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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-28

= me circular cites as proof, the cases of
4 Beisiun, Greece and Naples, and the re.
1usai OF the other great powers to allow
any OF their princes to mount those
thrones.
The circular then mentions tho Win,
drawal of Hohcnzollern; the refusal to
/ & give guarantees, and other incidents
which have followed, adding that +, nnce
had ought to demand guarantees, since
russia has already given her word that
Prince Of the house of Hohenzollern
should not mount the throne of Spain,
when in March there had been a question
oi the possibility of Prince Leopold becom-
tng a candidate: At that time tho French
Minister at Berlin told the King that no
RUSSIAN could reign in Spain. Count
blsmsrok replied !" France need not con-
cern herselfat contingealcy SO improba-
BILE , and Herr Won Thule, prussian I'm
~ der secretary of foreign affairs, gave his
t@N WORD OF honor that Hohenzollern was
not and could not be a candidate.
IT the assurances thus solemnly given
cannot be relied upon, diplomatic inter-
course m tist cease. In regulating such
pledges, Prussia challenges France, who
INV only demands, in view Of the pre-
vious Regeneration, that the formers re-
= nunciation Of her designs be made real
y and permanent. ~ - ~
history mast assign to Prussia the RESPONSE.
bittE OF war which she had the means of
syadins, andw which while she affected to de-
def what circumstances has she done fhiss It
Is when, France for four Sears past has
RETAINED with an almost exaggerated scrupu-
40, cicteu nsdpefhe Sedftations Sfthe Emp.
error, but 10 which she has failed to givea
voluntary support. OF all the acts Of this
means offresing herself nom the obligations
Europe Lei sn Seo
hounce upon the Justice of her course,
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MANHOOD.
4 How Lost, How Restored.

just published, second edition, by
DR.. LEWIS, 1854 pages). THE MED.
cIAL COMPANION AND GUIDE To
mEALTH, on the radical cure of Sper.
Hatorrhea or Seminal Weakness,
Impotency, Mental and Physical In.
capacity, Impediments to Marriage
ETC., and tho Venereal and Syphilitic
Maladies, with plain and clear direc-
tons for the speedy cure Of Second.
airy Symptoms, Gonorrhea, elects,
Structures, and all dieeases of the
skin, such as Scurvy, Scrofula, Ulcers,
Boils, Blotches, and pimples on the
face and body, Consumption, Epilep-
sy and Fits, induced by selfindul-
gencc or sexual extravaganza.
The celebrated author, in this adj
mirable Treatise, clearly dcmonstra-
tos, from forty years successful
practice, that the alarming conse-
quences of selfabuse may be radical
ly cured ; pointing out mode of cure
at once simple, certain and effectual,
by means of which every sufferer, no
matter what his condition may be,
can be effectually cured, cheaply, phi
vately and radically. BsyrThis Book
should be in the hands OF every
youth and every man in the land.
Sent under seal, in plain enyel.
ope. Price SO cts.
Address. DR.. LEWIS, NOT Beach
ST., New York. 40 years private
practice.
march10-w1y.
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THE 0TTUMWA COURIER
City and County News.
From the Daily nf INlr DIST.

From the Daily or JNly DIST.
The corps of engineers upon the
Iowa Southwestern Railroad are, as
we learn from an exchange, now en-.
gagedin surveying tho route between
Iowa City and sSigourney. This is
the road, as our readers will rcmem.
Der, which is intended to be exten.
ded northeasterly from Ottumwa
through Sigourney, Iowa City and
Upton, Cedar County to Clinton, on
the Mississippi. Tx Governor Kirk
wood is President of the Company
and s. D. Carpenter, of this city is a
Director and Treasurer of said Com
pany. 1t is highly important to us
OF this city, that this enterprise be
carefully guarded. There is not
perhaps any road now in contem-
plation of more vital interest to us.
1t is but the eastern link of a great
thoroughfare that we must have to
the Southwest connecting at some
point with the Southern Pacific road
and the system of roads leading to
the Gulf on the Texan coast.
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From Washington.


n, The body of Minister Paradol will
ssbe sent to France to-day. His son
and daughter accompany tho re-
etamister. tBerthemyi has informed
i.SeG'y Fish that he has been instruc.
tod to resume his duties as Minister
The following is the reply Of U. s.
Minister Washburne. to instructions
received from the Sec'y of State to
inqnire Of the French Government.
whether, in the event Of war, the
North German line of mail steamers
would be exempt from capture
To- SECRETARY FIsA..-The .Fyonch
Government refuses to exempt any
ofthe North German mail steamers
from capture, except those now at
sea and ignorant of the declaration
OF, war, which may enter French
ports.
Signed. WAsHBuRNE.
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OTTUMwA d ST. PAUL RAILROAD AGAIN.
Some time since the Belle Plaine Union
took occasion to refer to the project OF a
line from Ottumwa through Blairstown,
Vinton and Independence as ''the Blairs.
town, Vinton ~ Indedendence side-tr0ck.,'
That "side-track" seems to be bothering
our nejghbors, though, a. witness the fol-
lowing from the Waterloo Courier Of the
l4th inst:
IMPORTANT RAILROAD NEws.-We are
in receipt ofa letter from the Railroad
ton to the Importance of united action in
the effort to secure the location of the OF
tumwa i St. Paul Railway On the line re-
Gently surveyed to Bolle Plaine and term
mating at Waterloo.
The citizens of Marengo, Blairstown,
Vinton and Independents are max ing q
determined effort TO induce the company
unless the people interested In the Belle
PLANE and Waterloo route bestir them
selves they may lose this very important
railway connection.
The Belle PLANE people propose sending
a committee to Otturnwa to confer with
the officers of the road, add ask the people
Of Waterloo to unite with them. We sug-
gest that meeting of our citizens be held
at once, and committee sent to Ottum-
wa to represent the interests CT our city
and county Delays arc dangerous in
these railroad tiinee.
Go on. gentlemen, Whoever has the most
stamps" to give "knocks the persim-
MONS" and we think there is no doubt
where the aforesaid stamps" can be
found in greatest abundance. Fellow cit
liens. when the committee call ON you to
help raise the $4,000 needed for survey
of the route, respond promptly and liber.
ally. All the money we are, or ever will
be. asked to pay to secure this route, will
be well expended.-Tnton Eagle.
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Fell from q window.

S,f James Courier, runner. for
Deiahay's liquor house, Of Burling.
ton, fell from tho window of No. Z,
third floor Of tho BallingaA House,
down upon the iron railing breaking
out ono panel, OF inch and q half pipe
rail, and falling into tho basement,
Strange to say, no bones were broken
butundoubtedly he is severely injured
internally. He fell at least thirty
feet. Its supposed that he sat down
on the window to keep cool, and
went to sleep, which came very near
being final. He will probably live,
but at present is in critical condi-
ton.
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From the Daily Courier of July 23d.
Killed.

An. frishman, named Thomas
Donlin, supposed to have been intox.
icated, was killed by the train carry
ing General swiggett's troops to the
scene Of riot. He was lying on the
track of the D. v. RR., about one
mile and a halt this side of Alpine.
The trsin cut of his head, ono arm
and a log, which caused instant death,
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We received today from the St.
Louis Type Foundry Co., a beauti-
fully executed pamphlet Of one hun
dred pages, entitled Saint Louis, the
future Great City Of the World, pub.
lished by order of the st. Louis
County Court. 1t treats of the his
tory Of st. Louis, hor resources, her
population, her wealth, her railroads,
her water communication, her man.
ufactories, the productive and mineral
wealth of the State of Missouri. The
geographical position of the city, as
the natural seat of commerce for a
vast and fertile country, and finally
of everything that pertains to the
present and future of this great
metropolis ofthc Mississippi and Miss
ouri valleys.
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Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia. July 20.
asgsJ, Gibbons, chairman of the Exc.
rcntiye Committee Of Fcnians, issued
"a call for general convention OF
Fenians to meet at Cincinnati, Aug.
= 2Sd, to take advantage of the Euro
pear =, complications q in favor Of
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MANNlNG's
ANTlD0TE for fNTEMPERANCE

Is an infailible cure for this fearful vice
Its use will at once remove the taste or
desire for stimulants, and will soon create
an actual dislike for them. 1t can DO adj
ministered in tea, Coffee, or even water,
without exciting suspicion, AS it is free
2 ON taste or smell, II you have q hus.
band, brother or friend, addicted to this
terrible habit, il is your duty TO cure him.
Sent free by mail on receipt OF the mon
ey. Price Two Dollars per boI.
W. II. MANNING Il Co.,
junel-d&wtf st Louis, Mo
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DEATH OF MISS HATTIE CARROLL.
Frank Wigbtman, clerk at the
Demoine House, received dispatch
yesterday from Mr.. John Carroll,
stating that his daughter Hattie
died OF typhoid fever at her new
homo in Kansas City on Tuesday
afternoon. 18th instant. This news
will make many sad heart in this
city, the former homo of the family,
where they left large circle Of
friends Register.
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FAT SALARIEs.-The commissions
of Iowa Pension Agents in 1869,
were: s. Goodrich, Des Moines,
$500; David B. Wilson, Fairfield,
1890; Joseph B. Young, Marion,
1880.
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The BRIDGE.-Too much praise
cannot be given to Messrs. Gray
Baker, Madison, Carpenter and
Wolf for the expeditions and sub.
stantial manner in which they are
erecting the Ottumwa road and
foot Bridge.
The piers are not only all in with
the piling, &C., for the approaches
but the iron is on the ground, and
skilIsul workmen are rapidly putting
it in place SO that before many more
weeks the long needed desideratum
will 30 an accomplished fact.
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p" What I Know about Farm
lng"-After Greeley.
(By Mark Twain. :


"TurnipA should never be pulled it in !.
jures them. 1t is better to send a boy up
and shake the tree.
The guano is q fine bird, but great care
is necessary in rearing It. 1t should not
be imported earlier than June OF later than
September. In the Winter it should be
kept in a warm place, where it can hatch
out its young. = .
1t is evident that we are to have o
backward season for grain. Therefore it
will be we'll for the farmer to begin settiug
out his cornstalks and planting his buck
wheat cakes in July instead of August.
"Concerning the pumpkin-This berry
is favorite with the natives Of the inter-
ior OF New England, who prefer It to the
gooseberry for the making OF fruit cake.
and who likewise give ii the preference
over the raspberry for feeding COWS, as
being more filling and as fully satisfying.
The pumpkin is the most esculent OF the
orange family that will thrive in the
North, except the gourd and one or two
varieties of the squash. But the custom
Of planting it in the front yard with the
shrubbery is fast going out OF vogue, for
1t is now generally conceded that the
pumpkin, as q shade tree, is failure.
NOW, as the warm weather approaches.
the ganders begin to spawn" and so on.
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FIRE ALARM.-Louis Giebrich, of
this city, has invented very inge-
MONS fire and burglar alarm. On
Thursday, by invitation from him
we we're present at o trial of it, and
it worked with perfect success. We
will not undertake to describe it, but
request parties interested to call and
see it. The alarm consist in, the
firing of gun and tho ringing, OF
bells, sufficient to give the alarm for
several squares in city. We were
much gratified with the character OF
the experiment and it evinoes much
inventive genius on tho part of the
inventor.
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Pay Up,

This is the time for those who
gave their notes for certain sums
when the St. Louis 4 Cedar Rapids
road was completed to this city, to
come down with the stamps. The
condition precedent has been per.
formed, and we know of no good
reason ythe pay should not now be
forthcoming. We are informed that
most partiea are paying up we'll, as
they should do. After all this the
anxious seat for the general
guarantee men comes in, and We
hope they will succeed in arrang
ing all matters amicably with the
North Missouri Company, and finally
close out this vexed question and
when the people of this city allow
themselves again to be wheedled
into an unbusiness like act, as they
were in this case, by an unscrupu
lous neighbor, wo hope they will
exercise a little common sense before
they leap.
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BULLS WGRM DESTROYER
..,es7.yf ,s4 KGal M BI9daa9HA pNE
TO My United States and World vsGe .
6-fa Rcadtrs. tfEs S'ts

/ HAVE received many testimonialsfrom
professional and medical men, rs my al
lhown, all of which are genuine. The fol.
sowing letter from a highly educated and
popular physician in Georgia is certainly
one OF the most sensible communication
I have ever received. DR.. Clement knows
exactly what he speakz of, and his testi
mony deserves to be written in letters OF
old. Hear what the Doctor sayso
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PEasoNAL.-F. q. Overton, Esq,
OF Bloomfield, called moment to-
day while en- route to Chicago. He
reports the seesaw business as
exceedingly lively in Bloomfield.
The Great American Seesawer is on
. raid in that bailiwick in all his
stupenduous magnifcence.
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Have You got any Mamaluke Liniment
10 the housa77 II not, procure some q
once, It's the. most reliable family medi
cine in the country. IS. IL 5Ite ta15' 4.
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iviHauow, walkor County, Ga,

June ~, looo.s I'll
DR.. JoHN BULIrADear Sir: 7 have re-
Gently given you" FORM Destroy er1 soy.
eral trials, and and 1t wonderfully etica-
stance to have the wished for effect II am
doing pretty lurge country practice, and
have daily use for some article OF the KIND
am free to confess that know Of no
remedy recommended by the ablest fau.
tbors that is 50 certain and speedy in it's
effects. On the contrary, they are iilcer-
tain in theextreme. My object in writing
to you ID to find out upon what terms
can get the medicine directly from you.--
If can get 1t upon easy terms, l shall use
y great dealofit. al am aware that the
use of such articles is contrary to the
teachings and practice ola great majority
of the regular line Of NJ. DIS hut / seeno
uRt cause or good sense in disoarding q
remedy which we know to be efi1 1ient.
simply because we may be ignorant tits
combination. For my part, shall make
q rule to use all and any meRns to nile
viate suffering humanity which i may be
able to command--not hesitating because
some one more ingenious,th han mysclfmay
have learned its effects first, and secured
for himself the sole right to use that ,knowl
edge However, am by no means an
advocate Or supporter Of the thousandeof
worthless nostrums that flood the country
which purpoft to cure all manner Of dis.
case to which human flesh is heir. Please
reply soon, and inform me Of your best
terms s,-,..;t,.4 -yg,aI keE
Tam, sir, most respectfully,
JULIUSP P. CLEMENT. MD
D,. Joh. B,slgs Principal Office, 40, Fytt
Street, louisville, n.y.
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FINE GRAINS. P. Reed, esq, Of
Polk township, a gallant soldier Of
the 18th Iowa, who was nearly NOR
tally wounded at Shiloh, presented
us to-day with some very fine speci-
mems of wheat and barley, grown
from seed furnished the Farmers
Club, Of Cooperville. The wheat is
of the Arnautks Black Sea variety,
and the barley is from Scotland, and
weighs sixty-four pounds to the
bushel, while the ordinary weight Of
barley is but forty-eight pounds to
the bushel.
This seed was furnished this club
by the present efficient Commissioner
OF Agriculture at Washington, Col,
Horace Capron.
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Hundreds of Dollars /! /!


1T TELLS the cheapest and best modes
Of manufacturing Washing Compounds
How to make Hard and Soft Soap, Inks
Baking Powders. ~,
IT TELLS How to clarity Honey so as
to sell for nearly twice the common sort
1T TELLS the latest and best mode Of
sailing and curing Hams and all kinds o.
meat. "'" '"'f''sl'f.''
1T TLLLS How to Dye Clothes OF al
shades and in fast colors. 80 s9uie
1T GIVES Valuable Receipts for curing
Burns, Sores, Cuts, Felons Frost Bites
Cancer, Ear Ache, Tooth Ache, Ring Worn
with hundreds of other new and valuable
methous, with full directions, 80 that any
one can use them.
1T TELLS How to take out Fruit
Stains, Ink Stains, Iron Rust Stains and
Paint Stains from cloth and silk dresses
IT TELLS How to Tan Furs, either
with or without the hair or wool on, and
how to initiate those of superior grades
II TELLS How to make the best curl.
ing Fluid for making the hair grow in
beautiful flowing ringlets.
IT TELLS how to feed hens to make
them lay all the year round,
IT GIVES over 500 rare aud valuable
recipes and complete guide to the
manufacture of hundreds of useful and
saleaple articles, including Patent Medi.
cines, Perfumery, Toilet and Dental arti
Giles and many others easily made. al
tri1ling cost, and selling readily at large
profits, with many manufacturers secrets
&c.
II Is valuable toerery one be sure and
get it.
Sent by mail, free of postage, for ONE
DOLLAR. For sale by VIM. III. Bishop
st. Louis, Mo-, Agent for the Publishers.
. iunel-daw -3m
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ST. LOUIS.
A Book for the Million.

i
MARRIAGE sr 4 nf e tSe M saysi
al lime E~,M or those. about to
illogical mysteries and revelations of the sex
ual SYSTEM =" t@F& FTt7
and twenty flour wages. with numerous cnrrn-
wings, and contains valuable Information for
those who nrenf0rfied or contemplate mar
riage; still 1t Is book that ought TO be under
lock and Key. and not laid carelessiy about
the honse: Sent to any one Gree Of postagel
Address Dr.. Butts Dispensary, ,Ne.sl2, N.
Eighth Street, ST. LOUIS, Mo. E7Fs "
10 Notice to the afflicted and Unfortunate
Before applying 10 the notorious QuAcKs
who advertise in public papers or using any
Quack Remedies, peruse DIR. Butts work, no
matter what your disease is, or how depiora-
BILE your condition. - II
DR.. Butts can be consulted, personally or by
mail, on the diseases mentioned in his works
ONCE, No. ~, N. Eighth street, bet. Market
and Chestnut, st. Louis, Mo.
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ThraShtnc Machines

Attention is called to the new ad.
vertisement, found elsewhere, of the
celebrated Autumn & Taylor Thrash
ing Machine, by Messrs. e. T. Sage
& Co.. of Agency City, Iowa. These
machines are the result of a long
series Unsuccessful experiments made
by the leading Agricultural Imple.
ment Manufacturing Establishment
in the United States, and are for
their purpose the very nepsus ultra.
Messrs E. 7. Sage 4 Co. will have
ono Of these machines at the an.
preaching County Fair, and will
practically test it's superiority over
all others
BY the way we are pleased to
learn that this Agency City house is
rapidly building up splendid trade
in Agricultural Implements, Grain,
Wooh Hides, Salt Lumber &c.,
among the thrifty farmers in the
magnificent country adjacent to
that city.
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Internal Revenue.

- The following are the main fea.
lures of the new internal revenue
law passed by Congress:
After the first of October next, the
taxes on gross receipts, on carriages,
plate, billiard tables, watches, pass
ports, SUGGESTIONS, legacies, boats
barges, fats and sales, excepting
such as are paid by stamps, are re
pealed But the taxes on tobacco, in
all its forms, and on spirits and wine
included in the same act with the
above-named articles, are not repeal
ed. At the Same date, October 1st
the. stamp tax on promissory notes
under Sl0O, and on receipts for any
sum or payment of any debt, and on
canned and preserved fish, are repeal
ed and no stamp shall be required
for the transfer Of mortgage when
1T, or the instrument it secures, has
been already stamped.
On tho first of May, 1871, the taxes
on bank capital, deposits and circula-
tioa, on wholesale and retail dealers,
on lottery tickets, on brokers of ali
kinds, and licenses of all kinds, and
all the special taxes imposed in the
10Th section of the act of June Both
1864, and its subsequent amendments
are repealed, excepting only the tax
on brewers, distilled spirits, and
tobacco, imposed by those acts,
which are retained,
On the 3Oth Of August next, 1870,
the taxes on salaries of government
officers, hitherto deducted, cease, and
thereafter, such officers are to make
returns of their incomes, like other
ciizens, deductiDg the amount already
pad spss9August list 1870. s-.s-<a'...s.
The changes in tho tariff are not
to take effect till the 31st of Decem-
Der, 1870. The list of these articles
is too long for, enumeration here,
but will be published hereafter, in
che bill ITSELF. The goods, wares, and
merchandise in, bond whom the act
goes into effect, are to pay duty has
already %5nI been paid on IA such
fnefchandise, the owner is entitled
to the difference between the new
and old duty, @ s. 49,. re- ~ g ~ rs ii5sl
A special to the EUentng Post, dated
the goth. says: The Washington
(lowa) Press, OF yesterday, says
that Gabriel Armstrong, sub-con
tractor on the Chicago & South
we.tcrn railroad, working nea,
4hingion, sdecamped, on Friday
u III $4,000 cash in his pocket
leaving between four and. five hundred
..anus unpaid, and debts amounting
altogether, to nearly s25, 1000. Arm
strong was accompanied by John
Martin, contractor under him, John
Crumbaugh, q foreman, and John M.
Holland, Armstrong; clerk. The
clerk carried off the pay rolls, and
the affair seems to be in every res
poet a most disgraceful one. The
hands have taken possession of the
road, and propose to hold it against
all claimants until they got their
pay, Armstrong was from Port
Byron, illinois, and has borne q good
reputation heretofore.
BY q
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LUMBER,
SHINGLES,
l. A II III
Do O II s
5 S AS 81 ,
BLINDS, &C., &C., &C.,
AT KISER'S
NEW YARD.
CHEAPER THAN ANY OTHER
ESTABLISHMENT IN OF
TUMWA, IOWA.
Prices and Quality Warranted
saa 81 to suit All,

Having been in tho Lumber Yard
for several years, and became &C
quainted with it. | buy my stock
for cash and am able to sell low for
cash. COME AND SEE ME- BE-
FORE YOU BUY.
Lumber warranted in measure.
Va Remember the place, Jefferson
Street, Main and Samantha.
april II