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Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-10-30
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WASHINGTON, d. c., Oct. M--At-
torney General Youmans, of South
Carolina, called upon Secretary Cor
ham, of the national committee, yes
terday, and informed him that the
election would be fair, and that there
would be no trouble there. Secreta-
ry GOrham said he had different in
formation, whereupon Youmans ask
ed him if he had any other authority
than two negroes. Gorham quickly
replied that hc would believe negroes
as quickly as he would Mr.. Youmans.
Secretary Gorham said that recent
advices made IL seem probable that
the republicans would gain from four
to six Congressman in New York
state.
TERROR.
communications from republicans
of South Carolina, received to-day,
express belief that so completely
has the terrorism employed by the
democrats cowed the colored re-
publicans, it begins to look doubtful
whether they will elect single one
of their county officers, even where
majorities ought to be heavy.
FLORIDA.
Ex-Governor Stearns, of Florida,
who is here, being interviewed on
the cipher dispatches, says they bear
every evidence Of genuineness, and
of being correctly translated. "They
fit to the current of events" he said,
"as 1 remember them, explain things
which I did not before understand,
and confirm many things of which
only had euspicion." Governor
Stearns has no doubt that the truth of
these dispatches can be sustained in
the courts, if necessary.
NEW PLAN.
Republicans here have Just receiv-
ed information of " hat may be called
the Florida plan. Everything has
been so quiet in that state as to create
belief among republicans that they
would have fair election, in which
case they were certain to carry both
| Congressional districts. The South
Carolina plan had become bold, and
was being so perfectly carried out
that by contrast it seemed as if Flori-
da democrats had decided to risk q
fair election. But the real reason of
this apparently peaceful attitude is
now discovered in plan for purging
the registration lists Of enough re-
publicans to give the democrats both
districts.
This work is now being carried out
in strong republican counties by To-
cal Boards of Commissioners, who
claim to have arbitrary power from
the Legislature to examine and purge
the registration lists of all names
which they find ought not to be there.
The law is tho one passed last winter,
as is now believed, with the purpose
in view for which it is now used. II
simply provides that County Com
missioners may strike off from the
voting-lists the names of such rs have
died or moved out of the county.
These democratic boards now claim
that, by this action, the Legislature
intended to give them arbitrary pow.
ers to correct as they might see fit
With this construction of the law
they are striking legitimate republic.
an voters in a number of counties. In
the county of Leon, over 1900 color.
ed voters residing in the county, and
rightfully on the registry, have been
stricken off. TO such an extent hal
this already been carried that it is be.
lieved the Florida plan has already
carried the State.
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Attempted Assassination

MADRID, Oct. 25.-As the King was
driving through the street known as
Gale Mayor, this morning, a man
in blouse fired pistol at him. The
King was not touched and continued
on his way to the palace, amid tho ac-
clamations of the crowd. The man
was Immediately seized by the SOL
diers and taken to prison. The
would-be assassin is named Jean
Moncassi, aged %, cooper, native
of Terragona, is member of the In
ternational Society and his crime was
premeditated. He arrived at Mad
rid October 20. Moncaesi was res
cued with difficulty from some wo-
men who wished to lynch him.
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Full Rsturns'-The Majoritles In
creased.

DEs MONIES, Oct. 2S.-The State
Register, to-day, has received the last
official returns Of the election in this
State: In the Office of Secretary OF
State, the total vote for Hull, Repub.
lican, was l34, SOB; for Farnsworth
fusion, 1885, Hull's majority, {, 1889
The rest of the Republican State ticke,
will be about the same. Rothrock
for Judge, will be but little if any
behind
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WEEklYLiST

OF United States patents issued 10
the inventors Of Iowa. for the week
ending Oct. 18th, 1873, and each pat
ent in the list will bear that date.
Reported expressly by telegraph
for the COURIER, by A. II. Evans &
Co, Patent solicitors, Washington,
d. C.:
L. O. Brekke, uecorah, draft equal
izers.
JsJ. Crowley, Ackley, horse COL
lars.
G. d. & j. Holdman, West Liberty,
gates.
". IL. Kretsinger, Ft. Madison,
forks.
D. G. Will, Keota, clock striking
attachment.
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New ORLEANS, Oct. 2J.--Deaths 10,
cases 50.
MEMPHIS, Oct. % The weather has
moderated and light rain has been
falling since early this morning.
From 6 o'clock last night till noon to-
day undertakers report orders for 7
interments. This includes deaths
both in and outside the city. w. j..
Chase, acting Postmaster, was strick.
en- with fever last night. The wife of
Capt. Tom. Caldwell, who returned
from Glasgow, KY, last Wednesday;
was prostrated with fever yesterday.
The following is copy ofa tele-
gram sent this morning to the Chair
man of the relief committees in the
principal cities of the country:
Inland towns that have had yellow
fever ask us to assist them in paying
balances they owe; $4,000 will be re-
quired. We have barely enough to
pay our own debts. If yon have any
funds on hand subscribed for yellow
fever sufferers, if forwarded to us,
we will distribute. Signed,
A. ID. LANGsTAFF,
President Howard Association.
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CATAR.R.H .H
Is RADICAL CURE.

TvATARRH 10 o disease of the mucous membrane
Sas may ROM
cold or succession Of colds, rom sudden chsnse
q
cniIlsd when the digestive organs moinia
forces exhausted. The disease may arise ron :
ecroinions condition q the blood, from Scarlet
sna e:
quantities sa ne q mater The aischarges ffom t6e
rom Whatever cause they a1ise. IL may s. shin snd
Tstesy. and az 90 acid ss to cause rednesa and exec
as s1 ss ssn sy Su oss.
Or clear and white Ike the white Of eeg: TherS
and ievarish. tho face front and upper part
Of the head feeling uncomfortable. and q Il tW was
S sszS ss ssRs ss mss S
'saSss Ssssss sss sssssr
necessary to breathe through the mouth, thereby
and lungs The maer rassn@ 1oT shs
throat creates constant desire to hawk and q.
pei PssR ps:sns ~ e
rom the noes and throat, tho niucus becomes hard
Which Adhere 80 my the ina nsfa
snd throat as 70 require very persistent EFFORTS 20
to-
the Has may be found glued together, and matter
pfmntter. being visited BY tSc most violent
nay dsaesy. N 1hs shqoa
bronchial tubes. and lungs In many cases affect.
cd by catarrh, and when prostration OF the ner.
alarming.
A briefsurvey. Of this most serious disease warns
oil who are afflicted with make spec dy prepare
tion for its treatment before It becomes Chronic
The advantages offered by sANFonD's RADICAL.
CURE we confidently believe are to be found In no
tasE nS Is%ea ih IN every
calculated to meet every phase of the disease Tie
United States attest tho esteem in which 10 held
by those who have been freed from the most de-
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-10-30
WE have heard it remarked that

WE have heard it remarked that
James B. Weaver caught the apple of
his eye-a seat in Congress-by the
use of three strings, viz: First, selling
himself to the democratic party; sec
ond, outrageously lying about repub-
lican financial legislation; third, maxi
ing false promises as to what he
would do for the people financially in
Congress after the same fashion that
he has obtained much of his clothing
and groceries for several years past.
There Is solid truth in all that.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-10-30

tious persons to cast some votes on the
9Th of November, depending upon a
democratic official to help them de-
fraud the voters of this congressional
district and seat some man In Congress
who is not the choice of the people,
and in this determination to stand by
and endorse the October election,
many good men of all parties fully
conc1r II. PRICE.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-10-30

The Augusta me. Journal has dug
up a little fiat-money record a centu-
ry old, worth reading. 1t says:
The following is an abstract of the
records of the Town of Waldboro,
for the years 1880 and 1881, showing
the effects of a deprecated paper cur
rency:
March %, 17sO-Voted 100000, to
be worked out on the highway this
year, in mems labor, at $40 per day,
Nov. Z, 1780-Voted to pay the Sc.
lectmen $50 per day for the years 177e
and 1880.
April 10, 178l-Voted 100000, to be
worked out on the highway this
year, at go per day, mems wages.
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oEeTloM.

The main cause OF nervousness ia
indigestion, and that is caused by
weakness Of the stomach. No one
can have sound nerves and good
health without using Hop Bitters to
strengthen the Stomach, purify the
Blood, and to keep the liver and kid
neys active, to carry offall the poison
ous and waste matter of the system.
See other column.
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The Internal Iranps,

CINCINNATI, Oct. 29.-Three tramps
entered the house of q farmer named
Thomas Lawson, near Parkersburg,
w. Va, yesterday, and beat the far
mer's Wife and daughter in q brutal
manner, seized rything that could
be of use to them and decamped.
They were pursued but not captured.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-10-30
Big Foroerjes.

MILWAUKEE, Oct. 2S.--Chas. Eth
eridge, of st. Paul, abscouding insur-
ance agent and financial representa-.
tive of the New York Loan & Trust
Company, came here Thursday and
being we'll known had NO difficulty in
being identified. At the Milwaukee
National Bank he realized on q $l5,-
600 draft drawn by the Merchants
National of st. Paul on the American
Exchange Bank of New York. The
Wisconsin Marine bank cashed draft
for $1,000, drawn by the Northwest
ern National of st. Paul, on Trades
mans National of N. Y, and Cramer
& Go. took a $1,000 draft issued by
First National of Minneapolis on
Fourth National Of N. Y. The drafts
were all genuine and will be made
good by banks at st. Paul and Minne-
apolis. Etheridge left here for the
East on Thursday afternoon. Detec-
tives are on his track,
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Reason to Rejoice.

Surrounded ~ we are by adultera-
tors Of food, 1t ought to produce at
least refreshing sensation to be told
Of . real, genuine article. Such q
qualification may be had by using .
box Of DIR. Prices Cream Baking
Powder; the biscuits and articles
made with II are really elegant.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-10-30

John A. TimmonA Of Marshal
county, . youth of sixteen, has been
by . recent decision of the Supreme
Court, to which the case had been ap-
pealed-assessed damages to the
amount of 5000. for the seduction of
Miss Clara A. Wickersham.
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the IOWA NULLlFlERS.
navQOnnrk Ea 1affo

At last the democratic leaders in
Iowa have thrown aside all disguises
in the matter of the Congressional
election and have boldly made known
just what they purpose to do if they
can. That purpose is, simply, to null
lify the decision Of the popular vote
Of October 9Th, and on Tuesday, No.
vember 9th make q determined Of
fort to substitute for that deliberately
expressed and honestly recorded
choice only simon-pure democrats,
as representatives of the Forty-sixth
Congress. just this has been what
the GAZETTE has all along expected.
Thanks to that expectation and to the
resulting watchfulness and activity
exercised in our columns, every Iowa
republican voter who reads the GA
zETTE 10 now fully prepared to meet
the democratic nullifiers on their
own ground and beat them at their
own game.
After much mewing and purring,
and with many an alternate present.
alton to the republican world of vel
vety paw and shapened claw, the
democratic feline was authoritatiyely
let out of the bag on Wednesday eve
ming last, at Burlington, rs announce
ed in the telegraphic dispatches of
the GAZETTE yesterday. It 10 lively
"varmint," but one which will be cas-
lily treed and worried to timely end
by the republican mastiffs which will
join the hounds in the hunt to the
death !; for, having been thus dared
to that hunt, the republican sports
men must and will promptly fall into
line and make for the game. No 9TH
er course remains.
In the report given of the manner
in which the democratic animal was
at length released and made public,
40 given by the Burlington Hdsckeye
Of yesterday and copied else " here on
this page, the reader will see just who
were those who participated in the
denouement. OF course the yery
Hon. John P. Irish was chief oficiat-
or, Notwithstanding he had only q
few days before advised to refer the
whole question to the decision of the
next House. So, also, was Judge w.
F. Brannan, despite his announced
determination to have nothing to do
with . contest Of the October elec-
ton. And so was the Hon. John
Gibbons, whose ink upon the paper
in which he insisted that October was
the only date upon which represents
tives to Congress could be elected
was scarcely yet dry. Yet, again, 80
was Mr.. Ed. Campbell, the gentleman
who has long been anxious 10 be the
congressional candidate for the First
district instead of Mr.. Hobbs. These
all aided in recording . unanimous
opinion that an election must be held
10 November. More than that, they
made public purpose to hold such
IN election regardless Of proclama-
lion by tho Governor.
It 10 significant tnat at the confer
ence which reached these conclusions
no Greenbacker was present or invit-
ID. The fact throws additional light
lpon the nice little Democr attic game
determined upon by these very unan-
NOUS gentlemen, That purpose 10
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coMKLlhc.
A Brief Extract from His Speech
on the hustings In New York,

Wade Hampton now generously Of
fers to come to the relief of the Unit
ed States government which stood
and triumphed against half a conti-
nent, and against conspiracy of all
but one of the nations Of the earth;
that government which sent out a
million men to crush rebellion, and
for which a million more would go
out again. Terrific cheers.
Yes, gentlemen, they would. Re
newed cheers.] And now Wade
Hampton appears as a .'bie brother" ;"
saying to the little brother: s'stand
BY me and I'll do this for you."-
Laughter. There is something re-
freshing in that! Astonishing? Laugh
ter. But that is not all. When re-
publicans hold meetings now they
never kill more than one or two, and
If the republicans keep still even so
many are not killed. On q recent oc-
casion, the account OF which appear
ed in the Charleston Ne,Us and in 9TH
er reliable democratic authorities,
they merely loaded q cannon with
ten-penny nails and trained the can
non on the speaker and then covered
him with the muzzles of 500 rifles.
But he didn't say anything [laughter]
and therefore they didn't shoot. Con-
tinued laughter. That is encourage
ing. This is the last quarter of the
nineteenth century, and here are the
very men still living, who went out,
and in weary marches and in hun.
dred victorious battles, established, as
they supposed, that wherever the flag
Vv,n cd kA snlS SnAs
and under the laws of the United
States, that no man under these laws
and that constitution should ever
again be compelled to kneel or bow.
Tremendous applause.] Now, gen.
tlemen, the republican party is against
Bill these schemes. Applause. The
party believes in honest
money and In paying honest debts.
Cheers The republican party is for
citing well enough alOne-fOr main
aiming our integrity and increasing
hat confidence which will encourage
:apital to come out and invest in en-
and set labor at work again
(Great cheering. The
epublican party is for protection to
ome industry and home manufac-
1IO lCO1lOAuAcO CAOCAAn8J 0AAA OAC 40.
ublican party is for peace order and
berty everywhere. ICheers. And
le republican party believes that the
ZEN who stood by the flag and pray
for it-even they sprang from tiger
lnters on the gold coast of Africa,
i'd their skin is painted black by ma
res brush the republican party be-
,ves that they are entitled, before
Cd and man to the rights of human
Y. Loud and repeated cheers The
publican party believes 1t 1s not
fe-it is not wise-it is not prudent
hand over the two houses of Con-
ress and the government of this I
'untry TO the men who only the 9TH !,
day were arrayed in arms against
!. Great applause. The republican {
srty believes that the conduct Of the :
alton toward the South ia more mag !
anim0us than can be found In histo- ,
y. lCheers.l No man was hung Tor
voice. MthaY should have !
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-10-30

FIFTEEN persons have been arrest
ed in South Carolina, by direction Of
District Attorney Northrop and Unit
ed States Commissioner Virgins, at
Kingstree, the scene of Mr.. Swails'
troubles. Most of them are charged
with interfering with Swails In his
advocacy of Rainey, the republican
candidate for Congress at the White
Oak meeting. The others are arrest
ed for giving Swails notice to leave
the county. 2
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More Moonahine.

DuBuquE, Oct. 2S.-A special to
the Herald says the Democratic and
Greenback Central Committee of the
Ninth Judicial District have placed
Hon. Jno. j. Wilson, of kossuth coun.
ty, in nomination as candidate for
Congress, to be voted for, at the No.
yember election.
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SECRETARY SHERMAN SPEAKS.

WAsHINGToN, Oct. 26.--Secretary
Sherman says of James E Anderson's
retractions, he had always been satis-
fed that the truth of the history
would in the end fully vindicate him
from all charges and aspcrsions in the
matter Of the so-called Sherman let
ter, and he would prefer to assist
rather than to delay or obstruct
thorough examipation into oil facts.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-10-30

Many in the State of Iowa will be
sorry to learn that Chief Justice Roth
rock has been obliged to leave the Su-
preme Bench, for the present, by dis
ease of the right eye. Wednesday
last he left Dubuque, when the court
was in session, for Philadelphia, to
have his eyes treated. The Herald
says that inflammation of the optic
nerve has set in, and it Is feared it
will terminate in loss ofsight." Judge
Beck will act as Chief Justice during
his absence.-Register.
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7'7-----s7-77-7'F7---777
MARX ET6.

BY reference to the quotations It
will be seen that there is little change
in prices, mono, In fact, SO far % grain
is concerned. Oats is dull at the quo-
tations given below and prices are
liable to decline at any moment,
and to-day even none brought
over 15c. Hay is little better, and
clear, bright timothy sold as high %
$6. Hogs, but few in market and
prices range at2.25@2.4O with bulk Of
sales at 2.25.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-10-30

HARvARD's income is 500, 600;
Yale's, $4,000; Princeton's, $50, 600;
Columbia's, $3.50, 900; CornelPs $780,
600.
Harvard's library contains 200, 1000
volumes; Yale's, $4,000; Amhersts,
Browns, Cornell's, and Princeton's,
10000. Harvard's library fund is over
soOO. 900.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-10-30

OnEoAso, Oct. 90.
by Telegraph
Wheat-weak, easier; No. 2 red
83h; No. 2 spring 79A cash, so Nov,
SlM bid Dec.
Corn-easier; 33A cash, 32M Dec.
Oats-firmer; 1873 cash, l97 Dec.
Rye-44.
Barley-l6wer 92@94.
Pork weak, lower; 81 cash, 6 9216
96 50 Nov, 7 O2h @7 O5 Dec.
Lard-weak; IS 92k cash, s 95
Nov.
Whisky-$l OS.
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PROOF OF THE FOREGOING

of the Weber-Anderson agreement
is also available, and, in short, the
whole diabolical plot by which the
Potter investigation was worked up
and forced upon the democrats of the
ans, and will doubtless be established
to the full satisfaction of the country
IS soon % the Senate Committee
charged with the inquiry into the
charges against Senator Matthews
meets. It is understood that Ander.
son will then appear and free him
self from the load of falsehood that
he took upon himself in tho Potter
Committee. The payments Of money
to Anderson for preparing testimony,
and the persons who paid it are
known.
THE PART TAKEN ny COL. PELToN,
Tilden's nephew, in working up the
case and forcing it through the
House, are also now known. The
persons who took part in manufac-
turing oral testimony for several wit.
nesses before the committee are also
known, aud some Of these will proba-
bly, be soon proceeded against GRIM
inally for subornation Of perjury.
Some Of the democrats involved in
these transactions have known for
some weeks that the danger of the
republicans obtaining clew to their
crooked transactions was very great,
and their efforts to avert this trouble
have been untiring. The evidence of
their attempt to prevent exposure
will be about as interesting, and at
the same time as convincing Of guilt
as any of the rest.
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More Concillation.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-Some four
hundred persons in North Carolina,
indicted for illicit distilling, will be
allowed to plead guilty and sentence
will be suspended during good be-
hayiOr.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-10-30
HONEST MONEY FOR HONEST
LABOR,
New Republic

Not abundance nor scarcity, but un.
certainty of currency, brings great
loss to labor.
ALL experience teaches that expsn.
sion brings greater distrust, gambling
and fluctuation. This evil greater
expansion cannot and does not pre-.
tend to cure. Yet it is insisted that
more money ia required by the wants
of trade.
CoNvERTIBILITY in the currency is
like conscientiousness in man-it has
many grades and is valuable in pro.
portion as it is strict and pure.
Our currency works harm to labor
by its quality, its uncertainty. Vary.
ing ever, and yet paying debts, itrobs
somebody continually, and, most OF
all, farmers and laborers. How will
it give such paper fixed value to issue
more of it.
MANY fancy that much currency
means high wages. They forget that
inflated prices hurt more than inflat.
ed wages help them. In times of fluc-
tuation "wages, of all things 60 up
last and least, and fall first and low.
est"
PAPER promises, and the slow re-
sponses OF retail prices to downward
changes Of the market, have been rob-
bing our labor of its earnings for ten
years. Every year destroys yet more
of the vitality of our industry. And
yet we are told to wait still longer
until the country grows up to a specie
basis.
WHY should millions of creditors
be robbed in order to enrich q few
thousand great borrowers Democ-
racy once believed in, the greatest
good to the greatest number. What
sort of democracy, not to say Of poll.
cy or justice, is it to take half their
savings from millions Of farmers, la
borers, artisans, mechanics and thrift
ty tradesmen, in order to relieve the
debtor class?
How Is 1T that nearly every demo-
cratic paper at the South is for infia-
ton? How is it that Bourbon demo-
Gratis, who pronounced the war fail
ure and greenbacks unconstitutional,
are now the loudest to demand more
of them? Men who wanted the
Union to fail, and prophesied that ita
pledges would be worthless, are in
this way striving to make their pre-
dictions good.
The Government aud the republic
an party stand pledged to reach spe-
Gle payment by January next. For
that thanks and honor. Any road
that will lead to specie pay ment is in
finitely preferable to any that will
not.
To DO nothing is to be impoverish-
ed. We must emancipate labor from
this hideous bondage to varying
currency, or universal bankruptcy il
near. To the republican party, which
has destroyed one cruel form of
slavery, let white labor, also enslaved
by false money, stretch forth its hands
for freedom. Not until we make
coin or its equivalent the only money
which the poor man need ever see or
touch, will labor in this land be free
indeed.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-10-30
Or. LOUIS, Oct. %.

Sr. Louis, Oct. 20.
BY Telegraph
Wheat-lower No. 2 red S2k @M
cash, 825S Nov, S5h Dec; No. 8 do
1903 cash.
Corn-32 cash, 3lA Nov.
!, oa,s-easier; 1914 @2o cash, 2O5s
Rye-4O1a @A.
Whisky-$l O8.
Pork-dull; 81 5O@7 60.
Lard--dull; IS rs.