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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11

63V040o oeA014U0s
Yesterday Witnessed at Long Branch
the most exciting and perhaps the best
managed horse race which ever occur.
red on the American turf It was 6 con-
test Of races which has been raging for
years, the rivals being "Harry Bas.
sett," owned in New York, out Of the
celebrated "Leamington," and Long
fellow" out Of the more famous LEX.
ington." It viii be remembered that
"Helmbold," very Unexpectedly beat
'Longfellow," at the same place last
year, which came pretty near setting
his owner, old Col. Harper, Of Ken.
tucky crazy.
An additional interest centered in
the race, because II hadcome to be re-
garded as 4 contest between sections
as we'll y horses, eastern mon backing
'Bassett," J" at great odds, while western,
men bet their money ON tho Kentucky
mag. We subjoin the Associated Press
dispatch, giving later particulars than
our last nights dispatch.
The attendance Of the races TODAY
was immense. The first race, half a
mile dash, for the Hopcfield stakes,
was won by Mollie jackson time 81 ii
seconds. The second race, mile heats,
for purse of $780, was won by John
Harper's Littleton time Las 1.55 and
40.
The great race was for the Mon
mouth cup, dash of ~ miles purse
$4,000. In the pools Basset sold tor
1,800 and Longfellow for $1,000; sub.
sequently Bassett brought $1,000 and
Longfellow $1,2OO. But little difficult
" was expe rienced in effecting a start
and the horses got away together Bas-
sett having the inside track. For the
first half mile they ran head and head,
the only advantage, If any being in IA
vor Of Bassett. As the horses warmed
into their stride, and passed the grand
stand. the excitement rose to a fever
pitch. The first mile and a hall their
positions remained unchanged. but the
hackers of Bassett evidently had mis-
givings, as their favorite was doing his
best. while n seemed that T,onUfe7iou
was still being held in by his driver
Their fears were a6Onx xf1ind when the
h0rsAxeWrnt hvlthA 0rand etand fha
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11

The Omaha Herald, now good
Greeley democrat, few months ago
expressed its admiration for Mr.. Gree
ley in the following chaste language !:
"A veteran. rascal, scoundrel, putty
faced ambling old sinner, and not only
an acrobat, but hell-born, and rotten !;
not only an unmitigated falsifier, but
shad-bellied and wicked Drained; not
merely false to friends, but false to
truth; a journeyman bIackguard rs
well as malignant vilitier mad in the
vain pursuit Of Office, and an arrant
Snave as well !; an old reprobate and a
profnse old granny"
Expressions akin to the above have
fallen from the lips Of prominent dem
ocrats everywhere in reference to Hor-
ace the same he now embraces and
who embrace him in return.
The motives leading to this union
are as observable as the sun at high
noon of clear summers day. Horace
strikes for the Presidency, and though
the road for him to travel thereto, could
it be i'm the republican party would
please him still when it cannot be so,
the means is considered as trifiing in
comparison with the prize, and he puts
his old white hat In the hands of Tam.
many to be raised aloft and placed up.
ON the pole.
On the other hand, Tammany and
Democracy accept the old hat as a
strategetic movement, that they may
thereby regain power from which they
were oustcd, both in the battle of bal
lots and bullets. This is it in a nu
&shell. III this barter the old man
Greeley is the dupe,and Tammany are
the willy rogues. There is not upol
either side the least particle of sinceri
Il ty.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11

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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11

The Liberal Republicans are pretty
much all liberal Dcmocrats.-L Louis-
ciilc Ledger, Democratic.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11

MI. Perkins, Of Vermont, i the
proud p0ssessor OF q cat OF a blue
black color, with fur from three to six
inches long, name six inches long,
and q tail as long and large as that Of
n f0v
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11

.I'm so thirsty said boy at work
in a corn field. Well work away"
said his industrious father, lyon
know that the prophet says Hoe,
every one that thirstesh.'
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urse confirmed the statement.

course confirmed the statement.
The court Immediately decided that
the man was unworthy Of belief, and
the result was verdict for the defend
mt, with costs, and severe repri-
imand from the Judge to Myers, who
was very near being committed for
perjury. Bnt for the occurrence OF
the morning, the decision would inev-
itably have been against us. As l said
before, it was in q double sense for
tune for me, for it was the means Of
my introduction through Mr.. Tritten,
to an Influential and lucrative connec-
ton" 2<a
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11

Somebody dramatically compares
the adjectives descriptive of the
weather of the past week as follows:
Hot, hotter, hottest, hottentot, hotten-
totter, h0ttentottcst, hotterdanderduy-
will
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11

The Fort Wayne SeAtiael makes the
following cheerful announcement:
9 A CONN room has been established
on Wayne street, in the rear OF the
SsNtinel building. Any one feeling
like attacking the editor will save his
relatives trouble by coming arOuntt
that way and selecting his box
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11

"THAr's A Mana farmer in llli-
nois had II neighbor across the Wabash
in Indiana who was keeping pauper
on contract at his house. In the corn
h0eing season the Illinois man some
times borrowed his neighbours pauper
to help in the corn field. Bill Turner
had pauper working for him, and as
none of the people in the neighbor-
hood bad ever seen pauper, they
were very anxious to get q peep at
him. Consequently some twenty of
them joined together one day, armed
with their shot gHus ana rides, and
went over 70 Turner's to sesgsthe
strange creature. They got cautiously
over the fence, and came up to where
the men were working.
"Bill," said Silas Brown. their
spokesman, we've heard that you've
got q pauper working for you,and we'd
like to see it,,
Bill thereupon pointed out the OBJ
ject of their curiosity. The visitor
walked around the astonished pauper
and silently surveyed him from every
point Of view. At last Silas spoke
aLook here, Bill Turner said lic,
you can't fool us that's mani"
We wish all those in charge Of
charitable institutions had the same
idea about paupers as Silas had
Hearth and Home.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11

A Detroit youth bet one dollar that
he could climb telegraph pole aud
stand on his head upon the top. While
lying in bed with his skull cracked,
lie csmc to the conclusion that he
shouldn't like to follow the business o.
means of livelihood.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11
Tbs strikers.

(, There can be no better argument
made to prove the general prosperity
of the laboring classes Of people than
the universal prevalence of strikes in
all our large cities and commercial
centres.
When money is plenty and good;
when houses and factories are being
rapidly built; when all sorts of manu-
factured articles are in great demand,
then money looscs It's Scepter, and
Labor becomes the King and Diota-s
tor. The demand for labor, especially
that of skilled character is in excess
Tof the supply, hence the laborers
everywhere are striking for increased
pay, the latest development of which
was that Of the plasterers in Chicago,
yesterday, striking for raise of from
flour to five dollars per day. If the
circumstances were reversed and bad
government and bad currency had
paralyzed the State as frequently
occurred in the palmy days of Democ-
racy, then Capital would be King and
Labor the humble supplicant for
Ineagre wages to keep the wolf from
the door.
We expect to hear the cry of "hard
times. until the millennium is usher
ed in, and we even doubt if that au-I
spicious day will be voted brilliant
success by the constitutional grow
lcrs, yet it will be the verdict of the
historian who comes after us, that the
era inauguratGd by the Republican
party was the one, in which the labor
ing people and business men, as well as
all others, made more money and
made it easier, than during any other
period in our history up to the present,
in spite Of all the gigantic expenses
and resultant taxes incurred in sup.
pressing the Democratic rebellion.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11
The Courier Job DspaItmsal,
Complete y ith new
TYPES AND PRESSES

PRINTING OF ALL KINDS.
Frem Visiting Card TO Mammoth Foster
executed In Good Style, Eastern prices and
work duplicated.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11

S~~e eSV-Ds
Baruum's big show is coming to this
State.
Clsrinda has thirteen year old
burgler in jail.
The Revenue Collector at Dubuque
has taken in $4,000 more than last
year.
A Cotswolta Buck. at West Liberty
weighs 2S6 pounds when covered with
wool.
The Davenport Citizens Bank rot
diddled ont of $500 by rogue on last
Friday.
Charles Spottsa Floyd county farm
er, died from the effect of sun stroke
last week.
A son OF Abner Sisson was killed by
runaway team near Anita, Cass Co.
on Tuesday last.
A yonng man named Meter, near
Malvern. Mills county, fell from
horse last week and was killed.
Burlington has halt as many hogs
as humans, and all her whistles blow
~ ouSC' AVHS"f" ISuSV.
Hon. Addison Oliver, Of Mononx
county, is the Republican nominee for
Circuit Judge. in the 4th District.
A vote OH passenger train going
into Sioux City the other day stood II
for Grant and for Greeley.
A couple at Grundy Center got
married one day last week in the
evening they went to dance, and the
next night the happy spouse presented
her husband with a bouncing baby
The attending physician assured the
man that such hasty episodes never
occurred but once. yet the groom did
not like the appearance of things and
cleared out.
Keoknk is excited over a case Of
poisoning that occurred there last Sum
Nay. DIR. Hodson, chiropodist, who
had been practicing in that city for
month or SO, died under such peculiar
circumstances as TO warrant the arrest
OF bis wife on charge Of causing his
death by poison. She claims that he
took the dose by mistake, but an in
vestigation is being made by medical
men. Meanwhile Mrs. Hodson lies ia
Jail.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11
RA4oA ALLY,

OFrICE.--On the Corner Market and Soc.
Ond streets, over the Post Once.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-11

The religious press does not like
Greeley. The Christio,. Union, the
Independent, the Methodist, the Chris
titts, OLseyrer, the Tablet, the Free
mans Journal, the Catholic Telegraph,
are few Of the many religious papers
odposed to Mr.. A. &. Cincinnatus.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-29
SPECIAL NOTICES.
-:O.-
4 Wholesome Stimulant. that
is Absolutely Pure.

Physicians throughout the world agree as
to the necessity for dilIllsive stimulants In
medical practice, but complain, and with
good reason, OF the impOSSibility of obtain
ing them pure. The difficulty here pre-
scented would he a serious one indeed, If the
class Of agents was limited to the adulter'
ated liquors and wines Of trade. 1t van
isheS, however, when the absolute purity
and extraordinary restorative properties OF
HoStctter's Bitters are taken into consider
alton. As stlmulant the article Is abso-
lutely free from everything Objectionable;
but this is only one of its recommendations.
If II were nothing more than an excitant
| its effects would be fleeing. II might re-
fresh and revive the system for few min
utes but could produce no permanent ben
eft. The stimulating elements OF the Bit
tiers is a means, not an end. The tonic, anti
bilious, depurative and aperient vegetable
juices combined in the preparation are the
agents that impart Vigor and regularity 10
the weakened and disordered organization,
the Spirtuous principle being chiefly useful
in diffuSing their influences through the
system and otherwise facilitating theif OPP
Grafton. Alcohol, even In its purest form,
Is not so much medicine as a motive
power, by which the specifics OF the vege-
table kingdom may be brought TO bear
upon the debilitated and disordered organs
that require renovating and regulating;
and II is in this way that the pure essence
of rye incorporated in Hostetter's Bitters
increases the efficiency Of the purely med.
zeal ingredients,
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-29
Horse Thief Lodged in Jail.

On Tuesday evening last man by
the name CT Collins was brought to
town and committed to Jail by Justice
Sperry, as horse thief. 1t seems that
Collins hired or borrowed horse from
Mr.. J. W. Wickle, near Alderson's
Ferry, in this county, for the purpose of
coming to Lewisburg and returning
Instead of returning, he continued his
journey eastward. He was arrested
near Clifton Forge, in Allegheny county,
by Mr.. J. O. Bowie, of Lexington,
Va, information having been conveyed
to Mr.. Charles McElwee, at Covington,
by telegraph, that such gent was on
the road, and to keep look out for
him. He had attempted to sell the
animal, bride and saddle, for fifty dol
lars, and finally proposed 10 take twelve,
as we understand. He claims to be
from Richmond, Va. He is about 81
years OF age, tall and spare in figure,
and, upon the whole, presents mean
appearance. We hope Wise may take
care of him until Court.-Grecabrier In
dependent.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-29
ATLANTIC MoxrHLY.-The publishers

Of the Atlantc announce that Haw.
thorne's Romance, Septimius FELTON,,
will be concluded in August. The
Poet At The Breakfast Table, The
Comedy Of Terrors, and The Life OF
Jefferson, will be continued throughout
thelremainder of the year.
The next volume, beginning with the
July number, will contain paper OF
peculiar interest on an obscure phase
of Post Rebellion history, by Advocate
General Boil s; a story in three
chapters, by I. B. Aldrich; sev.
eral literary papers by E. c. Sted-
man, in the vein of his article
on "Tennyson and Theocritus;;"
A chapter of early Jesuit adventure
in New York State, by Francis Park
man stories, by j. w. De Forest; two
short romances, by H. James, Jr.;
sketches of Southwestern Life, by VIM.
NJ. Baker; Siamese stories, by Mrs.
Leonoweps; paper of Mythology, by
John Fisk ; poems by j. T. Trowbridge,
John G.. Whittier, J. R. Lowell, ETC.,
with many other attractive articles On
various subjects.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-29

THREE months ago the Ietelligenecr
said that the building Of the bridge
would be worth to the city all it might
cost us, even though we should SUBJ
scribe 100000 TO its stock, and the
editor gave in his adhesion to the enter
prise by saying "We candidly believe
it will be the best investment Wheeling
ever made" Now, however, that paper
is opposing with the utmost bitterness
the only feasible plan that has yet been
presented for the building of the
bridge. Are we TO understand that the
editor "candidly believes" he is right
now, or was he only candid" when he
favored the building Of the bridge?
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-29
liz H. ..ssults upon the VIII ceiling and

In its assaults upon theWheeling and
Lake Erie railroad. the Intelhgeneer is
ignoring what is really the main ques-
ton to come before the people at he
election next Saturday. and that is
the railroad bridge. OF the two projects
the bridge is, of itself, the more impor-
tant. If we can provide a way across
the river, it is at least possible that
railroads from the West and Northwest
may be built, with little or no pecunlary
aid from us, to make use of it to Be-
cure 8 short and convenient
through line to the seaboard.
But without the bridge there can be no
reasonable hope of this city's ever en-
joying better railroad facilities than it
now has or ever materially increasing
in prosperity and population. The
bridge is the sine qua non, the indispen-
sible, to any substantial or rapid pro-
gress. And as the editor Of the Inte!H'
gcncer is now the most prominent and
jealous opponent of improvement in
this regard it may not be inappropriate.
to quote his own words in relation to
this subject. On the 9th Of last March,
less than three months ago, he said:
1.-THE river is the one great obstacle
to all new lines from the city westward.
The removal Of that makes Wheeling
accessible BY rail to all the outside
world. seek first the kingdom of God
and His Righteousness and all these
things shall be added unto you" is, we
believe, q text OF scripture, and if we
may employ it without irreverence, it
seems sptly to illustrate the present
case. Let Is provide a bridge first and
then the railroads will be added unto
us; they will come OF their own accord.
"NoD, as to the question achsther the
building of a bridge is feasible. On the
tirsly 50"
The money we are asked to subscribe
to the bridge is not half enough to
secure its erection. We must have help
from abroad, and that help we are
offered by the Wheeling and Lake Erie
railway which is the object Of the In
telhgsncsrs daily and most bitter at
tacks. How any man be friend of
the bridge and still oppose the only
means by which the bridge can be built
is one of the mysteries which ordinary
mortals may find it difficult to solve.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-29

some of our readers may remember
how warmly Doctor SrREAroR, Presi-
dent of the Tuscarawas Valley road,
accompanied by party of Cleveland
gentlemen, was welcomed by the In
tslkgenccr last winter when he came
here to confer with our citizens in rela-
ton to that project. The contrast be-
tween the editors treatment Of these
gentlemen, and the churlish and i'll
natured manner in which he alluded
yesterday morning to the visit OF a
number of gentlemen from various
points along the line Of the Wheeling
and Lake Erie road, is very marked
and is likely to give strangers rather an
uniavorable idea OF Wheeling courtesy
and good breeding.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-29
HOMO. 8. LEWIS.

A special dispatch from Grafton in'
forms US that at the Judicial Conven'
ton held there on yesterday Hon.
CHARLES S. LEWIS, OF Harrison county,
was nominated as a candidate for Judge
of the Second Circuit. The Circuit
embraces the counties of Wetzel, Mari
on, Monongalis, Taylor, Doddridge and
Harrison. 1t is, as will be seen, one Of
the most important in the State, and
We believe that its Courts will be very
worthily presided over by the
gentleman nominated yesterday.
Mr.. LEWIS, is we'll known tc
the people Of the State. He is q
lawyer of fine ability and extensive
reading. He represented the Harrison
District in the Federal Congress be-
fore the war and represented his county
in the State Legislature two years ago
He was elected by the Legislature Stat,
Superintendent of Free Schools, tn,
position he now holds, and has dis
charged the duties Of that office will
great faithfulness and success. We re
gret that the State is to lose his con
tinued services in that capacity, bu
congratulate both him and the peopl
of the Second Judicial Circuit upon hi
present nomination.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1872-05-29

We have received from the Veteran
Snowman copy of Struggles and
Triumphs, or Forty years Recollections
of P. 7. Barnum." 1t is an autobiog-
raphy Of one of the most remarkable
men of the age and record Of ups and
downs in fortune that reads like a TO-
nance. A good deal of space is devo-
ted to the Jenny Lind and the Tom
Thumb successes and the personal
narrative is brought down to April ,,
1872. 1t is sold at $3.50 per copy,
the purchaser receiving ticket OF adj.
mission to ''the big show"