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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25
THE SITUATION.

We have the information from re-
liable sources, that tho Chicago g.
Southwestern Railroad Company has
a competent corps of Engineers on
the route, making q survey from
Columbus City to Fairfield, and that
they are securing the right of way
as they go along.
A glance at the map will show
that an air line from Columbus City
(Which point is within a few miles,
say 2 or 3 of the Washington branch
of the c., r. 81 P. RR. }, to Cameron
will run through Fairfield, and very
near by Bloomfield, thus making di-
rectness, which is the great object
sought by this, as well as all other
sensible companies.
We are assured that there is no
buncome in this survey, and that it
is President Winston's intention, af-
ter surveying this route, and COM
pairing it with the other two, to To-
cate his road on the one that is the
shortest and the cheapest, and along
the one that gives the most local
aid.
Fairfield and Columbus City being
without Railroad competition, are
feeling desperately the necessity Of
this road, and are coming down with
liberallty, which should shame
many of our people in town, and
county, who have not subscribed one
cent.
1t is fortunate for them also, that
there is not so many manifest desti-
ny chaps among them, as we have
got; vastly less blockhcads, also who
believe that towns make Railroads
rather than that Railroads make
towns, than we have, which is 80
much better for them.
We arc no alarmist, but desire to
assure many four pooplo that they
arc laborirg under several mis-
takes.
First that any favored few men
here know anything about the loca-
ton, moro than is public.
Second: that manifest destiny has
made Ottumwa, effort or no effort,
and that the Railroad cannot miss
us.
Third: that We are in any more
danger Of getting the Cameron Rail
road than we are of being struck by
lightning in clear day, unless we
fulfill our pledges, to-wit the rails
ng from Appanoose county to and
through Wapello, ofs2I7,0OO giving
right of way and depot grounds, and
fourthly and finally that this latter
proposition can ever be complied
with, until the Indifferent and laggard
come forward ard do their share to-
wards the completion of this great
enterprise.
An now men of Ottumwa and
Wapello county, you have it your
power to secure this road and you are
able to do soandifyou loseitand wake
up ono of these fine mornings and
find it irrovocably located ria Fair
filed and Columbus City, we don't
want any ofyou to come around US
whimpering because you were not
fully warned in time Of the situation.
In that case we viii have much
better reason than Macbeth had when
he said to Banquo's ghost, "Shake
not your CORY locks at me, you can>
not say twas | that did it."
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25
The Davenport Democrat.

The last issue of the Davenport
Democrat contains an eight column
description of that magnificent
printing establishment, which is per.
haps the finest in Iowa, if not west
of Chicago.
The Richardson brothers assumed
ownership and control of the Dem.
ocrat in 1868, which was then in a
rickety condition, but by the appli.
cation of untiring labor and uncom-
moh skill in the newspaper business,
70 their concern, they have made it
pay from the first jump, until they
are now rich and own one of the best
newspaper and paying Offices in the
country.
1t is the old story OF perseverance,
suavity, and integrity beating all OBJ.
stacles in the race for wealth and re.
nown.
We chronicle the success of the
Richardson boys, with lively satisfac'
tion, because they are genial, gentle.
manly, high toned journalists, even il
they do publish paper devoted to
tho interests Of the old Nick and de-
mocracy.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

jerks tells good story of u man
on Mississippi steamer who was
questioned by Yankee. The gen
tleman, to humor the fellow, replied
to all the questions straightforwardly
until tho inquisitor was fairly puzzled
for an interrogatory. At last he in
quired:
"Look here, Squirs-where was
yeou born ?"
II was born,' said the victim, Gin
Boston, fremont street, No. A, left
hand side, on the LIST of August, 1920,
- 5 o'clock in the afternoon; physic-
ian, DR.. Warren; nurse, Sally Benja-
min"
Yankee was answered completely
L moment he was struck. Soon,
however, his face frightened, aud he
quickly said
"yaas: wan calculate you don't
rect ael was frame or a
brick -, >, dcu on
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25
Murdered.

A man named Weise living 4 miles
from Davenport. hearing a noise in
his barn on last Monday morning at
4 o'clock, and suspecting some one
there to steal his COW, quietly slipped
out to the barn, opened the door, and
was shot dead by the thief and mur-
derer, who was just then in the act Of
fastcninga rope to the cows foot to
lead her away.
A butcher of Davenport named
Schonthal has been arrested ON sus-
picion.
Cattle thieves greatly abound in
the vicinity Of Davenport, to the
great annoyance of the peop.e, all OF
which we CLEAN from the Gaeette.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25
A Democratic neighbor SAYS

"The editor of the Des Moines Bul-
letin goes into the city laundary, di-
vests himselfof his ultimate garmsnt,
and luxuriates in Adamic simplicity
while the same is parifed, when he
re-assumes his attire and goes out
resplendent in the pride of cleanli-
ness. Would it not be a capital
thing for rouges if a moral laundry
could be invented to divest sticky
fingers of political plunder?"
Yes, capital. But it would keep
all the Democratic politicians in hot
water and sads. --.Des MoineS BW-
letia.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25
Take Notice.

All persons having guns or equip
ments owned by the state, with
which the Ottumwa Military Com
pany was armed, before and during
tho war, are hereby respectfully re-
qucsted to return them to the under.
signed, who has been ordered by Ad.
iutsn. General Baker to collect them
for the state.
Oct 8 dvti. ]. n; HEDEICK.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25
REFORM SCHOOL.
A CARD.

Having sold my interest i. tie Drug
Store OF Hinsey, Lewis & Co., 70 Dr. J. c.
Hinsey, have concluded to resume the
practice of Medicine and Surgery in all
their branches. Calls from all parts OF
the Country as well as the City, will be
promptly attendedto. Office for the pres.
ent at DR.. Hinsey's Drug Store, carne
Main and Greea Sts. Residence on Fifth
between Jefferson and College.
Feb. lG go d&wly. C.G. LEWIS.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

To Iowa PUBLISHERS. = Gen.
Wright, Secretary of State, who is
preparing correct list Of Iowa pub
locations, would request that one copy
of every publication in the State be
sent to him. Publishers of semi
weeklies, tri weeklies or dailies, are
requested TO senda copy of each Of
their editions. NE daily press will
confer favor on Gen. Wright by
publishing this request, in order that
it may meet the eyes of all the pub
fishers in the State.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

To TRY Our LARp.--For fifty
pounds Of lard, make two quarts Of
white lye, and pour into the kettle in
which you are to try the lard then
cut up the Leaf lard. and put it into
the lye, and let il cook all day over
n slow fire. The lye completely dis
solves the lard, SO there are no scraps
to strain and squeeze--only brown
sediment at tho bottom, and a similar
scum on the top. Remove these and
the lard is left white as snow, and
keeps for any length of time without
becoming rancid.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

PERSUADED INTO MARRIAGE.-Last
week one of the youpg men residing
near Hartford, Warren county, was
persuaded into marrying one of his
neis shbor's daughters, under circum.
stances like the following: The faith
CT of the girl had been suspecting
some thingsabout theirin-goings and
out-comings which were not alto
gether as they should have been. One
evening his suspicious were verified
to his sorrow, and, like a prudent
man, he kept his own counsel and
cleaned up his revolver. In the
morning he sent for the youth, who
came TO the residence of his soon to
be father in,law without any thought
as to what was coming. As soon as
he had entered the room the old gen.
tleman locked the door, pocbeted the
key, and deliberately leveling re-
volver at his head, gave him the
choice of either marrying his daugh-
ter Immediately or of being sent to
that bourne from whence no bad
young man has ever come. AS the
youngster did not want to make that
trip just at this season of the year,
when all the hard summer-w work was
done and the sports of winter just
commencing, he kindly consented to
become a son.in-law on the spot. He
proposed travelling Immediately to
the county seat for q license, but the
old gentleman couldn't see that any
thing was to be made by letting him
go alone, and as kind of a guard of
honor, accompanied the young man
to the commissioning office, and saw
him safely and quickly married to
his daughter before the cocks crowod
next morning. Young men who do
not wish to be hustled off into matri-
mony with such a rush, should be a
little careful how they go in on such
expeditions.-Register.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

The remarkable article in the Brit
ISL Quarterly Rersepc on the Byron
mystery has been completed by post
script, in which it is asserted that
Lady Byron, through her friend Mr..
Wilmot Horton, shortly after the sep
aration positively disavowed the spe-
cific charge against Byron which later
Mrs. Stowe with equal positivencss
made.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

Nothing is more common than TO
hear people talk of what they pay
newspapers for advertising, etc, as
SO much given in charity. News
papers by enhancing the value OF
property in their neighborhood and
giving the localities in which they
are published a reputation abroad,
bereft all such particularly if they
are merchants or real estate owners,
thrice the amount yearly of the mea-
gre sum they pay for their support
Besides, every public spirited citizen
has laudahle pride in having a pa
per of which he is not ashamed, even
though he should pick it up in New
York. A good looking, thriving
sheet helps property, gives character
to the locality, and in many respects
is a desirable public convenience
II from any cause the matter in the
local or editorial columns should not
be your standard, do not cast it aside
and pronounce it good for nothing,
until satisfied that there has been no
more labor bestowed uponi. than is
paid for. If you want u good read
able paper it must, be not supported,
in spirit of charity either, but be-
cause you feel it a necessity to sup,
port it. The local press is ths power
that m yes the people. -Hofac.
Greeley.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

Wm. II. Rosington, late local edi-
tor OF the Davenport Gazette, has ac,
eopted the same position on the Rock
Island ArgNS.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25
A Bridge.

We are happy to announce that we
are at last to have a free bridge
across the Des Moines river - this
point.
The builders with all the means
and material necessary to the imme-
diate completion ofthe work, are on
the ground, and ws are confident Of
our ability to announce an early
completion of thesimportant work,
if the weather remains favorable, of
which there is every prospect at
present. The contractors, Messrs.
J. Frost & Co., may be consulted at
the Ballingall.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

CHANGE.-A. G. Bailey has sold his
Abba Republic, Copperhead paper,
TO Messrs. Hills and Ragsdale, who
will shortly bring II out full hedged
Republican paper.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

Charley Belts is receiving new
goods, and in 6 teW dsys will have
some gay stylesot hats, caps, neck.
ties, etc.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

The debt OF Leo county, this State
under Democratic rule, looms up to
the nice little sum of one million
five hundred thousand dollars.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25
The StoWe-Byron Scandal.

4At 0VVWV Oy AVA 0C0ASA0A'
We publish a long statement else.
where from apparently reliable
sources which seem TO entirely refute
Mrs. Harriet Beccher Stoves ISLANDERS
upon the dead Byron's.
Nevertheless in these stories the
person who has the last say, is gener-
ally ahead, especially if that person
be woman, and the gentle Harriet
is forging her rejoinder.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

agtmene
1t is one of the neatest, nt" est,
ard most sparkling dailies in Iowa,
and has our earnest wishes for sue
cess.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

Laboring man! Where can you invest the
same amount and insure your family COM
Without insurance, what would be the lot Of
your wife and little ones Ask yourself these
Questions seriously, and you will not hesitate
long in making the best investment that man
ever made.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25
GREAT DISTRIBUTION
BY the Metropolitan Gift Co:
Cash Gifts to the Amount Of $5oo,ooo.

OU EleKauL ktOheWOOO IlauOSs cttCu FJuO W $SUU
Is Melodeons 75to lG0
$50 Sewing Machines +" 60to l75
500 Gold Watches rs to 800
Cash prixes silver ware, &C., valued 81, COO 600.
a chance to draw any of the above Prizes
for 25c. Tickets describing Prizes ore sealed
in Envelopes and well mixed. On receipt OF
Csc. Sealed ticket is drawn without choice
and sent by mail TO any address. The prize
named upon 1t will be delivered to the ticket
holder on payment OF One Dollar. Prizes are
Immediately sent TO any address by express
or return mall
You Will know what your Prize is before
you pay for 1t. Any Prize exchange fpr nti-
other OF the same valne. NO Blanks. Our
patrons can depend on fair dealing.
many who have lately drawn valuable prizes
Andrew j. Burns, Chicago, $1,000 Miss Clara
Matthews, Detroit, 5000; John 7. Andrews,
Charleston, Piano. $500. We publish no names
without permission.
OEINIoNs OF THE PRESS 1.-The firm is reli.
bune, May s. I'VE know them to be a fair
friend of ours drew a S50G prize, which was
Send for circular. Liberal Inducements to
age of Sealed Envelopes contains One Cash
70 SIS. All letters should be addressed to
HARPER, WILSON &CO.,
Not
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25
Frank E'idler,
AECHTTET AND BUILDER

OTTUMWA, IOWA
buildings Of ali kinds Of remodeling DIN
ones. Also furnish plans ior bridges op
short or -loug spans, at areasonabie ratss
FRANK FIDLER.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

TO all parts OF the city. free Of charge, and on
short notice.
70 the old customers of Hunter & Co., and
to the public generally, we II 5pectfully solicit
their patronage guaranteeing to give satsfac-
ton In work and rates.
Leave orders for city delivery atthe Mil, on
Main street, or with Mark j.. Scott, at the
News Depot In the Postoflice lobby.
J. o. JACKSON & GO.
r. S:-The highest market price paid for
WHEAT, at all times. July 9-dwtf
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

UNION PAcIFIc RAILROAD EARN
INGs.-The following are the gross
earnings of the Union Pacific Rail
roap for the month of October, 1869,
with a statemept,sho wing the in
crease over the receipts for the month
ofSeptember;
Total Receipts-Octobcr ss79, ,O92 06
Increase over September l2O,G25 16
The total earnings are made up as
follows:
Passenger earnings. SOL ,5 Ii 90
Government freight....... 56,2 l6
Transportation OF troops. 1886 90
Freight, Mail and Express l57 $50 25
Total, tal,..................sS79,0 ,092 06
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25
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nv DIVIDENDS AND LOSSES.
Il has $5000O0O Accumulated Assets
with which to pay future losses,
IvU COHtPUWy Ct1V o1tVt0 q Oette5 1SooV'"'
None can do better by the Insured

business man! 10. Is, 90, 30 or 50 cts. per
day will bring you /, 3 g. 4, or $40 600 insurance,
and make provision for your family that
will COVER ANY EMERGENCY.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25

The London Post of Nov. 2, is in
formed that DR.. Lushington's contin-
ued silence on the Byron mystery is
in no respect attributable to his age
or state ofhealth, his intellect being
remarkably clear and vigorous for
his age; nor does he shun illusions to
the topic, although he declines to
state whether Lady Byron did or
did not make the specific charge in
question.
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-20
NEW BOOKS.

We have received from Wilson &
Wake, booksellers and publishers At
lantic Block, the following works
l. Famous London Merchants; book
for boys, by II. r, Fox Bourne This
work is we'll gotten up, with twenty five
illustrations, including the portraits of
most of the famous men, outlines of
whose lives form the staple of the book
II issone of the very best productions we
have seen. and its details are well calcu-
lated toIstimulate the spirit of enterprise
Ia the bosom of youth, and lead them bv
example to successful imitation. Com
mencng with Sir Richa I'd Whittnaton
who entered London on foot with 10 for
tune but his cat, and who rose to opu-
lencs and the high distinction of Lord
Mayor of London, (which story, we are
sorry to say, is treated as romance in
this book this volume also contains the
lives o! Sir Thomas Gresham Sir Thorn
as Smythe, one of the early patrons of
the colony of Virginia, Thomas Guy the
founder of Guys hospital in London,
William Patterson, founder of the Rank
of England, Henry Thornton, George
Peabody, and others. We recommend
this book for the boys to study. 1t will
instruct and delight them.
2. 'rbe Sacristan's Household; story
OF Lippe-Detmold , This is work on
German life and manners. The tale is
well told, is faithful as a specimen of
German literature, and will interest the
lighter class Of readers to whom we rec.
ommend it. Both works may be obtain
ed at the bookstore.
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-20
OUR LITERARY DEPARTMENT.


We shall commence in Wednesdays
Day Book the publication of new Or
iginal story called " Maiavato or the
Doom of Woman's WIN" by'our spright
ly lady writer, LoMoND, whose produc
lions, both in pr so and poetry, have
often graced our columns. 1t is Vir-
glnia tale, and although the incidents
narrated occurred during the 'late un.
pleasantness, it is not tale of the war.
We are very proud to number this lady
among our contributors She has ver-
satile pen, is familiar with life scenes
OF a dramatic character, has piquancy
aud grace OF style, and should she adj.
opt literature as profession, we have
little doubt that she would be successful
This story is in fifteen chapters, and we
shall continue it daily until finished. It's
appearance has been delayed by the in
tervention of the campaign which has
so long and so fully occupied our tme
and space
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-20
NEWS ITEMS.

In the Cuban armies the mortality is
1rightful in both armies. 1t is estimated
that the deaths amount to 10 per cent
monthly on both sides. After the I'M
healthy season the volunteers will enter
INTO active service and Spanish rein
forcements will arrive.
1t is asserted that the following is the
new French Ministry Interior, Ro.
quett; Justice, Duverger; Foreign.
Auvorgne; Finance, Pierre Magufel;
Commerce Lerou; Public Works, Ores
sier; Marine, Admiral Genuilly; War,
Marshal Mel.
J. Baldwin Hay, Jr., son of the late
John Hay, of Clarke county, Va, has
been appointed vice-consul at the port
of Jaffa (ancient Joppa) Asia Minor.
He is young man twenty-three years
of age, and has been a resident of
Athens, Greece for several years.
Since the Virginia election the papers
of the State daily contain paid notices
signed by individuals who are anxious
to have it distinctly understood that
they did not vote the Wells ticket. IF
the disclaimers are kept up it will be
found in some districts that it was all
mistake that Wells received any votes
at all Such is politics. - Washington
National Republican.
Norfolk day book. [volume] (Norfolk and Portsmouth Va.) 1868-1880, 1869-07-20

own government He did not come
among US to get Office, but on a bus-
ness mission. Office has sought him.
and when Office seeks men you may re-
ly on their manly independence, and
their uprightness to the bitter end
Moreover, Col. Walker is gentleman
gentleman "of the first water and
when this may be predicated of him we
have for him the first qualification that
Virginians require in applicants for
public trust. a gentleman may b. al
ways trusted and with any Office or
thing Again He is the embodiment
of amnesty, and generosity, and good
will. He is not, like Mr.. Wells, in
favor of acknowledgements and test
oaths lie would not, like Mr.. Wells,
rob twenty thousand Virginians to the
manor born of the precious right to
vote, and nearly every nativeshorn Vir-
ginian Of the privilege to hold office
under his own State government, to
give monopoly Of these high privileges
of free men to The most iliterate and
degraded negro He would not, like
his proscriptive Competitor, Danish from
the jury box ninety-nine oue-hundredths
of the people of Virginia to make room
/ for the negroes. He stands on General
Grants, and Horace Greeley's, and Sen
ator Ferry's and Henry j. Raymond's
platform-impartial suffrage-suffrage
to all-black and white alike-and uni
versal amnesty--total oblivion of all
past political offences, and universal
restoration of harmony and concord.
Like General Grant, he says, i" Let us
have peace" and so he has made no
effort to plant thorns between the white
race and the black, but has uniformly
inculcated the sensible and humane
doctrine that the interests of the white
man and the black man are inseparably
blended, and harmony and good under
standing the supreme interest of both
| White men and black men can both
trust such a man. If, then, you elect
as Governor such man as Col. Walker
you will be safe, no matter what sort of
Legislature you may get. From the
| harsh execution of the county organiza-
ton clauses and other obnoxious prov-
eions of this most abcminable Constitu-
ton, you will have a safeguard that
cannot fail you. If an effort shall be
made to Cypress you in the execution of
any of the bad provisions of very
bad Constitution, Col. Walker, if elec.-
ed, will be on hand, and is pledged to
pro tect and relieve you. l repeat,
choose a good Legislature, which l
know you can do, and if you fail in
that, (which God forbid, choose Gilbert
G. Walker as your Governor, and you
are On safety's side and no mistake l
know the man well, and I tell you you
can trust him without apprehension.
He will prove 1" the right man in the
right place" And being a man of
the soundest judgment, and ability
enough to make good Governor or
good President, bis administration of
the gubernatorial dignity will recall
bright memories of our past, and
bring the light OF other days around
us. =