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Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-15
The Prisoner that Vallandingham was DE
Tending Escaped from Jail

At midnight the fire bells rang an
alarm, and it was found that seven prison
ers had dug their way out of the county
all, among others Mcclellan, in whose de-
.ense Vallandingham lost his life recently.
They effected their escape by tearing up
portion of the stone floor of one of the
els i'm the southeast corner of the prison,
.xcavating q tunnel into the cellar under
he sheriff7s residence. The cell from
which the tunnel was made is not more
han eight feet from the cellar, but must
nave required considerable labor to eXca-
yate the hole of sufficient size TO enable
he prisoners to crawl through. The earth
rom the excavation was thrown back in
O the cell. After reaching the cellar they
made their exit through a window into
he front ward of the Jail, and succeeded
n reaching the street before being dis
.ayered. The alarm was at once given,
and SheriffSwadener with several OF the
police force and others, started III pursuit
If the fugitives, who had scattered through
he streets and alleys in the vicinity OF
the Jail in varies directions. The escape
Of any more of the inmates-ten OF whom
remained in the jail-was prevented by
5he immediate presence of the turnkey,
though several of them refused to avail
themselves Of the opportunity otattempt'
ING it.-D01fOn (OhiO) Journal.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-15
IJniVRrSit'
Descriptive Price List of LOCO
Properties now offered for sale.

INFORMATION FREELY FURNISHED.
No. 616 Farm in the Big Valley, six miles from
Clinton. Good soil, water, timber and fair improve
ments. 80 acres in cultivation. $500.
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wooden Ware

CT every description, Rice. HOminy Salt Fish. Pearl
Barley for soups, &C., Flour, Meal. Buckwheat Flour
and in fact everything to be found in frst-cass Gro
Gerry House. VI. ID. BEARDEN,
an8-dtf East Side Market Square.
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For Rents

Forty acres neat residence, six rooms large mead
Ow. excellent water and fruit. 800 a year. Lies II
sight of the city.
Farm of go acres 100 in cultivation 10 miles from
Knoxville, from Clinton water fruit, large barn.
meadow, sm1ll dwelling $500 year. and - t.
be seeded down.
No. 1925 acres of land with good timber md
ter. 80 fit for cultivation, and good sOIl. l.
from Knoxville. Small house and stable. Some ...
Price $3.50.
The steam mill property, large and coDvenent 1u E..
ing powerful engine. admirable location on Ram
and Turnpike road. Building and machinery j. ..
order. Large lot.
Fifty acres in cultivation, % in wood land, nj
from the city cottage, rooms u acres l.
spring some fruit trees productive land,
Eight acres, mile from Market Square; VII,
MANFRED, and well lying land. Rented with n
out neat cottage.
Several farms from four to twenty miles from Knox
ville ranging from 80 to 800 in cultivation.
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Farms fOT. Sale.

No. 540-Tract of $50 acres. 5 miles from Krox,.I
Good soil. water and location This tract will be
acres and from $40 to $50 per according to o
ton. On good road. and railroad station. Lana
No 5g6.-s2,5OO go acres; 100 in cultivation; good
water and timber; fair bu ldn g. An excellent stock
farm, and sold easy terms. 10 miles from Knox
ville Az miles from railroad station.
No. 5lO-A "A acre homestead, log house and stable
and churches Price $500.
No. 59l-Excellent farms over 200 acres brick resi-
land 81 miles from Knoxville $1,000. One half cash
No. 524-A choice farm of 200 acres Concord.
The best of upland SOIL good timber and water and de-
No. {9A river farm of1SO acres strong SOIL 90 cres
in cultivation. timber very heavy and valuable.
No. 46O-A farm of l6O acres miles from Knoxville,
on very pleasant road. The well known point known
as Lyons View" is this farm and furnishes very
land, some acres river bottom land.
No. 6l2: 200 acres valley land and choice upland.
800 cultivation and most of the remainder ut
for clearing. miles from Cinch river 65 acres now
set in clover bargain is offered in this property as
a stock and grain farm. . miles from Knoxville.
No. $4,000 acres well arranged for division into two
farms, near JonesbOro. The land is good and highly
trees. handsome houses Of each, 10
in cultivation FIVE springs. Price 5000:
No. 53S-Farm of 400 acres Of strong soil Album idIt
supply of good water and timber.
100 Farms in Cumberland county. Plateau Lar Il.
5000 Acres in Morgan county.
For. Sale
LOTS OF FROM II TO IS ACRES, rich level land. ~
NILES FROM KNOXVILLE.
Mill and Timber Properties.
No. 56l.-65O acres heavily imbered land
French Broad River, with of the best water
in the State; mill now the properly. Much of the
land valuable for farming; several good buildings o.
fered for short time at s. 750-cash or short credit
No. 642.-CottOn Factory complete. with saw and
Grist Mills dwellings for operators 100 acres Of lan
excellent power. Close to the Eas: Tennessee. Viz
ginia and Georgia Railroad. Price, $4,000.
No 661 $4500-Very valuable farm and mills, eight
miles from Knoxville 10 acres OF good land IN Guilt
yation 200 acres in heavy timber, frame dwelling
looms large barns water power equal to 5-hOrse pow
er and neVerfailing. One-third cash; balance on
terms
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Notice..

EAST TENN, VA. AND GEO. RAILROAD Co.
TREAsURER's OFFICE. - -, {
Knoxville, Tenn, July - ~
To Stockholders of the E,ast Tennessee Virginia
and Georgia Railroad Co.: ,-,.r,,,,,o,r or
VNHE REGULAR ANNUAL CONVENiIVIN IA G Z;
the stockholders of this Company wii DC nSTu on
"Wednesday the 9Th day of September ISL at CLOCK
P NJ Stockholders desiring to Sttsn1 wl 1e
Iee O'er thiS Ioau ~ LANES G. MITCHELL,
oro1.5.utd Secretary and Treasurer.
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TERMS OF DAILY PAPER.
WEEKLY PAPER.
RATES OF ADVERTISING.

Ten lines solid Nonpareil. to constitute square.
ne Square, each W
m Special rates application for advertisements
~ the year month
Local Notices ten cents per line each insertion
City Notices FIVE cents per line each insertion.
All advertisements due after first insertion.
Yearly advertisements payable quarterl' All otner
ADVERTISEMENTS payable ON demand after first IN
serIiOn-
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as we'll congratulate ourselves that it has
been demonstrated that we can raise it
ourselves, and thus probably do away with
importing this expensive drug from for
eign countries; but of all existing rene
dies, the ultimate benefit derived from
which is of doubtful kind, and which
causes probably more injury in proportion
to the good it accomplishes, opium, next
to whisky, takes the foremost rank.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-15

CHARLES wARISG. c. HENRY WAXING.
CHARLES WARING & CO.,
Civil Engineers, Draughtsmsn and Surveyors
Knoxville, Tennessee
SURVEYS ACCURATELY MADE OF FARMS
y and mountain lands.
Maps executed IN the best style
Coal and Mineral Lands carefully surveved md
map furn she. showing topography and location o
mineral veins, coal seams, &c.
City lots staked out.
Leyeling to ascertain Water power Calculations
EarthWorks, Plan for Bridges and Buildings made
0FyICE adjoining
CHARLES SCI MOCR'S
REAL ESTATE OFFICE
No. ~ Gay street.
Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1871-08-15

"Brick " Pomeroy lectured in Nevada,
Story county, Iowa, a few weeks ago. He
recollected that his Democrat had couple
of subscribers there, and he thought he
would hunt them up. He found them
both in jail; one was horse thief, the
other murderer
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-26
Lead and Life.

1t is said, BY those who have ex.
perienced it, to be very disagreeable
to have an ounce Of lead, in the form
of solid ball, plunged into the body
by the forco Of gunpowder. But
firearms and battle are not necessary
for conveying into the body enough
lead to destroy lite. Water-pipes
and utensils of that material will do
it for you, as the dentists say, "with-
out pain" or a. the Irlshman road
it, "wiAhout payin'." Indeed, lead
seems TO be . subtle enemy, forever
lurking about, ready to creep through
the smallest Granny into the citadel
Of life. The latest discovery in this
line is the poisoning Of snuff. An
English gentleman, residing in India,
recently came home for medical
advice. He had suffered from 4
gradual paralysis Of the upper part
Of the body. The physician suspect.
cd poison in the snuff the patient had
used, which had all been exported
from London in loaden cases, 70 keep
it moist He ct once ordered six
packages sent back from India, and
examined them carefully. It was
found that the lead had entered into
combination with every particle oi
the snuff and wherc il adhered te
the side Of the jar, spots Of carbonate
OF lead had formed, the carbonit
acid having been liberated by the
fermentation Of the moist snuff
Republican (N H. Statesman.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-26
From Fridays daily. Ja nuary 7otn.

From Fridays daily. January 10Th.
RETuRNED.-We notice Harvey
Hayne is back to the home Of hia
youth-the residence Of his parents
for the past twenty-six years. Har-
vey returns after . residence in CALI
fornia for the past eleven years, con-
cluding that Ottumws and Iowa are
better places than the land Of hugo
pears and gold. He brings his family
with him, and viii remain here.-
Very many changes have occurred
since he went away-then . mere
youth, now q mature man with q
family, two of his. sisters whom he
left little children are now married,
and nearly all his old time associates
have changed, some for better some
for worse. Eleven years ago Ottum-
va was but a post village, now she is
. magnificent thriving city,-no won
der Harve is bewildered. Well, we
welcome him back, and hope that his
family who are used to the atmos-
phere blown off the Pacific, may be
pleased with the mild breaths. old
Boreas pours ovor Iowa's forests and
prairies, and well pleased with the
temperature, habits and customs Of
Ottumwa.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-26
The New German Emp ire

The New German Emp ire
With the Isnn,ng the present
year King William ofPrussia became
the active Sovereign of United q sr.
many. His Empire it is true does
not embrace all Of the German States,
but comprises by far the larger por-
ton of them. 1t is composed of the
following States. Prussia with all
her territories, Posen Lauenburg,
Hanover, Hesse tCassel, Nassau,
Frankfort and Schleswig Holstein /;
the Kingdoms Of Saxony and Wur-
temburg; the Grand Duchies of Ba-
den, Hesse Darmstad. Mecklenburg-
Schwern, SAKE Weimar, Mecklenburg-
Strelitz, Oldenburg, Brunswick, SAKE
Meiningen, ,Saxe-Altenbarg, Saxe.Co
burg -Gotha, Anhalt and the Prin-
cipalities of Sohwsrzburg- -Rudolstads
Schwarzburg;,- Sondershausen, Wal
deck, Reuss of the olden limo Reuss
Of tho younger line, Schaumburg-
Lipps, ,Lippe Detmold and the Hanse
towns Lubbock, Bremen and Hamburg.
The population Of this Empire is 34.-
O00, 900, and should Bavaria come in
she will add 100000 more. With
the founding Of this Empire, the
scepter of power in Europe has found
new resting place, and William
tho Emperor Of Germany is to-day
the mightiest Monarch OF them all.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-26

John l. Blair promised . town lot
to the first child born in Storm Lake.
Having been notified that the time
to redeem his promise had come, he
sent, as we learn from the Storm
Lake Pilot, the following reply:
"Cedar Rapids, December IA, 1871.
Nessrs. Barton d. Holds: Your e.
teemed letter apprislng me of the
first new conner at Storm Lake, who,
you inform me, is named Aurelia
Blair Wirick, is duly received.
havo no recollection Of the offer, but
it would not do to bask out, especi.
ally as tho mother has honored my
beloved deceased daughter with the
name. l therefore cheeriulIy send
on the deed. The lot is situated,
you see, near the Court House Square,
and faces the south. Mr.. Walker
says it is q nicely situated lot, and
will be q valuable and pleasant cit
uation. | have put . clause in The
deed that the lot cannot be sold, OK
cept by herself when she becomes O
age. You will deliver tho deed, ane
convey my kind regards to the pa
rents, especially to the mother
Yours, very respectfully,
| ]. I. BLAIR.
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Tho foIlOWinR II the lnak thino
written ~ 8 rtsm a Wsri.r af1nej|
quite recsnt I've Bin : hsaithv indi
s,doeel. I'm aearly sixfr snd III
I've eota nualrlA "a nav sr.ns vh;eL
dea't nnake Nv 6ste reaamh,s M
|trssd a : csaasr birsl vhea they AZ
|out snd hit = nan. JeIv s "a
Eweeka aso 4 vse erh;hitis is nssi
Skevhc -. n ( b1din, whieA ~
forulerly - 1ol1anied - vavviasf !.
g n ,fhan iellIes vhisA ~ hrnr
- ehoulle - and feechss ~ nsniy
~ saEds(sns. And ie cun ~
Iaaid Is Wae rdsn' IA - Il oanae
'kenos &C pesvi'eIv cn1.aevin, ~
b'tdin, with euies r. lyslfw -. Il j -.
rs s. ~. sfs. - ~ vIth s1sa
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oTFUMwA wAPMLO OoUHTY IOWA THURSDAY JANUARY &C. sn

versed and the law under which they
wsreissued was held stitutional.
The Judge in referring to this case
says that the last decision Of the
State Court was not followed 10 that
use because vested rights
had already obtained, under and By
virtue Of tbs first decision Of tie
State Court, and - to those rights,
tho u. 3. Court refused "a be row
erned By tho lstsst dscision Of the
State Court. With this decision OF
iJadgs Dillon fortifying The
dsc5ion Of our Supreme Court
L may now be said that tho
law anthorisiag cities and township
TO vote TN 10 aid of railroads pass-
I'd last winter is impregnable TO st.
tack, and lts judicial construction ur-
on the question Of constitutionality
fully settled. Ifa tax be voted under
its provisions it will have the same
binding force and effect a. any other
tax that Is levied. If wo shall vote
the ono and one-half per cont tar in
aid of the G. r. & st. d. r. r on tho
30th inst, there will be no suoh thing
as some paying and others not, but
all will have to pay.
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Luxuries of Modern Travel

In these days the taste Of the travelling
public has become exceedingly fastidi.
ous. In order to obtain their patronage,
Safe, Speedy and Comfortable TrAnsp0f-
tation, by possessing the necessaey quail
fcations Of a first class equipment Of
coaches and locomotives, . solid road bel
and heavy iron, Pullman's Palace Sleep
ing cars, Pullman's Dining Cars, direct
route, good connections and careful man.
agement.
The Burlington Route is making every
effort to possess all these qualifications to
high degree. and offers q Route TO all
points Fast, West, North and South, by
means OF its connections, as fcilows
l. At Omaha with the Pacific Roads.
2. At Plattsmouth with tho B. d. NJ. r,
n. In Nebraska.
8, At Hamburg, with tho 81. Joseph
Railt Dad for all points in Kansas DC.
4. At Ottumwa with the Des Moines
Valley and North Missouri RAILROADS.
s. At Burlington with the b., G. II a M
RR. for Davenport, Muscatinc &c.
&. At Monmouth, with the r., II. l. q
| st. L, and Western Railroads, for st. Paul
and points III the North, ard for st. Louis
and pointsin the South.
| Z. At Peoria, with the Short Lint
Bloomington Route 10 Indianapolis, Gin
cinnati, Louisville and all points ,Soutl
and East.
8. At Peoria, with the t., p. 4 W. RR
| for Logansport, Columbus, &c.
0. At Mendoza, with the Illinois Contra
10. At CHICAGO, with all Trunl
Lines for the East.
| No better advice can be given then
than to "Take the Burlington Route"
1 jan.7dAwtf
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- Z - Is ~
BiGoURSxY AwAKE!-Welearn by
letter from Col. G. 81. Mackey, that
Sigourney, on Wednesday last. voted
. tax for the extension of the Wash.
ington road togS gSigournsy, by . mn.
sjoritYs Of 234, and. The prospect ia
hattering for good round majority
in favor of the proposition to aid the
st. Louis & C. X. Il.
Shall Ottumwa be behind her in
this matter, and utterly 60 back on
oil her pretcnsions as to being live
railroad town, or will wo give it q
good majority, rs we should do
That is the question. now.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-26

The value Of . vcrbal endorsement
has just been decided BY the Supreme
Court Of Illinois. John v. Farwell
4 Go. brought suit against Henry G.
Astcalf, 10 recover "a, 900. Some
time ago firm in Iowa, styled Hoag
4 Co., applied for credit to Farwefl
4 Co., but were rejected, on the
ground that they were not respon-
sible. Afterward, Mr. Mstcalf told
Mr.. FArwell that the money affairs
Of Hoag 4 Go. were all tight, and on
his word credit was given to the
extent Of $4,000, which was never
paid, and consequently the present
suit was brought. Judgment was
rendered in favor Of tho defendant,
on the ground that . representation
that aperson may be safely credited,
but which does not indicate with
certainty the amount for which it
would be safe to credit him, is too
uncertain TO give oause Of action.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-26

The st. Louis Lemocrat when it
foresaw that Frank r. Blair was sure
to be elected u. s. Senator from
Missouri, on the morning Of the day
that he was so elected, comes out
with plea in defense of its revolu-
tionary movement in last falls elec-
tions, because it knows full we'll that
to this movement is to be attributed
the result Of having q democratic
Senator from Missouri. It is true
Brown is Governor Of the State, but
Blalr Is Senator, and as sure as the
bolt of the Democrat made the one
Governor, just SO sure did it make
stks other Senator, and 90 the Repub-
licans of the Nation..will say, and az
the responsibility where It belongs.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-26
Christmas and Holiday Books, Toy
Books and Juveniles, q splendid as
sortment, reed at Taylor, Blake l.
(!n'a

Drs. Hal d Moorc's Eye Syrup
will remove scum, ulcers, infiamma.
tion, granulstion, &c., from the Eyes
and is the greatest remedy known
for weak eyes. 1t is warranted to
cure the worst cases of Sore Eyes, no
matter Of what nature. or OF how long
standing. Money refunded by our
agents when satisfaction is not given.
For salo by Taylor, Blake & Co.,
Wholesale druggists, Ottumwa, Iowa.
Aug. II, ls7O-dAH6m
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-26

The Mitchell county Board OF Su-
pervisors have been indulging in an
elephant, in the shape Of o county
safe, costing, by tho time it is in
position, between $4,000 and $4,000.
1t weighs ten tons. The doors on
the side OF the court house will have
TO be taken down in order to get lit
in. Then its weight is such that it
will be necessary to tear up the floor,
and put n stone foundation undcr
and lay new floor, in orc er to pre-.
vent its breaking through. Whom
in place, it will open into but one
Office. The Ne,os suggests that the
safe be set. up in the court house
square, and q new court house built
around it.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-26

MEErrNe.-we are requested by
President Garfield to call meeting
Of the officers and members of the
Wapello County Agricultural Society
at the Court House, Saturday, Jan'y
20, 1871, q one o'clock, p. m, for the
purpose of electing officers for the
ensuing year, and transacting other
important business.
Every man in Wapello county in.
terested in agriculture or manufac-
lures, is most urgently aud respect.
fully invited to attend.
Jan7d&wtd.
County papers please copy.)
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-26

A Duluth man had a wagon tongue
driven clear through him, and it took
three men to pull it out, says the
local paper; whoreupon Detroit
journal brags Of o citizen Of that
village who got wagon. tongue into
him, wouldn't bother any one to pull
it out, and carried it for year in his
body, till it worked out of one Of his
toes,
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Buried in . SNOW Slide.

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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-26

Mrs. Esther Morris, that Wyo-
ming female justice of the peace, that
there was 90 much blow about in the
papers not long since, has been obli-
ged to retire from the bench for o
season. 1t was boy, weighing
twelve pounds. She is believed to
be the fret justice of tho peace that
ever had such thing occur since the
world began"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-26
Our Land-orant Propo.itiop,

In one form or another. either
House Of Congress has responded to
The claim Of The soldier for q home
stead, as presented, BY, the Grand
Army Journal. Mr.. Harlan, in the
Senate, has Incorporated our PROPOSE.
tion into the frst section 81 lis bill,
and added thereto : = provision to
allow the transfar OF Q soldiers certifi-
cate, provided it passes to IN actual
settler, and 2 provision 70 transfer the
benefits Of tho act to the widow or
minor orphan children Of 4 soldier
deceased. In the Hoass, Mr.. Noor.
hoes has presented . proposition of
law which shall award the soldier,
his widow, or orphan, q land patent
IN the nature Of i bounty, and which
will require NO settlement.s On mo-
ton Of M Julian, tho House hes
ordered Inquiry as to the expediency
of : provision Of law which shalt
include our proposition with the ex-
oeption ct the 1iHsi slause. All Of
these measures have been referred for
VAouAtu0tlVn W INC ASuu VOIQ UlGJ0oo
Of the respective Houses. aaT ~
The proposition Of Senator Harlan
is the most complete, and most near.
" accords with our views. His ad-
dition to our proposition to permit
tho transfer Of tho certificate from
the soldier, his widow, or his orphan,
to citiseni Who shall become % ac-
tual settler y An excellent one, pro-
vidod that it does not so overload
the bill that the soldier shall rot
nothing: 9 hshss2as s311E
4 Before the House Committes there
arc number of bills, but mono Of
them approach in completeness that
Of Senator Harlan. II will undoubt-
edly be the duty ofthe House Com
mittee to reduce the good points Of
them all, and to report TO the House
. bill which will complement that Of
Mr.. Harlan In the, Senate. We are
assured that no proposition Of the
nature ofthat offered by MI. Vor-
hees can receive the assent OF Con-
gress. Grand Army Journal,