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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-06-23

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President Hedrick Of tho Iowa
Press Association wrote to all
the Railroad Companies of the State
some time ago in relation to passes
TO and from the annual meeting to be
held at Iowa City on the 2sth inst.
He has secured the following respon-
SEES, which he takes the liberty to
publish for the information of all
concerned rftg
CHICAGO, Rock ISLAND Il PACIFIC II. H.,
gEa Gen. Superintendents Office, q
- @sf5aA CHICAGO, June Is, 1870.
j. NJ HEDEIcK Esq, President Iowa Press AS
Deer sir.Our Company will take pleasure
n A Giving the members Of your Association
sion Of your annual meeting on the 2sth inst
VIII you furnish me with list OF the names
take the cars on our road, so can send them
e. hf Sas You any other plan g
HfGGs HIGH RiD fGass' Gen. supt.
$780, Snperintendents Office,
~ keokuk. Iowa, June 10. 1870.
Dear sir-Yon lsse " tho sth duly received and
As nearly all the editors have passes, don't
ed; Those not having passes we will charge
full fare going. and return free.
e JOHN SsivEN. supt.
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF Iowa,
r-s Gen. Freight Agents Once,
J. N. HEDErck ESQ.,. S''- - -,
I. road. Those Who have no passes viii be fur.
nls h ,s them on application either personally
J. ". GILMAN.
CHICAGO 4 NORTHWESTERN RAILWAY.
9Ett Gen. Ticket Agent ONCE,
Chicago. June Is, ts7c.
have Yours q 1 sbs 9 SIN rsiat,vc 10
the editors to their meeting at Iowa City OH
the 18th. presume most of them who are or
We shall u glad TO give them trip passes for
THIS occasion. II no better way suggests It.
vision at Clinton, issue them, Please let US
near from you at once. that proper arrange
Respectfully,
II. STANW0OD, Gen. Ticket Ag't
BuRrISeroN MISSOURI RIVER RAILROAD.
l43 Gen. Ticket Agents Office,
burlington. Iowa, June 10, 1870
J. NJ. HEDnIGK, Esq, Ottumwa:
Dear Sir--The Editorial fraternity all nlonl,
the line OF our road are already provided with
tickets which Will transport them over our
road TO the annual meeting OF the Association
iree Of charge. III however they insist upon
~, lsuppose we shall be Obliged to give them
the usual convention rates Of three-fffLhs fare
IN regard 70 the families, suppose that
there VIII really be but very few who will at
tend, and we would much prefer not to break
our rule of giving reduced rates only to actual
Delegates, Yours truly,
A. L. TOUZALIN.
General Passenger Agent
Have Won got any Man,a'uke Tinimen
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SELF ENERVATION,

Essays for Young Men. on Physical and
Mental Enervation, - loss of bodily vigor,
courage and ambition,--the cause and cure
with sanitary aid for the feeble and despond-
ing. Sent free, in sealed envelopes. Address
HOW ARD ASSOCIATION, Box p, Philadel-
phia, Pa. je2-dw3m
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Meek'S Cheap
CASH STORE!

NEXT DOOR TO OLD oTTUMwA HOUSE,
,-J
when visiting the city, where You will always
find plenty Of goods a3 prices that defy COM
petition, and clerks who will treat you we'll
whether You buy hr not.
JIG. MEEK.
July s, 'aa. .wtf CHI Dec 90. CHI Feb 2s'T0.
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Agents Wanted,
CONFESSIONS Of an INVALID.

ROUBL1SllE the benefit of young men
Il and Others who suffer from Nervous Debil-
Ky, ETC., supplying the means of self-cure.--
Written by one who cured himself; and sent
free on receiving a postpaid directed envelop
Address,
NATHAN MAYFAIR, Brooklyn, y. =.
b-c, %, wan
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state Of Iowa, /
County Of Wapello SIS

State Of Iowa,
County Of Wapello SIS
I, William A. McGrew, Cashier OF the First
National Bank. in Ottumwa, do solemnly
swear that the above statement is true to the
best Of my knowledge and belief
WILLIAM A. McGREW.
Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this sew
enteenth day Of June, 1870.
w. II. c. JACQUES, Notary Public.
Correct.
Attest: w. B. BONNIFIELD,)
GEORGE HAW, Direc-
l., LIVELY, tors.
juneiS, lS70-d&wlt
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Dies MONIES VALLEY RAILROAD
AlliaoIi 4 on dont.sx Affloo
CENTRAL RAILROAD OF Iowa.

NENTRAL NAILKUAD OF IOWA,
r-s Gen. Freight Agents ONCE,
ELDoRA, Iowa, June l3, $50.
Dear Sir-Your favor of the Sth inst at hand
! Your newspaper people shall ride free ON our
= ROAD. Those who have no passes will be fur
nishcd them on application either personally
or by ietter Yours truly.
j. W. GILMAN
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FIFTY ONE VALUABLE GIFTS.

The Editors of THE WESTERN SOLDIERS
FRIEND having removed that popular journal
from Iowa to Chicago, Illinois, find 1T utterly
impossible (without neglecting business] to
spend any portion OF their time Mt their mag
nincent
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OFFICE OF OrruMwA CouRIsR,
Juno % 1870.

DRY GOODS AT RETAIL
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HOMESTEAD r AR M,

near Davenport, Iowa. They have therefore
concluded to present 1t to the future subscri-
bers of the FRIEND in the following manner:
On the LIST of July they will Issue 6,'no tickets
al 3
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June %, 1s7o-w3t.g iEl
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The Annual Press Meeting.

Chairman Co. Cen. Com.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09
WIMMSBORQ.
Wednesday Morning, Movie. 1870
Awkward management.

The public meetings and enterpris-
cs Of Fairfield, whether social indus
trial or political, would be more sue
oessful, if one or two apparent trines
werc not Invariably dr.regardod in
their management. First, they lack
publicity. Until the peopls sub.
scribe moro unanimously for the
County paper, and until they read it
upon receiving it, insto.d Of putting
it aside for day or week perhaIi,s,
an advertisement in tho County paper
is not enough. Placards are also ne
ccssary to be posted in conspicuous
places. Moreover, even if q matter
attracts notice in tho paper, it often
happens that other business crowds it
out of recollection, which posters pre-
vent. "7
Secondly. The purpose Of a PUB.
lilo meeting or tho details of an ip-
dustrial enterprise, should be stated
with simplicity and clearnesa. The
programme Of our fair this week was
not understood by many who came
hero on Thursday. Whose fault was
it7 Evidently, it was due to thought.
less neglect Of ordinary business pre-.
cautions.
Thirdly. 1t is absolutely fatal to
the growth of public spirit aad social
enthusiasm, not to carry out pro
grammc once amour ced, to its fullest
extent, in every particular. The
few earnest men who, by social law
well.undcr.tooi, must invariably start
any movement, become disgusted, il
the weather or the s,nallncss of the
assembly be made the prctoxt fol
doing nothing, or fox changing the
programme. If a speech is announc.
ed, it should be delivered. If the
audience ,s SMALL, tho way to get
larger audiences, Ia to deliver the
speech to those who have como to hear
it, no matter how few, and next time
the audience will be larger, for there
will be no danger of disappointment.
if they attend.
Fourtbly. y public meeting should
not be bored, as ours ef late have
heen, by much irrelevant discussion
1t creates disgust, and tho chairman
should rap it down promptly, and in,
sist upon the order of tho day.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09
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The Appeal of the German Widows.

From several Of the Prussian prey
inc.s, says the New York Herald,
there has gone up to Bcrlin puwet-
ful appeal for peace that must touch
the tcnderest sympa,hies Of Count
Bismarck and King William. 1t is
the voice of destitute widowed moth
ers in favor of themselves aud thei,
half-orphan children. The petition
against the further prosecution Of the
war has been signed by thirty five
thou.and seven hundred and fifty
three widows in Wes'phalia, Rhcnish
Prussia and II Hluover-w widows whose
husbands had been slain 10 battle,
leaving them with enty-cight thou
sand.seven hundred and sixty childlen
in imment peril of starvation. In
language beautiful in its simplicity, =,
terrible IN its trnlhfulhcss, and melt
ing in its pathos, those sorrowing and
suffering German women point out
the sad industrial and soci.l conse-
queues Of the war aud implore
King William to sprre his people
any further aggrava,ion of them. -
Many of the facto:i ics in which
these women might have hoped
to procure employment are closed
funds that under other circums. anccs
might have been applied to their re.
lief are used by the government for
the prosecution of the war. Their
condition could hardly have been
worse than it is at present had tie
German armies been defeated and the
fatherlapd invaded by the French
and now the only hope they have
against utter indigence and death is
IN tho speedy re-establishm ent OF
peace.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09

State Central and Of the Pari iii Com
mitteo, and the grand Marsha of tho
Democratic procession to have taken
place tonight, publish cards. counsel
ling against, ythe procc ,sioh.y They
are all severe on the authorities and
tho City Council, for passing a bun
combe ordinance foi bidding the pro-
cession.
"A heavy rain this afternoon. t.. s.,
Robson, Forney and the President
were III conference to-day. Tho
visit resulted in an order to otake the
census Of Philadelphia. 1t had no
bearing on the English mission or the
new Postmaster G n"ral.
New YoRK. November 5.-Two
hundred and fifty Canadian Papal
zouavcs arrived by the Idaho an | O
having grand reception. A com.
mittee is coming from Canada to es.
cort them home.
Mountain Boy beat George Wilkes
two straight heats, Wilkes breaking
badly and distanced in The second
heat. Time 2:27 and 2:25a.
Gov. Hoffman lcaped from run
away team and was slightly bruised.
SELMA, November 5.--This even
ing quarrel pei ding all day
between Jack Baxter, white, and
Alf Granger, negro, both bril- k
masons, eliminated in the la;er being
shot and killed. Baxter surrcnd cred
to Marshal Waite, FROM whom he was
taken by an improvi,cd mob of ne
grocs, beaten, stripped and dragg ed
through the streets, being left for
dead. Through the influence of Gen.
eral Pcttus and others the whites who
gathered around on hearing Of the
affair, were restrained from attacking
the negroes. a strong posse under
General Pcttus was summoned by the
sher.f, by whom the body of Baxter
was taken from ,hc negroes and the
mob di'per>ed without violehce. Tue
city is quiet to-nisht. Court is in
session and the rioters will be arrested
and punished according to law.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09
The Restorative System.

The poverty of many of our land
owners, and tho debts pressing upon
them, are another reason Why they
cannot abandon, if they desired, tho
miserably exhausting system Of hir
ing on years time portions Of thor
land to laborers. and planting the re-
maindcr upon shares. 10 isa make.
shift only, TO bo sure, but drowning
men catch at straws, and if it be true
that virtuous "ideas die hard" Vi
cious ideas and foolish plans die much
harder, and do not, like the former,
gild with splcnior the clouds amidst
which they fade away. Planting re.
quires capital, and. the more moving
capital in proportion to the ,investI
ment in land, with every Improve.
mcnt in the science of Agriculture.
The true policy OF the largs nunbor
of planters without capital and With,
out experience and knowledge isl to
contract their area, and aim at less
but TO do it thoroughly. '|Time 'apd
frugality would then hri6g them The
needed capital. But how contrary is
their practice. Continual losses and
disappointment alons osn ouTo ,its 70, /
In Scotland, long leases with speoil
fod conditions ofrotation Of crops, and
other improvements, ere che only
terms npon which etenan.s can rem.
land, and only capitalists Of consider
able means can undertake. IL. Here
eI.3 btS 80 n
a. +s ~, .ylGs@J ess,sRs
>. n' = o. hctA .. sBit .saob
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09
Market EScDOrts.

NEW YoRK, Nov. o Evening.-
Cotton dull sales 800 bales up.
lands l7s; Orlcans l73.
CHARLESTON, November 5.-Cotton
unsettled mld'f!lngs lG ; sales 500
bal cs receipts TAG bales.
LIVERPOOL. Nov. s. Evening
Cotton queit uplands 90 Orleans
9S; sales 10 900 bales.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09
Spiritual BuShWbNckjpg.

A girl in San Jose is possessed of q
devil in the shape Of bushwhackcr's
ghost. The spirit on being question
cd, replied, through the mouth of the
of the girl !: 81 was what you call a
whacker, and was killed by this
girl's father, and as l still feel a
spirit of revenge against him. have
taken control of her to further my
designs Il have nothing against the
girl, and intend to DO her no harm"
Apparently, to convince those
present of his identity, the evil
spirit went on TO tell things which had
happened between himself and the
girls relatives (all of which was true),
and finally told them that there was
letter on the way to them, giving in
formation Of the severe sickness of the
girl whom ho was using for his evil
purpose. The letter alluded to arriv-
od in fow days, confirming the truth
of what had been foretold. The rela
,ives of the girl with whom she was
living, thinking that tho child had
been insane, sent her to private asy
Ium, in Alameda County, few days
ago, and have learned that she is not
disturbed any longer by the revenge.
fal monster. The spirit had told
them before that he would leave tho
girl when she should be removed from
among her relatives, but he would
enter into somo other member of the
family. y day or two ago q letter
was received from Missouri stating
that the father Of the girl was afflicted
In manner which exactly c,rres-
ponds with the former disorder of the
child. The story comes from the
parties directly connected with tho
strange affair, whom are upright,
honorable people.
Lumber dealers should pa..opizs
4. 4 A.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09
COMMUNICATED.
Friends Ne,Os and WeyaM:

Friend8 Ne,Us and IIeyaM ::
L SEQ you have an Agricultural So-
clety in our County. Presumipg it is
worthy affair; but at the same time,
being myself Too tumble an individu-
al to aspire to the honor Of becoming
q member of such an august body,
would nevertheless offer suggestion
to the same aud that is this. That
said Agricultural Society at its COM
Ing meeting offer q premium of ons t 0
two hundred dollars for the best Drop
produced by one plow the coming
year. Uso not under rs or over 80
acres. Products to be weighed and
measured, and all valued ct market
ratio the Goth day Of next November.
The horse or mule to be ploughed by a
white maD4 l. willSput one name or
moro in the ring of competitors. En-
trance fec, $500. Perhaps this will
be disttesttfal, s. I yell kuow little is
eared for the poor white man that la.
'bors daily for sthee living of himself
and family, yet friends of the NEws
and HERALD, SUCH men us these arc
the bope aud must be the lsalvation of
the country%tr'fs5 ,H'D - rl ~,
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09

A great, ovcrgrown, first rate man
in his Western place, engaged in the
mercantile business, one morning,
with pencil in hand and a quill be.
hind his ear called out to his partner
"Bill, what is John Stuplcbcan's first
name 7" And be never discovered
his mistake until he began to write it.
when he forgot his |ast name, and
with the same Inconsistencies sang
out, "lGxcuso me, Billy, but I'vo 70 r.
got John Stuplebeans's last name
now The roar Of laughter which
ensued restored his memory, .;-
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09

'ANi'oSrs. "a dSySF ~ ssS, S Shslo
.o'kmea ~eef en- n@eed layinss gas
iPes for ,he hsw city stable, id rear
tthe jsil, they came a6eoss segeral
iecessof >ceffh >aod %some <haman n
ones. These were found near the
'eotre of NJ hall street, and about
ishtcen inch, below the surface.
We have the authority of the. oldest
nhabltant f"r stating that this portion
of the city wss,used as place Of in.
ormcnt more than sixty years ago.
principally of malefactors, and that
more than one murderer who expiated
his crime upon the gallows in that vi
cluity was buried there. Heprtato os
when tho excavation was made for the
foundation of the Lancasterian School
building body was turned up which
was buried with half dozen silvet
dollars in his pocket, doubtless to set,
.'e his ferryagc with old Charon.-
Richms'nd Dispatch.
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News ltema.

SAN FRANcisco, November 5 The
great overland eastern bound train
was stopped and the express car rob.
bodbetween Verdi and Renobi by high.
waymen, who boarded the train at
Verdi. Presenting pistols at the bead
of conductors and breakmen they de.
taohedthe express car aud robbed it
Of $4,000 in coin. The robbers es.
capped. A party was organized to
pursue them. 80" ~ !'Ta - u
Terrific gales and rains have taken
place in Salvador. "'. 90. I~
AsHiNGroN, Nov. 5.-Tbe weath.
or is bad and the wires work slow.
The chairman Of the Democratic
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09

The manufacturers Of Newark propose
to institute q course of lectures for
their employ ees this winter. ="
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09

Whom is lot Of corn, like corner
lott When It's ground.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09

Now and then they ont off the ears
of a horse thief in Oregon, and then
telegraphs East that the crops were
never better than they are at his sea-
son.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09
~ ONtEtTHATPLOWS.

y A very large number of tobacco
barps haye 'been destroyed by fire in
'lSentaciy this year, sone paper alone
having reported at least one hundred.
Dogs this poiuS. TO- rinoendiari or
'spontaaeods oombustion 7''jo,
uhknowa ped estrians IItook
lodging in bsrn near 0entrevilie,
H., Sunday night, and the born TAX
ing Dire they perished in the flames.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09

Mrs. Mulooh- Craik, author of 81 ohr
Halifax" has in prees "Fair France
of Traveller
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09
The Best Authority,

People who enjoy the discontinue
of lawyers--andw who does not will
laugh over this incident:
Il call upon you,' said the counsel
lor, ito state distinctly upon what
authority you are prepared to swear
to tho mares age 2
Upon what authority 2 said tho
hos.ler interrogatively. %" : ,.''a'','...,sssa
'You are to reply, and not to repeat
the question put]to you.' l"JN
Il doesn't consider mans bound to
answer question vafuyo he's time to
turn it in his own lpind.' !
Nothing can be more simple, sir,
than the questioneIput.F i iagain~re-
peat it, Upon what authority do you
sH car to the animals aye 2
'The best authority responded he,
grnfily.
'rhen why such an ovasion,7 Why
not state it at once 2
sWell, then, if you must have it.
Must | will have it = vooiferated
tho counsellor, interrupting the wit
ness.
well, then, if you must and will
have ~ ,ej"inod the hostler, with
impnrtu,Lle. CRAFTY, '~hy, then, l
had it myself from the mares own
mouth 'Hi
A simultaneous burst Of laughter
rang through the court, and the judge
on tho bench conld with difficulty con-
fine his risib!c muscles to Judicial
dccorun.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09

The New York Tribune is very
much exercised over the Lee memo.
rial in New York. 1t is perfectly
willing that General Lees memory
should be respected and honored in
the South, but seems to dread the lus-
tre of his character being permitted
to shine in the North.
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09

Lumber dealers should pa..opizs
tho l'oise oars, as every time they ride
they can got aboard. p
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09

sa7.4osa sIs ,sra 30 rS4 I'slJ su ,4a,
soo si &c a .atso..o. oG''
The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1870-11-09

CHE HATH GONE WHERE rnE
WooDBINE TwINETH Mot having
been able to a, certain the source of
this oft-qnoted phrase, and being ut.
te:ly unable to see any sense in it, we
would be very much obliged to any of
our contemporaries for iniurmatlon.-
Norfolk Journal.
jim Fisk used it last year in giving
in his testimony before commttcc
raised in Congress to investigate the
Transactions of that famous day when
in New York the price Of gold ran up
to 100 or no. We do not remem-
Der the connection in which the phrase
Was used, but we have u clear recol.
lection that its meaning, rs used. was
that the person or thing spoken of was
dead If it was Il per.on or had dis!p-
peared or was irr"r,vcrab'y lot. if it
was a thing. Where FIX found tho
phrase, we know not Richmond Dis.
puich.
THE LINCOLN Monument The
Ma ional Lincoln Modnment Associa.
tiou has appointed s. D. Williamson
its general agent. Congress has voted
over 100000 in the shape of CAP
tured cannon and metal of which to
make the bronze figures for he monu.
ment, the browning one to be colos
sil statue representing Lincoln sign
ing the emancipation proclama,iou.-
The work will cost upwards Of $780,
600. The actual cash receipts to Jan.
unary last were nearly $4,000.
1t is said that Prussia has demand.
ed Of minister Bancrof, an explanation
OF the conduct Of the United States
Government, and that B,ncroft re.
plies that, he has no explanation to
offer. Very likely be has not. Asa
general thing the conduct of this Gov
.ernment is inexnlicable. ~
"Bhggy umbrellars" are advertised
for sale in New Haven. Use insect
powder on them.