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The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-10-30
From the New York Democrat
The New and Greatest Danger Of the
South.

SOuLns
We trust that the temptation Of obtaining
new labor will not draw the South into the
grievous error Of importing Chinese work
men, under the alluring auspices Of Meinher
Koopmanschap. The Radical authorities at
Washington have naturally promised this
individual immunity, and, 80 far as they
are concerned, be may go on importing
indefinite cargOes Of this cheap and
nasty labor. Butt every consideration of
policy and sound statesmanshIp should
opearte to keep the South from falling into
a snare that will set it back q score years in
the new career Of prosperity upon which it
has entered.
The presence Of the Chinese will frighten
away the reall y valuable white labor that 10
commencing to flow into il from the North
and from Europe. Many Of the Southern
States have gone to the expense Of establish
ing immigration agencies in Europe. But
Just as soon as the intelligent and inuus.
trious European workmen understand that
they will be brought into competition with
the horrible pagan laborers Of China, they
will carefully avoid the South.
The Southern people cannot afford to
compromise their really splendid future by
blunder that will cost them more than would
another year Of Sherman's raiders. II
would be better for them to sink the entire
proceeds Of two years. cotton crop IN the
sea, rather than permit a single cargo OF
Koopmanschap's trash to land upon their
shores. A. the very best, Koopmanechap
can only promise to import 10000 Chinese
during the next six months. But we doubt
whether he will bring half that number
During the year ending June 80, 1869, . to.
tai $4,000 white immigrants, landed or
our shores. A day Of Northern immigra,
tion would do more for the South than twenty
years of Koopmanschap.
White labor can and will be diverted to-
ward the South if it is not frightened off by
the suicidal Chinese sceeme. 1t would take
an immense amount Of capital to introduc,
10000 Chinese during the neat FIVE years
Three times that number Of really valuabl,
European labor can be obtained IN quarte
the time and with scarcely any outlay.
We hope that the Southern Iapers viii
, take this up and consider it 10 the light o
history and experience. For people tha
has just got out Of slavery at fearful cost
and find themselves better off for the chang
to introduce mesner and worse kind o
: workmsn than the negroes, ia blunders o
J, stupid as to be almost income eivable
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-10-30

Mv5LittIe Wife.

NV Little Wife.
MY little wife often around the church hill
Sweet little. dear little neat footed Jane,
"alked slowly, and lonely, end thoughtful, until
I'll afteI noon bell chimed its call Ger the plain
And nothing seeme sweeter
To me than 10 meet her
And tell her what weather twas likely to be-
Ny heart the while glowing,
The selfish wish growing,
That all her affections centered In me
NJ life once Cts strange, but yet II is true)
sweet little, dear little, love-troubIed Jane
60 deeply absorbed in her ay-dreaminR grew
The bell chimed and ceased though s6e heard not
It's strain;
And l. walking near her,
MAY love ever cheer her
Who thinks all such wandering Of sin void and Fra
etrove hard to persuade her -"
that He who had made her
Had destined her heart-lovs for no one but me
NY little Wife-Wel, perhaps this was wrong
Sweet little, dear little, warm-he hearted Jane
sat on the hillside till her shadow grew lOng.
Ntr tired OF the preacher that thus couId detaIn
argued so neatly,
And proved completely
Ihat none but poor Andrew her husband eopId H.
She smiled when blessed her,
And blushed when kissed her
And owned that she loved and would we'd nons hrt
me. ~
: DIrid Wfnolte
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-10-30

While we are prone TO speak severely OF
the occasional carelessness of railroad en-
gi1eers, by which human lives are sacrificed,
we think that many serious accidents are
averted by acts of shrewdness and heroism
that nsver find record in the newspapers.
But the following is an instance which has
come to light:
A few months ago an engineer Of an ex-
press train on the Pennsylvania Central rail-
road going West, discovered an engine ap-
preaching him at such a rate Of speed, that
he was at once convinced that it was with
out an engineer. lie instantly whistled bis
brakes down, at the same time sending his
fireman back to uncouple his tender
from the train, while be at the same time
uncoupled his hose and engine, and, open
ing his throttle wide, with his red flag jump
ed back on his tender. He just looked back
and saw bis train nearly stopped, and on
dashed the two engines toward each other
like very demons. He broke up gently on
bis tender, and finally stopped it, and IN
breathless silence watched for the collision.
The engines came together, throwing each
other clear off the track, and smashed all TO
pieces. He left his tender, and with ms
hag ran out to meet the express going East.
1t being two minutes behind time, he hac
Just time to flag it," and it was brought
to stop within few feet Of the wrecked
engines, and one Of those terrible accidents
was avoided. For this heroic act the com
pany presented him with check for 81 ,OoO
The Petaluma IalF, U2IltOrnIa, boasts OF al
OK nineteen and q half hands high, weigh
ing 3,317 pounds, and pig weighing I,Uo'
DOunds
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-10-30

The Petalnma lair, CaIl1OrnIa, boasts OF an
OK nineteen and q half hands high, weigh
ing 3,3l7 pounds, and a pig weighing l,UOS
pounds.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-10-30

A statistician has figured out the arabic
land in the United States. Ii amounts to
25, ,OOO, 900 farms Of 100 acres each, or
6, ,32O, ,OOO, ,000, acres.
The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-10-30

Five Of the Spanish gunboats have iar-
rived in New York from Mystic, Conn. nVe
more are to come next week, sand the other
five in three week.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11
E. w. Belts.

Perhaps the largest and most sue.
cessful Wholesale and Retail Cloth.
ing House in Iowa, is that of E. w.
Belts, in Union Block, in Ottumwa.
Mr.. Belts is now east after the
third stock for this fall, which will
be in in q few days, when this old and
highly respectable house, will be able
to offer to the public stock Of cloth
ing at wholesale and retail, v hich
cannot be surpassed in the west.
Belts keeps two men travelling
all the time to-wit: w. Fl. Countiss
and F. w. CRUDE, to whom our ewes-
tern merchants can entrust their or
ders, with every assurance that they
will be filed with scrupulous honesty,
and at bottom prices.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11

Z - q
HAVE You Have you ever been
in to- look at the stock Of goods
which Lively, Lewis 4 Co., have put
in their new room? If not, 60 at
once, for it will please you to see how
nice and cozily they are arranged.
Of furs, we saw good display
Mink, Fitch, Siberian Squirrel,
French Coney and River Sable, for
Ladies, Misses, children and gentle
men. In dress goods, they have q
large stock, and especially the "Red
Lion" brand Of Alpaca, which is sup.
posed to be the best in the world for
quality, lustre and price-ranging
from SOC to sl.25 per yard plaid and
gold-mixed waterproof cloths, ladies',
gents and children's gloves, hats,
caps, boots and shoes, nm endless va
riety Of millinery goods-both cheap
and costly; table linen-ohl every
thing. Go and satisfy yourself of
the truth of our statement. We be-
lieve that the goods department is
under the supervision of Messrs.
Lewis and Jones. while Mr.. Lively
is constantly on the alert for q trade
in stock. Give them o call.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11

lNTEREsTrNG.-The ladies espe-
cially will be interested in the follow
ing facts: Hugglns's is q good store,
a nice room; they have.just.. received
q full line of the prize medal black
AlpacAs, 1.-The best for. the price in
this market; q fulTline Of ladies cloak.
ings.-among which may b found
genuine black Astrachan-an excel
lent piece of goods; black beaver
chinchilla, felt, &c. In waterproofb,
they have also just received . large
assortment, black and white, gold
mixed, and gold mixed plaids. We
notice o heavy invoice Of dress goods,
Of the most approved patterns, in
their rooms.
Their trade for the last month was
the best of any since they establish
ed in our city, ard as heretofore, they
intend keeping the assortment Of
their goods. ne plus ultra. No "a
Union block.
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rrcfn the Da,,v Courier OF Nov. Sin

from the Daily Courier OF Nov. 5th
New AND WoNDERrUI-Wo called
in At Prugh's, this morning, and saw
a new thing in the way Of light:
The Improved Grown and Quaker
City Burners, for lamps. Warranted
non-explosive. Kerosene i, used .br
burning, and no matter how much of q
blaze is turned on The chimney will
not smoke or break. The Crown is
the only burner which will take three
sizes Of chimneys, but Il particularly
adapted to use the Crown and No 2
regular chimney, and will also take
nearly all Of the difsrent make Of
No l regular chimney. The advant-
age derived ftem these new articles
are great a brilliant and safe light
bcing.paramount. Stop in and look
at them, ut Prpgh's CHM snd Class
ware hsuse. a liberal discount will
be made to the trade.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11
Bulls ,Sarlssaa parilia.
A Good Reason for the Captains F aith
Read the dpfGi,ts letter and the letter from

Read the dpfaias letter and the letter from
HIS Mother. as 4a,;f',
Benton Barracks. Mo. April 80. 1866.
DR.. JOHN BULL-Dear Sir,) Knowing
the efficiency ofyour Sarsaparilla, and the
healing and beneficial qualities IL possess
es, send you the following statement OF
my case.
l was wounded about two year ago1was
taken prisoner and confined for sixteen
months. Being moved so often, my
wounds have not healed yet. 1 have no.
satup moment since was wounded.
am shot through. the hips. My genera.
health is impaired, and need somethins
to assist nature. have more faith ID
your Sarsaparllla than in anything else.-
l wish that that il genuine. Please ex
press me half dozen bottles, and oblige
CAPT. G. p. JOHNSON,
@ st. Louis, Mo.
p. S.-The following was written April
30, 1865, by Mrs. Jennie johnson. mother
OF Capt. Johnson. a63rK
DR.. BULL-Dear Sir: MY husband, DR.
O. s. Johnson, was a 81 illful surgeon and
physician in central New York, where he
died, leaving the above G. P. johnson to
my care. AT thirteen years OF age he had
. chronic diarrhea and scrofula, for, which
Igave him your Sarsaparilla. IT CURED
HIN. have for ten years recommended
it to many In New York, Ohio and Iowa
for scrofula, fever sores, and general de-
bility. Perfect success has attended it,
The cures Effected IN some cases Of scrofmlo
aud fever sores Ucre almost miraculous. I
am very anxious for my son to again have
recourse to your Sarsaparilla. Heis fear
full ofgettinga spurious article, hence his
writing to you for it. His wounds we-e
terrible, but believe he will recovery
s'S SENs'ih JOHNSON
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11
Important.

The Burlington Gazette and Argus
says that the B. & NJ. RR. Co, has
mado the LIST Division of their road
terminate at Ottumwa; the End at
Highland, Union county, where they
are now erecting Round House,
shipping the brick from Osceola; and
the Sd at Plattsmt nth.
The same article says the Com.
pany's principal Machine shops are
to be located here, which has seemed
to be the unavoidable conclusion from
the start. .-.ra. ....S.,s
With our great abundance of tim.
Der, coal, stone and water, the prin.
cipal Machine Shops of not only this
great Railroad Co., but the d. v. r.
tho ST. L. & G. r. R., and the G. & s
W. RR. are inevitably bound to set.
tie down in Ottumwa with their i'm.
mense attendant population ~,
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THE OTTUMWAlC0
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wr City and County News. mr.
From the Daily Courier Of 4th ms
.svm The Courier.

swss The Courier.
Tbs Daily ana wsskIy 'CbunIzs,
subscription lists are Increasing WITH
unparalleled rapidity. The people,
who know a good thing when they
SEQ it, are pouring in their names for
our paper with gratifying liberalitY. !,
Having more than double the nut
Der of subscribers in this and neigh
boring counties for our Weekly, of
any paper ever published in Ottum
wa, and having tho only Daily not
only in this city, but in the 4th Con-
grcssional District, our columns are
being filled to repletion with good
paying advertisements from q dis
; oriminatlng and appreciating public.
We publish every day the very
latest tolegraphic news from all parts
of the world, about tbs markets, pol
itics, religion, science, ETC., etc, in
our Daily, as we'll as all the local
items of the town and county, while
the Weekly faithfully epitomizes the
> weeks events ia compact and inter-
csting form. 20
We send tho Daily to mail subscri.
bcrs at 81, 90 and the Weekly at 81 so
per snnum, strictly in advance. We
respectfully solicit the patronage Of
the western merchants, who trade in
0ttumwa, and who therefore ought
to be fully posted in our markets
from an impartial and woll informed
source
We have one Of the largest and
best arranged Job offices in Iowa, and
can and will print anything from the
mammoth colored or plain Poster, to
the most elegant ladies visiting cards,
at as low rates, and in as good style,
as can be procured in any Office
west of Chicago. 4 ~l4a
Orders respectfully solicited, and
all work warranted to give entire
= A..
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11
The Clark Tragedy.

We reed today the extra publish.
cd by that erterprising paper, the
Standard, of Marshalltown, giving an
account Of the horrible murder COM
mitted in Eden township, Marshall
county, on the I'd inst, by Mrs. Al
bert G. Clark, as. is supposed, upon
the persons Of her own children,
three in number, aged four months,
two and q half years, and four years.
When the bodies of the children were
discovered, the mother was missing,
but she was tracked for q distance,
and q piece ofher clothing found near
Clear Greek. 1t is generally thought
that the mother has committed the
horrible deed in q fit of insanity, and
is wandering about somewhere, o,
has taken her own life. They were
yet in search Of her at last accounts,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11

Those Universal Family Scales"
which are found at tho hardware
house of Egan and Harper,-who
keep also largo and fine assortment
of Iron, nails. glass, and everything
usually found in . irst-class hard.
ware room,-are the surest, neatest,
and handiest affairs for weighing
from the sixteenth ofan ounce to Is
or so pounds, ever invented, and ev-
cry family ought to have one.
These gentlemen are surprising
every one with the trade they are
building up in our city, which has
panned out lucratively, and is on the
increase. Young men, and deserv-
ing of patronage --.zs-.----
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11

FINE HoGs.-Mr. Loami Lively
drove 173 head of splendid Pcrkers
through our streets yesterday for
Messrs. Cherry, l. Co. lie bought
them in the neighborhood of Kirk
vile, Martinsburg and Fremont at
~, "a and Sets gross.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11

MARRiED.-At tho residence of the
BRIDES parents, on the evening of
Nov. Sd, 1869. by Rev. H. B. Knight,
Miss MARRILLA n. DERRY and SAM'L.
M. BROWN, all of this city.
By the hands of two Of our city's
fair damse!s, we were the recipients
Of a larger proportion of delicious,
elegantly ornamented, cake, than
usually falls to the lot Of quill
lists, which we calculate is doing the
compliment cup Brown" The couple
are residents of our city, and well
known, and we sincerely hope that
in the coming "Derby races" the
score may be reached without a
stumble, and the track oflifo DO as
smooth as the brides fair cheeks.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11

STATE VS. FLINT. II. Flint was
committed to jaillast night in default
of bail for $1,000.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11

"Charley's Last Shot" is our title
to the romance written by Hon. c.
] Dudley. .
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11

Ifa man who causes one blade OF
grass to grow where none grew be-
fore, confers a blessing on mankind
surely he who causes an animal to
live where it would otherwise die,
also confers blessing. Then are
the Gamgee Condition Powders a
blessing, for they act like charm in
removing diseases from horses and
cattle. .-s4.s.g
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Bulls Cedron Bitters.
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.

II ArGnsGs Heard From. lgaeg
TESTIMONY OF MEDICAL MEN
D al ~ Stoney Point, White Co., Ark
~ eu-s,.tz.s....,,n.. M, May 28d, 1895.
DR.. JoHN BuLL-Dear Sir Last Feb
ruary / was in Louisville purhsai ng
drugs, and got some of your SarsaparillS
and Cedron Bftters. 72t1F s'
My son in-law, who Was with me in the
store, has been down with rheumatiin tho
some time, commenced on the Bittesm for
soon found his general health imprrs and
DIR. Gist, who has been in badoved.
tried them and he also improved
DR.. Coffee, who has been in bad health
for several years-stomRch and liver af.
fectcd-he improved very much by the use
OF your Bitters. Indeed the Cedron Bit
tors has given You great populsrity in this
settlement. think could sell great
quantity ofyour medicines this fall---espe-
cially cfyour Cedron Bitters and Sarsapa.
rilla. shipme via Memphis, care or Rick
EFT d Nicely. Respectfully.
G. B. WALKER
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Big SALEs.-We happened to OBJ
serve today in Mr.. Assistant Assess
or Warden's Office, that Taylor, Blake
4 Co., pay internal revenue on s24,-
315 00. as their sale for the month
of October. Is there any other Iowa
Drug House that can beat this? If
SO lust trot it out.
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A. L. Graves, Wholesale and
Retail Dealer in Leather.

A. L. Graves, Wholesale and
Retail Dealer in Leather,
&c.
Let all our old friends, and a host
Of new ones, take notice that we have
opened ont anew, after four years
respite in the old business, opposite
ourold stand, on Front street, o.
tumwa, Iowa, and nearly opposite
the Moss Building, in a three story
brick, which we occupy from cellar
to garnet. We keep constantly on
hand full assortment of Leathors,
saddiery and Shoemakers Findings,
which we propose to sell on terms
perfectly satisfactory to our custom
crs. We offer the highest cash price
fo- hides. Nov. 4-w4t.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-16
STATE ITEMS.

The Holland Go. Superior court open. with only 9s civil cases; A jury, and 54 court.
 A new coal burning engine, the "W. H. Barnum," is to be put on the Housatonic road, this month.
 Bishop Williams asks $7OOO for .Episco. pal missions in Conn.
 Enthusiastic temperance meetings are being held in Hartford, under the auspi- ces of the Good Sameritan Society.
 A Rocky Hill chorister was shot at, through window. while drilling his choir. The ball went about two inches over his head as he sat at the melodeon.
 A Hartford steamboat ran into and dam- aged the Shore line bridge lately. The New Haven papers say it s'did it O. pur- pose. "Ridiculous, responds Hartford.
 Miss Kate Field lectured in Hartford. last week. ..
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-16

HOLIDAY PRESENTS FOR A11,-can be found at Parker & Co.'S, 98 & 100 Summer St., Boston, Mass. To enable every per. son to provide themselves with handsome and useful Holiday Presents. from now un. til the 10th of January, 1870. these gentle. men will issue a large S.paged Cataloone of all the newest and best novelties in such goods as fancy boxes, Desks, Glove Boxes, Albums in Morocco, Gilt and Velvet Bind. iugs, real Morocco Shopping Bags, Fur. nished Reticules. Silver Plated Ware and Cutlery of all descriptions, the latest styles of Jewelry in Gold, Comedian, Jet, Shell, Etruscan, Carbuncle and Hair. Dry Goods, &c., &c., &c, and hundreds of the latest and best published Books. They are giy. ing one hundred tickets to every one who will become their agent, without charging them 10 cents each as heretofore. Reae the change in their advertisement in anoth CT column. and send for catalogue.
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-16
SIXTY"YEARSl

NOR over so years Dr. s. o. Richardson' s
 A Sherry Wine Bltters have been used by the public to correct morbid and inactive funG- tions of the human system. It promotes healthy gastric secretions, corrects Liver de. engagement, relieves costiveness and Rheumat- 1c anections, cures Jaundice, Loss of appetite. Languor, Dyspepsia. and its attendant svmn' 1onnc. toms. Its valuable tonic and strengthening properties a's! VIII inyigorate the couvaescent, oon,fort ] and relief f'to to fnhs hsumors and will afford the constitution 10 resist its impen0lHhIse irmities. Thousands of the venerable popula. tion of New England are sustained in health, their life prolonged to enjoy vigorous and hap. py old age. by the use of Dr. Richardson's Sherry Wine Bitters.
 The herbs can be obtained separately, and may be prepared ip small quantities in water or with wine or spirit. Price 50 cents per package.
 Office, Fremont Row, Boston, and sold by Druggists and Apothe carries. Ai l y , t.5 sn
Litchfield enquirer., 1869-12-16
LOW PRICES.

LOW PRICES, ~~ WHITE DINNER SErs. new Limoge shapes l57 pieces. $25. Smaller size sets .proportionate-
 Iy low prices. ->s .-o.-e. ..l...r--. .; WHITE TOILET SEls, II pieces. S3 20 - WHITE TEA SETS, A pieces, $4 co.
 Coop WATER GoBLETs, per dog. $l 50. .-. Coop WINE GLASSES, per dog. ,$l %.
 All other goods in our line equally low. Goods packed for the country, or forwarded by express, c. o. D. ..a3 a.asfI I5s ss-.
 WASHINGTON rHADLEYS. Middle Cooper Institute Block. Third and Fourth Ayes, between 7th and 9th Sts, New York. Send for illustrated photograph and catalogue of Limoge Dinner, Tea and Toilet '0'S' 'n"''ea ~ 'fee' (f 2 T(T a2s sm