still less to thoss
Of the democrats. Neither side car
be exonerated from the guilt ol
psndering to infationist, repudia'
ZIONIST and socialist agitationa
which eliminated In the foun'
dation Of the greenback labor party
The zinses thinks il not improba
BILE that both Tilden and Thurman
will disappear from the front rank
Of democrats before 1880, and tha
Bayard will be their candidate TO-
President.