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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-20
COUNTY CONVENTION,

\ delegate convention of the Re-
publican voters of Wapello County,
will be held at tho Court House. in
Ottumwa, Iowa, at l o'clock, p. M,
on Saturday, the 5th day of June,
1869, for tho purpose of choosing del
egates to the Republican State Con-
vcntion, to be held ut Dcs Moines,
Iowa, on the 10th of June next.
The Republican voters of each
Township will meet at the usual
place of holding elections, on Satur-
day, May 10th, at 4, p. M, and choose
five delegates TO the County Conven.
ton. 1t is desirable that each Town.
ship shall be represented in the Co.
convention, and have at least one
delegate who will attend the State
convention.
A. II. HAMILTON,
Chm'n Cent. Com.
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Kleptomania, which is the aristo-
cratic name for stealing, is having a
run in Muscatine-the last case being
one of girl in good circumstances
having frozen to a handful of nicl1cls,
in store, for which she was made
to dlsgorge, and was admonished
only, instead of being chucked into
jail, as she would have been if she
hadn't been young, pretty, and rich.
See Journal.
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Read Them.

We refer to tho proceedings Of the
recent Railroad Convention held at
Cameron, Missouri, the important
part of which we clip from the Cam
eron Observer.
This same spirit Of enthusiasm am.
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ST. LOUIS MARK Ell,

St. Louis, May Is.
Flour quiet, supers 4OOa5, 20 spring
X 5; spring and fall Xxx 5,50aG IS.
Wheat firm, prime l ,45a1, 65 choice
to fancy 1,75a1,90.
Corn firm, at 57aGO.
Oats, dali at 6s.
Barley sold at l,51.
Rye lower, | ,2Oal ,2l.
Whisky so
Pork 3O,25a31,5 80.
Bulk meats inactive.
Lard, steam, Ia.
Cattle at 3u7!.
Hogs at Sa9.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-20

PERsoNAL.-Judges II. q. Trimble
and M. II. Jones, of Bloomfield, also
Henry N. Clement and r. W. Boyd,
of Eddyville, are among the lawyers
wo notice IN attendance at the circuit
court.
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$4,000
21,896.67 |
s27,o31.67
Telegraphlc Summary.

Cleveland dispatches say:
On Saturday afternoon, about two
o'clock, Emma, aged five, and John,
aged 4, children of Geo. Crate, and
Peter, aged 3, son of VIM. Rigron,
were buried by q sliding sand bank
to tho depth Of several feet. They
were missed, and search was made
throughout the city, but it was not
suspected until Sunday evening that
they had been overwhelmed by the
slide. The bodies were recovered
after being buried twenty-four hours.
The best timo ever made on a We
locipedo was accomplished at the rink
in this city, Saturday afternoon, by
Fred Hawley, OF Rochester N. Y,
making fifty miles in three hours
fourteen minutes and thirty-nine Sec
onds.
Washington dispatches say:
Mr.. Sumner called at the White
House to see tho President last week
The chief usher carried up his card,
and returned with tho remark that
he would have to wait fifteen min
utes. Mr.. Sumner said he "would
not wait fifteen minutes for Napo-
leon, Victoria, or any one else, and
when Mr.. Grant wanted to see him
he could send for him." With that
he withdrew in rage and told Q
friend that the White House was
nothing but a military camp.
Important intelligence is expected
from Cuba during the next ten days.
Government detectives from various
ports along the coast, report the
movements of suspicious looking
craft, and there is no doubt that ex-
petitions are still being fitted out,
and that arms and munitions of war
are still beng transported from the
U. S. to the Cubans and Spaniards
too.
The commission of Daniel E. Sick
les as Minister to Spain, which was
prepared at the State Department
Saturday, was signed by the Presi-
dent yesterday.
Cable dispatches say The papers
comment variously on the critical
state OF affairs in Paris. 1t seems
however, the general impression is
the French Government has foment-
cd discomfort and adopted oppressive
measures to stay disorders arising
with some design.
A Paris correspondent Of tho Tel
egraph says the opinion is general in
Paris that Reverdy johnson was in.
duced to make certain declarations to
the British Government, and then
thrown overheard by Grants admin
istration.
Later adviccs from Rio Janeiro
have been received. Nothing had
been heard of the arrival of Gen. Nc
Mahon, United States Minister at
Assuncion, on the contrary it was
| reported that President Lopez dc.
tanned him in the interior by force.
New York specials say : Schoeler
& Co., one of the largest German
bankers in New York have failed.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-20

There is at Portland, Me-, y ovid
ow's Wood Society" Commenting
upon this fact, some one asks, "who
ever heard ola widow that wouldn't
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-20

VIM. Bray to G. L. Curtis, 4
lots in Dahlonega, $4,000
I. Ping to G Mcclure, ] of
lot l, b 2, Ashland, 1880
] M Cogswcll to A Griggs,
lot 2, b Z, Agency City, 5000
d. Campbell to G. r. Hanna,
lot 9, b 3, & r add, Agen.
cy City, 300.
E. Work to d Brown, lot 1,
and part lots b 8, Ed'ville, 100000
Sheriff to j. G. Hildreth,
same, 1866. 81
A E Rhodes to A W Riggs,
1Ox132 # oflot 3, b "a, Ed
dyville, 5000
G Z Powell to Geo w Oat-
man, lot 8, b "a, Eddyville 10000
A Il Hamilton to Carey In
skeep, let 8, Fl. add to OFT. 325.Oo
40 toJ. M. Criley, lot 6, do 10000
do to E. B. Criley, lot Z, do 10000
J w Norris to J Honrihan,
lot p, Ms add. to OFT. 225. 90
White q Hackworth to d e
Hill, lot Is, Rob'ts ad to OF. 10000
G F Blake to G Fox, 81 lot Z,
b Is, BIS add to OFT. 10000
J S Major to J B Miller, lot2,
Majors add to OFT. 1880
do to J M Lamme, lot 5, MSS
sub. OFT. $50 90
G + Blake to d Shepherd.
lot l, b IL, BIS add to OFT. 10000
} W to A G higgins, lot 12O
Ottumwa, 10000
IL b Sisson to A Quinn, lot
II and II, Ottumwa, 100000
W p Cowan to } G Hinsey,
lot $50, Ottumwa, 5000 90 |
L Egan to j Hawloy, jr., lot
ia, Ottumwa, $1,000
s2l,s9G.o7.
L Williamson to N Williams,
20 acres Polk tip. 10000
A Elston to E Park, 40 acres
Green tip. 1880
J Lowenmiller to ID S Nc
Quistern, leo acres, Colum.
bia tip. $4,000
J Park to Ii Gilman, II acres
Center tip. 10000
D p Bier to Il q Johnson, 40
acres, Center tip. 500 90
b Howard to S T. Snow, 81
Of l6O acres, Adams tp. 10000 !
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Hagan's Magnolia Balm. This

Hagan's Magnolia Balm. This
article is the True Secret of Beauty.
1t is what Fashionable Ladies, Act.
resscs and Opera Singers usedto pro-
duco that cultivated distingue appear
ance 80 much admired in the Circles
of Fashion.
1t removes all unsightly Blotches,
Redness, Freckles, Tan, Sunburn and
Effects of Spring Winds, and gives
to the Complexion Blooming Purity
Of transparent delicacy and power
No Lady who values fine Complex
ion can do without the Magnolia
Balm. IS cents will buy it ofany Of
our respectable dealers.
Lyons Kathairon is very delight
full Hair Dressing.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-20

Little Frank had been taught that
he was made of dust. As he stood at
the window, he saw an eddy ofdust
raised by the wind, and OK.
claimed, "Ma, it looked just now as
though though there was going to be
another little boy made"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-20
10000
Okn M

VIM Marsh to S L Miner 81!
acres, Agency TIP. 10000
G. r Hanna to G S Hanna,
so acres, Pleasant tip, $4,000
5135. 90
Lots, 21,896.67
Total, S27,031.67
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-20

TAKE NOTICE EVERYBODY
The old shop at Agency City is prepared
to furnish everybody and their friends
with every class of plows, from single
shovel up to a railroad plow, of the very
best material an6 workmanship. We are
making improvements on our plows to
make them equal to the best made any
achere, and warrant all work to be what it
is represented.
N. b. Those indebted to the estate of
James stephens by note or account will
please call and settle without delay, or
their ne ties and accounts will have to be
left for collection. G. DUDLEY,
jan4 w3m. Executor.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-20
NEW YORK MARKET.

New York, May Is.
Flour super 6,a6, IS extra 7,5Oa8 90
Wheat No. 2, spring !, 47a53.
Rye 81 ,32.
Cats dull, 81 in store.
Corn new mixed 8Oa9O.
Pork firm, new mess 31,OO.
Beef unchanged.
Bacon nominal.
Cut meats firm, no change.
Lard at 14a184.
Coffee dull.
Sugar, Cuba 11ta12; Havana Iii
Molasses, N. 0. 81, Cuba 80, Porto
Rico 81.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-20
REAL ESTATE SALES

THREE WEEKS ENDING MAY Is, 1869.
REPORTED BYD. W. TOWER.
Real Estate Agent and Notary Pu bic
COURT HOUSE,
OTTUMWA, IOWA
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-20

have large list.lof choice Residences
BUSINESS property: improved and unim-
proved farming lands: also small tracts of
land near the city, to which I call the at
tention of parties wishing to purchase.
n. B.--Parties having Real Estate to sell
will find 1t to their interestto place it on
my books.
EDWIN WHITE.
April 7th 1869 d&wtf.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-20

Sixteen vacant lots in Roberts Addition
to Ottumwa, the most of these lots lie on
nigh rolling ground. Price from $50 to
$2OO,OO each on reasonable terms.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-05-20

Farm Of 126 acres Ii miles from Ottum-
wa, az $4O per acre, 66 acres fenced. go
acres in cultivation and 40 of good timber.
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-07-06
Interesting to Claimants of Pensions.


Claims for pensions have been, from
time to time, rejected by the Commis-
sioner on insufficient evidence, until the
lumber has reached very large fguse.
Mr.. Van Aernam, the present Commits
sioner, deeming that many of them were
improperly disallowed, has organized
an examining board to review this class
of claims, ia order to do justice where
il is possible any oyersights have been
committed. Claimants will be again
called upon to furnish the evidence
which may be found essential upon re-
examination. 1t is thought that this
course will result in granting many
pensions to invalids, and to widows, or
phans and other heirs, disallowed thro'
inadvertance, or under enactm ents sub
sequently annulled.
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predecessor by his predecessor, is to be

predecessor by his predecessor. is to be
found in de offs, an de objeck OBJ dis
visit is to notify 700 dat onless immejit
payment be made NV de amount dereof,
l am directed by de 'partment to bring
SCOT to wunst against the said sureties.
Never before did I so appreciate A.
johnson and his Postmaster, General
Randall. Under their misunderstanding
wat Postmaster wuz ever pulled up for
steelin anythin3 Exc ansers-
This wuz the fether~that broke the
camel's back. - aA
Watt exclaimd Bascom, sshel low
wat you owe me, and then pay for wat
you stole?'
Shell lose the money said Pogram,
witch / lent you. and in all addishun pay
Ablishen Government for property
yoo've confiscated?' SEQ
'Bnt the property is here I remarkt
/ to Bascom, 'yoo've got it all. Why not
return it and save all this trouble?'
WAT wood l hev then for the whisky
yoo've consoomed?' he ejakelated wish
usly. It's all I've got from 700. and
I've bin keepin 700 for four years.
Didn't that property pay you for the
likker!' I askt; but Bascon wuz in no
humor for fggers, and he pitched into
me, at wich plesent pastime they all fol-
lswed SCOT But for Joe Bigler, they'd
hev killed me. Ez it wuz they blackt
both NV my eyes and rolled me out onto
the side walk, shuttin the door agin me.
sss Ez herd that door slam to, felt tibet
all wuz lost. No offs! no money! and
Bascom's closed agin me! Kin there be
a harder fate3 l passed the mite with q
farmer three miles out who, bein sick,
hadn't bin to the Corners, and. consek-
emily knowd nothin nv the changes.
"a herd the next day the result of the
ruckshen. Bascom returned SIGH NV the
property ez hadent bin sold and consul
med, wich consisted Nv the boxes. The
cheers he'd been broken up in the fire.
quent shindies which occur at his place,
the locks he'd been sold to farmers who
yoosed EN- on their smoke houses, the
bags he'd bin sold to hold wheat, and so
on. The stamps, paper, Irvine, and SIGH,
fggered up three hundred and forty six
dollars, wich wuz three hundred more
dollars than there wuz in the Corners
Bascom advanced the forty six dollars
and the three hundred wuz borrowed
NV banker at Seseshunville who took
mortgages on the farms of the impru-
dent bondsmen, for sekoority. Wv cors
I can't go back to the Corners under egs.
listing circumstances. It wood be un
comfortable tor me to live there ez mat
tiers hey terminated. I shell make my
way to Washington, and shell see if
can't git myself elected ez manager of
labor associashun, and SO make Twin
till there comes change in the Adm in :
istration. I wood fasten myself on A.
johnson, but unforchinitly there amt
enuff in him to tie to. l would as soon
think of tyin myself to a car wheel
in a storm at sea.
PETROLEUM V. MASSEY,
(Which wuz Postmaster.
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On Monday afternoon. 2lst ult, STAN
ding at the head of the coffin which en-
closed all that was mortal of the late
Henry J. Raymond, and facing an inn
mense audience, assembled to pay the
las. sad honors to the dead, Henry w.
-Beecher very eloquently said:
2 His was the career of the journalist,
and he spoke from the pulpit, whence
his words were echoed and re>echoed
throughout the world. The lawyer
speaks within the narrow sphere Of the
court room, the senator and representa-
tive within the legislative walls, the
minister breaches from the pulpit, and
2 his words are confined within the walls
of his church, and he rarely speaks be-
You'd it. But he spoke from pulpit
that has no alimit-the Press. Thence
comes forth louder voice than that of
all others-the voice of one who speaks,
who cries in the wilderness. For all
across this populous land across the
territory from the Atlantic to the Pacif>
ic Ocean, the daily press speaks to all
the people. This is the great, the all
important civilizer. There is no power
s for good that can compare with the dai-
ly press, no pulpit like it for dissemina-
ting knowledge among men. And
among those who have been the build
eIs of this great moral agency, this great
agency of civilization, not the founders
bat the finishers of the institution, stoo d
Mr.. Raymond pre- eminent. Aside from
the general ability with which he con-
Quoted the press, it is gratifying to re-
mark here how singularly free his whole
public career has been from bitterness;
how nobly and Professionally he refused
to lend his paper to passionate discuss
ions, how he never lent himself to pas
sionate invective, and never permitted
his paper to be the medium in this res
spect for others; how sagacious reason
ing and high moral strength breathed
in his words and now that he has de-
parted from among us, it is gratifying
to look back on his career and to say
that the work he was engaged in-of
giving higher, nobler and a purer
moral sentiment to the press covers a
multitude of imperfections.
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The stride OF most trotting horses
ranges from sixteen to eighteen feet
When it measures over twenty feet, the
horse must possess tremendous power
to be able to pick his feet up with ordi.
nary swiftness. The action of long
striders usually is clumsy But when
you secure a horse with long reach and
quick, su Doth action, it is morally Ger
tain that you have a trotter and very
fast trotter at that. Mr.. VIM. Rutter's
horse, Garibaldi, is oae of this descrir-
ton. Every one admires the clean, rap
id movement Of bis limbs, while the
length of the stride excites SURPRISE
We measured it few evenings ago and
the tape line recorded twenty-one feet
inches. He certainly is horse of won
derful power, and with proper handling
would trot amazingly fast. When in mo
ton he seems rather to fly over the
ground than to gain impetus by striking
it with his feet, Turf, Field and Farm.
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Twain s Last.


Mark Twain writes from Elmira, New York: Tho
Wilson trial came to end yesterday. In some
respects this the most arkable case that has
ever had place upon the criminal records of the
country 1t excited great interest in this part of the
State, and during the last ten days the courtroom
has been pretty generally crowded with eager list
eners. The facts of the Wilson simply
these: son the 18th of February last. George l..
Roderck provoked quarrel with DR.. r. Wilson, in
front of the Union Hotel in this place. Wilson put
up with good d. al OF abuse before he showed
temper. He tried to pacify Roderick, but to pur-
pose. Roderck called him thief, liar and a swim
dler; yet Wilson bore it all calmly. Roderick grew
more excited, and heaped one opprobious epith ct af
ter another upon Wilson, and finally called him
member of the New York Legislatures At this Will
son sprang to his feet, and remarking to Roderick
that he would not take that from any man, shot him
dead with an axe handle. Such was the evidence
ELECTED upon the trial The court acquitted Wilson
upon the ground that the provocation sufficient.
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First Love.

The celebrated David Crockett, when
quite young man. fell in love with a
beautiful Quaker girl, and thus forcibly,
graphically and POLITICALLY describes the
effect on an ardent and susceptible mind
produced by the first love:
Il found myself over head and heels
in love with this girl; and l thought if
all the hills were pure chinks, and all
belonged to me, would give them if l
could just talk to her if I wanted to; but
l was afraid to begin for when I
would think Of saying anything to her,
my heart would begin to futter like a
duck in puddle, and if tried to Guido
it and speak it would get right up in
my throat, and choke me like cold po-
tato.' 1855
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A Costly UNDERTAKING.-The Abys-
sinian War, it has now been ascertain
ed, caused the enormous expenditure Of
S43, S65, 900, or S10,00O,O0O over the
original rough estimate, and S7,O00,000
in excess of the second corrected esti.
mates. A great part of this sum was
absolutely wasted, and many scandaious
transactions have been reported. Ships
lay for many months at so much demur-
rage day, and their cargoes were at
last sold for the benefit of the owners
of the vessels, not being required for
the army. Mules in large numbers were
sold for trife at Suez, having been
bought at an enormous price in remote
markets and women were brongh bit
from Bombay to grind corn who never
did any work at all. In answer to this,
the Secretary of War says that the Eng
lish Government was suddenly called
upon to provide for 10000 men and 3d.
900 animals, and that war is always ex-
ceedingly wasteful. In ancient times
war was waged much more cheaply, but
now an army carries with it almost ev-
erything considered as necess aries by
civilized nation.
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RICHBloND MARKETs.
,rrected weekiy by THos. Nxsron.
CINCINNATI MARKETS.

81 ffl### CrNCINNATI, July 7th, 1857.
FLOUR-sales at 35 67016. tx
WHEAT-Firm; at 81 200l Is.
CORN-Firm at 70to72
OATS-Steady at 65to6Sc.
RYE Fairat 81 05. eaft -A
WHISKY Dull at 92(193c. n
PROvISiONS-Quiet, and mostly held firmly.
NESS PORK-Generally held at sac.
BULK MEATS-Sales at l3c for shoulders, and
l6to lie for sides. ~
BACJN-Firm at 141171-2c AMI IL
1870 for clear rib and clear sides.
LAkD-Du at 1870.
BUTTER-Firm Sales of fresh at 25to30c.
EGGS-Quiet at 16to17c.
IINSEED OIL-Dull 1t 81 03toI o.. 81
LARD OIL-Ofered at 81 42tol Al.
PETROLEUM--Sales at 29to31c. sa91 81
Cold at 1877 buying Msuoy market rather easisr
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WHEN the negroes were emancipated,
it was loudly asserted that they were so
disposed to idleness and vagabondizing
that they never would work unless forced
to do so under the lash of an overseer.
Now whole craft is thrown into state
of confusion and wrangliag because one
of these Africans has shown not only a
disposition to work, but ability to do his
work well. He gets employment in .
Government printing Office, and streight~
way the Typographical Union writhes
as though seized with collie. - Gin. Com
nsericol. ~ ~ ases q
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-07-06

ga WENDELL PHILLIPS of course has
something to say about the Cuban strug.
gle and our duty in the premises. H e
repudiates the idea of sitting neutral,
and holds that it is the duty of our gov
eminent to mot only promptly recognize
belligerency Of the Cuban insurgents,
but announce to the world, as a principle
Of international law, that any race rising
against another similar wrongs should
be recognized as soon as they had
fought long enough to be seen and
heard five hundred miles off. -
And Mr.. Phillips goes on as follows:
If Great Britain iuterferes we have,
at little cost, "a perpetual Alabama an
chored off her coast, just as near to
Liverpool as Dublin is to that port. -
Twenty millions of Dollars will make
Ireland our Gibraltar every one OF her
innumerable harbors will be bases for
our navy; 10000, men and $4,000, 900
make Ireland our iron clad, and every
Irishman, in the world over,our soldier
What interest is this to us? While this
danger lasts the House Of Commons has
no lack Of motive to do justice toIreland
"By indirectiOn find direction Out''-ac-
knowledge the Cuban movement. 1t
frees coo, 600 Cuban slaves. Let Eng
land hasten to give Ireland something
that deserves the name Of a Governm emf
which Ireland has not had for three
hundred years. Let England know that
the very first moment she fires annou
to obstruct freedom or bar us from hold
ing up struggling nations, we shall en-
camp in Dublin. If the thought does
no other good it will surely hasten just
ice to Ireland; and meanwhile preserve
the peace and help nightly toward the
enfranchisement of the world"
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-07-06

THE Indianapolis Mirror has learned
incidentally that Mrs. Glenn was in the
habit of visiting the bar at cold Springs
for the purpose of gathering shells to be
used in the manufacture of shell work,
such as picture frames, ect, and had made
a conditional appointment to meet some
friends there for that purpose on the
very day of the murder. The Mirror
says: We conyersed yesterday with some
ladies who were perpared to go with her
to the spot that afternoon. She did not
call for them, however and they remain
ed at home $40 aaar II &-1aw
The Richmond palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1855-1875, 1869-07-06

"My son, said an anxious father, why
do you use that nasty tobacco?' The
boy, declining to consider the question
in the spirit in which it was asked, re-
piled: ITO get the juice" 4a