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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-02
PROCLAMATION!
TO the Qualified Electors Of ottumva.

To the Qualified Electors Of ottumwa.
You will take notice that the ques'
ton OF issuing the bonds OF the City
OF Ottumwa for the purpose of build
ing Water Works, will be submitted
to you at an election to be held on
Thursday the 10th day of November,
1871. The place of voting will be at
the Mayors Office. Polls to be open
from 9 o'clock a. MI, until 8 o'clock
p. m. The question submitted will
DO as follows: Shall the City Coun-
Gil OF Ottumw issue the bonds of the
City to the amount of seventy thous-
and dollars, or so much thereof as
may be necessary for the erection Of
Water Works? The Works when
completed to belong exclusively to
the city. Those in favor Of the pro.
position, will deposit q ballot with
the words "For issuing bonds" writ.
ten or printed thereon--and those
who are opposed to the proposition,
will deposit ballot with the worde
against the issuing Of bonds" writ.
ton or printed thereon.
w. B. LlTrLEToN,
Mayor of said City.
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sHERIFF,s SALE

BY virtue of an Execution to me dlrected
rom the Clerk OF the Circuit Court Of Wa.
n said SonlSt i%Wa a. on Judgment obtained
favor Of Robert Fellows as piaintiff. and
Gag sa Ralph ". Champion and Francis i.
Eleven Hundred and twentv-t wo dollars md
7s cenis. and costs taxed at $3.50 and accrninu
costs, nave levied upon the undivided x In.
.srest IA anu 70 .ne Following real estate tai :
en- as the property of said defendants. to sal.
isfy said execution, to-wit: ~ sat-
part of lots Nos. 3 and in section o.
township ~. range u, and beginning at =
point in the south line OF said lot NJ q ~
chains and 20 links east of the north. west
corner Of lot No In said section Is; thence
hI IA west ~ chains end p links to the
lslao e. 81 along the river bank 10 chains and
go links thence south G0o east chains ana 10
IN to stone IN the road leading aero 8
John Prosser prior to the conveyance az this
tract to VIM. e. Davis; thence north 600 east
along the line of the last mentioned tact
chains and Is links: thence north i4o cas-, 10
chains and % links to bank of Dies Moines
river; thence down along the right bank of
the river to the intersection of the sonfh iina
Of said lot No. g. thence west along said line
10 the place OF beginning. Also a art oi lot
n secticn %, township ~, range IA, begin.
ling at q stone IN the center of the road lead
ng to +. Davis Jerry; thence along said r. d
lorth 6uo east and 75-t90 chains to q corner.
hence north l9 east l0and 5000 chains to
'orner on river bank near PRO sser's ferry
eading thence mp the river bank north 7So
vest chains To q corner on the river bank:
hence south 4i1a' vest running with tts
lorth line of Court street In Ottumwa. D
hains to corner, thence south 30 wei z
hains 10 corner on liver bank; thence south
q east 10 and 70-l00 chains to the lace of be-
inning, together with all the bouts, tackles, |
and all other property belonging
. Il. W. Champion & Go. All of said real es- |
ate In Wapelio County, Iowa.
And 7. VIII offer the same for sale to the high
st bidder for cash In hand. on the 25tb DAY of |
november, A. d., 1871, In front of the Cont |
louise door. in Ottnmwa. at the hour of one |
clock, T.. NJ, of said day. when and where |
ne attendance viii be given by the under |
gned.
Dated al OtlnnlWa, Iowa, Oct. 2lth, 1871.
=. A: SWlGGhiT, sheriff of said Co.
no 49, wat.
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WASHINGTON, Oct. 2s.
PROCLAMATION.

PROCLAMATION.
BY the President of the United States.
The process of the seasons has
again enabled the husbandmen TO
garner the fruit of successful toll and
industry; we have been we'll reward.
cd we are at peace with all nations.
tranquility, with few exceptions, pre-
walls at home. Within the past year
we have in the main been free from
the ills which have elsewhere affect.
ed our kind; if some of us have had
calamities there should be occasion
for our sympathy with the sufferers,
and resignation on their part to the
will Of the Most High, and rejoicing
to many who have been moro favor
ed. therefore recommend that on
Thursday the Both day of November
next the people will meet in their re.
speotive places of worship, there to
make usual acknowledgement to AL.
mighty God for the blessings which
he has conferred upon them and their
merciful exemption from the evils,
and invoke his protection and kind.
ness for their less fortunate brethren
whom in his wisdom he deemed it
best to chastise.
In faith whereof, | have hereunto
set my hand and caused the seal OF
the States to be affixed.
Done at the city of Washington
this 18th day Of October, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hun
dred and seventy-one, and Of the In.
dependence of the United States the
ninety sixth.
(Signed) us. GRANT.
By the President
HAMILHpN FISH, Sec'y Of State.
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oae OF the editors Of the Marshall
Republican in an editorial correspon,
donce to his paper from Des Moines
speaks of the Senatorial contest as
follows:
All the politicians with whom we
nave conversed since our soiourn
here, on the subject, without a sin.
glo exception, are for either Harlan
or Allison, and from figures shown
US, both of these worthless are elect
Cd. The Allison men figure up for
hlm some IS majority on joint ballot,
and the Harlan men are claiming a
surplus Of twelve or fourteen. One
OF these gentlemen will be disap.
pointed, and we think but one, we
hold ourselves ready to be satisfied
with either. But when we have a
faithful officer that is true, tried and
rusty, we are slow to see the pro.
prlety OF changing.
AZ tho annual meeting ofthe State
historical Society on the 18th inst,
the following officers were elected -
PRESIDENT, Hon. Goo. G. Wright;vice
Presidents, Hon. VIM. b. Allison,
Hon. VIM. g. Hammond, Hon. John
T. Irish, Hon. Charles Negus, and
Levi Robinson, Esq. Secretary, F.
Floyd Treasurer, H. S. Welton;s LII.
brarian, Silas Foster. Curators for
two years: Hon. VIM. G. Hammond,
Rev. VIM. Edmonds, Hon. John P.
Irish, Samuel G. Trowbridge, A. G.
Younkin, s. r. Paine, Thomas
Hughes, George Kimball, Robt,
Hutchinson.
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Sending Up Prayers by Kite.

AS all the boys are kite.tiying
nova days, the following regarding
the Chinese will he read by them az
well as many other people. 1t is
from the Territorial Enterprise.
The season for kite Tying has
again arrived and the Chinese are
daily o be seen In this their favorite
amusement. Some of their kites are
made to resemble hawks and other
arge birds, and it is only by closely
watching their motions that they
can be detected from real birds; 9th
ers have catgut' stretched across
their frames, and give out sound
like that of Eol'an halps some are
without tails, and some are cylindri
Cal in shape, and appear to have nei-
ther head nor tail Often an old pig
eye Newton or Franklin may be seen
seated fiat in the dirt upon the top
OF some knoll in the outskirts of town
W.T. uFt rned face, watching with
waite, eyes be evolution Of bis kite,
which da ing about in tho air, hun
dreds oi feet high and 4 quarter of 81
m 9 AWAY. The old fellows stock
II gs"ss le i have slid r ON his torn
slippers, al the hair on his head fur
nishes him "a tail no bigger than that
o. RAJ. his blue cotton shirt is ragged
aud III 3, b wide legged breeches
d. o; his umbrc alike bamboo hat,
e Easy aud s1oLy IN color, and oil his
beions rs such that he might be
m stahen for a Philosopher of some
ancient school but he is merely
to see if he can detect a
y Cd In the shape OF swallow or 9th
olrd IN the act OF taking and bearing
away prayer that he had lacked |
inder the ita,ne of tne kite. Kite |
~ NJ wth d Ii is religious bust
less, and he bound TO send his
prayers IS fl On ne way to heaven
Is pos, 81 lie is very happy if his
sic genes back ~ him prayerIess
: t nc + /" ~ Us does after tossing
bout IA 'uc ht, eze Ter haIf an hour
: as he tach tbhk- it hes reached
i, des' alton, az is at least on the
est NAL - pafad e The noisy
u rngA ot ttc catgut gre attached to
he | ea 70 call he att ,ntion of the
lessanger gni7 TAO fact that there
prayer Z ready TO he taken
, toe distr.D"i NJ Office III heaven.
ONE ottho prayers IL the Chinese
70 To he dc4d-let,cr Office
tho oib"r regiou-p particularly
'ch ~ refer % dollars ard roast {
&. {
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Mr.. EDITOR: Your remarks con.
cernlng water works in yesterday e
paper has awakened considerable
feeling among the heavy tax payers
and people generally. Twill not un.
dertakc to dispute or endorse all the
statements you make, because am
not fully posted on the subject, and
cannot find any person in the city
who is. Perhaps you will refer mo to
the article ofyesterday, and say vote
accordingly. But am posted enough
10 reply that you are misinformed in
regard to several statements therein
made, hence cannot vote for water
works on the basis OF the light you
throw on the subject.
1t is not necessary now to refer to
the questionable statements, but / ad
dress these few lines to ask this ques.
ton. Why have the Council asked
the people to vote for or agains
spending from 100000 TO $4,000
for water works on five days nosi s.
when they cannot commence putting
them in until next spring?
They have sent for the agent of
the water work Go. He will be here
In ten days or two weeks. Are they
afraid the agent will spoil the pleas
ure of their handling pile Of mon
ey by the positive information he,
and he only, can give?
When l am fully satisfied that tho
CITY is able 10 build thorn. md u good
trade can be made, shall vote and
work for the Improvement, but until
then, never. Let US guard the credit
Of the city, aud by so doing we will
guard our individual interests.
S CITIZEN.
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STATE NORMAL SCHooL.--A strong
effort is being made to induce the
next Legislature to expend two or
three hundred thousand dollars IN
the establishment of one or two more
Normal Schools in the State for the
training of teachers. Will some ad-
vocate of this scheme answer the OBJ
lection to it which is obvious after
reading the subjoined statement of
the practical working of a similar
system in another State :?
"Ihe graduating class at the Mas
sachusetts Agricultural College this
year was twenty-nine in number,
not one of whom proposes to be u
farmer. One proposes to enter the
ministry, four to be teachers, ten in
TO trade and merchandise, and eleven
undecided as to sthe future, except
they are not to be farmers, while the
other three propose to snake mon.
ey." This is a poor prospect of in
creasing the number of learned and
scientific farmers"
After the State has educated teach.
els in the Normal School, the
chances are that the great majority
OF them will never teach. Nusca.
tine journal.
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General Palmer, President of tho

General Palmer, President of the
Denver d Rio Grand Railway, tcle.
graphed from Denver Colorado, 10
tue Trustees at Philadelphia, that
the road was finished October 22d to
Colorado Springs, sesenty-six miles,
and is now open for travel and
freight. This is the pioneer three
foot road OF the country. and anum-
Der of the officers of other narrow
gauge roads throughout the Union
are now at Denver to examine its
operation. A large sum has already
been realized by construction trains
'arlyifg passengers and lumber
Surveys arc being pushed to Santa |
&c and the st. Louis Valley.
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a CALL FOR ACTIVE cHARITY,

since the great fire at Chicago,
and If possible the still more terrible
fires that have devastated whole
counties of Wisconsin, Michigan, and
Minnesota, causing immense loss of
lite, the people of Ottumwa have
raised and forwarded about $1,000
to the sufferers, besides a goodly
quantity OF provisions, clothing, &c.
There has also been inaugerated
here q plan for continuing to raise
more money and more supplies to be
forwarded to the needy, as their
wants will continue to be great during
the coming winter. A committee
has boon appointed consisting of DR..
q. Q. Warden, James D. Ladd and
Rev. II. Bross, whose duty it is to
receive whatever may be given, and
from time to time send it forward.
Gov. Merrill has by proclamation,
urged the people Of Iowa to give of
their means in this great work OF
humanity literally. We take this
occasion to again call the attention of
our people to this matter, and urge
upon our readers throughout the
county that it be not forgotten or
neglected. The world of suffering
occasioned by these great fires calls
loudly for our sympathy and aid
nay tho commonest instincts Of hu.
manity demand it at our hands. Let
meetings be called in each Township
in tho county, and let the matter be
thoroughly canvassed in every
school district. We have published
. great many of the heart rendine
accounts of these fires, but the hall
will never be told, and the heart
becomes sickened and surfeited at
their too full recital.
The local committees in Townships
can confer or correspond with the
above named committee and they
will give directions how TO dispose OF
donatlons. We trust our farmers
and everybody else in Wapello coun-
ty, who have that which they can
spare will see clearly their duty to
donate a part for this purpose. We
look Tor much to DO done by the
ladiesin every neighborhood. Deeds
Of charity fall peculiarly and largely
under their supervision. Distress
aud suffering arouses more quickly
and keenly their sympathetic natures
and their appeals to the people Tor
>such purposes are difficult for the
most callous hearted to resist.
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NOTICE OF INcoRPoRATroN.

), Notice is hereby given that the Ottumwa
base Ball Assc citation has been Incorporated
under the general laws OF the State Of Iowa.
lor the purpose OF enclosing, improving aud
operating Base ball Grounds near Ottumwa.
Iowa, and Playing Match Games of Base Ball
me capital stock of said Association is
One Thousand Dollars {sl000.0 1), to be paid ia
when the Stock IL taken
Said Corporation commenced on the sth
Twenty years.
Its principal place Of business is at the city
OF Ottumwa.
The affairs Of the Corporation to be conduct
60 Dy board Of not more than seven Direc.
Tors who are to be elected on the second FRI
day In September of each year
Inc Executive officers for the year com.
mencing September sth. 1871, are June A.
Wentz, President; J. L. Taylor, Vice Presi.
lard, Treasurer.
This Association can at no time subject IL.
sell to an Indebtedness exceeding one half of
the capital stock.
The private property of the Stockholders is
exempt from liability for corporate Indebted
ness. JITNE. a WENTZ
~. oSStOOD, President.
SecratQrv f,,oQ xu8,
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EDITORS For the pur-
pose Of further investigation, and in
order that there may he free and
full discussion upon the subject OF
water works, it Is thought best to
postpone The election in regard to
the issuing of bonds until tho NUT
ter may be fully Understood by the
people. 1t Is therefore ordered tha.
said election be postponed until
Thursday, November 10Th, 1871.
w. b. LlTTGEruN, Mayor.
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WISCONSIN,.
Mu.wvnUrr

MILWAUKEE,, Oct. 81.
The Relief Committee tor the suf-
ferers by the Michigan and Wiscon-
sin fires publish the following circu-
lar:
TO a BENEVOLENT Public:
BY the spontaneous liberality Of q
sympathizing people, especially Of
our women, from Maine to San Fran
cisco, we have now on hand and in
transit an ample supply of every
description, for men, women, and
children, to meet the wants of the
sufferers by fire in Northern Wiscon-
sin and the peninsula of Michigan.
Money is still greatly needed for
purchasing provisions, building ma.
terial and tools, and farming imple-
ments, horses, oxen, hay, feed, &C.
Money may be sent to Alexander
Mitchell, Treasurer.
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AN ACCOMMODATING RoAD.-Wo
find the following in the Peoria Re.
view:
"ln these days of great complaints
hg""ns the eStortion of railroads, 1t
IS f'1re Nhing to hear of corporations
th~, s.pdy the comfort of their pas
sengers: Such an one, according to
y. W. Parker, is the twenty miles of
road ON Jacksonville to Waverly.
A lady wished to get off the train to
see neighbor. They stopped the
cars ii, cen minutes until she went
up and found her friend at home.
Then she made up her mind that
she would stay there, whereupon the
conductor aud hrakesman seized her
t. aEs aud carried it to the house,
,ssance about quarter of a mile.
to@ this piece of politeness the lady
res%sned her thanks and a peck of
a Les. The railroad men accepted
ho.h, and returning, divided the APP
pies among the passengers. One Of
the passengers had q note that was
overdue, on a farmer near the track.
The conductor stopped the train,
hunted up the man, they sat down,
reckoned the interest paid the
money, and the happy recipient got
on the train again, and it proceeded
on Its way. By this time the apples
p esq nted by the lady had been con-
sumed, and as the train was passing
a large orchard the conductor stop
ped the train for q third time to
allow the passengers time to ELL their
pockets. In answer to remarks that
1T was an eminently accommodating
road, he replied: ssThis is the &C.
commodation train, and we do about
as the majority want us to. II they
say stop, why we STOP" This is an
actual occurrence. Can any other
place show 80 accommodating a set
OF railway officials.
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A despa; oh from Washington saws:
ut is author! lively stated that the
admih's IA on Intends 10 pursue the
present policy Ia Utah until polyg-
amy is bscAfn up in that Territory.
1t is prepared for every emergency
in ,'e way Of resis. auce from the
Mormoas." Pei contra, another des-
ratch SAY : she %, nnent does
nat :.pp5 eIe'a II fucu difficulty in
Utaa ms y il equl.e he p, essence -.
tbah}. ef'aso1E- IA any ,arge number
OF tto"sn. ~ viii Tot be she policy
OF the gov. anne: 20 push matters SO
far as 70 drive Brigham Young into
opeA rebellion. 1t is stated that
Judge Mexican SIMPLY has instruc.
tions to 30 la, vln,,icate Tie law ~
to stamp pos gamy VIII illeg8ii.y
aud 10 a..oro projection TO such
Women IS m dtei.e 10 escape iron,
lJs il. fiji; ences."
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Chicago
illinois,
John Peterson.

1t is not necessary in all cases to
send the letter to John Peterson, or
even to Chicago; the only imperitlve
rule being to set the town, whatever
1T ls, first; the state next and the
name or box last. Reader, this is to
DO hencetorth the fashion of letter
subscription : let us see that we will
all conform to it. Chicago Post.
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sHERIFFS SALE.

:. BY virtue of an Execution 70 me directed
clio County, Iowa, on a Judgment obtained
~ said Court. on the 10th day of Sept, 1871, in
Iavor OF Godfrey Saylor as Plaintiff, and
sum OF Two Hundred and fifty -four dollars
ana seventeen cents and costs taxed at Sli rs
anu accruing costs, have levied upon the
Iolowing Real Estate taken as the property
o. SAID defendants, to satisfy said execution,
me east q OF the swl4 OF the nwIx of section
., township ", range 10, except8M acres in the
ee corner OF said tract, AZ rods long from north
TO south, and ten rods wide from east to west.
est bidder for cash in hand on the 25th das OF
Nov, A. D., 1871, In front Of the Court House
noor, IN Ottumwa, at the hour OF l O'Clock
=. ~. OF said day, when and where due at.
tendance will be given by the undersigned.
Dated at Ottumwa, Iowa, Oct 2ath 1911
,.oo y a, SWIGGETT, Sheriff of said Co.
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NEW SoRE, Oct. IS.

MN hNhit; Nhhr. 80
Tho ReiC!m Democrats, at the in,
stance Of Charles o'Cenuor, TO day
nominated i,oratio seymour, Of
Utica, Ms IA candidate for the Assem-
bly, from this city, agalnst the Tam.
many candidate Tom Fields Sey
mour tclegraphs acceptance.
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EIIIIEIllII|II][,]ELkIiIlIill

ny am eminent Physician and Professor in
ohe OF our large Medical Colleges. Ii deals
1earlessly but chastely with evils from which,
spring physical end moral degradation and
domestic in ieliciiy. II Is being review ed
praised or criticised, by all the leading reiig-
iohs ana secular papers and magazines in the
Y. >, ana the verdict OF the BEST aud most
discriminating Is, that Ii is IL REMARKA-
Bile BOOK: that IT. is TIMELY; that 1t is
NEEDED; That II will MAKE IT'S MARK
and DO GOOD.
1t Is OF VITAL IMPORTANCE to every
man and woman in the land and is having q
wonderful sale. Agents viii find this rare
opportunity To make money. Circulars Civ
ing iull particulars, with numerous notices of
the press, sent free.
Address $. GOODMAN & co. Publishers,
custom House Place, Chicago. III.
Say where you saw this advertisement.
nllwI3t.
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PUBLIC SALE,

,hpa /" NM mites northwest of Agency civ
, ,niee niles southeast of Dahlonesa. iiys
az Wn, u"s. on ots.nmwa, on Thursday. I'd day
IA ie s,, Oh ilor.es, mich cows, three year
30 u tn s,rsfs % me stock hogs corn In the crib
K .istp SIN NJ VT nay, wagons. ? sets harness, /
"pleWs cane min etc, ete 49, ''of,
~ h., ~ az sums under Five dollars cash
/, ~ nh =. ~ over credit OF fourteen
wa w gwen with approved security
Oct II 1s-,-,o, MAR Tin ISRAEL.
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The serr ces rendered by Genera!
Sherldsn II mania ping order aud
protecting property III tue burnt dis
-trict, and especially n restoring con-
tidence to the public mud during the
appalling days Immediately succeed
ing the fire, were of lnestimable i'm.
portance. The people know this and
they care nothing for the attacks
made on him by the organ of the
international Commune" p Nicoqo
Tribune.
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Administrators Notice.

Notice Is hereby given TO oil persons inter-
tsted, that ON the llth day of October, A. D.,
io1l, the undersigned was appointed by the
Clerk OF the Circuit Court 81 Wapello Snunty,
iowa, Executor of the estate .,irahSia
clnnaFd, de- eased, late OF said County. All
pc sons indebted TO said estate will NAH nay
meni 10 the undersigned, and those having
claims against the same will present thent
iega9S authenticated 10 said Court for allow !.
aues.
Dated October 18th, 1871.
JOHN KIRKPATRICK, Executor.
no dewitt
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Lar new FASHION OF ADDRESSING
LtiTsss.-Very few people know
hon superscribe an envelope. A
large - oportion of the letters that
ge. the postoffice are so directed
saat = is with great difficulty that
lacy reach their destination. The
hfst ting the clerk seeks to know is
what state the letter is bound for |;
next, what town; next, what person.
50 no fashion OF address is changing,
toe s.ylo now coming into vogue,
10. It's simplicity and correctness, is
tue .oilowing:
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Al as low rates as they can be sold I'm 81 ,o,,s
,,,, OF any place west of Chicago.
in'y respectfully ask dealers to call and
price their goods, or send Il trial order "a thai
they may convince them of the fact.
1hey extend thanks to their customers ,,j,,,
nav heretofore SO generously patronizpd
SO ~ 10 merit continuance of fayors.
ottum%a. Iowa, Oct. 2i.-n2Swtf