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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

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The Register says: .The Supreme
Court didn't allow Thompson, the
four-fold murderer, to be hanged, but
tho poets have taken after him, and
tho prospect now is that hcs will be
punished enough. A recent issue of
the Dubuque Herald contains the
commencement of the punishment,
from the nine verses OF which We
quote two:
'Yecoward race, that coolly Wow ts
Your babies slain like hogs
s Shall me and mine be slain like swine
And buried likeAhe doysf
God, where is the iightning's hand
To suite the murderer fell?
OState, where Is thy Just command
To avenge the deeds Of hell?'
The above poetry will be made
moro eloquent by perasai Of tho fol-
lowing extract from the Heralds
introduction TO the poem: AN
drow Thompson, by his own con-
fcssion guilty Of seduoing a soldiers
wife, aud the accessory to tho mur-
der of his own lllegitimate offspring
legally guilty Of numbering four
persons-after having been con
demned to death by the
verdict of an intelligent jury, en-
dorsed by public opinion, has had
his sentence, on account of some le-
gal quibblc, commuted by the
judges Of the Supreme Court to
Imprisonment for life, with the
possibility of future freedom.
We should think that man who
made such o superhuman effort to be
o first class murderer as Thompson
did, must have been cruelty disap-
pointed when he was informed by
the highest authority in tho State
that he was merely Sn assassin of the
second and poorer sort.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

The Olympic (WasLington Terri
tory) Tribune, says that on q recent
evening, between z and o'clock, q
young moon shone brightly in the
west while countless stars, glittering
like diamonds, adorned the deep
blnc vault Of heaven. And nc. q
cloud was visible; yet ii rained, and
for nearly an hour with sufficient
force 70 be plainly heard pattering
upon the root.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

4e An old negro woman, in account
ing for lack Of discipline among
iyoungstcrs, insists that it is because
thcir mothers wear gaiters. "You
seq, when we wore low shoes. and
the chilun wanted whippin', we Just
took of ~ shoe mighty quick, and
giv 'an = good spankin'j but now,
hows b body to get . gaiter of in
tima2 So the chilun gifts no whip
r III nowadays"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

Brookville, in Adams county, is in
q quandary. The railroad company
hayo dubbed it Brooks, the p. o..
Department insist ON calling it Sinp-
son, and those not resident Of the
place call it Frogtown.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

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The Marshall county Times saysit
Is reliably informed that through
trains are TO be put upon the Iowa
Central road over that road tho B.
On. and North Missoari to St.
Louis. That An arrangement has
been entered intd BY these three
companies, whereby they put on the
Pullman slsepang oars and al the
most approved copvsniences for tho
accommodation Of the public, and
make the entire trip in 80 hours.-
The ISmss further Gays that this ar
rangement wall preclude the necss-
cessity Of building the Central south
from Abba. We have NO information
from the North Mo. company here
of such arrangement, but still do not
see why it cannot be made.
The stone contract for the State
House foundation was awarded on
yesterday to Tuttle and Robertson,
Of Des Noines, ct S10.25 per cubic
yard for stone 16 to l8 inches thick,
rubble stone at s6.76 per yard. The
dimension stone il to be from the
Bear Creek quarry in Polk county.
At the Same time = resolution was
adopted in favor ofdoing the work
by days work, under charge of q gu
perintsndent to be hired by the
Stalo.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18
State Sabbath Sohoel (Jonven'
sgs8s ttOu. ygls n

This Convention holds lts annual
session At Waterloo, Iowa, On the
2Oth, 21st and 22d Of june ;next and
promises to be . very Interesting
one. The following railfoads have
offered to carry delegares At rates
given below: @ a
The Burlington, Cedar Rapids and
Minnesota RR., and the Central
Railroaa Of lows, will return dele
gates free, and the Illinois Central
iowa Division) and the Chicago and
Northwestern, aud the Des Moines
Valley Railroad will return at one
6fth fare on the Secretary's certifi-
Icate Of attendance. The Milwaukee
and st. Paul will sell excursion,
round trip tickots TO Charles City for
three-ffths fare each way. The
Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific
,willsell excursion tickets, round trip,
from all stations, at one and one.ffth
fare. The Burlington and Missouri,
from all stations to Abba, and return
ct one and one,6fth fare.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

MAJOR Avalo ]. Price, Of Clayton
county, . private in tho 18th Infan-
try, wounded at Fort Donelson, and
Afterwards Major Of the 9th Iowa
Cavalry, died on tho 9th Of April, in
the Sisters Hospital at Sante Fe.--
He had been living in the mountain
regions Of the west for several years
for the purpose Of regaining his
health, as he had never recovered
from the effects Of the Donelson
wound. He was 81 yeare of age. II
His father, Hon. Eliphalet Price,
of Clayton county, Iowa, WAS at one
time . prominent whig in this State,
and q candidate for elcctor on the
Scott ticket in 1852, besides render
ing himself famous for an address of
the most. .inimitable humor, which he
delivered to the Third House as gov.
ernor at asubseauent period. yrl d
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

ASHES AS A CATTLE FEgD.-One of
our substantial subscribers, in re-
cent conversation, gave his expert
ence in training neat stock affected
with . habit of eating wood, chow
ing bones, etc. His cattle were one
spring affected in this way they be-
came thin in flesh, refusing to eat
hay, and presenting . sickly appear
ance. He had an impression that
their food lacked tho constituent Is for
making bone; but his neighbors used
bone meal without noticing any good
results whatever. Last spring he
put about four bushels Of leachod
ashes into his barnyard, and threw
out to them about shoyelful each
day. They all ate it with evident
relish. After turning them out to
pasture, he put one peck Of dry ashes
q week on the ground in the pasture.
They ate; it all and gnawed off the
grass where it had been lying. The
cattle began to improve, gaining flesh
and looking better than they had for
several years. He says this morbid
appetite was unnoticcd years ago,
from tho fact that the land was new
and ashy from the burnings of the
woods and the land elearings. Ho
has another proof of the value of
ashes for stock from this Incident
Ho had large tub full of leached
ashes, which remained in some time.
1t was aftcrward used as o Watering
tub. In o short time the cattle near.
" deyonred the tub, actually biting
out pieces and eating them. Latter
~ he gives ono quart of ashes mixcd
with the same quantity ofsalt, ts
twelve head Of cattle, about once ,
week, and finds it to agroe will
them wonderfully.-Maine Farmer
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18
Faith is ! good thing, but we can

Faith is . good thing, but We can
not live by faith alone. We have o
large amount due us on job work aud
subscription, and We must have it.
Our collector. will be after our pa
irons shortly, and, when he calls, we
hope they will either pay or give
their notes, that we may be able Ito
close our old books.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18
Decoration Day.

Decoration Day. 's''lsa
On the 3oth Of May last there wss
held il our Cemetery most impress
sive ceremony in oommemoration Of
the dead heroes Of the, slave holders
rebell N, The 3oth again il fast ap-
proaching, the annual decoration,
day, which has passed into the ous-
toms of tho grateful and patriotic
people Of the country. Shall it bs
publicly observed with rs IL the
question ? our hearty response is yes.
No more fitting ceremony was evsr
inaugprated, and nothing better CAL
culated to impress upon Ne the worth
OF national unity and liberty nor is
there anything better adapted TO in
dslibly fix in our minds the cost of
rebellion, and 90 lessen tho probabil-
titles of its recurrence. Shall we
have ! meeting and organize, 30 - to
systematically observe the dAyf 81
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

Secretary Belknap is sorely anic-
ted. An inscrutAbls Providence
seems 70 bc overhowing his cup Of
misery. Only few months ago, he
followed to the grave his young,
beautiful and amiable bride. Short.
" after, two Of his nieoes were
buried, on the came day, in the same
grave, and now comes the cad news
that hia. little boy, bright and
lovely child, died at Cinoinnati, day
before yesterday.
For ourselves and in behalf Of his
numerous friends and admirers here
abouts, we tender to the bereaved
Secretary, sincere coincidence in his
sad Affections.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18
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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

A negro insisted that his race was
mcnti oned 10 the Bible. He said he
bad hoard the preacher read about
how "Nigger Demus wanted TO be
born again.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

The Illinois Legislature meets IN
extra session on tho oath inst.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

General Augustus Cmser Dodge,
is serving on tho United States jury
at Des Moines, and the Register
wants the illustrious Transatlantic
Gaul, to tell them what he knows
about IsabOlla and the Spaniards, in
a lecture.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

Tho government recovered on
Monday, tho nice little sum of $lO4,-
900 against Charlie Lilientbal, tobac-
conist, Of New York, tor making
fAlsc returns of sales. :.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

a Mr.. and Mrs. Trimble, at New
ton, Iowa, have been arrested for
inhuman treatment Of their child
the Mrs, r. being the cbild,s step
mother. ltis thought the child cam
not recover, so severe arc her inju
ries. In some cases wo have little
reason to believe that humanity
towers much above the brute crca-
tion, and this is one OF them.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18
Our Cattle Kings.

a Wrlter IN the FiCtSburgh Com
mercial give some statistics relative
to the grazing of stock in Texas,
which show that the country IL run
largely by cattle kings scarcely less
formidable than the railroad kings
who hold their courts in New York.
There arc, he says, 10 the Lone Star
State nearly four million cattle, one
quarter Of which are beeves ready
for market. The plains on which
these cattle roam contain hundred
and fifty-two million acres. The fol-
lowing arc few of the, ranchmen
with their respective herds: Richard
King has q farm on Santa Catrutos
River, Of 84, 1872 acres, on,which he
keeps 60, 900 cattle, 10000 horses,
1000 sheep and $500 goats, and en-
ployb 800 Mexicans to attend them.
EHe sells 10, ,00O beeves annually. A
Mr.. OConnor owns . little paetare
field on the San Antonio River, ,wherd
be grazcs 10000 head Of cattle ane
sells 81, 900 worth each year. He
com menced the business in 1852 with
1 500 head, and his present enormeus
herds are the result of natural in
crease. Another poor, man named
Robideaux shas . ranch Of 1880
acres near the mouth Of the Rio
Grande. to surrounded on three
sides by water, and to enclose the
third required the building of thirty
one miles Of plank fence. He has
10000 head Of cattle, beside an i'm
mense amount OF other stock. John
Hitson, whose farm lies on the Brazos
River, has only $4,000 cattle. and
drives to market an insignificant
squad of 10, 900 or so annually. Ten
years ago he had q beautiful little
clay farm in Tennessee and rashly
sold i all to get money enough to
take him to Texas. He is now forty
years old, and besides his Brazos
property he owns stock farm nearly
as extensive on the South Platte, in
Nebraska.
It Is mentioned asa significant fact
in the cattle trade that during the
month of October last, it took Ill
cars per day to remove the Texas
cattle from Abilene, Kansas, and
that o single bank in Kansas City
handled during the season over $3,-
100000 cattle money. The writer
says that immense fortunes can be
made on the plains by raising beef
cattle at four and half cents
pound, and he predicts an increase in
the business along with tho increase
in tho population Of the country
However, if Senator Wade's predic-
tion that, "within the present cont
ury every acre Of good land, between
the Missouri River and the CalifOr-
mia coast will be worth fifty dollars
in gold,p should prove true, the plains
must become rather costly for graz
ing purposes, and the cattle kings
must soon migrate or turn their At
tention to other monopoies. Detroit
Free PreSa.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

jewell is Governor, of Connecticut,
90 says the legislature Of that State,
on . canvass of tho votes. Ditto
New Hampshire when the thing is
iinishod. Where is that lone one
OF the New England states which
has been accustomed to cheers bank
rupt Democracy.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

The North Missouri Railroad is
advertised for sale under the provis-
ions Of . deed Of trust, given for the
security Of three million Of its bonds.
BY the terms Of these bonds, the In.
terest was TO be psid semi-annually,
and II not paid, interest and principal
were to become due. The road il ad-
vertised for sale by teason Of y non.
payment Of interest. Tho company,
however, hope 70 pay the interest
and stop the sale before the day
liked for the sale. s.s III. ~, Z
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

Hon. 81. Q. Caldwell, q. 8. Dis
trict Judge for Arkansas, has recent
" made . very able and important
decision, touching the question of the
recovery OF the contract price for the
purchase Of slaves on sales made be
tore the rebellion. The learned
judge holds that the contract Is
against public policy and cannot be
sanctioned except BY positive law,
aud, as the amendments Of the con-
stitationt have not only legislated
slavery ont of existence, but, also,
Ill laws assuming that it hsd any
legal existence, the judge holds that
NO right remains for tho enforcement
of such contracts.
Several Of the u. b. Courts, 10 the
Southern States, have made decisions
in like cases, some holding the CON
tracts binding, and others not The
question win, therefore, probably
Be finally settled only in the Su-
prems Court Of the United States.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-18

On motion the Secretaries were
requested to furnish the proceedings
of the Convention to the Central
Christian, and Northwestern Chris.
tian Advocates for publication.
The following resolutions were
adopted. 81 ~ 81 hao flt
KesolUed, That the thanks of this
Convention, are due and are hereby
tenderedlDD the citizens of this city
for the hospitable manner in which
we have been entertained. &f
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16
Fave Droppers be Careful.

Mr.. ~ 0. Wallace
DEAR STR-The Christmas
parties being all over / shall
selate circumstance which hap
pened in an adjoining county
just after the close of one of
those gay times. The house in
which the circumstance took
place was not quite complete !;
the floor upstairs was all laid
except small place over the
hearth which may have been
left for fire place upstairs, and
over which a few loose boards
had been laid and nothing but
a common ladder for stair steps
which stood in the corner by the
fire.
/ said it was Christmas times
and all the young folks had en-
joyed themselves hugely, but
! after a while all became weary
and most left for their homes to
enjoy a nap before the next
night, but from some cause two
or three boys and as many of
their sweethearts stayed all
night. The young men were
sent upstairs to bed, when the
ladies who had been sitting back
in the cold drew close around
the fire, and commenced a lively
chat, but in too low a tone for
the boys, who were upstairs in
the far corner in bed, to hear,
and as the girls seemed from
their laughing, to be much a
unused at times one of the
youngsters thought he would
creep to the half open space a.
bove the girls and peep down and
listen to see and hear what was
going on-when 10! he stepped
on the end of an unlucky board
that extended beyond the joist,
aud down he came with nothing
on but his shirt right between
the girls and the fire, but the
poor fellow did not stay long
enough to warm but ran up the
ladder and back to bed where /
guess he stayed, nor did he go
with those girls to another par
ty during that Christmas.
PASSIUM.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16

In Knoxville, H., the other
day, a miser worth $4,000 gave
his nephew, bis nearest relative.
who had long lived with him and
was about to leave him, check,
as he supposed, for five dollars.
Owing to his bad eyesight, be
failed to make the "dot" he sup
posed he had between the IS" and
the two cyphers, and the bank
payed the boy $500. On learning
this fact the miser was so shocked
at his loss that he sank down and
died--which did not better the
matter any for him. as thereby
the boy became inheritor of $780,
600.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16
Milk Mandatory i
Worcester Mass

From the Worcester Gazette, Jan. "a.
Worcester people have general
ly had cause to congratulate
themselves that, although living
in large city, its "rich and rural
surroundings were such that the
milk supplied to their tables was
above suspicion, and that their
milkmen were above reproach, or,
at most, that a faint infusion Of
pump water was the extent of its
adulteration. But a case was de.
veloped in the municipal court
this morning, the recital of which
will set many people to thinking,
and produce, in one mans Gus
toners at least. sensations lar
from pleasant. Lyman H. Whip
pie, said to belong in Shrewsbury,
was arrested for keeping adultera-
ted milk and for selling the same.
He has made place of business
on Front street, and employed
two or three hands in his .'milk
factory" who appeared as witness
es against him, They state that
he has room fitted up with a
great tank or can, to hold $50 gal
Ions, into which the good milk is
put, but that every time it is filed
forty gallons of a mixture of
burned molasses, chalk, salt and
water is put in and the whole is
mixed together and sold as genu-
inc country milk. The business
has been thus conducted for some
time, all the customers receiving
their share of the "milk," except
a few who furnished small cans to
be filled with the milk of one
COW, for children. The doors of
the establishment were kept locked
and the business was conducted
i'll as private a manner MS posi-
ole. The examination resulted in
finding Whipple guilty on both
charges-ot keeping and selling
and he was fined fifty dollars
and costs on each complaint,
which he paid and departed.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16
A Joseph who didn't know
He Was Divorced.
From the Rockford Tll.) Gazette.

rTom Inc hoChIOTu \Ill'J UaAet'0'
A strange scene was witnessed
in Justice Bakers Court, the 9th
er morning. Johanna Frieberg
had complained of Joseph Erie
berg for disorderly conduct, in
abusing her. Johanna stated her
case, when Joseph next did "pro-
coed to explain" He said he
event home to his frou-" The
Court stopped him, and remarked
that Johanna was not his wife.
"Vat p cried the astonished man /;
"Johannah not my wife! Veil,
den, Id like to know ]" His Hon.
or remarked that Johanna had got
a divorce. 90, mol" replied Joseph,
"she tries it, but she not do it. "
The court produced the Official
decree of divorce, dated Novem-
Der last absolutely divorcing Jo-
hanna from Joseph Frieberg-
"Mine Got ish dat so p said 10.
seph; Gam | free from that woman?
And here I've been staying NIT
her and not know it. Veil, that
ish goot. Mine Colt! Hurrah !"
1t appears that this is really q
fact, that Johanna sued for d.
vorce, and yet continued living
with Frieberg. When the day
came on which he was summoned
to appear in court, his wife told
him not to 60, and he did not, and
thus a divorce was decreed by de
fault. Since then they have been
living together as man and wife,
same as before. Last week, how
ever, Joseph got on a little spree,
he does occasionally, and went
home and misused Johanna, and
the result was the orraignment
before Squire Baker, when the
above scene transpired. The d.
vOrced husband was fined So and
cost for disorderly conduct to his
late spouse.
Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1871-02-16
Terrible SLAUGHTER.

We ars again called upon to re-
cordanother appalling catastrophe,
which occurred OH the Hudson
River Railroad, on the 9th inst,
at Hamburg, The train leaving
New York at s clock in the
evening met an oil train on the
New Hamburg draw bridge. An
oil car tipped over on the rassen-
ger train and set it on fire, and
the locomotive, cars and bridge
were all burned. Eighteen per-
sons were killed outright, and
many were injured who will not
recover. The express train WAS
composed of locomotive, baggage
car, express car, and five or six
sleeping cars. The locomotive
was a: once hurled into the river,
the engineer killed, and the bag
gage and express cars piled on
top of the engine. At the same
time the Chicago sleeping car was
one sheet of flame and though
desperate attempts were made to
rescue the passengers it is said not
one got out alive. TIE other
sleeping cars next to it were also
wrapped in flames, but the pass n
gers in them all got out safely,
and then the bridge took fire. In
less than ten minutes afterward
the whole structure fell, carrying
the Chicago car and burying the
car and inmates out Of sight under
the water and among the ruins
of the locomotive and express and
baggage cars. This terrible result
settled all doubts of the probability
of rescuing any one dead or alive,
and there was nothing to do till
daylight.