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Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

Reduction Of Army onicers' pay.
The Missouri Republican, q staunch
democratic paper, administers to Mr..
Hewitt and the democratic House of
Representatives, the following well
merited rebuke on the subject of the
reduction of the army officers pay.
The Republican says:
In a recent article upon the propos-
led reduction of the army we men,
toned the fact that Mr.. Hewitt's bill
also proposed to reduce the pay of ar
my officers. The only real argument
used in favor of the two reductions is
that they will aggregate an annual
saving of $4,OOO,0O0. Ii, as we en-
deavored to show, the public safety
demands that there shall be no dimi-
mutton of the army, public justice de-
mands just as emphatically that there
shall be no diminution of the officers
pay. 1t is not generally known out
side of military circles-though under
present circumstances it ought to be-
that there never was q time when
these officers Were as poor as they are
now. This poverty Is the direct re-
suit of the smallness OF the army,
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

The st. Louis Times, (democratic),
thinks that "the people at large are
not SO very much interested i'm the
Florida frauds as Congress seems to
suppose. Their representatives We're
sent to Washington with a view to
bettering the condition of the country,
and not to. squander money in mere
political buncombe."
''It is rather late in the season for
Congress to commence an overhauling
of electoral frauds, and nothing much
to be gained by it; but so long as our
Legislators are indisposed or incom-
petent to do anything for the benefit
Of the people, their time might as
well be wasted in that way as any
Other.n
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

A woman in Louisville thought
lessly emptied kettle of boiling wa
ter out Of . second story window, and
seriously scalded three race horses,
two monte-men, q horse jockey,
man with horse to sell, and stran-
ger. Everybody was greatly surpris-
ed to hear that she had hit the stran-
ger.
While the wine was being passed
around during the administration of
the sacrament at Butler Mission
Church, on Fletcher avenue yesterday
morning, the congregation was elec.
tritied by the sudden exclamation Of
q little boy, ma, I'll take beer p A
ripple Of suppressed laughter dis
lturbed the solemnity of the occasion.
Sentinel.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
OTTUMWA, IOWA, MAY 22, 1878.

frustrated, but ON Tuesday, ,..the 10th,
he committed suicide. Saying he
was unwell, he was allowed to leave
his chamber, followed by the senti-
mel. On entering the closet he drew
the cord of his dressing-gown of, at
tached it knotted, to beam above
him, and ended his life by hanging
himself. He made NO noise, nor ut
tered a sound, and was discovered
dead when the door was opened.
This has been a grievous blow to all
the relatives, who are Jews. DR..
Stern, the lady's brother, is well
known here, both as filling the place
of Consul for the United States, and
by having translated Shakspeare's
"Hamlet" into the Roumanian lam
QuaQe.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
FOREIGN.
Labor Riots.

LONDON, May 15.-Cotton opera
tives on strike in Lancashire are
greatly exasperated at the refusal of
masters to compromise. When rep
resentatives Of the operatives left the
meeting at Manchester yesterday,
where no compromise was arrived at
they indicated that the leaders would
not be able to longer restrain the
men and disclaimed all responsibility
for what might happen in the strike
district When news of the decision
reached Bernly, thousands of people
assembled in the straata hnntine-
macs meeting will be held there to-
day, and serious trouble is feared.
The riot in Blackburn last evening
was the direct result of the announce
ment of failure ofnegotiations. There
were also riotous demonstrations at
Accrington and q serious breach of
the peace is still apprehended there.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
A Horrible Discovery,
Editorial Correspondents Gate CITY.

The Mo. Republican says few
days ago Benjamin Aiken, q colored
man, employed on the farm of Ferd
Maher, near Point Pleasant, New
Madrid county, while shooting snipe
along the river bank discovered what
appeared to be q half rotten skiff
floating near the shore. He succeed-
ed in drawing it in, and was horrified
upon seeing bleached skeleton in
the bottom of the boat, which was
nearly full of rain water, and was
falling to pieces from age and neglect.
So much water was there in the old
craft that only about two inches of the
edges were above the surface Of the
river. As he got the skiff ashore
Aiken notified the neighbors, and
Coroner Tcbbets held an inquest
The skeleton WAS declared to be that
Of . woman lin the bottom Of the boat
was part of breast-pin, and on the
wrists were gold bracelets, having
what appeared to be crest on the
clasps. There were pieces of rotten
tarpaulin in the bottom of the boat,
which appeared to have been wrapped
about the body at one time. The
clothes were gone entirely. Every
thing indicated that the body had
lain in the boat for several years.
The skeleton was inferred on the riv.
or bank, and the description Of arti-
cles found was published, in the hope
Of leading to Identification. The &C.
count came to the notice Of Francois
Leblanc, farmer in Jefferson county,
Missouri. His daughter, Julie Le-
blanc, disappeared mysterionsly in
July, 1872, and no trace of her was
ever discovered. The jewelry found
was exactly like that worn by the
girl, and Mr.. Leblanc at once visited
New Madrid county. From the arti.
cles and the boat he became positive
ly satisfied that the remains were
those Of his daughter. On the night
the girl disappeared she had left
home to attend Q party at q neighbors.
Her tracks were found, and il was
discovered she had gone down to the
bank of'Plattin creek, . stream which
flows through Jefferson county into
the Mississippi. There were the
tracks of q mans boots ON the banks
IS well. Neither girl nor boat were
ever heard from. The banks of the
creek were searched in vain. A sus.
picion entered the fathers mind that
one of his daughters many admirers
might have had something to do with
her disappearance. Suspicion rested
on Phillip Kenealy, who had been an
admirer of Julie ever since childhood
and who had been dismissed for an
other named Leonard but this wal
considered preposterous by his wife
who refused to let him have Kenesly
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
WHAT SHERMAN THINKS.

WAsH1NGToN, May l6.-In an inter-
view yesterday Secretary Sherman
o.ese~-niAss ~ .4sAf f., --.,rsehu-
ed to manufacture ammunition for the
fall campaign and not aimed at the
Presidents title, which is irrefragi-
bly, established by law which must
be abrogated before his title can be
assailed. He was in NO wise moved
by the attempt made to assail himself.
He had acted from . sense of duty as
. visitor to New Orleans in the fall of
1876 and he believed the result in
Louisiana fell short of justice to the
ticket. The democrats
might pass their resolution and then
do their worst 90 far as he was con-
cerned. He did not fear them, but
defied and challenged the closest
scrutiny of his acts,
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
Anotv,er Chicago Murder.

CHICAGO, May 16-About midnight
last night Martin Dewitt, aged 81, an
Irish laborer, WAS shot five times, one
shot penetrating the heart, by Joseph
Sparks, young Bohemian laborer.
The bloody deed was committed on
the corner Of Fourteenth and Canal
streets and Sparks was captured while
trying to make his escape. He con-
fessed that he had done the shooting
and said that Dewitt deserved to be
shot because he had abused his
(SparksD wife and he expressed graf
ificati0n when he heard that he had
killed him. Dewitt has been living
in Sparks house and Sparks claims
no has made himself odious and has
refused to pay rent. A eountryman
OF Sparks, named Joseph Weinberg
or, was arrested while hurting heavy
stones on the dead body Of Dewitt.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
Davis County Repudiates Him.
Bloomfield Republican.

We are afraid the democracy are
making a road that leads away from
Weaver's crowd. So far as heard
from the townships in this county
which selected delegates Saturday,
declared against being made tail to
the Weaver kite. This is rank in
gratitude. Weaver has been SO good
a friend of democracy, that they ought
to shoulder him and stagger through
the race. If Davis county democracy
fail to adopt Weaver the democracy
of other counties will decline to father
him. The Greeley campaign seems
to have an effect on democracy, even
vet.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

Fuller accounts leave no doubt that
the recent cold snap and heavy frosts
In central and western Iowa did an
immense amount of damage to fruit.
Further reports along the eastern
shore Of Lake Michigan show small
fruits badly damaged and much wheat
killed ,ybut tree fruits unharmed.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

The Chicago Journal says that be-
fore General Grant relinquished the
presidential chair, on the solicitation
of leading men in Georgia, he order
ed discontinuance of the prosecu-
tions against large number of distil-
lers in that state who had been de-
frauding the revenue, they solemnly
promising that they would henceforth
observe the requirements of the law.
1t now turns out that nearly all these
offenders were no sooner released than
they resumed their fraudulent opera
tions. Many Of them have been re-
arrested, some being convicted and
sent to prison, and others awaiting
trial under new indictments.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

ACCORDING to Judge Hayes, of Da-
venpOrt, in his decision of the rail-
road bridge tax case at that place,
railrQGd property, under the statutes
Of this atate, can be taxed only as as
sessed by the State Board of equaliza.
tiOn when 1t is in the shape Of depots,
shops or lands, in which case it must
be assessed as other property. The
Judge held that the railroad part of a
bridge comes under neither of these
two denominations, and that there
was no state legislation providing for
taxation Of such property. Theques-
tion il to be submitted to the Supreme
Court for final settlement.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

The Dubuque Times, in noticing the
candidacy of L. M. Cooley for Secre-
tary Of State, says:
'He is a capable, deserving gentle
man, and republicans throughout the
state will feel measure Of embar-
rassment in choosing between him
and that other equally good man,
Captain J. A. r. Hull.n
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
a 8upposition.
Council Bluffs Nonpareil.

Suppose the communists should pos
sess themselves of the wealth of this
country, as they threaten todo, would
they be willing to be robbed in turn
by some other needy and lazy brother,
in worse circumstances than them
selves? Or is it wrong to hold proper
ty only when the property belongs to
the other fellow?
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

The st. Louis Globe Democrat has a
strong editorial announcing General
Shields as a candidate for United
States Senator from Missouri. As
Missouri must have a democrat, the
Democrat prefers one who is both de-
cont and able
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
One Hundred and Eighty Years
Old.


If anybody wants to live couple
of centuries, ~ let him never over
feed; and (2) let him never get drunk.
At least, those are the rules laid down
by Maguel Soils, a half-breed farmer
In the foothills of the Sierra Mesila,
New Grenada, who confesses to being
$50 years old, but 10 believed by his
to be much older. DR..
Luiz Hernandez, who has recently
paid him visit, found HIM at work
in his orchard; his skin was the col
or of parchment, but he was robust
and active his snow-white hair was
twisted turban fashion round his
head, and his eyes were so bright
that the doctor felt quite uncomfort-
able when they were turned upon
him. Miguel said that the secret Of
his living century or two was very
never getting drunk
and never overlooking. II eat only
once day, big hearty meal, which
It often takes me half an hour to get
with; but you see it is not
possible in half an hour to eat more
than you can digest in the next "a"
10 WCut Ou w soy tAht Ac Hou uOI
made up his mind as to meat, but
that he did not eat much of 1t. He
tasted on the first and middle days of
each month, eating nothing, but
all the water he could swal-
low. He always let cooked food cool
before tasting it, and to this precau-
ton he attributed the fact that his
teeth are IS sound now as
they were one hundred and eighty
years ago. DIR. Hernandez was noti-
fed by some of the oldest inhabitants
of the district that they well remem-
bered Miguel as a reputed centenarian
when they were boys; also that the
name of Miguel Soils, colored farmer,
appears in . writ still preserved, Of
the contributors to the building fund
of a Franciscan Monastery near San
Sebastian, which was founded in 1872
and that the present abbot is positive
it is the same man. But protracted
as has been his sojourn on earth, he
has not succeeded In winning the re-
spect of his fellow-b beings. The In
dians in the neighboahood firmly be-
lieve that he has sold his soul to the
devil.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
An Argument. That Won't Wash

An Argument.T That Won't Wash.
A favorite cry with the infiationists
is that our country is now suffering
for want of sufficient currency per
capita to do its business. Theamount
last year, according to the American
Almanac for 1878, page 326, was sl4.-
70 of paper money for each person.
The highest point ever reached was
in 1866, 1895 for each person. The
difference is $5.l4. But prior to the
rebellion and in seasons of the most
prosperous character, the per capita
amount was never overS1O.74. In 1864
twas only $14.74. In 1870 it was $17.73.
The per capita argument will not
wash. At this time just as much cur
rency can be issued as the business of
the nation demands, for national
banking is free to oanybody with means.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

Hon. Alexander Bliedung, Of Clay
ton county, announces that he is not
a candidate for Congress in the Third
district, but desires to do what he can
to secure the republican nomination
for his friend, Hon. Thos. Updegratf,
for that position. ..
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
DEMOCRATIC CAUCus.

WAsHINGToN, May 16.-A select
Democratic Caucus advisory commit
tee met Immediately after adjourn
ment Of the House and decided that
the democrats should adhere to their
determination to admit no amend
ment to the Potter resolution and to
persevere in the present course until
the resolution shall be adopted, and
further, that no public business be
transacted meanwhile.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

The Sigourney Neaos sout inanum-
Der of articles endorsing Congressman
Sampson, and urging his re-nomina-
ton, all of which is eminently proper.
The indications are that the Hon.
E.S. Sampson is the comingman in the
Sixth district. -Oskdloosa Herald.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
80.

Campbell has been added to the nu
merous list of candidates, as the most
available. Should he enter the field
in person, he has the prestige Of win.
ming every every race in which he
But he is too honest and con-
sistent republican to attempt to de
feat Sampson, if he desires a renomi-
natiOn.O
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

A Californian, who has been inter-
viewed by u Bostun' 7rr,eo reporter,
says: "California will not be a pleas
ant place to live in until Kearney and
his cOmmunistic friends kill all the
Chinese and are then executed for the
maaaacre,o
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

The New Orleans Times puts in the
following pretty good one: eff the
greenbackers are SO resolutely bent on
a cheap circulating medium, why
don't they adopt Confederate money?
1t may not be very loyal cash, but it
Ia choop -
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
A TRAGEDY IN BUCHAREST.
The Sister Of the United States Tice-
Consul Assassinated by a Discarded

The Sister Of the United States Tice-
Consul Assassinated by a Discarded
Lover.
A Bucharest correspondent of the
Edinburgh Scotsman write, April 19,
as follows:
"a sad tragedy has just taken place
here. The sister of the American
Vice Consul, gentleman we'll known
and much respected, has been cruelty
murdered by q young man who fell
in love with her about three years
ago. For various reasons the young
lady's family refused their consent to
the match, although one marriage
had already taken place in the fami-
ly, the young lady's sister being mar
ried to w. Sladecker, the elder broth
or of the suitor. After some stormy
scenes it was resolved that young
Sladecker should 60 to Paris, where
he has been staying until the last two
weeks. Returning to bucharest, he
found married to another the lady
whom he loved, and at once seemed
to lose his reason. Going into the
room, q few days after his arrival,
where tho lady and her sister were
alone, he commenced upbraiding her,
and scarcely waiting for an answer,
plunged dagger into her breast.
The wound was mortal, and with one
shrek she fell to the floor, her sister
trying to shield her from the fury of
her assassin, who, unable to strike
again to her heart, stabbed right and
left into limbs and body, it is said
screwing the dagger round in the
wounds he inflicted. Then, his OBJ
ject accomplished, he rushed off and
tried to commit suicide by cutting
his throat with the dagger, breaking
it, however, and failing in the at
tempt. Help coming when too late,
the poor lady, who had been but four
months married, and was only 20
years of age, was laid upon couch.
The murderer was also secured and
taken to q hospital, and guarded by 4
gendarme. During the night he
made an attempt to escape, which wal
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

Bishop Gilbert Haven has been ex-
pressing himself again. He says, in
Non's Herald, that President Hayes,
for his betrayal of the cause of liber-
ty, twill suffer from the American
people a worse contempt and detesta-
tion than has stamped the names of
even Arnold and Jefferson Davis"
The Bishop is an influential man of
the powerful denomination in one of
whose sanctuaries the President wOr-
shipa.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
A Missouri.lndustry

The Kansas City Times says the
number Of stolen horses reported at
police headquarters in that city for
the past eight months, is $50, of which
there were stolen in Kansas 157, Mis-
souri, l40, Iowa 80 and Nebraska 81.
1t is supposed twice the number have
actually been stolen in these states
within that time. If 78O horses have
been stolen i'm two-thirds of year,
and if each horse was worth 800,
(equal to $7S,OOO), horse-stealing may
not be Improbable, provided the OPP
orators keep out of the penitentiaries
or the clutches of Judge Lynch.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

A democratic member of the Ken
tucky democratic legislature asserted
in speech in that body, on the 9Th
instant, that no ''carpet-bag, scalawag
government of the radical-cursed,
down-trodden states of the forsaken
South was ever subject to such legal
lied robbery as has been perpetrated
by 4 legislAcure composed of high
toned Kentucky gentlemen"
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

Slate wears like steel. Marble
grinds out under the tread of passing
feet where seemingly no impression
10 made ON slate. The stairs Of the
Pennsylvania Hospital were built OF
slate from Pennsylvania quarries, in
1859. Recently careful examination
was made to test tho amount of wear
on the treads, and it was found to bc
imperceptible.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

The Thirteenth Annual Convention
of the Sabbath School Association of
Iowa, will be held in the Methodist
Episcopal Church, in the city of Ce-
dar Falls, commencing Tuesday, June
IL, at 1880 p. M, and closing Thurs
day evening, June Is.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

The story has been started that Bob
Ingersoll will soon make his debut as
an actor. 1t is rumored that he will
make his first appearance on the stage
in the character of Hamlet, in the
California theatre at San Francisco.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

The Iowa City Republican, in COM
menting on Warden Craig's crooked
ness at Fl. Madison penitentiary, says:
"Nearly all the eex- Warden's associates
in these swindling operations are
democrats, and nearly if not quite all
the men who are on his latest bond
are of that particular faith"
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
Missouri ku-klux.
The st. Louis Times of the 10Th inst.

says:
In the United States District Court
yesterday the trial of James Webb, a
member of the Kuklux, band of il
licit distillers in the Southeast, was
commenced and will be resumed this
morning. Webb is charged with con-
spring with Joel Buckner, John Par
ker and others to defraud the revenue
and the evidence furnished remarka-
bic particulars of the kuklux system
of operations. One man, suspected
of giving information to the Federal
authorities of the illicit distilling OPP
erations in the Southeast, wasreward-
ed by the band with fifty-four lashes
on the back, nine men giving six
laShes each
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
REPUBLICAN, CAUCUS.

The Action on Potter's Resolution,
WASHINGTON, May 15.-A republi-
can caucus this afternoon was held to
take action concerning the PROPOSE
ton introduced by Representative
Potter to investigate the alleged Flor
ida and Louisiana Presidential elec.
ton frauds.
Hale presided with Conger as Sec.
retary.
The caucus was addressed by Rep
resentatives Banks, Garfield, Hale,
Conger, Fort, Brown, Butler, Ittner,
Hazleton, Blair, Williams, of Wiscon-
sin, Thompson and others, al agree
ing that the pending resolution offer
ed from the Democratic side had
PURPOSE HIDDEN AND DEEP
to overthrow the present Administra-
ton, while the result might lead to q
revolution in the country. The only
question was as to how far Republi.
can members should resist the reso-
luton, should the amendment now in
the hands of Hale, proposing to in
clude Oregon, Mississippi and certain
matters connected with Louisiana
and Florida in the investigation be
excluded, and a. to whether they
should by such resistance take the re-
sponsibility of delaying legislation
for an indefinite period in order to
prevent what they deemed
NoToNLY WRONG BUT DANGEROUS.
It was generally held that the in
tent of the resolution was of sufficient
gravity to justify resistance to the
end.
Brown submitted q resolution,
which was agreed to, providing for a
committee Of nine to prepare resolu-
tions expressive Of the sense
OF the caucus, and the follow
ing were appointed Messrs. Browne,
Garfield, Reed, Phillips, Cannon, Claf-
lin, Oliver, Dunnell and Mitchell.
They reported the
FOLLOWING RESOLUTIONS:
Resolved. That the resolution now
pending in the House is an At
tempt, in form unjustifiable and
illegal, to reopen the question of
the Presidents title, q question
solemnly settled by the action of
The Forty-f0urth Congress, which
alone had jurisdiction, and is there
fore revolutionary and destructive of |
The good order, business, prosperity |
and peace Of the country.
RESOLVED, That the effort of the
Democratic majority to force upon |
The House without opportunity for
or debate, measure Of
'uch . revolutionary character, which
has not been recommended or consid-
cred by any of it's committees, but
mas been devised by individuals for
private or party ends, should be re-
listed by all means which are author
zed by the rules Of the House.
The first resolution passed unani-
nously, the second passed with only
few members Of the caucus dissent
ng.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

Col. G. v. Mount, of Vinton, who
has been elected Major General of the
State Militia, served in the war ofthe
rebellion as private. Since that
time, owing to his proficiency as a
drill master, he has risen to the posi-
tions of captain and colonelrespective-
ly, of militia. He is said to be very
worthy gentleman.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22
Too amaIl q Country.

Murat Halstead, the editor Of the
Cincinnati Commercial, has returned
from Europe after a fOur-weeks alb
sence from our shores. Perhaps, on
getting over there, he found there
wasn't room enough in Europe for
himself and the "0ld man" of the
Chicago Times. - Chicago Journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-05-22

Fruit Killed in Pennsylvania.
BRADFORD, Pa, May 16.-Roll, Ev.
ans u Cos oil tank burst last night.
Loss 100000 barrels.
Another heavy frost. All the fruit
destroyed in valleys.