The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-05-03
Iowa News


the next edition of his histoE.
The Copperheads of Mus<atire held a
meeting and endorsed Andrew Johnson's
Veto. OF course they did. Why should mt
they?
Building Improvements n Newton are
going on rapidly.
Patrick Renaly chewed offanother mans
nose at Dubuque, and was promptly ar
rested for the transaction. So says the
Herald.
A lodge of Good Templars is about to be
organized in Usage, as we learn from the
North Iowan.
There has been discovery of pure cop
per ore i'm ravine i'm the vicinity of Indi-
anola, as we learn from the Visitor. Cop
perry ore, mixed with much brass, is found
in large quantities in this section.-R Regis
ter. ~
The Baptists of Indianola are breaking
ground for the erection Of a new church
building.
MAIL RoBBERy.-It has been discovered
during the past two weeks, that the mail
robberies, recently committed i'm Pella,
have bsen the worS of one person, a little
son of Mr.. Crosby the deputy Postmaster.
1t seems that the boy obtained admission
to the Post Office, by climbing through a
window in the patition running between
it, and the printing Office. He has thus
had free access to the "lett4r box" and
city post Office, only, as he was not allowed
in N nj thn or
changing mail. He had concealed several
letters which he had previously opened, in
a stable, and, to destroy tie evidence OF
his guilt, he set in on fire; the fire was ex-
tinguished however, before the letters were
all destroyed, and are now in the hands of
the city authorities. 1t seems strange to
us that such a proceeding could, so long
have escaped the observation of the Post
master, and we fear that time will develop
the fact that the boy is not he only guilty
party.-[Knoxville Republican.
There will be, at least, 1000 acres OF
ground sown in flax in this county this
season. We hope and believe the expec-
tations Of those introducing the culture of
this crop in the west, will be realized.-Os-
kaloosa Herald.
AcCIDENT.--On the l4th inst, a gentle
man living near Red Rock, had his leg
broken, by being thrown frcm a wagon
The team he was driving took fright and
ran away, upset the wagon and threw him
down steep bank, with the above result.
We have not learned his name.
hae -,
City looking after the back pay ofthe first
Iowa Cavalry, in accordance with an act
of the Legislature. We hear indirectly
that the prospect ofsuccess is not very flat
tesir,ss.- ------a-----------
The Davenporters are moving In TN
matter of adopting the eight hour system
among working men.
The Usage Iowan wants a whipping post
established for the benefit of the pilferinr
scoundrels up that way!
Dr.. Wheelock of Jasper county, was bad
iy, and perhaps fatally scalded thei other
day by the bursting of a boiler flue at his
sawmill. We CLEAN from the Newton Free
Press.
We CLEAN the above items from the State
Register.
The Fairfield Ledger says that thieves
thave become numerous in that town, and
are quite active. They have eutered Sc ,e-
raj places in the town lately, but did not
succeed in getting plunder enough to pay
them for the trouble.
Hugh McVey of Hardin Co. undertook
recently to cross the Iowa River after
dark, and succeeded in nearly drowning
himself and wife, and drowning outright a
couple of good horses. We CLEAN from the
Register.
THE CRoPS.-During recent excursion
we noticed that the crop prospects are flat
tering. The winter wheat promises to
make large yield; and id many fields,
we saw spring wheat and oats up and
growing rankly, and the glittering sun
heat and light of yesterday makes vegeta-
ton of allkinds luxuriate. To- day. young
stock can live on the outside pasture, and
sheep have fat grazing.-Albia Onion.
VALLEY. RoAp.-The grading on the
Valley Road on the ten-miles section be-
tween Monroe and Prairi ie City, will be
completed, rs we learn, BY the last dav of
this month. Cars will he running into
Prairie City by the last tofJune.-Register of
The Eddyville Independent learns that
the iron for the extension of the Valley
Road has arrived at Keokuk, and will be
Immediately forwarded to its destination.
GoPHERs AND RATS The latest mode
for keeping gophers out of an orchard, is
to plant the castor bean around the roots
of the trees. The gophers, instead of OPP
Grating at the expense of the trees, will
take hold of the beans, fill their stomachs.
and in the course of few hours they will
give NJ the ghost. This is no Joke. An
intelligent farmer Of this county has tried
the experiment successfully. The unso-
phisticated gophers are unable to tliscrim-
mate between an article OF diet and an ar
ticle of poison. They go in on their mus
Gle, little thinking that hill of beans has
the elements of death in it, Many poor
gopher. in the morn OF life and in the vigor
of healthy existence, has been stricken
down by crude castor oil, and moved into
the darkness and silence ofdeath! Read
er, whoever thou art, forgive those tears
Then there is a new and admirable spe-
cific for killing rats. Take Plaster-of-
Paris and corn meal; place them on a
plate, and then wait for results. Rats love
meal, and in nibbling at it, they are bound
to take due proportion of the Partisan
medicament. The plaster and the meal,
when in the stomach, become indurated
and as indigestible as a brick bat or bake
oven! The rat is suddenly seized withthe
pangs Of dissolution; his glazed eyes stare
round as if in search of help! His irrita-
ted tail moves sadly from side to side; and