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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
A. 81. HAMILTON, P. NJ.

]. D. LAdd& o., have a double set
Of hands, end are running the pork
house night and day. They have
already cut about 1000 hogs, and
only commenced Tuesday. They
pay from 50 TO g. Is gross.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

MI. Louis Ochs, of Davenport, has
Just returned from Germany whittier
be went last May a. Commissioner
Of IMMIGRATION for the State Of Iowa.
Colonies were commenced under his
direction in Alsaoe and Switzerland.
which will como to Iowa In tho
spring.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Poultry for Thanksgiving came in
with . rush to-day, and ine large
turkeys were selling, undressed, At
Is cents each. Dressed turkeys
bring about 10 cents per H., whole
sale, retail III to 12} osnts.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Manning 4 Ladd, Of Eddyville,
commenced cutting hogs on Thurs
day last, and up y last evening had
ont about 500. The outside price.
paid by them, We learn, was $3.50
d
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

- FoR Dyspepsia, Indigestion, De-
preston OF Spirits and General Debility,
in their various forms ; also, - q pre-.
ventiva against lever and ague, and other
intermittent fsvers. the Ferro-Pbosphora-
ted Elidr Of Calisaya made by Csswell,
Taylor, BlakeG Co 10 .he best tonic, and
asa tonic Tor patients recovering from
fever or other sickness, 1t has no equal.
N, 9-dfWly.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
EVERYBODY

Should remember the Thanksgiving
Dinner at tie Presbyterian Church
on Thursday from IL to 8 O'Clock
They are making grand preparations,
and everybody should be thsrs-go
and take the children. Children nm.
der 10 years Of age will only b
charged Is cents.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

BLApENsBURG GRANGE, No. &C,
holds regular meetings on Monday
after full moon, at 6 O'Clock p. m.
BY order OF the
no33w1t MASTER or GRANGE.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Losr.-A small sized Squirrel Cape,
on Wednesday, Nov. 18th, either on
Market OF Union street. The finder
will DO literally rewarded by leaving
it at the COURIER office.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

In Ohio, . few Sabbsths ago, 1
oolored female preacher immersed )
number Of persons. The woman il
pastor Of 1 oolorsd church st Oberlin.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

On the 30th inst, the Post Office
in this city will b open from y to
10 O'Clock .. m, and from l to 2
o'clock, and from s to 8 O'Clock p. m.
The balance Of tho day the ofioe will
DO closed.
Al HAMILTON p n
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
IT'S the mind
That makes the body rich.

nesa -SAAEHeREARE.
A good book, whether Instructive
or amusing il q al times pleasant
companion. especially these winter
eyenings. Mako home attract,ve.
Have your scattered books bound
nest ard strong 70 last q lifetime.
Bring on your work then. while you
have . chance TO get Il done in town.
Place on Court street, between Main
and Second. no32wt
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

While this country il being burn.
cd, China is being drowned. Twen.
" thousand square miles Of Territory
have been Inundated, and one thOus.
and persons drowned in Chang, by
unprecedented heavy rains.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

A rural paper remarks-"Cold
nights have put . stop to gate spark.
ing, If she doesn't ask you to
come In now, yon had better quit.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

WANrED.--To ssll . n~fst-olass
medical library, for particulars Cd.
dress Boz (l70 Eddyvills, Iowa. e,
no71d6tw1t
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Ohio 10 not uuaaimous for . prohi.
bitory liquor law. OF 460,462
votes cast ct the recent election,
only 4,064 wore cast for such q
statute.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Four missing deck hands, of the
City Of New London have reported,
reducing the number lost to II. OF
these is bodies have been recovered.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

A committee Of the Boston City
Council have gone TO Now York to
invite the Grand Duke to visit Bos.
ton.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Hazard q Caswelrs Cod Liver Oh In
the purest, sweetest and hast In the world.
Physicians have decided 1t superior to
any other Cod Liver Oil in market. Pa
tisnts who have 'sos taken 1t take no other
an.3-dEwyl.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

~-See Advertisement Of DR.. Butts Dis
pensary. headed, Book for the million
-MARRIAGT aIIDE-in another COL
umn. 1t should pe read by all. d. W ly
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

A cynical lady, rather inclisd to
dirt, says men are Ike . oold-vsry
easily caught but difficult to got nd
Of.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

A Fort Dodge coal mine is report,
I'D on lire.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
CHICAGO HOTEL

The largest and best furnished Hotel left in
Chicago Is the NEW 81. IA located cor.
ner OF Clark and Polk streets, only one block
rom Michigan Southern and Rock Island q
Pacific II. X, only three blocks from the rcst
OF Chicago. e. No sdvanoa In prices sipce
the Great Fire. moss, WY.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

For elegant new Wrap Robes 90
to Jim Taylor's, opposite the Iowa
National Bank.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17

First class in Tammany Tactics-Attentlonl
second lesson illustrative of the maneuVefs
by which to avoid heavy assessments on reai
estate, and drawn from tho operations Oh
Tammany chieftans of renOwn, viii be fouhu
in another column. 1t represents that more
than three-quarters of million OF dollars
worth of property has been purchased WITHIN
the last three years by Messrs. Tweed, Swcehy
and Connolly in localities since largely I'M
proycd at the public expense. Usually, real
estate purchasers follow the lines OF pubilc
Improvement, but the singular phenomenon
is here presented of public improve
ments sprnging up in every remote
locality in which these men buy
lands. 1t is perhaps nobodys business how
much property Manhattan's Triumvirate owns
or where it is located, but taxpayers have a
RIGHT TO question where the money comes
from. and how it happens that public improve
ment marches in the wake of these men.
1t is also desirable to know why assess
ments for the Broadway widening, since they
will have them, are not uniform. Let us have
the key to this municipal mystery before Mr..
Tweed's bill reopening the awards and assess
mcnts becomes a law, particularly since it is
now limited from Albany that the bill is intended
not to correct, but to conceal, the frauds en-
brGccd in that job.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17

Gen. Chanzy thinks to acquit himself of
blame by exposing the exaggerations wherewith
Ganbetta deceived France into the belief that
the armies of the provinces were adequate to
its salvation. The exposition comes a little
too late, for rctributiOn has already Overtaken
Gambctta. Indeed, it has fallen upon each of
the Committee of National Defense equally
guilty with the War Minister as we have re-
peatedly pointed out, in Turing the French
people to ruin with lies. Their folly and de-
ceit, more than the German arms, have de-
stroyed all present hopes of the Republic in
France.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17

IL was to let freight train switch
ofr-and almost instantly the Yonkcrs train
dashed into it's rear. Both engineers and both
conductors ought to have foreseen this danger,
for they knew how closely the two trains were
running together. Yet, from all that we can
learn, after careful inquiry, there were no
special precautions on either side, and no siS-
nails exhibited except the fatal white light
over the draw, which indicated, just as at New
Hamburger, that all was right, when 1t ought
to have given warning of danger. But at
Spuyten Duyvil, just as at New-Hamburgh,
the signal-man was stationed so far away
from his light that when need came he could
not reach it. BY extraordinary good fortune,
nobody was seriously injured, though the rear
car of the express and the locomotive OF the
other train were much damaged. The railway
officials give no excuse for this accident, but
content themselves with trying to hide it. We
are utterly unable to see how it could have
occurred without the grossest carelessness.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17
/" EVASIVE ANSWERS.'
A DIALOGUE.
"This World Is bat a eee,inz show.
Eor m.nis deIn.ioa cfv,nu

For mans denson given"
Mr.. WORLD" The Legislature of Virginia, by a
strict party vote appropriated 5000 for portrait Of
Gen. Lee, and by like vote refused similar appro-
, nriation for portrait Of Gen. Thomas"
MI. TRIBUNE" Indeed Please tell us which
party voted for Gen. Lees portrait aud against Gen.
Thomass."
Mr.. WoRLD-"THR TRIBUNE figures out majority
Of 30 for the Republican candidate in the Electoral
College in 1872. That it is utterly mistaken, we
prove by the following table, prepared by Arth
metic Man. What answer can the fatuous TRIBUNE
make n
Mr. TRBUNE--"very we'll; we hold to our first
opinions, for the following reasons: But
how did the parties in the Virginia Legislature stand
on the portrait question:
Mr.. WoRI.D-"W call upon THE TRIBUNE to show
why the Prussians have any moro right to take Al
SAGE and Lorraine from the French than we had to
take California and New-Mexico from the Mexicans-
VIII THE TRIBUNE dare answerP
Mr.. TRIBUNE" In answer TO the above we say
frankly that we think. DC.
And now, VIII The World be good enough to tell MS
who voted Lee and who voted Thomas in the Viz
gnia Legislature 7"
Mr. WORLD" Who dare deny that Hamilton, Mad
ison and Clay were Free Traders on principef They
only advocated Protection for tho good OF their
country. viii THE TRIBUNE answerP
Mr. tribune" Just so. Now, who were the Lee
men and who were the Thomas men in the Virginia
Legislature"
Mr. WoRIp-" The WorM almanac contains big
ger index. moro French victories. and heavier Demo-
cratic maiorities than The Tribune almanac dare
have"
Last word for Tie Word 80 far LP.L
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17

The French Assembly has chosen for its
President NJ. Grevy, Liberal Monarchist,
prominent in the provinces for twenty years
Of the Empire in opposition, previously as one
of the revolutiOnists who expelled the Bour-
bons in 1870, and an officer of the Provisional
Government which followed the expulsion OF
Louis Philippe in 1s8 There is nothing in
this election to indicate on what particular
Prince or House the hopes of the Mon
archists rest For the present it seems
most likely that Provisional Government
with Theirs at its head, will be entrusted
with the fate of France until the withdrawal
OF the Germans. Thus far the action Of the
Assembly indicates two things as assured
that peace will be made at once, and that
then the Grand Nation will look about it for
awhile and finally beg somebody to be its
master, as Spain did.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17
Nel0'2)orJ: Duly GribMa1e.
FRIDAY. FEBRUARY II. 1s7l.

Nj rcvy has been elected President Of the French AS
fembly - At a caucus Of majority OF the deieg4'es'
il was decided 10 form Provisional Government with
NJ Theirs President, and Jules Fayre, Premier. 60
The capitnia.iop Of Eeifort ia confirmed -- NO new
election Is required in Paris. $50 The new Queen OF
Spain is on her way to Madrid
In the Senate, yesterday, hill was introduced to re-
peal the "ironclad OATH" The omnibus Appropriation
ll was considered the salaries Of L. s. Judges being
increased about IS per cent. - In the House. the
West Point troubles debated, and the resolutions OF
tire Subcommittee adopted, with amendment sub
icctng the officers OF the Academy to cOurtmartial
No news has yet been received of the steamer Tennes
see - Another outrage has occurred in North Caro-
lima an engineer and two hremen being shot ON rail
-nad train. === Tweed's CrotOn Real Estate scheme
has passed the Assembly and to the Governor
for HIS sig Azure Two burglars escaped from tie
Connecticut state Prison, but were recaptured
The Wesleyan University Club and the Dickinson
College Alumni held their annual reunions == The
Congress Investigation az tbe Cdstom-HOuse was re-
funed == Ignatius voessiags Will is contested in
westchcster County == Dr j. stewart Gwyme Is
under trial for bigamy. Brooklyn received the
Fenian oxiles with parade and banquet == The
Brooklyn Charity Ball WAS a brilliant success. g.
Gold, III. lll1 10J. Thermometer, Z9' 45', iO''
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17

The Report of the Commissioners of State
and Local Taxation is doubtless from the pen
of Mr.. David A. Wells. 1t will be seen, from
the full summary presented on our second
page, that several important measures of re-
form are recommended The first and most
startling is that real estate shall be assessed
at its full value, while general taxes ON per-
sonal property are abolished. Other features
are, that indebtedness shall no longer be
exempt from taxation in any system of taxing
personal property, and that the multiplication
of oaths and the taxation of mortgages upon
landed property shall be abandoned. The
Report deals with subjects of the first interest
TO every citizen, and, alike in its censures and
in its recommendations, will command careful
attention
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17

Mr.. Thurlow Weed writes to TIE Commercial Id
rsriser that in his late article in The GALAXY maya
zine he wrote quite by accident, that he suggested
to Mr.. Lincoln the name of Mr. w. Cost johnson for
the Cabinet when he should have written " Henry
White; Davis" He excuses himself for this upon
the ground of mental Oblquity for which he can
not account" inasmuch Mr.. johnson had died sew
eral months before the interview with the President
He says that he relies entirely upon his memory and
it further appears that r. Weeds memory is not to
be entirely relied upon-a very unfortunate infrm-
ity for any gentleman who undertakes to furnish
with historical "reminiscences
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17

more than an attempt at highway robbery or
assassination; YET, following closely upon the
Chinese massacre, it will have undue influence
in increasing suspicious already entertained of
the trcachery and enmity of the rich Eastern
people with whom we are striving to become
more closely allied in commercial and friendly
relations. The English Government is often
too quick to resent fancied injuries to its sub
jects, and with the laudable intent to protect
them does irreparable wrong to other nations
We do rot attach to the outrage that import
ance which the English people will be apt TO
give it, and from which may come tempo
rary arrangement of trade in the East.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17

Whatever may be the views of the people as TO
the general policy Of grants Of land III aid Of the
construction Of railroads. there can be no division
of sentiment as to the propricty of granting the
asked-for aid to the South Pacific Railway Com
pany No fears entertained by the friends OF
the measure as to the action of the House but they
do fear that an attempt will be made to defeat the
enterprise unless certain Senators are permitted to
put their roads on by way of riders 1t is not proba
ble however, that the Senate will permit this great
wrong to be perpetrated The interests of the South
ern portion of the Union should not be sacrificed TO
subserye private interests. The proposition is to
construct a railroad from Shreveport, by way of
Marshall Texas, to San Diego, on the sd parallel as
near as possible. There is road now building from
Vicksburg. on the Mississippi, to Shreveport Sew
eral roads are in the course of construction from
different portions of the South to Vicksburg. 50 that
the whole South will soon have connection with
the through line to the Pacific Its Importance to
the whole South is thus shown, and the Senators
from that section of the country will scarcely per-
nit the bill to fail it is certainly in their power
to prevent such failure. The responsibility will be
too great.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17
Non-Republican majority.

No, Sir I! you have not given above what
you profess to have given You have taken
the vote cast in three districts for Greedy,
Thomas, and Witmcr-all Republicans-and
coolly placed it in your Democratic total. Say
that your folks voted for those Republicans,
having no candidates of their own, they gave
them but part of the votes they received !;
the rest were cast by Republicans Mr.. Greedy
claimed that he was the regular Republican
nominee; yet you coOlIy appropriate his en-
tire poll You did not poll Democratic ma
jority in Pennsylvania, and well you know 1t !!
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17

In the daily dTeary records Of famine and slaughter
we seize upon any novel story Of cordial human sym
pathy or feeling as we would on chance bit OF
Christmas green growing i'll the snow wastes WITH
out One such pathetic hint to us IN our English
exchanges in the account of the of young col
ored man known since the to the suffering French
peasantry as 10 bon GJcieW nor. 1he London L0ncet
saws: Or Davis was q student Of st. Bartholomew
Hospital. and graduate Of Aberdeen. Both Uni
yersty and Hospital were proud of him. He resigned
-physiciancy Mt the latter institution III DC
tober last and armed with funds furnished him by
hi. friends devoted himself gratUitously, with re-
markable skill and energy, to the care OF the
sick and wounded near Sedan. and to the
establishment Of soup kitchens, which have
given food and life to hundreds of starving peasants
He overaslled his strength and fell victim TO hls
work. III lies buried in quiet nook at Fond de
Giyonne" Simultaneously with this story comes an
account Of the opening Of new high-school IN Phl-
adelplia to whom was given the name Of a colored
citizen eminent for his beraty and devotion to the
cause of education In the adir - on the occasion
made By this gentleman Or. James FOrtenl, we no.
tice one statement that his family had resided for
upward OF two hundred years IN the same district OF
tho city" We have all been so long used to look
upon the coored man ne the helpless, nameless, place
less member of the human family-the one who was
to be borne With lifted fought forthat the sight Of
him steadily rooted endowing colleges, giving with
the old nightly temper the arges5e Of his knowledge
and his life TO his weaker white brethren, affects us
oddly and with a strange pleasure. 1t viii give
moro than pleasure to cur coored readers, for whom
we record IT, if it serve TO remind them that with
Fortunes wheel they go not up nor down, whose
hoard is little but whose hearts arc great
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17
THE NEW CROrON BILL


We need not protest against the inevitable
Mr.. Tweed's Croton bill has passed; and, fully
recognizing the necessity for a measure look
ing to its avOWed objects, we only choose now
to ask attention to the remarkable powers 1t
cOnfers upon single man:
Tie Commissioner OF Public Works OF the City Of New
York for and in behalf and In the name Of the Mayor
Aldermen, and COmmoDaty of the said City or New
York. authorized 10 acquire titles to all such real es
tate and property as may be deemed necessary b. him
for the purpose OF providing and securing further AMI
irexhaustibe supply Of pure and wholesome water for
the City of New-York.
We have looked through the bill in vain to
find any limitations or safeguards against the
possible abuse of the enormous power thus
vested in the sole hands of one no.
torious leader of the Tammany Ring.
The bill explains, amplifes, particulalizes
these powers; it nowhere imposes the slightest
limitation. Mr.. Tweed, as Senator, prepares a
law, under which Mr.. Tweed, as Commissioner
of Public Works, may spend any amount OF
money or buy any quantity of lands that
may seem good in his own eyes, at the ex-
pense of the City, without the possibility of
check or revision. Never, in the history OF
modern legislation, have such unlimited,
irresponsible powers been conferred on a
single citizen, even were he among his
Country's most disinterested, exalted and
incorruptible sons. The New-YOrk Legislature
chooses, at his own request and on bis OWL
motion, to confer them upon VIM. NJ. Tweed
Unless Gov. Hoffman will interfere, we can dc
nothing but submit and pray Mr. Tweed &c
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17

A reform that Is likely to prove a revolution
has been started in the public schools of Bos-
ton, against the system of examining" the
heads of students with studies which are Of
ten unexplained and seldom comprehended.
How are our own public schools in this re-
spectf and does any official take interest
enough in the matter to suggest and institute a
reform, if one be as necessary as we suspect2
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17

Avenging Justice that pursued them. There is
no history, and probably never will be one,
where God and man are brought face to face
with such inexorable fidelity to TACT In the
narrative, such dramatic force OF description,
or expression so lofty and pure. 1t will be
long before the English will gave up tho
dulest books in the Hebraic history as a
wholesome and pure regimen for their chill
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17
awuarmrnte, eit., CHS Gutnins.

Rooru,s TUr,Trr.-At9: Concert. Jas. NJ Wehl
Al 9: Richellcu." EiSh 10th
FIrrH-AVENUE TnrATER- o1ra'oIa'
FouRTEENTH-sT. THEATER.-" King Lear Ed
win Pores.
IrVA EDwrN's TuEATER-" Hunted Down. Laura
KCenc.
NIuos GARDEN The Black Crook
OtNvPtc TnEATER.-'Th Rchelieu of the Period >
G l. Fox
Srpr TuE,TER.-" Anna Liese.' Nine. Seebach.
WNLACR'S rnEATER.-" Money
ACADEMY oF MUSIC.-At %: Philharmonic Society
Robcsral
Nrw-YoRE CIgCUs.-Sensationa Bareback Horse
nsnship. etc
SAN FRANCISCO MiNsTREIs.-SOngs, Dances &C.
eentfc sets. &C.
SrEINwAY HuI~- Concert. Glee and Madngal
-0ccty-
WoODs N-SFTN AND MENAGFGTT.-M :: Cole
mar Chliren Al 8: Norah Creina" AMI Luo.eta Borgia
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17

Further debate i'll the House on the West
Point troubles has ended IN the adoption Of
the resolutions ordering the expulsion and
court martial Of the riotOus Cadets and the
restoration of their victims. The debate yes
terday, we are glad to say, was more temperate
than the first. Possibly the resolutions may
have calm consideration when they reach the
Senate
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-02-17

Still no definite, Trustworthy nows of the
Tennessee. Admiral Lee at Key West knows
nothing more of her than we do here, and he
intmates that nothing will be known until
the arrival OF the regular San Domingo steamer
toward the last of the month. There is moth
ing further to indicate that the vessel seen off
Hayti by the Mary Baker was the missing
Of