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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-08
GREAT DISTRIBUTION BY
1IE III II I INVI V0I 4 AN OOXN'
PANY. CASH GIFTS TO THE AMT
OF $250.000. EVERY TICKET
DRAWS A PRIZE.

DRAWS A PRIZE.
5Cash Gifts, each $4,000
20 F" 1000
Az s. q 500
200 !" 100
20O s. I" SO
SO Elegant Rosewood Pionos zach $sto 75o
IS IS Melodeohs " rs to 100
$50 Sewing Machines 80 to 10
500 Gold Watches "S5 to 800
Cash prize, Silver ware, etc., W
A Chance to draw any of To above pri-
yes for Is cts. Tickets describing prizes
are selected in Envelops and we'll mix ed.
On receipt of rs cts, Seaed ticket is
drawn without choice and set by mail to
any address. The Prize named upon 1t
will be delivered to the tickft holder on
payment of ONE COLLAR. Prizes are
Immediately sent to any address by ex-
press or return mail.
You will know what your Prize is be.
fore you pay for it. Any prizl exchanged
for another Of same value. No Blanks.
Our patrons can depend on fat dealing.
REFERENCEs.-We select tfp following
from many who have lately dawn valua-
BILE prizes and kindly permitta us to pub
lish them: wilkins, Buffalo 5000:
Miss Annie Moore, Chicago 1iano $3.50:
John D Moore, Louisville $1,000: Miss
Emma Walworth, Milwaukee, Piano
$500: Rev. e. A Day, New 0orlSns $500
We publish no names without permission.
OPINIONS OF THE PRESS "he firm is
reliable, and deserve their nccess.
Weekly Tribune, Oct, 8. I've know
them te be fair dealing finn Y
Herald, Oct, %. "a friend ofpurs drew
q $500 prize. which was promptly receiv.
ed."-Daily News, Dec. 8.
Send for circulars. Liberal induce
medts to Agents. Satisfaction guaran'
teed. Every package Of Sealed Envelops
contains one cash gift, Six Tickets for 81
Is for 81: IS for Is: ITO for SIS. All letters
should be addressed to
HARPER, WILSON& co
l73 Broadway, N. Y.
ms pch % IAi
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For Sale.

| will sell 40 acres of lan&nder
cultivation, with houses, frutrees,
coal bank, de-, on it situatedImiles
east of the Ottumwa Court HE, at
low rates, provided applicaln be
made soon to me at Agency d., or
to George Godfrey, of this cid
B. d. H. 81 Err.
daw If
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Just received at Stewart to's-
Chestnuts and WhcrtleberrifSeed.
less Raisins, Prunes, Citron, tnges,
Lemons, Dried Beef.
15dw1w.
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Just received at o. x. Abels, fine
lot Of fresh Butter and Eggs, and a
choice lot of Green Apples.
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The Pride Of Otf11,nwo

oisoc 0io Hcllneu to view
Taylor, Blake & Cos Drug Store
With very much the same self salts.
led complacency that New Workers
% Stewards uptown dry goods pal
zee. When stranger arrives in
our midst, with serious intentions of
INVESTING in our cheap dirt, the first
question put to him, in order to test
bis knowledge of our present and
prospective Importance is, shave you
been through the splendid Drug
store Of Taylor, Blake & Coz" and
< fnot, he is taken through the house,
70 give him a favorable idea of onr
metropolitan greatness, after which
he is supposed to see more money in
:onr corner lots.
We suspect, in all seriousness, that
this is the best drug house, with the
largest and most complete stock at
wholesale and retail, to be found west
of Chicago.
Il We took occasion to 90 through
their house this morning, from bot. |
tom to top, and were astonished at |
the extent and variety of their stock. |
The basement, 115x37, is full to over
flowing, with Oils, Liquors, Wines.
etc, ETC., most Of them in the origi.
nal packages, as imported, or shipped |
direct from the manufacturers.
The second, or ground floor, is de-
voted to the retail branch of the
trade, in double store-room in front.
which for it's elegant and complete
arrangements is not rivalled by any
other house in the state, while the
rear of this floor is divided into an
Office and receiving room. The third
floor is full to the ceiling, with goods
in original packages, of every des-
cription. Of drugs, books, paper, sta {
tionery, wall paper, notions, &C., &c, {
and this is, properly speaking, tho
main Wholesale department of the :
house, where clerks are constantly II
engaged in filing orders and shipping
goods to all points of the compass n
The fourth floor extends over the en-.
tire building of T. B. & Co. and the
LIST National Bank, and is 115x57 /,
feet, and filed TO repletion with glass, L
and other lighter goods, in their line. l
The success Of this house is a mar.
vel to the public not familiar with
The energy, sagacity and pluck of its C,
founders. We are gratified to state G.
hat their trade is increasing COM q
nensurate with their public spirit. = :,
n spite ofthe mud, and general dull. r.
aess, they sold more goods last Mar.
han any month in their business
history, and 40 per cent. more than :
n any othor March.
They keep constantly EMPLOYED =
ne most efficient travelling men, and =
n account Of buying their goods ex-
lusively Of the importers and man. pl
liacturers for cash, are able to sue. til
essfully compete with the heaviest th
,hicago and st. Louis houses. A fe
Of OF linseed oil, in original manutac. tn
urors casks, of $500 gallons, and a BIZ
tack of rs tons of white lead, which or
70 noticed, will give the reader an ed
lea Of the magnitude of their bus pa
loss operations. fol-
DIR. James L. Taylor, Charles F. Al
lake and VIM. 7. Harper, composing sh
als firm, arc gentlemen and business gi,
en OF the strictest integrity, and tr,
worthy OF this monument thu
their enterprise. Read their adj. it |
srtiscment elsewhere. =
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-08

Never in the history of Ottumwa
was real.property in such demand
and at constantly advancing prices.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-08

Horscmen will take noticed Con
Lewis annual announcements be
found elsewhere.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.
USQCEBAUGH,
OR
OLD SETTLERS B1TTERS.

preparod from an old formule used in
Ireland and Scotland at . very early peri
cd and in the reign Of Henry VIII, Its CO.
lebrty and consequent demand was SO
great that many unprincipied persons
made a. urious article which csused the
decree If King Henry VIII, that there be
but one licensed makerD Usdnebough,
aqua V,tdc or Life Wdtert n very bor-
ough. This pleasant beverage AZ strictly
in accordance with the original Recipe
1t is particularly efficacious in diseases of
Dyspepsia, Gout, Rheumatism, Collie and
ali bilious Complaints. Try 1t. 1t is
warranted superior to any other in the
Market.
Sole Proprietors, Fort Madison, Iowa.
Sold BY all dealers. At Wholesale by
TAYLOR, BLAKE q co.
Ottumwa, Iowa.
March 9th '69dAwtf.
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EXTRA SPECIAL NOTICE.
Smiths Tonic Syrup.

Beware of Commercials Smiths 1ossic
Hyrup has been counterfeited. and the
counterfeiter brought to grief.
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MAGNOLIA WATER. = superiq to
tho best imported German Cologne,
and sold at halt the price.
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The genuine article must have DIR John
Bulls private stamp on each ,ottle, DIR
John Bull only has the right 70 manufac-
ture and sell the original JOHN Nneiths
Tonic Syrup Of Louisville, KY. Examine
well the label on each bottle. Il my pri-
vate stamp is not on the bottle, do not
purchase, or you will be deceived, See
column advertisement, and my show
card, will prosecute any ole infring-
ing on my right, The genuNe SMITH
Tonic Syrup can only be pHpaed by
myself III.
The Public's Servant.
DR.. JOHN 3ULL,
Louisville, KY.
For ssle by Taylor, Blake q o., 0ttum.
Nav. %. ,dS. -dAw8ha.
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EARLY MARRIA9E.

EARLY MARRLA1E.
DIR. FRANKLIN advocated Early Mar
riages. ESSAYS for young men, on this
and other subjects, being GUIDE to
MARRIAGE and Conjuga Felicity, by
benevolent Physicians, sent by mail, In
sealed letter envelopes, free If Of charge.
Address, HOWARD ASSOCIATIONS, box
p, Philadelphia, Pa.
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rn =
ERRATISnhlic debt state.

~ uDIlC uFHt StaJe-
ment in Spaily, and on the
OUTSIDE oils Weekly, makes
the amuone ss cash in the
Ireasnry,,I'ty billions too
much, whnrror occurred by
the c'mpoi entity interpola.
ing q hgu the left Of the
numerals.
Melskcr receiving their
hardware Court street.
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Seeding

Seeding
Potatoes, Harrison and early Good
rich, at 1925 per bushel.
o. MOFFET.
Feb. 1,.w10t*
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GOLD. SILVER AND
SILVER PLATE.
NEW GooDsl NEW STYLES!


M" "ooD0' Ne" p AD0
OLD sILv Err WARE & SOLID
wiz JEwELRY
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Notice.

Notice..
b 4th Dis
to whom
Sec. lo0f
|enue, to
interest
|urposes,'
received
Erroneous
II. War.
lnuAl list
strict. at
pttumWa
1t 10 o.
esaid Hist
K all per-
bose.
|. State Of
! Iowa. :
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DIAMONDS.

GOLD PLATED & HAIR
JEWELRY.
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Tea Sets, Ice Urns and Pitchers,
FINE HAIR BRUSHES,

Pistols and Ammunition.
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Corn Planters and Sui
key Rakes sold at $1,000
below regular prices.
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MARSH HARVESTER.

TIE PLACE BUY SEEDS OF KINDS AND FARM MACE
Sc -. IS s9~ BEST TERMS AND AT THE LOW
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In this
pssiouAl
nd euna~
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SAM. g. DGES,
NOS. l&2 ESTES USE,
KEOKUK, IOWA,
March 20 1859 dewitt
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-08

Is the oldstand by Drop
per Machine with a repu
tation known to every
Farmer in the West.
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March 20 1869 d&wtf
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-09
The State University.

Some important additions to the
advantages offered at the State Uni
yersity. at Bloomington, were made
at the recent session Of the Board of
Trustees. The purchase Of the David
Dale Owen Cabinet was completed,
the price paid being twenty thousand
dollars. TO accommodate this the
citizens of Bloomington have sub
scribed funds sufficient to erect a
building fifteen by fifty feet within
the College campus, which will be
completed, and the cabinet classified
and arranged before the opening of
the next session.
The Law School, which has here
tofore been somewhat of an incident
rather than a prominent feature Of
the University, Is to be continued
nine months In the year. instead of
about three, as heretofore. Two law
chairs have also been established in
stead of one. Hon. George a R;cL-
nell, the Professor for so MANY ~ao,s
is retained, and the other chair Viii
be filled soon. There will be con
slant instruction the entire acade,ni.
year, and instead Of costing TWENTY
five or thirty dollars per session. it
will be free to all, as are other depart
ments Of learning.
Two additional professorships have
been established: one of Modern
Languages and History. and one OF
Civil Engineering. Neither of these
chairs are filled, but they will be By
competent gentlemen before the com
mencement Of the new year. Tuition
will be free in these departments.
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-09
Items of Interest.

The Rev DR.. Newman, of Wash
iDgton, ID. c., will go to Europe this
summer, merely to unite two of for
mer flock in marriage, at Paris.
A western paper has an account of
the shooting of wild cat by little
boy five feet eight inches long"
A youugsrer in Quebec tried to
crawl down the chimney and surprise
the family by emerging from the fire
place, but got wedged IN at the bend
of the hue, and had to be dug out
with picks.
Hon. Green Clay Smith. of Ken
lucky, formerly a member of Congress,
but more recently Governor of Mon
tana, has determined to devote the
remainder Of his life to preaching the
Gospel, as a Baptist. He resides in
Madison County, Kentucky.
Mr.. Andrew johnson does not in
tend to write any history of his ad-
ministratiOn, as stated. He manages
to keep himself employed reviewing
the administrations of the first and
last Presidents, entirely skipping his
OWN. Y. World.
Carlos de Cespedes, the present
leader of the Cuban insurgents, was,
in 1857, u student In Middletown, Con-
nectIcut. lie was at the time an
ardent admirer of American institu-
tons, and was deeply impressed with
the liberal ideas and principles of the
Constitution of the United States.
Two Germans recently drank beer
for the championship of Niagara
Falls; one drank sixteen glasses and
succumbed, unconscious; the ether
| drank half of his eighteenth. and,
having won the victory, left off with
the exclamation: Himmell by tam
eff | vas been try amore vonce, [ Good
drink der whole keg." He then fell
heavily alongside of Gottlieb, amid
the exultant cries Of his friends.
The American Club at Breslau, in
/ Silesia, unanimously refused to accept
bust of Andrew johnson, which a
Southerner, travelling in Silesia. de.
sired to present to it for the purpose
Of having it placed by the side Of a
! bust Of A braham Lincoln and General
Grant.
A locomotive on the st. Paul and
| A9t- 4 ClCA AAdtiiuduf ubdE naDkOta
Minnesota, sunk, with the track, to
the depth of six feet. on Saturday
morning last Much difficulty is an
ticipated in getting out the locomotive
and repairing the damage.
The new railroad bridge over the
Missouri, at Kansas City, was dedi-
Gated Saturday with appropriate cere-
monies, In the presence of an i'm
mense throng, estimated at 10000
people. The bridge was put to a very
severe test, and was highly com
mended by the examining committee
This draw Is 363 feet in width.
| Recently as man and his wife
were at work in field in Iowa, Their
child, which was in a basket near
them, was heard TO cry, and the hus.
band asked his wife to go and see
what the trouble was. She, inteBt
upon her work, delayed few min
utes, and then, to her horror, founc
her child dead, with a large snake
coiled around it. The husband, il
the frenzy of his anger and grief
struck his wife with a hoe which hi
held in his hand and killed her in
| stantlV
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THE DIVISION OF FLORIDA.-The
substance of the articles of agreement
entered into by the commissioners Of
Florida and Alabama for the transfer
Of West Florida to Alabama is to the
effect that Alabama shall pay one mil
lion of dollars for the territory in
eight per cent. bonds, Alabama to as
sumo and pay the unpaid State taxes
due by the several counties Of West
Florida, and the territory annexed to
have the same representation in the
Alabama Legislature as in the Assem-
bly, Of Florida. The agreement will
be submitted to the vote of the peo-
pic for ratification. There is consid-
cradle opposition to it.
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Allen county school Returns.

The Fort Wayne Gazette was very
unfortunate in basing its claims for
Fort Wayne as the second city in the
State in population, upon the returns
made Of children for school purposes.
Those Returns have already been
alluded to in our columns, and are,
we see, attracting attention in other
localities. The least said about them
by the Fort Wayne press, the better,
for it is evident to all who have paid
attention to statistics that the returns
are incorrect, or Fort Wayne is an
anomaly as regards population. We see
that the attention of the editor of the
Richmond Hunmtng Bird has been
attracted by the singularity of the
Fort Wayne returns. He evidently,
in the language Of Hamlet, thinks
there's something rotten in Denmark
He says:
Allen County reports the total
The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1869-07-09

THE rapidity with which the Re-
publican State Administration is pay
ing off our State debt IS attracting
considerable attention East, and made
the subject of complimentary notices
It's very different from the Demo
cratic policy of increasing the debt
which was the custom prior to the
time the Republican party took charge
Of the State. Indiana does not owe
one-eiehth ms much as she did five
years ago. notwithstanding the euor-
nous expenses which she incurred
during The war. Five years ago our
debt was $9,OOO,OOO; now it is only
81. O5O.0 900. This fact is sufficient to
gag all the noisy Democratic elaquers
who attempt to humbug the people
with charges Of Republican extrava
gance.
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ennnegstion OF children Of tho proper
age at 1921 amount Of tax paid,
ST., 424 so; amount appropriated by
the State, $35. 80 SO. 81,
Wayne County reports the total
enumeration Of children 40 ll.9O9.
The amount of tax paid S30,509 %;
amount appropriated to 1t by the
State, $23, 400 73.
Here, then, Is the sum Of SIS
l411 81 which Allen County receives
| from the State in e.cceSs of what
! Wayne County receives, while It pays
| into the Treasury, Of the School
4 Fund. $13, 125 80 less than wayne
county. I8Wla 20 4,
"Or. to state it in another form, AL
Ion launtv nays into the Treasury
| ST. 24 50. and receives from the
Treasury $3.50 o.. beng ST., 40l II
more than it pays, while Wayne pays
ling S23, 400 %, being $7,088 81 less
than it pays.
1t viii be seen that. Wayne pay;
nearly three dollars In school tax fOl
every enumerated child, while AlleI
pays teSs than one dollar on each.
.aEhcse figures are certaTnly no
based upon the population of the twC
counties, for it will be seen that whil'
Wayne has a sufficient population t,
entitle it to one State Senator, AlleI
| County has to have the county 0
Adams hitched on to it to entitle it t
that dignity.
But the CAST of the matter turn
upon the nun,ber cf children, and nc
on the number of inhabitants.
The Indianapolis Journal thinks
Is evident that some advantage ha
been taken by the officers of ALE
: County, and hopes the SuperintenC
ent of Public Instruction viii inquil
, into the matter We second the SUI
+ gestion, and think the Superintende1
f will fail in his duty if he neglects
> make the desired investigation.
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These are some at the results of ths
additional appropriation by the Legs
Iatare. and gives earnest OF the inten-
tion Of the Beard of Trustees OF. the
University to give the State credit
able and honorable college, if the
means are provided for doing it.
At the close Of the last year, the
following gentlemen received the hon
orary degrees named:
70 be Doctors of Law-Hen.
Schuyler Colfax, Vice President of
the United States; Hon. James S.
Frazer, Hon Jehu T. Elliott, Hon.
Charles A. Ray and Robert g. Greg
ory, Justices of the Supreme Court
Hon. Barnabas @. Hobbs, Superin
tendent of Public Instruction; and
/ Hon. Jonathan w. Gordon.
10 be Doctors Of Divinity-Rev
Alexander Burns, A. NJ, Presiden
ofSimpson Centenary College, Indian
ola, Iowa and Rev. w. FL. Carter
late Of Yincennes, now of Bloomfield
| New jersey.
TO be Master of Arts-Rev. StepheI
Bowers, Of Vincennes, Indiana.-Il
diandpoljs journal.
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aPEcgAL MorxuEs.
30 season OF ExhaustIon.

No matter how vigorous by nature the
system and the constitution may be, they
must necessarily suffer more or less from
the depicting effects of the temperature OF
midsummer, unless siren gthened and SuS-
tanned by wholesome tonic treatment.
The extra pressure upon the vital forces
extra resistant power; the unusual ana
rapid consumption of the animal fluids Oy
profuse perspiTation must be compensated
by the perfect digestion and assimilation
of the food taken into the stomach. from
which both the fluids and the solids of the
body are derived. Otherwise the physical
strength declines, and the mind, sympa-
thiSing with the machinery through
which il acts, becomes depressed aud iner-
| waited. a 81 IN ULANT is, therefore, aDSO-
Iutely required at this season; not Vlo-
| lent one, calculated to produce feeTlie
| excitem t. but something 10ilich tOtt recruit
/ and reinforce the a0IbOle organization al pro
portion to the eTt dOrClt9ldTy drain 10 t0htch
/ the tOfrjd heat subjects 10.
| This deSid eratum is supplied in palat-
| able and most efficient form In HOSIEI
TER'S STOMACH BITT rISS, which the
people OF this country. after more Lnan
| twenty-five years experience. nave &C
cepted and endorsed as the best ionic
| Alternative and ambitious preparation
| which medical chemistry has yet succeed
ed in obtaining from the strengths sustain
ing, healing and purifying products OF the
| vegetable kingdom. Every ingredient o
| this famous com pound has us own Specl n
virtue, and the result OF their com binatloI
is the most genial invigorant, aper1ent
and regulating medicine ever admins
tered either as preventive or cure of TIT
| disorders most common i'll our VaflaDl
climate. Among these may be enumeI at
Ell dyspepsia, biliousness. constipation
! fever and ague, nervous debility ana al
, the ailments proceeding from 1mpertec
| digestion. A course of HOSTEITEH's
| BITTERS is the beSa possible safeguar
| against the dangers which menace person
of both sexes and ali ages, during tn
| heated term