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Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-09-23
NOR SALE OR EXCHANGE
FOR CITY PROPERTY

A FARM situated on Bay Side Road
Princess Anne county, containing about
900 acres, about miles from the city OF
Norfolk; about 70 acres of this land is
cleared and IN cultivation the remainder
he avily wooded. The improvements
cons ist of a Building of Six Rooms, with
nece ssary Out Houses. and the land Is
well adopted to Trucking and Fruit. APP.
ply to 4sse.
my&slm THIS oFFIVE'
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-09-23
ATTENTION TOBACCO DEALERS.

AIIENIlON IOBACCO DEALERS.
WTE have on hand about 5000 packages
w of Chewing Tobacco (boxes and
caddies) consisting of about Is various
styles and quality, running from COM
mon, medium, to very fine.
Having made very heavy purchases be-
fore the late rise in Tobacco, we are en-
abled to sell cheaper than Tobacco can
actually be manufactured now at present
hign prices of Leaf Tobacco. A call from
the trade to examine our Stock Is respects
fully solicited.
HAMBURGER BROTHERS.,
Wholesale Tobaconists,
srl3 8 Wide Water at.
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-09-23

~ I lleu - tf i.a ailt
1t is conceded by all who have tasted
our Soda Water, that 1t is superior to eny
other in the city, and we have the pleas
ure to announce that our list of Syrup
has been increased and now includes one
which is pronoun ced
PERFECT. ...-....
Try it and you will prefer it to all other
We also offer o small lot
u " GREEN TEA,
and warrant it to be the same as that
from which our Tea syrup is made. It'll
stronger and possessed of finer flavor
than we have heretofore sold.
iu23 +'t' SEAl.H NEWTON.
DALTIMORE REGALIA EMPORIUM
i $500 ROTH E RS,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Regalia, Jewels, Lodge Parapherl ella. Sc.
for Masons, /. .. 0. F., Red Men, Knight
Of Pythias, and all other Societies.
Z Banners, Flags, Ship Signals, &c.
IA N. CHARLES ST., Cor. Fayette,
BALTIMORE, MD
Price List furnished upon application
aulS-3m J aasNo 1851
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
Fine Potatoes.

Rev. E. Fl. Waring, Of this city,
received three potatoes last spring o.
the celebrated Early Rose Variety,
from his brother, Prof. w. G. War.
ing, of the Agricultural College Of
Pennsylvania, and planted Thorn in
single eyes. eighteen inches apart in
the rows, and the rows three feet
apart, MANFRED in tho row with GOV.
ering Of well rolled compost, which
produced 212 fully matured tubers
He has just laid two Of these splen.
did potatoes on our table weighing
lib each, which can be seen in our
Office.
Rev. W. is enthusiastic in his opin.
ion, that the Early Rose will prove
more prolific, and superior to any
other potatoo yet raised.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
Fines What are Fines.

Tho good people of Keokuk tn.
had a most intolerable nuisance
among them in tho shape OF q most
venomous doggery, kept by an old
bachelor by the name of Patrick
Welton, and on the s5th inst. they
went for him, bringing him before
Justice H. P. Graves, of this city, on
an information containing eight diff.
ierent counts for liquor selling.
Graves found him guilty on all of
them and fined him $50, on each
count. He now lies in the Bedwell
sweating out the dog days. He bot
his supplies by the jug full, packing
1T home in a sack on his back. He
Is reported to have sold liquor to
boys ten years old by the drink, and
was taking old clothes IN exchange
Tor liquor when he could not get the
cash. Fighting and quarrelling was
continuously going on about his
shanty, making little He'll upon
Earth.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
Clothing.

We had the pleasure recently to
60 through the immense clothing and
Gents Furnishing House of E. w,
Belts, in Union Block, and found it
stacked from top to bottom with the
largest and finest stock ofgoods ever
brought to this city or to the interior
of Iowa.
1t is OF course impossible to partic-
ularize in such a heavy stock, and
we can only say to the readers ofthe
COURIER if they want anything in this
line, at wholesale or retail, they will
find Belts a liberal fair dealer, and as
good stock to select from as can be
found IN eastern cities.
A splendid line of the latest cassi-
meres and cloths, are being rapidly
fashioned into elegant garments by
B. Salvo, theinimitable Cutter at this
House.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
The Reason.

Our Jobbers have been laying
their goods down at their doors for
46 to SOC per hundred from New
York, on account of having two
competing routes, while Burlington
merchants, only having one route
east, have had to pay at the same
time zoe.
This accounts for the fact that OF.
tumwa is rapidly becoming tho lead
ing Jobbing city in Central and
Southwestern Iowa.
Give us our St. Louis road, which
will be completed before another
stock of goods is to be purchased,
and then our Leavenworth, Gamer.
on, Ottumwa and Washington Rail
road, adding another competing line,
and then Ottumwa steps proudly TO
the front, as the principal city, not
only in this part Of Iowa, but quite
probably of the entire State.
What say you fellow citizens!--
You manifest destiny fellows; you
men who are too fine haired, and del.
icate to face prospective little
storm, to attend a Railroad meeting,
and who, worse than all, haven't Civ.
en- anything yet to our Chicago & 8.
w. X, r. scheme; cannot you afford
to come down and aid us towards
this great consumation !? or rather
do you think you can afford much
longer to pull back in the breech-
ing?
Come now, fora change, try pull
ing in the collar for a while, and then
everything will be lovely and the alti-
tude Of tho female fowl, will be o
prodigious thing to contemplate with
the naked eye.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
ON the DailyCourier of 27thult.
The Blake sburg ARRAY.


Pleas Anderson, John Thompson,
Benz. Asbury, Aaron Ball, and jerry
Thompson, charged with assault with
intent to commit murder, were this
morning brought before Justice ia
qucs. As Capt. Swisgctt still lies in
critical situation, and unable to at
tend the examination, and tho defend
ants themselves not beng ready for
trial, the case was postponed until
Thursday, the I'd ofSeptcmber.
We are informed that thejaw of the
Captain is badly broken and that he
is unable to turn himself in his bed
1t is exceedingly doubtful whether
he will be able to attend the trial on
next Thursday, though as we know
personally the Captains nerve is of
the indomitablc kind, and if such a
thing be possible he will be on hand.
Anderson, Thompson, and Ball,
gave bail in $4,000 each, while As
bury and the other Thompson were
committed to Jail 10 default of bail.
From the Daily Courier of 2sth ult.
Correction.
We made our statement yesterday
that Asbury and Thompson had
been committed to jail in default Of
bail, on the authority of the Justice
Capt Jaqucs.
We are now informed that they
were only. committed to the custody
OF the officers to procure bail, and
that the order for their commitment
was not made out or executed.
They gave bail today in $500 each
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
m the Daily Courier Of 18th ult.
Railroad Meeting.

Pursuant to call, small number of
our citizens met at the Court House
last night to hear Judge Aller about
the prospects of the Chicago & South
western Railroad.
W. B. Bonnifeld, was made Chair.
man, and s. B. Evans, secretary.
On motion Judge Aller, President
ofthe Chicago l. Southwestern Rail
road Company of Iowa, addressed the
meeting, stating the extent Of the Of:
forts being made on the other route
and their enthusiastic and united de-
termination TO secure it if money and
labor can avail. The Judge stated
that the $4,000 which we had
pledged him on our route, must be Sc
cured as condition precedent to the
location Of the road here, and that it
must be done withoutdelay, as Pres
ident Winston was clamorous for the
final location, and the immediate
commencement of work on the entire
line.
Remarks were made by Major
Hamilton, Mayor Fulton, Hon. J. w.
Dixon, and others, after which the
following Committees were appointed
with orders to report to J. II. Merrill
Chairman Railroad Executive Com
mittee, to:wit: 10 prepare report Of
Business. Manufactures, and othcrre-
sources of tho county, for the use Of
President Aller Messrs. Dixon, He'd.
rick, and Evans.
To canvass LIST Ward for stock
J. G. Baker, Jas. A. Hammond, and
N. Baker.
I'd Ward.-C. 4. Blake, DR.. Stow
art, and Geo. w. Devin.
Sd Ward.-James Hawley, ST., J.
w. Higgins, VIM. Daggett, and DR..
j. L. Taylor.
4th Ward.-Jo. Chambers, j. w
Carpenter, Will 4. Major q. A. Der
by, and Bob. Harlan.
Com. outside of the city.-D. Ii
Michael, Isaac Logan, and Isaac Rog
ers.
After which the meeting adjourn
cd.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
Sleeping Cars.

The G. B. & @. R. R. have long had
the finest Sleeping Cans which a trav-
eler would strike from Ottumwa to
New York. We are happy to chron-
icle the fact that tho same limo Of
Pullman's best, have been extended
over to the B. l. NJ. r. r., and are
now ran on all night trains on that
road.
An idea of their pallatial elegance
may be formed from the picture Of
theinteriorof one of them, which now
graccs our Office, from A. +. Touzalin
Esq, the General Ticket Agent at
Burlington.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
EddYVillA.

The EddyvilIe Gazette is iubilant
over the present and prospective
prosperity Of that city, and is just
now urging the D. V. Railroad to 10.
cate their machine shops there.
The article which we refer to
winds up as follows:
''Eddyvile. has more Church.
O., better school facilities, less rum
shops and more live Republicans than
any town OF its size or pretensions
West OF sthc big ditch" or the sshcr-
ring pond"
All Of which We are glad enough
TO hear; as we belong to that num-
Der, who believe that there is room
enough for Eddyvillc and Ottumwa
TO both grow to be large cities, in this
great Des Moincs Valley, and that it
is not necessary to the growth of one
that the other and its people should
be constantly abused, in which opin
ion we are happy to say Bro. Wilcox
Of the Gd-ette fully concurs, in his pa
per.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02

TAKE NorIcE-ThatJ J. w. & A. G.
Higgins have just received a splen-
did stock Of Alexandre's celebrated
genuine imported French Kid gloves
of all colors and sizes, which are Of
ferrd to the public at the lowest cash
prices. Call and see them.
They have large stock OF these
wei! known goods, very slightly
damaged from dampness, which they
will sell at from 81, to l,75, owing to
the greater or lesser number of spots
on them.
They are in every respect as good
as new, except the slight discolora.
ton, and are offered at such prices
as ought to insure their sale at once.
Come and see them in Union
Block.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
Our Public School.

Will commence Monday September
9th, with the following teachers.
Prof. L NJ Hastengs Superintend.
ent
Miss Mary h Smell
EP Cooper
Anna Jones
Maggie Glissan
Sarah Truitt
6 NJ S Grace
HI Wilson
Mollie E Ennis In charge
Primary dept. 4 Training Glass
Miss Gotta Holloway
Jennie Holloway
Mary Guyselman
Mr. $ V Sampson Teacher Colored
School
During the vacation the School
building has been repaired and clean
ed, the walls and ceilings painted and
kalsominod. A good bell weighing
over 500 pounds has been purchased,
and will be hung in the belfry, before
the school commences.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
From the Daily Courier Of 18th ult.
Wheat.

I'M. ]. Allen, ono Of our eubscri-
bers brought in two loads Of spring
wheat to-day, and sold it for so cents
per bushel.
He sold the same sort the other day
at Agency City for S5c, which shows
that as Q wheat market, Agency City
can 60 Ottumwa FIVE cents better.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
From the Daily Courier Of 18th ult.
Real Estate.

Rev E II Waring yesterday sold
his fine new cottage together with
8 49, 100 acres Of ground on which it
was situated, in Oak Ridge-one Of
our beautiful suburbs-to Mr. Saml.
Park from near Iowaville for $2625.
Mr. Park gets possession shortly and
will move to the city.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
A Happy Family.

We have often heard the remark,
thatit yon want good, sweet bread in
the family, you must have a good
natured and even tempered cook to
make it. As ON additional aid, we
would recommend the unrivaled
Charter Oak Cooking Stove, which
will insure the happy owner not only
. well-cooked, palatable meal, but also
a contented and cheerful wife. They
are for sale by oil prompt and relia'
BILE stove dealers.
Clark 4 Tuttle are Agents in Of
tumwa.
Sold wholesale and retail by Excel
slor Manufacturing Co., St. Louis.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02

A BIRD IN THE HAND.-.A colorcd
man. to whom meat WAS a blessing,
one day found in his trap fine rab-
bit. lie took him out alive, hold him
under his arm, pattod him and began
to speculate on his qualities.
ooh how berry fat!-de latest ]
ever did SEQ! Let us see how me
cook HIM. Mo roast him. No; he SO
berry fat, he lose all do fat. Me FRY
him. All! he so berry fat he fry hisseli
Golly how fat he be Den mo stow
him."
The thought Of the savory stew
made the negro forget himself, and
in spreading out the feast to the i'm
aglnation, his arm relaxed, when off
hoped the rabbit, and, squatting at
q goodly distance, eyed his late own
er with great composure. Tho negro
knew there was an emu of tho matter,
SO, summoning all his philosophy, he
thus addressed the rabbit:
"lou loug-eared, white-whlskered,
red.eyed rat, you not so berry fat, ar
ter ALL"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02

The fall term of tho Iowa Wesleyan
University will open September LIST,
when Hon. James Harlan LID, will
assume tho duties of President of
the College, to which he has just been
elected by the trustees.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02

Usage ORANaE.-Notice elsewhere
the advertisement Of James McMul-
lin, esq. who offers 2O,0O0,oO0 Usage
plants for sale. He lives few miles
North of this city, and is ON honest
reliable dealer. Give him call.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02

Why are the city water works, like
the Fenians?
Because they have taken to wear
ing of the green, (garbled from the
Des Moines Bulletin.)
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
Personal.

Judge IL. NJ. Allcr, President Chi
ca.o and Southwestern Railroad
Company, Of Iowa, arrived to-day af-
ter Il two days absence at Fairfield.
He reports the people of Jeforson
County as widc awake to the impor-
lance of securing the Leavenworth
Railroad.
Night before last they had large
meeting in the Park, which was ad-
dressed by Judge Allcr, Negus, Ach.
esop, slagle, and others.
A resolution was passed, agreeing
to take one half of the amount Of
took assigned to Davis County.
A committee was appointed to
canvass Davis County, headed by
Cummings.
They have printed rights Of way
in circulation, and are at work with q
spirit aud determination worthy of
of success, even il they do not &C.
conplish it.
Assurances have been received
here from Judges Harris, Tannehill
and other influential parties, THAT
APPANOOSE COUNTY WILL
RAISE HER QUOTA OF ONE
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOL
LARS, SO that if the people of this
County who have net done anything
yet, will come forward and do their
duty, the Railroad will be completed
to our city inside of 2years.
From the Daily Courier Of 18th ult.
PERsoNAL.-We received call
today from Rev. Horny Frankfurth
who has recently como among us to
organize o German Presbyterian
Churh. He has been Pastor Of q
church IN Dubuque for four years
past:
We hope to chronicle his success
in his undertaking here.
Services will be held for the time
being, in either the Court House o.
Turn Hall, to decide which meet
ing Of the friends will be held to
night.
From the Daily Courier of 26th Aug.
PERsONAL.-We were made glaC
to-day by sight ofthe genial coun
tenance Of our old time friend CHARLIE
Burnbaam, ESQ.,, who is now travelling
for the house Of Fiske, knight l. Co.
ofSt. Louis, No., wholesale dealers il
Boots and Shoes, No. 322 Main Stree
corner Second. We have been witt
Charley in the dark hours of the re
bcilion in places where all that is il
imam comes out; and in our opinion
u bigger nobler heart never beat be
heath jacket than is the property q
honest Charley Burnbau n.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
REMEMBER

That the Boards Of Registry meet
at their respective places Of hold.
ing elections Oh Monday, Sept. 9Th,
and that if your name is not on the
list you may loose your vote.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02

The seventh annual catalogue OF
the New York Medical college for
women was laid upon our table to-
IN, 1t has very large faculty,
."ent i. lumber, three Of them be-
!. 1, .siiti. It's sen,c. class for 1869
nn-l g, CT. and its graduating
class ioi .u' year numbered ten.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02

THANKs.-Thomas Hale has placed
us again under obligations, with a
basket of nice green corn of the
s>Evergreen" variety.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02
Married

At the residence of John Zulauf, in
this city, on the evening of the 25th
inst, by tho Rev. Henry Frankfurt,
German Pastor in Ottumwa, Mr..
VIM. Coil to Miss MATILDA KELLER.
MARRIED.-At tho residence Of tho
Brides Father, in Ottumwa, Iowa,
Aug. %, by Rev. Il. Bross, Capt. W.
II. G. JAoUEs, Attorney and Deputy
Col. Int. Rev., and Miss FLORA VIII
LIAMs, all oft city.
Your taklng-off Captain though
sometime contemplated was never
theless slyly consumated. The CouR.
TER Folks extend to you and yours
their regards and best wishes that a
prosperous life voyage may attend
you.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02

GONE EAsT.-Sim. CLANCY and
Asa Higgins are both in New York,
buying their fall stocks for their re-
snectiye houses.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-19

HE CUBAN REvoLT-An ex-colonel of
the Federal army arrived here yesterday in
the British schooner Lion, having left Mas
sau on the 18th instant. He reports con-
siderable activity among the Cubans at Mas
sau in the shipment Of artillery and war
material. Fifteen Armstrong guns had
been sent to the insurgents, besides large
Quantities OF grape and canister. Tie
old blockade-running steamer Gem, now
known as the San Salvador, of Nassau. and
commanded by Captain Carlin, was running
between Nassau and Cuba, in the interest Of
the insurgents. But faint hopes were en-
tertained of the success of the rebels, who
were reduced already to system of bush
whacking warfare, and whose only hope Law
IN the speedy opening of the rainy season.
Charleston Ne,rs.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-19

PROPHECY AND FAcT.-During the latter
part OF the Presidential campaign, we were
told that the election of Grant would settle
all our financial troubles, and place bust
ness and industry upon solid ground. One
of the very first results, all the radical or
gans and politicians assured us, was to be
the approximation of greenbacks to par.
To doubt this was branded MS selfstultifica-
tlon. And, when Grants success was an
nounced, although the predicted result did
not come at once, we were pointed to a
hundred assumed indications that it was
coming. Well, we waited moro than six
months after the election and moro than
TWO months after the Inauguration, and, in
the midst OF ridiculous and mocking radical
shouts that the extinction of the public
dept was IN progress, gold went up from 131
to l39. Times are harder, as the Louisville
Co~r'er-1o~rnal truthfully asserts, than
they have been in any other year of the
last twelve. There is depression every
where, confidence nowhere The present; is
gloomy, and the future is dark with the
shadows of coming distress.
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-19

-.THE UNITED STATES AND ENGLAND. THE
New York Times thinks we ought not to be
surprised at the attitude of England on the
question of the Alabama claims. 1t holds
that we rejected the treaty because it did
nothing to humiliate England; because it
did not stipulate that she should eat dirt in
our presence, and clothe herself in sack
cloth, as we'll as pay the damages direct and
incidental she had made Us suffer. It thinks
England is too old and stupid to acquire the
habit of humiliating herself readily. 1t
thinks she will rather fight than apologize
for wrong she asserts she never committed.
1t contends that Mr.. Summers speech has
alienated every friend We had in that coun-
try. and turned the tide of feeling through
out the kingdom overwhelmingly against us.
It says: ......
ut always strikes genuine American
with profound amazement to find that any
person or any nation can ever take any but
an American view of any question. What
suits our interests ought TO suit eYerybody's.
NO; nation has, any right to feelings or
opinions different from those which it suits
our purposes to entertain; and the fact that
any nation does hold different sentiments.
either touching their own affairs or touch
ing ours. is the best possible evidence of
ntter wrong :headedness, stupidity and
malice on their part. It would not be amiss
for US to get over this habit of thinking
somewhat, 1t may minister to our vanity
and seli:love, but that is not what we need
most III certainly does not increase our
seit,respect, in any proper sense Of the word,
while it tends to make us ridiculous in th.,
eyes of the world" ~ 1-.-
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-19

The albion. the English organ iu New
York. states, that 30 far as England is con-
cerned, there is not word of truth in the
rnuored triple alliance Per contra, the
Courier des Eats Unis. the mouth piece of
French officials in this country, intimates
that an understanding in regard to a policy
TO DE pursued towards the United States
has, no doubt, been arrived at by England
France and Spain, but doubts the conclu-
sion of any treaty
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1869-05-19

The STATE ASSESSMENT The Charles
ton Ne'rs learns through official sources
that, according to the returns already in
tfom twenty-nine Counties, with two more
to hear from, (Richand and Charleston, J
the indications are that the amount assessed
as the value of real and personal property in
Il, the State will not exceed S13O, 600, 0OO
The probabilities are that the State Board
OF Equalization will raise the assessment of
property to about $500, 900, 900, in order that
the per centum of taxation shall not exceed
one oneohal1 OF one per centum, or fifty cents on
S1U0. To fix the rate of taxation with an
assessment of S13O,OOO, 600 would be very
nearly S1.OO on the hundred. The returns
OF personal property are universally very
much below what was expected. For in
stance, the whole number of horses returned
is ~, 600, and the highest average seventy
i've dollars: The returns of merchants
stocks are also far below expectations. In
the matter of real property there is very lit.
tie difference in the present valuation over
that of 1867