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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-12-21
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20.
SENATE


The Bill appropriating $3.50, 900
for the expenses of the Geneva Con
ference, and $50, 900 for the mixed
Commission vt Washington passed.
A motion was made and passed
ordering $4,000 copies of Civil Ser.
vice Commission report and accom-
panyinG message printed.
Mr.. Cragin reported a Bill to pay
expenses of prosecution Of bigamy
cases in Utah.
Mr.. Davis offered a resolution in.
structing the Committee on lnvesti.
cation and Retrenchment to report
IN regard to the Presidents connect.
ion with public contracts, also q 70
his appointment to office of those
who made him presents, also con.
corning his action in regard to San
Domingo, and as to the President
and heads of Departments absentinp
themselves from Washington.
Mr.. Edwards thought the resolu.
ton scaDdalous, but wanted it print
cd as q campaign document, and Mr..
Morton wanted to pass the resolution.
Laid evor.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-12-21
WASHINGTON.
WAsHrNoron, Dec IL.
HOUSE.

HOUSE.
A large number Of bills war -.
trodnced, including the following 8
punish kyank, lasuugoce. erste 80
c1tl1ciasxI or bribery -
Wilsoh, Of Ohio, tcS Nov, orui
to animals in transit ~ sailpoeds
Stephenson to prevent the appoint
ment Of dishonest and incompetent
government officials and makiac ofR.
GERS appearing and members Of Con.
gress recommending them responsi.
Bile for their misconduct.
SENATE.
Oonkling ofRereda resolution direc.
ting retrenchment committee TO in.
vestlgate Schurz charges Of fraud in
in N. Y. Customs. Consideration
postponed until appointment Of com-
mittee. Senator Anthony moved
that Buckingham, Pratt, Howe, Har-
Ian, Stewart, Poole and Bayard be-
appointed that committee. Sumner
asked why the Senators who moved
tho investigation were not on the
committee which gave rise to debate.
extending beyond the morning hour.
unfinished business being postponed
" seaon.s n vot
tM~un Iolelfeu tnciud-
ny ~; Z eI - yegalo 70 me-
~, .ro antssSs .ala"o stat,ng mat
s .e e., .ho seu Anu ueeraoeo, ana
tsi o;g ..'s sg ~ supplement
-
WARRINGTON, Dec. 10.
SENATE.
After remaining IN ....,on Ia.
night until 10 o'clocL - $500
amended the investicst;or rssn,n.;n~
hv atteoh;nn n..SL1II. s.u:lo
proposition. escant thst nor4;on gu.
tinr to civil .srv;cs "a .sasn-
amendment giving oomm;tta. nowa.
to send for persons ana rsre-s .sn,er
clerk. and rannrt ~ h;,t e a.sS.Y
Thia amandmsnt \.
M. Wilson. Ana .dor,.s e moveu y
81 70 ~. VOC u
osssorlv ~v.. .da.a ). ! -
mittee. and the resoirt;or ~. NV.
adopted. az In q Ris;r rc.;n.;..I
NEGATIVE. - 'Ae
M. Pool o.va ro,;.. 49,.
could not serve IN tha co,nm;.,as
and Conklino made Al afort - .sL.
up his resointion -;n.ar,;n. 49,
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New York Market.

BY TELEGRAPH.
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The House Committee ON Appro-
priations, to day, considered the sub
Ject of public government buildings
in st. Louis, and it WAS proposed, as
q preliminary appropriation, THAT
100000 should be voted. The en-
tire amount asked for is 1000, 900.
A resolution was reported for ia.
vestigation Of recent failures of Ma
tional banks. by the Banking Com.
mittee, passed.
On motion of MI. Perry, the Sec'y
of the Treasury was requested to
give information as to the amount
of5:20 bonds redeemed.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-12-21

0AlVAUVS Low DVs
The report Of D.. Rauch, Sanitary.
Superintendent, shows the SMALLPOX
TO be on the increase, and spreading
from localities whore it frat appear
cd TO other parts fthe city. He re
ports 46 cases and l8 deaths for the
week ending Dec. 10th. Thermome
ter q below zero here, this morning.
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An account Showing tAe Balance Due 10
tns limited States at the B~egtnnisg and
Era Of The First Quarter OF 1885; Amount
ReeesUed and Amount Disbuysed 70 Pen
S10mess OF the Aswsy at the Agency IN
Fort Gibson, Arkansas.
Amount received from United
States during the quarter. t7b OO0.0O
AInonn received from Thos,
Lanigan, late Agent. 4so 90
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-12-21

NEW 1OHKl OoC 10 :
Henry T. Tuckerman, . we'll
known scholar and poet, died st his
residence in this city, yesterday,
aged So.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16

across, trying to seize upon the opposite
side of the way. and, should they sue
coed before he passed the spot, then all
escape was impossible. Gently, kittie,
gently" They were the first words he
had spoken for some time. Now then,
my little lady," and for the first time in
all his life he touched her with the whip.
The mare broke into a run, and there
was no stopping her. Like thorough
bred she sped before the wind, and al
most in trice she had cleared the fire,
and was still running desperately taward
the southwark Presently Blackmar
succeeded in pulling her down to trot,
and finally he logged her along at a pace
SO slow no one would have supposed her
the best little equine in Cristendom-
Fred wouldn't take thousands of dollars
for her now, and when, a few days after
the fire, he drove around on Ashland av-
enue and told another HER of his escap-
ade, handsome Kittie was petted and
caressed by fair ladies until her owner
was fain compelled to wish it possible q
change of places might be effected be-
tween himself and his brown mare.
HAL.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16
Industrial.

The first daily newspaper of Virginia
was published in 1880 Subscription,
$50 a year.
jesse White, printer on the Freder-
icksburg (Na.) Star, has stood ut the case
for sixtysiX years, but is still able to
average about 600 ems an hour; fair
work for an octogenarian.
In 1870 Philadelphia manufactured
carpets 10 the value of S10,000000, So
100000 worth of prints, $4,000, 600 worth
Of silks and other fabrics, amounting in
value to S40,000,000.
The manufacturers in Lowell, Massa-
chusetts, have agreed TO pay their hands
hereafter by the hour instead of the day,
leaving it at the option of the latter
whether they will work less than eight
or more than ten hours per day.
Mrs Barry. of the Boston Children's
Mission, is said, during years time, to
have made ,56l visits to the poor, to
bonnets, to have cut out 551 garments,
and to have made two visits to another
State, where she found homes for nine
teen destitute children.
Bees occupy very important place
in creation, and perform very important
functions in rendering fruitful the seed
vessels of vegetables and flowers. In
New Zealand it is said that clover, taken
from here and sowed there, produced
beautiful crops of fodder, but no seed,
till the English honey-bee was imported
The receipts from the sale of beer,
cigars and tobacco stamps, in the cities
of New York and Brooklyn, for the first
six months of 1871, as compared with
the same period of 1870, were ms follows:
Beer stamps-lS11, S532 ,023 1870, 1882,
40j; cigar stamps-lS1l, 5000 424 1870,
S5S1, $50 tabacco stamps-lS7l, 81, 195,
053; 1870, So ,5J4 ,522
The total product of gold and silver
in the United States for the year 1870, as
estimated by the United States Commits
sioner of Mineral Statistics, reaches
S6G, 000, 900. California contributing S25,
000, 600 and Nevada $4,000, 600 TO this
amount I'm addition to tie bullion eX-
ported, and that coined, IA large amount
of the precious metals is used in manu-.
features here. Gold to the value OF
from $4,000, 900 to $4,000, 900 is used an.
nually by jewellers and othert, q part OF
which is coin, however, while silver
smiths and silver-platers melt up large
quantities OF fine silver bars.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16
T" And Now Kiss Me-"

A very pretty and exceedingly modest
young lady, the other morning, stepped
into well-known music store To make
some purchases, and was waited upon by
an equally modest clerk. Throwing back
her veil, the lady said Il want Rock
Me to Sleep" Procuring the music, the
young gentleman laid it before her.
Now" said the young lady, Il want
the Wandering Refugee" The clerk
bowed, and this was also produced.
And now" exclaimed the purchaser,
with bewitching smile, kiss me-"
The unfortunate youth gaZed in mute
astonishment. "Wh-what did YOU say
Missg" he at length found words to ask.
kiss Me /" Il ca--can't do it," he
gasped in agony; never kissed young
lady in my life" The veil instantly
dropped, and the would.bc purchaser,
hurriedly laying the music on the coun-
ter, took hasty departure. The clerk
only recovered after Il somewhat spirited
explanation with the proprietor, but
hereafter, the new composition, kiss
Me-" will be conspicuously posted at the
entrance OF the establishment.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16

The story is related of a teamster of
boston, who carried heavy article of
furniture to dwelling house, that in re.
spouse to his inquiry at the door he was
requested to go up stairs as high as he
could CO. The job was anything but a
pleasant one, and having gone up three
long lights of stairs he found the en-
trance way to the sky-light staircase
open, went up another flight on his own
account and left the piece of furniture
on the roof He says, however, that he
strictly obeyed the order given to him,
but has since had some curiosity to know
II the occupants of the house had any
more trouble getting the furniture down
than he did in carrying it up.
The Chicago Tribune gives the fol-
lowing as having occurred in St. Louis:
" W hat under the sun is the matter with
you, old fellow" Individual in hurry:
" Must get that train" Other man:
" Well, there is plenty of time; the train
does not start for ten minutes; and, be-
sides, there are several other people here
who want that train" Excited indiyid-
ual: . must get that train, and that's
fixed. I'll get that train if it costs me
my life Other man What is the ne
cessity of your reaching Chicago by this
train, anyway" Man in IA hurry; Il
must get TO Chicago tomorrow on this
train, or those people up there win have
built up the whole town again, and
won't see them ruins"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16
A Fearful TrOtting Match.
TChicago Correspondence of the New York
World

TCbcago Correspondence Of the New York
World
On the morning of that terrible Mon
day, when onc-third of the Garden City
went down in maelstrOm of fire and
flame there occurred one of the strang-
est, and probably most fearful, trOtting
races on record. II was "A race wherein
the fire ficnd and the storm king went in
double harness, with Death for "A driver,
against Mr.. Fred. Backmar and his
brown mare, Kittic. Ii was "A single
dash Of less than "A mile, contested with
all the iirlnness of fate on one side, and
only hope of salvation on the other.
Kittie, who had become well-knOwn
equine to all those who frequcntcd the
boulcyards, was stabbed in barn on
Dearborn street, almost opposite the
Post Office. The fire had eaten far into
the city, and was rapidly swallowing
building after building In its rapacious
laws. Southwark and northward along
famed Newspaper avenue, as Dearborn
street was sometimes called, the fire was
driven by the fierce gale, which swept in
cddies from over the prairies.
Blackmar, who lived in the West Divi-
sion, had gone down early in the fight to
assist in saving property from the store,
and il was not until late on Monday
morning that he thought Of Brown Kit
tie. Then he started for the barn, only
TO find the front Of the building was one
vast sheet of fame. Nowhere could he
see the hostler. Through back door he
rushed into the stable, and there stood
his pet shivering in every limb. With a
cry Of Joy she recognized her master,
and while he was christening her halter
the grateful creature placed her nose
against his face and gently rubbed his
cheek. A moment later and the mare
was htched to the light road wagon, the
back door was thrown open, Fred sprang
into the seat, and while the burning hay
dropped down upon him in fiery fakes,
he drove forth into a perfect hell Of
flame There wse narrow alley with
buildings on fire on either side Of IL for
him TO drive through, and faster than
Kittie ever went before went she
through that gauntlet of flame. One,
a tongue Of flame reached across the
alley and scorchcd poor Kittie's hand
some name, and almost burnt out one
Of her bright eyes, which were almost
human in their expression, but Fred
spoke gently to her, and with never n
skip she went onward and onward across
State street, and no chance to turn to
the right or left, with buildings blazing
up in front and Death with the double
team crowding him closely in the rear.
Now Wabash avenue was reached, and
like lightning the little darling turned
the corner and flew with the. speed of
thought .southward along the broad thor
oughfare whose western side was already
one long row Of fame. With straight
road before him, perfectly level, and laid
with Nicolson pavement, Fred sent the
mare along faster and faster. Away of
towards Jackson street he could see the
black smoke and the red flames reaching
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16

The Lockport Journal contains the
following practical suggestion:
= Now that the croquet and base ball
season win ere long be over, we would
suggest; in order that the muscle develop.
ing process may not stop, or that the
amount developed by the summers cxcr-
else may not lie dormant during the'long
winter months, that the base ball athletics
turn their attention to saving up the
wood piles of widows and sick folks
during the winter. The exercise is fully
as healthful, is not so violent, danger.
Gus nor tresome as baseball, and we are
sure the results will crafty curious
public fully as much, and we would pre-
fer to give the score of a wood saving
class to that of baseball club, in oul
columns. What say you, gents Physi
clans recommend young ladies to form
walking clubs. This is a matter in which
steps should he taken"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16
Treatment OF Window Plants.

/ find so many ladies have attempted
to bloom plants in rooms in winter, and
failed, that if You will permit me, | will
give "A few hints to those Interested.
First, then, the greatest cause of failure
is trying To grow them in too warm II
room; next, keeping them in too large
pots and overlooking them. Ladies hay
ing no greenhouses should only grow
those plants most hardy, such as gcrani-
ums, roses, feyeriew, sweet alyssum,
mignoncttc, and the blue hrowalia, all
beautiful, bri. n and constant boomers.
take my geranlums up III September;
am careful TO not break the roots shake
all the soil of, cut them down to within
six inches oil the root, pot them in as
small pots AZ the roots will allow--say
three or iGgr-inch pots. NV soil liz turf
mold. sand. and n little well dccayed ma
nurc Fcveriews do not need cutting,
except To take out the old flower stalk.
Sweet Alyssum, If it has been growing
all summer, must be cut back. Leave
them out doors ms long ms the weather
will admit, then place them in "A cool
room. If you have an old table you do
not care for, nail "a four-inch board
around ii TO form "A sink, and fill il with
sand to set your pots in /; il will keep the
roots from drying, save watering them,
and keep the water from dripping on the
floor when you water them.
If you have u south window, that IL
Just the thing; mine faces the east.
kept them in an upper hall window until
| had a green house. and had them look
splcnddly all winter. The hall is in the
center Of the house, and of course quite
protected but they had no fire. by
keeping the plants have named cool,
but not allowing them to freeze, they
will do well tsuch has been my own ex-
pericnce), and they are easily cared for.
II Cor Rural New Yorker.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16

We hear much about the danger OF
coddling" and Of the hardening effects
Of exposure, and much that IL very true:
yet many people think that in order Tn
harden themselves" they should be
clothed thinly during exposure, and that
the tOugbening process consists in feeling
cold. This is great mistake. Between
the sensation Of chillincss and the fact
Of being in the cold, there is the greatest
difference in the world. To suffer from
cold is injurious, except when the feeling
IL momentary and il followed by brisk
reaction, M in the case Of the glow that
healthy person feels after plunge into
cold water But to become cold without
reaction, Is always strain upon the CON
stitutiOn. Persons who 90 thinly clad
during the winter season, or who neglece
to adapt their clothing to the summer
changes Of weather, put their health In
risk. Thus frequent cause OF illness -
the habit Of sitting unprotected upon
do0rsteps during the cool summer eve
nings, Of which we have so many that
follow hot day DO not be afraid OF
"coddling" yourself on such occasions
by adding light shawl or overcoat to
your dress when you feel chilly, You
will tougher yourself fast enough in the
winter-time. But to accomplish this end,
you must keep yourself, either by exer-
else or by dress, always comfortably
warm. Under these conditions you can
not expose yourself, too much. We
knew young man who undertook To
strengthen himself by going without an
overcOat in the winter time; the expert
ment resulted fatally. To tougher rapid
ly, always remember to keep warm in tina
cold Hearth and Home.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16

must order the manager for, and no.
any one else, and unless they not bring
1t to the notice of the manager they will
be charged for the least things according
to hotel rate, and no fuss will be allowed
afterward about it. Should any gentle
man take wall lamp or candle light from
the public rooms, they must pay for it
without any dispute its charges Monthly
gentlcmens will have to pay my fixed
rate made with them at the time, and
should they absent day in the month,
they will not be allowed to deduct any
thing out of it, because | take from
them less rate than my usual rate of
monthly charges"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16
Personal and Literary.

Thunderation samuel" is the ro-
mantle name Of WesternJndian fighter.
Nilsson is said to have recently lost
one hundred and fifty thousand dollars
by fire, divided between Paris and Chi
cago.
DR.. Livingstone has died so MANY
times these last few years, that people
are beginning to call him DIR. Dying
stone.
A movement is on foot in the city of
New York to erect a statue or bust of
Horace Greeley in Central Park.
Mr.. William Ink, of New Hampshire,
is now lob years old. If his parents ever
dreamed that he was going To be so hard
To rub out, they would doubtless have
named him Indelible.
Ida Lewis, though now Mrs. Wilson,
still sticks to her maiden name. Through
devotion to her aged mother she still re-
sides at Lime Rocks, in the vicinity Of
which she has saved SO many lives.
President Theirs has but an imper-
feet knowledge of the English language.
He employs two clerks who translate,
every morning, to him the most import
ant articles from the English, German,
and Italian press.
The North American and United
States Gazette, of Philadelphia, com
plcted, on the J0th of October, the one
hundrcdth year of its existence, and the
eighty-seventh of its continuous daily
publication, il being the oldest daily
newspaper on the American continent.
The Fond du Lac (Wis.) Reporter says
there is IA man, living near the western
line of that county, of remarkable di
mansions His height is only five feet
six inches, but he weighs 435 pounds,
girts IS inches around the waist, 90 inches
around the breast thigh BIB inches, arm
20 inches, and neck p inches.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16

concerned about the loss of his liquorice
A surgical examination showed that the
missile had passed between the muscles
that roll the eye without iniuring them.
and had failed to penetrate the thin bone
forming the roof of the orbit. The eve
was not at all injured, and the patient
was fast recovering.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16

Cleaning Tinware-The best thing
for cleaning tinware is common Soda
Dampen cloth and dip in soda and rub
the ware briskly, after which wipe dry.
Any blackcned ware can be made 70 look
as vel a. new.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-17
Died.


AcKERMAN.--In Philadelphia, on Sunday. May IA,
JOHN d., son OF the late Lawrence Alderman.
Funeral service at the Methodist Episcopal church
West Thirteth street, near Eighth avenue. this
"wednesday afternoon. 81 two O'Clock. Relatives
and friends are respectfully invited to attend.
urday. May Is, KATIE ~. vile OF Horace F. Barrett.
aged 1s years and months: -
Remains were taken to West Pittston for inter-
ment
BERSUER-JULIA. wife OF Charles r. Bergner,
Frendsof the family are respectfully Invited to at
tend the funeral, from her late residence, No. 50
West street. this "wednesday afternoon, at two
BoNNER.-on Sunday, May IA. MARY JANE, wife Of
Hugh Bonner IN the 18th year Of her age.
OF her brothers Thomas, Henry, Alexander and vii.
liam Smith. and step-Drother, Francis Murphy, and
vited TO attend The funeral this wednesday, after.
noon at one O'Clock from her late residence, No. So
Philadelphia papers please copy.
BRApy.--At Madison, N. j.. on Monday, May Is,
John BRADY, In the 26tn year aud 4th month Of mis-
The funeral win take place tnls "wednesday morn
CANpA.-in Boulognemr-Mer France. on Tues.
day, May IL, ADELE CASDA. widow OF Charles Canda.
,,. CLnnx;.on Tuesday. Nay 10, after short and
Clark at her residence 22s East Fify .nintn street.
AGED 81 years and m0nths- 80 NJ
70 attend the funeral. FROM the Methodist Episcopal
Hnurcn, Sixty-nrst street. between Second ana Third
W,tSons Un aharsday aiternoon, at one O'CLOCK
CgIGiE-Cn Tuesday, May ID, JANE, wife Of James
Culg'n. aged 8s years. -
The relatives and friends or the family, aso the
mcMoers " the lhrtieth street Netnodsl Episcopal
cnurci are respectfully invited to attend the funeral
from ner late residence, 49, West Twenty-s6yenth
street. on Thursday afternoon at one o clock With
out further notice The remains wil be taken 10
Cypress Hills for IntermeDt.
CgRTIN:--CArnARINB ridow OF Michael Curtin.
IN the 40 rear OF her age.
The friends and relatives OF the family are re.
epocrully invited to attend f9e funeral, nom her
late residence zoe Pacific street, near smith street,
DELASy.-on Monday, May Is, NARY DELAsY,
I'D the 65fh year OF her age. Ell h
funeral ibis "wednesday afternoon, st hslpaet one
O'clock, from The residence Of her hsfer Mrs.. Anu
EdAs.-On Monday, Nay Ia BRJDGBr EGAN, t1e
Deioved wifo OF Thomas Hgan, aged % years. y
une toauves and ficnds Of the family are respect
uy invited 70 attend tho funeral from her late resi-
aenos, u2 Wost Thirty 9th street, this "wednesday
afternoon, ~ ono O'clock. |taf ie3 -
,sL5so.-On Tuesday, Mar ID az the residence of
MS iather-in-aw. James T. Libby. Salem, West
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-17
SUDDEN DeA1A OF AN olp CITIZEN.

Mr.. John Mayeil q wealthy gentleman, who had
retired from business. yesterday morning found
dead In bed at his residence No. Is Lafayette place
For several weeks past he had complained or pain In
his chest, and was troubled with cough. MI.
Maycll, who was seventy-three years OF age aud
native OF this city. was widOwer. without children.
He left large estate, which willed to his nearest
relatives, among whom ia well known music
dealer OF this city. Coroner Hermann was notified
Of Mr.. Mayels death. FL
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1871-05-17
death from SuflocntIon.

Coroner Jones held an inquest yesterday over the
body OF a sailor named Charles Metlcr. who was
employed ON board Inc schooner Henry Clay, lying
In the Gowanus Canal at the foot OF First street.
The deceased was under the influence OF liquor on
Monday and went ON board the vessel to sleep
Somehow he got into the hold, and yesterday morn
ing was found sufi0catcd. The jury rendere YER
dict OF death from asphyxia.