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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06

SENATOR CONKLING, few days
since, delivered a speech at Bing-
hampton, N. Y. Speaking of a solid
democratic South and the confident
expectancy Of Southerners to obtain
control again, as in ante bellum days
of the government, the Senator relat.
ed the following incident.
Years ago this State honored me
with one Of its seats in the greatest
parliamentary bodies on earth, and il
came to pass that a chair and desk
central in the chamber fell to me,
Some time since Senator Hill, Of
Georgia sometimes familiarity called
Ben Hill, the same who lately wrote
a letter to Mr.. Hayes-came to me
blandly and said politely and pleas.
antly, Senator, 1 mean no Offense,
but ] have taken your seat; i should
like it, and have told the Sergeant
alarms to put me down for it. AT.
ter the 4th of March, 1879, you will
not need it; your State will 60 demo.
and thought ] would make sure OF
your seat" | said he was welcome
to engage it; that no offense was TAX
en-; that New York had many sons
worthier than /, and very likely some
of them would succeed me. To-day,
in the cars, thinking of the drift OF
things in the South, the incident came
back to me. It seems that our South
ern neighbors almost unanimously,
perhaps, want everybody's seat and
everybody's shoes, and the one seat
referred to is a small matter; but when
the other seats come to be considered,
my impression is you had better en-
gage some of them for yourselves and
for those who feel as you feel. The
Government has been fought for, and
bled for, and died for, and now you
had better take care Of 1t yourselves,
for a while at least, before you farm it
out to those who, having ruled it for
so years, drcnched the land with
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06

The fact stands out clearly that the
government says so cents of silver
shall pass for dollar, will be receiv-
ed for dollar, and it is a dollar, to
all intents and purposes. 1t is fiat
dollar to the extent of IS cents. ii
the government can make q dollar out
of 81 cents worth of material, it Ger.
tainly can make the same out of one
cents worth of material. This is the
natural deduction. = Mtscatine ZIi-
b,uae.
But the conclusion fails because the
premise is untenable. The coinage
of the silver dollar of 4122 grains was
authorized under the superstition that
as result silver would so advance in
price that the intrinsic value of that
dollar would equal that of the gold
dollar. This was the argument daily
urged upon Congress by such journals,
for instance, as the Chicago Tribune.
Now, however, that silver has steadi.
ly fallen in value instead of having
advanced, it is seen that Congress
must proceed to stop the coinage OF
the silver dollar or increase the mum.
Der of grains it shall contain. This,
because it is already quite plain that
the "fiat" can have only limited ap.
plicatiOn, and already, as Secretary
Sherman showed in his speech at the
Cumberland Fair, constitutes "a dis.
turbing element" which it is not de.
sirable or possible to continue indefi.
nitely. The facts of the situation as
to the "fiat" in the silver dollar are
therefore, wholly antagonistic to the
theories of the greenbackers, which
the Muscatine Tribune defends and
Ocates.-Ddue,lOoT Gazette.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06

notes, there he'd been an actual in
crease of currency. None had been
injured by the resumption act, but
much good has been accomplished.
There were now in the treasury $142,-
33S, 3O6, with which to carry out the
provisions OF the resumption act and
he had no doubt the work would pro-
gress smoothly, and not wipe the ma
tional banks out. Their sudden alb
clifton would produce q panic to
which that of 1873 would be. no COM
parison. The national banking sys-
tenn WA the best ever devised. To
compare the State banks with Nation
al banks was like comparing . wig.
wan to . handsome mansion. To
wipe them out would be killing the
goose that lays the golden egg, %
they furnish millions OF revenue to
the Government.
Secretary Sherman closed by refer
ring exultantly to the large increase
Of exports over imports, q sure indi.
cation of returning prosperity.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06
MR.. SPINNER NOT A GREEN
BACkER.
AN EMPHATIC LETTER FROM THE EN
TREASURER DENYING SOFT

AN EMPHATIC LETTER FROM THE EN-
TREASURER DENYING SOFT
MONEY PROCLIvITIEs.
UTICA, Oct. 28.-The Utica Herald
will publish tomorrow an open letter
from ex-United States Treasurer
Spinner. 1t is in reply to a letter
containing the following:
The National Greenback- Labor par
ty claims you as one of its members,
and you are announced in certain 10.
calities as giving to that party your
sympathy andsupport, which is chief.
ly based upon quotation from one oil
your published letters, wherein YOU
state that the 7.3O Treasury notes
were intended, prepared, issued and
used as currency.
Mr.. Spinner says:
GAS no copies of the many letters
that answer are kept, am unable
to say whether the quotation is cor.
rect or not, but / presume that it is
As l have not the letter here to which
it is an answer, I cannot now say
what the question was, or whether
the context of my letter would fairly
bear the construction that this single
sentence does. But, be thatas it may
it is certain that when it was written
l had in my mind the original issue
of $40, O00, 900 under the act of July
II, 1861, and had no thought of the
larger issue of these notes Of $500, OOO,.
600, that was negotiated through the
agency of Jay Cooke & Co., at the
close of and after the war for the pre-
servation of the Union. The first
named were principally paid out over
the counters of the Treasury as cur
rency, to Paymasters, Quartermasters
and Government contractors; but the
latter and much larger amount was
issued as a loan, and was never issued
as currency. am surprised that any
one who knows me should doubt my
loyalty to the political and financial
principles that / have always profess
ed, and still more surprised that there
should be any doubt anywhere as to
my support of the very excellent tick
ct of the republican Darty.n
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06
GOING FOR THE REpEATERs,

NEW YORK, Nov. 5.-Three U. s.
Commissioners are holding court to.
day and their rooms are crowded.
A number Of persons have been ar
rested on the charge of attempting to
vote illegally. Most Of them were
discharged on giving bonds and
promising not to attempt TO vote.
One of the men arrested was q
roundsman of police and in uniform
another pays SO, 600 taxes. Chief Su.
pervisor of Elections, Davenport, has
Instructed his deputies to count and
canvass all votes in one box before
they permit the State officers to open
any other box. He says they caa on.
~ be arrested under national authori-
ty and will receive ample support aud
protection. He also orders arrest
without warrant of any election off,
Ger found during the counting of
votes engaged In any illegal act
which can have any effect upon the
canvass.
At Tammany Hall it was announce
ed o. early "a 10 o'clock that Commits
sioner Davenport, who lie also u. S.
Chief Supervisor Of Elections, had
caused the arrest of about 300 voters
on the 1868 naturalization papers and
was holding them In $1,000 bail each
Ex-Judge Spencer had consultation
with other lawyers in the interest OF
Tammany Hall, and later waited up.
on Commissioner Davenport. The
Tammany men and the anti .Tam,na.
nyites are working zealously, and are
favored bv good weather.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06

THE ,&ate Register has been looking
up the law giving the President au-
thority to set down on democratic
Red Shirts, etc. Here is the record:
The posse cOnsitat4s clause of the
Army Appropriation act provides
that:
s.From and after the passage of this
act it shall not be lawful to employ
any portion of the army of the Unit
ed States as posse cOnait0ttls or other
wise for the purpose Of executing the
laws, except In such cases and under
such circumstances as such employ
ment Of said force may be expressly
authorized by the Constitution or by
act of Congress"
A democratic Congress undoubted-
~ intended that this should protect
the democratic kuklux from Presi-
dental interference, but they did not
know just what statutes they were
exempting when they excepted the
acts of Congress then In existence au-
thorizing the President to use the ar
my in certain cases.
The act of July %, 1861, (see Revis-
eb Statutes, section $685. provides:
whenever, by reason of unlawful
Instructions, combinations, or assem-
blages of persons, or rebellion against
the authority of the government of
the United States, it shall become i'm
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06
AWeEKLYLIsr

~ e8N6 6u8U
Of United States patents issued to
the inventors of Iowa. for the week
ending Oct. 22d, 1873, and each pat
emit in the list will bear that date.
Reported expressly by telegraph
for the COURIER, by A. II. Evans &
Co., Patent solicitors, Washington,
d. G.:
j. X. Peerinton, Dallas Center, Feed
cookers.
Smith and Chase, Spirit Lake, Grain
Separators.
H. H. Canady, Fairfield, Riding
Cultivators.
l.. r. Crotty, Waterloo, Thill Coup,
ling.
j. II. Mitchell, Bloomfield, Ticket
sc. holders.
E. Stanley, Albion, Fence posts.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06
AN ELECTION ROW.

BALTIMORE, Nov. Sat the OPEN
ing of the polls this morning a slight
disturbance occurred at 3D. precinct in
18th ward, between the Judges OF
Election and U. s. Supervisors of
Election, in regard to the custody of
the ballot boxes. There were present
two U. 8. Supervisors, U. s. Deputy
Marshal Wright, the two Judges and
clerk and four citizens. During the
wrangle over the ballot boxes a pistol
shot was fired and Deputy Marshal
Wright was struck in the side with a
pistol ball, making a slight flesh
wound. The police arrested Murphy
dem. judge of election, the U. 8. mar
shall, and citizen named Bussey,
who were released on bail. In anOth-
er ward the judges of election have
been arrested by order of supervisor.
In these cases the judges refused to
admit the u. 8. deputy marshals in
the room. A full vote is being polled.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06
OFYURWA LIVE sROOH
etarting q Boy.

Is
A lonesome looking boy was yes
terday hanging around a woodward
in the northern part Of the city, wher
the owner Of the yard, having bott
charity and philanthropy for boys
with tears in their eyes, asked the lad
why he didn't peddle apples or dc
something to earn q few shillings.-
The boy replied that he had NO CAPT.
tai, and the woodward man took ont Q
nickel and said:
SNOW, my boy, I'm going to STAR
You in life. Take this nickle and GO
and make purchase Of something OF
other. I'll buy it of you for ten cents
no matter what 1t is. Come, now,
let's see what sort of . business head
you have on you"
The boy took the nickel and went
of, but in ten minutes was back with
gallon jug which he had purchased
with the nickel.
"Well, you are keener," replied
the man, 81 never saw one Of those
sold for less than Is cents to any one.
! want such jug, aud here's its fair
price. 60 now and lay out your IL
cents in apples and I'll buy half your
stock.
The boy did not return. Perhaps
he fell into sewer somewhere; but
you can't make the woodward man
believe go. When he lifted the Jug
from under the table where the boy
had carefully placed it he found hole
in the bottom large enough to let in a
black and tan terrier.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06

The Jasper County Independent
calls upon its party to not surrender
to the Rationale, thus: "Have not the
democrats, as . party, invariably
and sturdily opposed every measure
of the wretched system of finance
that prevails in this government ?
How can democrats abandon their
party for third party which prom
ises only what democrats in season
and out of season have actually voted
for and tried to accomplish"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06
II is the experience in New England

II is the experience in New England
conferences that when q preacher
grows too wicked to preach he turns
lawyer.
On the reservations west of Arkan-
sas the Indians who own farms hire
white men to work them. Yet the
red men are called sayages.
A correspondent of an exchange
newspaper complains that he append
ed to gas-burner the words "fiat
lux" but got no light; also that he
returned to the gas company their bill
endorsed "this is paid" but the agent
came into his house and carried off
tho meter.
An old darkey was endeavoring to
explain his unfortunate condition.
"You see" remarked Sambo, it was
in this way as far as can remember !:
"Fnst my ladder died, den my mud
der married agin; and. den my mud
der died, and den my ladder married
agin; and somehow / doesn't seem to
have no parents, 1t all, nor no home,
20 muffin"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06
MASSACHUSETTS.

BosroN, Nov. 5.-Hull, to which IL
attached the tradition, "as goes Hull
90 goes the state" gives Talbot "a,
Butler 81, Abbott l, Miner nothing.
Last year Hull gave CASTOR 26, Rich
Is. Cohassett gives Talbot q, Butler
63, Abbott Is, Miner 10. Last year
Cohassett gave Rice SO, CASTOR 45.
BosroN, Nov. 5.-The election ID
progressing quietly and though no
exact indication Of the vote can be
given, at 2 o'clock the republicans
claim that Talbot is receivinga far
larger vote than anticipated.
The precinct system has worked
well and rowdyism is not 40 sppa-
rent as usual.
Tho Journal says indications from
all towns are most cheering for the
republicans and that Butler will not
only be beaten but buried beneath
an overwhelming majority.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06
Hog Cholera Preventive.

A farmer Of Big Grove, Benton
county says:
81 came on this farm, about three
years ago. The former owner be-
came bankrupt from disease in his
herds. deemed it unsafe to confine
my pigs on his old feeding grounds,
believing the soil was composed Of
their droppings and saturated with
urea. / provided new clover fields,
cleared up the old grounds thorough
y, and sowed them, sftsr deep plow-
ing, TO osts. After harvest returned
the hogs to the old grounds, and let
nature renovate the clover field, with
no loss to the hogs. The next Spring
again put the hogs ON the clover, and
cleaned and plowed the feeding
ground. Have now q herd Of seventy
and have never lost . hog, while all
around neighbors are losing many.
I believe old feeding grounds are
poisonous. Deep blowing in the fall
and cropping will renovate. Do not
feed hogs more than two months, ex-
cept In Winter ON the same ground.
Care, change ofpssture, cold pure wa
ter and suitable food are al the pork
er needs"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06
Some Absolute Facts.
A correspondent of the st. Loui

Republican says:
eve are suffering under a terrible
business depression, and we have
been SO suffering for five tedious
years, and some men think that our
suffering is caused by bad legislation,
and the remedy they propose is q
change in legislation. Doubtless, the
unwise legislation of Congress has
had something to do in bringing
about the evil times under which we
have groaned for five years. But
that influence potent as it may have
been, is inconceivably small in COM
parison with the extravaganza in
families, and the almost complete
abandonment of sober principles of
common-sense living which prevail
ed before accumulation of wealth
brought luxury.
Men and women throughout our
favored land seem to have forgotten
the everlasting truth that every one
must reapswhat he or she has sown,
and that there is no escape from the
wholesome law. We must all con.
front it, and whether the cup be sweet
or bitter, we must drink it to the
dregs. National legislation may be
mischievous, moro especially in inan.
cial matters, and 1 am not disposed
to deny that it has been go, in some
degree, during the last few years
But give what weight you may to the
effect Of vicious legislation, it yet re.
mains true that such legislation 10 NO,
mainly chargeable with the calamitiei
which the the people of this nation
have borne for the last five years, but
they are due In large degree, al
every thinking man and woman
knows, to the wild spirit of specula.
ton and family extravagance which
held high carnival for seven years
before the crash OF 1873 came. And
the remedy for the great evil cannot
be found in legislation, however well
il may be. 1t can only be found In
the determination of the masses tc
cut off all unnecessary expenses and
60 to work with vigor to earn an hon.
est living, and to owe no man any.
thing, except as was said years age
by high authority, ito love one an.
Othnr0
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06
UNDERSTANDING
At Beacon-The Excitement In.
cv000lng.
Special to ths Ioxa stafe Reeistcr

Special to the Iowa State Register.
BEACON, H., Nov. 2.-The greatest
excitement has prevailed all day
Squads Of men have been at work in
the surrounding cemeteries opening
graves to ascertain whether or not the
RENAME Of deceased friends have
been removed. No new disclosures
are yet reported. The authoritiel
and the citizens have been untiring
in their efforts to gain Information
that will lead to the arrest Of the
guilty parties. We are certain that
We have ono Of Mackey's accomplices
Swallowed, and probably two, whom
we expect to have secure by to-mor.
row. 1t 10 lucky for DR.. Mackey that
he does not come up here tonight
for with the present excitement and
exaggerated feeling here, 1t woul be
altogether impossible to prevent hia
being lynched, but il is hoped that by
Monday the excitement will have
subsidized, and that better counsel will
prevail. j. w. b.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06
lMQlo EaIlQN.

The main cause of nervousness il
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
GUS and waste matter of the system.
See other column.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06

SulcIDE.-James Glinn, an old far
mer who lived three or four miles
north of Stacyville, in this county,
committed suicide last Thursday eve-
ming by hanging himself in his barn.
No one was ct home but himself and
the old lady, the other members Of the
family having come to Abba that day.
In the evening be and his wife milk
ed the cows, after which he told her
to 80 on t.. the house and he would
attend TO some feeding in the barn.
She complied and he remained at the
barn. About the time she began to
grow uneasy about his long stay the
folks returned home and q son law
went to the barn in search of the old
man. He soon found the object OF
his search hanging by the neck, dead.
No cause for the suicide is Known
AlbiG Union.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06
Hung In Emgy.:

OsKALoosA, Iowa, Nov. 4.-The
body snatching discovery is still the
cause Of great deal of excitement.
Warrants are out for parties suppos-
ed to be Mackey's accomplices but the
suspected persons have skipped
Sunday night DR.. Mackey was hung
in efigy at Beacon, and the miners
say they will make it : real case ii
they can lay hands on him. He is OK
pected tonight. Hundreds Of graves
have been opened by friends but as
yet NO bodies have been discovered
missing.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-06
The Vvickadest Woman.

ST. Louis, Oct. 29.-Circuit Atty.
Beach has had laid before him some
startling Information touching tho
practice ofA woman who 10 ostensi-
bly, conducting the business Of . for
tune-teller and astrologist. She has
lived in st. Louis for years, moving
from one part Of the city to another
every few months from motives of
prudence. One or two Of the papers
not overlooked with discretion in
the business Office have printed her
professional card, coupled with the
suggestive announcement, "Advice to
ladies In trouble" What claims the
attention Of Mr.. Beach 10 . statement
made by young woman who was
employed % house servant by the
astrologist, and who seems 70 have
made good use Of Der eyes and ears.
If half she tells Of her former mis-.
tress 10 to be credited, the madAme's
performances eclipse the infamous
deeds Of Julia E. Fortmeyer,
THE BABY MURDERER,
who was sent to the penitentiary
three years ago. The astrologist had
numerous lady customers, the obser.
want hand.maiden says, who came
not to consult the stars nor to have
fortunes told, but to purchase bottles
Of dark-colorod liquid which were
guaranteed to accomplish . criminal
purpose. Some names of these pa.
irons were furnished by the girl, bu,
In most instances she was either not
able to remember or did not learn the
names. The price these women paid
for the villainous concoction was &
bottle.
The whole story Of the astrological
practice % the servant girl observed
1t will not bear publication. It i,
enough to say that Mr.. Beach wa.
put In possession of facts which, Il
made public, would cause the respec
table portion of this community t.
look aghast.
ONE CASE,
OF which the circuit attorney was civ
en- the particulars, was that Of Z yonns
lady, well dressed and Of good sp
pearance, who called ON the madam,
and was treated, for which she paii
SIS. She made subsequent visits t
the astrologist, and ON one occasion
was accompanied, in the carriage, by
young man who was said to be hel
lover. The applicant in this instanc,
was q school-teacher. The astrolo
gist once left the house In company
with this patient, and, ON returning
laughingly told the servant that thu
crime had been contaminated Will,
they were in the carriage, and the un
natural mother had herself thrown
the prematurely delivered child GU
of the carriage window and into tn,
gutter, after being driven to an un
frequented place in the suburbs
Later this young lady became yer!
sick, and her male friend came to thu
madame and asked her to 90 will
MIN and see the patient. The astrol
ogist refused, but sent . bottle of he
medicine. Only the barest outline o
these revelations can be given, as tn,
details are too revolving.
RESPECTING ANOTHER PATIENT,
the daughter Of q steamboat captain
names and dates have been furnish
ed. This case WAS treated At the houe