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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-29

have been afflicted for twenty years with Chronic
rheumatism. have spent hundreds of dollars for
l commenced taking the University Medicines and
/ can truly say it has been more benefit to me than
all other treatment l received. My place of
business is 1877 Pearl street. shall be pleased to
swer all enquiries. JOHN TURNER.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-29

PORTLAND, Feb. II, 1872.
DIR. STAPLEs,-This may certify that had been
months since became SO reduced that could not
raise myself in bed. In this condition my friend
sent for You. With your direct Mediator and Uni
versity Medicine was in 80 minutes enabled to get
up and dress myself. In one week LETT Portland
aud travelled night and day in the South without the
least Inconvenience. have since been free from all
of the above troubles and stron lar
guage in recommending the treatment to all afflicted
am satisfied 1t saved my life.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1872-10-29

For fifty years have been troubled with Scrofula.
Some fifteen years ago a fearful ulcer broke out on
my leg: Three months ago it had extended from the
ankle joint nearly to the knee. | could not move
without great pain. In this condition commenced
taking the University Medicine.
AT first 1t drove out fearful humor all over me.
In few days the humor began to subsde, and the
ulcer is now healed and l feel like new being.
ELIZABETH CHAMBERLAIN, SO Chestnut St.
Portland, Aug. 80.
guarantee the above certificates to be genuine,
will forfeit $1,000 to any one that will find them 9TH
erwise.
Persons having doubts will please address the par
ties je2S d2awdGweow4m
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28
n.r,eloas Escape from death.

The Scranton Republican gives the
following account OF d marvellous es-
cape from death in one Of the mines in
that vicinity, Wig: Grassy Island Shaft,
mile above Oliphant, on Eddy creek,
is one of the deepest in the valley
Brian Fallon, the fireman, had occa-
sion to 60 down the shaft part way
upon q platform used for bringing up
coal and carrying the miners up and
down to their work. After descend
ing to the desired vein, he stepped
from the platform for q few minutes
to attend to some duty in one of the
chambers. Returning with q can of
oil in his hand and . dim miners lamp
in his cap, he walked forward to the
SHAFT, to 90 mp, expecting that the
platform still remained where he left
II, instead Of being lowered to the bot
tom, some 800 feet below. He walked
on to step on the platform, rs he sup
posed, and to his horror he started
down this dark abyss. As he began to
fall, he turned aperfect somersauit and
struck the long chain suspending the
platform 800 feet below him. BY mere
accident he caught and clinched this,
quick as lightning, as he was falling
with all the rapidity his weight could
give him. He chung to this for his
life, and actually tore the flesh from
his fingers before he could arrest his
descent, $50 feet from the bottom
Smarting with the pain, yet clinging
to the huge chain for his de~liverance,
he called the attention of the engineer
to his perlious condition by 4 loud
whistle, and ras drawn up on the
chain in safety.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28
Twelve Hundred Kissss for PEACE.

A French paper describes a peace
making ceremony in which twenty
nine families of eight districts OF An
glona took 4 share. The Bishop ofthe
Diocese, accompanied by five priests
and by the authorities of the country,
assisted at the ceremony. 1t began by
the assembling in q large field Of the
different groups of the parties iHteres-
ted, who Afterwards formed into sepa
rate rows Of offenders and offended
by the assassinaiions committed or
wounds inflicted By vende,ta within
the past ten years. Then, placing
themselves opposite the bishop and
Project, they embraced each other two
by two, at first with q certain foiac-
lance, but by degrees the ice melted,
and soon the greatest cordiality was
manifested on both rides. The twen-
ty-nine families, with their relations 10
the fourth generation, amounted in all
to 100 people who thus exchanged
the kiss Of peace. A crowd of more
than 1900 persons formed a circle
around this interesting scene, which
left a deep and most pleasing impress
sion in all hearts. During the re-
mainder of the day and on the follow
ing morning the most sincere Joy and
satisfaction were manifested on all
sides, and will, it Is hoped. be lasting,
ne il was solenily celebrated.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28
washfnrtoa and Js@sr,e,

rect,y onposed to each diner ,n onin.
ion on more than one question of pol.
lev in The settlement ~ onr oovern.
mental system, but the chief peint Of
difference had ~ do NTH tha Tam;s,sl
tive branch Of the government. M.
Jefferson advocated 4 ainrla Honse
composed Of delegates elected directiv
BY the people, and one day ii taa
nartv. It which 10th ware nrAesnt ~
ferson entered into a iabored ar0nment
in upport Of hie yiews. when he ma
done. Washington quietly remarkad !.
aYon have vorrssif in.t ;Ii,st~t.a
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28
Not AFRAID Of che HIPPO.

The Chicago Times has this incident
Of the hippophalgia: " Recently . well
dressed gentleman arrived by train at
the Michigan Southern railroad depot.
One solitary express wagon, with an
epizootical animal attached, was in
waiting. The gentleman had . trunk,
such..as persons ofafluencc usually take
with them when they 60 abroad. lie
demanded Of Jehu what amount of lu-
ere would be necessary to secure the
transportation Of the trunk to the
Northwestern depot. Three dollars
was the price, and not q cent less would
the mereenary wretch take for the
triiing service. Our traveller had been
abroad before, and his maternal ances-
tor evidently knew that he had gone
forth. An idea struck him with gen.
tie force. After offering two dollars
for the service, and being unwilling to
submit to an eMtortion, he walked MP
Lake street a few blocks and purchase
ed a wheel barrow for $3.50. Into this
vehicle he placed his trunk, and pro-
PEELED it to the place of his re-embarka.
ton, thereby saving Sl,50 and having
a ~serviccable wheel barrow on hand.
The affair was witnessed by several
railroad officials"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28
The new on cas-.

A correspondent at Des Moines
writes % follows concerning the new
process Of manufacturing gas In that
city. He says:
"The experiment ofmaking gas from
petroleum. under the Phillips 81 Dick
inson patent, 10 q success. Parties
from various Cities Chicago included,
have been here to test II, and all have
but one opinion--that It Is the finest,
purest gas they ever saw A to It's
practicability there IL no question.
The only thing about 1t 10: win the
snpply Of oil hold out? The expense
is far less than making coal gas. Ex-
perimsnts have proved that II can be
made with much less trouble than at
first supposed. Five retorts were at
first put up to "cook" the gas, and Il
was thought ten would be necessary to
meet the wants Of this city. It IL now
proved that three retorts will furnish
$4,000 feet Of gas per day, thus saving
seven retorts and, of course, the cai.
oric necessary to heat them. This IL
no portable, catchpenny affair, but 4
permanent and substantial one, worthy
Of consideration by every city consum-
ing gas. Tho works here are the first
fitted up for the making Of gas"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

The Boston Globe says: eve say to
the self-constintcd solicitors OF charity
tor Boston, that they have grossly mis-
represented the public sentiment of
the city and If they doubt it let them
ask their neighboss, or the frst man
they meet upon the street. Boston has
no such groveiline disposition 10 SHIFT
her burdens upon the shoulders ofoth-
en- communities, and she i not content
to rest under SO false an impGtation.-
The press and the puoiie abroad shonld
understand tliat the c0lamittee's action
is not and will not be sustained by the
public sentiment here, aud that ii will
be repudiated by the allnostunanimous
voice Of our citizens. The help which
Boston needs is the good win, ,orbear-
ance, encouragement, and generous
patronage of those who sympathize
with her in her great calamity, end not
pecuniary old in relieving her desti-
ute"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28
OHIO.
1trs 81 ~s.ndushy. oh,..

CLEVELAND, Nov. 70.
A hre broke ont about midnight.
last night at Sandusky, in the engine
room Of tho Sandusky Wheel Com
pany's works, and spread with such
rapidity that in two hours all the Cos
shops, finished stock. and machinery
and nine dwellings and a barn ON the
south were in ashes. The company
saved their warehouse and rough.
stock. Their loss ia estimated at about
one hundred thousand dollars, on
which there Is an i1nrance OF $4,000.
The loss on dwellings will probably
amount 10 $4,000 or $4,000. Insur-
suce $500. Two hundred and ifty
lien are thrown out of employment by
the destruction OF the wheel works.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

The Burlington GaSdtte sticks to its
late love and adopts for its leading ed
itorials those Of Greeley's Tribune
If Democrats won't read the Tribune,
the Gastste is determined they shall
have = dose Of Greeley anyhow.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

Icto''Nti Hsitu iIVistioHi. ana tnc0 ri
into the green AMI yellow MELANCHOLY
business, not any. He kicked the new
husband ont Of doors, sorted over the
children and sent his brats after him.
and after fhrashing his wife, settled
down into . happy and peaceful head
ofthe family.
An exchange cruelty saws: Anna
Dickinson is said TO be disguised with
politics. She made a most convincing
speech in Now York city in behalf OF.
Greeley. She can't see how any pcr-
son, after such a speech, could have
voted for Grant: and yet they did, a
few of them, and gentle Anna is now
confident that Corruption rules the
hour and don't think IL best for
women to soil their garments with
politics.
1t IS popular failacy that promis-
sorry notes written or signed IN pencil.
vii. not hold good III Jaw, and i case
has inst been dismissed BY one Of the
New York conrts grounded on that
belief, the decision given being .hat a
note in pencil is legally as binding "a
nae III ink. s;Story on Promissory
Notes declares that "a promissnry
lote must be In either ink or pencil
hat is 10 say, the signature OF the
oroalisor must be so: the body OF the
lo:e may be printed"
One of the most touching instances
II gratitude il alleged TO have occur
ed at Lock Haven the other day. A
title boy, the child OF a wealthy moth
a, tumbied into the river. lie was
'escued by q workingman and restor-
d 10 his parent. The wolna gave the
nan a three cent postage stamp and
aid she would be glad to have him
ono up to her house and sit out in the !
ntry and hearher play the piana. He
vens away with tears in his eyes. lie
aid he was not used 10 SO much kind
ess.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

The State Register Of to-day gives
the official vote OF the State as counted
yesterday by the electors. Grants
majority W. Greeley 10 5000; over
both Greeley and O'Connor 56,S07.-
O'ConnsF received 5.302 votes and the
total vote Of the State is a03,453.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28
esrseiey not 50 had as Reported.
NEW Yogk, Nov. q.

NKW YORK, NOV. u.
The Express hss assurances that
dreeley is not in the very bad state Of
health as indicated by tie story pub
iisaea this morning, though unable TO
pc st biz post or 70 perform editorial
duty. II aiscredits the statements
made, atd hopes soon 10 see him re-
TO health and with spirit enough
TO strike back 1t those wartiny III
magnnaiI.ty.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

The President, in p~ardoning Major
Hodge was, 1t is understood, moved
to this act Of clemency by the belief
that Hodge was drawn into the defal-
cation by the intrigues Of others rath-
er than by any premeditsted intention
Of his own to defraud the Government.
and the order has been issued for the
Immediate release of Hodge.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28
reduction Or Internal Revenae y

AI HHNL E
The Commissioner OF Internal Rev.
enue will recommend 10 Congress. Ia
bill form, a plan for reducing the in-
ternal evenu expenses by providing
that all the duties heretofore perform.
ed by assessors and assistant assessors
shall in future devolve upon collectors
and their assistants. He will recon.
mend also that hereafter all special tar.
es imposed by law, including TAX on
stills and worms. shall be paid by
stamps dcnoting the tax. This will re.
lieve oftheir duties sbout 230 assessors
and about 1900 assistant assessors,
and necessitate the appointment Of
about Is special agents, which, 1t IL %.
timated will save to the Government
from one and q half to two millions OF
| dollars.
President Grant, Secretary Boutwell,
and Commissioner Douglass all APP
prove this measure, but In other quar-.
| ters objections arc raised that It will
c~entralixe too much power In tho hands
of the Commissioners. It IL also DO
lieved that It will meet With strong
| opposition in Congress from the
friends Of the asssssors and assistant
assessors.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

A New York paper says: "Frce
love aud the divorce courts are terribly
undermining the Institution Of mar
riage. Men are being taught to disre-
gard the sanctity Of wedlock's ties and
10 seek elsewhere for the love and at
tentions which are l~egitima,eiy only
within lie province or wives 70 give.
And here l. a wretch who has invent
ed shirt buttons that can be pat on
with a screw-driver. If anything was
needed to entirely emsncipate MAJ,
from the necessity of marriage that
Thing was s~hirt.buttons that could be
put on with a screw-driver."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28
A Chicken Malady.

The report that an epizootic has
broken out among the fowls in South
ern New York and New Jersey and
Northern Pennsylvania is found to be
true. The disease runs its course very
swiftly. The fowls r taken with
staggering, fits, a running at the beak,
and bearing all the symptoms of the
epizootic. These fits recur with de-
creasing intervals and increasing vio-
lence until death, which generally en-
sues in a fow hours. AS soon as the
chickens arc attacked, they hide in
holes or crawl of TO some corner and
die. With regard. to the treatment,
none has been adopted.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

AaENr IN 4 new LocA1for.-ln
- dwells . we'll known insurance
man named Jim. Haines, seated one
afternoon in his Office, with
"Fragrant and serene cigar, I3@t
Pressed satisfactorily bstwtxt ~ lfpe."
he was greeted by q Quaker man, who
asked:
1Is friend James Haines within p
I'm Jim Haines,' was the gru6 re-
ply.
Art thou agent Of the 49, Insur,
ance Company s
Il was agent"
"Canst thou inform me a. to the
present condition Of the company /?
Did 1t lose much by tho Chicago lire r
"All smashed up and gone to the
-pn 81 ss r%
aThou saidst thou vert ito agentss
II did" ox d
Well, judging by thy speech. think
1t likely thou wilt continue to DO its
agents. in its new locality. Farewell"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

Anna Shaw Of Burlington, has beer
arrested for obtaining goods in Keo.
kuk, under false pretences. She got y
di ess pattern OF John S. Moore Of tbs,
city, took it home to see If It euited
and in the nine months which she had
It, could not make mp her mind whetL-
er ii suited or not.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28
EeDcweA ~nProSnted Major Gensral-
Hoo &c par0OD.k
.Asn.Sa~oN, Nov. d

Sen. Mcdowell has been appointed
Msiot General in place oTGen. Meade.
and ordered 10 the department Ut the
South. Gen. Iiaacoak il ordered to.
lie department ofthe Atlantic.
P%ay,nsster Hodge, sentenced 10 IN
years lnprscnnient for embezxleIaeat,
hes been as.rdona ed by the President.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

AFt10e1AA Cko00o-omethh0g DKaA.meW.
Solomon says, "He that regardeth
the clouds shall not reap" but the
respers on the Rhone have lately becn
studying the clouds TO some purpose
they have succeeded in manufacture
ing thenss to order. Successful ex-
periments, according to the Lyons
Progres, have been undertaken by the
V~ine-dressers' Congress for the pro-
duction Of artificial clouds. Tin re-
~ceivers, filled with q peculiarly prepar-
ed tar, were disposed over IN area of
many acres, and when the tar was ig-
nited thick white clouds rose into the
atmosphere, and, spreading out evenly
over . large region, remained suspend
ed several yards above the soil. The
reader will at once understand the OBJ
ject and the usc Of this device. In
seasons when frost ia feared the tar
clouds would interpoee between the
crops and the sky, thus checking the
night radiation which often causes
such ravages in vineyards and gardens
both In spring and harvest time. This
experiment Of the French husband
men is therefore something more than
q curious scientific feat-it is a valua-
BILE agricultural continuance, all the
more useful from the simplicity and
cheapness OF its machinery, a few dol
lars worth of tar being ample provis-
ion for a season until the dangers of
frost are passed, or till the crops can
no longer be injured. This device for
clothing the field with a protecting
robe of vspor. taken together with the
well known process Of caDnonading
the clouds to make them "tell their
beads in drops Of rain" show how The
modern farmer may shape the elements
to his purposes. and rob even cloud
compelling Zeus Of his tabled attri-
butes.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28
The question of women riding astride

The question o women riding astride
of horses seems not TO be at rest yet.
No less a lady than Grace Greenwood
confesses TO have tried it In her recent
travels in California, aud to have Tx
ed it too. She says: After a trial Of
it for fifteen miles ono day, We all
anne to the conclusion that this style
OF riding is the safest, easiest, and
therefore most sensible for long noun
tain expeditions, and for steep, rouglA
and narrow trails. If nature intended
women to ride horseback at oil, she
doubtless intended that it should
be after this fashion; otherwise we
should have been a sort OF land variety
of the mermaid.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

The interest on the bonds oil the
Chicago Southwestern railroad which
were guaranteed by the Chicago, Rock
Island & Pacific Co, has not been paid.
ASS consequence, these bonds are to
be collected by foreclosure Of the
mortgage, which was the first given
upon the road. This cleans out the
second mortgage holders and local
stock upon the road. This comes
pretty early after the completion Of
the road, but It il only carrying out
the plan designed by the wire pullers.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28
Horace Greeley reportsA Grassy.
Npw Ynpv Nnv *

|. NRw YORK, Nov. %.
Superintendent Bligh, Chief of Lou
isville police, has arrived here to as
sist in the search for tho missing Lou
isville merchant, George N. Pevy.
A morning paper publishes TODAY
the story, current in newspaper circles,
for nearly two weeks, that Horace
Greeley Is insane and SAYS he is now
an inmate Of the ASYLUM at White
plains. The same paper makes public
an interview with Whiteiaw Reid,
IN which that gentleman is made to say
in answer TO questions sGreeley has
been under medical treatment for some
time, he is always eccentric iu manner,
and might be considered by snma
as stark med. but he is simply nervous
~ prostPlteG.f Fer mouths prier te
the death of his wife lie did ret slea,s
an hour q night, and since her dealt.
has been ~ The same condition"
In answer 10 the qaesti0g: .Is II trut
that Greeley drew kni;e on one O.
mis- friends" Reid is made to say. q 10
tell you. he (Greeley) has done nothing
whtchto those who know him, seem
strange. lie is always an eccentric
man. and at best, acts as il he were
queer. but now when nervously pros
trated, strangers might think him era
zy. / have seen him positively furions
when a first proof of his has been
brought to him, instead of a revise,
but | know and understand him.
Reid said Greeley, notwithstanding
the loss of sleep and appetite, was in
general good health. and made n 70.
quest ofthe reporter to say that he was
neryoIsly Frustrated, there was no
saying more, Mr.. Greeley has had
enough 10 worry him, aud what he
needs is qnict and rest.
The Times aanonnces the organize
ton OF a e reform association. to eu- !
the Committee Of Seventy,
" hich it is alleged has developed such |
|. spirit ofoMce-seeking. tina. its furth- |
W existence is unnecessary.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28


The result Of the Presidential Elee-
tion, even in the South, shows that
Grant has carried a large majority OF
the Electoral vote of the old Slave
States, and also the popular vote, by o
large majority. If the Eelection had
depended alone on these States, Grant
would have been President for anoth-
er four years. by a decided vote; his
popular majority therein, being notices.
than 1900. Still we hear democratic
papers claiming that the offer Of recon.
citation in the shape Of Horace Gree
ley and B. Crate Brown, has boen dc.
MED the South. by the North. What
silly twaddie il Ia TO pretend that the
northern States: becanse they voted
for Grant and Wilson, thereby de,
cIared that they hated their fellow.
citizens OF the South, and would not
bs reconciled to them especially is
this 80. since the vote shows, according
10 the Same process Of reasoning, that
the south refused, by her vote, to be
reconciled to herself. This view of
the case very efectnally closes the
hypocritical assembling months OF
those who pretend to maintain that we
Of the northern States, r the party OF
hate, because we would not place
Greeley in the Presidential Chair.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

The Press generally arc prone to
take up and give full credence to all
the reports sent abroad upon telegraph
ic wings, aud by the free gossip Of
sensational correspondents. Out Of
the lot there may be same truth, but it
Is certain that many Of these stories
arc sadly mixed with untruth, and
some + entirely made up without .
particle of truth to stand on. A too
liberal adoption Of all these nice sto-
ries IL dangerous 10 the dissemination
of reliable news.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

Dubuque and Cliiifeanre inst uu;tei
~ iron bands. The rompietion 81 The
DAD which is styled the UAicago. Glib
ron & Dubuque railroad WA. fifty ceie.
grated by sas sxcursion over the Linz
rom Dubuque to Caicago.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

A bill has been introduced into the
Legislature of Massachusetts, author
izing the city of Boston to borrow
s201,0o0.0O0, and loan the same to tht
sufferers BY the late fire on approved
security.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28

On the Sunday Of tho Boston IRE
. gentleman, spending the day at Bling
ham, fifteen Miles from the scene,
picked up some burned papers which
dropped ct his feet, and, to his great
surprise, found them to be portions OF
some bills he himself had died away III
his counting-room the Saturday pre-.
viOus.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1872-11-28
I'M sssssusslss

OAAsage GAvs oessb MesheA
CnrcAao, Nov. -.
CATTLE-Receipts 1862 head, quiet
fair demand, for good steefs, prices NM
changed. L 10 Saigsa
HDGS-Receipts 1875 bead, active
Al . decline l0@20 cents, range $3.50
@x,10.