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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-24
Agricultural Correspondence

Agricultural Correspondence
Dahlonega Township Farmers CLUB.
Clubm met Thursday evening, March
18th, 1870.
President Hedrick being absent,
on motion of Col. Z. G. White, VIM.
Giltner was appointed President pro
tenn.
Minutes read and adopted.
Subject-Corn culture.
E. G. White prefers fall blowing,
but if he has to plow in the spring,
would not pillow over four inchos
deep.
Furrow both ways plant with a
hoe, two stalks in hill. cultivate
with double shovel, blowing deep
the last time, SO as to break the
roots running across the rows.
Caleb Miller would not plant before
the 10th of May, plants with the
improved Brown Planter, cultivates
with double or single shovel, har.
rows once and plows three times
would not board man to pillow any
oftener, can do better work with
single or double shovel than can be
done with two horse cultivstors
Sub soiling improves the corn crop
at least one third.
Milton Glltner would not like to
use planter, prefers a hoe or hop
jack. Likes the Weir Cultivator
can do much better work than with
ono horse plows, and near twice az
much in the same time.
E. G. Kitterman had tried tall
blowing, and spring blowing. Fall
blowing plowed in the spring and
fall blowing narrowed and planted
in the same manner, and on the same
day, as the others, and found the lat
ter produced much the best corn
with the same culture. Prefers the
Weir Cultivator to any one horse
pillow that he has seen.
On motion committee, of three
was appointed to obtain sesd wheat
from Wisconsin or Canada for the
use of the Club The Club having
received package ofvegetable seeds
from the Commissioner of AgIicul-
ture proceeded to distribute the same
among the members.
On motion the Board adjourned to
meet Thursday March 18th, at 81 p.
m. w. II. KITTERMAN,
Secretary.
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Read It.

We hope every reader Of the CoUR-
Ter will peruse the words of states
manship which we print elsewhere
from Gov. Alcorns inaugural. There
is indeed a bright and illustrious day
dawning upon the bleeding south,
when she elevates such men to pow
er.
Let our democratic friends read it,
and bear in mind that it is the utter.
ance OF man who is to the manor
born, and not the glittering general
tiles Of sophomorical carpet Dagger.
In his obituary OF the dead democ-
racy OF the south, let the copperhead
faction Of malcontents of the north
also read their doom.
II every State in the south had an
executive with the prescience, patri.
otism, and wisdom of Alcorn, then
inceed might we hope for an imme.
date restoration OF fraternity be.
tween the sections, and the inaupu.
ration Of an era of prosperity in the
there, beyond the Imagination OF
their most sanguine dreamers.
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DEs MONIES, Iowa, March II.

After the storm of the
last three days, the cheering rays Of
the Sun and an unclouded sky in
spires grateful emotions of hope and
happiness again.
The Railroads have mostly dug
out the snow bound trains, and they
are beginning to make their regu-
lar time again.
That venerable character "The
oldest 'inhabitant," has no recollec-
ton OF Of ever seeing such a storm,
at this season of the year. And it
may be added but seldom at any
other season. There must have
been a great amount of suffering on
the bleak. open prairies, whore new
and only temporary shelter had been
provided, while tho driving blast
persistently insinuated it's chilling
presence in the midst of tho helpless
Sufferers.
The session of tho House was
opened with Prayer by Rev. Thomas
Ballinger.
Journal read and approved.
Petitions and demonstrates; there
was none.
At the call for reports of Commit
teo, the Committee on Ways and
Means, made report.
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Chicago Provision Market.

Flour-Quiet, and prices nomin-
ally unchanged, sales of spring ex
tras at 370Cg4.75.
Wheat-Opened fairly active; No
2 sold up to n, but declined, and
closed dull with sellers at Tot; No /
sold at S3i@84.
CONFIRM, !alc higher, No 2
closing at 72a72A; new, 6sa69.
Oats-Moderately active, but
closing quiet 37a for regular No 2 in
round lots.
Seeds-rairly active; timothy
scarce and firm; sales at 490@5. rs
clover easy at 8.2O@8.50; mammoth,
9.25.
Pork-Unchapged; $500 for rcgu-
lar; $500 standard mess, cash.
Lard-Quiet, steadp; steam, l32;
kettle 14l.
Meats-Shonlders at Sc. rough
sides ID; short ribs ID; short clear IA.
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of craftsmanship, presented to US on
an occasion of profound humiliation
Under the aprle-tree Of Appomatox.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF THE WAR
War is the schoolmaster, the ma
tons. "Attic philosophy followed
the footsteps Of the Greek phalanx.
Latin learning keeps pace in its ex.
pansion with the advance Of the Ro.
man legions Oriental art planted
itseifin the battle fields won by the
scimetcr Of the Moor, And to cite
a no less notable instancb Ia our own
day, the defeat of Sadowa has taught
the obstinate despotim Of Austria the
grandest knowledge of ala knowl.
edge which has effected revolution
in her political thinking! Shall it
be said that the Southern people
have been made an exception in his
tory by factious blindness that re-
sists the plainest lesson of history
a lesson which tolls them Us plainly
as the letters which Constantine saw
surrounding, in the Heavens, tho
Cross of onr Salvation, that they
must abandon their political theoriz-
ings for tho wiser craftsmanship.
which devotes itself, IN the first place,
to the fosterage of material interests.
The old constitutional parties of
the country are dead. The Democ-
racy retains, it is true, q semblance
of life, but can never become living
power again until it shall have enter.
ed on an existence totally distinct
from that Of the past. The propri.
ETY. of this occasion does not, there
fore, forbid my dealing with the two
old parties Of the South, as freely as
| might with Egyptian mummies.
The Democratic party inherited
the theories which have been pro.
nounced by the war q system Of bril-
liant follies. Like the gift of the
genii, those shining treasures have
turned in our hands to withered
leaves! The existence of that party
as it now languishes out of life, is q
fact tied up in the dazzling abstract.
ions which the war has declared to
be utterly impotent because utterly
unwise. The Democracy Of the
South is thus seen, on general grounds,
to stand drawn up across the true
road Of Southern progress. Thus, it
is seen, that the Democratic leaders
occupy position in the way of every
Southern mans interests, inasmuch
as their thinking has directed, and,
while Its nature remains unchanged,
ever mus continue to direct the
whole energies of our people to the
accomplishment of the unreal. The
final dissolution ofthe dying Democ.
racy OF Mississippi, ought to become,
therefore, contamination most de.
voutly to be wished tor, by all those
independent thinkers who, though
acting with it, fall not behind that
capacity for instruction which has
raised the people of Austria, in a
few short years, from the depth oil
crushing defeat to the height of pc.
litical and. material grandeur.
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From +" johnny Caddoo."
Dos Moines, Mar ch IS, 1870

Dos MOlnes, Mare Gu 10, 1871.
Yesterday forenoon was devoted to the
discussion of the Kailroad taxation q aes-
ton. There are two methods proposed.
One Is known as the Hopkirk Bill, which
propose to exempt new roads for three
years. and then assess them as other
property is assessed In different Town.
ships Or Corporations In which the road
Is located, making the road ana Its Depots
and rolling stock, subject to local and
Municipal taxation. This Bill is advoca-
ted by Mahon OF Museatine, Irish Of
johnson and Hopkirk himself, and other
bright and shining lights. It is pressed
most perslstently by the members from
the bonded counties who are fairly itching
for authority to levy taxes on Railroads
for the purpose Of making the roads help
pay their indebtedness. The other meth.
cd 10 known a. the Russell or gro - earn
ings' Bill. Thev propose to levy a tax on
their gross earnings per mile, Of one per
cent Oh earnings Of $1,000 two per cent
$1,000 and three and one.half per cent on
earnings Of $1,000 and over. One half is
to go into the State Treasury, and the
other half divided pro rata among the
Counties having the roads. The discuss
ion was not closed yesterday, but will be
renewed to-day. The strongest advocates
of this bill have not been heard yet. but
I believe they rely on the arg ument,
that the roads being Of general interest to
the people and supported equally by
Counties which they do not pass through
therefore they should contribute larger
portion of income to the State than they
would under any ordinary lew, and of
course should not be subject to the local
taxes for Schools, Roads, Bridges, &C.
incline to the opinion that the latter bill
will be modified and adopted.
To-day the forenoon was mostly spent
in discussing bill to enable persons to
compel their neighbors to drain their
lands by making Township Trustees
Drainage Commissioners, and whenever
they are applied to, they go and view the
location and stake out the drains and say
who is damaged and who is benefited, and
then cause the drain to be constructed,
and collect the amount of the benefit end
pay the amount of the damages.
This afternoon was occupied in blather
over bill to prevent the sale of Wine,
Ale. or Beer, and submitting it to the
Counties. It passed the House by The
'skin Of the teeth" and of course needs tn,
sanction Of the Senate, and then of tn
Board of Supervisors, then of the people
before it has any vitality.
The Capitol bill is very quiet, although
when it's friends find any plastic materia
they try to work on it-but it is very
scarce. think they have got their Bail
roads all peddled out now, and some o
the other very convincing arguments the.
nave used, MAY be, ventilated, and viii
not, think. rebound very much to tn,
credit of the Capitol City.
| Yours, as ever,
JOHNNY CADDOO.'
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Agency City Items.
AGENCY CITY, March q. 1877

AGENCY CITY, March q. 1870.
EDS. COURIER :--On Friday last, John
Fullen was badly injured by falling from
the top of the water tank TO the ground. q
distance OF twenty-five feet or more. His
injuries, although very severe. will not
prove fatal.
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AN EXPLANATIoN.--I In the hurry of
business, a communication found its way
into our columns recently, on "Recollec.
tons Of school teaching which we are
now teld makes unpleasant personal ref
erences to the children Of some of our
friends, in such manner as leaves no
mistake about their identity, or the ami.
mus of the writer.
We hurriedly glanced over the commu-
nication when handed to us, and not see-
ing any names in full In it, and inferrinr
from the statements Of the author that he
had drawn freely on his imagination for
his facts, inserted the article without a,iv
farther thought about il until the injus.
tice of the affair was called to our atten-
ton.
These columns are not Intentionally
thrown open to our correspondents for
perso nal abuse even If the object should
happen to be our worst enemy. much
less to the detraction of our friends even
by inuendo, or their children.
Therefore we regret the appearance Of
the communication.
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DEs MONIES, March 18th, 1877 o.

DEs MONIES, March 18th, 1870.
The morning session of the House, was
opened with prayer by Rey. Thos. Ballin.
ger. The special order, which was H. r.
No. 263-the billt to tax the gross EARNINGS
of Railroads, was taken up and passed by
vote OF 81 yeas, and IL nays.
The consideration ofthe hill to regula te
the Tariff Of Railroads, was made the
special order for March 2sd next
1t was also agreed to make the consider.
alton of the Insane Asylum appropriation
bill, the specialIorder for Thursday: March
oath next, at 10 o'clock.
A message was announced from the
Senate, informing the House that the
Senate had passed .. f. No. III to abol-
ish the Medical Department of the state
University.
Mr., Dudley, Chairman of the Commit
tee on Claims, reported back blItGI7. f.
Flo. 226 with recommend alton that it do
not pass. This bill is to pay for extra
work on the Agricultural College building
The special order was taken up, which
is to resume the lands granted to the D.
v. RR. Co. The subject was discussed BY
Parsons of Fl. Dodge, until adjournment
ut noon.
In the afternoon the joint Convention
of the General Assembly convened in the
Representative Hall and proceeded to the
election of State Printer, State Binder and
Warden of the Penitentiary,
Mr.. Dudley moved that the Convention
proceed to the election of State Printer.
The roll was called by President Walden,
and the announcement made that G.. W.
Edwards had received los votes, which
wasa constitutional majority, and was de-
clared elected.
J. J. Smart was elected State Binder
and Martin Kelsey was elected Warden OF
the Penitentialv. The Democrats gave
from four to seven votes for their nomi-
nees.
After the joint Convention disso lived the
House again took up the special order.
when Parsons continued discussion until
the hour of Adjournment. Without COM
ing to vote, the further consideration
of the resumption bill was made the
special order for next Friday.
The House adjourned to 8 o'clock q. m.
tomorrow. Yours truly.
ANON.
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Is She Fit for a Wife.

She's perfect to whirl with In q waltz:
And her shoulders shew well on q soft
divan,
And she lounges at night and spreads her
silk,
And plays with her bracelets and firts her
fan.
X
Is this the thing for mother or wife /?
Could love ever grow on such barren
rocks
Is this the companion to take for life?
One might az well marry n musical box.
You exhaust in day her full extent:
IT'S the same little tink1e of tunes always:
You must wind her up with n compliment
To be bored with the only air she plays.
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Recorder.

The City Council last night done credit
10 itself and honor to worthy man, by
electing VIM. ii. Caldwell, Esqr., local
editor Of this paper, for Recorder during
the ensuing year.
lifelong resident of he city; a news.
paper man of decided ability a faithful
soldier; Republican without guile /;
and business man Of excellent clerical
qualifications, he cannot fail to make a
creditable successor to DR.. Thrall, and q
satisfactory officer for the people of Of
tlimwa.
If you are suffering from Rheumatism
or Cough arising from cold, get bot
lie Of Welchman d.co.'s Mamaluke Lini-
nent, and if it don't cure you, get your
money back.
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The Oltunlwa ard st. Paul r. r

Do the people of Ottumwa want this
road or not That is the question. It is
for them to say-provided they say before
it is too late. We might have organized
company and have secured the C, & s.
w. RR.. but we waited and slept in fan
cied security, until Missouri Company
secured it to Fairfield. Shall we now have
this outrageous folly repeated? The enc.
mics ofottumwa, and ottumwa interests,
are actively at work against us, and we
are sleeping serenity. Sixty thousand dol
lars is already pledged on the north end
OF this road! oskaloosa wantsit; sigour-
ney wants it; Fairfield wants it. Now
shall this money be diverted to building a
road to some other point or not? This Is
| for the people Of otturnwa to determine.
ibis road is of much moro importance to
us than the C. g. S. w. RR. Had this
latter road been located through ottumwa
it would have given us another eastern
communication-but this connection we
will get anyhow, via the Cedar Rapids
| Road. 1t would have given us South
western connection, but our North Mo.
Road will connect with this same South
western road at Bloomfield, and thus give
us the Southwestern connection. 1t void
have opened up to us only limited add
tional market for our prod cts in cit her
direction.
Now. how is it with this road running
due North and South. 1t would be to
Iowa what the Illinois Central is to Hi
nois. 1t would make the most direct
communication between the two great
cities on the upper Mississippi, St. Paul
and st. Louis. 1t would be the great
outlet for the Wheat and Flour of North
ern Iowa and Minnesota to a Southern
market. 1t would build up great Flour
ing Mills here, as our cheap coal and fine
water power would give us an immense
advantage over every other town on the
road in manufacturing. 1t would sup
ply Coal to all Northeastern Iowa-here
Coal at the mines is worth seven cents per
buhel-fifty miles north 1t briggs forty
cents.
1t would give 0ttumwa connection
with Chicago, Milwaukee and Lake supe
rior. via the the Rock Island, the North.
western and other roads.
In fact it is not possible for us to have
an additional road in any direction that
would be Of as much importance to us as
this road will be.
We haze railroad connection east and
west, southeast and north west, and soon
will have south and south west, and then
northeast. Now let US have this road
NORTH, and we will have an outlet TO all
parts OF the compass. and then we can
snnp our fingers at the Southwestern and
tell her to go to---Fairfield.
Citizens Of Oltumwa! A company COM
posed ofstrong, earnest men, your neigh
bors and friends, have COMPANY
organized to push the North road enter
prise. They are willing to take the brunt
OF the fight. They will put their agents
and engineer corps in the field at once, if
you will stand by them and do as we'll by
this company, as you were willing to do
by the c. & s. W. RI. Ifyou will turn
over your notes to this enterprise. thu
work win proceed. Ifyou are Indifferent
the Company will quit. What ia your
answer? Look to your own interests and
let the &C mpany hear from you
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Shepherd sells the genuine d. W.
Ramsdeil Norway Oats.
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cation of their new rights. In the
tace Of memories that might have
separated them from me as the
wronged from the wronger, they
offered me their oonfidence-offered
me the guardianship of their new
and precious hopes in a trustfalness
whose very mention stirs my nerves
with emotion. In response to that
touching reliance, tie most profound
anxiety with which / enter my office
as Governor Of this State, is that of
making the colored man the equal,
before the law, Of any other man
the equal, not in dead letter but in
living fact.
JOHN c. CALHOUN.
John G. Calhoun's genius was of
the very noblest. 1t has left to the
Southern people the clevating infu.
ence of brotherhood with tran
scendant intellect. But with this
tribute to the memory Of great
man, what, let me ask, have the tri-
umphs of his wonderful mind given
the people he loved well, if not
wisely? In tenderness for his fame
! do not ask you to turn your eyes
for an answer to his beloved South.
Look for an indirect reply to the
canal, the railways, the harbors, the
fishing-feets, the coasting-feets Of
the North! If these do not speak
out to you plain answer as the re-
suits accomplished by Southern de-
votion to political distractions, while
the North followed paths leading to
national strength, look for a more
pointed summing up of all these in
that climax of the comparison of
Southern with the Northern school
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1870-07-25
Ths Ksas OF Pr.ss,..

William J., King OF Prussia. il tho son
OF Frederick William III. and Princes.
Louisa Of Mecklinburg, St,slits. and wa.
born March 20, 1897. He recciv.S
thorough military education ana toot AZ
active part In the campaign Of isis and
1915 against France, lie was made s a"a
ernor Of Pomeranis in 1870, and held %o
position until ls4s, when the progress of The
revolution forced him to seek refuge in
England. In May Of the same wear he
was elected a member Of the constituent
assembly, and returned TO Berlin In
l8As he commanded the Psussisn armv
sent against the rsvolutionists Of Baden ;
and in 1858, when the reigniug king be-,
came insane, he was appointed regent. He
signalxed his advent TO this position by
alsmssing the Krsus or aristocratic party.
an "a ADOPTING liberal policy.
the death Of Frederick William vi
him a :" var an heir, January 2, 1881, brought
Unto ,m 70 me throne, and he was crowned st
nmaon'gsGerg October 18th of the same
year y is said that te insistsd "non
p'A''ns the regal circlet on his own had
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thereby asserting his faith in "tho divine
right Of kingA" and his course since that
ame tas somewhat disappointed the liberal
party OF Germany. Count Bismarck
Schosnhausen, was made Prime Minis.
ger IN 1857, and this able man and
Ms royal master have worked hsrmoni-
ously together for::the aggrandisoment and
glory Of Prussia. The Austrian war Of
1866 contribut9d greatly 70 his end, and
has indeed almost made Prussia the DOM
inant nationality Of Europe King Will
liam was married TO Princess Augusta,
daughter Of the Grand Duke of SAKE
Wsimar, In 1929 and has two childrsn'--
Frederick William, born in 1891, the hus-
band of the Princess Royal of England,
and Louise Mary, born In 1888, and mar
ried to the Grand Duke Of Baden. Z