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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07
Senator Howell.

The Hon. J. B. Howell, who took
his seat at. the commencement of
the present session of Congress, has
shown himself thus tar, hard,
earnest workmen, carefully and stu
diously attending to the interests Of
his constituency and the country
It is seldom that . new man inexpe.
riencod in national legislation, at
once takes 80 prominent . position
among his co-legislators as Mr..
Howell has. he has recently ad-
dressed q letter to the people of Iowa
in which ho takes . position against
tho granting of an immense land
subsidy which it seems by some
means, was recommended by our
last State Legislature, and we must
say that we think the Senator is
right.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07
Political Wireworkers.

= AVA8VAO8A W - ~ " VA ~ ~
The pertinacity with which some
men Of this day work for Office, and
the shamefaced falsity they employ
to carry their points, frequently and
justly makes them . stencil in the
nostrils Of the people. 1t is weak
ness with some mon to be always
attempting to foist themselves upon
the people, whether the people want
them or not, in other words not
waiting for the people to signify q
desire for their services, but rather
making a business of pushing them
selves upon them, and for this pur-
pose they spend months in boring
their fellow-citizens by personal en-
treaty, running to and fro through
tho country making speeches, con-
cocting falsehoods against their op-
ponents, and contriving schemes to
cheat the people out Of fair and
honest public expression Of their
views. s
A man who has already been pro-
minent before the people of State,
whose character needs so much boil
stering up as to require him to wan
der up and down among the people,
buttonholing, conniving, cajoling and
entreating the people to support
him, and cursing the friends of his
opponent, cannot have a very srrong
hold upon the affections of the peo-
pie he socks to serve. We know that
it often happens that desperate cases
need desperate remedies, that some
men feel they have very little to
loose, and hesitate not to use any
means to recover lost prestige, and
90 they become arrant beggars at the
feet Of q people, who really do not
want them, nor want to see them.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07
MIR. Gladstone ascribes England's

Mr.. Gladstone ascribes England's
great wealth to her coal and iron.
Tho St. Louis Dispatch mentions
this fact and then asks: On this hy-
pothesis what must be The future of
America? The figures presented be-
low show the pertinency of the
question:
In tho Goal Statistical Register
of 1862" it claims that the Rocky
Mountain coal field is the grandest
in tho world, embracing $4,000
square miles in the United States,
besides 737, ,0O0square miles in British
America.
The Illinois coal fields are eatima-
ted by Prof H. +. Rogers to contain
,227, 500, 600, 900 tons, while the
Pennsylvania coal fields contain SIC,
400, ,OOO, 900 tons. The Missouri coal
fields are estimated by Prof. G. w.
Swallow to contain 109, 500, 600, 600
tens. and yet owing to the incom-
plete geological survey of the State,
it is thought by competent men that
there is still moro coal in Missouri.
All the coal fields of North America
are estimated at 100, ,000, 900. 900 tons.
The Illinois coal fields contain four
times as much coal as those Of Penn
sylvania, nearly one-third as much as
those of North America, and over
six times as much as all the coal fields
of Great Britain. II is reckoned by
Prof. Forrest Sheppard that the
best coal fields Of Illinois are
situated along the Mississippi
river, near the southwestern bound
ary, and adjacent to the Missouri
iron field that Illinois coal will have
to be used in the manufacture of
Missouri iron; and that day is not far
distant when one vast series OF iron
foundries and workshops will line the
Illinois and Missouri shores of the
great river; and thus from Illinois
and Missouri will grow, within one
hundred to one hundred and fifty
miles south of st. Louis, greater
shops than the minerals OF England
have produced. Nothing is more
certain than this; for all that Nature
can do for man she has done in
America, and localized it in the Mis-
sissippi Valley.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07
The editor of the Page County

The editor of the Page County
Democrat propounded the following
interrogations to Attorney General
O'Connor, and we publish same with
his reply, for information here:
Is the Board of Supervisors com.
polled to publish the Treasurer's
report, and if so what compensation
aro the printers entitled to
Is tho report part of the proceed
ings of the Board Of Supervisors !?
In answer Mr.. O'Connor says
First, It is the duty Of supervisors
to publish the Troasurer's report.
Second, The price for such publi-
cation is not fixed by law.
Third, This report cannot by any
fair construction be called q part OF
the proceedings of the board"
Fourth, No price or limit being
fixed by law, the compensation must
depend on the rates established by
the trade or such contract as the
publisher and the Board may agree
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07
Tho Davis County Republican give

Tho Davis County Republican gives
lengthy notice Of the Railroad
meeting, held at Macon, No., ON the
28th Of Juno: Attic meeting Moulton
and Bloomfield had each . largo del
egation. Mr.. L. D. Murphy, Prcsi-
dent, as reported, of tho Chilicothe,
Lexington & Bloomfield road, made,
according to the Republican. the fol-
lowing romarks:
Mr.. L. d. Murphy, President Of the
@. l.. q B. Railroad, stated the object oi
the meeting to be for the purpose Of con-
sultation NJ to the best plans to be adop-
ted for the early completion of the road.
He stated that subscriptions to the amt
Of 1900 600 in Lexington Co.. el50, 600 in
Putnam; el50, 90 in 0rundy 42Oo, 900 in
counties were Immediately available,
having been already voted by the people
Of those counties 10 the Chicago u South.
western RR.. which subscriptions could,
with but little delay, be turned over to
the new project, the old one having failed;
that arrangements " re on the tapis foI
consolidation Of the @. L. Il b., road
with the Burlington & Southwestern rail
way, which arrangement, when fully
completed, would give a continuous line
of road from Kansas City and Lexington
through 10 Chicago, via Burlington, ma.
king d shorter and better route from
Kansas City 10 Chicago, than by the e
d s. W., or any other project or line"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

The Wisconsin editors promised to
60, but didn't go to Sioux City, and
this is the way the Journal goes for
taem.
''Thc true reason, Mr.. Collins says,
why the editors did not como here,
is that a lackey from Des Moines met
the fellows at Missouri Valley with
bill OF fare. Tho editors followed
that bill OF fare as dogs would follow
picce of fresh beef. They had ac-
tuaily had nothing to eat, says Mr..
for four days, and under the circum-
stances he considers it very fortu-
nate circumstance that they skipped
Sioux City. Mr.. Collins also indor.
ses our. opinion that the chaps did
not represent tho editors of Wiscon-
sin. He says they were q set OF
Office boys and scavengers that it
would have been no credit to have
entertained under any circumstances.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

The following are the committee
who have in charge all matters con-
nected with the Iowa Press excur-
sion, to take place on the 26th inst,
Ottumwa being the starting point.
F. M. Mills, State Register; /; H. s.
Hyatt, Clinton Herald; Judge Thsyer
Age; John P. Irish, president, and r.
II. Mcbride, secretary Of association.
The excursion il to consist only of
such persons as are entitled to be-
como members Of the association, to-
wit: Editors, publishers of news
papers or periodicals, and their lady
friends.
Marshalltown is the next place of
meeting for the association. Iowa
City did herself honor in the manner
in which she treated the members OF
the association.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07
The Wrong Man Poulticed

Alta famous and fashionable wat
ering place, a gentleman one night
was suddenly seized in bed with an
excruciating pain in his stomach,
which neither brandy, No. 6, nor
any other. remedy could remove.
His wife, after trying number of
things in vain, and after having ex-
hausted all her stock of remedies,
left her husbands bedside for tho
purpose of getting warm appIica-
tion. Guided on her return by
light which she saw shining in q
chamber, and which she supposed
was the ono just left, softly entered,
and was not a little surprised to find
her patient apparently in deep
slumber. However, thinking he
might still be suffering, she gently
raised the bed clothes, &C., and laid
the scalding poultice upon a stomach
but not the stomach of her
husband-which no sooner touchef
the body of the person, than he,
greatly alarmed, and writhing under
the torture of the burning applica-
ton, shouted: "Hallo! halo what
in the name of heaven and earth are
you about there p then, with one
spring from his bed, he made for the
door, and, rushing down stairs da.
clared, in q frenzy OF excitement
that some one had I CURED shovel of
hot Goals upon him. The woman,
overcome with excitement and alarm,
gave frantic scream, which brought
her husband hurriedly in from the
next room to her rescue. The hus-
band was so much excited, and also
SO much amused at the singular mis-.
take and ridiculous position of his
better half, that he forgot all his
pains; but early next morning he, his
wife and trunks left for parts un-
known. The poulticcd gentleman
still retains the handkerchief \
beautiful linen fabric, with the lady's
name on it, which he considers of
rare value,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

SLEEPING ToGETHER.-The claws
of Life" says: "More quarrels arise
between brothers, between sisters,
between hired girls, between school
girls, between clerks in stores, be-
tween apprentices, between husbands
and wives, owing to electrical chan
ges through which their nervous
systems 80 by lodging together
night after night under the same
bc'tlotheF, than by any other dis
turbilg cause. There is nothing
that viii derange the nerrerous sys-
tom Of a person who is eliminative
in nervous force as to lie all night
in bed with another person who is
absorbent in nervous force. Tho alb
sorbcr will go to sleep and rest all
night, while the eliminator will be
tumbling and tossing, restless and
nervous, and wake up in the morning
fretful, pcevish, taulttinding and dis
couraged. No two persons, no mat
ter who they are, should habitually
sleep together. Une will thrive and
tic other will lose. This is law; and
in married life it is detied almost
universally"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

On motion, NJ. Il. Jones was de
clared the unanimous choice of the
convention: The following gentle
men ~cre appointed as the Central
Committee for this judicial district
for the ensuing year:
George Albertson, of Wayne coun-
ty; w II Maple, of Lucas county I;
j w Robb, of Monroe county Ii
Il Wright, Of Appanoose county ;
W ] Law, Of Davis county; w II
9 Jaques, of Wapello county; AL
len Gebhart Of Van Buren, county;
On motion convention adjourned
J b WEAVER, Pres,
r. LEA, Secretary.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07
The Trans Continental, q pape

The Trans Continental, q paper
published every day on the. Pullman
Hotel Express, (cars) between Boston
and San Francisco, for to-day. dated
Burlington, is in our hands. The
editor, w. r. Steele, has accomplished
the feat Of publishing q daily paper
on lightning train Of cars, and is
now high-minded enough to want to
publish ono up in balloon.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

We see by the Burlington Gazette,
that two boats loaded with ice, went
down the river, yesterday, bound for
New Orleans, The cargo was al
ready contracted for at $4,000, and
the shippers expect to clear $1,000
out Of the transaction: lid
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

The Republican Congressional
Convention Of the Second District,
met in Dc Witt Clinton county, the
Goth inst. The hon. John Russell,
of Jones county, was made presi-
dent. The convention passed off
harmoniously, the Hon VIM. Smythe
receiving 55 votes, Hon. James T.
Lane, l3 votes, and the Hon. J.
Scott Richman, IA votes. Mr..
Smythe's denomination was made
unanimous.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

The Davenport Gazette gives an
account of the death by sunstroke of
a German. name not given, and the
probable demise from the same cause
of three others, whose names are NOT
given excepting a Mrs. Kappendorf
a poor washerwoman who has 9
large family dependent upon her.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

The most graphic accounts of the
great fire at Constantinople fail to
convey an idea of it's horrors and
destruetiveness. More than 1000
houses were destroyed, and property
to tho value OF S40,000,000 was
sacrificed. More than one thousand
dead bodies have been recovered, and
there are still 1,400 missing persous
unaccountcd for. Seven fire compan-
les, engines and men, perishod in ne
flames they endeayored to subdue.--
The horrible incidents are too namer.
ous to detail, Strangest of all is the
fact that the fire thus destructive
ragged but few hours, and spread
with such rapidity that buildings
were swept away in an instant, and
with an explosion like that of can.
non. Such awfully destructive fires
are, fortunately, hardly possible in
American cities, with their broad
avenues, brick buildings, and super
| ior fire engines.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07
From the Daily Of June 3oth. AE 6
Judicial Convention Second

The temporary organization Of the
convention was effected, at II o'clock
am, at the Court House, in this city,
by calling the Hon A II Stuttsman,
Of Lucas county, to the chair, and
the election Of 3 s Jones, Esq, Of
Wayne county, as secretary. Tho
following committees were then
appointed asEea 6tt GE 500
On Credentials. i'gi y
s s Henry, of Van, Buron county;
W A Nye, Of WapeIlo county; F W
Echelberger, of Davis county; ] W
Robb, of Monroe county; w 81 Map
les, of Lucas county; VIM Reed, Of
Wayne county; = G Haynes, of Ap..
panoose county. Is gr5Ii
On Permanent Organization. "
DC Beaman, of Van Buren, coun-
ty; D 81 Michael, Of Wapello county;
George Dufi1eld, OF Davis county; W
F Vermillion, Of Appanoose county.
John Collins, Of Monroe county; ] D
Wright, of Lucas county, B s Jones,
Of Wayne county. @9a Aaa e
On motion the convention ad-
journed to one O'Clock, pm. E
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

The Times and Bugle, Of Council
Bluffs, have consolidated. A. G..
Beul and D. W. Carpenter, of the
Omaha Herald, are the proprictors
and publishers Of the new paper, to
be called tho Times.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07
John stannus, lato United States

John Stannus, late United States
Revenue Collector Of the port of
Keokuk, was arrested yesterday by
Deputy U. s. Marshal Fulton, and
turned over to the United States
Marshal of the State of Illinois, who
proceeded with him to Spring field,
whero the U. S. Court is now in ses
sion.
No particulars Of the cause OF
of arrest are given.
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an Buren, county, 3 CT l "a 367
First Formal Ballot.

The nomination of Mr.. Williams,
on motion, was made unanimous.
TN Fee put on nomination w s
DUNCAN, of Lucas county, for Prose-
cutor.
Major Duffield put on nomination
NJ II Jones, of Davis county.
First Ballot:
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

A Mrs Powers, was shot and killed
in Plattsmouth, Nebraska, June 2stb
by . young rake named Gallant Rake
as is supposed, who shot her through
the back, with q revolver.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

The Democracy of the 9Th Cong.
District have called their convention
for the 1lth Of August, the next day
after the State Convention. It is
called for Des Moines. a HaT /.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

They are advertising "Deviled
Ham" up in Davenport, as a great
luxury. Wondor if its out of any
Of those swine that received the
devils Of old Legion,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

At one O'Clock, pm, the conven-
tion met pursuant to Adjournment.
The Committee on Credentials re-.
ported the following-named gentle.
men entitled to seats in tho conven-
ton:
Appanoose county-T NJ Fee, w f
Vermillion, s M Moore, HH Wright,
D G Haynes, L G Mechem, E o
Smith, A J Morrison. Entitled to
eight votes. 5
Davis county-General ] B Weav-
er, Major General Dufield, Hon H G
Traverse T d Doke, T w Eichel-
berger, M II Jones, s w Taylor, J D
Smart. Entitled to eight votes.
Lucas county-T NJ Stuart, Hon A
H Stutsman, Hon J d Wright, w Fl
Naples, N B Gardner, G W Blake.
Entitled to six votes.
Monroe county-D Fl Scott, II Wes.
coatt, J w Robb, Jno. Collins, J ohm
Castle, ST., T A Elder, w A Nichol.
Entitled to seven votes.
Tan Burep county-S B Tuttle, s S
Henry, D g Beaman,:: r Lea, w A
Gebhart, James johnson, J T Stuart,
Samuel Boone, A I Giauque. En-.
titled to nine votes.
Wayne county-E P Steele, Martin
Reed, W H Tedford, John Hayes, jr.,
Enos Rempton, B s Jones. EMIT
led to six votes.
Wdpello county-W H c Jacques,
81 N Clement, T J Nelson, r Meyers,
w A Nye, B d H Baker, D Fl Mich
ael, L q Rupe, Colonel & g White, D
Rogers. Entitled to eleven votes.
The Committee on Permanent Or
ganization, made the following ro.
port: For president, General J. B.
Weaver, of Davis county; for score
tary. Rutledge Lea, of Van Buren
county.
The reports Of Committees on Gre
dentials and on Permanent Organiza-
tion, were adopted.
General J b Weaver was intro.
duced to the convention by the retir-
ing chairman, Hon A II Stuttsman,
General Weaver briefly thanked the
convention for the honor conferred.
Stutsman, of Lucas county, moved
that the convention proceed to the
nomination of q candidate for Jud GO.
Carried.
Captain Stuart, of Van Buren
county, moved that the first ballot
be an informal one. Carried.
The chair appointed H N Clement,
of Wapello county, and WI Yer
million, of Appanoose county-tel-
lers!
Nye, of Wapello county, announ-
ced the name of MI Williams, as q
candidate for Judge.
Scott, of Monroe county, announ-
ced the name Of Colonel d Ander-
son,
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Iowa Press Association,

From the Davenport Gazette, of
the 2sth init, we clip tho following,
As the proceeding Of the 1sociation
for the first day. aal l99v ts
It will be seen thas the North
Missouri Railroad hss generously
offered . magnificent e4oursion to
the Iowa Press, and that Il has been
accepted, The. excursion will start
from our city. Now, let Ottumwa
put on her best behavior, Tor this as
semblageofp fpens will do some scratch
| ing: ,Io 5 ealt as ag
The Iowa Press Association met at
10 O'Clock this morning. IN the alb
sence Of the President, the Vice Pres
ident, John p. Irish, presidDd. Com
mittees were appointed ouorgsnixa-
ton and business. Twenty-Five edi-
tors were present. The convention
adjourned to 4P. M. ..ss..r-
i At that hour q constitution was re-
ported and adopted. Under it, J.
s. Clarkson was elected President,
and John P. Irish Vice.P Prsnident, j.
NJ. Mcbride Secretary, John Mahin,
Treasurer, and An executive COM
mittee Of three were elected. ,'9 i
It was voted that the prizes Of legal
advertising in the State b. uniform.
Gen. Hedrick telegraphed from
Washington that the North Missouri
railroad had offered an excursion to
the Iowa press. ]. NJ. Davies, gen.
eral ticket agent Of thissroad WAS
present and stated he would furnish
q special train of any number of cars,
and convey Iowa editors (wives and
sweethearts understood from Ottum-
wa st. Louis, Pilot Knob, Springfield,
Columbus, Kansas, Leavenworth,
Kansas City and st. Joseph-any or
all of these points, and would also
provide entertainment. The offer
was accepted. The press will meet
in Ottumwa July 26, and start
Wednesday, July ~, and will be alb
sent one week or more.
The Association adjourned till to-
morrow morning.
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Congregational Convention.

Conversational Convention.
The call for the convention in this
district, adopts the basis Of three
hundred votes for delegates. This
is 4 change from any Of the calls that
have been made, we believe, this sea-
son. From the best information we
now havs before us, this will make
the representation from each county
as follows: SOS E.y4 g.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-07

Victor Hugo. than whom no purer patriot
Hives. the great French novelist and historian
has an income of 600. .s3Ets Asa
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Necessary to a choice. 80.

Necessary to . choice, 80.
We have given the above on the
vote for Justice Dillon last year, not
having the vote for Governor before
US. We are satisfied, however, that
it could make no change, except
that in the case of Mahaska county,
it might givc her ono more vote,
as her fraction nearly reaches one
hundred and fifty.