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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-30
Honors Easy.

The Davenport Gasetts recently
had q long correspondence from
owesheik P County, unfriendly to
our able aud faithful member of
OF ongrcss, and now in the last is
sue Of that paper, we find another
letter from the same locality on the
other side of the question, highly
euloglstic Of that gentleman.
When the President appointed
General Belknap Secretary of War,
the Gazette opened It's columns to an
extremely unfair dispatch, relative
to his appointment, from Des Moines
out directly perceivipg the pubhc
pulse beating strongly in his favor,
that astute organ hedged back by
the most fulsom adulations of the
General, and now arrogates TO itself
tho credit Of being his special cham.
pion in Iowa.
General Bellsnap and Judge Lough-
ridge are fortunate that their debit
and credit accounts are so evenly
balanced, II the Oracle of the Iowa
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-30
Our United States Senator's.

Of the siXty-six Senators forty-six
are lawyers, three have been clergy
men (Brownlow, Harlan and Tlpton), J,
aud the other seventeen merchants
and bankers, The oldest Senator is
Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania,
born March s, 1899. The youngest is
Thomas w. Osborn, "carpet-bag-
ger'' from Alabama, bern March 8,
1889. Between the ages Of go and 10
are Messrs. Buckingham, of Connec-
ticut; Davis, of Kentucky; Gilbert, of
Florida, Hsmlin, of Maine; Howard,
of Michigan; and Vickers, of Mary
land. Between5o and GO are Antho-
ny, OF Rhode Island; Cattell, of New
Jersey; Chandler, of Michigan; Drake,
of Missouri; Fcnton, Of New York;
Grimes, of Iowa; Hamilton, of Mary
lahd; Howe, of Wisconsin; McCreery,
of Kentucky; J. S. Morrill,, Of Ves.
mont; Lot NJ. Morrill, of Maine; Nye,
of Nevada Pomeroy, of Kansas
Pratt, of Indiana; Ramsey, of Mime
sofa; Sumner and Wilson, of Massa.
chusetts Thurman, of Ohio; Upton,
of Nebraska; TrumbulI and Yates, oi
Illinois; and Wiley, Of West Virginia
Between 20 and 30 are Abbott and
Poole, of North Carroll "a; Boreman.
Of West Virginia; Brownlow and
Fowler, Of Tennessee; Bayard and
SALISBURY, of Delaware Carpenter
of Wisconsin Casserly AM
Cole, of California; Conkling, ot
New YORK, Corbett and " illiams, o.
Oregon; Cragin and Patterson, o.
New Hampshire; Edmands, of Yer
mont Ferry; OF Connecticut, Harlan
of Iowa; Harris OF Louisiana; Morton
OF Indiana; Norton, Of Minnesot.
Rec, OF Arkansas; Robertson ant
Sawyer, Of South Carolina, Ross o
Kansas; Schurz, of Missouri Scott, 0
pennsy lvania; Sherman ofOhio; S CIV
art, of Nevada; Stockton, of New
J lrSey, Tnayer, Of Nebraska an,
Warner, Of Alabama, The Senator
who have not yet reached tho age o
10 are: Kellogg, OF Louisiana; Osborn
Of Florida; spencer, OF Alabam,
Sprague, ef Rhode Island, and No
Donald, OF Arkansas. Messrs Drake
| Fowler, Norton, Ross, sherman, Til
ton, and Warner ara natives oi Ohit
Judge Thurman was born in Firgini;
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-30
Rgeu. : l;l;y Items.
AGENCY City, Iowa.
December 20lh, 1869.

Oar Methodist friends under the
lea .srsnip Of !tevs. Thatcher and
Shadiord have commenced their an
nual pro,racted meeting and intend
to keep i. running until after The
holidays.
Our schools ..ss closed until after
the holidays and our youngsters are
having a jolly time,
Ehg cars OF hogs Were shipred
from this point last week, as follows
three cars from Ill. Jordan TO q. b
Smith Il Co., Keokuk. Two car:
from Fullen & Neville to Fry g. Reed
Chicago. Two ears from J. kellen
TO Marpin n-tIen destination un
known.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-30
Recent Nominations.

The most recent appointments t.
impo tant places made by Genera
Grant, are as follows, to-wit:
Gen. B. F. Potts, OF. Ohio, late
Colonel 32d Ohio, and 'ater a Briga.
adler and Brevet Major General
in She. mans army 18th, Corps, to
be Governor OF ,iontana, vice Ashley
removed for general scallawaggery.
Col. J W. Shaffer OF Ills, late iiut,
lers chief of staff, and a prominent
lawyer of Freeport, Ills, to be Gov.
ernor Of Utah, vice Durkee, of Wis,
. Johnsonese nobody, removed.
To the broad statemanship and un-
limited faith of Abraham Lincoln
to the tenacious fighting obstinacy
of Grant to the brilliant military
genius Of Sherman, and to the won-
ful iron nerve, aad organizing capac-
ity of Stanton. are we under Provi-
dence mainly indebted for the over
throw Of the rebellion, and the pres
ent existence, integrity an i prosperi.
" Of our beloved country, and it re.
mains yet for the impartial historian
TO say whe her Stanton should not
be at the beginning, rather than at
the ending Of this illust'ious quar-
tett OF p.blic servants. A partial
recognition OF his great talents as u
lawyer, and his magnificent services
to the country during the rebellion.
has just been made by Gen. Grant in
appointing stanton to the vacancy
on the bench OF tx Supreme Court.
vice Associate Justice Grier resigned
"n account OF the increasing infirmi-
ties Of old age.
These appointments are all emf
nently fitto be made, and will unques.
tionably all bo speedily confirmed.
The appointment Of Snaeffer means
that the war is to be speedily carried
into Brighams Harem, and that Po.
iygamy, the last relic Of baroarism
s to be wiped out il it takes all next
summer to do it.
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A Bill to provide tor tho ray.
ment Of Pensions Quarterly.

Mr.. Harlan asked, and by unani-
NOUS consent obtained, leave to bring
in the following bill !; which was
read twice, referred to the Commit
tee on Pensions and ordered to be
printed.
Be It enacted by the Senate and
House of Rep esentatiues, That from
and after the fourth day of March
4. D. 1870, all military and naval
pensions shall be paid quarterly.
Sec. 2. And be it further enacted,
that whenever 1t may be found nec-
essary to enable any pension agent to
make said payments with reasonable
promptness, the Secretary OF the In
terror lie, and he is hereby author
lied to increase the allowance for
clerk hire for such agency to an
amount not exceeding two hundred
and fifty dollars for each fifty thol-
sand dollars annually disbursed by
such agent.
Sec. 3. And be it further enacted,
That the Secretary OF the Interior
be. and be is hereby, authorized to
make all rules and regulations nec-
essary to carry in.o effect the pro-
visions Of this act.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-30

The Loyal Cti=ea brings the sad
news to US Of the death, on the 10th
inst, of Mrs M. J. Fee, wife of Capt.
Thos. NJ. Fec. She was 80 years Of
age, and leaves one child, a little boy
six years old. Capt. Fee will be re.
membercd BY our citizens as form
er resident among us, having several
years ago taught in our public shoots,
and in the meantime reading law
with s. W. Summers, Esq, was ad.
mitted to practice here. He after
wards settled at Centerville, from
which place he volunteered in the
36th Iowa, and served three years
coming out as Captain of Go. G, hav.
ing been promoted from the ranks
We tender our sympathy to the be-
reaved father and husband,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-30
A Cor d Bill.

We publish elsewhere the entire
text of a Bill introduced tie other
day by Senator Harlan, providing for
the payment of pensions hereafter
q artery instead of every six months
heretofore provided.
This seems to US an extremely good
o I'd sensible movement, OF our wor-
t,s aud abe Senator.
Ia hut q lew instances will it re-
qu,ra an Increase of clerical lor.e la
carry n,.t This plan of moro frequen
payments, and tho needs of the in
vi.lins and wards OF the Government,
caused by the casualties of the SER
vice, are pa, amount TO all such pecn,
MARY considerations.
The Nations manned defenders and
d.pendants, owe Scuator Harlan a
d,bt Of gratitude for the in,roduc
ton Of this timel bill, which sbould
be passed without any unnecessary
ielay.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-30
The Newton Horror.

A correspondent Of the Register
gives the following account of the
criminal carelessness Of one Case =
school teacher, which resulted IN the
killing of two innocent children OF
Mrs. Annis, war widow living 4.
Newton. Iowa, which occurred last
Sunday evening.
"A yuuus man named Case. Tor
mcr bosrdcr of Mrs. Annis' who is
teaching school in the country, was
detained from going back to his
school in the country, 10 stay and en-
Joy he social with her friends. While,
at the late hour Of ten o'clock, the
first table was eating, tho young nan
Case took the gun from under the
stove and proposed showing the
! manual OF arms TO those in the par
Tor Tho kitchen door was open, and
the manual Of arms was for the whole,
party, the owner Ut the Gun
saying there was no danger, a. the
loads were all out. After the irst
maneuver was over be merely made
u sign with his lips 10 the little
boy, who eyed tho very nluSzls Of
the gun, and said 'irc,' standing b..
tween tho gun and his oldest brother.
Then Mr.. Case was asked TO 20 tbro'
the same motions, whom the little
boy, seeing the sun leyelci 70 tire.
cried out in 3 commanding voices thu
word "Fire." Youu. Case tho't in or
der TO amusc the little lad TO make the
gun click quick and have him dodge,
The boy was laid dead, the ball pier
cling the right cheek below the eye,
and hitting the oldest boy, sixteen
years old, = little below the waist
piercing him clear through the body
and which proved fatal. He died
next morning ut 10 O'Clock
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-30
The Abba Union says: We learn

The Abba Union says: We learr
that Con. Geddis, Of Benton Co., an,
Ex Sheriff Derby. of Wapello county
are applicants for the Office of Super
intendent of tho Census, for this, th &
ith Cong. District. 1t also names
G. L. Nelson, Of Abba, as a candi.
date. We are informed that Mrs.
Cousins, widow Of DR.. Moses Cous.
ing, deceased, is also an applicant
The DR.. was the first Surgeon OF
the 36th Iowa Infantry, which posi-
ton he resigned after about nine
months service on account Of failing
health.
y Having as good and reliable q
man, and hard working Republican
in our own county as Mr.. Derby is,
who is desirou, of the place, we take
this public manner of saying to th, s !,
from abroad, who have sought our
Endorsement for themselves, that we
of course must stand by our fellow
townsman.
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Appointed.

Lit. Will s. Needham who fought
bled and died in the glorious 33d
Iowa, aud late one OF the editors and
proprictors of that splendid newspa
per, the Herald, has just been ap-
pointed al d confirmed P. NJ. ut Os-
kaloosa.
Judge Loughridge has arranged
the muddlc OF the Oskaloosa 20. in
a manner creditablc to himself, high
ly complimentary TO the recipient,
and in n way which wo have not the
least doubt, will be satisfactory to
everybody in Oskaloosa, except the
perennial and immortal army ofsorc-
heads.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-30
Lively.

Onr streets present lively ap
pearance to day. The roads which
for ten days or more have been al.
most impossible; have become quite
good, and the farmers to the north
aud east are bringing in abundance
of beet pork, fruit, buttey eggs, and
all kinds of produce. Ssill4 We feel
very sensibly the almost entire loss
of tho trade from the south side ofthe
river, occas,oned by the want of that
inestimablc appurtenance a bridge
across the Des Moines. When vii
the people OF city and county rise il
their might and build that Bridge.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-12-30
EXTRAORDINARY HERO.
INEISM.
Chicago the Possessor Of the
Model Girl of the PeriOd-A
Remarkable Surgical Op0r-
alton.

1t has been reserved tor Chicag,
to possess one Of the most remarka
BILE young ladies of the period-a yer
table heroine, the Model Girl of th'
Period.
There lives in Wabash avenue, in /
home of highly respectable exterior
a yourg lady, the pride of her moth
or and the joy Of her papa. She is
or rather she was. in every respect
an attractive, graceful and accom-
plished girl and so stbbtgkt ,ysn9e
Mr.. -, to whom she is engS
ged, and who, looking at her with The
eye of q lover, could see, Of course, nc
blemish in her.
Yet there uaS one little defect, one
small imperiection, which was said te
mar the symetry of her otherwise
perfect form. Nature had given he!
a pair of wonderfully small feet, but
although in length thcy wore all that
Chinese beauty might have adored,
they were just a little too broad in
proportion to their size. But for this
little oversight of Nature they would
have been the most ravishing psir Of
little feet that ever "twinkledn be
meath petticoat. Tho young lady
often sighed as the bootmaker took
the measure of them, and thought
how she might have dazz!ed the
world, and her adorer particularly,
had nature been little less liberals
In short, her feet gave her no rest at
night or day. She was about to be
married, and, in view Of that event,
she resolved to make n double sacri-
fee.
A few months ago she visited an
eminent surgeon of this city, and
made proposal which caused the
practitioner to shudder. He at once
declined to accede to her strange re.
quest, and there tie matter dropped
foratime. Morerecently the young
lady renewed hcrproposition, express
ing her firm determination to have il
carried out, and SO persistently did
she cling to her resolution that the
doctor was at last prevailed upon to
comply with her wish. This was
nothing less than the amputation OF
the small toe Of each foot. which
would reduce the member to size
exactly proportioned to its length.
The operation was one demanding
the incest skill on the part OF the sur
geon, and a few days since was sue
cessfully performed, with the consent
Of tho young lady's relatives and
friends. The obnoxious toes have
been extracted just like teeth, leaving
the feet somewhat disigurcd for .
time, but suited to tit into the small
lest, daintiest little shoe that can b.
flashed. The young martyr is now il
bc1 waiting patiently for the wound
to heal. The operation has cost hel
= pang perhaps, but only think what
she had gained (what she had lost,
by it Two small fantastic toes
Many victor has lived long honored
and happy, with one foot in the
grave. fhis courageous little hero
inc has achieved a victory which
the fashionable world will delight t
honor aud she can now walk abroad
in muddy weather without trailing
her skirts. Doubtless she is aching
for the next evening party, where
her little foot will he exhibited as 9
triumph Of art over nature. The
yo upg lady has boldly put into prac
CO the Scriptural precept, "If thy
small toe offend thee, cut it off,
CJlicdg0 Tribune,
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The State Register publishes an alb
stract Of the forthcoming Report Of
the State Superintendent of schools,
from which we clip the following:
Number af district townships 1862;
increase since last year 50-No. ot
sub-districts 6,773; increase 363-No.
Of persons between 5 and 2l Yeas
4l8, 1853; increase q, ,538 No of teach
ers eu,ployed II, ,994-incroase l,O25.
Average compensation Of males
per week $9.24-tenales $6.79; in.
crease about 4Oc. each. Average
number of months of scnool 6t-Av-
erage cost of tuition per week 34c.-
Aggregate amount paid teachers ST..
438, ,964; increase SlO8,24O-No. ol
school houses 6,4O7 increase 407-
Value OF school houses S., 295, 1854; in
crease S977,O75---Amount of appor.
lionment OF county tax and interest
On permanent school fund $563,070
increase Sss. 232-Value OF school ap
paratns $79,l7S.
He institutes some statistical com
parisuns as follows:
Entire school expenditure for Iowa
fOi 1891 ..,..- ..S1,Uo9,o5f.o
Massachusetts expended inl 81, eX-
elusive of her apportioninent Tor
Institutes. Normal schools and
State Departments 5000,000.0 o
Difference In favor OF Massachusetts 2y3u, iU2.
- ass. In lo67 had school property. yJJ,OO ~
Iowa - 5UU,G0.U
Difference in favor of Massachusetts, I,5O0,OuVO
iowa had over lUO,WU more pupils
than Massachusetts III 1867.
Iowa expended in 1867 for each
Massachusetts expended in 1867 for
each pupil -. -. 1870
Massachus' it's paid each male teach.
er per month ............... I20
month ..........,....-........ $3.50
Differencei in favor of massachusetts, S60
N massachusetts, annually appropIi-
ates to Normal chools 3o.H"s
Iowa, none... ................,-.
Pennsylvania expended In 1865, for
salaries toCountySuperintend'ts 1900 %
Iowa for the salne... ............ S,U.u
Difference in favor of fPennsylvania 26,VOO.O
The entire school expenditure tol
Iowa in 1867 was S2,967, ,597.S2.
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II. B. Jones, enc OF the most etfi-
cient men who could have been Sc.
lected is to be second in command
under Gel. Lotspcich in the Treasur-
ers office, while w. IL. Ii. Asbury, of
Blakesburg, Of whom the same COM
plimentary remarks :an justly be
made, is to be Sheriff Swiggette's
Deputy, and will with his Chief move
to the city in few days.
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" should be represented.

ftby 0nOutO Dc rCPr06OUtcu.
! Mr.. Dawes replied to the argu
inents of Mr.. Cullom. He said hi
heard with some apprehension ths'
that gentleman not only thought il
right, but contemplated an attempt
q the part Of those who might have
he power or right to break up the
original constitution Of this Govern.
mont compounded of the States and
| q the people Of the whole nation
The contemplated am,ndment sug.
rested BY the gentleman from lii
lois, would be : breach Of the plight.
I'd faith of every State that had come
into the Union under the Constitu.
tiou.
] Tho following bills were introduced
and referred:
: By Nr. Stevsnson--To amend the
lntsrnal Revenue laws By fspeAling
the clause allowing street railroad
cars to add government tax TO the
fare Of fpassengees; also to amend the
same By repeating the clanse allowing
gas companies to add .;ovsrnment tax
to the contract price Of gaa furnished
to customers.
By Mr.. Washburn, Of Wisconsin,
To grant certain islands to the State
Of Wisconsin as swamp lands.
House adlourned till 10th Of Jan.
SENATE.
The House joint resolution exten.
ding the recess until Jan. 10th, was
cOncurred in-yeAs q, nays %.
The bill for the payment Of certain
expenses Of New Mexico, and the
bill for the temporary appropriation
of 5000, 900 to persecnte the work on
the Des Moines Rapids, were passed.
Mr., Morton introduced . bill to xt.
low the organization Of the militia OF
Georgia.
Mr. Wilson offered resolution in.
structing tue Military Committee to
consider the expedieLcy of adding
two to The number of Lieut.. Genls,
and reducing the number Of Major
Generals from five to three. He ex.
planned the object was 10 do Justice
10 the eminent Generals Thomas an,l
Meade, whose great services to the
country were universally admitted
The House resolution in reference
to the death of George Peabody, was
concnrred in.
On motion of Mr. Trumbull at :
o'clock Senate went into executiv
session.
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The Bloomfield Democrat OF the
23d inst. says that s2O,00oin notes
are raised on tho subscription to the
Chicago and Southwestern railroad
and advises that the Public Square il
tho city bc So'i {" rails. The nsceasn,y
balance,
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And now comes Judge FL b Hen
dershott and acknowledges the soft
impeachment that he is the lcgaI
gentleman who wrote to Mrs. Law
yer Myra Bradwell for her Chicago
Legal News and failed to add his au.
tograph tothe letter.
The Judge takes Myra's first pre-.
MUM as lawyer who is generous,
sensible, and good writist, which
are talents SO rarely found, combined
in the person Of one lawyer that VIC
are justified in making this special
mention.
We arc not SO well satisfied about
the explanation Of the omission Of
the name. We think we have heard
of similar circumstances before
However, we shall allow these law.
yers of mixed sexes to arrange this
legal justification amongthemselves
provided that the Legal Ne,cs is al
once forthcoming.
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JOHN j. MILLARD e CO..
RETAIL DEALTRS IN
pears for the state.
Temperance Ser

Fully tive hundred peopl
attendance at Taylor & BIN
last evening to listen to RI
Shippcn deliver the first ser
course that the clergy Of I
have determined upon for
ter, on the subjec5 of tempe
The speaker discoursed tn,
from a Bible stand point, i,
able and satisfactory mannt
Clapp of the Baptist church
the next discourse on the e,
the second Sabbath in Janu
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Washington, Dec. 22.
HOUSE.

Severa! local bills were introduced
and referred.
Mr.. Walker introduced . bill to
supply artificial limbs to discharged
MANNED soldiers and sailors.
The House then went into Com.
mittee of The Wlole fI- general de.
bate.
Mr.. CaIlom Addressed the con- nit.
tee upon tho subj ect OF apportioa.
mont under the aeXs census, desiring !
il to be carried out 81. that II would
apply 20 the next Congress; favoring
the Increase of Representatives to
three hundred, and in,imating th-t
at no distant day there would DO an
amendment TO the constitution to
change tho basis Of representation il
the Senate. He thought the whole
system OF representation should be
revised and system devised where
/. BY all the people, minority or major