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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-06-23

THE OTruMwA HOUSE is not "splen8id
house," nor is it being "carried on under the
most favorable auspices" for times are hard
and travel but light. Still Warden is just as
good landlord, has as good beds and vict-
uals as they have anywhere in the west,
and wants all the custom he deserves. fit
wasn't for just one thing we should puff him
every week, and that is he wants Printers
to pay their board But we suppose he
can afford to keep better house by SO doing,
and we ought not to grumble.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-06-23

THOSE HATS !-Somers of 81 J .lferson ST.
Burlington, has them-the real Pearl Cassi
mere, Silk, young Gents" Ledger ant
Soft, the latest styles, and going off like ho
cakes. In fact Somers' Hats are irresistible
and the same may be said Of his gentleman:
outftting goods generally. The latest style;
always fornl at Son,rs'. In fact it is con
ing to pass that man might almost as well
be without head as Somer's hat on it
See the advertisement with the big hat over
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Literary Notice.

THE SCIENTIFIC AMERIcAN.-The publish
ers of this widely circulated and popular H.
Illustrated weekly journal of mechanics and
since, announce that it will be enlarged on
the first Of July, and otherwise greatly i'm
proved, containing sixteen pages inste,d of
eight, the present size, which will make il
the largest and cheapest scientific journal in
the world; it is the only journal of it's class
that has eyer succeeded in this country, md
maintains character for authority in all
matters of mechanics, science and the arts,
which is not excelled by any other journal
published in this country or in Europe. -
Although the publishers will incur an increas-
ed expense Of $4,000 year by this cnlarre-
ment, they have determined not to raise the
price Of subscription, relying upon their
friends to indemnify them in this increased
expenditure, by corresponding increase OF
subscribers. Terms So year, OF 10 copies
for S15. Specimen copies of the paper with
phamph'e ct of information toinventors, fur
nished gratis, by mail, on application to the
publishers,
MUM & co. No. 81 Park Row, New York
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And so strong was the seen
thatit choked Local to the limit of two
lines puff.-Statesman ....
Now don't, Mr.. Local--don't get angry
it was not our fault that you didn't get ;
buquct-we didn't know you had beer
sighted; and if we did zoe are not to blame
surely. Won't some lady plsase send hin
one? Otherwise he may "choke' himself, Ga
the end Of a string,) and as we had no ide:
of ''rouslng the animal" should hate ortuU,
ifhe did. DO send him one!
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-06-23

What are our citizens going to do in the
way of a Fourth Of July Celebration? Have
they lost all that patriotism that fired and in
spired their fathers once every year-the
4th of July? We hope not, and shall pa
tiently await their action in the matter.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-06-23

Our citizens are being favored with Sc
ries Of Scientific lectures by DR.. Geo c.
Wood, late one of the Professors in the New
York Hygenic Medical Institute, and Visit
ing Physician at the Wards Island Hospital
New York. His lecture "to young men,
on Sabbath last, was highly entertaining
His effort on Tuesday evening was adecided
success, the subject, formation ofthe EARTH
was handled in such a manner that it ena-
bled one at once to comprehend and admire
his remarks. The Dr., having located in our
city for the season, will continue his efforts
Of instruction. Go tonight.
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Council PrOcerdings.

Monday Eve. June 90, 1859.
Council met, Present-Recorder, and Mar
shal,-Ald. Hendershott Baker, Simons,
Potter, Jones, Blake, Lewis, Graves and
Hunter.
The Mayor being absent, AID Potter was
appointed President, protein.
Journal of last meeting read and approved.
The committee appointed to examine the
acct. ofthe Marshal, report the amount of
unpaid taxes to be $2,s44,50 for the years
1868, as appears upon the Books The
committee ask further time to make full
Report-Granted.
Committee on streets ask further time, to
enable them to make written report-Gran-
ted.
Assessor Milligan presented the assessment
complete for 1859.
The Ordinances in relation to improving
streets were taken up and read which, on
motion of Mr.. Baker, was laid upon the
table.
The Ordinance, Of which notice was given,
relating to making stairway upon the streets,
Aid. Blake, moved the adoption of the ordi-
nance-Lost.
Moved by Mr.. Blake, that that part OF
the contract with the B. & M. r. r. r. Co,
requiring the company to stop the cars )
minutes at this point, be stricken out of said
contract-carried
The Auditing committee Report in favor
OF the accts. of S. Osburn, of 81 40, alsoJ. II
Myers, Of $33,33, Mayor and Recorder, in
structed to draw orders for the same.
Moved by Mr.. Blake, that the Marshal be
instructed to take the report of delinquent
tax payers and ascertain why they have
not paid their taxes--and report at next
meeting-carried.
Moved by Mr.. Blake that the streets be
improved, and that an engineer be employed
if necessary carried.
On motion, the council adjourned
w. GOLDSMITH, Recorder.
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OftslvNWa CITY Mills.

EHUNTER Sewers having purchased the inter-
y est Of Mr.. Charles Hendrie in the 0tumwa City
Wills will continue the business under the above firm.
Thankful for the favors extended 70 the late firm they
solicit continuance of the same to the new
~ Cash paid for wheat.
Ottumwa Jan. 18th 1S59.-nf.4
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See the advertisement Of j. A. Schworn
Adam has full stock of choice groceries,
confections, &c.
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.-The copnrtnershp heretofore exist

NOFsCF..-The copartnership heretofore exist
" ing between Daniel Eaton and Samuel s. Ben
net, and known as the firm Of Eaten Bennett is by
mutual consent OF parties dissolved. All business Of
the late firm will be settled by the subscriber. who
will remain at the old stand and continue manufac-
ture and keep constantly hand the largest best
assortment Of household furniture ever offered for
sale in Wapeo county, and will sell at prices to suit
the times. DANIEL EATON
y. :. All persons indebted TO the late firm, either
by note or book account. previous to this date are
requestedto call and settle the same without delay.
April g. 1859
Apr IA, '59-5-11-3m.
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tits stated IN the Cincinnati Times that the
murder record in that city is greater than
that ofany other city in the Union, Of the
same population.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-06-23

Ifyou want your watch repaired right,
and warranted to keep TINE, take it to Frank
p. Dugan. ....
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II. &. VI. X. II. n, NOTICE

yUNH" ANNUAL MEETING of the Burlington and
Missouri River Railroad Company will he held
at the Office Of the Company, in Burlington, Iowa,
Wednesday the 22d day of June at 10 o'clock, A. NJ.
for the election of Directors and the transaction Of
such other business as may come before them. Per
order. J. " DENISON, Sec'y.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1859-06-23

We Termed that one of the piers of the
Rockisland bridge has settled so that the
draw will not clsoe by six feet, and that it is
rendered unfit for use at present.
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OTTU WA

GETTY Nm
EHUuter 4 SN-rcrs announce to the public
that on the oath dav of April last. George w.
Sewers was associated full partner in said firm,
which will he known after that date as
HUNTER, SOWERS AsCO.
nv whom the business of Willing will he carried on
with increased facilities ri the " CITY MILLS"
HUNTER, Sewers & co.
Ottumwa, May 70, 1S5e-10-ll-y.
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MUSICAL NOTICE.

ABYSS wAII0~, having permanently located
W in otumw,. Is desirous of forming Music class
on the Piano Meodeon. Having been engaged in
teaching music for several wears, Miss NJ with great
confidence solcts the pat onage of the citizens OF
| Ottumwa. r..r-s- soe ....s a.=
TRRas-fS per Session 81 twelve weeks; AZ use
inrdridbtr in advance. s.ab@E ,-4 tta
RErERx -Messrs. w. G. Peters 4 Sons, Gin o.
q. w. Pearson. Esq, Prot. Of Mnsic, DAYTON, Ohio.
DIR. Martin, Xenia, o. Rev. ". II. Andrews, Cannons.
burg. Penn g. X. snlder Esq, Rply. G. Hemphiil,
do. g. w. Humphreys, Esq, dol &
April Z, ne-+lf-Sm
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Steamer Chas. Rogers, F. f. Beers Capt,
is making regular trips to Fl. Dodge, and is
the only boat in the trade that runs above
F. Des Moines. She is of light draft, carries
30 tons with ease; has made trips from
Des Moines to TT. Dodge and 10 from Keo-
kuk to Des Moines this season. She has
carried 400 tons to.Des Moines and $50 tons
to TT. Dodge at an average of 60 cts. per
hundred pounds. The Capt infurmed us
that his receips this season were equal to
his expectations. The cost of the Rogers
was $4,000. She has brought some 600
tons to our levee, and taken $50 from the
game
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FSrray Notice.

vENaten M, nv John :. Racus NJ Pleasant Township
Wapelln County. Iowa. on the 18th day of Nav
1859: yoke of Work Cattle four and five years old
The five year old Is marked with OF the right
ear. and an underhi in the left color yellow and
white; riie6-rnint Of right horn Of. NJ marks or
brands rerreivahle the other; color red nd whit
notnt Of left horn of Both appraised AZ thirty-fve
dollars. nv John IT, Carter and James - hitmore be-
fore Robert b. McClain. Justice Of the Peace.
JOSEPH HAYNE, Co. Clerk.
Ottumwa, June eth, 1S59.-n13-3m.
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The Local of the Statesman, having lost
all confidence in the onion drafts, so long
used by him in trying to extract the "sap"
from his diseased Uranium, has invented a
new ''poultice," which he, no doubt, ecM try
the efficacy of. He is beyond cure, yet is
sanguin in his own ability, and intends to
change the naoaus operani by placing his
remedy on the mental organs, chat being
the seat Of his disease,) instead of behind
his auricle appendages, as were the "drafts."
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COURIER.
Local and Miscellaneous.

Our thanks are due Nj. G. II. Wyckohf
of American Express Company, for late Chi.
cago papers.
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MILLINERY
DRESS M G.
MISS MARTIN a CO..

MISS MARTIN 4 Co..
EyORMERLY Of ST. Louis, and late of Burlington,
~ would inform the ladies Of Otumwa. Agency. Ed
dyville Bakesburc and surrounding country that they
have just received from New York city ab.
assortment of Spriug Bonnets of every variety they
have in the east. Also Headdress.s Caps,
Laces. Elushon Feathers, Flowers and everything In
the Millinery line. The ladies would find IL to their
advantage tn call before sending east, vii; sell
bonnes NJ unusually low prices for object is 10 close
stock ont for cash Straw and Neopolitan bonnets
beached, altered and pressed look like new. Gents
hats bleached and pressed ON llatter's Blocks.
FASHIONABLE DRESS N4ETNG.
AYR Actions most perfect system of dress cutting and
boys clothing taught IN two lessons. Terms, az.
store Main street. Ottumwa, opposite the Carroll
House.
We will be in receipt of goods monthly through the
season.
cES"Two annrentices " ,nted.
This establishment viii he closed up the Sth oi
July and will remain closed till the Sth Of cober
when Miss Martin will return from the Eass with q
handsome assortment Of Fa'l and Winter Bonnets,
which she viii sell at nnreasonabiy low prices.
April 2lst. lS59.-6-ll-3m,
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IgST RECEIVED. full assortment OF
- Queens and Glass Ware at
&C WARDEN'S.
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CyIyCAGOLEATEvrU STORE.
OTTJMWA
PINE LUMBER YARD.

VHyFNE undersigned have established pine lumber
yard in Ortumwa. where may ne found, at al
times, good assortment aud full stock of
Dressed ant; 4 n dressed Floor 80, Stac :,
Boards. Shimrirs and I.a,n. which we wi
sell AT prices that cannot he undcrsold.
Seasoned inch inch aud half ami two inch, con
stantly hand for finishing purposes -, - ls,Dr>
and fc''vis furnished in quantities to wit Durrias
ers. We have also made arrangements by which We
srrnr lumber If any other kind, and prepared
to fill Hill for entire house.
or ,rrs solicited from lumber dealers for any
amount IaECHELi. Il co.
September II, '57-n29-v
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,a FARMS AND BLUFF. LOTS.
GENERAL valuable Bluff Lots, for residences and
~ two farms in this INN, dste vicinity may he pur
chased on reasonable terms, and long credit, By
appiicattonto GEORGE LAswELL
Ossumva, May 10, 1S4ao-f1-u
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BUMPS.

The Professor, in his August chat, has
an admirable expose of pseudo sciences, and
uses up PhrenolOgy the most eFectuaIly that
we have ever seen. The believers in this
science are usually supremely egotistieal,
and the disciples of Spurzheila and Gall
shrewdly pin them to their skirts by fat
tering their vanity.
That by looking at and feeling Of the
shingles Of a house viii disclose the charac-
ter of the furniture, we doubt, and from an
example we wot of our faith was utterly
shaken in the science as regards particulars.
\ few years ago We met friend in New
York as he came ashore from q California
steamer. He was rather ragged, slightly
dirty, and decidedly coarse looking with his
shaggy beard and unkcmpt hair. Hewent to
a tailOr's and ordered suitable clothing, but
while the garments were being built, re-
tanned his old mining dress and thus wan
dered about the city to see the sigbts-de-
MED him so long. Passing bump shop,
the notion took him to have his head felt Of.
The Phrenologist fingered his Uranium, and
plainly told him that he was an irreverent
fool; that his capacities were small and his
passions great; that he was, in short, men
tally, disreputable person. This, for a
graduate with first lonors from Yale-an
honest, broad-shouldered fellow, who had
dug his fortune from the bowels Of the land
was rather severe. However, he had suf.
ficient ''self-esteem, as the bump nomen-
claturc has it, to disbelieve himself either
knave or a fool, considering himself, with
Hamlet, indifferent honest" and having
paid literally from the precious information,
departed. Within week, dressed like
gentleman, shorn and shavcn, with gloves
and cane, he had passed that way again, and
the impulse to test the science once more
carried him into the presence of the dispens-
er of character and intellect This time
our friend was made out to be paragon,
the counterpart of Jove himself-an orator,
poet, genius. Our friend quietly asked him
if he would turn back to his record and
compare notes. The two records were COM
pared. to the discontinue of the professor Of
cranical hollOws and knolls when he saw
how nicely he had been trapped The "Ope-.
rator" may have been a dishonest one, but
the fact tends against the professed science.
No one doubts that something may be told
of man mind by the general conforma-
ton of his head-Or rather it may be told
whether he has place to put a mind, pro-
vided the Creator has endowed him with ca
pacities, by the general shape and contour
of the skull. ~
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Mlisttllanc0us.
ADELAIDE FAIRFAX.

'Oh, mother! mother!' said Adelaide
Fairfax; and such wailing, woeful tune
would have penetrated any heart but {
heart of stone; but it made no impression
upon the one it was intended to melt p
Adelaide, you disgust me, you make me
ashamed of you, said her mother What
more do you want? He is rich
Yes said Adelaide; but
He is a favorite, interrupted her moth
er. He is courted by the first families in
the neighborhood. He could marry the
richest girl in our circle-'
oh, if he only wouldl' said Adelaide
if he only would!'
Silence, grill exclaimed the MOTHER
There is neither shame nor spirit in your
pretended aversion to one of the noblest
men ever created. Oh, you may shudder
Neither your tears nor prayers will move
me in the least Do you think am blind?
Do you think l do not know the secret
reason why you so oppose my dearest wish?
Do you think your stolen visits to the old
stone house have not been traced? Shame
less girl! 1t is my duty to see you well
settled in life before you are quite lost to
honor and deccncy.'
No, mother, you cannot say that, or if
you can you shall not / l am your child
your only child Up to this time have 1
ever failed in duty to you? Have 1 not
given you all the reverence, obedience and
affection a child could bestow upon a pa
rent? / tell you mother this is case of
life or deatil-for sin is death to the heart,
that, reckless and tortured, leaps blindly
into the chGsm of crime.
Have you done p asked the mother
Let me speak while the spell is on me,
said Adelaide. You know love William
Beckett: you knew it yeays ago. You en-
it and gave it your sanction; you
used all your woman's art to aid in its
progress why? Then he was rolling
in wealth. was courted, petted, as Grantly
Thornby now is His father speculated
wildly, failed and in his ruin, involved the
ruin of his only son. Still you played
your cards cautiously and well. You pit
led him and me; you trusted matters were
not SO desperate after all; but you took
good care to -cmove me far away from his
influence, thinking that in separating usl
Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1859-08-24
RULES FOR GROWING OLD.


At the late Commencement of Yale
College, the Rev. Daniel Waldo, as the
Oldest graduate present, (Of the class of
1883, thus closed speech to the assembled
Alumni:
1 am now an old man. / have seen
nearly century. Do you want to know
how to grow old slowly and happily? Let
ME tell you Always cat slowly: masticate
well. Go to your food, to your rest, to
your occupations, smiling. Keep a good
nature and soft temper everywhere. Never
give way to anger: A violent tempest Of
passion tears down the constitution more
than a typhus fever. Cultivate a good
memory, and to do this you must always be
communicative; repeat what you have read;
talk about it. DR. johnson great memory
was owing to his eommunicativeness-
You, young men, who arc just leaving col
legc, let me advise You to choose profes-
sion in which You can exercise your talent
the best, and at the same time Be honest
The best profession is the ministry Of the
gospel. If you have not talents enough to
be minister, be lawyer, but be an honest
lawyer. Popes line should be altered to
read: 9
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WATER DRISKING.-Pr0cssor Silliman
closed a recent Smithsonian lecture by Civ
ing the following sensible advice to young
men:
If, therefore, you wish for clear mind,
strong muscles and quiet nerves, aud long
life, and power prolonged into old age, per-
NIT me to say, although am not giving
temperance lecture. avoid all drinks but
water; and mild Nlfusions of that fluid; !;
shun tobacco and opium, and everything
else that distmbs the normal state of the
system; rely upon nutritious foed and mild
dilutent drinks Of which water is the basis.
and you will need nothing beyond these
things except rest, and due moral regula-
tion of all your powers to give you long,
happy, and useful lives, and serene eve
ming at the close
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From the Atlantic Monthly
EN- L a Z Us.
BY LoNGFELLow.

Under Mount Etna he lies;
1t is slumber, it is not death
For he struggles at times to arise,
And above him the lurid skies
Are hot with his fiery breath.
The crags are piled on his breast,
The earth is heaped on his head;
But the groans of his wild unrest,
Though smothered and half suppressed,
Are heard, and he is not dead.
And the nations far away
Are watching with eager eyes;
They talk together and say,
Tomorrow, perhaps to-day,
Enceladus will arise!"
And the old gods, the austere
Oppressors in their strength,
Stand aghast and white with fear,
AT the ominous sounds they hear,
And tremble, and Inutter, AT length
All, me! for the land that is sown
With the harvest of despairl
Where the burning cinders, blown
From the lips of the overthrown
Enceladus, fill the airl
Where ashes are heaped in drifts
Over vineyard and field and town,
Whenever he starts and lifts
His head through the blaekened riffs
Of the erags that keep him down!
Soc, see! the red light shinesl
IT'S the glare of his awful eyes!
And the storm m-wind shouts thro' the pine
OF Alps and Apennines,
"Enceladus, arise!'
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TRAvELISG.-Travelmg has lately be-
come so cheap and easy as to have lost
much of its former eclat "When l was
in Rome" is scarcely greater boast than
when | was in Chicago" and rich ounces
lost half the value of their money with the
invention of steamboats, and railways. How
many tourists, in these gad-abroad times,
are like WadswOrth's Peter Bell:
"They travel here, they travel there,
But not the value of a hair,
Is head or heart the better
Sorse men, like Naomi, 60 away full to
come back empty. Others take with them
only vanity and eoneeit, which grow none
the less for the distance and wear-and-tear
Of travel. In respect to the last method
of displaying ones requirements as ira
veler, Lord Bacon said, ..Let thy travel ap-
pear in the fulness and wisdom of thy dis
course; not in thy apparel and gesture"
johnson said, Lord Chalton, who was
great traveloz in his day, never appeared
to have seen but one object that was wor-
thy Of mention, namely, a huge snake,
which he encountered in one of the Pyra-
mids of Egypt. Some one observing to So
crates that a certain person had not profted
by his travels, No wonder, said the philo-
sopher. for he travelled BY himselfp
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r
snor IN THE FLock--Tkc following
Paixhan shot from the Notes from the
Plymouth Pulpit, - by Henry Ward Beech
er, win probably hit somebody in almost
every congregation: ~
There are sitting before me in this con-
gregation now two hundred men, who stuff
their Sundays full of what they eall relig-
ion, and then 60 out on Mondays to catch
their brothers BY the throat saying pay
me what thou Owest, its Monday now. and
You need not think that because we sat
crying together yesterday, over our Savior
suffering and love, l am. going to let you
off from that debt, if It does ruin you to
pay II now. ~
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SHE ALWAYS MADE HoNE HAPPY. =
Such was the brief but expressive sentiment
which friend wished US to add to an OBJ
ituary notice of one who had gone before.
What better tribute could be offered to the
memory of the loved andlost EIoquence
with her most lofty eulOgy, poesy with her
thrilling dirgc, could find nothing 50 sweet,
50 touching, 50 suggestive of the virtues of
the dead. as those simple words She al
ways made home happy