Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-12-12
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I sUnsCnlAE F0R TIKE COURIEn.
Tho DAILY CoURlER gives the mos
reading matter each day Of an,
daily paper published in any
city OF the State the population .
which does not exceed ten thousand
except perhaps the Sioux City Journal
In no city Of the StAts Of eight thousand
people, which is perhaps the extrcm,
limit Of our population, save the abovs
exception, = there 8 daily paper eqpa
in amount Of reading matter.te that d
the DAILY CoURrER. OF the meri'
and character Of the matter In oul
Daily we leave tho public to Judge
Though the Daily i small the expendi;
ture narsanning il II : very considers
bio sum. Our dispatches each year
cost II, 600, and BY means Of these ouI
people get the market reports for the
day and an the important news down
to three o'clock which has transpired
throughout this and the old world
We are sndeavoring to run onr enter.
prise in the newspaper line to tho ex'
treme limit which our patronage will
justify, and we hope that our citizens
who appreciate the benefits arising to
the city, the comforts, convenience and
pleasure derived by each individually
through the means Of our Daily, will
patronize us TO the extent Of their abil-
ity; at least we hope that citizens will
buy and read their oscs paper.
70 our citizens ofboth city and coun-
try, We are giving you l large, we'll
filed Weekly at very low rates. We
give you eech Thnrsday the + latest
market report, both foreign and do
niestic. Each number of the paper
costs less than three cents, and the 10.
cal news And information In each is
worth the subscription price for !
year. From two to three hundred
subscribers are on our books ;
their time runssout On january lat !;
we hope all Of them will renew their
subscription before the expiration of
the present year. Our fifteen hundred
weekly subscribers in the county
Dught to rnn up to at least three thou
sand. Will our many friends in the
be kind enough to aid us in the
OF the Weekly by a few
words in our behalf on all proper oc-
caaionG EApscisIly We hopsstAat our
patrons will do us the justice to'in.
list that readers Of the paper, when
heir means will permit, shall also be
buyers of the paper. easassa
Could our Weekly subscription be
raised to what it oughtto be, we would,
within ninety days thereafter, make
the paper one. fifth larger. We shall
continue to call the attention of our
people to this subject during the clos
ing days of the year. saag ~
1t is reported from Washington D.
G. that the Liberals Of the Senate, when
sounded by their Democratic friends
IN reference to where they would be
Iound since the Republicans had, in
up the committees, placed
hem on = par with Democrats, replied
Individually.
Sumner said he declined all commit
ICE service on account Of his health.
This request would altogether likely
nave been different had he been In ac-
.ord with the Republican party, his
Plea Of poor health notwithstanding.
Benjamin franklin Rice, Senator
rom Arkansas, said henceforth he in
ended to act with the Democracy, ifhe
8 reported correctly. Our knowledge
II this Benjamin would lead us to sup
pose that the report is correct. We
xnew him as sort of Captain in the
ID Minnesota Infantry during the re-I
,ellion, and chiefly noted for his apt
ness to be detailed away from the reg
ment i and finally resigning to enter
he pettifogging business for citizens
against the government at Little Rock,
Arkansas. The exposures of his
precious person during the rebellion
IN defense of his country, were rathcy.
On the Fatstaffian order. Report gave
him, during his sojourn South at the
lime Of the rebellion, better reputa-
lion in shutting cards than anything
else we heard Of. He is . man, how
ever, not wanting in brain power, but
In channel that lands mo-
where but in the interest ofthis Benja-
man, regardless of the means used to
attain that end. His squeaking, mi
serly voice is set to but one key, and
that is gathering in coppers and place
for this same Benjamin. He may be
to shear his fleece from one
party as long as he is lot to, and when
refused further clippings to 60 at once
to the other side in search ofnew cuts.
In Heavens name let him depart. He
never ought to have been in the Re-
publican fold. We cannot be mis-
taken in regard to this Benjamin, for
we have known him well.
Senator Upton rather supposes he
viii be obliged to accept the situation,
and to be resigned to his commission
of felo de %, bnt would DO glad to re-
vive and sell his wares if opportunity
offers.
6churz would rather be let alone for
the present aud not considered in the
matter. He thought he carried the
German vote in his pocket, but has
learned something new of late. lii
one place in this State, viz Davenport
he saw there were some in fact he did
have in his pocket and he made haste
after the election to go there and be
banquetted.
Trumbull is mum and goes to the
foot of the Committee OH Privileges
and Elections. as
Fenton rctires from the Finance
Committee preparatory to returning to
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