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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1857-01-01
Thirty Fourth COngress...Third
Session.

WAsHISGToN. Dec. %.
The Senate is discussing the bill for the con-
strucuon OF steam revenue cutter for New
York.
HOUSE.
Under a suspension Of rules the House adop-
ted the Resolution Of Mr.. Washbu. n of Maine,
calling or the President to communicate a
statement OF the amount of money, payment
and support OF persons called into serv ce Of
HE U. 5. either under the designation of mill
tia In Kansas, or as posse comitatus for the
civil officers in that Territory, since the date
OF its establishment, Of persons charged with
treason against the T.. 5. for violation OF the
so called laws of the territory
Reverend Daniel Waldo was re elected
Chap ain.
A bill was passed for paying General Scott
under the Lieutenant General Resolution, the
amount to which Attorney General Gushing
said he was emitted 1t gives him 81 ,2tU IL
addition to $40 90 already rece we'd, and pla-
ces d 10 on the same foolihg with Washing Ion.
provided by The law OF 1873. An Intellectual
effort was inade to lake up the bil. establisin,,
al unifoIm rule OF natu al 'zaton. 1t is lie
special ord CT II he Alb Of JsLGary. Al
jolraed.
SENATE.
A long and interesting debate took place o.,
The House bill providing steam revenue cut
ter for New York, which passed, after being
amended by striking ont 80 much OF the bill as
designated that the cutter should be stationed
at the port Of New York.
Adjourned.
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CrycrSrArrD e.

CrNcINNATI, Dec. %.
Flour dull and unchanged. whiskey ac-
i've at fdit prices, 23ic. Hogs firm with mod.
firm. P'''ss
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q The pop liaticn Of Saint Louis accord
ing % the last census, is ore hundred and TWEEN
ty-fve thoussnd, two hundred and one.
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Bosrox, Dec. 2s.

The Supreme Court has placed temporary
injnneiion upon The Appleton Insurance com
pany Of this city, on apple alton Of the Boa
OF Insurance Commissioners.
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The Tremont BANQUET

At the fremont House, Chicago, OH the 10 h
ult., presided over by J. Y. ScAMMoN, Esq,
according to The Democrat, was q brilliant aft
fair.
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Nsw Ynpp n.

rA NEW YORK, Dec. %.
was totally destroyed by FIRE at he, wharf lasi
nlgnt: Loss about $2O0, 900, Of which about
half is insured.
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pIrrssuacH, Dec. Is

The river |: stationery; navigation suspended;
DO rivers are frozen over. the weather las
night was insen~ely cold; the thermometer was
four degrees below zero.
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EdfIOriaI R u1e8

All commttnic must be accompanied
by the real name Of the author, but may be
ublished with fictitious signature.
Notices OF Marriages, Deaths, and Religious
.Aeetings will be published free Of charge.
Notice of the meetings Of Charitable Insti-
tutions, and Political and public meetings gen.
orally. half the usual rates Of advertising.
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"a SHORT CALL.

vRHE SDlsSCRHBEH RE0UEerS ALI.
persons indebted 70 HIN By note o. book account.
70 cah " the store lately occupied BY Adler Vein.
man, 70 which he has renewed, and make payment
he resolved 70 close up all his old accounts. and
prompt attention y this cell vLi save cests.
OeA le-1eeA n SAMOA
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E.tray steer aud Calf.

1yAkEN up BY Hesskiah Dreamer, living In pleasant
- Township. wapeilo County Iowa, on the 18th Nov
1872 one Esr.y Steer and Calf The Steer yoxrs old
iowfork In EACH underbit In the same and
at twenty dolaas. The Calf about four months old
motley face and appraised two dollars aod fty eta
J. N. CAMPBELL Clerk
Ottamws, December 9th 1855 nl4-Sm
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. Sonia SfissorinQs.
DIR. Eads.

DE-. Eads.
This Individual has issued an address TO his
party friends, in which he endeavcrs to excul-
pate himself from all charges, and charging
improper Official conduct upon others.
Govcrner Grimes has made comnruuica-
ton to the Senate, in answer to resolution, to
which he disposes Of all the points made in the
Doctors defence, arain his charges upon him,
IN complete and caushiny manner.
e. One million. five hundred thousand acres
Of public land in the northern part Of this
state have been brought into market, and land
warrants have advanced three cents per "a
ere.
Coon FoRruNE.-Eight years ago Charles
C. Van located FIVE hundred acres, south Of
Fort Dies Mcines, not far from the city to, cost
at ST., 25 an acre, $625. lie hasrec.ntly been
offered $500 an acre, or $4,000 for the
tract.
Loss OF Hoes.--A Gentleman started last
week for Washington onnty, with drove Of
500 hogs for This market, but about 100 of them
died on the way. The drove arrived here Sun
day. Thirty more Of the same lot died iu the
pens Sunday night from cold and fatigue
Mas. Jonr.
FROZEN TO DEArH.-We understand that
the wife and child of Mr.. John Wallron, liv-
ing about six miles northeast of this city, in
what is called the Higbee Settlement. were fro
zen to death on Sunday evening.
It seems that the three were returning in a
sleigh from an evening meeting and lost their
way in the terrible storm which it will be rec
elected, ragged that night.-Capitol Reporter.
TERRrBLE Snow SroRM.-The terrible snow
storm, says the Iowa City Reporter, which
visited this portion Of the State, little more
than week since, visited with redoubfef fury
Fort Dies Moines. 1t commenced on Monday
and lasted until Wednesday.-Sach was its vi
olence, persons were lost and almos' persisted
in the snow drifts in passing from one part Of
the city to anoiher.-Men dare not venture
out, such vas the terror inspired bv the Storm.
a. The Com ty seat question Of Keokuk
County is not yet decided. The legality of
the removal to Sgeurney was recently affirmed
by Judge Hendershoft, on appeal from County
Court; but al appeal has been taken to the SUI
IRENE Court, SO says the Life in the Wesf.
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ga suspension bridge Is % b srsctsd
over the Ohio ct Cineinnati.
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ID Il T. S s M A X NC,
MHE. NEa AnR.

IuNENDEIkS her services to the Ladies' Of Ottumx =
ana Vicinity In the business OF dress making Res.
'asnce ana shop on Market street late Dr. Woods Office
" Instructions given In embroidery leather. worl
wax work and hair flowers Ian iSsT"naS -
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I DtC. Il.
The Senate is discussing the bill for the con
strucuon OF steam revenue cutter for New
York.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-05
ASHES As MANURE.

No farmer now a-days throws away
his ashes; but oil do not know in what
manner or in what qualities to apply
them TO their lands. A practical CORES
pendent Of the Gencssee Farmer giyees
his experience briefly in the following
terms.
On the use Of ashes, leached and I'M
leached, encouraging results from their
own grass. On meadow Of tho afore-
said soil which had been in grass sever
al years and nearly run out. leached
ashes were spread on In the fall at the
rate OF about forty bushels to the acre.
The next season the hay crop on that
part treated with ashes was more than
double what il was on the rest Of the
field according to the extent; and the
season following. the effect Of the ashes
was nearly rs great-the grass growing
more luxuriantly and keeping greenlong-
or than the rest. Unleached ashes were
tried in smaller quantities with similar eff
feet For retaining grass land that has
been cropped for years. l think there is
no manure, accessible 10 all farmers,
that Is as beneficial as wood ashes, as
they contain TO great extent, those ell
ements which have been exhausted from
the soil by the growing plants.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-05
DON'T nEsrRoY rHE BIRDS.

How often have we uttered the in
junction to cur readers, especially agri-
cultural ones. that thcy should not kill
the birds They are the farmers best
friends in killing them no Is injuring
himself And still, though this has been
pressed upon their attention, too often
do we see hesrtless individuals putting
them out Of the way by tho wholesale.
Again We request the farmers OF Lam
caster county, In tho language of a well
informed writer, 10 "spare The birds.
Summer is near ut hand, aud with lis
pleasures will come the daily nuisance to
those who dwell amid rural scenes OF
hearing the soft notes Of the shotgun y
Every one who has paid attention 70 the
matter knows that crows and even black
birds are productive of more good than
harm, and that the vast increase Of late
years OF destructive insects is owing nj
most entirely to the wanton destruction
Of birds which are not cvon legitimate
game. A thousand plans have been
suggested for the destruction Of the cur.
culio. all Of which have been proved
worthless. We have one which we
know TO be infalliblc-''protect the
birds"
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-05

A case Of breach Of promise Of mar
riage has recently been tried at Roches-
ter. New York, in which the following is
given as the substance Of the Judges
charge to the jury:
The Judge charged thatit was not nec-
essary TO maintain the existence Of a.
promise Of marriage to prove that de-
PENDANT in express words or terms made
promise to plaintiff. Any eircum-
stances which usually accompany parties
while holding the relation Of IA engage
ment Of marriage might properly be
laid before the jury. and ii sufficient to
warrant the opinion that such an en-
gagsment existed, Il was all the law re-
CURED. II Is not necessary that there
should DO promise Of marriage in d.
rect phraseology-no formal promise is
required. Frequent visits OF the par
ties-retiring from the society Of others
seeking to DO apart by themselves
expressions Of acknowledgements
going together to places of amusement
walks, and occasional remarks in
hearing of others, are circumstances
usually relied upon to prove that mar
riage engagomement exists. and II such
are strong enough to produce conviction
upon the mind, they are all that is neces-
sary TO answer thelaw.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-05

Many persons seem 10 think that it is
enough if they dig hole barely large
enough to contain the roots Of the tree
designhed to be planted, They will then
place the poor thing bolt upright. throw
in the soil, stamp il down, and
think that by SO doing they have done
all that is necessary to enable the tree
to take root, grow, blossom and bear
large crops Of fruit. Ofcourse, unless
the soil Is naturally very good. and the
sisuat' on favorable, the PLATTER is dissp-
po;u.cd and charges the want Of success
to "bad luck" when the real cause OF
the failure was his ignorance or care
lessness. As we are not believers 10
"luck,' We viii give some little insiruc-
tons as to the proper mode Of planting
pear-tlees. IL your soil is naturally
porous with dry gravelly subsoil. there
Is no need to drain but IL II is stiff and
cold. retaining water that VIII stagnate
around the root. then the ground should
be well drained. for at least three feet in
depth, for on this. TO great extent. de-
ponds your opportunity Of eating rich,
ripe, luscious pears, or for poor, little,
cIscked. and stony things. Trench the
soil two and half feet deep IL the land
is not vet, place at the bottom layer
OF broken stones or brick rubbish fill
up with good. rich surface soil: turf
with the bottom side up. Is excellent TO
be placed next the stone or brick. II
well rottcd. all tho better mix bone ma
nure With the soil, II that cannot be OBJ
tanned readily, deeayed bone can
easily be had in the vicinity Of the
slaughter-houses. are PARABLE to crude
lime, and will last long time In the
ground. In planting the trees. spread
out the fibres Of the roots evenly. and
10 their natural positions GIL up with
soil, being careful to leave no empty space,
and no root cramped or bent from IL
natural position. IL this is done properly,
there is no need TO stake the trees. After
your trees are planted. mulch around
the root with long manure several inches
deep. When this is done the trees will
not be very apt to suffcr from dro,.th
and should watering be necessary. the
application Of It will not break the soil
Dwarf pears are generally planted In
rows, twelve feet apart, and eight feet in
rows. Standards may be placed twont,
to twenty five feet apart, in every direc
tion.-Ohio Farmer.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-05
COOP RULES FOR oARpENrRs.

Never work with bad tools. The
difference between the work done in n
month would buy set Of now ones.
Have place for every tool. and never
leave one cut Of its place or. TO go
further. "a place for everything, and
everything in its place"
Never waste animal or vegetable re-
fuse. The very soap-suds from the
laundry are rich manure,
Have all flower pots washed, dried
and put away assoon as they are empty.
Never GIL a pot so full Of soil that il
may hold wa,erenough TO go through il ;
every pot should have half an inch of
vacancy above the compost.
Never grow bad variety Of any
thing, il you can help it. Il takes the
same room, and wants the same attention
as a good one.
Neverby cheap seed. II is only by
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-05

In the spring do not turn your sheep
into the pasture ill Il Is we'll up, or tiil
Il 10 ankle high, SO as to have something
10 shade the ground. Keep your sheep
sloss. and feed them hay and grain Of
some kind. they willeatit we'll ifkeptfrom
grass. When put upon pasture, have
three or more fields, and change them
often, so that their pasture may Be sweet.
l have known neighbor to lose three
hundred sheep out Of SIX hundred In one
summer. He divided them into three
large fields. with no shade except wha,
the fence on the south side Of each
field made. The sheep lay along the
fence, and when the nose-hy came the
sheep were to be seen running. with
their noses 10 the ground. fighting the
hy. and eating only Just enough to keep
life In them. The sheep did not 20
more than eight or ten rods from the
fence, and this was eaton close 70 tho
ground, when there was plenty Of pas
turs on the nsrlh side OF the field; IA a
consequences. the sheep poisoned them
selves On their own filth. The fly laid
i,s eggs in the nostrils Of the sheep. and
they soon died in great numbers OF
worn In the head"
"Now." you would ask, ''how should
he save his Sheep He should have
put them all into one ield. and forced
them to 60 farther from the fence. and
about two or three days after the FIRST
shower be should have changed them "a
another field. Whenever you see your
sheep run with their noses down to the
ground. drive them to your farthest pas
,ure: the fiy will stay about where the
sheep have lain. Keep changing them
from field to field and you will not be
troubled with "worm in the head -
J. ID. CHAxBxRLAIS. in Genesee Far.
mH.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-05
Valley Farm ER.
TnE WHEAT cRors.

Those who ride about Vigo county
and others adjoining. viz: Sullivan. and
Psrke, and Putnam, and Clay, VIII be
surprised at the beautiful and promising
appearances Of the Of the fields of winter
wheat: especial, will they be surprised
IL they have listered to the croakings
and grosnings Of those who would have
as believe We are t. have no bread this
year after harvest. The crops are not
only very good and promising. but
there are larger crops and moro fields Of
wheat than ever before known In the
ssce region. Several fields which il
Vas thought it would be profitable to
pillow up are coming out surprisingly.
The fact is, 1t was so dry last fall that
the seed was sown in dust and could no,
terminate all rain came, which at last
came 20 spsringly and so directly before
freezing weather that some Of the seed
made no show above ground till . few
days ago. and hence the unexpected
promise Of abundance. Terre Hdufs
Express.
The Chicago Press says:
f, In Southern Illinois the wheat crops
never looked bester--there is scarcely a
poor piece TO be found. There is also
. much larger breadth sown than for
merIy. The winter wheat In some Sec
tons of Central Illinois Is not so prom.
;sing. yet much better than was anticipa'
ted few weeks since. Those fields put
in With the drill are generally good
Large quantities Of spring wheat were
dang put In. and the quantity would
have been still larger but for the scar.
city Of ssed--a great many having had
to SOW barley where wheat was intended
In Pike county and other portions Of
Central Illinois, the farmers have suffer
ed much on account Of the drought.
In both Central and Southern Illinois
the prospect Of fruit crop is good-ap'
plss and peaches especially.
The crop Of winter wheat BY way oil
the Dixon Airline and Chicago. Bur-
lington. and Quincy railroad Is looking
fns. AID viii come In good. Spring
wheat and oats have . promising look,
and will make IN excellent crop.
The Worcester [ Mass. Spy says;
The fruit trees Of al kinds In this vi.
entity promise "a abundant bloom. and
isis not . little singular. that after thu
severest winter known for long series Of
years, the peach trees have come out IN
6ns order. the buds plump. healthy and
vigorous, are Just ready now to burst In
70 bloom.
A correspondent Of the New Orleans
Picayune writes from Bayou Sara. La.
that the fruit crop In that section hal
been only partially injured.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-05

getting good prices, that scotsman
can supply articles to be depended upon
Cover all seeds with at least their own
thickness Of soil but IS some Of it get.
washed of, you must allow for 1t.
Gather fruit in dry weather, and with
the sun shining. and place them a
carefully In the basket as il they were
glass. The smallest bruise commences
decay.
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-05
More Cures.

Philadelphia, I'd mo, goth. 1880.
Respected Frcnd---I had for several years boon AZ
Gcsod with dyspepsia, and occasionally with General
Debility. accidentally tried thy medicine, fIoof'
lands German Bitters 10 the nrst place upon daugh
tor, she having severe spell OF sickness Thy Hoof
lands German Bltters had such effect on Dor genera
debility that was induced 10 Try II myself. then
got bottle and used II according 70 the directions
and Il relieved me more than anything had before
used giving general tone and strength 10 the stomach
and system. Last fall had very severe spell OF tho
Diarrhea, which continued for some time. My life,
for u time, was despaired o. Thy Bl,iors again be-
log used. acted very happily the stomach and In
toslInes aud relieved me from the great pair
suffered, aid gave general health 10 the system.
consider II, doctor, one Of tho most valuable medi-
cnes ever used, and shall take great pleasure In
recommending IT, others.
Very respectfully thy friend,
SAMUEL HUTTON,
Nos jennings row, Catherine, shove third.
Hee nd vertiso menl
Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-06-05
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