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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-02-11
Posr OFFICE CoNrEDRIT y ROADS,
(which is in tho Stait NV Kentucky
January 90 1859.

Posr OFrICE CoNFEDRIT y ROADS, }
(Which is in tho Stait NV kentucky :
January 90 1859.
From the Toledo Blade.
hev it at last A great lite. A
brite lite | shall not 60 to New
York, nor shell / be ferced to leave
the Corners, at least permanently
l hev ut last struck lie ! shel live
like gentlcman-I shell pay for my
liquor an be on an ekal footin with
other men. Bascom whose smile is
happiness, but whose frown is death,
will smile onto me wunst more.
To MISS Susan Murphy l owe my
present happiness. The moment ! nc
tist that she he'd put in claim agin
the government for property y0osed
durin the war by the Fedral soIery,
| to wunst saw where my financial
salvation wuz. Immediontly histed
my shinglc cz a claim agent, ,wicb wuz
to prosekoot claims agin the govern.
ment for property destroyed or yoos-
cd duriL the late onpleasantnis by
Fedral troops. That shingle hodn't
been out an hour before Joe Bigler
he'd red it to half the citizens Nv the
corners, and in two hours / he'd biz
mis- on my hands and money in my
pockets. Ez 4 matter NV course j
insisted upon retainin fee OF ten
dollars in each case.
Issaker Gavit and his too younger
brothers was the first clients he'd.
Their case is one of pakoolyer hard
ship, and feel ashooored that Con.
girls will do will to wunst afford en-
the rcloef they ask. The property
destroyed by Buel in the second
ycer Of the war, that is the contents
| wood hev bin destroyed only they
wusn't in the barn, ez they hed been
sold iist previously to the Coniedra
cy. But ez the Elder, peace to his
ashes, took Confedrit money for the
scd contents, wich money he, in .
moment Nv enthoosiasm, invested in
Confedrit bonds, wich finally got K
be worth nothin, wc put in a claim
for the valyoo NV the contents CT
well ez NV tho barn. Bein 10 years
NV ago when the war broke out b,
did not volunteer in the confedri
servis, and cousskently never fred !
shot at the old flag. His two young
est sons did, it is troo, but the eide
can't be held responsible for then
boys. The estate is damaged jist tn
same though the elder was alive.
Elder Pennibacker hez also claim
/ to considerable amount, which
!, for fences, crops, barns and sich, d,
. stroyed by the Federal armies. Th
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Vol. 20, 10. 45,

| not necessary 70 give here, who re
sides in Oswego, was called down,
ashered into the Superintendent I
oflce, snd from there into Manager
Fisk's room, when, IL il reported, the
following conversation took place
Manager-"You are conductor on
Erie, / believe p
th"Yes, sir tszaa
"How long have you beoa on the
,ad 7
aFifteeis years"
"Had . passenger train. I'll that
time, believe ?"
Yes, sir"
"Wertk considerable property, |
learn r
..Sonic.' Il
'sHavea very fine house in Oswe-
60. Cost you some thirty, forty, or
fifty thousand dollars p
"Yes, sir"
some little money invested in
bonds, / am told p
"Yes, sir !"
Gown = farm near where you re-
side?"
"Yes, sir."
Had nothing when you commeu-
ced as conductor on our road 7"
Nothing to speak Of; only home
for the future"
sMade the property since =
Yes; sir"
"Been ct work Tor no other par
ties?'
mo. But have been saving Of
my money; invested 1t from time to
time TO good advantage
"Wel!, sir, what will you give TO
settle !? OF course you cannot pre-
tend to say that you have acquired
this property from what You have
saved from your salary You will
not deny that you have pocketed a
great deal OF money belonging to the
foad--at least fifty or sixty thousand
dollars. Now, sir, what will you
give to settle, and not be disgraced,
as you certainly will be- II a trial is
brought, and you are compelled 70
give up the property you profess to
own, but which, in reality belongs to
the Company ?"
"Well, MI. Manager, l had not
Thought of this matter. For several
years have been running my train
TO the best Of my ability. Never
looked at the matter in this light be
fore. Never thought | was doing
any thing wrong. have done moth
ing more than other conductors
have; tried to earn my salary and get
it-and think I've succeeded. l don't
know that owe the company any
thing. If you think | do, why,
there's little difference of opinion,
and don't want any trvablc over 1t.
l have u nice family, nice father and
mother relatives all people Of good
s,anding-they would feel very bad
to have me arrested and charged
| with dishonesty. 1t would kill my
wife. She has every confidence in
me in the world, and the idea that l,
her husband, would take so little as
y penny that did not belong to ac
would send her broken hearted to
the grave. l don't care any thing
ior the matter myself, but on account
of my family and relatives, | want to
make it right with the road and the
officers, and If you won't say any.
thing more abcnt it. Ngice you dol
lrr I"
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NEw posTAGE STAMrs.-A new
series Of postage stamps is in course
Utpreparation, and will soon he ready
for distribution. They will be some-
what smaller than those IN use at
present but Of superior finish. The
two cent stamp contains an engrs
wing of a post-boy on horseback q,
full speed. The three cent has To-
conceive under full head Of steam,
the great carrier of our domestic ser.
vice. The five cent stamp contains
the head of Washington. The ten
cont tho finest in design, has minia
ture engraving of the Declaration o1
Independence, executed with such
delicacy that the picture suffers moth
ing under the magDifying glass;
Tho twelve cent stamp has an oceal
steamship, and tho thirty cent staml
has q timely executed engraving o
the surrender Of Burgoyne.
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The Registry Law.

The Haukeye says that no delay
was Experienced in voting at Bur-
lington the other day, because the
lists were printed and posted up at
tho voting places, and numbered 50
that who's a voter camo up he an
nounce his name and number, which
was found without delay. y s.
Let our authorities profit by This
suggestion, for our approaching city
election.
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THE WEEKLY COURIER;
/, ). NJ. HEDRIck, Editor.
Gen. Pleasant A. Hack1smafi

Kush, Fayotte and Decatur county
Indlanians hcreab6uts, will be pleas
cd at the action Of 10th houses Of
Congress, in voting special pension
to the widow of Gen. Pleasant A.
Hacklcman, Of Rushville, Ind. who
was slain at the head Of his Brigade
November Sd, 1862 at Corinth. 4
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Ex.Secretary Stanton authorizes
the denial Of the story Of the New
York Times correspondent concern
ing the order for superseding General
Grant before vicksbprg by General
Banks. He eave be never issued
such an order, and be does not be-
lieve that anybody else did.
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In the District Court, Wapello County,
Iowa, Aug Term 1859.
Elias Simmons,
W
Il Il Rowland Il
P. II. Rowland Il
To Il r Rowland, u p II Rowland d
Brothers:
You are hereby notified that
there is now on file in the Office of the
Clerk OF the District Court OF Wapello
County. lowa, the petition Of Elias sim-
m ms, claiming that there is due him as
assignee of a certain note dated 18th
March 1867, 1894 with interest at ten per
cent, per annum from you. and also that
he is holder of certain mortgage by as
signment which secures the payment of
said noteon the west of then W / of Sec.
Is Town ,hip7l No14h Range l3 West in
the County Of Wapello Iowa, and said PEI
tition asks further that said mortgage be
forever foreclosod against said Il. T. Row
land, and that his equity of redemption
under the same be debarred. Now unless
you appear thereto and defend before
noon OF the second day of the next term
Of this court which term will oegin on
the Both OF August 1860, default will be
entered against you and judgment rem,
dered thereon.
STILES, HUTCHINSON 4 DIXON
Pftifis Atty's.
uecanber 3lst 1888 wdv
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A COOL CONDUCTOR
Liberal Reward for Hushing u
that Little Natter.

From the New York Democrat.
1t has been limited quite generally
that Of the hundred and odd conduc-
tors on the Erie Railway not all OF
them were strictly honest. IL has
been said that few Of them, on
moderate salaries, have, like members
Of Congress, succeed cd in saving from
ten to thirty thousand dollars year.
Some Of them have built fine houses;
purchased horses, carriages, fine
clothes, fashionable jewelry, expen.
sive watches, some United States
bonds, and few shares in Erie
There are some mon who are cruel
enough TO say this property has been
acquired, not by honest labor, but
with money distracted by sort OF
conductorial strategy, from the car
nings OF the road, and invested by
tho conductors rather than by the
directors. Not long since, while reg
ulating the Erie, its branches, and all
connecting railroads in the country
it was decided, in solemn eOnclave
to regulate the conductors u little
Every body said, and ever, body must
know, that conductors, like uuruly
children when visiting, helped thom
selves. Acting upon this basis, Man
ager Fisk lately undertook the job o
correcting the evils existing anon,
the conductors, Or supposed to exist
| and. after havirv estimated that the,
had bagged enough during the las
tivo or ix years TO build doubl
tack over half the route Of the Erie
decided to have them disgorge. Wit
these eview notices hare toen -cn'
within the past fortnight, to many Q
the old conductors oil the road, VIII
reside at various points on the lint
ordering them to report forthwith I
the Superintendents office, on impot
tant business, The other day, on
Of the conductors. whose name it
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Bulls Cedron Bitters,
AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS.
draasas Heard Fro ~.

TES1I3fONY OF MEDICA L. MEN
Stoney Point, White Co., Arb.
May 23d, 1866.
DIR. JoHN BULL-Dear Sir Last Feb
ruary / was in Louisville purhsai ng
drugs, and got some your Sarsaparilla
and Cedron Bitters.
My son in-law, who was with me Ia the
store, has been down with rheumatiin the
Some time, commenced on the Bitesm for
soon found his general health imprrs and
Dir. Gist, who has been in baaoved.
tried them and he also oimproved.
DIR. Coffee, who has been in bad health
for several years-stomach and liver af
fccted--he improved very much by the use
OF your Bitters. Indeed the Cedron Bit
ters has given yon great popularity in this
settlement. Think / could sell great
quantity ofyour medicines this fall--espe-
cially c.your Cedron Bitters and Sarsapa,
rilIa. Ship.me via Memphis, care of Rick
C.B. .wALKER
DR.. JOHN BULLS Prineipaloiiice
Ne. 10 Fqth Cross Street,
LOUISVILLE, ny
M VI ne abore remedies. for aass by
rLoR, BLAKE e 70.
Dttumwa. wa.
Aug. l6th.ls6s.d
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That calstic Copperhead, the
World, obscrvs: The Indiana Pratt
is greater even than the Great, be IL
higher than Long John Wentworth
Of Illinois; he is stronger than. Lieu
tenant Governor Dunn, ot Louisiana,
he is six feet four inches high. weighs
upward oil three hundred pounds and
his voice is the voice OF many waters.
wherein he is ahead OF Yates and
Chandler. whose voices arc the voice.
Of many whiskics and waters.
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BULLS WORM DESTROYER.
TO My ENt,ed States cad World ,U,ae
Readers.

i HAVE received many testimonials from
professional and medical men, as my al
manacs and various publications have
lhown, all ofwhich are genuine. The fol-
sowing letter from highly educated and
popular physician in Georgia is certainly
one OF the most sensible communications
| have ever reeeived. DR.. Clement knows
exactly what he speaks Of, and his testi-
mony deserves to be written In letters oi
gold.a Hear what the Doctor says Of
BULLS WORM DESTROYER:
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AT Sullivan, Indiana, last week, ii
company of twenty or thirty
women, oi the respectable class,
formed in procession, ut tho head OF
which lady carried the Bible. aud
marched TO various saloons IN town.
and held prayer meetings for the sup.
preston of intemperance, etc. They
were kindly received by most of the
keepers, aud had a good time gcner-
ally. A little enthusiasm WAS crea-
ted at one OF their visits; Il quantity
Of fire crackers having been careless
ly left scattered uponthe stairs and in
the bar.room, became ignited as they
we're going up stairs, causing a scene.
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NAsBY.

Mr. Nasty Finds NeW Business
,ehich Promises Ample Profts-He
Derotes Himse!f to 1t ,ciM all tie
Edrnestaess ofhis Enthusiastic Ma
ture.
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vote 10 solid phaianx for the party
that freed them, let US hear no more
hollow can't about Negro equality,
until Albert Savington Is turned dat
of tho democratic church.
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CHILLS AND FEvl1P,


The proprietor oi this celebrated medi
cinejustly claims for ritasuperiority 1t overall
remedies ever offered TO the public for the
safe, certain, speedy, and permanent cure
of Ague and Fever, or Chiils and Fever,
whether of shorter or longer standing.
He refers to theentire Western and Sonth-
western country TO bear him testimony TO
the truth of the assertion, that in lit case
whatever Wilt fail to cure, il the direc-
tions are sttictly followed out, Ina great
many cases single dose has been sutli-
cient for cure, and whole families have
been cured by single bottle, with per-
feet restol alton of the general health. II
is, however, prudent, and in every case
more certain to cure, ii its use Is contiu-
ued in smaller doses for week or two al
ter the disease has been checked, more es
pecially in difficult and long standing ca
ses. Usually, this medicine will not re
quire any aid to keep the bowels in good
order; should the patient, however. re.
quire cathartic medicine, after having
taken three or four doses of the Tonic, a
single dose of BULLS VEGETABLE
FAMILY PILLS will be sufficient.
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Newspaper Circulation.

The Waterloo Courier is RESPONSE
bie for the following words Of truth
and soberness, having local applica-
ton 10 almost every Iowa town:
The Muscatine Journal and the
Courier Of that city are quarreling A.
to the respective circulation OF their
papers. The Board of Supervisors
at its last session. ap. ,ointed u com
mittee TO investigate their snbscrip,
ton books, to ascertain their relative
circulation, in order to award the Of
ticial printing to the two papers hay
ing the largest circulation. I he re
suit shows the Journal 10 have near
ly three times the circulation Of the
Courier Its wonderful what q fac
ulty the publishers of Democratic
papers have Of lying about their cir-
cuistion. Who ever heard Of
Democratic paper being stared in
Iowa whose circulation was not lied
| up to, say from one thousand to fif-
| teen hundred to commence on This
! is done for the purpose Of making
their advertisers stecl good" and
strange TO say, there are enough
dapes in nearly every neighborhood
10 swallow such base iabrications, -
A publisher OF = newspaper who viii
fully misrcpreseats his circulation for
the purposes stated is guilty Of 'ob-
tanning goods under falpe preterces,
4
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ORDERS soL1lTFD

| EfOpEMENT IN HlGH LIfE-A
BxookLYN SENaATIoN.-The quiet
| neighborhood u Plymouth church
| and Brooklyn Heights was thrown
into excitement on Saturday by q
genuine sensation---an elopement in
high lite. The principals are the
wife of a cotton broker on Broad
street, New York, and son OF
wealthy grain merchant of Chicago.
Tho woman was Baltimore belle,
but made, as it appears, of bad metal.
About eighteen months ago she was
wooed and won, and married at her
fathers house. The couple boarded
awhile in New York, but firing OF
/ this kind ofliving, they hired a house
on Hicks street Brooklyn, whore
they resided very comfortably and
happily, visited and being visited by
friends from all quart .rs.
Among the visitors wa> Mr.. t,
an intimate friend of the husband,
who treated him rs brother. After
repeated calls, T. found his at
tachment to mis- friends wife and his
love for her society growing warmer
and, as the sequel showed, sue genef-
ously reciprocatcd. The faithful h,'s-
band doubted not his wifc's fidelity
nor his friends integrity until he read
the following note, left on his table
on Saturday afternoon
"Satarddy Moraing--Dear Charlie,
| Il must today bid you goodbye
forever. To day / leave your house,
mover again to return. lcannot help
it. For long time have loved ia
| in my heart, and know be loves me.
Whom this reaches you viii I've on
my way across the sea.
''Your oncc-loving TEREsk.
The husband ut once made inquiries
at several Of the steamship Offices
and ascertained that his wife and her
paramour had sailed tor Europe ON
the steamer City of Antwerp. The
wife took with her lcwelry valued al
about $4,000 and Il number OF other
valuables, and about s30,Vyo in mon
ey.-Ne,c York SIN
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~Go to Clarke & ruttle's ior the
CHEAPEST S'.~e- n the Market.
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Life In the GreaC meCfOpOllS,
being a MIRROR OF NEW YORK, reflect
ing the
SECRETS OF THE GRCAT CITY.
one agent sold so in one day; another
sold and delivered 227 in Is days; another
I0i in z days. No book ever published
that sells so rapidly.
If you wish to know how fortunes are
made and lost i'm day; how shrewd men
are ruined III Wall street; how countrymen
are swindled by sharpers; how ministers
and merchants are blackmailed how
dance balls and concert saloons are man.
aged; how gambling houses and Lotteries
are conducted; how stock companies orig
inatc and now the bubbles burst, &cv read
his Work. IL tells you about the myste-
ries of NEW YORK, and contains spicy life
sketches of it's noted milionaires, mer.
chants, &c. a large Octave Volume, 72(
pages. Finely Illustrated. The largest
commission given. Our 80 page circular
and $500 Greenback sent Iree On applica
ton. For full particulars aud terms, adj
dress the sole publishers,
J. h. BURR Il CO,
jan20,dlw-wlm Hartford, Conn.
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D,'. John Bars P,.ineipol y.6ice, 10, Eifth
Street, Louisville, Ry.
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COME ALONG
OH YES! on YES! OH! YESl
HENRY AND HAw

. a
HENRY AND HAW
announces to the pople that they are now
selling that portion of their stock, saved
IRON the fire, atprices SO low as to do
away with all temptation 10 stealat the
next Gre.
We have large amount nf
HARDW ARE,
CUTLERY,
WAGON MATERIAL,
IRON,
NAILS,
&C, &C,
much of il not damaged, the balance
more or less injured, which we will just
let you carry awav
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COURIER JOB DEPARTMENT C0lPLEf
.,e<. with new
'I,vDes and Presses

PRINTING OF ALL KINDS:
From Visiting Card to Mammoth
Poster, executed in good style. Eastern
prices and work duplicated.
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We have a large amount If
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-10-09

TIE PEOPLES BANK,--The directors oil
this fourishing institution, feeling them
selves "cribbed, cabined and confined" in
their present quarters have purchased the
property almost Immediately opposite the
location they now occupy, and in January
when the lease of the tenant expires, will
proceed to erect beautiful building to be
called the Peoples Bank Block.
The building will be "a feet front by $50
feet deep and will contain large store,
admirably adapted to wholesale dealers,
on each side of the bank proper. These
stores will have pitch of 16 feet, the pitch
of the bank being several feet higher, &C
cordng with the elevation usual in such
institutions. The bank will be ligh ed
from above by handsome ornamental win
dows, End the ceilings deliberately fres-
coed.
ghe building will be of brick three sto-
ries high, the faciugs and other ornamen>
tai work berg of stone and iron, and a
highly ornamented front will surmount the
building rendering it thus both attractive
and conspicuous.
One of the leading features of the bank
will be its broad and beautiful entrance,
the door opening eight feet into a well
lighted yestibule and thence into the banks
ing Dom which, to the great convenience
OF the public will be located on the ground
floor.
Mr.. L. G. Lind, of Baltimore, is to be
the architect, and the building will doubt
less be an ornament to the city.
The OPERA Housewife be opened to the
public ON Monday night, when Boucicault's
great play of 'The Streets of New York, ,
will be produced by frst-class company,
among whom is Mr.. Frank Mayo, a young
actor OF great promise. People sometimes
criticise Boucicault's plays, but few play
wrights have stronger hold on the popu.
lar heart, and if nothing succeeds like sues
cess Dir. b. is a fortunate man.
The Box office of the theater will be
opened toeday, from 10 o'clock a. M, to 8
p. M, for the sale of reserved seat tickets
for Monday nights performances.
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Norfolk 4 Nature VS., New York.

IS THERE is tide in the affairs OF
L men, also Cities and States.-
Virginia expects every man to enlist in
the great struggle OF the nineteenth
century for the carrying trade of the
world. Old Fogies stand back-Wa-
ter Works, Parks, City Railways, Public
Fountains, Gymnasiums, Colleges, Com
merce and Sash, Door and Blind Facto
ries must come to the frontif we are to
succeed. They are the ordained means
to secure the great end.
Much economy and prudence will be
g or 81 IN th heayns al ogdeFs ior aeto;
Blind Factory every variety of Fancy
and substantial Work is rapidly execut-
ed at such prices as appeal directly TO the
money-saving qualities of all in want of
goods in my line.
Doors, Frames, Sash Blinds, Cornices,
Mouldings, Novels, Balusters,
Hand Rail, Trusses, Ten Pins and Balls,
Scoll Work, Nantes, Store Tables,
Counters OF elegant styles,
Scroll sawed Piazza Balusters.
Hitching Posts, &c. &c.
Orders from the country will receive
careful attention.
M. HOWELL.
Factory and Office, Hill street, entrance
head of Mark let So. a oc7-d&Wlw
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AuoTIoN SALES TODAY. --We call attention
to sale of very superior Jupiter colt, and
and severalfine saddle and harness horses,by
W. Il. Roberts, at his rooms corner of Roa~
noke square and Wide Water stree, to- day
at 10 o'clock.
Also, to the regular Saturdays sale OF
sandries, by j. L. Jones, opposite the Day
Book office, at 81 o'clock. Great bar
gain are to be had.
AIso,to valuable dwelling on Washing-
ton Point, by Captain 7. F. Ovens, at IL
o'clock, at the Merchants and Mechanics
Exchange, at II O'Clock.
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A G A r d

A Clergyman, while residing la South
America as missionary, discovered q safe
and simple remedy for the Cure of Nery-
Gus Weakness, EARLY Decay, Disease of
the Urinary and Seminal Organs and the
whole train OF disorders brought on by
baneful and vicious habits. Great num-
bers have boen aurei by this noble rem
dy. Prompted by u desire to benefit the
afflicted aud unfortunate, ! will send the
recipe for preparing and using this med
Icine, in sea'od envelope. to any one
who needs it., Free of Charge.
Address, JOS L. IN IMAM,
station ID, Bible House,
sI23 6n Ne" York City