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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18
Agency City Items.
aoENcY C1Tf, Iowa, /
November Is. 1859


Friend COURIER:
Our business men have been get
ting in new stocks ofgoods, and seom
to be making arrangements for a
vigorous winter campaign.
L. NJ. Wicoxsen Il CO. have sold
thele stock of goods to Mr.. Full.n
who from the way he is brushing and
painting up, looks like he intends
business.
DR.. ]. G. Johnson has recently
purchased an interest in tho Drug
and Grocery house of S. NJ. johnson,
and they are filling up their stock Of
Drugs and Groceries, and are adding
books and stationery to their other
attractions, which is a desideratun,
long needed in Agency.
On Friday evening Nov. 18th the
young assisted by older and
experienced hands-niet at the M,
d. Church and held .Socia5le. Ow-
ing to the inclement weather, the at.
tendance was small, but everything
passed off agreeably, and all went
home well satisfied.
The latest sensation here was caus.
ed by the absconding of Harry Clark,
Tie Contractor who took French
leave of absence, leaving his credi.
tors whistling to the doleful tune oil
somewhere in the neighborhood Of
fifteen hundred dollars. What little
property he left behind has been Gov
cred by so many liens and attach.
meats, that it wonld be difficult for a
Philadelphia lawyer to tell who will
hold it. One Of his creditors even
went SO far as to talk about attach.
lngtwo bottles glitch medicine whit h
in his haste to depart he left behind
On Friday evening, Nov. 9Th, abou,
II O'Clock at night, J. w. P. Stretch
er, an OLD citizen OF this county, liv
ing in Agency City, went to his sta
Bile to see to his horses-he remain
ed out long than usual-his family
found him at or near the stable una
BILE to get in. Help was summoned
and he was removed to the house, bu,
expired about the time ne was depos
tied on the bed.
On Sunday, Nov. It'll little sor
OF Louis Dupuis, aged about years
died suddenly and unexpectedly-the
family were out at tho time the child
Git is supposedly died from sufiocatior
in a paroxysm of coughing.-he hav
ing the hopping cough.
DIED, at the Alpine Coal Bank
on Monday, Nov. 9Th, of Typhoid
Fever, Thomas Eggleson, aged abou,
40 years.
Mr.. Eggloson was an Englishman
by hirth-a good citizen of his adop
ted country, and enjoyed tho conf
dence and esteem OF all who knew
him. YOUNG AMERICA.
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We notice that the Standard, pub.
lished at Greensburg, Ind, has in it's
issue of Nov. 18th, we'll written and
very interesting letter from its Iowa
correspondent, who dates her letter
at Agency City, Iowa, and writes
over the cognomen of Mrs. M. j.
The writer displays ability and cul.
tivation in this effort:
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Davenport Journal Revived

Davenport Journal Revived
! Messrs. r. Tompkins, editor il
Chief W. Bailey, Judge T. D. Eagal
j. W. Leith and Charles Glass-al
printers, have bought the press and
material Of the suspended Davenport
Journal, and will run it as an eve
nlng paper hereafter.
With two such old, strong, and ex
cellent journals as the Gazette and
Democrat, already occupying the field
we don't exactly see how the third
daily is to live in Davenport, never
theless it has our earnest wishes 70,
success.
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Telegraphic Summary
San Francisco. Nov

San Francisco, Nov. II.
Quantrell, the leader of the Law
renee massacre, was tracked to this
city by detectives, where he enlisted
in the army and was sent to Camp
Scott, Nevada. Orders for his arres,
reached there too late, he, with 9th
ers, having deserted.
The Herald says the National
Banks are aiming at tho control Of the
money in the country. It holds that
the National Currency ought to be
withdrawn, and grcenbacks issued in
itsplace. The Government would then
get the benefit of . National circula-
ton, the profits of which are enor-
nous, and tho people would have q
perfectly safe and uniform currency
1t 10 stated that the Postmaste,
General will soon issue an order pro
h,bitiug the carriage through mails
Of circulars gotten Dip by swindling
firms to defraud the public. Som.
two hundred Of these firms are on tn.
back list of the government detect
ives.
The mail steamer from Rio Janelro
brings the following news from Par
aguay:
une hundred and thirty-three Bra
lillian soldiers had been surrounded
by Lopez. The forces of Prince Deu
had v0na IN their raliof
A conspiracy has been formed
against Lopez, in consequence of the
executions ordered by him.
Several Paraguyan officers have
come into the Allied lines. They de-
scribe the position OF Lopez as des.
perate.
The British sixty-four gun frigate
Augusta, sunk in the Delaware below
Fort Miflin in 1879, has just been
raised in good state of preserva.
ton.
The Fall racing at the Baltimore
Club Park concluded Saturday with
a race between Dot and Patchep,
Jun, for 81 900, mile heats, best three
in five. Dot won. Best time, 2:34
Washington dispatches say:
Gen. Spinner is dangerously i'll.
| The following appointments are
announced; Hon. j. REESE, of Him
DIS, Consul at Anconia, Italy; James
II. Wheeler, of Massachusetts, Con
sui at Kingston, Jamaica, vice Aaror
Gregg suspended; Jno. G. Robesor
of Tennessee, Consul at Tangier, Mo
rocco, rice F. A. Mathews suspended
| A terrible boiler explosion occurred
at VIM. Storms paper mill at Cats
kill village, N. Y, yesterday noon.-
The building was completely demol
ished, and several lives were lost
1t is impossible to tell the full exten
of the disaster. 1t is known that Mr.
Geo. Brandon, wife of the enginee,
was instantly killed, and that tn
engineer met with instant death, ant
was burned in the ruins.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

John Murray, the London Publish.
CT. announces that 1.-THE London
Quarterly Rcvlow," for October, will
contain hitherto unpublished Letters
from Lady Byron to Mrs. Leigh, in
1916, which completely disprove Mrs.
Beecher Stoves story. The elder
Murray having been Byron's Pub
Usher, any statement emanating from
this well known house. is authorize.
tive. The "Review" will be repub-
lished by the Leonard Scott Publish
ing Company early in November; and
all who wish to secure o copy of this
number should make immediate APP
plication, either direct to the publish
ers, or to local agent.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

The Register Of the 18th has q live.
ly account of a fight between Lou
Wheeler, an express messenger on
the D. '. r. r., and a large, feroci.
GUS boar, which was being transport,
cd in q cage, in the express car
Bursting his confines he ieaped into
the car and at once made for Wheel
OF, who knocked him down three or
our times, but did not subdue him,
-. h last blow, which stunned and
leveled him. When the train stop
ped, the hog was secured. No fun in
that sport, when man is alone.
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Looking A Grave.
ny REV. Ii. BEoss


lis only November to-day. know,
But the snow falls thick and FAST
1t covers the trees, and the fieids and the
graves ' ~" '"s
And sweeps on the bowling blast;
1s vur GIaHs s nowdla ljas 2ofieto rests
u TT, m iooking 4 Ilsce e lay his fofna
On! now nom our home and our arms a
shall we give his Cherished form
10 sleep IN the cold and frozen earth.
NO kindred are here. md his litt,. .-a,.n
Shall consecrate SoneisEot si">e
Which the sexton sfit5ws nj. Var, ,.-a
As only a vacant lot A'No 'A'io so'e'ay
Let 1t be IN some quiet and cheerful plact
Where, when the winter is past. p'"o'
The grass will grow and the nowern hloosa
And the trees their shadows cast.
and Wen think OF our loving and darlin,
AS not In the churchyard's cold,
6. But gasnered already in Jesus arms.
orruMwA. Nov. 18th, 1850,
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The Philosophers Stone.

Scott County Fairs are usually
about as good as State Fairs. The
last one was particularly successful.
Reader would you like to know the
reason? We can enlighten you.-
They paid among other good invest
ments $85O,s5 for printers ink
That's what's the matter.
1t may be paradoxical to call pa.
per and lampblack stone, but ate,
all, it has the magic power to turn
everything it touches into gold, il
properly applied, and is therefore en-;
titled to be called the long sought
For Philosophers Stone,
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The Dubuque Times saws:

1H0 OUUUqUo 4 tHtGd bUyb.
"There are but two candidates for
the long term. w. B. Allison who
represents the young radicals of the
State, and Judge Wright who repre-
sents the conservatives.
Whereupon Of course the Times
man is incontlnently raped over the
knuckles by the Davenport Gazette,
called impertinent, &C., for emitting
the name Of the distinguished 81.
commissioner of Indian Affairs, the
Hon. Judge Dennis N. Cooley, of
Dubuque.
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Hon. John +. Dillon.

A petition was forwarded from the
entire bar Of Ottumwa yesterday
praying the President to appoint
Hon. John F. Dillon (Chief Justice o.
Iowa) to the Judgeship Of the new
circuit, composed Of Iowa, Missouri
Nebraska and Kansas.
Gen. Ben. F. loan, Of Mo-, and
Hon. Martin Farquar Conway, o.
Kansas, are the only other candidate.
we have heard Of, except Judge Dill
lon.
If the very highest order ofjudicial
ability; the most pre-eminent purity
of character, and answering fidelity
to the great cardinal ideas of our DO
litical faith, are passports to favor
Judge Dillon will receive the appoin,
ment.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

The Register says that Hon. J. by,
sart. the new Senator from Tama and
Poweshiek counties, received 1916
votes in Tama county, while only
1877 where cast in that county.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

The Indianapolis Mirror denoun.
ces Naspy's wit as "coated with
slime" and shortly afterward swears
because the American people will
swallow such ''sugar coated nasti
ness The Mirror apparently keeps
its slime and sugar in one box.-De,
troit Tribune.
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EddyviIle.

Benz. Ladd, of this city and Ed
Manning, Of Keosauqua, have formed
Pork Packing partnership at Ed
dyville. and commence killing to
morrow,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18
Our North Route.

Whether we secure the Chicago
and Southwestern Railroad or not
no time should be lost in organizing
right here in Ottumwa, accompany to
build a railroad to Cedar Falls.
A glance at the map will show that
the latter city is on the same line due
north with Ottumwa,
This railroad would run through
the very finest, agricultural district
in the State, aud would be substan.
TALLY without competition.
Between 30 and 40 miles of the
direct route III Blackhawl and lama
counties is already graded, ready for
tho ties aud iron and could be made
at once available.
1t would run through the Kirkville
coal districts, where they have seven
feet veins and perhaps others equal.
" as good.
1t would run through Toledo,
county seat Of lama county, Monte.
yuma, county seat Of Poweshiek
county, and along through the cas-.
tern and best part of Mahaska coun-
ty, and secure us magnificent trade
where we now scarcely do anything.
at Cedar Falls we would top the
great central railroad route of the
State, running east and west, to- wit /:
the Dubuque and Pacific, and what
is ofvastly more consequence than
anything else which we could urge
in this. connection, would also connect
at this point with the Minnesota and
Cedar Falls Railroad. already com.
pleted to st. Paul, thus making this
with our st. Louis and Cedar Rapids,
and North Mo. Railroads, the great
trunk line from st. Louis to st. Paul,
making its stock and business second
in value and importance to no other
road in the United States.
The people Of Blackhawk, lama,
Poweshiek and Mahaska counties,
VINO have been left out in the cold.
by Gilman's Central Iowa combina-
ton, are ripe for this enterprise, and
everything now is suspicious for the
Immediate and successful inaugura.
ton Of an undertaking which has all
the elements of success in it, and
which cannot fail to rebound greatly
to the trade and wealth of Ottumwa,
as well as to the country and towns
on the route northward.
Had we o. IL "a in Ottumwa a
hallroad Z N-n lree years ago,
to extend til, .ington branch NJ
the q. X. l. q T. X. R. to Ottumwa,
we could have had the initiative in
the matter; raised enough money on
the route to have secured the endorse.
ment of our bonds on that line by
Tracy's Company, and to-day the
work might have been well advanced
or at least we could have been in
such a shape that foreign corpora
lions would not have it in their pow
or to play the seesaw game on us
with Fairfield or any other neigh.
boring villages. With St. Louis and
st. Paul at either end OF this great
contemplated thoroughfare land with
only the short gap through two
counties and half to build, con it be
doubted for moment that we could
not get the means to complete the
road at an early day, after preparing
the way with such local subscrip-
ton as we could readily raise2
The necessity of prompt action in
this matter, is SO obvious that
every public spirited and far seeing
citizen of Ottumwa ought to be
ready for prompt organization.
Shall we have m eet,ng and put
this Railroad Company ON its feet?
Men ofOttumwa! awake, arise.
or be forever fallen"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18
Declines.

Major Joseph Lyman, Of Council
Bluffs, denies the rumor that he is q
candidate for chief clerk of the ap-
preaching House of Representatives
ofthe Iowa Legislature.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

Lieut.. Gen. Sheridan :elegraphs
from Chicago that he will attend the
annual reunion of the Society of the
Army of the Tennessee, to be held at
Louisville Nov. 16 OF Is.
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Lee county has voted by 372 ma
jority, to appoint Commissioners to
compromise its Railroad Bond in
debtedness.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

They have a "Horse Thief Associ-
alton" out in Adams county, This
association is made up Of committees
from the citizens, whose duty it is to
pursue and capture horse thieves.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

CONFEDERATE NOTES A LEGAL Ten
DER IN CERTAIN CAsEs.-The United
States Supreme Court has recently
decided that debts contracted when
and where Confederat notes were the
only currency of trade, and which
were intended to be payable in Con-
federate notes, are payable in them
alone, and the Courts have power
to enforce their paymentin that man.
ner. The principle of this is that
contracts are to be enforced accord
ing to their intention. These Con.
federate notes were the lawful mon
ey of the period, and the money in
tended by the contract in question,
therefore the Court enforces the con-
tract as it was intended by the par
ties, without regard to the fact that
this was not lawful money of the
United States. The rule works hard
ships in this case, for at the time this
contract was made the Confederate
notes had some value; now they have
none. The only way that justice
could be done is to find out what was
the value of Confederate notes at the
time, and give judgment for that.
The decision is OF great signlti-
canoe, for the rule it lays down will
apply to debts contracted in green
backs, if the Supreme Court shall de-
eide the greenback tender act illegal.
According to this rule, these debts
will be payable in the currency they
were contracted in, although that has
lost thelegal-tenier quaIity.-Musca-
tue Journal.
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The Davenport Gazette has lust
made the discovery "that the North
Mo. Railroad has been completed to,
and is in operation to the Iowa State
ine, distance Of $50 miles from st.
Louis"
Evidently the frantic efforts of the
Gazette to elect the Elk Com. Of In
dian affairs, to the place ir the United
States, made iIlustrious by the SER
vices of Hon. James W. Grimes, has
SO absorbed that journals attention,
that it does not know that that road
has not only been completed to the
State Line over one year, but has
been running to Bloomfield, in Davis
county, Iowa, only "a miles distant
from Ottumwa, for six months, and
that the entire work is now almost
ready for the iron from Bloomfield to
our Obscure town, as the Gazette
has been pleased to designate us here
tofore, and that the cars will be run
ming straightway from St. Louis into
the aforesaid obscure town inside
of thirty days from this writing.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

For o x cigars, go to O. X. Abels,
I'd street.
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OttumWa Live Stock Market
Hogs are active, at 7a@8 live
weight.
Cattle. tor butchers, are selling in
limited supply at 3@3I.
Butchers are paying 10 cents net
for fat hogs by the carcass.
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From the Daily Courier of 18th inst,
The Chicago Post.

Mr.. Irving J. Manatt, agent and
special correspondent of the Chicago
Post is in the city.
He will to-day and tomorrow call
on our leading merchants and manu-
facturers with a view of writing up
the city.
Mr.. Manatt should receive q courte.
GUS reception from our people, as he
not only repres IS the only reliable
American Re hi paper in Chi
cago, but one h y best journals
published any aero sin all this blars-
tod country"
The Tribune has proven false to us
on all important occasions Of late,
while the Republican and Journal are
nothing but cold hash and dishwater
concerns, which never arise even to
tho dignity Of wholesome contempt.
The Chicago Post editorials by
Ray, Ingersoll and Blakcly, and its
Personal and Impersonal column by
Chamberlain, and it's entire Political,
Literary and Commercial make up,
indicate master workmanship, and
we can honestly and conscicntiously
recommend it as tho best newspaper
we know of.
The Post and the Courier will be
furnished for Two dollars and fifty
cents per annum.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

FAREwELL.-As will be seen by his
valedictory in this issue, w. H. NEED
HAM has withdrawn from the HERALD.
This will, no doubt, be as surprising
and as much regretted by the patrons
of the paper, as by the undersigned.
His connection with the establish.
mcnt has been long aud pleasant /;
and now that he has seen proper to
sever that connection, we hope he
may meet with peace, prosperity and
health, in whatever he may engage.
He was a true soldier, is an unflinch-
ing Republican, a first-class printer,
and a whole souled fellow, and it
does us good to say SO to the readers
of tho HERALD.
W. A. HUNTER,
II. G. LEIGHTON,
J. III. PERRY,
J. W. JONES,
+. U. BoRRELr,
G. w. HINEsLEY.
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The Plates and dishes to be used
at the dinner given by tic Sultan to
Eugenie will cost, il is said, million
francs, but tho dinner i.sc, is to cost
much more than the service, If one
may believe the gossip report. One
OF the courses is to consist entirely Of
ostrichos brains As these birds
have the reputation ofhaving very
small brains, it will be necessary to
kill a great many ofthem. In conse-
quence, the marketreports announce
that ostriches are lively.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

The best printing machine feeder
The public.
The Times has q female cattle re-
porter; who, unlike most girls, is not
in the market from choice.
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Oskdl0oso Herald.
And let us add one more name to
that list. We. too, say farewell"
for after the tolls and veXations eX-
perienced in running apaper," q man
ought to meet with a reward which
will partly repay the tedious hours
given to the literary enjoyment of
the American people. May you en-
joy your retiracy to the fullest, is our
parting wish.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-18

Gen. James B. Foley of Decatur
CO., Indiana, who said "the newspa-
pers Inucilated him the damdest" in
reporting. one of his congressional
speeches many years ago, and which
original remark is the only claim he
has to Immortality, is candidate
before the approaching sth of Janua-
ny Copperhead Convention of Ind,
for State Treasurer.
Gen. Jim. will probably get "mucil-
ated" before the nominating Conven-
ton, if not the Republicans viii ''mu
cilate" him when che is let loase in
that deestrict.'
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Post Office Business.

The money order business of the
Z. .. Department has become an
immense success. By this system,
small amounts can be RENTED to all
the important offices in the United
States, for mere nominal sum, with
absolute immunity from loss. For
instance, you can send any amount
under and including s20,00 to any
important Post Office in this country
Cor the small fee Of ten cents, by gov.
eminent draft which the government
agrees to safely deliver, failing in
which, it furnishes the party a du-
plieate.
Any amount between $4,000 and
$4,000 costs only 15c; between S3O,-
go and 1900 zoe, and between $4,000
and $4,000 Csc.
Fifty dollars is the limit allowed
to be sold in one draft i; but the same
party is permitted to buy not ex-
ceeding three drafts of fifty dollars
each in the same day.
The Registry system, which is now
also in successful operation, extends
to every office. in Uncle Sans Do.
minions, however obscure that office
may be, and it may be added that by
this plan the remitter has also almost
positive security against loss.
Registered letters are receipted by
the z. N. 10 the original remitter,
while the P. NJ. takes a receipt from
the route agent or next P. NJ,
who receives the registered package,
and SO on TO the party to whom the
better is addressed, there is a regular
line ofresponsibility that cannot be
cvaded or broken, SO but what the
government can trace the stolen
package directly to the thief.
In ordinary letters there is no pos.
sible way of tracing up a letter, if it
should be lost, any more than there
would DO to maintain the identity Of
a drop OF water in the Ocean.
We haye made this full explana
ton for the purpose OF urging all re.
mittors Of money, or valuables, to
avail themselves of either the Money
Order or Registered letter systems,
-, afford, them for nominal
consideration, absolute safety against
the light fingered gentry VIII o always
have, and always willinsinuate them
selves irto the p. O. as we'll as ali
other Departments Of tho govern.
ncnt, for the sake of plumber.
Very little money is now sent
through the mail without being eth.
CT registered or sent by money or
der, and the time is rapidly approach
ing, when there will be nothing passed
through the hands of the various and
sundry officials connected with the P
.. d. in shape which can possibly
tempt their cupidity.'