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Minnesota Staats-Zeitung. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1877, 1868-06-06

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den in ben Ser. @taaten aufbalten uni
uno rant na@ England ab9eben. 81
perben bic 5Dfe idmmtli9er @ertra95:
md9te belu9en.
Minnesota Staats-Zeitung. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1877, 1868-06-06
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pte ur9ebeure Suu1ute BON Dter3ebn Milz
lipnen Dollar III Sob. peto bat auf
iei1en Sib int enslilden parlnnent 9erz
3tdt eeleitet.
Minnesota Staats-Zeitung. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1877, 1868-06-06

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3a,btmstsm $ax8+
Minneapplfs, Mttn.

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Sd BIN INNER ~perenhet unb luHts bat.t,
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ttatet man betm Peter aufIber @teae.
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421f Setter 8urf.r;rr.
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Farmers mutual 9niuramce
Mhoctatton Don MtnneappIt6.
MbamBud
auetntse Mgent fir Bic Counties: SttleY, Ntep1.
Let, + . n n, ReustIle uub ST ~ 1T berett
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bern pOaen fnb eebeten I'D eututber htsect an tbm
pber an bic 5erreH
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Wm. 99immel unb &c., @t. Yeer,
@brlpb @eiter, Neu rln,
6. Yriegniy, Beaver Sails,
ju neuben.
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uSbafopee 9auie,"
unpett osS M;nn.= Central abn Depo.,
Wiinueapolt8, Wftnn.
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fets BIC beiten &3etrGnte.
sa@s~ Musse5si@nsr @taauns 1T nit BEN
Ddu}e b%erbunben.
Wt9- 3artmanu.
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BITE 9eIpret.
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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09
Regularly Sold.

Two gentlemen from New York.
one ofwhom had been in California
nearly year and the other just ar
rived, were accidentally overheard in
the following conversation at the
Sutter House in Sacramento. The
new conner was iamenting his condi-
ton. and especially two beautiful
daughters who were just building
into womanhood, when be asked the
other ifhe had . family. r
Yes FIR, I have wife md six chill :
dren IN New York, and / never saw
one Of them"
Af,er this tho couple sat in silence
and then the interrosator again com
mehceds asl
.Were you ever blind?"
No, sir" a
Another laosc OF time.
"Did understand You to say. sir
that you had wife and six children
living IN New York, and you have
never seen ono ofthcm ?n
Yes, sir, l SO stated"
Another long pause Of silence, then
the interrogator inquired.
"How can it be, sir, that YOU new
er saw one of them 2.
Why" was the response. "one
|efthenl was born after ] left"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09
Col. Parker.

Several articles have recently ap
peared in the papers referring to til,
late Washington sensation, ard re
fiecting very unjustly upon the char
acter and well earned reputation ol
Colonel Ely Parker; and 1 doubt no,
you will cheerfulIy give place to the
following facts and circumstances
which may be relied on as entirely
authentic, in his vindication:
The family Of Col. Parker had lie
origin in connection ofs French off,
Ger who war stationed at Fort Du
Quesne (now Eric) when at that post
was occupied by the French. with a
Sencca woman. The offspring OF
this connection WAS daughter. On
tho withdrawal Of the officer from
that. post, he wanted TO takc the
ohild with him. nf co.,rsa ills was
-strenuonsly objected to by the moth.
er. and by the advice and thr ugh
the assistance OF her friends and
family, che started with her child for
then on the Oh;a r;rn. Tha amaa.. mas
hcc ,n,;ro oworr nf ,ha s,ahr ~ :
mother sith her ch;,d san,5o sso,,ni I
OF soldiers in pnrsn;t qhev faliow
ed with snch vigor, that the fear Of
or to commit the child 10 an Ind;.r
runner who with the child honnd tn
his back took the direct;on thronrh
the unbrok en- forest IN Tia nr;nc;noi
town Of the Senecas then At Chen
il se q l(.enesce r;var,, Ha aorr;rsd i,
safety with the child wlsre - dna
time it was Joined hv tba mn,h.r
The child orew ~ ha = nar,, ba.,
tiluI girl. She MAS either the grand
mother or great grandmother of Colonel
Parker. ,7 SilfsI
The Immediate ancestors OF Colonel
Parker. his rather and fathers broth.
er, have long resided on the Tona.
wonda Reservation, and the family
is remarkable for their good looks,
and superior acquire.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09
HORRIBLE OCCURRENCE.
The Elephant Romeo Cores
His Keeper to D3ath.
(Nrom the philadeIphia Telegraph.

ttNrom the Philadelphia Telegraph.l
Yesterday the little post village az
Marlborough, in Montgomery conn-
ty, and sixteen miles north Of this
city, was thrown into state Of great
excitement by frightfnl casualty
which occurred in it's midst. A por-
ton Of Forcbaugh's menageric, in
Guiding aIlthe larger snimals, among
which was the mammoth Romeo,
had put up there in their winter quar-
tors. These animals wero all placed
in their separate and strong apart
ments, and came in contact with
mono hut their keepers. Romeo, the
largest elephant in this country, and
aometime ago created considera bic
devastation among annmber of wag-
ons ant. car that impeded his pas
sage along one OF onr streets, has al
ways become restive at this season
Of the year, and would not obey the
com mands ofhis overseer, Mr.. w. S.
Williams. a
a Yesterday morning this gentleman
chastiscdf Romeo until he did his bid
ding, and then left. But last even
ing, about six o'clock. Williams went
into tho cage, locked the door behind
him, and then going up to tho ele-
hint, ted himzto his trough, and it
is trightful TO relate that, just as he
reaehcdit, the elephant put ont his
great trunk. and winding it about
tho unfortunate man-who seemed
to have o presentiment that his end
was near, and whose screams for
help were piercing g-drow hin, to
his tusks; then bending down be
pierced the body ofthc PROSTATE man
time and again with them, first thro'
tho left leg, which he crushed, and
then the right arm, which he man
g'ed. and ended all by crushing the
body of the unfortunate keeper.
A little boy, hearing the shrieks
for help rushed to the nearest house
whore. aid being procured, the cage
was broken into and the, elephant
driven away from his vi.tim, who
was in the last agonies of death, and
whosexpired 10 about dfty minntes
Williams was about 40 years ofage
married. and lived temporarily in the
little village. He has \ home in Car
ada West, and left it to assume the
guardianship nf: Romeo, with whom
be always got along peacefully unit
! yesterday morning, when the whip
ping took place, after which he be
came snrly and would brook no ia
jterference. After the ftightfnl oc
Icnrrencc 1he became docile. having
yevenged himself for tho slight inju
Try he had received.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09
Valuable Table.

A box twepty-aix by fifteen inches
square. and eight inches deep. will lcontain
u bushel. Il ss.f4n4sff esp .ritHs "a as.ESi
A box twelve BY eleven and, . half IN.
ches square. and nlnss inches deep, will
contain = half : buahsl.s s,,s.sss's,.s
N 4 box sigh6 ~ eight ,and ono fourth In
ches sQp4fes &zad sSSht inches deep. will
CNntain = peak; ,,..e s. II iffsp yssl ea:ta5
i box eight by eiRhs inehee sQnAre. aad
f0ssr And oae-si9hth Inches dsep; will cos-
tsin one gallon. s...ss.s !.
a hox eeyen hy slsAt inchss square, and
four and ono eighth tacAsx deep viz csN-
sein half = cnl1Nns u ,.s stt.iE.a isIFA@
a hox mar incaaw squAyM md fp0e ard
one -5hprts inNAsu deep. Win cvssaan =
quart, s .e.@ r, ,.s.aatI (.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09
MoRRIBLE ScExE lN TKof -t

HoRRIBLE ScENE IN TRoY Tho
Troy, N. Y, Times says: On tho
9th ult., we noticed the arrest of q
colored boy named Henry hastings,
who was canght in the act of tapping
the till of Mrs. .Rappon's confectionry
shop on Congress street, and robbing
it OF six cents. In tho afternoon,
Hastings was tried before Jus .icS
Neary,. and being convicted, was
sentenced TO pay a fine Of SIS Or be
confined in Jail two months. After
the trial the Justice learned that Ffas
tings was living with a white girl in
q place on Congress, street Known as
Shelley's yard, and that two houses
in said yard were, occupied by be-
tween thirty and forty boys and
girls, whites and blacks, Of the most
dissollte and abandoned character.
He accordingly issued warrants for
the arrest of one or two Ot the par.
ties known TO concert there, and de-
tectives English and Allen xere sent
TO make tho arreat. They repaired
to the locality, and on entering the
houses were astonished beyond oil
measure BY the sight that met their
eyes. The room was. crowded with
young boys and girls, among the mum
Der four white females from sixteen
to nineteen yearssof age, one ofwhorn
was actually found in the embrace of
an Ethiope as black as Erebps 10 COM
monty supposed to b.. In another
spartment'a mother, who had loarn-
ed Of the whereabouts Of her dauEh-
ter. was earnestly pleading with her
wayward child to induce her to return
home and the girl was replying with
objurgationsi and curses upon her
maternal head. The sceDe wasl ono
which battles all description. and for
THO moment touched even the obdu-
rate hearts OF the officers, which long
acquaintance with criminal scenes
had rendered insensibls 10 emotion
upon such occasiolts,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09

tIOS0 iuuJcStiO, ouO nUS AuuV''sSu VIZ
virtues Of her excellent and amiabl'
mother. 1t was not until and my
influential guide had visited th'
pavilion and her rooms that we be
held the Fmprcsa. She had jnst &C
companied her uncles d short dis
tance on their return from Tervne
rem. Isaw her drawing figures will
her foot, bursting into 4 food o
tears, shrowing herself into tlici
arms. Y
The face Of the poor lady is fsar
fully emaciated. It exhibits tho an
gular features Of the late Queer
Mara Amelia, (consort of Loar
Phillippe) but with a blank expres
sion Of rttcr lack Of thought. He
hair, which was partod in the middle
left her prominent forehead uncover
ed; / could distin .tly see the sunlxeu
temples, with the blue. violently
throbbing veins, and tho protrddint
checks, which are always flushet
with excitement. 'A'a3 rs
She wore a light colored dress ant
a rose colored necktie. which, / sup
pose, is the best refutatlon Of thu
assertion that sho il awnre Of tht
execution of herimperial husband.
When she and her eistertin law hAe
left her unclea, the Orleans Princess
she leaned tenderfy on tho Queens
arm. aWhy," said she, sdid thai
excellent Anmale look at me sf
strangcIy" She then added. "Ah
no, nor and hurst into laughter
She waved a white rose in her right
hand, touched with them the trees
in tho avenue, d d pressed the flow
er TO her lips, and her hand to her
heart as ifto repress its too violent
pulsations. 7.aa
Z Suddedly she seized he- sister. in-
laws hand and-was it a swoon2--
sink at her feet. She rose again and
tried to run. but leaned again on the
Queen's arm, and said, Como, Mary,
my strength is cx hausted." J" 4 i''l'
Two hours Afterward Coward
three) we saw her driving past in q
carriage; she wore a garden bonnet
adorned with q wreath OF white
roses, = light grey dress of airy text
ure, and 4 white bninos with tassels
Of floss silk. Her face was less agi-
tatcd; but the aspect Of this terrible
calmness reminded. nae involuntarily
ofpoor Ophelia.
The friend who accompanied me
drew her portrait from memory
The expression Of this gentle resig-
nation and her vanquished majesty
lis hcartrending.
One Of us two wore = very long
beard and a bread brlmmed sombre-
70; to see the Empress better he was
.imprudcnt enough to take Of his hat.
She .sl, inmped ur, ann pointing her fin.
reTr rhs hs }e|has }yhsefS effSSsalaiPfes Sal qes !: W.,
carriage in order to see what was the
matter. but the man who accustomed
this incident had already contritely
disappeared behind a grove Of trees.
What d "reminiscences may have
flashed through her sick head? a'a
She disappeared, and we returned
to Brussels.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09

Attica, 3.
The City Council this evening
unanimously approved the senti-
mcnts embodied in the resolutions
adopted at the citizens meeting held
in the city hall on the 18th utt. lela-
tive TO the rights Of American citi-
zens abroad. calling spon the exec
.utive and Congress-, 10 take sncl
steps, as may insure oar peo.,le trs,n.
AL troubles in tho future. and rclici
for those who are At present illegal
u inearccrated.
New York, Jan. 4.
An Albany iesra'rh ates that
~ . mo ,ting Appointment Democrats
an effort was na'le 10 induce Mr..
ESeYmour, IL allow his name 10 20 be-
fore tho National Convention, as Il
candidate for the Presidency. II il
believed that hc will accept oi'the re
quest.
At a meeting Of Pest No !, Crane
Army Republic in Washington, ,
rcsnlntion was passed n0mina.in,
Gen, Grant tor President. ignoring
political organizations. and calling
national Convention Of soldirrs an
sailors. tissS s'NssA ss
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-01-09

sof certain portions Of The body and lims,s
always freely exposed in society, the bases
are obtained of certain very simple calcu-
latinns by mealfe o. which the exact size Of
nearly every other portion of ti1e body
may very accurately be arrivedAt without
any occuiar or actual inspection and meas
nrment. Examples will occur to every
reader. This fact alone obviates nearly the
whole Ofthe difficulties whicl, arise ut first
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Thad. Stevens Ys. Jim, Brooks

I---I- - n r4fF7fS 2 AAAAs A9NOAAk9
James Brooks, editor N. z. Express,
and Copp., member Of Congress
from one Of the ping ugly Districts, in
that city, recently made an elsbor-
ate speech on negro .shins, noses
and sich, to prove that, because they
were different in their formation,
from the Caucasian, that they were
therefore animals and, unfit to enjoy
Any Of the rights Of life, liberty, and
tho ballot to protect them. except; 90
the superior race Of plug-uglies saw
fit to concedo to them The Wash.
lington correspondent ofthe Indepon.
dent gives the following. account Of
his speech, and Thad Stevens' reply:
Mr.. Stevens got through, tho fIons4
a Supplemental Reconstruction, bili
. day or two since, the main feature
of which is provision that . major
lity Of the votes cas4 shall raGfy the
lcODstitution of any, rebelliols State.
There wAs d short debate, previous TO
the passage Of the bill, in which Mr..
Stevens took n memorable part
Brooks of New York discohrsed fol-
nm hour upon the foot, heck hair, nose
and chin of tho negro It. was the
most infamous argument spoken in
the House since the dark years Of
slavery H. was enouglYto havecalle,l
d<,,vv Geo T.<,... kxsn ., "a ...,1<Sn ~ hl..
pheming orator. bqe Mr., .,,SteveLs
was present bnt he, was weak, and
Il was generally SUPPOSED that he
was physically incapable Of . reply.
But The old mans rose when Brooks
was through, literally Hke one From
tho grave, and in . low voice, bht
which would be heard all over the
hill, no held np the member from
New York to ri1icule. 4 He ren4inded
Brooks that, spite of the sourl in sthe
negro's hair, or the size of his, foot,
hesl,ad an immortal soul to be saved,
and that the honorable gentlennn
had one"which God might damn ifit
deserved it," Uo concluded asfol-
lows:
Z" AS to intellect, there are varioua
degrees Of it. In that regard th6
gentleman from New York towers
above the rest OF us. Though, / fear
he sometimes abuses his superiority
by the defamation which he traves
out of his road to infict upon us with
regard to the various nations of tho
earth. But that In intellectual Agifis
The OontlanaA.- --tvss1Sfo SDOvc etf Ol uS
no man who has heard him to-day
or heretofore can deny; / do not, I
assure you, speak this ironically
Tlaughter1, for do not know when
| have heard anything moro eloquent
ssap as assasrss sys es odaT sss5aea
Rnt have one proposition to make.
For tho oratorical. championship Of
America | am willing to match Fred
Douglass or Ilangston against tho
gentleman from New York, J. will
allow the latter gentleman to select
two out Of. three judges. Let tho
tonic be anything the gentleman
iplesses exceptthe negro's shin Claugh
teri; and fiat the end of the discuss
sion,. he does not throw ur tho
sponge, Twill admit that the negro
is an inferior ani,nal-not only infc.
rior to the gentleman from New
York, but inferior to the rest Of u.s."
Laughter. ai,ca s,ea sod, .,,,3tia,
TheAe was but ono sentence more
-" I move the previous question!" !"
-and the bill was passed. ast.
b aad cIa sllt fa D. W. 3.
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The House Foreign Committee will
bring in tho appropriation bill for
The payment and purchase money for
Alaska. VI 9sl7 ss9 sii
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being Of interest to all law.aoiding
citizens, we give it place in our col
umns. The informa ion should first
be given to the Collector or Deputy
Collector Of Internal Revenue of
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