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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-29
BUGGYSpGAR.-The editor believes

BUGGY SpeAR.-The editor believes
he has eaten moro sugar than any
other two men of his size and age;
and now, as he is approaching hun.
drcd years, finds himself as lively as
IL cricket, or newly made tadpole
turned into a frog; and yet, Mr.. Ro-
bert Nicol, OF Greenwich, Scotland,
and Professor Cameron, Of Dublin,
have been taking trial at microsco-
Ply, and say that they find in every
teaspoonful of raw sugar, about q
thousand of the ugliest little wretch
es wriggling about, with horns and
daggers ready to poke them through
our vitals at any moment, and with
out the slightest conjunction; in
fact they rather like it.
In plain phrase, there arc about
forty thousand of these living mon
sters in every pound of raw brown
sugar. What sight of them we
must have devoured in our lifetime /;
but wo think it will be better to take
to the use of refined sugar, which is
perfectly free from the insect.
Microscopic science seems to be
revealing the fact that every grain,
and fruit, and vegetable has some
living thing which revels, eats. lives
and dies in it; tobacco, cotton, wheat,
potatoes, all have their depradators
and enemies. But science, while she
reveals dangers we never dreamed of
also hnds remedy, sooner or later;
thorough cooking destroys the tri-
china Of pork, and refined sugar has
no "Acarus Sacchari." (Hall's Jour.
nal of Health.
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Boilers.

The copperheads in the Indiana
legislature, who bolted and ran home
not long ago, rather than face the
music on the 18th amendment, and
who were nearly all reelected, and
who dictated to the two houses on
their return that the said amend
ment should not be taken up unit
the 18th proximo, as a condition pro
cedent to their permitting the re-or
ganization of the legislature, arc
about to be "corralled" at last, if the
following law, which is pending in
both houses, manages to pass before
these recussant legislators run home
again:
Any person elected as a Senate,
or Representative, who shall, for the
purpose Of preventing quorum, fail
or refuse to qualify, or who shall re.
sign for that purpose, shall be deemed
guilty of misdemeanor, and upon
conviction shall be fined not less than
one thousand dollars"
Democracy has often appeared be-
fore the public in protean shapes, but
it remained Tor the Indianians to de.
velop that more cowardly and rascal.
ly sort, which runs away and destroys
legislative quorum, at the prospec,
of the passage of an obnoxious meas.
urc by the legitimate and rightful
majority, and therefore the law-ma
king power.
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Whom will it kill, nc or Michai-
lof, or both together ? If it hits me,
where will it hit? in the head, rArA
it's all over; if it hits my leg, .ars
will cut it off, and shall ask tIl,m
to do it by all means with chi ,ro
form-and 1 can still get through
alive. But perhaps it will only kill
Michailof-then | can tell how we
were walking together, and he was
killed and l was spattercd with blood.
No; it's nearer to mc--it will kill
mel"
Then he recollected the twelve ru-
bles that be owed Michailof; he rec
objected also another debt at Peters
burg that he ought to have paid long
ago. a gypsy air that he had sung
in the evening came into his head
The girl whom he loved appeared to
his imagination in cap with lilac
ribbons he remembered q man whom
he had insulted years before and who
had never paid it back, although at
the samo time with these and a thou
sand other remembrances, the feel
ing of his present circumstances
the expectation of death-never, tor
q moment quilted him. However,
perhapsit will not burst, he thought,
and with despairing decision wanted
to open his eyes. But at that instant.
through the still shut lids, he saw a
red fire, and with horrible noise
something hit him in the middle of
the breast.
Thank God! I am only bruised
was his first thought, and he wanted
to feel of his breast, but his hands
seemed to be bound, and weight to
keep down his head. The soldiers
shone in his eyes and he unconscious
ly counted them :-one, two, three
soldiers, and that one whose over
coat slipped down is an officer, he
thought. Then he saw flashes, and
he thought what are they firing
from mortars or cannon? They are
firing again, and there are more SOL
diers five, six, seven soldiers, and
they all go past He all at once be-
came afraid that they would leave
him there. He wanted to cry out
that he was wounded, but his mouth
was SO dry that his tongue stuck to
his palate, and horrible thirst tor
mented him. He felt how wet he
was about the breast. Really l fell
into some blood when l lay down. he
thought,and yielding more and moro
to the fear that the soldiers who
were going past would leave him
there, he collected all his forces and
tried to cry out: Take me along ;
but instead Of that he groaned SO
horribly that it was awful to hear
his voice. Then some red fires
danced in his eyes, and it seemed to
him that the soldiers were laying
| stones on, him; the fires danced
quicker and quicker; the stones
which they laid on him oppressed him
more and more. He made an effort
to throw off the stones, stretched out
and then neither saw nor heard, MOI
thought nor felt. He was killed on
the spot by fragment of she'll in the
middle of his breast.
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A FEARFUL DEscENT.-About l
o'clock, Friday morning last, the
nearly lifeless body of a man was
found lying across the sidewalk on
Central Avenue, In front of the Mas
sasoit House, which is opposite the
Central Union Depot. When raised,
it was found that he had met with
an accident, and the hotel clerk re.
cognized him as Mr.. M. G. Kilgore,
of Washington, Iowa, who had put
up at the house the night before on
his visit to the city to buy goods
Late last night he came in intoxicat.
cd, saying he was on a little SPREE
About II o'clock he went to his
room on the fourth floor, and they
saw no more of him till found as
above. His coat, hat and boots were
in his room, and an empty liquor.
flask stood on his table. His win.
dow was open. An express wagon
took the dying man to the Armory,
and physician was sent for bu,
before he came the man was dead
From his fall to his death he was in.
sensible. He had evidently lain but
five minutes or less before his discov.
cry. He was about fifty-fve years
old, and is said to have borne an OK.
cellent character, and was not ad.
dicted to drink. He leaves a wife
and grown up family; one, son
aged twenty-five, owns foundry Of
Philadelphia. Tho family were no
titled by telegraph. tits not known
whether he fell Or lcapod from the
window; but the former is probably
the Chicago Post.
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A survey of the Cameron and Of
tumwa railroad has now been made
from Cameron to the north line of
this county, and will be Immediately
continued to Ottumwa. The line en-
ters the county in Franklin town.
ship and passes on the east'slde of
Centreville, within half a mile of the
Courthouse. 1t crosses the Chari-
ton river near Mr.. F. Longs house
and passes out between Unionville
and Moravia.
While in Centreville, wc are told,
the surveyor presented check at
the bank and drew money to pay his
hands. This may seem like a small
item to note, but we take it as evi.
dcnce that the men behind the scene
mean business. They will select the
best line, and if proper inducements
are held out, they will build the road
But in case another route less favor
cd should offer sufficient pccuniary
aid to overbalance the defects. then
in that case we may lose the road
1t will stand our citizens in hand te
hold themselves in readiness to lend
their aid when called upon.-Center
oitle Loyal Citizen.
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The horrors of being instant
ly Killed.

Count Tolsbol's "Sevastopool in
May" in course of publication in
Hours Of Home, gives very remark
able description Of the death of man
who was instantly killed-as the liv-
ing say .instantaneously killed.
by piece of shell which strikes him.
But to him, the dying man, his death
seems different affair. This surely
is an extremely powerful writing:
Michailof looked behind him. The
shining point of the bomb seemed to
stand at the zenith-in that position
where it is impossible to tell it's di.
rection. But that lasted only min.
ute the bomb came nearer and
nearer, SO that you could see the IA
tai sparks from the tubo and hear
the fatal whistling, and directed it's
course straight at the middle of the
battalion.
Lie down." cried q voice.
Michailof and Praskukin lay down
on tho ground. Praskukin, tightly
closing his eyes, heard only how the
bomb fell heavily somewhere very
near on the hard ground. A second
past--1t seemed an hour-and the
bomb did not burst. Praskukin be-
gan to be afraid that he had done
cowardly act without any reason
that perhaps the bomb had fallen far
away, and that he only thought he
heard the fuse Sizing. He opened
his eyes al 4 saw with satisfaction
that Michatot lay immovable on the
ground near his legs. But his eyes
at that moment met the sparkling
fuse of the whirling bomb not a yard
from him. A horror-cold horror
excluding all other thoughts took
possession Of him. He covered his
face with his hands.
Another second passed. second
in which a whole world of feelings,
thoughts, hopes and recollections
passed through his mind, !
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-29
J. NJ. HEDRrcK, Editor.
About Appointments.

1t was scarcely reasonable to hope
that Gen. Grant would evince the
same remarkable sagacity in the ap-
pointment of his forty thousand civ
il officers, that he did in selecting his
military suborninates, principally be-
cause his soldiers grew up around
him and their fitness became known
to him by actual observation, while
in the art of politics he is the merest
novice and of necessity must appoint
nine tenths Of the civil list on the re.
concentrations of others. Never.
theless, his appointments in the main
have been excellent, and have almost
uniformly been confirmed.
The appointment eff Pile of Mo. to
Brazil, one of our most important
foreign places, met with such stub.
born opposition all over the country,
as expressed through the press, as to
defeat him in the Senate; neyerthe.
less, more than half the members Of
the 10th House, and the following
Senators, to-wit: Cattell, Carpenter,
Cragin, Drake, Edmunds, Harlan,
Howe, Harris, Kellogg, Mcdonald,
Nye, Patterson, Rice, Schurz, Upton,
Thayer, Wilson, Williams and Wiley
asked his appointment "because un-
questioned integrity, ability and
fidelity to the Government eminent.
iy fit him for the place, and his ap-
pointmcnt would be suitable recog.
milton of his services in the army
and to Republican principles, and
they solicit an early and favorable
consideration of the matter" all OF
winch shows that when bad appoint.
ments are made, it is quite likely
they are secured on recommendations
OF such character and weight, that
the President wouldn't be justified
in ignoring them.
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CoRRlNNE.-GenlJ. A. Williamson,
of Des Moines, the land agent Of the
Union 2. RR., has recently laid out
q town in Utah, on that road, and
named it Corrinne-a very eupho-
NOUS name to any one who ever read
Madame de St@l's captivating 70.
nance under that title. It is beauti.
fully located on lake, and in close
proximity to an excellent and large
tract Of arabic land, and is growing
up as if the wand of the magician
had passed over it, having already
5000 people, with lots selling at $4O0
to $1,000.
Knowing ones pretend to say that
it will DO the big town between Oma
ha and San Francisco.
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A TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT ENDS IN

A TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT ENDS IN
A TREAT.-A few printers assembled,
on Sunday last, in tho composing
room of one of the morning papers,
for the purpose of organizing Prin-
ters' Temperance Society. After the
selection of a Chairman and Score.
tary, the meeting came to a dead halt,
as no one seemed to- know what step
to take next. Each looked appeal.
ingly in the others face, but said
nothing. At last still, small voice,
coming from a crowd Of printers who
were averse to the movement, made
the motion that the meeting do now
adjourn to drink; and presto, the
newly formed organization dissolved
as if by magic, to reassemble at the
bar of neighboring saloon, where a
jolly good health to the temperance
movement was drank.-Chi. Post.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-29

While Tom Corwin was q member
of the General Assembly of the State
of Ohio, he brought in bill for the
abolition of public punishment at the
whipping post. He made speech
thereon, to which an elderly man re.
piled somewhat as follows:
"Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is
not as old as l am, and has not seen
as much Of the practical operation OF
the system of punishment which he
desires to abolish. When l lived in
Connecticut, if a fellow stole horse,
or cut up any other rusties, we used
to tie him right up, and give him a
real good thrashing, and he always
cleared right out, and we never saw
anything more of HIM. It's the best
way of getting rid of rogues that
ever was tried, and without expense
to the State"
Corwin rose in reply:
"Mr. Speaker, l have been often
puzzled to account for the vast irami-
grafton from Connecticut to the
West; but the gentleman last up has
it to my entire satlsfac-
toni"
The bill passed without further
discussion.
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Capt. Mathews an ex.M. O., from
the Coshocton (Ohio) District, faith.
er-in-law Of Gov. Stone, and more
generally known as the efficient
Provost Marshal of this District,
during the war, has been quite seri-
riously i'll, but is now likely to recov.
er rapidly since he has just been ap.
pointed P. M. at Knoxville.
Capt. NJ. is an old man who has
gone through many Offices and come
out poor, and his appointment is
creditable all around.
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WESTERN STocK JouRNAL-Vol

WESTERN Stock JouRNAL.--Vol l.
No. l, of new Stock growers and
Agricultural journal, sailing under
the above caption, published by J.
H. Sanders 4 Co., Sigourney, Iowa,
at tho extreme low price of 81 pcr
annum, has reached us.
1t seems ably and carefully edited,
while its selections are made with
unusual good taste.
We commend it to the farmers of
Wapello county, who can see a spoci-
men No. in this Office,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-29

Gov. 10 Brown, Of Georgia, pro-
tests that he is not q candidate for
one of the Judges of the Supreme
Court, under the now Judiciary Bill,
and we presume the public will agree
that he is not q candidate enough to
be in any danger of appointment.
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LEGAL NOTIEE.
State Of Iowa, Wapel.o County:
In the Circuit Court of said Coun
t,r

State Of Iowa, Wapel.o County:
In the Circuit Court of said County,
May term 1869,
l.. Nj. Cooley, Clerk .. ,hn Cironit C"uti
to lie widow heirs aud esa;tes OF J ~
McCl tvcy, deceased, late OF SAID CDtniN,
and especiully TO Phillip McClavey, Davit
McC.avcy, Margaret Downey, Ann Call.
han and Michael GaliifIun, Heirs ut Ia +" OF
joan McClavey, deceased. and tnall when
ii may concern.
Notice is hereby given that on tile ltll
day of March 1860, there was produced
and read publicly in open court an in
strument of writing pnrportingto be the
last will and testament Of John McClavey
deceased. and the second day OF the Nay
term of the Circuit Court 1869, (said
Term commencing on the Sd day of May
has been fixed by the Court as the day
upon which the genuiness of said instru-
ment will be heard, at which time and
place all persons interested may be heard
l.. M. COOLEY. Clerk,
apr.l9. Circuit Court.
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New CoNcERN.-Ben. Ladd, of OF.
tumwa, and Ed. Manning, of Keosau.
qua, have formed q partnership in
the Pork-packing business, at Eddy
vile, by Ladd purchasing the hall
interest in Manning's house there.
The firm is to run three years un-
der the style of Manning l. Ladd
the former to furnish the stamps to
do the business, against the thorough
business knowledge of the latter.
Success attend You, Benny.
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The undersigned, Administrators OF the
estate of JONES w. Hagler, deceased, will
offer the following described property for
sale. ON his farm one mile north of Iowa
vile, on SATURDAY. MAY FIRST, to-
wit: Six horses, six mich cows, eight
two year olds, twelve yearlings, thirty
eight hogs, seventy sheep, one Woods
Mower, one log wagon, and large as
sortment of farming utensils Also about
two hundred and forty bushels Of Wheat.
Terms made known on day of sale.
JOHN p. HAGLER, ISAAC NELSON,
apr Is so W I'd. Administrators.
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DR.. Ray, editor in chief Of the Chi
cago Post has been lecturing the ILL
nois Press Association on the 22d in.
slant on the "Duty of the Press" in
an able manner, which makes over
four columns in the Post.
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COMMENDABLE.-M E. Plank of
Dahlonoga. called to-day and renew
ed his weekly subscription, and or
dered two other subscriptions for
friends o. his in Ohio, stating that
he thought after they took the Cour-
Ter six months, they would both come
to Iowa.
There's sense for you.
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sl,4ss,sas,so
Total Liabilities, $lSl ,97O, 80.
TOTAL LOSSES PAID TO DATE OVER
$s4,5OO.OOO,OO.
DISTRIBUTED PARTIALLY AS FOL-
LOWS: IEa

By firm and faithful adherence to
strictly legitimate fire insurance business
and a prompt cash payment Of s!i honest
losses, the managers Of the PHOENIX
hope to merit and receive . continuance
of the very liberal patronage extendSI 70
the Company in every section OF tne Uni
ted States, since its incorporation.
FULTON q MAST, Agents,
OTTUMWA. IOWA.
March Is, '89 w3m. " e9i
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The last soldier Of the Revolution
has just died again, in the pcrson Of
Frederick Beakman, Of Freedom, n.
Y, at the ripe old age Of 100 years
and 6 mos. ~
He did mt serve in GenY Washing.
tons body guard, but, as usual with
all the very last soldiors OF the Rev.
olution who have died lately, voted
at every Presidential election, com.
mencing with w ashington and end
ing with Grant.
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AGENCY CITY COLUMN

.~~~~N~ON~rI~N1<~ N~1Nc~~0o~>O~NOO
TAKE NOTICE EVERYBODY
The old shop at Agency City is prepared
to furnish everybody and their friends
with every class of plows, from single
shovel up to u railroad pillow, Of the very
best material anc workmanship. We are
making improvements on our plows to
make them equal to the best made any
,uhere, and warrant all work to be what it
is represented. tf9s
N. B. Those indebted to the estate oi
James Stephens by note or account will
please call and settle without delay, or
their NJ ties and accounts will have to be
left for collection. G. DUDLEY,
ian4 w3m. w{ Executor,
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Alex. Mitchell of Milwaukee,,
banker, democratic politician, etc.,
who tried to beat Gen. Halbert e.
Painc last fall for Congress, reports
tho healthy income of $t96,0OO.
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KILLED.-We learn from the Glen
wood Opinion that two men, named
Palmer and King, were shot and
killed by one Briggs, near Tabor,
Iowa, last Friday, because the former
insisted upon going across the prem.
Uses of the latter.
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PLANT TREEs.-Shade trees of
hearty and tough varieties, arc easily
procured here, and every man with
out the public spirit to do so volun-
tarily, ought to DO compelled by law
to plant them in front of their lots
IS judiciously spent in this manner,
will add 5000 inside Of Eve years to
the value Of your property.
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Among the incomes returned in
Dubuque are: William Coates, s12,-
515; Franklin Kinds, S10,S12; John
L. Hancock, 1875; w. II. Rumpt,
s12,270; TIC. Roberts, $12, 210; VIM
Westphal, 81, O24 Andrew f. Tired
way, $4,000; Maurice Brown, s19,-
500.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-04-29

Charles Cole was recently appoint
cd Postmaster at Rochester, Mime
sofa, in place of Mrs. Fay, war wild
ow, removed. Quite an excitement
was caused by the change; but the
local newspaper has allayed the feel
ing by announcing that the arrange
ment is satisfactory to Mrs, Fay, and
that the office is likely to remain in
6 the family
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TREES FOR THE ADJUTANT GENE.
RAILS GRoUND.-Tho Adjutant Gene
raj says he has enough naples and
buckeyes. He would like some of
the different species of the wild cher
ry, the elm, a white oak, a burr oak,
a young red oak, a rock maple, q
young hickory, with the tap root en-
tirely saved, and any other kind of
forest tree not above named. The
A. G. wants a variety. Send them
in and name them.-Registor.
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1rFE.-The following inscription is

1rFE.-The following inscription il
taken from Greyfricrs' Churchyard
Our life is but a winters day. f.,
Some only breakfast and away :;
Others to dinner stay,
3a And are tull-fed >-E
q The oldest man but sups
And goes to bed.
Large is his debt = g
That fingers out the day;
BE that goes soonest
Has the least to pay.
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administrators Notice.
United States Internal Reyenu

Notice is hereby given TO all persons IL
able to pay internal Revenu Taxes upon
Income, Watches, Carriages, DO. tegeth-
er with all who are required to pay Spe-
cial Taxes. that the said taxes are due on
or befsre the 3Oth day of April, and thai
my Deputy, W. II. G. Jaques, Esq. win
attend at the following places and times,
between the hours Of A. M, and +. M.
of each day, to receive the same, after
which the penalties of the law will be
strictly enforced, and collection made by
distraint or otherwise:
At Ottumwa, Wapello County, on the Sd
4th, 5th, 9th, It'll q sth. At Eddyville a
e. Us. At Agency city 26 days of may, 1869.
At Abba, Monloe County on the 10. IL,
IL, ID. IA q 18th days Of May. 1859.
At Centerville, Appanoose County on
the II, Is, II, 20. d 2lst days of May, 1852.
Dated at Sigouln ey, Iowa, this 10Th day
of April A. d. 1859. A. j. POPE.
Collector 4th District Of lows.
apr Is 80 w.
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Senator Joseph Abbott, who arose
TO The grade of a General officer in
commanding New Hampshire troops,
during the war, and at it's close set
tied down on u portion Of that soil
he had aided to wrest from the dem
ocratic rebellion, and now, by virtue
Of his military services, and good cit
izenship, partly represents North
Carolina in the United States Senate,
used very beligerant language in the
Senate, last Friday, towards Kate
Chase's little man sprague, for which
Sumner promptly called him to Or
der.
Abbott explains, however, that he
didn't intend to challenge the Sprague
Cotton Factory to mortal combat for
its most foul aspersions upon its fell
low members, but only intended to
say that he should probably lick it
the next time they met.
If Gen'l Abbott really intends to
lick that debris of an ill-spent life,
who has been cutting such fantastic
capers in the Senate recently, then
Senator Abbott has very small
dirty job in prospect