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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-06-17
MARKET REPORT.
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CHICAGO MARKET

Chicago, Jun Q Is.
Flour-spring extras at $5a6, 90
|supers at $4,0Oa25 winter extras
$50
Wheat No. 2, sold at 1901 143
No. l, spring sold at 1,1Oa1, 16, No. 3,
1,114
Corn closing at 63.
Oats at 55a59.
Rye dull at IS.
Barley, 1,47@55.
Highwines firmcr and higher at
"a.
Seeds active and firm, sales Of tim
othy at 3,50a3,70. Glover 9,25a9.50
Flax 2,25.
Mess pork firm ut 33.
Lard firmer and higher, closing at
49,
Shoulders steady, firm at ID loose,
16 packed.
Butter, 15a28
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Settled.

The following resolution III the
Republican Platform, adopted Ius
Thursday, at Dos Moinos, may be re-
gardcd as final settler to the State
House question at the approaching
session Of the Legislature, providing
any attention is paid to the will Of
the people, as expressed in their au-
thoritativei representative conven-
ton.
Resolved, That the means now in
the State Treasury, and which, may
become available, ought to be used
for the purpose of dcfraying the nee.
cssary expenditures of the State gov
crnmcnt, economically administered,
and for no other purpose and no
state taxes, or only the minimum ali
solutely required, should be levied
or collected until such means arc OK
haustcd, to the end that the burthcn
oftaxation may be made as light as
possible.
SO far as we arc able to judge, from
our intercourse with delegates from
all parts of the State, the feeling is
well nigh unanimous against the
commencement Of an expensive State
House at the approaching session.
Some $4,000 have been expended
on the Capitol building since last SEES
sion, in putting in now Foundation,
vaults, frcscoing, &C., until it is now
| quito comfortable and convoniont
even if not as stately and imposing
a pile as owners Of ncighborirg town
lots might desire the State to erect
in their midst.
We are now enjoying the cnviable
reputation all over the United States,
in all the papers, of being the only
State out of debt. This happy con.
dition of affairs, if allowed to contin
lie for five years, will do more to
populate and enrich Iowa by emigra
ton hithorward than forty gorgeous
Capltols. Let US worry along for,say
five years yet, with the present build
ing, and enjoy the benefits Of being
out ofdcbt, was the sentiment of the
Republicans in Convention assem-
blcd at Dcs Moincs, is the languag,
Of the platform, and must be oboyed
by the servants of the people, to be
shortly elected to the legislature, il
they want any hereafter. This sen
timcnt has been greatly accelerated
doubtless by the recent decision Of
tho United States Supreme Court
maintaining the legality of the
County railroad Bonds.
! Many counties in the State will be
very heavily taxed to meet the inter
est on these bonds indiscrcctly issued
If you add a heavy annual taxation
for n State House, TO benefit mainl,
q Dcs Moincs State House and ReaI
Estate close corporation, Then you
make the burdens Of these people in
these counties, intoicrablc, and toe
gricvous to be borne.
Let the people sec to it that nc
man is elected to tho coming legisla
turo who is not strong aud honest
enough to resist the honcyed bland
ishmcnts Of the State House Ring.
Send men to Des Moines this win
ter who arc able and honest, and
then Iowa will have Senator wor
thy Of her glorious reputation, and
the State be saved from the grinding
oppression of an immense State
House debt until weroally must have
one, and know what sort and size
one we want, and arc doubly able
what we now arc to pay for it.
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For the Courier.
The City Belle.

For the Courier.
The City Belle.
Come, reader, lend attentive ears,
Whilo a story to you | unmask,
Concerning dame
Both foot-loose and lame,
Who was racked with ills of the
flesh.
She was past the hey-day in life,
When warm the heart beats merry
and high
And sadly in lack
Ola well-formed back
To support her till she should die.
Though this fair maid was bent with
pain
With a headache and footache and
spleen
Her temper was mild
AS lrCIIul Clllu
Whom its mother had spanked
ween.
Her tccth were fair, pearly and
white,
AS If nature set them with pleasure
Regular, complete
AS any you'd meet
But Chloe removed them at leisure
Indeed she was handsome enough
You'd say, pretty as any you pass
Her dark, flashing eyes
Were stars in their skics,
But ono (who would think it !?
was glass.
In fine this fine damsel of art,
Deformed by fashion SO much t.
Offend
With aches and cholic
Mysteries ard frolic,
Is tho apo of tho Grecian bend.
N. FISHER.
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REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
Our Ticket.

We never had better State ticket
than that nominated at Des Moines
,,ast Thursday. ...
Col. Merrill whether in the New
Hampshire aud Iowa Legislatures ;
at the head Of his gallant 2lst Iowa,
and in the Executive chair Tor the
past two years, has in all positions
borne himself with honor, courage
and dignity and exhibited in all pos
itions d large share Of practical wis
dom. Iowa never had better Gov
AL ernor, and will never need one.
Major Madison NJ Walden cduca-
ted himself BY his own efforts, at the
Iowa aud Ohio Wesleyan Universe
ia ties tescAing school during vacations
trH Tor support. lie raised two compa.
mics during the war one for the Sixth
~. Infantry and another for the Sth
Cavalry, serving until go in the for
81 MGR and 10 the close of the war in
90 +. the latter, at which time he estab-
lishod the L0yal citizen, at Centre
Vile Appanooso county, which has
boen potential agency in rodccmipo
thel~IIairv Nation, from tho E,,,,t
n'da'tsness Of democracy. lie was
prominent member oftho House in
tho'iith and ofthc Senate in the 18th
r General Assemblies Of which latter
body hoi now member, by holdina
over. a,ea aea
lbn,9a,;s soII;o, 80
intn}liga,, lonisl.tau n1 ~,
a... and fsa,laz, .;o,r,.l;s. J., H.. en-
,a oarne.j the co,nnIim,nI 81 thn nnan;
at5, nors,, ,,,3i,a,;ai,' 80 ~; ."o ''"'''''
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WApELLo County DIsTRlcT COURT,
August Term, 1869.

To said Defendants:
You are herby notified that there
is now on file in the Office of the
Clerk of the District Court of Wap.
clio County, a petition of n. Ten
Eyck, praying tho Court to declare
void, and to cancel q contract for the
sale Of land, executed by the Des
Moines Navigation and Railroad
Company to John Jacob Wendell,
and assigned by said Wendell to
Jesse II. Holmes, also to cancel GER
tain mortgages, executed by said
Holmes upon the lands described in
said petition, and for general relief
And that unloss you appear and de-
fend thereto on or before noon of tho
second day of the next August Term
of the said District Court, to be be-
gun and held in said County, on the
Both day of August, 1869, default
will be entered against you and judg-
ment entered thereon.
HENDERSHOTT & BURTON,
Attorneys for Pltff.
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BLOOMFIELD, June 8. 1869.

BLOOMFIELD, June s, 1869.
Hon. Stlas A. Hudson, Burlington,
Z9,Cd:
SIR Your letter of tho 18th ult. is
received. The appointment you ask
will not be made.
Your insolent and dictatorial letter
of the 10th has been laid before the
President and the Commissioner.
| consider it gross insult to my
self and libel upon General Grant,
whom you affect to be able to con-
troll because of your consequently.
| scorn-your pretended influence,
and regard your attempt to control
my Office as an effort to involve me IN
dishonor.
| am, sir,
J. b. WEAVER, Assessor.
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LEGAL NOTICE.
STATE OF IOWA,
WapnliO County

SlAlE Uf lOW a,
Wapelio County.
In the Circuit Court OF said County.
July term 1869
l.. Nj. Cooley Clerk of the Circuit
Court, to the heirs and Legatens Of Per
Icy Jenison, deceased, late of said coun.
ty and especially to The heirs of Philo
Jenison, Eliza Royce, Nancy Barley.
Martha Davidson, Sarah Ann Bower
Lucinda Packwood, David Cloadfelter
Perley Cloadfelter, George Cloadfelter
George Cloadielter, Ellen Cloadfelter
and Quincy Saylor, heirs at law Of
Perley Cloadfelter, deceased, and to all
whom IL may concern.
Notice is hereby given that on the Goth
day May 1869. there was read publicaI
ly in open court, an instrument of writing
purporting to he the last will and Testa
ment of Perley Jen'son deceased, and the
second day ofthe July term of the Circuit
Court 1898 to be begun and held at the
Court House in Ottumwa, in said County
on the 18th day July 1863, has been fixed
by the court as the day upon which proof
of the genuiness Of said instrument will
be heard, at which time and place all per-
sons interested may be heard.
l.. NJ. COOLEY,
Junelow-4t. Clerk, G, G.
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Read the local notice OF Taylor &
Blakc's, elsewhere, aud then if you
want tirsh-class Piano or Organ, go
and patronize them rather than send
ing your orders abroad.
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LEGAL NOTICE.
STATE OF IOWA.
NAg


Wapello County.
In the Circuit Court, May Term 1869. L.
N. Cooley, Clerk OF the Circuit Court
to the widow heirs and legstees of Nor
ris IIungerford. Deceased, lato OF
said County, and especially to Mary
Hungerford, Edgar M Hungerford,
Thomas IlIngerford, John Hungerford,
Morris Hungerford, Catharine 4 Hun
gerford, -ridget Dow, Hannah Quirk,
Julia Hungerford and Mary Lutz, heirs
at law OF said decedent and to all whom
it may concern.
Notice is hereby given that on the 9th
day of March 1859, there was produced
and read publicaliy in open court an in
strument IF writing purportine to BIO the
last Will and Testament Of Norris Hun
gerford Deceased, and that the Second
day of the July term 1869, to be begun
and held ut tho Court House in Ottumwa,
in said County, on the l2th day OF July
1869, has been fixed by the court as the
day upon which proof Of tho genuiness
of said instrument will be heard at which
time. and place, all persons interested
may be heard.
l.. NJ. COOLEY,
junel0-wit. Clerk, G. q.
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AGENTS WANTED-.$lO . Day
Two $40 MAPS FOR 81.
Lloyd's Patent Revolving
n011h1o Mans

Two Continents, America and Europe. and
America with the United States por-
tion on an immense scale. Colored
In 1000 Counties.
These great Maps, now just completed, "a
x62 inches large, show every place of Inn
portance, all Railroads to date, and the la
test alterations in the various European
States. These Maps are needed In every
School and family in the land-they occu-
py the space Of one Map, and by means Of
tne el,ae5 SIDE can De tnro%n
eye. County Rights and large discounts
given TO good Agents.
Apply for Circulars, Terms. and send
money for and see Sample Maps first, ifnot
sold taken back on demand.
j. 7. LLOYD,
% Courtland Street, N. Y.
May Sth d&wlm.
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REAPER AND MOWER /
oTTUMWA, IOWA.
BLINDS GERMAN
OINTMENT.

should be kept in every family. T. Is
one of the best Ointments for healing
Sores, Burns, Bruises, Chaffed Hands. 90
that has ever been made. Farmers shoPd
call on Blind ON Court st., below second
and purchase lot to try 1t.
=. innelO-wtf
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NEW YORK STOCK .MARKEI'
ST. LOUIS MARK Ell,

ST. LOUIS MARK Ell.
st. Louis, June Is.
Flour quiet, supors 425a5, 90 spring
X 5; spring and fall Xxx 5.OOa5,SO.
Wheat firm, prime 1,35a1 ,39 choice
to fancy 1,4Oa1,62.
Corn firm, at 7Oa72.
Oats, dull at GA.
Barley sold at 1,65.
Rye lower, 9Oa95.
Whisky 81
Pork 3l,00a32,00.
Bulk meats inactive.
Lard, steam, 1917.
Cattle at 4a7!.
Hogs at 74a9!.
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New York Juno II.

| NEW 1OfK, juno ~.
1t is stated that the recognition of
the Cubans as belligerents has been
again strongly urged upon Secreta ry
| Fish.
Mr.. Ruiz, Secretary to Mr.. Lemies,
the Cuban Agent, had a conversation
with him recently, and argued that,
considering the recent action of the
volunteers in Havana, the Spanish
domination in the Island had ceased,
and the Cuban Government is GER
tainly more Of Il dc jacto institution
than one so completely rcvolutionized
as the Spanish Government in Ha-
vana has been by the forciblc dcpo-
sition Of Duicc.
Secretary Fish said that he would
return an answer in few days, and
Mr.. Ruiz feels quite sangnine that
his Government will be recognized.
The Times, today denounccs the
demands OF the Typographical Union
that all newspapers be oonditionally
admitted into the Associated Press.
Davidson NJ. Lcathcrman, announ-
ces himself as an Independent candi-
date for Governor.
The Grand Jury have found true
bills OF indictments against Capt. r..
i. Patterson, James Morgan and 9th
ers, concerned in the Dickinson trag-
cdy some months since.
West Point, Juno H.
Vice President Colfax and Lit.
General Sherman arrived this morn
ing. They dined with President
Grant at Ross Hotel. The Presi-
dent leaves for Now York and Bos.
ton tomorrow morning.
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BOARDING HOUSE.
T. R. Stafford

Has opened Boarding House i'm the Old
ottumwa Hotel Building, where ;goOd ac-
commodations can be obtained.
Warm meals can tie obtained1 Ut all
hours al low rates.
March IL 80 dwtf,i
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To Amanda.

Amanda Craig, that gushing girl.
May now dismiss her scholars,
Since she has won,, from poor old
Sprague,
A hundred thousand dollars.
Chicago Tribune.
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Richmond, June II,

A duel growing out Of an article
in the Petersburg Index, denouncing
Rol crit w. Hughes, contributor to
the Richmond State Journal, repub-
iira',- organ, WIS arrangcd Tor to-day
at Chester, near this city, between
Capt. w. b. Cameron Editor, of the
Index, and Mr.. Hughes. The police
arrested the seconds and Mr.. Hughes
near the fighting ground. The fight,
it is thought, will be renewed in an
other State.
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BLIND HAS MOVED HIS
WINE HOUSE

To the building one door south of his old
stand on Court street. Were you will al
ways find a pure article Of Wine, Beer
and Cigars. Blind is the only man in
ottumwa in the business that does not
sell liquors, nor does he sell his Wine and
Beer on Sunday.
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To Elisha

To Elisha.
Elysha spraig, eve badd old eg,
Whoo kant spell wurth dcrn,
Yew termed yerback to Mandy Kraig
And now yore munny's hcrn.
Downe with yer grcenbax, lett 'em
trott,
So Mandy Kraig may buy
A luvver who no munny's gott,
Nor week.-Mrs. OF the j.
Get q Clear Grit or Vclocipede
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Get a Clear Grit or Vclocipede
tove from L. II. w allace g. Co.
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At the same place may be found for sale
Blinds German Magic
OINTMENT

which should he in every Family. Hun
dreds can and do testify to its healing
powers. june5.d6Wtf.
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PROCEEDINGS
OF THE

OF THE
Board of Supervisors of
Wdpetio County.
JUNE SESSION.
FIFTH DAY.
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FIFTH DAY.

JUNE SESSION.
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Ottumwa, June 9th 1869.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-15

the only brick building I'm White Pine County; the bl6
ing small but nevertheless presents the Is
oasis in the desert, being the only in the Distt
Eberhardt City is the name OF another small woud.h
town, II there were only suiciency OF population ana
buildings There about 40 houses In ALL some al
wood, Others OF adobe and the balance cOngOm.
GRAFTON OF tents and Brush Located near the Eberhrdf
mine, and also In the immediate vicinity OF great KaDv
otheF good mines IL may become city, "a the othes
have become, and may also boast Of its municipal gov
eminent. POcOtO town boasts OF one solitary tent
house, occupied as the sign denotes by DR.. Robinson
III. ID. IocOtillo may also become city.
TELEGRAPHs AND STAGES.
This evening april 49, are promised direct comnr
nicaton by telegraph with San Francisco. This will be
great thing for White Pine. The sageline warfare IA
more furious than ever. The Pacific Union and Wells
Fargo Cos lines now carry PASSENGERS from here
low as Sl5 IN somewhat longer time. Next viii coma
the railroad.
NEW MAMMOTH CAVE
We have a rival OF Kentuckys great natural wonder
the Mammoth Cave OF Nevada. This cave Is situated H.
a spur OF the Buekskin or White Mountain Range and
Treasure CITY, The entrance H. the south aide az an
isolated butte htacdchO aud near it's base The omen
ing so low that man must stoop TO enter it, but 20 feet
IN the vault IN tho limestone IT wldens rapidly
Turning toward the east, and you pass through
chamber after chamber OF immense prOp9rtons
some Of them Of such vast hight that the light IN
ply, with party, penetrated 5000 feet from the entrance
nearly mile-and found no end. They saw many
chambers In which immense tongues OF limestone hung
from the roof in places almost touching the hOor and ia
others staactites and salagmltes abounded IA the
Mammoth Cave OF Kentucky They found traces Of burnt
sage brush showing that the Indians had been there
far they went aud the guleesS sons OF the soil told
them that they had penetrated i've days journey tho
cavern, found lake full Of fish, and yet end to
tie succession OF lofty chambers stretching before
them. 10! always very poor Indian and given 70
lying Dr Murphys party got out OF material for torches
lost their way and glad enough 20 grOpe their way
back as best as they might not caring TO make second
attempt TO fathOm the mysteries deep hidden n the
bosom OF the mountain hotel Is 70 be Dut there and
it Is thought that the Cave VIII IN time become great
place OF resort,
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1869-05-15
THE SHEETUATER MINES.
IRON An OCCASIONAL CORRESPONDENT

Asl
BRYAN, w. T., April Ell will endeavor to
give you such facts glean after careful inquiry
regarding the mines on the SwcetwatCr River Since
IsGO-61 some eight expeditions have been fitted to
prospect in this valley for gold all Of them being driven
out by the Indians, with the loss Of the greater portion
Of their number. Last year thousands locked there,
nearly all reporting the country their return as iu Of
rich quartz and that rich washing 20 De had ia me
mining cannot very probably be carried on With
out mills and last Winter the SweetBater
country was almost entirely abandoned ms
SpTfng the current again set IN that direction,
others have gone taking with them mills, two OF which
are now m operation saw.mil Is also 40 work am
Informed by gentleman who says le handled SOOoo OF
the money that la co days ths season one mn tyoh cut
out consigned 10 him. while have personal knOWledge
OF several there the way There can be 40 G0ubt
whatever Of the abundance Of precious mineral IN mo
sweetUater country, the great dcsderatun beng ma
chinery for recovering it from the quartz.
The valley rich agricultural one 100 anu u INC
Weld is fair one enough VIII be produced, IL Is cia4Hu
TO supply 1900 persons the coming WINTER O.L iNoo
arnOw In the three within radius OF IOur OF
five miles Of South Pass City, and some 80 falnles nave
moved there within two weeks. considerable demand
for various seeds is being supplied as last as pos'D
Five sacks Of timothy seed were sDpeu Dy one o'o a.
lie Tonte TO the South Pass country viii be by tho
Union Pacific, from Omaha 70 Point OF Rock or to Bryan
POu Rocks Is but 80 miles from Tue lues ana we
fare s2 Bryan is 50 miles further west 700 IRON the
mines and the fare so 10 SIS Opposition VIII reduce
both Both put forth claims to public fayOr--one lts
shOrtDess, which the other claims Is OVerDauced Dy the
bleak sterile alka country through which 10 passes, aud
itself that though longest II IS the suOOthest and
safest While the Union Pacific tie traveller VIII
perience but little Inconvenience, as am wiring y0u 40
from the Missouri River and with almost much com
fort ut home.
The Hickman courier., 1869-05-15
The HnlperiaIist.

The Imperialtsl, in its third issue con
tails an order from She It. 1. O. of the
&c. |. o., Designating that journal as
theofficial organ of the order also no
tify1g the c. l. o. of Georgia (whoever
he 81 that a Pro-consul had been ap-
poiS s5r that province also that here
after the United States mails were not to
be trusted with the conveyance of docu-
ments of the order, under pain of cen
sure and rttirement of the officer found
dereIict We submit that this T /. o,
come forw,rd, own up to his insanity,
have his head shaved, and permit himself
to be quietly retired to an insane asylum.
If, as we are given to understand, these
orders emnates from John Logan, of
Illinois, the present commander in chief
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
who is s,id TO be working up this ''im-
perial dtdge" for his own purposes, We
think th,re is all the more necessity for
faithful observance of our injunction.
John is neither reliable nor responsible.
His connection would kill even an impe,
rialism though a veritable Caesar held
the helm, and guided its affairs. The
ImpsrialiS, the longer it lives, grows
small, smaller, and will finally dwindle
down, as al such things have, to nothing
in the hands Of nobody.
The Hickman courier., 1869-05-15
The Tennessee School Fund.

THERE is witchery, fatality, or curse
connected with the Tennessee School
Fund. 1t comes from the pockets of
the hard working yeomanry, and goes
mysteriously in every direction but that
for which it was intended. First we
learned that the $3.50, 900 in gold turned
over by the State bank, was reduced to
s618,0 900 in greenbacks next we hear
of the deposit of this sum in the Ten
nessee National Bank of Memphis then
we hear of its being disposed of-stolen,
in faet-and in dribs and drabs paid out
to keep alive the Radical party of the
State then a DIR. Faffts turns up, ask
ing some questions in justly impatient
spirit about his county's share of the
fund, which appears to be missing, (and
so far as we know he is without an an
swer to this day concerning iD, and now
We learn of the mysterious disappear.
anee of what of the unfortunate fund
belongs to Knox county, under circum-
stances as mysterious as any that have
attended the first loss. As the Knox
vile Press and Herald remarks, it does
seem that those wicked rebels who pre-
served the fund so long, impaired to it
some weird charm, some mystic power of
evil, to plague the honest loyalists who
are, par excellence, the guardians of the
poor children of the State. 1t seems that
neither safes nor vaults can eonfne it,
nor bolts and bars protect it from the
unseen and unsearchable rogues who
seem to have been specially commission
ed to gobble it up, either in small bills
or large, as their necessities may require.
When once it goes, too, whittier it goeth
no one can tell. Its farewell is a final
one, and those who knew it once will
know it no more forever.