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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-22
United States Taxes on Sales.

The subjoined is an extract from
the internal revenue law now in force
and viii 80 CT ntinue until the LIST of
May, 1871. The opinion is to some
extent INDUCED that the law requir-
ing the payment Of the Government
tax on saIes expires on the Let Of the
coming month:
The Wholesale Dealers, Cattle Bro
.kcrs, Apothecaries, and other Spec
'ial Taxes imposed under Section
70, Act Of June 80, 1864, as amen.
ded, in force until May i, 1871.
OFFICE OF INT'L. REVENUE,
Washington, Aug. 10, 1870.
w. IL. THOMPSON, Esq, Assessor
Eleventh District, Eastern Pennsyl.
vania-Sir: l reply to your letter
of the 18th inst, that the additional
tax of 81 on each $1,000 of salcs Of
wholesale dealers, in excess of $50.
600 per annum, provided by section
70, paragraph 2, OF the act of June
30, 1864, as amended, is . special tax
as distinguished from "the several
taxes on sales" repealed on and
after Oct. l, 1870; such, for example
as the tax imposed under the act of
March 81, 1868, section 4, tax on auc-
ton sales, nc.
The wholesale dealers, cattle bro
kers, apothecarios, and other special
taxes, rs above imposed under the
provisions OF Sec. SO, aforesaid, shol'd
be returned, assessed, and collected
as formerly, until May 1871.
j. W, DOUGLASS,
Acting Commissioner.
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MAD.-You can find out how mad
the Bloomfclders are about losing
the Chicago l. Southwestern Rail.
road, by reading the two following
items from tho Bloomfield Rspubli.
can:
of there is a first-class liar ia the
country, who is not in the employ Of
the Chicago 4 Southwestern Railroad
we would advise him to apply to the
officers Of that company, aud we arr
satisfied he: can do 80 with o sure
chance Of getting . permanent stu
alton. He will, however, be required
to bring proof that no is liar by
education and instinct"
"WANrED.-A reward il offered fol
the man who will furnish an accept
able name for the new town at the
crossing of the North Missouri and
Chicago l. Southwestern, four miles
north Of this place. We suggest thu
following catalogue from which tn,
company is ct liberty to select ::
'Pinch-gut,' 'Nip-cat,' Bras
Monkey, or Allerville, or 'Ticl
Ridge If you want something o.
the romantic order adopt Skunk
villo,'"
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city of Now York, and tho economy
Of tho party whore its Head Centre
lives, and where its pccuniary supor.
intendant holds forth, A. Belmont, is
not a very factoring earnest OF g
faithful and honest disbursement of
the public funds Democracy rules
New York with her say, 100000 d
people, a. ! cost Of from twenty-five
to thirty millions annually, about
one-6th ii much as Grant expends
IN tho government Of the nation. We
are satisfied that no candid, unpreiu.
diced mind can see Anything in the
past record of the democratic party
to warrant it's elevation to power, and
if this be true, by the only safe rule,
are they found wanting. Past acts
and deeds, and not promises for the
future, control the wise in their &C.
lection Of men and parties.
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The Charlton Democrat of last
week has two editorial articles de-
nouncing the late Soldiers Reunion
at Des Moines, which, it alleges, was
got up and managed by Republicans
solely for political capital. And then
with degree Of meanness and folly
q little meaper and more foolish than
anything we ever heard of before, il
charges that "the politicians and
6fice-seekefs are indirectly RESPONSE
BILE for the killing Of the Two soldiers
who lost their lives by the Railroad
accident on the week Of the Reunion
If Copperhead venom can produce
anything more vile and brutal than
this sample from the Democrat, we
fail to imagine how.-Kxorvill.
Voter. gssyf
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SoLD.-Col. Barnes, has sold his
one half of the Dubuque Times to
Jacob Rich, ESQ.,, formerly editor Of
Independence Bulletin, and now
Clerk of the Senate Naval Commit.
tee at Washington, for 1000.
Jake is one of the "mildest man.
nered mon who ever cut throat OF
scuttled ship and is gentleman
Of fine newspaporial talent, and we
expect now to see the Dubuque
Times come lively to the front among
Iowa journals.
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The GREAT ST.. Louis FAIR.-This
greatest of all Fairs will commence
on Monday, the Sd of next month
The North Missouri Railroad, which
was SO magnl6cently opened by the
editors of Iowa from Ottumwa the
last Of August, has made exceedingly
low rates from that point to st LOUIS
and return, charging only So for the
round trip. Stock and articles for
exhibition they will carry free. The
very low rates fixed should secure q
very large Iowa attendance. The
train leaving Ottumwa at 4:15 p. M,
arrives at st. Louis at $50 Q. m.-
We presume the d. r r and the
B & NJ will also carry at half fare,
and make arrangements for close
connections. Missouri came in force
to Iowa's State Fair. Let Iowa re-
turn the compliment. $4,000 will
be given in premiums.
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Omaha
a special dispatch 70 tie Register,

- sffss7 u = 80
a special dispatch TO the Register,
from Omaha, says Y So, N
.'Thsrs Ii 4 considerable axeats.
.nent ihpq1iticat oircies here coz 6t
A HSNe I1kra this evening nke1aa
that a 2sfous chefges Of zl9d
rsaeaty r Sliihed AgaiAst GoyeSot
Bst{s6 iS 80 p4psa. kqya indnred
tha Rspu Nd Atses Csotra C0a.
mits6s " ~ = seslon to-aighk 81
whinh, asvstAot .Bullst. ID h1aled
upon . roikte The chsrRes q fksnd
or withdraw from the Gdbefnatofiall
cahvaAA.
Thsstate Central Repuylicaa Com,
mittso mot here tonight. Governor
Butler arrived tonight. His. person
al friends claim that he will disprovs
the charges and maintain himself. or
the ticket;
The result Of tho elaboration |.
not yet known.
Senator Upton also arrived tonight
and he i among Governor Buffers
opponents. @
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leighton & Needham are issuing a
sprightly Daily Herald during their
County Fair, which that county Is
shabby holding at the same timo as
ours.
That is it is shabby to have their
Fair tho same time as ours, provi-
ding they had. as VIC are informed,
due notice Of the time Of ours, long
before theirs was called.
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Pocket Book Lost.

The undsrsigped having ieSt bissRpeket
BOOK on the counter at tho AuStloa Room,
opposite the First National Bank or drop
Pea y on the sidewalk StStween thsfe and
Haskins' Restaurant. contain I'M S6out
Is in money and some notes u hand,
payable to the undersigned one note ON
I'D. Chance. for ~ and some cents: one
on a. Z: Blair foi .4lI. aujs ,atne ,tWo or
tnree other notes, all dated Jan. 18th 1859.
que Dec. 18th 1870; alsoS; Mcrth 81 Bridge
tickets or passes: four nletallc passes: ono
paper pass. The Pocket Book 4 some
worn, and has no fastening. Any ono
leaving II u the Courier O8sce iii ia
literally rewarded. =
sept. 18th 1870. GREENvILl4EHALE
fFs$s sEep i7sd3trtet.
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How Thompson Murdered the Hag.
Gorty Family:

The execution of Andrew Thomp-
son, the murderer Of the Haggerty
family, which was appointed for the
9Th inst, has been postponed, bis
counsel having appealed the case to
the Supreme Court. It will be argu-
ed at tho October term, Dubuque,
and decided ct Des Moines some time
in December. His confession will
be published soon. The Galena
Gazette gives the following synopsis
of 1t:
Every one remembers the horrible
murder of the Haggefty family, and
the thrusting Of their bodies into an
air hole ~ ~ AGis,;ss;Ppi, .cmowhcro
between here and Prairie du Chen.
Thompson has made . confession, in
which no says~ that the girl died on
the road, and that the mother, while
bewailiDg the death Of her child, was
so loud in her lamentations as to
cause him to fear she would attract
the attention of some one who might
appear at his sled to enquire what
was the mattor. To prevent this he
summarily smothered Mrs. Haggerty
in the bedding. Two Of the family
were then ifeless, but the two boys
yet lived a. witnesses against him.
They must die; and the poor little
fellows were smothered in the same
way as their mother had been. After
driving about the country until night
he sought the river and placed the
bodies in the air hole.
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eWith Palmer.
WILLIAM LouGHRIDGE.

with Harlem,
The friends Of the candidates at the various
places are requested to give proper notice OF
the above meetings.
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.
Hon. J. B. Howell, United States Sena-
tor, and Hon. +. II. Stiles, candidate for
Reporter of the Supreme Court will
speak as follows
Bonaparte Tuesday, Sept. Goth at 2 r. NJ.
keosauqua, Wednesday Sep. q, at Up. m
Bloomfield, Thursday, Sept. I'D, at 2 p. IN
Abba. Friday, September 2sd, at p. IN.
oskal.osa, Saturday. Sept. oath, at p. m.
Atlantic, Tuesday, Sept. 9th, at 2 p. m.
Iowa City. Thursday, Sep goth, at p. m.
Davenport. Saturday, Oct. LIST, at p. m.
Dewitt. Monday, October 3rd, at 7 p. IN.
Maquoketa, Tuesday. Oct. 4th. at p m.
burlington, Friday, Oct. 18th, al I p. m.
Mt Pleasant. Satui day Oct sth, at p. IN.
Fairfield, Monday, October 10th, al 7 p. N
IN addition 70 the above appointments,
Mr. stiles will speak as follows:
Dexter, Monday, sept. 2bth, at p, III.
West Liberty. Friday, Sap. Both vt . p, M.
Lyons. Wednesday,, October 5th Al p. NJ.
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A small boy Of some ten years,
named Rhodes. was lodged ia the
Logan county Ohio Jail Wednesday
night, for whipping his mother and
little brother. We understand that
he is more than q tyro desperado.--
His mother threateoing 70 whip him
on one occasion, he exclaimed that be-
would hurt the baby il she did, and
on her whipping HIM, he jsbbed i fork
through the child's arm
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TERRIBLE ACCIDENTAL terrible
and fatal accident, whereby two mon
were instantly plunged into etornity
occurred near Belle PLANE last Sat-
urday evening on a construction
train near that place. Conductor
Arthur and brakeman Sullivan were
at tn esame brake. when the chain
snapped in two and both were pre-
cipitated on the track, where they
were literally torn to shreds and
pieces.by the cars. An eye witness
of the scene says that the heart Of
poor Arthur was found, disconneot-
cd from his mutilated body, four or
five feet from the track. Both were
dutiful and worthy men. enjoying
the confidence and esteem of their
acquaintance. Boone County Demo.
crQt.
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The eleven street railroads of New
York city carried, last year, over
l13,OOO, 600 passengers, and their
total receipts amounted to So, 43s, 166,
an excess of S78O,079 over the OK.
penses. Exclusive Of the Fourth
avenue line, the other companies col
lcctively paid to the general govern.
ment, S2O8, ,97 Ms the tax on their
earnings, which will be about the
amount OF revenue, per annum, that
the government will give up after
the LIST OF October, on the receipts Of
the companies OF that city.
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ROAD is the enterprise now demand
ing the earnest attention and support
of the people Of this town and county.
A meeting was held last week to con-
suit upon the best manner Of raising
the needed amount of aid. After
full consultation il was decided to lay
the question of tax before the people
Of this township. and committee
was appointed to canvass for signers
Of . petition for such submission. -
One. third Of the legal voters of the
township must sign such petition
asking tho submission, before it can
be made, this committee is as follows:
First Ward-Frank Dooley; III.
w. Fyffe, G.. w. Dodder and ]. G.
Starkey.
Second Ward-Jno. w. Porter and
Jacob Ricord. II
Third Ward-Simon Hotz, John
Wilson, DR.. Morsman, NJ. Bloom and
F. K. Rettenmayer.
Fourth Ward-Geo. j. Boal, Jos.
McC onnell and d. @. Lyon.
Township outside Of city, east of riv
er-H. Strohm and Robert Denton
West Of rioer-John Clark.
Its hoped that these committees.
will make prompt and thorough.
work, and that every man called up
on will sign the petition. We have
heretofore pointed out the advanta-
ges Of this road. It will be a contin-
uation Of q road now building across
Illinois. in opposition to tho North
western and Rock Island roads, in
the interest of q combination hostile
to the Vanderbilt combination. The
advancoin freights since the consoli-
datioD of the n. w. and r. I. roads
will cost this coun tymore each ) ear
than the entire cost Of grading this
proposed road through the county
Upton has voted on this tax and
carried it by more than two to one,
and that for q five per cent. tax. We
will not need as much as that here,
and should vote what we do need as
heartily as she has voted her larger
amount. The towns that have the
rail roads in these daysarethe; towns
that grow in business and wealth.
Iowa City must have them or cease
to grow. There are enough OF them
running around us. We must bring
them to our town and make it rail
road center, or those towns which So
euro such advantages will do the
growing, and this old, substantial
town will turn back and 60 to decay.
This point is attested by numberless
instances---tha rail roads make or
ruin towns. With our present line,
the north aud south line now build.
ing, and this northeastern and south
western our rail road facilities will be
complete. Now is the time to make
these advantages secure. Let these
petitions DO signed, the tax voted.
the road built. and Iowa City will
have her destiny in her own hands.
-zowa City Republican.
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: Dispatch GrouF rrincse 0ortsAeskoff
hisa ihssks name oftie Gar
to come to st. Petersburg, end urg-
inr him 70 hasten bis visit
The viii. cr Marshall Basalue ~ in
Tours, ,,us, reoeived - letter from
hcf husband 4 few days ago. II was
sent out or Metz bya balloon which
passed the o-,ssisn lines.
Hong Kong via London,
stf, \ Sep4embef 20. m
Great fesrs 1ro entertained OF
smother inassacte Of f0fefgncfs in
China. -
Florence, Sopt. 20.
The seigs or Homo hes ccf6shenced
Five divisions under Gen Gardens
are investing The city. Resistance lie
| q matter Of form and the surrender
is expected to-day s,'t' '@''-'lf'
New York, Sept. 20.
Deplorabie accounts IRE receive
Of tho terrible ravagos d diIsAsc
among tho PrussiAns around Metz
Russia Ii massing troops upon her
frontiers.
London, Sspt ~. 2:30
There has been skifmhm1lg 1ear
Ivry and Chatillon ,ch M pSEsk rts
IF Paris. The Rrwssgass 4tc4py
Clamont, Mendon, viileneuve VSsioe
and Fontenay.
The Grown Prince n@-r Foas. i
ebieau.
The Prussians crossed The Seie, A.
Choissy le Roi, : lew milesahd a. she
| confluence Of the Marne.
Advices have been received from
Strasbourg up to yesterday, Monday
The cannon Of the garrison are near-
" quiet. Gen Uirfch, tho comman.
dant. has boon badly wounded. His
Office headquarters has been removed
TO the cellar Of the Prefecture, police.
| A vote taken BY the people OF the
city on the sabject Of guaranteeing,
was decided BY a large majority to
/ continue the defensg 10 tie last.
New Yt.l ,,pt. 20.
/ The Evenisg kilograms special,
dated Berlin, Sept. Goth, says , lot
| ter from BisnArck Of the nth says
\ the next step is TIL 'nS. stncnt OF
| Paris, and that it is hoped that the
city viii soon be ocsdpled BY the
Prussians. That all hope ofsuccess-
| full resistancs being over thes Mere
| will be peace. Tbs safety OF Gcrma
my and the peace 81 Is world
secured, he will not oppose atermiua,
u 4iQn OF the war. t.zsss.ss q. Z.
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Ira G. Mitchell, late Christian
Church minister here and democratic
candidate for Congress, in this Dis
trict, is n member ofthe law firm Of
Challen 4 Mitchell, Cincinnati.
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Republican Meetings.
OFFICE OF REPUBLICAN,
STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE,
DIES MONIES. August Is

The state Central Committee is authorized
To announce Republican Meetings at the fol-
lowing times and places. The appointments
Of OF her speakers will be announced as rap
idly as the lists are made out. Local Com
mittecs are requested to make all necessary
of all meetings within their jurisdiction; and
should II he necessary to make any change
in the date or hour of any of the appointments
nd not this Comuiittes as the place and time,
Of speaking are left entirely to the Local Com
mites and the choice of the speakers
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Minnesota Donnclly il, now. running
for Congress- on tho DeWocra tic tick
ct. There are .h-sS gradati0ns Of
Republicans fall--frst,, = bolter sec
ond, 9 Democrat; and, thiri, ! bigger
Indian. The Diggers will squirm on
the appearance Of Donnelly. = Chica-
90 Post.
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Upton, Center Township, Cedar
county, iowa, hos voted by 179 ma
jority to give s51 900 Tor Gov. Kirk
woods Iowa Southwestern Railroad.
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Democratic papers are claiming
gains in the recent elections. There
is one gain they are always sure Of,
and that fs,--whippad, gain.-Det.
Tribune.
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Capt. Dan II. Cooper, q gallant
soldier, 18th Iowa Unity, is the Re-
publican candidate for Clerk of the
District Court of Madison county.
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A provincial paper conclufesa long
obituary with the following strange
notification:
Several deaths are unavoidabAy
deferred"
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Washburn ins HlniDer sso4s-The
Woes Of . Diplomat Having .

from TING A1On0Un Iele8foph
What can you expect whom was"''
in the shadow OF siege. ! ne
American Min ster is likewise hav-
ing hard time Of it. Mr.. Wash
burne has not been troubled. j 's
true, to any great extentr wssa .nu
care of plate and vaInables for his
fellow ceuntrymen, for the Ameri-
cans in Paris seem TO have made up
their minds to take things o. they
come, and with philosophic ""o'-sss'
I have not-yet heard of any nsneri+
can who has been arrested %
"Prussian spy fate which. IN the
city or the provinces, has heGr llen
about ten out Of every dozen ,sngllsh-
men / have met here. Moreover,
our American cousins, when trsve'-
ing in Europe, do not has::--:::::-"y
iDcumber themselves with heavy
services of plate; and o for their
diamonds-with which they are ~ n
rule plentifally supplied-t.- s,n.
Memen put Thorn into their waistcoat
pockets, and the ladies pop them in
to their chignons when tin X
ugly, and so everything Is very nice
and comfortable. The trouh'. -'H
the American legation is, C;..-. .no
Prussians domiciled in Part nn-
der United States protection, and
whenever an unhappy Germ ~
mobbed by gang Of drun;sv, .ow :.
dies <,p f.0llarod hv q zoAlnua n, rt,ou
de vile, or denounced by . patriot G
milkwoman or public-spirits' -.vk-
maid, for such high and mighty
crimes as wearing epectacles with
tortise shell rims, carrying q pocket
handkerchief in the crown :. hat
or asking his way to the Rue Ncuve
des Petits Champs, the supposed
"Prussian spy" naturally asks to be
conducted to the American Legation
there to prove by the o., 'hst.- n of
his papers thu perfectly IN
offensive and law abiding Teuton.
On Saturday morning, no foyer than
eighteon persons who i,ac e arres
tod by the polics by excited anna
teurs, were brought at one time to
the Minister'S, and in almost every
case IL was proved that a mistake
had been made, and that the priso-
ner was the victim Of popular pass
ion, prejudice, and irepxied terror
rank weeds which can always be
warranted to flourish in the shade W
Of siege.
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The official vote Of the MaIne elect
ion shows majority Of 1876 for
Perham, the Republican candidate
for Governor. Last year, the major
ity for Gov. Chamberlain, Republican
was 1891. Republican gain in one
yoar, 1894
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Highland Township Ticket.

rrustces.--John Shaw, Jesse
Bnckpcr, Henry Kiltcrman.
Clerk VIM. Burris
Assessor Sanford kirkpatrick.
Justice OF il.c Pcacc.--A. N. Bow
lin. j. M. Harrell. a.e
Constablos.--E. II. Godfrey, J. W.
Netf.
Pleasant Township Ticket.
For Justices Of The Peace--W. S.
Widger, Jacob Myers.
For Assessor LIS. Shepherd.
Town Trustces--John Murry, Jo.
seph Burnaugh, Thomas Wright.
For Township Clerk - Charles
Thompson.
For Constables--Alex. Wright, J.
e. McMinn. aiT9a5.
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Republican State Ticket.


FOR SUPREME JUDGES,
Hor tho Long Ter nc. q. COLE, of
foIk County,
10 I'LL vacancy occasioned by resigna-
~ of Judge Diilon--WM. Il. MILLER,
Johnson county.
70 iii, vacancy occasioNsd by resigpa-
ton of Judge Wrisht--JAMEs G DAY,
OF Fremont County.
For Secretary Of State,
led. WRIGHT, Of Cedar.
For Auditor, ~
sHi JOHN RUSSELL, of Jones'.
For Treasurer,
SAMUEL Il. RANKIN, of Washington.
For Register Of State band Office,
AARON BROWN, Of Fayette.
For Attorney General,
HENRY u'CONNOR, of Muscstine.
For Reporter OF the supreme Court,
EnwA ARD IL. sTiES, Of wapello.
Fur Clerk at thu Supreme Court,
CHAIR ES LlNDERMAN, Of Page.
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For judge I'd judicial District,
MORRIS j.. WILLIAMS, Of Wapcllo.
NJ. II. JONES. of Davis.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY TICKET.
For Clerk,
l.. NJ. COOLEY.
For Recorder,
II. W. TOWER.
For Surveyor,
JOHN d. BAKER.
For Supervisors,
III. NELSON, of Pleasant TIP.
HENRY CANFIEbD, of Polk TIP.
Il. SHUTS, of Rchland tn.
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Joint DISCUSSION

Congress- 9Th District, and w. 7. Smith, Dem
ocratic candidate, will speak in joint discuss
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NIcKNAMEs.-I have no patience
with the custom. It is bad enough
when confined to giggling school
girls and the officers Of young ladies'
literary societies; but when it is adop-
ted by professional women, and even
invades the sacred desk-when we
read of Miss Nettie Sterling and the
Rev. Mrs. Maggie Van Colt, tits time
to protest. What should we think
ola like pitiful affectation among
men? How would it strike us to SEQ
the announcement Of q new work by
1onamie Carlyle, or to read the syn
opsis of ian able speech by Johnnie
Bright" or an advertisements of "The
Life and Times Of George Washing
ton ?" believe in Woman's Rights,
aud one of the very first l would have
them insist upon is the right to exer-
else little plain common sense, and
to be called by the names that were
given them when they were babies.
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Good advice is this from an ex-
change, telling 10 everybody, rs it
does clearly and succinctly, a few
truths that need telling often: "Take
your homo paper, it gives you more
news of immediate interest than any
foreign papor; it talks for you when
other localities belle you; it stands
up for your rights; you always have
champion IN your home paper and
those who stand up for you should
certainly be sustained. Your inter-
ests are kindred and equals, and you
must rise or fall together. There
foro it is your interest 10 support
your homo paper, not grudgingly,
but 10 a liberal spirit, as q pleasure,
OF AZ disagreeable duty, but us an
investment which will amply pay the
expenditure"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-09-22
For Judse ID judicial District,

For Congress, lth, District,
MADISON NJ. WALDEN. of Appanoose