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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
The B. & M. Railroad.

We learn by the following which
VIC clip from the Plattsaouth Heroid
that this road is about to commence
laying iron in Nebraska.
The first installmcnt of iron for
the u. " NJ. X. r. in Nebraska ar
rived last evening on the President,
>he came Down from the ST. Mary's
switch with me cU toatLy oi iron. be.
ing enough TO lay over half mile of
track. Tic rails are what are known
~ The continuous rail. J" q feet LONG
and weighing 3l3pounds to the rail.
The President brought down 2lo
rails, weighing l07 1870 pounds A
locomotive for the 3. Il VI. Il. L. in
Nebraska, left Detroit last week. and
viii b" ~ work on This side of the
RIVER as soon A the landing can be
made for the iron and small amount
Of track laid.
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Utah.

Vice President Celtax Will, IN
otah few days since, made a brief
speech, and took occasion to rct;,, 70
Aormonism having special rcterenc @
" ioiygamy IN the following words.
How long can onr government
AFFORD to tolerate thi. chronic rcbrll.
'''' IN one OF lis terri,orics?"
ihe Nice-presidcn. is right; there.
'ocs exist virtually II rebellion in that
territory, to the laws. Of the l., S.
and a rebellion involving in its exist
ehce the most terrible features of
wee ana tyranny that humanity is
cursed with in amy country. 1t does
honor to the heart of Mr. Colfax n
know that he tearlessly dcnounces
these things among the people where
they are practiced.
The Mormon church authority Is
TO day, and has been for years, set
ing aside and bidding defiance to
the eivll law to /" very great degree.
aud private rights. the most sacred
ana GOD given are being entirely
abridged, through church rules and
the secret Vaccinations and devel;sl
eas'"ry OF the so called apostles O
The latter day saints.
ino organization and workings, o
TINS church, are opposed to the fire.,
institutions of the country. Rail
ROAD iocomotion gives us sure an,
easy access to this territory, and i
Is high time that this infamou
CHURCH government of that territor,
ana the damning vices connecte,
with Mormonism should be crushc,
out.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
The Bond Case.

The Supreme Court of this state
has recently reviewed at its SITTING
IN Davenport the ,habcas corpus case
lr'eo overa year ago before Judge
Beck at keokdk. Judge Beck it will
be remembered released tho Board Of
Supervisors from the custody of the
I. >. Marshal who had arrested them
under an order from Judge Drum
IN 'nd Of the U. s. Court for the
Northern District of Iii. JUDGE
olllon OF oarSupreme Court deliver.
ing the opinion says;
Hence it will be perceived that
The decisions of the Supreme Court
"t the United States cover tho whole
ground of controversy, and admit of
a" possible escape from the conclu-
sion that the arrest of the Supervi-
'ors was not illegal, and that they
cannot be discharged thcrefrom on
h''e"s corpus by any State Judge or
Court This is the supreme law OF
the land, binding upon the Judges OF
every State.
This result will disappoint many
oi our people, and, perhaps, CRAFTY
but few. But it is the Ian, and It
must be so declared, Notwithstanding
the sympathy Of the tribunal decIar,
ing i. with those cities and counties
which incautiously incurred large
Obligations increased in many IN
stances by large arrearagcs of inter
est TO an amount beyond their pres
ont ability to meet.
'But there are no evils greater
han bankruptcy, and among these
should be classed judicial conflicts
between the State and National au-
thorities."
This settles the vexed question
arising out of the old railroad bonds
issued by many of the counties and
cities OF this state some twelve or fif.
teen years ago. Among the legal pro-
iess'on it was admitted that no 9TH
er termination of the matter in dis
putc would ever be arrived at, hence
the decision Of the Cour. to them at
least, is matter of no surprise.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
Montana as a Wheat State.

As the State of Minnesota has won
worldwide renown the tact of her
having produced the highest average
yield OF marketable wheat of any
other State in the American Union
and as we know that the average,
in her most favored season, was but
2la bushels to the acre, we desire
cur neighbors of the Gland OF lakes"
to accept this friendly challenge from
us, viz: That we can show from the
statistics of this seasons harvest q
bigger average yield Of frst.class
wheat, from, say 500 acres, grown in
the valleys Of Montana, than can be
shown from the best 500 acres of
wheat ever grown in the State OF
Minnesota. Wecandidly believe that
the entire wheat crop of Montana this
season will average not less than
thirty three, and perhaps thirty-five
bushels to the acre. AS single in.
stance of the many of which we arc
personally cognizant, VIC may men.
ton that Major Forbish, one of the
farmers whose Hclds are IN sight OF
this city, has just thrcshei and clean.
ed up SIG bushels from II acres of
ground. which gives an average Of
bushels TO the acre, one
selected acre yielding cighty-live
bushels. The wheat was not weigh.
cd, but measured as it came from the
threshinS machine, in a hcapcd-up
bushel measure 1t was the opinion
that it would weiyh ovcrsixtv pounds
to the bushcl. In all the other farm
products the season has been most
oae-maturing and grow
ing successfully in many instances
splendid crops of tomatoes, cucum-
bcrs, watcrmclons, pumpkins, corn,
etc. etc, which il has heretofore been
deemed Impossible 10 raise il, this eli
mate and lali'a,'e. = Helena (Montu.
na) ilcrald.
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Columbia Township Wapello
County,

The following is the official returns
for Columbia Township:
For Governor, Samuel Merrill, 217;
George GllIaspy, 81. For Lieutenant
Governor, Walden, 217; Richardson,
90. For Judge of Supreme Court,
John /. Dillon, 2l7; Brannon, 9S.-
For Superintendent of Public In
struction-.A. Kissel PIT 1913.
For Senator-A. IL. Hamilton, 2l5;
Reddick, SO. For Representative
Charles Dudley: 2l3; J. H. Carver,
PA; Estes, 9s; Littleton, 50. For
County Auditor-Geo. d. Hack
worth, POP; Charles J. Butin, 1O2; ].
Butin, 5. Treasurer-A. Lotspeich,
212; VIM. J. Ross, lol; w. Ross, D.
For sheriii-Swiggett, 2l5; Bedwcll,
80. For Superintendent ofCommon
Schools-Cox, ZIG; Castor, 80. For
Coroner-Hi.sey, ZIG; Sullivan, 90.
Against Bridge Tax, 3l3. For Bridge
Tax, 4.-EddycUie Idceytiser.
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The special dispatch to the Chica.
go Tribune, from Des Moines, in re-
gard 10 Gen Belknap, the newly ap-
pointed Secretary Of War, is utterly
untrue. Gen. Belknap did not "stump
"the First District against Jim Viii.
q san for Congress two years ago.
There are two fatal objections to
that statement. !. Jim Wilson did
not run for Congress two years ago.
2. Gen Belknap supported him for
Congress when he did run three years
ago, as he did also five years ago.
The whole story is fabrication Of
ignorance. Gen Belknap is not an
activepartisan, but he is good Re.
publican, and very able man.
Chicago Post.
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The Coming Pork Season.

The Cincinnati Price, Current, for
many years the best authority on
pork packing, does not give an en-
couraging prospect of q prosperous
packing season. The light stock of
old pork and bacon is being worked
of at high prices, and the now cure
will be in such immediate demand at
the very time when pork packing is
general, that the price Of hogs will
likely DO so high that there will be
no safety for those whose business it
may be TO carry the product through
the season. Country packers and
outside Operators have been very for
tunato in their transactions the last
twOyears, and have made money rap
idly, which will have q stimulating
influence upon them, and will induce
them to buy with more freedom and
confidence even at high prices COM
paratively. 1t is clear that the
wants of England will be much less
than they We're last year, and that
at last years prices but little will be
needed, as the supply of both hogs
and cattle, in the British Isles, is
much greater than it was a year
ago."
"Alrcady, there are many who
have contracted for hogs. tor Novem
Der, and even December delivery,
at So 5O(d9 10 gross, and some arc
that the weather should be-
come cool enough, SO that they
might commence curing. SO that they
may be able to take advantage of
tho expected demand for carly
meat"
All other kinds. of ,ood VIII doubt-
less he low, and much lower aver.
age OF prices for pork Than those OF
last season seem 20 be the only SAT-
" for those who viii have 10 huia
stocks during the season.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21

DR.. Nichols, the editor of the
Journal Of Chemistry, says that he
had one acre of grass, red top and
clover, that was cat June 10, and the
hay stored by itself On the first Of
last March he put his herd of ten
cows upon it, and the immediate in
crease in the flow OF milk amounted
to ten quarts per day. The hay fed
them before was of the same variety,
but cut after the middle of July.
The early-cdt hay "spent" fully as
well as the latter cut, no more Of it
was consumed, and DR.. Nichols est.
mates that the money value of the
product from this hay, fed to ten
cows, was grcaterby near dollar q
day than that from the other.
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Referees Sale.

Notice is hereby given that the undersigned
EEelerees, heretofore appointed by the District
Court OF Wapello county to make partition
Of the lands and premises referred to and de.
scribed In the petition in the case of Lucinda
n. Holmes against VIM. Holmes ct al, by or.
t ger OF said Court made at the last regular
Der A. D. 1889, at one o'clock p. m. of said day
offer for sale at public auction at the from,
door OF the Court House in the city of Ottum.
wa, Iowa the following described real estate
Io-Wit: Part Of the Sc II Of SW Il of Sec. Is
Tp72 Range 10, wapello county iowa, begin.
ming at the center Of said SW n of said sec.
ton, thence South G,25 chains, thence East
~ chains, thence North 6,25 chains, thence
west Is chains, to the place Of beginning ex.
cept one acre and one fourth off the west END
Of said parcel, being 6,25 chains North and
south and two chains East and West Also
Ine Island IN the Des Moines River Sec. % TT
y, hange IA Wapello county, Iowa, known
as Turkey Island.
Terms of sale one half cash down the bal
ance when the sale is confirmed by the Court
with interest at ten per cent, secured by mort
gage on the property.
JOSEPH HAYNE.
]. w. CALDWELL, Referees.
DAVID GEPHART)
Dated Ottumwa, Oct 10th 1850.
Oct 21St WIT
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21

The Farmers HON.. Journal, in
speaking of the waste in harvesting
grain, suggests that farmers try a
simple experiment to ascertain how
much this waste is. Select q fair
average part Of the field after the
grain is shocked; measure . spot 81
feet square, which Is nearly exactly
one-hundredth part of an acre, and
pick up all the heads on the spot,
shell these out, weigh the grain,
multiply the weight in pounds by
100 and divide by GO, and the result
will be the number of bushels per
acre
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21

Iowa $4,000, Pennsylvania 5000
to $4,000 and Ohio 5000, for the Re-
publican ticket, shows pretty plainly
where the Copperheai reaction has
set in.
Capt. Robt. Lincoln, (son of the
martyrd President) delivered a stir
ring speech at Chicago Saturday
night, in favor of the regular Repub
llcan ticket as against the fusion
Times 7rtbune-Jounal-afaa of n.y.
birds.
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DEAD.

Elsewhere will be found an &C
count Of the death of Major Walden,
late of the 18th Iowa; and brother of
Major M. M. Walden, whom the Re.
publicans of Iowa have just honored
with the office of LIT. Governor.
: Major Walden was gallant SOL
der, and highly respected citizen
OF our neighboring city.
We tender to the bereavcd family,
and relatives our sincere coincidence
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21

An intelligent gentleman from Ger
many, on his first visit to an Ameri-
can church, had contribution box
with hole in the top presented 70
to him, whispered TO the collector.
II dent got mein bapers, can't vote. I"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21

Cramps and pains in the stomach,
are tho result of imperfectindigestion,
and may be Immediately relieved by
a dose Of Johnson's Aaodyne Linime,st
A tea-spoonfull in a little sweetened
water is q dose.
Heavy oats are good for horses;
none will deny that; but oats cau't
make horses coat look smooth and
glossy when he is out of condition.
Sheridan's Cavalry Condition Powders
will do thiswhen all else fails.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
Henry j. Raymond's Charities.

Injury y. huyuOuQ was communal
~ lending money to needy persons
CITING, his friends called it, and used
to chide him for it, somewhat, but he
called it lending, with q CHEEKY con.
fidence that he should somehow be
repaid. Once he came into his Office
laughing, and saying that one Of his
loans had come back to him. And
he told hestory, how, one day, busily
writing in his room, there appeared
to him q man, saying, els this Mr..
Raymond" Being assured Of this,
he continued, "Can / speak with you
a few minutes SIR"
The MS. was showed aside.
II have just come from Sing Sing"
hesitated the man.
"Not from prison, / hope" said the
editor, by way Of putting the caller
at ease with joke.
eyes, sir" said the visitor, IL got
my discharge few days ago"
swell, my man." said Mr.. Ray
mond, II hope you were innocent"
ono, sir" replied the convict, ~
was guilty. You see, sir, / am an
engineer and maohinist by trade, and
/ want to lead an honest life; and
when got out l got a place and
went to work all well, when some
kind friend came along and told my
boss was a prison bird, and I hadto
be out of that. Then / got another
place and got we'll to work and the
same thing happened there. Now, I
am looking for another job, and / am
going to begin By telling what | am,
and when l get anything to do, l
shan't lose it in the same way"
"How much is it, my MANI" said
Mr.. Raymond.
"Well, sir" replied the man, II
hav'nt got the price of dinner about
me now, and l don't klow where
am to sleep tonight. l think if 1 had
ten dollars | could 60: until l found
somebody to take me for what I am
worth and give me some honest work
to do. l don't want to 60 down hill,
SIR"
The ten dollars closed the CONVEX.
sation on the instant.
Perhaps q year afterward, Mr.
Raymond was at a fair Of tho Ameri.
can Institute, and while looking al
some machinery on EXHIBITION, a de-
cont man, in charge of it approached
him and said as this Mr.. Ray
mcnd?"
eyes" he replied, "but / don't re-
member YOU"
,sDon'tyou remember the man frou
Sing sing?'
"No," said Mr.. Raymond, III dom,
remember any man from Sing Sing
why" said the man from Sing
Sing"don't you recollect-?' an6
then he rehearsed the story here sci
down, and said he had subsisted or
Mr.. Raymonds loan unlil he found
employment in his own line, with {
good man, who know his story, ano
was well pleased with him, giving
him good wages and steady work, il
o place Of honorable trust and re
spectability.
Taking q bank note from his peck
ct, the engineer repaid the borrowed
money saying that he had carried i
for months without finding an oppor
tunity to leave his work and como t.
town for the purpose. cts a goot
ten dollars, Mr.. Raymond" said he
''for its just the cost of saving mi
from ruin"
When he told the story afterwards
Mr.. Raymond said he thought it wa
cheap, and that he charged all hi
other "loans" to the account of tn
engineer, and balanced it.
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1t was worth hearing, the other
night, when little three year old,
extemporising his usual appendix to
"Now l lay me-" full of the desire
that had possessed him for IN hour
past, and not forgetful of some ele-
mentary teaching on the spirit of
prayer, said: 30 Lord! please give
me pair of boots-when-you-get
-ready.n
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
Something Worth Knowing.

0VAA0OAAAS "OICA A4OW1uks
There are two little arteries which
supply the whole face with blood,
one Of each aide; these branch of
from the main arteries on each side
of the windpipe, and running up.
ward toward the eyes, pass outside
If the jaw bone, about two-thiras OF
the way back from the chin to the
angle Of the jaw under the ear
Each of these arteries, of course,
supplies just ono half of the face, the
nose being the dividing line, the left
nostril is supplied with blood by the
left artery, and tho right nostril by
the right artery.
Now, supposing your nose bleeds
by the right nostril, with the end OF
the forefnger feel along the outer
edge of the right jaw until you feel
the beating of the artery directly
under your finger, the same as tho
pulse in your wrist, then press the
finger hard upon it, thus getting the
little fellow in a tight place between
your HnBer anu inc jaw Done; the re-
suit will be that not one drop OF
blood goes into that side Of yor face
while the pressure continues hence
the nose instantly stops bleeding for
want Of blood to flow; continue the
pressure for five or ten minutes, and
the ruptured vessels in the nose will
by that time probably contract SO
that when you let tho blood into
them they will not leak. Bleeding
from cut or wound anywhere about
the face, may be stopped the same
way. The Creator probably placed
these arteries as they are that they
might be controlled. Those to the
back of the head are all arranged
very conveniently for being CONTROL
ed in q like manner.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21
The Editorial Excursion.

Gen. Hedrck, President Of the
Iowa Press Association, has been
notified that the editors of the State
can have an excursion over the Union
Pacific road for $40 each.
This is what we might expect
from the most enormous and unscfu-
pulous corporation in Tic Union. The
Nab"bs OF New England, New York
and Pennsylvania. and the editors of
the mammoth city papers Of Chicago
and the Fast, have been invited TO
trc" excursions over The road repeat-
ediS. wh'ic Iowa editors cau take
the triP a" equal terEis with SECOND
class ca,tG'a4la. Iha! is moro def
Rite tIsaa turir lvrly to u some time
before tUt eq'laiiy satisfactory. toy.
Cues FL. Dodge A9Tihnest.
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Chicago Provision Market.

Chicago, Oct. IS.
Flour-Stcady; supers in fair de-
mand. "a 81 Is
Wheat-Active at 81 ,e3aa.
Corn--Easier 69a}.
Oats-Firm at 80.
Rye-Quiet at 77aa68 for strictly
fresh No 2.
Barley-Inactivo at l,24.
Provisions-Unchanged.
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Chicago Live Stock Market.

Chicago, Oct, 10.
Cattle-Quiot and steady; receipts
1858; sales at 1877; 3i@4a for fair to
good cows; s5,25@6,OO for fair to
medium shipping steers. r.
Hogs-Modcrately active; steady;
receipts 74S7; salcs 243s at s, 8O@8,25
for fair to medium; 9,75@ 10 for good
to choice.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21

Everybody knows Nus.baum's
Philadelphia Clothing Hall, in Curtca
Block, Ottumwa, whore he makes
qaicL sales, and small. profits.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21

SAVED HIS WHIppfNa.--A little
urchin seven or eight years old, in
one of our schools where q Miss
Blodget was teacher, composed the
following, and wrote it on his slate
at prayer time, to tho great amuse-
ment Of the boys:
"a little mouse ran up the stairs,
To hear Miss Blodget soy her prayers
The teacher discovered the rhyme
and called out the culprit. For q
punishment she gave him his choice:
to make another rhyme in five min
utes or be whipped. So after think
ing and blinking, and scratching his
head till his time was nearly up, and
the teacher was lifting tho stick in a
threatening manner, at the last mo-
ment he exclaimed .ss
Here stand, before Miss Blodget,
She's going TO strike and PM going to
dodge IT."
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St: Louis Market.

TI--I"T I1I-. !" - OVs IIOUIb VCU. 10.
Flour--Dull and unchanged.
Wheat-Steady and unchanged.
Corn-Dull at 5000 for mixed to
prime white.
Oats-Quiet at 40@51 for sacks.
Rye--Weaker at 75@80.
Barley-Unchanged.
Provisions Quiet and nomihally
unchanged.
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A Reminiscenoe.

Geo. Alfred Townshend over
"iath, in the Chicago Tribune gives
the following highly characteristic
Incident Of the old Virginia regime.
Accomac, though it has obtained
the name Of "benighted," since Hen
~ A. Wise, native there, rejoiced in
its want Of newspapers, is the richest
land in Virginia, and the GUSTS fam.
lily, allied with Mrs. George Washing
tom had their family estate there.
The Custis nabob, who had succeed.
ed to their lands and pride at the
time Methodism broke out afresh,
say, 1926, with it's vigorous machin-
cry of revivals, camp-meetings, bush
meetings, class meetings, prayer
meetings, love-feasts, Cuttings, &C.,
was an an advocate of atho Establish.
ment," meaning English Episcopacy,
and he spared no opportunity to show
bis contempt Of the Weslsyans
Therefore, when they had camp.
meeting near his estate he came over
pompopsly, and, during the hours of
preaching, with his riding whip -four.
ished and in loud, offensive tone, he
made the circuit of the tents and huts,
talking "horse," laughing and sneer-
ing. The preacher was a great re-
vivalist, presiding elder, or some
thing, and fearless as Peter Cart.
wright. He waited a while, and see-
ing that Gusts grew more insolent
after every pause he addressed him:
II am stopping the Lords word till
that man gets done with his talk
about gambling, horse-racing card
playing, and such wickedness. He
comes hero to show his contempt OF
the Lords people, but his pore little
aristocrats contempt will be nothing,
my bruthring, to the Lords contempt
for his pore soul burning in hell fire
He's rotated to Washington, morc's
the pity! but, my pruthring, the
blood that we boast of is that we are
bruthring to the King Kings"
And this Gusts went of before an
Accomac grand jury, indicted the old
" aleyand Roundhead, and the
preacher was mulcted in $1,000 dam.
ages for rebuking the kinsman-in-.aw
Of Mrs. Washington, which money
the poor Methodlsts raised by their
collections, and paid with sad humil-
ity.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-21

IN car OF corn in North Carolina
has produced 1900 kernels. But
then you must remember that, in the
South, cars arc large and colonies
numerous Chicago Post.
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"REMINISCENCES OF TRAyEi.

THE sketches under this head are prepared
especially for the COURIER, and viii he con-
iinued i'll these columns from time to time
as the writer finds spare moments which he
may devote TO the revision Of the notes iottci
down during tho years covered by his advcn.
lures --Ep. COURIER.
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Iowa Election.

with forty counties yet unrcport-
na, ,he Des Moines Register figures
the Republican majority at q, 34s.-
It's now supposed that the majority
IN the State will reach5G, 900. Well
We may say glorious Iowa. She sends
forth no doubtful voice, but always
true to the great party of freedom.-
let us say that she is greatly indebt-
ed for this, to the fact that in no State
in the Union is there as wide-awakc
and intelligent u County Press as she
has