The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-01-19

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Msjor Thompson ID untiring ID hit
cxortions TO find indictments agAinsi
Eali parties in this city and county
4 who aro engaged ia selling sintoxica.
| tisg liquors. Several parties known
70 indulge in b weo bitr once ain
lawhile, have received requests to
/ present themselves before the grand
IjarY. They not only went rcluc.
i family, bat 4 used every strategy 'oi
(which they could coseeivS 70 ctsde
the Questions Of the District Atbor.
ney As to the place or places where
they obtainsd their liquor. i9 One
i gentleman was interrogsted as fol:
Il lows liar #dt 4a AFe ss3 Z 4 $3.50
1 Chr. -, did yog svst drink
any whisky in. .thisicity I ~ 81 =
l85 A.--Yse, sir. esfs iiT ,ssYey fsif yrs
sQ-Whsrs did ycu getit?a - ird
aaA-In svsry drug gstOre and saloon
fiAsown whore IL lis Sold and : hack
|atthe signs will tell you where they
nre. silssSgai Ss9 afd8i@ itw Nj
tsfQ.-With whomrdid you drinka 4
| The witness attertsling : carSory'
lglancs e tho pertons tsfore hims re.
diplied: s With 1 ncariy every person
here present ! Lbslieve. atea esl4 fseF
bTQ.--Did you pay for il Z ssgfadss
HA.-Yas, 1:paid for . great dcat
more than + drank. N aii 4
L The witness. was questioned no
farthon--Iess Cily 1iistnc.i Il ga'
sar is sf-----.s.s--n 80 40
How Ho0r People Live.
| Alexander III gets t8,250,090 per
annam, or ~, 900 pSr day, and has
1.-The tsu of hi entire sdominions, In.
tolsdisg half of Europs and onslthiri
tUf Asia. ais ea ,taAi ~ ihiFoW sfa lsasi
Francis Joseph receives a 900, 900
annually, orr el0, ,e64psr day, with q
large ailowance ofsbeSr.x Joseph has
. small family, snd the hesntertainment
igivsn Prussia proved 90 expyhsive,
that o little resrenchMent' has been
found snecsssary. He has several
places of residence, n'the city and
.oou1sry,g with sont thonses, stables,
wood. .h0uses, sto., and 10 said 10 be
very comfortably fixed MP. eees Essy
FrSdsrick William is not paid quite
20 we'll ~ his neighbor over il Aus.
tria, but manages 70 keep up appear
ances on $a;0O0, 600 1 year, or e8, ,210
pef day. He il said 10 suffer for
wnnt effdnds, and 10 forced to econ
omixc. f1ehisN ee
Meeting President Grant in, the.
avenue atew days since walking along
in his quiet unassuming manner, re.
calh . reminiscence concerning him,
which occurred at Galena, some ten
years ago, and has never been pub
lished. It was on the morning fol-
lowing the call for $4,000 mon for
three months, when the writer hav-
ing business in J. r. Grants store,
had finished his business with Orville
Grant, and was on the point of leav-
ing the store, when recalled by Cap
t0is Grant, who said, " What's your
hurry, W.? sct bown, and lot us have
talk about the war;" Both parties
"squatted" on the long counter, fill
cd with piles of leather, saddlery,
hardware, &c., when the Captain in
terrogated the writer as to his opin.
ion of tho prospective war, the late
election, inauguration, and the prob
able status Of the Galena Courier,
with which he was then connected
editorially. After hearing W's opin-
ion, Captain Grant said, President
Lincoln and Secretary Seward do
not comprehend the magnitude OF
OF the war which is now lnaugurated.
Instead Of calling ont a. 900 men
for three months, the President should
summon 75O, 900 men for three gears,
and even these will hardly suffice"
Laughing at Stewards Ninety
Dsys" war, he went on to detail his
positive knowledge Of the South hav-
ing been for years preparing for the,
coming struggle, as his connection
with the army had given him ample
opportunity Of seeing and hearing.
Prophecying the defeat of the Union
arms ct the beginning Of tho war,
from the superior drill and knowl-
edge of Southern officers and men,
and /" the long getting ready" Of
their leaders, he was sanguine of the
Ultimate success of the North. A.
few days after, the "Jo. Daviess
Guards" the FIRST company volun.
teering there, had gone 20 the bluff
overlooking the town, for their maid
enl drill, but NO one present under
stood the manual Of arms, when Cap
tam Grant was suggested as an old
army officer, and recognized by that
old long-tailed AL caped-bIue oyer
coat, which he was accustomed TO
| wear. The Captain readily consent,
cd to put the boys through and
from that rehearsal ofthe drill TO those
verdant embryo warriors may be
dated the re-awakening into life and
action of that military genius which
has made him the greatest chiettain
Of the nineteenth century, Cores.
psHdencc oftAe Dubuque Times.
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Fish and Brains.
Mark Twain thus prescribes for an
aspirant tor literary fame: y
"Yes, Agassiz does recommend
aAthors to eat fish because the phos-
phorus in it makes brains. So far,
you are correct. But I cannot help
you to q decision about the amount
you need to eat-at lcast not with
oertainty. If the specimen compo.
sition you send is about your usual
average, { should Judge that perhaps
. couple of whales would be all you
would want for the present. Not
the largest kind, but simply good
middling sized whales.
Mr.. Greeley having been applied