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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

Tho Necsboy Gays Joe MoGrath
has bid good.b to Agency. and al.
90 70 numerous !: Q. US held BY con.
hding friends. Nsughsy Joe.
The Ne,csboy has 9 good take of
on the grand circular volt hunt.
DR.. Lsforoe has sold his tarm to Il.
Dudley for MI. Pleasant property
and Newell 4 Co, Sage 4 Co., arc
doing lively stock and grain trade
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

Enquiries for town lots are becom.
Ing quite frequent, and good many
changes 10 ownership are being
made. The prospects are now that
. very large number Of dwellings
will be erected in our city the com.
ing sumner.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

.. Tower has opened out on Court
street 10 the commission business on
. new plan. He also has printed
market reports, which he fills up
each day with the state of the mar.
ket, and sends abroad throughout
the county. As grain market, OF.
tnmwais becoming ofgreat import.
ance, and Mr.. Tower is entitled to
great credit for his enterprise.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

Hessrs. Hinsey / Hedrick sold lot
- in their second addition to-day to
Mr.. W. G. Campbell, Of Grimes
Wagon Factory, who viii proceed to
erect ct once thereon . neat. and sub
stsntial house.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

Judge Porter Of Eldora, sued X.
d. Mcbride Of the Eidora Ledger
for Islander, and laid his damages AZ
06, 900. The CASE has been tried,
occupying three weeks. and Judge
Porter, got --- nothing, for his
trouble.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

Nsw DREss.-The Cincinnati Type
Foundry is now sogaged In making an
entire new dress tor the COURIER, Daily
end Weekly, in which outat We expect to
be able 70 present our compliments to
our rsadaEs and patrons, Inside of thirty
days.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29
The Convention.
The cali for a State Convention

The cali for a State Convention to
meet on the 9th OF March, makes il
necessary TO call q County Copoen-
ton IN tow days. 70 select the
eloven delegates this ce6nty ia enti-
tied 10, under the oas1. We wish to
say right here that we hope The peo-
pie Of the State will, so Far as they
can, send up delegates from each
county and those who will 20. The
convention being during tho sitting
of the Legislature, let US have full
delegations fresh from the people.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29
MEDICAL.
mANNlNG'S
4 INTIMATE for INTEMPERANCE

Is an iDiallible cure for this fearful vice
It's use will at Once remove the tsste or
desire for etimuiaDis, and win socn create
an actual dislike for them. II can be sd.
ministerad in tea, Coffee, or even wafer
without exciting suspicion, as II Is free
g ON taste or smell. If yon have huf.
bsRd, brother Of friend, addicted 10 this
terrible habit, it Is your duty to cure him.
Sen, free by mai. on receipt III the mon
es. Price Two Doiinrs per box.
= III MANNING n co,
{unsi istwtf ~ Louis, III
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

From the Burlington Gazette we
lesru that our distinguished fellow
citizen, Col Geo. Gillaspy sis strong
II in favor Of the passive policy"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

Belts is rushing the saio of his
goods, and If you want suit of
clothes dirt cheap you had better cali
on him soon.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

In one Of our Iowa counties there is a
family of seven boys whose united weight
Is 1873 pounds. This IL good And in
the same family there are four girls who
balance to $50 pounds, which is better.
Iowa State Regtster.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29
READi READ

The undersigned liz prepared to paint
Portraits in Oil Colcrs, In the latest styles
LfeSi1e. or any size desirable, 1t low ng.
deceased friends, wishing to have them
enlarged and colored life like, give me. q
ossll and not entertain the absurd notion
that nothing can BIZ done right unless 1t
IL done in the East. Give me . chance
and oan do IL we'll and much cheaper.
Card Photographs, Ambrotypes and
Gems taken on short notice.
Main st. Ottumws Iowa.
d3Eawly. II. NUNAMAKER.
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HE OFTUMWA COURIER
A II. HAMILTON, r.
q. II. WARDEN, So

Hayper's -Mea'htp for Marcia, an
excellent number, has come to hand.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

fsENrle0lnc Fo. Creaning, Beautifyina
M6H tttnISE and Preserving the Teeth
Persons who have used Farnhams French
Tooth Lozenges are delighted. Enclose =
cents to VIM. H. Farnham q Co.. Sparta, WIS.
consin, for q sample box. Something new
aud novel. tn1l. WY
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29
a Book for the Million.

IA n n mn @E A PEIvATE GoUH.
wi f"sFt ~ 49, N-1k-. sELoR to the Married
GUIDE. mario n ssos On t Se9 shv. to
oioriraI mysteries ana revelations OF the Eex-
1ai sysssrsl, with the latest discoveries in pro.
ducing emo preventing offspring, preserving
4te complexion DC.
This Is nm Interesting work OF two hundred
and twenty four pages. wiIh numerous enxrn.
Wings, and contains valuable information for
those who are married or contanl plate mar.
riage; Gkili II is n book TINT ought to be under
look and key and rot LAID carelessly about
he house sent 10 any ono tree OF postage)
or Fifty Cents,
Address DR.. But Dispensary, No. IL. N,
ishth Street. st. l. rs, Mo.
AZ Notice 10 the acted and Uafortunat
aeyors applying B he notorious OuAcxs
10 advertise In 1blio papers or using any
OK remedies, sruse Or. Butts work. no
ter what yourC ease -. or now dsplorA
your condition.
!. Butts ca o be Of 7ltad, personally or by
Il, on the diseases rtfOned IN his works
(, ice. No. II N. Eighth. - M"rs"' ""1
chestnut. st. Louis, Mo. 49, -.4-,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29
Chas. M. Evans,

Formerly, G. N. Jackson g Co.
These Remedies are for sale by
Druggists, Storckeepers. and Mod
cine Dealers everywhere.
Iune l2-dw2n1.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29
New Firm.

The undersigned have this day as
sociated themselves under the name
and LaForce & Co., for the purpose
OF carrying on permanently the
business OF making abstracts, inves.i-
eating titles, copveyancing, negotia-
ting Of loans aud the transaction of a
general real estate business.
JOHN w LAFoacE,
w. NJ. MORSE,
lra ID C1r ,,N,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29
DIED.

Feb. %, of Pleuro Pneumonia, X.
JuDsoN, son of W. Ii. and Eliza Cor
such, aged 10 years, 5 months.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29
GEO, p. SOLDEf

LaForce and Morse continue to
buy and sell western and southern
lands. TFebl9d&wltl
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

S grand welt hunt in johnson
county, recently, resulted in the cap.
tnre of three rabbits.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

Sec the Statement OF tho Old
Hartford Insurance Company in to-
days paper. collars, Towlo 4 Co.
are the Agents for this staunch Com
pany.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29
Hoofland's German Bitters.

A 1itters without Alcohol or Spirits of any
kind Is different from all others. 1t Is COM
posed Of The Pure Juices, or vital Principle Of
Roots. Herbs and Barks. Tor as incidentally
tern termed Exlrac.s sns worthless h, OF inert por
fore in one b1ttle of this Bitters there Is con.
tained as much medicinal virtue ~ VII he
tures. The Roots, &C., used in this Dit.ers
are grown In Germany, their vital princi-
pies extra ted in that country by scientific
Chemist, and fOrwar led - the tnanu'actOry
In this city, where they are compounded and
bottled. Containing no spirituous ingredients
this BitterS free from the objections urged
against hll others: no desire for stiinulants
can be induced from their use, they cannot
make drunkards. and cannot under any cir
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29
Hollands German Tonic

Was compounded for thase not inclined to
extreme bitters, aud Is Intended for use In
cases when some alcoholic sttmulsnt IL re.
quired In connection with the Tonic proper.
Ties OF the bitters. Each hnttle OF the Tonic
contains one bottle Of the bittt r.. combined
with pure SANTA CRUZ RUM, and a sored
In such manner that the extreme bitter
meas OF the Filters Is overcome, forming a
preparation high y agreeable and pleasant
70 the palate. and containing the medicinal
virtues Of the bltters The price Of the Tonic
10 els per bottle, which many persons think
too high. They must take into consideration
that the sttmulant used Ia guaranteed TO be
Of pure quality. A poor article could he
Furnished ct q cheaper price, but Is 1t not bet
ter 70 pay little more and have good ar;i-
c.ef A medicinal preparation should con-
tain none but the best Ingredients; and they
who expect to obtain cheap mpound, and
be benefited by II will most certainly be
cheated.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29
DR.. HOOFLAND'S PODOPHYLLN

Or substitute for Mercury pills, TWO PILLS
DOSE, the most powerful, yet Innocent
Vegetable Cathartic Known.
II fs not necessary 10 takea han ifll OF
these Pills to produce the desired effect: two
OF them act quickly and Iowerfully cleans
Ing the liver. stomach and bowels OF all i'm
purities. The principal ingredient Ii Poio-
which is manv times more power ful. acting
and searching than the Mandrake itself. It's
peculiar action Is upon The Liver, cleaning II
speedily from all distractions. with all the
power Of Mercury, yet free from the injuriuus
results attached to The use0f that mineral
For all diseases. for which t.ae use OF a ca
thartie IL indicated, these pillswiil give en-.
tire satisfaction in every case. They NEVER
FAIL.
In cases OF Liver Complaint, Dyspepsia and
extreme cost.veness. Dr. HOOfland's German
Bitters or Tonic should be used In come ton
with the pills. The toni effect or the Bitters
or TOcic puriies the blood. strengthens the
nerves.. REGULATES tue Liver. and gives
strength, energy and vigor.
Keep your Bowels active with the pills, ar
no disease can retain the hold, or even assail
yOu
Recoliect that II is DIR. HOORLAND's GER
MA Remedies that are so universally used
and hrghiy recommended; and do not allow
tine Druggist TO induce you TO take anything
else that he may say y iusi as good, because
he makes larger profit on II.
These Remedies will be sent by express to
any locality, upon application to the PRlN-
OFFICE, at the g EkAJAN MEDICINE
STORE. 63l Arch ST., Philadelphia.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

Having Just built ono Of the largest Livery
Stables In the state of Iowa, and having pug.
chased o new and complete stock of
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29
LIST OF LETTERS

Remaining In the Post Office at Gttumwa /
Iowa. on the 20. day OF February, 1872.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

@Known to the Medical world. and will erad-
icste diseases arising from Impure blood,
DEBILITY Of the Digestive ORE ans OF diseased
Liver. In shorter time than any other
known remedies,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-29

HON. GEoRGE SHARswonD Justice Of the Su-
preme Court Of Ieunsylvsnia.
Philadelphia, June /. 1858.
! have found by experience that Boofiands
German Bitters is a very good tonic, relieving
dyspepttc symptoms almost directly.
GEO. SHARsWOOD.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-27
.IOHN TKOMASS TEAPOT.

The meditatye John Thomas sitting in his
pantry inditing editorials for The Times, lift
ing his eyes in search Of figure of speech,
naturally thinks of teapot That useful
article is in sight and he writes for a caption to
the latest review of the Custom-house trou-
bles, "a Tempest in Teapot" John Thomas
believes that men who have power ana riches
can do no wrong. He has heard that the
world is wide his masters rector has SAID
that evil done in corner cannot be cohbhed
to the narrow limits in which 1t has peeh
brought forth; but his vision extends not be-
yond his pantry. The tempest is not outside
his teapot.
John Thomas has friendly views OF Mr..
Stocking, who, having contract for hospital
stores during the late war; naturally turned
his attention to the General Order busl-
ness. in which he found congenlal
partner, Col. Leet. And the Colonel, too,
is gentlemanly man, according 10
John Thomas, who had influence at Washing
ton, and was to have half the profits OF the
monopoly. SO he staid in the army, shared
all the comforts of home and quarters with
his mess, and drew his share of the prof
its, with his army pay. Here, how
ever, John Thomas's patience with the
foibles of the great breaks down, and, strik-
ing the dresser with his liveried arm, he de-
clares that Col Leet's conduct is Improper
"and indicate in the extreme" This
is harsh language for the obse-
auioust John, whose tempest is not
to extend beyond his own teapot But he
calms himself and hastens to declare that 1t
was quite impossible that the President or
Gen. Babcock or Porter could have had any
thing to do with it, This was all
perfectly legitimate. If it was Oppres-
sion and dishonest gain, had there
not been oppression and dishonesty under Bu-
chanans Administration Why all this fuss
about a few paltry hundred thousand dollars
worried out of New-YOrk merchants Trades
folk are at best but the substratum on which
rest the John Thomases and their associates in
"genlmnly tastes"
But we are afraid that the tempest Will not
be confined to the teapot. There was an
attempt to hush it at first; it cannot be pooh
poohed now. The gentlemen who have been
engaged in this "mess" cannot conceal from
the great public any longer their misdeeds,
their chicane, and their loot. The wind is up,
and the ill-doings of the Kitchen Cabinet are
blown over the country, far and wide-poor
John Thomas standing agape, meanwhile, tea
pot in hand.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-27

THE IMPERATIVE NEED or THE CITY
The excitement of politics has not served
wholly to exclude from legislative consideration
that most important and pressing OF our pres
ent material interests-the construction of a
road for rapid transit through Manhattan
Island and beyond. There is probably no
question of equal Importance to the future
development Of New-York City, and it is
problem which each year presses upon the
public with a more imperative demand for
carly solution. All the rapid transit schemes
suggested in the past have already been re-
vived this session at Albany, and most of
them have been sent to cut each others
thr0ats in the Committee ROOM
With the special claims and merits of each,
we have little to do at this time; all are set
forth impartially in other columns; but the
grave need of some road, the absolute neces-
sity, in fact of some route, should not be lost
upon the Legislature. A surface road is, of
course, out of the question; and we must
have either viaduct or arcade-call
it Elevated or Three Tier, Underground
or Pneumatic Tube--the name is of no
consequence, but it must run through the
ground or in the air, With this much con-
coded and concluded, the Committee ought
uOC 10 Dc iOHS III dliNlHS az q uCSioioh 40 w
the best road of those proposed; and the Leg
stature should then charter no other as a
rival to impair the value of the franchise of
the best Names will not build the road !;
the fate of the Viaduct ought to satisfy all
of that; the successful company must get cap
ital on the merits of its road and the value of
its franchise; and to do this both plan and
franchise must be pretty nearly perfect This
much it is proper to say now while the pro-
jects are pending; and an early and yet not an
unconsidered decision it is proper to urge at
all times.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-27

Mr. Davis Hatch makes out a very fair case
against the Washington authorities for the
pursuit of the steamer TELEGRAPH, ordered by
our Government. We shall have great diff
ficulty, probably, in getting at all the facts in
the case, and another view of the question is
presented in the letter of an occasional cor
respondent of THE TRIBUNE, at SantO Do
mingo, published elsewhere. The same cor
respondent gives us a rosy view of Santo
Domingo, but he appears to have found Presi-
dent Baez in bad bumor, as that functionary
fumed a good deal about newspaper inter-
views, and relieved his mind of much angry
hostility to the press which has so freely can
vassed his life and doings. The whole Santo
Domingo business is yet imperfectly under
stood but when the annexation scheme finally
disappears, it may have full justice done it.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-27

One of the principal witnesses on the stand
before the Senate Committee of Investigation,
yesterday, was Mr. B. F. Mudgett, who seems
to have had great deal to do with Custom
House affairs. Specially, however, he was in
terested in the General Order business, and
the connection Herewith of what he called
the White House Ring, or Military Ring.
Some member of this close corporation, Col.
Leet himself, in fact, boosted that he
had a man in Washington who could control
the Secretary of the Treasury. Perhaps Mr..
Mudgett had been in communication with the
Senator who said that a mightier power than
the Secretary kept the General Order swindle
alive. The revelations of the witness are
simply scandalous, and for the sake of the
gentlemen whose names are thus made I'M
pleasantly conspicuous, we hope that his evil
dence can be explained away
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-27

Under form Of government like ours 1t is not
onlyproper but highly desirable that men OF all re-
spectacle callings should be elected from tlho 10
time to offices Of public responsibility-and So for
that matter they have always been, before the Labor
Reform party which makes such an ostentatous dis
play of workingmen on its State ticket, in Connec-
tcnt was born or thought Of But it settles nothing
that the candidate for Governor in that State ia
smith that the gentlemen who are to DO
run by the Labor Refomers for the other State oi-
ces respectively get along in the world by printing
or painting houses, by paper-hangng, or iron-moid-
ing or stone-cuting Are they fit for the places Tor
which they are uamed Being so, are they the pest
men to be had for such public service Another
question it, whether il is exactly fair in LABOR ne
formers TO put forth for tho general suffrage purely
class ticket Nobody at this time OF day, we nope
will question our respect for honest persistent con
scientous work of any kind; anu hooouy mas
right TO do 40 Al tho same time' we can easily
imagine any not very captious person asking why
Labor Reformed, should insist upon conhdins puono
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-27
TIE FUTURE OF LABOR.

Passing through Rhode Island last Tuesday,
we we're made acquainted with facts which
seem worthy of general consideration.
The rock of this part of the Atlantic coast.
being mainly granite, affords fine quarries
one of which, at Westerly, has been extern
sively worked the stone-cutters being paid
s4i per day. They had protective society,
one of whose regulations forbade the employ
ment of more than a very limited proportion
of APPRENTICESHIP, we believe, to every humid
red iourneymen. The employers were dssat-
isfied with this, and at length, in the dead of
Winter disregarded it; whereupOn the jour
neymen "struck," as was probably fOreseen
since the employers collected such help as they
could find and went on with their work as
they best could.
So far, we have "the old, old story" but
the next step forecasts new order Of things
Instead of standing idle for weeks or months,
lOunging around grOg-shOps. and cursing the
tyranny of capital, the journeymen promptly
formed cooperative stone-cutting assOcia-
ton subscribed to its stock, elected officers
bought or leased a quarry, and resumed work
on their own account; and we rode into PrOvi-
dence, in company with their agent or trea-
surer, good specimen of an intelligent
temperate, thrifty, wide-awake American arti-
san, who was taking down specimens of their
workmanship, in the hope of obtaining orders
that would enable them to keep their hammers
going and their hearth-fres burning And
now, if anyone happens to be in want OF
granite, we venture to advise him to run over
to Westerly, and confer with the proper Off
GERS of the Cooperative Stone cutters Associa-
ton.
We should be glad to chronicle similar out
come of any strike that may hereafter be re-
solved on. We hate wars of any kind; anC
strikes are simply declarations of indus
trial war. When a body of American
workmen refuse the wages offered them ant
thereupon sink into ideness and stolid waiting
for their bosses to give in, they seem to justify
a low estimate of their general capacity. Blu
when those who strike to-day cOntrive to SCI
themselves at work to morrOw-nO matter
though they earn less than they were Offered
by their late bosses-we regard them will
lively hope. Adam, expelled from Eden, die
not sit down and starve because there was NJ
one ready to hire him on his own terms; OIL
the contrary he went to work; and we com
mend his inspiring example to all his descend
ants.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-27
if Spain does not take the initiative aud blow
us out of the water before we have begun 10
amend our millions for a new navy.

Some structures on the discipline and gen.
eral management of our army at frontier
posts, will attract notice. 1t appears to an
observer that derclictions of duty, including
especially those resulting from drunkenness
among the force, are more frequent than in
the armies of other countries that actual de-
sertions arc numerous and the deserters take
valuablcs with them, causing large in
crease in the expense of keeping up the
army; and that the method of procedure OF
courts martial tends to break down soldleriy
spirit and to aggravate the want of discipline
1t is believed that if the statistics, which az
vet are not reported, of deserti0n and the ex-
ira expense which it entails, of the number OF
offenses against discipline that are the sub
iects Of punishment, the mode and variety OF
punishments, and the frequency of their in
Fiction upon a given number OF men, were
presented, there would be disagreeable sur
prise, followed by prompt recognition OF the
need of extensive changes in the entire system
to prevent the deterioration that is now going
on in our army.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1872-01-27

We regret to observe that so intelligent newspa.
per as The Journal Of Commerce has been msled into
unfriendy criticism of the Hassler Expedition and
the United States Coast Survey 1t objects TO Prof
Agassiz drifting through Summer seas at the cx-
pense of the Government and it thinks that S75OoO.
asked for the annual maintenance of the Coast Sur
vey, is suspiciOusly too large sum- The real facts
are these The Hasser is sent out by the Govern
ment to serve in the Coast Survey OF the Racine Dor
der of the Republic Prof Agassiz was permitted 10
On 10 passenger. taking with him staff Of assist
ants. The expenses of the scientific party are de-
frayed by liberal citizens Of Boston, who subscribed
$4,000 for that purpose condition that duplicates
of the collection made for the Government would be
given to Massachusetts, scientific institution Our
Coast Survey is cheap at S750OOO; If it cost more,
American seamen would not now be using British,
French, and even Russian charts in the navigation
of the Atlantic and Pacific.