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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
Ono Way to be Miserable.

If you want to be miserable. think
constantly about yourself, your woes
and your cares, your trials and your
tribulations, pity yourself for the
troubles You must bear and the evils
that aflict you. Magnify every ill
see no comfort or blessing in the path
of life stern destiny has planted your
feet in; and If you want to make
your friends miserable, too, keep your
sad fate ever before them; and insist
upon entertaining them with recital
Of your peculiar troubles, and seek
for their constant sympathy and con-
dolence. You will accomplish your
amiable purpose by this course, but
before long you will find yourself the
only sympathizsr, for your friends
will vote You an unmitigated bore,
and seek more congenial society, and
avoid you like the pestilence.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
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CINCINNATI, March S.-The hard
ware firm of Howell, Gano 4 Co.
which failed yesterday, have been
established since l84S and is one of
the Oldest firms Of that line in the
city. 1t is stated their liabilities will
reach 100000. The stock in hand is
valued at $l25,0OO; outstanding ac-
counts will place the assets far above
the liabilities. 1t was the failure Of
prompt collections of these accounts
that caused the suspension.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

The struggle is now progressing Al
Des Moines over the railroad tariff
law. 1t is sought TO repeal the pres
ent law touching freight tariffs, but
passenger rates as now provided for
in the law we understand are moi
touched. L. is we'll known that we
favored the commissioned system
when the present law was enact
ed. Some OF the most promi-
nent grangers in the State at
that time stood with us upon that
question and while in attendance
upon the Legislature urged their
views strongly, but wore ovcrruled
by reason of the heat of the contest
and MT because, as we then believed
and still believe, that their view was
not the sound and correct one
A fixed rate for all seasons and
all years, for good crop years
and bad crop years, is not and
cannot be framed so as to be
just; it needs a power to adjust rates
to circumstances In our opinion
there is but one objection that can be
urged against the commissioner sys-
tenn with any force, and that is thst .
commission Of three or five gentle
men may be influenced by the rail-
road companies against the interests
of the people. We have no fears on
this score. We believe that aplcnty
of good, honest, able men can be
found, and will be found ii the bill
passes, who will perform their duties
faithfully and Well.-DQSlu. 9Th.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

Gold 1Ol1S Monday, 1919 Tuesday
and to-day 1917 and governments
stiffening up all the time and yet, and
yet the silver dollar, 4l2h grains, is
just as good to pay government
bonds as the gold dollar Daily, 9Th
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13


or U. s. Patents issued to the inven-
tors of Iowa, for the week ending
Feb. 10 1878; and each patient in
the list will bear this date. Reported
by telegraph, expressly for the Cou-
RIER, Ottumwa, by A. Fl. Evans & 20.
Patent Solicitors, Washington, d. e.
Charge for obtaining patent 5000.
A copy of the patent laws sent free.
II. Trumerswam, Muscatine, Corn
Planters.
TIL Shepherd, Davenport, Vapor
Burners.
Cunningham, Winbrofer & Rice,
Keota, Feed Cooker.
B B Hess, Burlington, Churns.
s Hevener, Blairstown, Harvester.
I'D Moore, Cambridge, Copy Hold
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
The Average Of sickness.

DIR. Regnold SOuthey has been col
lecting statistics of the amount Of
sickness per year the average human
has to suffer, and has arrived at the
following result: At 20 ysars4 days
at 30 to 30 years 5 or 8 days; at a
years Z days at 80 years 3 or 10 days
at 56 years - or Is days; at 90 years
l6 days; ct s. years 81 days
d 10 ysars a.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
THE RESULT OF the RIBsoM.


LOUISVILLE, March 6.-The New
comb Buchanan distillery of this city,
the largest and wealthiest in the
country, suspended to-day !; liabilities
unknown, but much less than the as.
sets. The cause Of the suspension is
known to have been the agitation OF
the reduction of the tax on whisky
by Congress.
j. A. Zanone & Son, wholesale liq-
uor dealers, have gone into bankrupt
cy. Liabilities of the firm and indi-
viduals about $4,000; assets about
$3l 600, in personal property and real
estate.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

Gen. James A. Garfield, of Ohio,
is q man of decided ability and one
year ago stood very high in the list oi
possibilities, but he has suffered him
self to be tied SO closely to President
Hayes administration that he has fall
len fifty per cent, at least, in the list
Of future probabilities.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

not have been fired, as 1t has, to = fe.
YER heat, and we must say Justly So
Whatever Of strength there is to-day
in the soft money party it has derived
from the very bad conduct of the
goldites and whatovcr of strength it
continues to have, will draw it's life
from the same source.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
WA4HIlI GToN.

WASHINGTON, March 6.-The House
Committee on Public Lands, to-day,
agreed to report favorably . bill
which provides that notices Of con-
test now provided by law under the
homestead presumption and tree cul-
ture laws of the United States shall
hereafter be printed in some neWspa.
per printed in the county where the
land in contest lies, and If NO news.
paper be printed in such county, then
in newspaper printed in the county
nearest to such land.
WASHINGTON, Mach S.-The SEN
ate committee on railroads has unani-
mously agreed to recommend the
passage Of Dorsey's Pacific railroad
sinking fund bill with certain i'm.
portant amendments, proposed by
Mitchell, Mathews, Dorsey, Randall
and Barnum. The bill As thus agreed
to is amended by the entire omission
of the section which provided for the
Of 12,OOO,O 600 acres of
land grants to government on condi-
ton that the sinking fund should be
created therefor at the rate Of $1.25
per acre. The Section providing
that the Union Pacific and Central
Pacific should be given preference for
government business was also strick-
en- out. The main features of the
bill are % follows:
All moneys due these two compa-
nies on the first day of April next for
government transportation are to
form . nucleus of the proposed sink-
ing fund, amount to be made equal
by cash payment, If necessary, to ut
least one million dollars for each com.
pany. They are thereafter each to
pay into the u. s. Treasury 100000
per year, in semi-annual payments
until the year 1900, whom the bonds
,ndOrsed by government become due.
is to be accumulated semi
at the rate Of six per cent
per year upon all amounts thus plac-
I'd to the credit of the sinking fund
Ind the payments are to be In lieu Of
he requirements of the present law
ss to annual payments of per cent.
If net earnings and the retention of
,ne half the earnings for government
transportation.
The balance found due the United
States by the companies in the year
800 is to be paid in 80 equal semi
annual installments, together with in
crest on deferred payments, the rate
# interest on which shall equal the
ate then being paid by Government
N the majority of its securities.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

About the last occupation that
would be selected as suitable for wo-
men is that of serving on the police
force. The daring person to make
the suggestion is no other that DIR.
Mary Walker, who has petitioned the
Washington Board of Police for an
appointment as special policewo-
man. If her proyer is granted she
will spread CONSERVATION in the
ranks OF the small boys of that city,
whose chief amusement heretofore
has been to follow that noted lady
about the streets of the Capital, ex-
horting her to pull down her vest,
and making other unkind allusions to
hcr attire.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
The Simple Burial Of q sturdy Old
AARA-

CLEVELAND, March 6-The funeral
of the late ex-senator Wade at Jeffer-
son, Ohio, to-day, was largely atten-.
ded. The exercises at che late resi-
dence of deceased consisted of read
ing from the scriptures and brief
address by Rev. DIR. Dickinson, pas
tor of the Congregational church or
the village, and short prayer by G.
l.. Shipman, of Girard, Pa. Rl
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

THE question of southern claims
has to be met with vigor, for beyond
question the democracy of the south
are determined to press them. Spe-
cial relief bills for the benefit Of in
dividual war claimants have been in
troduced from southern states thus
far to the following extent: Ala
bama, twelve bills, aggregating 1927,
SS5; Arkansas, twenty bills, amount
$3S4,50O; District of Columbia. eight
eeen bills, amount $l66,O29: Florida
three bills, amount, 5000; Georgia
eighteen bills, amount, $46s, ,652 Ken
lucky, 103 bills, amount, $500, 400 ;
Louisiana ten bills, amount, SAIL ,6lO /;
Maryland, thirty-six bills, amount
$2s9, ,254; Mississippi, fourteen bills,
amount. $1S0,9OS; Missouri twenty
seven bills, amount $124,58S; North
Carolina, twenty bills, amount $175,.
66l; Tennessee, eighty-four bills,
amount, $734y676; Texas, twelve bills,
amount, $673,276; Virginia, twenty
nine bills, amount $228,662; West
Virginia, sixteen bills, amount, $247,
720. To these should also be added
twenty-nine bills, reopening and send
ing back to the Court Of claims or
Southern Claims Commission, pri-
vate war claims already rejected by
them or not covered by existing stat.
utes. They involve several hundred
thousand dollars.
These are but the entering wedge
to claims involving tens Of millions Of
dollars to which the claims enumera.
ted would be treated as precedenti
should they be allowed. In the name
of Heaven have not the people Of thii
land been cursed enough by the deeds
of this Southern democracy without
being loaded down with the paymen,
Of losses which rebels suffered in con.
sequence of their own criminal con
duct?
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
p,one>r nasa.

New YORK, March 8.-Mrs. Lydia
NJ. Roosevelt, whose boast it was that
she was the first woman who descend.
ed the Ohio in steamboat, died at
her home at Skaneatles in this State.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

THE question is mooted in Congress
whether it is necessary to keep ur
the present rate Of taxation in order
to create . sinking fund for the de.
crease of the public debt. We thinl
this question is worthy of considers
tiOn.
Upon general principles we ART
clear that the people at this time
should not be burdened too heavily
to decrease the principal of the pu blit
debt. Ever since the close Of the re
bellion we have been paying at quit.
. rapid rate, our national debt. W.
think too much of this has been don,
for five years past. The people o.
this country should not be loaded
down with the burden Of paying tn,
principal of the debt, to any consider
able extent while we are gettins
down to specie payment. The sacri
fees necessary to accomplish resump
tion are enough to demand Of tn,
public, without adding thereto to,
much for . sinking fund.
Should the sinking fund amount Il
. million month we should regars
itas ample, until resumption is reach
ed and the country arrives ct seaso,
OF prosperity, and We are NO way
sure but this sinking fund ought t
be reduced for time, to half 1 mil
lion q month. There Is certainly n,
good reason ON earth why this sink
ing fund should now be kept up t
from twenty-five to thirty millions
year. The burdens of the great re
bellion should not be heaped to-
heavily upon this generation.
The nation has amply shown il
ability to handle with ease the grea
debt we incurred and there 10 NO nee,
OF rapid payment Of the principlalsi 4
order to establish our credit ct hom
rabroad. We are emphaticslly ii
favor Of lsssening taxation 20 ar .
raising thersby aainking fund, Il cor
lcefnsd.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
CONGRESSIONAL.
WARRINGTON, March s.
. HOUSE, aid

Communications were presented
from American type founders, pro-
testing against certain petitions for
the abolition Of tariff duty on type
considering it as scandulously false, as
containing statements many of which
are utterly devoid of truth and as in
the interest of foreign type founders
and their products. Referred.
The Senate amendment to the bill
suspending operations of the revised
statutes, regarding Guano Islands
were cOncurred in.
The Senate long bond bill was re-
ferfed to ways and means committee
and private reports were called for.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
Serious AcCldAnt. /.

BALTIMORE, March THE trestle
platform used in building the new
iron bridge over the Potomac ct
Rowelps Bend gave way, yesterday,
precipitating Is men at work into the
river, q distance of 30 feet. Three
men were killed outright and the re-
mainder seriously injured.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

New YORK, March S.-Reports Of
the Panama fire show that twenty-six
buildings were burned comprising
three blocks in the principal part Of
of the city and many residences /: to-
tai loss $500, 600; insurance $230,OOO in
German companiea.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

The bill introduced by Senator
Cockerell, of Missouri, to provide
for the issuance of silver coin certifi-
Gates upon the deposit of silver bull
lion, may prove to be just and good
measure. We would, however, rest
for, say forty days, and see far how
our silver is likely to assume its old
place in value.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

"a REPUBLICAN," announces in our
columns to-day his candidate for Con-
gress in this county. Hon. S. T.
Caldwell has reputation co-exten-
sive with this country and district
and is quite well known throughout
the State. He has been much in pub
lie life, and wherever he may have
been among public men is of type
to be heard from, and leaves q mark
ed impression upon his fellow men.
Our columns arc open to free avow-
ais upon the subject of a Congress.
sional candidate, and as we have be-
fors said, we expect to support the
man for . nomination who is the
choice Of Wapello county republi.
cana. aA
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
FIRE AT.rANAMA.

A telegram received in this city
from Panama announces . disastrous
fire there. The dispatch is not precise
but it is inferred that the fire started
in f. 9. Herbrugers drug store, under
Grand Central Hotel in Plaza Grande
and that store in the furthest corner
of Commercial block had been burn
ed. This would indicate that the
Grand Central Hotel and CONNER
cial block was destroyed. These
buildings we separated by narrow
street.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

The democracy are becoming con-
ciliated rapidly. Here 10 q small in.
dication of it from the Bloomfield
Democrat:
Anderson got . sentence of two
years in the penitentiary for fraudu.
lently counting the vote Of Louisiana
for Hayes. Now II the same punish.
mont could only come upon Hayea
for accepting the fraudulent vote I"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

No WORD as yet from Nichols in
reference to the pardon of Col. An
derson. Some members Of the cabi-
net have been stating positively that
pardon would be granted, but late
ly they have stopped making such re-
marks. The president still keeps
mum and gives no sign of having q
word to say in the matter. There is
no use trying to do this subject justice
in the use of language. The action
Of this administration in its dealings
with the South makes true republi-
can heart sick.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

The following il m extract from
the inaugural address Of President
Hayes when he was first elected Gov
ernor Of Ohio, ten years ago:
I'm my Judgment, Ohio will never
consent that the whites Of the South,
a large majority Of whom were late
ly in rebellion, shall exercise in the
government Of the nation as much
politicai power, man for man, as the
same number of white citizens OF
Ohio"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
rhree pe,sone nvo,.,rael

New ORLEANS, March 1.-THE pro-
peller Hope was run down and sunk
by the steamboat Texas yesterday
evening. Paul st Pierre, his wife
and two children were drowned, be.
ing In the cabin of the propeller.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
ESTABLISHED tS4s---vOL. 70, NO. 4s.

ing our institutions and reconcilinp
respect for religionwith a determin.
ed defense of State laws and the prin-
ciples of civilization, we prove how
great are the fruits Of liberty. We
are confident that in our hands Italy
Will not fall from her exalted posi-
ton. e44.e5 .fs,ftt st.,. Ia
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

Governors Carpenter, Kirkwood,
Newbold and Gear, have oil favored
acom mission plan Of regulating rates
upon railroads and 90 stated in their
messages to the legislature. Du-
buque and Davenport in their efforts
to retain the present law are moved
thereto solely by their home interests.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
M uonn ~. A..an..n. 4

New YORK, Mar. Judge Works,
q member Of the Louisiana elector-
al college, telegraphs that there is no
prospect of pardon for Anderson and
that the motion for q new trial has
been postponed two weeks.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
Boiler exploslon.

LONDON, Ont, March San explo.
sion of boiler In Robinson's saw.
mill destroyed the building and ma.
chinery and killed Alexander King,
foreman.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

SILVER bullion has advanced in val
ne since it was certain we should re-
monetize silver. This will continue
with our rapid coinage, and beyond
question before this Congress ad-
journs silver bullion will rise in val
ue until it takes nearly its old stand
If not quite. Even with the present
rise in silver what would we have
done now with silver dollars having
425 grains? Had dollar with that
number of grains been provided for,
this Congress would not have ad-
journed before it would have been
obliged to decrease the size of the
dollar, else the gold dollar would
have been the "short-legged" coin.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
pa,a IN eu,,.

WASHINGTON. March THE Comp
troller has declared dividend of rs
per cent. in favor Of the First Nation
al Bank of Osceola, Iowa making one
hundred per cent.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

Your life is in danger when you
allow Q severe cough or cold to 70
unchecked. DR.. Bulls Cough Syrup
10 . cheap, harmless and reliable
remedy.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

The Senate has confirmed the nom
ination Of Capt. James D. Simpson, oi
Decorah, as Collector of the Sd. Dis
trict, vice Gen. Trumbull resigned.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

The Question before the Pilot Grove
literary society for discussion at their
next meeting: "Is Hayes democrat
or q republican ?" Give it up.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
The Postal Savings Bank scheme il

The Postal Savings Bank scheme is
popular at Washington, and undoubt-
edly will pass into law this session.
The substance of the bill as approved
by Secretary Sherman is that per-
SON may deposit U. s. notes at any
money order Office and receive q mon
ey order ON the u. S. Treasurer,
which, when presented at Washing
ton In sums of ten dollars or any
multiple thereof, shall be convertible
into certificates of deposit bearing in
terest ut 3.65-1OO per cent. per annum
for one year and no longer and shall
be convertible into and be redeemed
BY y. s. bonds authorized. The bill
- Congress may pass upon it may, Of
course. be subjected to some amend
ments, but something of the kind will,
in all probability, pass, Is we think il
ought to.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
FIR REs.


LITTLE Rock, Ark. March g.
About 15O buildings were destroyed
by the Hot Springs confagration,
nearly all business houses and resi-
dences. 1t is estimated that LOCO
people were made homeless, and aid
is asked for the poor. All the build
ings were wooden structures. The
loss is estimated at 100000. Insu-
rance $25, 600. Although the greater
part fthe business part of the towu
is destroyed, comparatively few of
the hotels were burned. Only one
tirst-class hotel, the Hot Springs
House was lost and two or three
smaller ones. There is still plenty OF
hotel accommodations for all visitors.
The Arlington Grand Central, Sum.
ter Avenue and Waverly Hotels. the
largest and best in the city, with 8
large number of boarding houses
still remain.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

The republicans carried the Ottum.
wa election. No more than We OK
pectsd. BLOOM Reid Democrat.
I Jes 20.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

HAMILTON, Ont, March 7.-Epizoo-
tic has made it's appearance here and
is attributed to long continued wet
weather.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

We are in receipt of the Hon. VIM
B. Allison's closing speech on the sill.
YER bill in the U. 8. Senate, Feb. Is
and have read it carefully through
It is decidedly an able argument, de-
void Of all flourish of trumpets, but
convincing and unanswerable. In
the course of it's delivery the Senator
was catechized by Senators Eaton,
Bayard, Salisbury and Sargent and
he answered them logically and to
their discontinue. Mr.. Allison backs
up his. positions with consummate
skill and it does one good to have the
benefit of his careful study upon the
subject. We noticed but one remark
of the Senator with which, if we get
a clear understanding of it, we can
not agree. 1t is this: He said, "Those
who predict evil from this legislation
will be disappointed; those who
hope from it any present relief from
our monetary troubles are likely to
be disappointed as we'll"
If the Senator means that those will
be disappointed who think the coun-
try will be SO flooded with silver or
other money that everybody will be
supplied, then, of course, the Senator
is right. Such foolish moonshine f.
nancial ideas, which some inconsider-
ate people entertain, can never be
realized; but if the Senator means
(Which from other portions Of the
speech we feel sure he does not that
this bill will not afford monetary re-
lief by unlocking money from the
grasp of cautious. timid people, and
putting tito work in all the channels of
trade, then we cannot agree with him.
Taking his speech as whole it is
quite evident that the closing para
graph which we quote was not quail
ified so as to give the clear meaning
of the speaker.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13

The Des Moines Register thinks
thst the bill restoring capital punish
ment will also pass the House, but
hopes that 1t will be amended SO as
to "give the jury the option of the
two verdicts of death and imprison-
ment for life." 1t might not be un-
wise to try SUCH plan, though the
Rande farce lately enacted at Gales
burg demonstrates quite clearly how
jury can be influenced when discre-
tionary powers are granted it.-Clin-
ton Herald.