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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

After an absence of more than
three weeks we are again AT our
poet, and take up our work with
pleasure, feeling greatly refreshed
by our very pleasant visit among old
friends aud relatives in our native
home, While we have seen many
thriving and beautiful cities and
towns in our pilgrimage which in
vite n to make a home at, yet we
must say that this, our adopted city
possesses oil arms which satisfy us
and prevent any repining as to the
place -four abode. One most notice
able feature which came under our
observation in III travels was the
elegance, convenience and comfort
OF our Western railways in compari.
SOL with those of the Fast. We
often heard it remarked by people
residing in the East hat they had
been greatly surprised at the smooth
ness and permanenee of Western
railroads and the superb character of
the rolling stock. The fact is, that
go where you will, there cannot be
found any road in the United States
that in all particulars excels in speed,
safety and comfort the G.. Br& @. of
Illinois and the B. Il M. of this State.
The Lake Shore & Southern Michi.
gan railroad, running in close con-
nection with the G. B. O., s~ustains
fully the reputation Of the latter
named road.
We left Cleveland Ohio, at 7
O'Clock p. m, on the evening Of the
Gath inst, reaching Chicago at 7:50
next morning, and left there at 10:45
q. M, arriving at Ottumwa without
change of car at 1910 p. m, the
18th. Exclusive OF the three hours
stop at Chicago, the u was made
in a little less than 25 hours, a dis.
lance of six hundred and forty miles.
We certainly never made q trip of
that distance with more solid com.
fort to ourself than this one, all
due to the management of these
excellent lines OF railway and the
uniform courtesy and kindness Of the
employees. n.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

The Eldora Ledger says: I'll. w.
Johnson resides in Kansas. Mr.. Ar
NOR, OF Hardin county, married Miss
Leverton, Of Clay township, and re
moved west, became a neighbor of
Mr.. Johnson's, who was q widower
witha wo children, Mrs. Armor wrote
to her sister in Hardin county, Miss
Francis Leverton, aged eighteen, and
about her widower neighbor and his
anxiety to get married. photographs
were exchanged and the result was,
that on the 14th Of November the
anxious johnson put in an. appear
ance at 'old man Leverton's door.
He proposed off hand, was accepted,
declined taking his hat off or sitting
down, put posted off TO Eldora for
the license. He was married that
afternoon, and on the 10th was off
for his home in Kansas, with Mrs.
Francis johnson. He is 80 years OF
age. business is business
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Our democratic friends have been
busted up in business on the Andy
johnson Policy the Pendleton
Greenback Policy, and the New De-
parture Policy. What they really
need now is an insurance Policy
against fire in the world to come.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
The Mobile Montgomery Railroad

The Mobile Montgomery Railroad
engineers are investigating the bot.
tom ofthe marsh and river prepare.
tory to building their bridge. For
this purpose scows are moored in the
river to accommodate the working
parties. A steamboat passing the
scow the other day, a passenger
hailed one of the negroes az work
with:
what are You doing
"Boringa hole" was the reply.
what for?"
Don't know they jest set me to
bore, an Use a boring"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Hon. Geo. Fl. Parker, frequently
the democratic standard bearer In
the I'd Congressional District, aud
u of the ablest democrats in Iowa,
is out in a card announcing the death
of the democratic party, George Il.
is most too late to secure a patent on
his discovery.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Chi Lung, celestial fruit dealer in
Sacramento, objected pointedly TO an
Of a customer Just in from
the mines by saying, "metican man
damn liar" The next Pacific steamer
will convey Chi Lung deliberately
slashed with thirteen knife strokes, to
his long home IN the Flowery King.
dom.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
Senator Harlan and the NaturaliSatiou
Laws,


We publish on the fourth page Of
this issue, an able article upon this
subject taken from the Ottumwa
Courier, TO which we coll the special
attention OF our readers. Mr.. Har.
Ian has been misrepresented, and ma.
ligned in every way which political
ingenuity could suggest, and the ar.
ticle referred to, while merely ex.
planatory of certain vote cast by
him N the Senate, completely ex.
honorates him from even the impu.
tation of q mistake or blunder in the
vote given by him. Mr.. Harlan does
not make mistakes or blunders when
he votes upon any question of great
National Importance, and this is one
reason why the next Legislature will
return him to the seat he has SO
worthily filled in the Senate of the
United States.
Again we say to the friends of Mr..
Allison, that Misrepresentation and
falsehood are not the winning cards
in Iowa.-Mc Gregor Neaos.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

A boy in Iowa has q silver quarter
stuck in his throat, where il has been
for three months. He has tried
every way TO get it out, but he can't
do it, and the only hope is that q
circus viii go that way soon.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

II the Circuit Court Of wapsllo County, fo~s.
December Term, Ml. &
TO Daniel FREDERICK and Joy Frederick
You n each OF you are hereby aotl1!e4
that there Is now on die in the once q the
& Of Wapello, the petition Of the CoAnty q
Wapello for the nee Of the school Fund, pray.
Ing for the foreclosure Of q mortgage oeoer1o-
1udemsrt against the makers Of the noe
Which said mortgage Was given 70 eeeoto Ice
S909.1o, Q and each Of You being the pt1no.
defe4d thereto on or before noo of1he 80.
cndday of the noxt December term OF MAA
on the 18th day OF DecemDsr iS7l, dslAu1t
Will be entered against you and Judgment ON.
HftITcHIsoN 4 HAcKwoRTH.
nSD-4t s,s4 Plaintiff 4 Attorneys.
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Original Notes.
To Pliny sexton and Son:
Van avrA eoAh NJ vONA ara hAT

= To I1ny Sexton and Son:
You aud each ofy0u are hereby
notified that there Is now IN fle In the 094eo
81 the Clerk Of the District Court Of WApello
County and state OF Iowa, the position Ut the
plaintiff. LOWS =. Shepherd, claiming ~
the southwest quarter OF section No. thirty.
fve In township No. seventy-throo north.
range No. twelve west, IN Waptlio County.
tain tax deed now held by yeu upon ae3d
land, and for the quieting Of aintin's title,
Now unless you appear q make de!soco
Of the next term OF said Court, 70 be begun
and held In the city Of OttumwA, In said Co.,
and state, on the 93d day OF January, l059.
dered against you according to the prayer q
fA. FAwCETTA McNEFT, a.
nS2-wat. Plaintiffs Attorneys.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

%, louis Market
ST. LouIs, Nov. ~.
Flour-Good demand.
Wheat Unchanged No. l, 81.b5
@l60; No. 3, $l.41@la42.
Corn-Firm ; mixed 66@57c.
Osts-Stsady /; choice white 43@
44e. Haf
Barley-Unohanged ; choice at sb.
Rye-Irregular.
Hogs-Market moro quiet at Is 80
@4.10. -
Pork-Mess S12.75. 4s 4
Bacon-Shoulders TIC clear sides
7l@7to.
Lard-Easier at 8 steam.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

NEW CANDIDATE FOR SERGEANT.A1
ARMs.-The Waterloo Courier says;
"Mr. A. G. Holt, late co proprietor
Of the Cerro Gordo Republican, is q
prominent candidate for Sergaent-at.
Arms of the Iowa Senate.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

A bill has been introduced into the
lower House of the Territory Legis,
latcre of Wyoming for the repeal Of
the act giving the women the plivil
ege OF voting. The Laramie Sentinel
says it has no fears ut all Of the sue.
cess of the move-for even ii the bill
should pass, and be approved by the
Governor, the fact would still roman
that the organic act forbids the
Legislature from "abridging the
right of suffrage" and every court in
the United States would hold that
the right once acquired and exercis-
cd, could not be taken away until
the repeal or modification Of the
orgasic act. If this argument is
true, and 1T seems plausible enough
to be 10, the women Of Wyoming will
have the privilege Of voting whom Il
State Constitution is formed, at least,
and perhaps their right never will be
abridged,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Out OF 336 American insurance
companies 249 were losers at the Chi
cago fre-Iosing s83,92l,133. The
loss killed 81 OF these companies and
badly shattered a good many others.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
MEXICO.
MATAMoRAs, Nov. "a

WATAMOKAh, NOV. II.
The revolutionists under General
Trevius attacked Saltillo on the 25th,
Fighting is still going on.
General Rocha is advancing from
San Louis Potosi with strong govern.
ment forces within riding distance.
General Trevius is reported short
OF ammunition,
Communication is interrupted en-
tirely beyond Mier.
Three hundred reinforcements for
Matamoras r expected by sea from
Vera Cruz.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
Senator wilson's history Of Himself

Senator Wilson's History Of Himself
In his speach on Wednesday
evening at Worcester, Senator VIII
son said that he saw men travelling
up and down the country telling
how the condition of the men who
work is bad and is getting worse
but he saw no shade or the shadow
of truth in the doctrine. During the
last ten years the laboring people
have been better Off than in any
previous age, he claimed, and pro-
ceeded to illustrate by giving a few
facts in his own history. He al
born, he said, in a farming district
of New Hampshire, where he had
seen the best man that ever swung a
scythe, work from sun to sun in
midsummer, for half a dollar a day !;
and for 500 a year, with a large
family to support to-day, in ten
hours, men earn o than double
what he could when he worked fif
teon hours.
He worked as an apprentice
eleven years, and at the end of that
time he received q yoke of oxen and
six sheep, which brought him in the
sum Of s84 and for the first year
after he was twenty-one, he chopped
in the forrest and hauled logs to
mill, working from daylight until
nine and ten at night, for the enor.
NOUS sum of $6 per month. In that
New Hampshire town, forty years
ago, there was hardly a carpet, and
not a single piano; but now there
was u carpet in every house, and
more pianos in town than there
were people who could play on them.
When he come to this State, he
worked thirteen and seventeen hours
per day for $40 per month now
men in the same trade can earn from
s3 to 81 in ten hours, dress in broad
cloths. pay q high price for board,
and then lay mp more each year than
he could earn in those old times.
And now, too, access js free to
libraries, and other means of i'm
| provement are furnished for all, SO
that by temperance and industry any
man can make himself what he will;
and yet these men are running up
and down to make us think we arc
the mort miserable of Gods subjects.
He showed how much better of
workingmen are in this than in The
older countries, and said he believed,
a. no one could help doing, that il
was due to the principles such as
govern the Republican party of the
country, whose aim is to lit up
| humanity.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

A little five year old boy was being
instructed in morals by his grand
mother. The old lady told him that
ali spch terms as by golly,' 'by jim
CO. by thunder &C., we're only lit.
lie oaths and but little better than
other proianities. In fact, she said,
he could tell a profane oath by the
prefix by All such were oatha.-
"Well, then, grandmother" said the
little hopeful, sis 'by telegraph
which / see in the newspapers,
swearing?" NO" said the old lady,
CHATS only lying
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

W. w. Walker has resigned the
Superintendency OF the Sioux City
and Pacific Railroad. Mr.. l.. Bur-
nett hate Assistant superintendent,
is his successor.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

An eccentric clergyman lately said
in one Of his sermons, that sabout
the oommonest proof we have that a
maj is made Of clay is the brick SO
often found in his hat"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Chicago, Nov. "a.
FLouR-Quiet extra s6a6.60.
WHEAT-At Sl.17}.
Corn-Quiet, No. Q at 41e.
Oats-Firm, YlAo cash.
Rye-Quiet ; ut Gle. (.
Barley--Dull /; at 5ea67c.
Professionalism.
Pork-Steady; Sl2 81 cash
Lard-Steady ; at 83c.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

The Rochester Record tells Of a
man near Eyota who drew one hun.
dred and eleven bushels Of wheat
three and u half miles 70 the railroad
station. "A pair OF horses that will
accomplish work like that IS worth
iar nore 10 the farmer in the line OF
bis business than a pair Of fast trot-
tars, though they were to rival Bon
ner's best, Yet the premium at our
tairs are lavished or the speed rath.
or than strength and endurance,
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Referees, sale.

Notice Is hereby given That by virtue OF an
order of the Circuit Gourto OF Wapelio County.
Icwa. AT ire October term, 1871, 10 us directed
as Referees to MAKE Partition OF the real es-
tate ~neinngiry to the heirs OF David Fisher,
A. D.. ID at one O'Clock p. NJ. OF said day
we will proceed to seittbe following described
II II estate, to-wit: Sixty acres of o.! the
quarter OF section fourteen, except Ave acres
in the southwest corner thereof and The
north east quarter of the southeast qual ter
OF section twenty-five, all In township sew
range twelve, Wapello County.
said property 10 be sold to The highest
and best bidder Tor cash In hand, at public
NJ the 'front.' door VI the Court House
in Ottuin&a. Iowa.
JOHN NJ. MALL
MORROW SHIELDS Referees.
LA. MYERS
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

The Free Love Marriage Vow. We
promise TO love creh other, and live
ia the same brown stone front till We
are tired OF each other, and see some
one we like better.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

1t 10 a notorious fact, that in every
case whore a democratic ofice.holdel
commits a fraud, the party denounoes
and votes against him.-Norh Iowo
Times.
Exactly SO. Just as your party
voted against the most renowned
eWindler and tibet of modern times,
VIM. NJ. Tweed. You only elected
him by 10000 majority, but if be had
stolen $4,000, 600. instead Of 49,.
ooo,ooo, Democracy would have
gwen him double 10000 majority.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

The Iowa City Republican says
michael Mclaughlin, once the head
oenter Of the Democratic party in
sIowa o 1ty, is now langaishing in
our county jail, awaiting trial on
charges Of incendiarism and forgery.
1t was with the greatest difficulty
that the officers restrained the people
OF Marengo from lynching him
while en- route to his present quar-
tors
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
WASHINGTON. Nov. e..

Ex Senator Wade has declined the
tender made him BY Secretary Fish
Of the Presidency In the umpire IL
the boundary commission between
England and Liberia.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
Tho Topeka Record says

The Missouri Republican queries,
"Where is Boss Tweed to so2" as
this paper is not addicted to profanity
we decline 70 answer the question.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Notes or The Great Fire.

Mr.. Alfred Perry, Inspector of the
9Qyal INSURANCE Company, commu.
nicates to thu Montreal Daily Wit.
sess some obe1rvations on tho phe.
nomena of tn Chicago fire, which,
after oil that has been written on the
subject, may ~ read ithinterests-
What most struck his professional
eye was that s'all the buildings left
standing present upon their upper
stories sound materials, whilst each
succeeding downward story shows a
proportionately increasing destruc.
tion." On the wall of the Court
House, some sixty teet above the
level Of the street, he saw erect q
wooden flagstaff not even scorched.
Passing on to the water works, he
noticed that the glass lantern ofthe
tower, eighty feet high, had not a
pane of glass cracked by the heat,
"while below, at tho base of the
tower, blocks of sandstone, ten feet
long by FIVE feet wide and two feet
thick, r 80 calcined and ~splintered
into fragments as to be quite useless"
1t should be remarked, however, that
these buildings had been fred by
flying brands and consumed before
buildings between them and the
main conflagration had even been
touched. "The fact Of the fire not
ascending" to use Mr.. Perry's words,
was also exemplified in the remains
of the Church in the Holy Name
This church chad its tower running
up about 100 feet, and the spire had
not been erected. 1t had beon in.
tended to finish it this year, and the
contractor had placed his scaffolding
on the top Of the tower, and two Of
the four main corner timbers had been
placed. These two corner-pieces and
q portion Of the scaffold remain, APP
pareutlY ~unscorched, whilst the body
ofthe church, its tower, and the sur.
rounding district are ruined, the very
cast iron lamp post at the edge Of
the sidewalk being melted" Anoth.
er more questionable phenomenon
which he reports is that, Gin those
streets whore telegraph wires ran the
intensity Of the heat destroyed stone
and iron work much more completely
than in those streets where there
whore no WIRES" Finally, the in
tensity and completeness Of the COM
bustion where shown in the total
absence Of smokes fact which did
not occur to the Imaginative
draughtsmen Of u illustrated pa
pers.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

In Manila $4,000 womea snd
girls work at cigar making at aver
age wages Of seven cents per day.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

The following list of Insurance
Companies sufficiently solvent to be
permitted to do business in this
Ststa will no &c rn~ -, .sns. a.,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

A lady editor ia Wisconsin adrer.
tisos in hetown paper Tor a husband.
9ha sa3s his utAst bs n pri8tcf, anu
possess means saiiisient to buy . now
press.
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FOREIGN.
LONDON. Nov. n

LONDON, Nov. "a.
A court circular, in the Evening
Journal, announces that Her Royal
Highness Princess Alexandria is i'll.
The STANDARD is informed that
Russia has undertaken special arma-
ments on a gigantic scale. She is
forming two fortified camps, each to
hold 100000 men. One has been
established at Molensk, and the
other will probably be located on
the Galacien frontier. mhese pre-
parations are believed to be erected
more particularly against Austria,
because the appointment Of Count
Andreassy is regarded as nnfavorable
TO Russia.
LONDON, Nov. 27.
The last official bulletin OF the
physicians, up to 10 o'clock this
morning, reports that the Prince of
Waies passed q sleepless night his
fever is increasing, but the strength
ofthe patient still holds ont against
". The Queen is constantly at THO
bedside Of the Prince.
a collision occurred last night off
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
The Buffalo .Erpress shows YER,

The Buffalo Express shows very
succinctly the methods which the
Democratic party has taken to com.
nit "hari-kari," It says:
If the Democratic party is dead,
and recent election returns seem to
indicate that 30 far as any future
success or usefulness is concerned, 1t
is really defunct, it has committed
the deed of "hari kari"
Its wounds are self:inficted, and it
dies by it's own hand.
Its agency in the war of the rebel.
lion was its eliminating sin, from
which fatal error it has never recov.
cred.
Its opposition to the emancipation
and reimbursement of the colored
race was a mortal stab.
Its hostility to other constitutions
amendments was another dead blow,
The new departure that was pre-
scribed as an anodyne, with hopeful,
anticipations, only served to weaken
the patient.
The organization, support and de
tense of the Ku-Klux brought on I
relapse.
The 18th of July riots was . ter
rible self.inficted blow.
The Tammany frauds are the fin
lshing strokes that sent the reelins
concern tottering to the ground
Evidently its eyes is sot,'' as tn
horse farrier said of an animal be
You'd the hope of cure.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
AsdRnes Notice.

In the District Court Of the Omitted States IL
the pistric OF Iowa.
In the matter on
Daley 4 Boyer, In Bankruptcy.
The undersigned hereby gives notice Of his
appo ntment as Assignee Of Daiiev q Roger.
Ban srupte, OF Moulton, A~ppauoose Co., lows
cree of said Court upon petition OF their cred.
itors.
Dated al Keokuk, this slst day Of October.
1871. FRANK ALLYN,
nsO- Assignee OF Daley q Boyer.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Parties from Palo, Illinois, propose
10 start II Reaper Mandatory 1t
Cedar Rapids, with . capital $500
900.
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agents Wanted for BOOKS and Maps.
CnAs,, DICK EMS WORKS, in Ii vols. 224 full
page Illustrations, sl.5o per vol. UNCLE
iu.. iAltlN, 900. Specimen vols. sent
pos pnid on receipt Of price.
~ e HEW EiAPS.-All the separate
5tatssI estefn states, Republic and World,
ka1ds address LOUIS LLoYn eco, pub
fstiear g o. west Randolph St. Chicago,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

CHICAGO, Nov. "a.
Hogs-Aotive and firm extreme
range S370@4 05.
Cattle-Du!l and unchanged,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

"Mr. and Mrs. Jones had long
been quarreling about who should
be "boss OF the shanty," when Mrs.
Jones decided the question with the
broom stick and pursued her batter
ed husband until he took refuge
under the bed ont Of reach of the
formidable weapon.
"Jakel" says Mrs. Jones, ''oome
out from under that bed, this
instant" e
Never squeaked the demoralized
Jones, mot US long as | have the
spirit OF d man in me-"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

An old lady o~fseventy Is the char
lain 0 ftbe Kansas State prison.