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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

The San Francisco Post says: "1n
spite of the extravaganza Of some of
its members the growth Of the In
ternational seems TO us hopeful
sign. The progress of all great re-
forms is marked by froth and fer
ment, and brings bad elements to
the surface, and the agitation in favor
of the rights of labor cannot prove
an exception to the rule
A Mt. Vernon five.year-old, hear
ing his mother remark in company
that she unusually found her first
impressions of people to be correct
ones," called ont at the top of his
voice, "Mama, what were your pres
sion when you FIRST seen me2" The
subject of conversation was immedi-
ately changed.
! Many OF the farmers in the vicini.
ty Of Sioux City are packing their
hogs and storing their grain in an
ticipation Of q rise in prices in the
spring.
Gov. Merrill recommends the re.
duction of the number of the Copitol
Commissioners to three, or not more
than five, and that both parties be
represented on the board.
The Gar OF Russia has Eve sonl
living-Alexsnder the heir, Vladimir
Alexis, Sergio and Paul and an only
daug hter, Tarie, seventeen years o
I age.
A clergyma named Fiddle ssre
spectfuily declines" the degree o
D. D., because, as he said, he reall,
did not wish to be known as th
Rev. Fiddle u. D.
A man by tho name of Schmid
owns snug little farm Of 5000 acre
;. in Cherokee county.
G.. w. jackson, inventor of tn
t Jackson Scales, died at. Durlingto
3 last Thursday.
! A balloon ascension shortly b
: zone OF the best eronauts Of til
( West" is promised to Dos Moines.
0 Red Oak has established a stoc
company known as the Southwes
. ern Iowa Fair Association.
" A girl of seventeen, in Van Burt
o county, has read the Bible throus
n seventeen times.
= Talk about Italian skies and breez,
= Our Iowa weather beats all creatic
le Pullman goes to Europe to int
duce his palace cars.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25
IN6PoRT1S1T nav RAILWAY PRO
JHOYHO.
New Trunk Line Proposed from New
EIT York 70 oh5caRo.

From the Toledo, lO.) Commercial, Jen.s.
Among the great railway projects
of the country, is one known as the
West Shore and Chicago Road, the
general route Of which is given as up
the west shore of the Hudson from
New York city, thence it will take
westward course to Buffalo, and
thence BY the most practicable route
to Chicago. The Company has pur-
chased tho New York and Fort Lee
Railroad, which gives an entry to
the clty and locates the line as far
as Hoboken. Surveys for tho bal
ance of the route have been made as
far as Buffalo, but the announcement
of the route most favored by the
company would be inadvisable at the
present time, as they are negotiating
Tor the right Of way. The company
is said to be composed Of some Of
the most prominent business men of
New York, and it is reported that
Mr.. Courtney, the President, has re-
Gently returned from Europe, with
or he has been for the purpose Of ne
gotiating the sale Of the bonds
Of the company. His trip was
successful I; the company now have
no bonds upon the market, and it is
proposed as early as possible in the
spring to commence the construction
Of the road. This seems to be en-.
tirely different from the Canada
Southern Railway, of which Mr.. Mil
ton Courtwright is the President,
and the progress of 1hose line be-
tween Buffalo and Chicago has been
repeatedly referred to in the CONNER
cial during the past three months
The negotiation of the bonds OF Mr..
Courtney's road indicates solidity on
the part of its projectors and man
ayers and as in all other enter
prises promising increased transpor-
tation facilities, the people of the
West have deep interest in its sue
cess.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

A Charleston Mass } photograph
er, while arranging the instrument
preparatory to taking . young
lady's picture, suddenly turned to
give some direction to his fair custo-
mer and beheld her bnsily engaged
stuffing her cheeks with paper to fill
out the meagre proportions which
nature had so rudely neglected.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

An enthusiastic African, who had
0spent de winter in Jamaky," found
it an earthly paradise. He said he
could ..Lio abed, and putting his arm
out de windy, pick oranges, pine ap-
pies and Jamaky rum right off de
trees
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

Last Saturday night two young
chaps in Waterloo sought to play q
practical joke upon companion. for
which purpose they tiael1snsa their
faces and entered his room at aiste
hour. They received q sound thresh-
ing from their intended victim, were
has not been seen ID town since The
affair. A solid blow from . poker
probably prepared the latter for q 1T
Of sickness.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

Frank Collins was killed by Tohn
Sweetzer, saloon keeper Of Boone,
in street fight last Sunday. The
murdered man was stabbed through
the lungs. We have not learned
further particulars, except that
Sweetzer was arrested and then re.
lensed on $500 BAIL
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25
Small.Pox Vaccination.

The City Sanitary Inspector Of
New York, in report on contag-
ious diseases, says with reference to
the small-pox
II n the unanimous opihiQn and
expression of Che medical oilcers al
this department that vaccination is
not only safe, but certain preventa-
tive of small pox, when properly,
carefully, and judiciously performed !;
and as . proof Of its protective
value, it may be stated, that among
over 100000 persons vaccinated by
the Health Inspectors of the Blu
reau during the past year, there has
not yet been found ono who has con-
tracted smallpox, or its modified
form, who has been successfully vac.
edpatsf d RseyiSpg e sSs bssemn issb pfset ss
Tins to this disease who refused to
allow the Inspectors to vaccinate
them at the time of exposure. We
are fully convinced that this extraor-
binary sucsess is due in q large meas
ure to the fact that vaccine virus has
while in fresh and active condition
only, has been used no crust or
scab has ever been used by US. Our
practice has been only to use such
virus as has been taken from we'll
selected healthy child, the afternoon
previous, rejecting that which had
become Y hours old. A supply Of
bovine virus, direct from the animal,
was used to limited extent during
the past summer, which gave no
better result than that from chill
dren's arms, and as it's propagation
was attended with much difficulty
and sufficient supply could not be
obtained for our large demand, ex,
cept at great expense, it was aban-
doned. In the use Of childhood
lymph, with results as proved by
our statistics of successful vaccina.
tion and rc-vaccinaticn, certainly NO
man should cavil. The absolute
protection afforded SO large mum
Der of persons OF whom by far a
large majority had been exposed
either directly or indirectly to this
fearful disease, should 60 far to con.
vince the most skeptical of its ines
timablo value. To the carelessness
and neglect of parents and physi
clans, and the opposition of the mis-
informed, and injudicious may be at
tributed in large measure, the sue
cess of an epidemic form of thi'
loathsome disease.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25
ORDERS SOLICITED.

An old famcr, in the Germantown
Telegraph, sayss'the practice of coat
ing tho bark of fruit and ornamental
trees with whitewash, is one that
cannot be too severely deprecated
The obstruction of respiratory or.
game and orifices, whether effected
by the application Of whitewash or
any other adhesive material, always
acts as a fruitful source of disease, and
in time proves fatal to the tree
Whom tho bark becomes rough or
incrusted with moss, it should be
cleaned by scraping and washing
down thoroughly with solution OF
potash or soda in water, affording
smoothness to the surface without ob-
structing the pores.
Every man who owns a piece of
land should plant trees along the
lanes. 1t is due to his children who
are to come after him. 1t is q beau.
tiful custom in Germany to set out
one fruit tree for every child born
This is the special property Of the
child for whom it is set out. He
protects it and cultivates it, and o.
he grows up he looks upon his tree
as twin brother. A feeling Of Of.
fection and veneration is thus engen.
dered, and o love for horticulture
fostered and promoted among the
whole population.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

BRowNLow.-A Commercial cor
respondent who lately visited Sena
tor Brownlow, at his home in Ten
nessee, says:
Upon entering the Senator's house
we found him laying upon large
sofa, q negro rubbing his feet. he
is in wretched health, but no more
than he has been for two years. His
hands and feet are continually jerk
ing and shaking with palsy. He
cannot read unless the book or paper
is fastened to frame in front of him.
He, cannot speak above q whisper,
and some days his strength is so far
gone th6shc cannot do that. In
deed he is - helpless asssn infant, -
Nothing but constant care and
watching on the part Of his family
and friends and his own iron deter
mination keeps him alive. He is .
ter. Noatc one 81 fhs hsSo otter sd dsseRksSsS:
odd Senators could beprevailed upon
to leave home if they were in the
prostrated condition that he is.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

Two women in Detriot got at dag
ger's points, and one of them, Of an
original turn Of mind, got q parrot
aud got Polly to say "you thief"
whenever her enemy passed by
Not to be outdone, tho other fair bel
ligerent also got a Polly whom she
taught to scream "you dye your hair
whenever the enemy came in sight
Finally the judiciary was appealed
to, and both parrot guns were spiked
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

Hotels are turning up all over
New England where Fisk stopped
when he was o peddler.
"Woodbining' is absolutely latest.
1t is used whom people depart with
| other peoples wives.
New York has a rumor that Ca
poul and Miss Duval were recently
married.
An Alabama freedman suicided
by leaning against q mule.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

Tho citizeus Of Rhode Island VINO
are disfranchised, by tho property
qualification, for suffrage, are sign,
ing petition to Congress, asking
the National government to enforce
IN Rhode Island the amendments
TO the Constitution OF the United
States.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

A IoWa Han Arrested fer q nguraes
0snzaitsA Eiftesa Ysass A9e.
From the Iowa city Republican.
A Bohemian, living in Madison
township, was arrested on Sunday
last to answer to an indictment
for q murder said to have been com
mitted in this county some fifteen
years ago.
The particulars, as We ascertained
them, were to the effect that the
prisoner married q widow woman
with four children, two of whom
were little girls, aged seven and nine
years. These little girls were sent
out on an errand for their step-fath-
or, and returned without accomplish
ing their mission, which so enraged
him that he took club, and with 1t
beat the youngest girl until life was
extinct. He threatend the mother
end other children with q like dread
MfMss fssksy IsRealed to the public
the fearful crime which he had COM
mitted and thus BY thrssts md ins
timidation, succeeded in supprsssing.
for fifteen long years, the particulars
of this horrible tragedy. It was not
until the little girl, who accompa-
MED her sister on that ill-fated mis-
sslaep sslae slhlss4 lhlss4 4gasF Pddep pESaeRsRah9 M spa y!
man who had made solemn VOW to
cherish and protect her through life,
that she appeared before the grand
jury to make oath TO the terrible
scene she witnessed when but .
child
The ease will be heard during the
present term of court, and will
doubtless attract public attention, for
the prisoner has heretofore borne an
unimpeachable character among his
neighbors.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

Henry Ward Beecher has publish
ed little temperance pamphlet en-.
tilted Liberty and Love An Appeal
to the Conscience to Danish the Wine
Cup"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

The late DIR. Marshall Hall, of
England, said: @If l werc seriouly
i'll Of consumption, ! would live out
doors day and night, except in rainy
weather or mid-winter; then 1
would sleep in an upholstered log
house. Physic has no nutriment,
gaspings for air cannot cure you
Monkey capers in gymnasium can
not cure you, and stimulants cannot
cure. What consumptives want il
pure air, not physic-pure air, mo-
medicated air--pienty of meat aut
bread.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

The time of the meeting OF the
Iowa Press Association has been
changed from May to June. The
Rocky Mountain excursion will ioi-
low.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

London, with population OF D.
600 900, has only nine daily news
papers-five morning and four even.
inr-while Paris has twenty, and
Nav York twenty-four.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

Samuel Foster, of Muscatino, has
been elected President of the Iowa
State Horticultural Society, and Mrs.
n. M. Ives, of Wapello Co., is ono Of
the Directors OF the Society.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

Two hundred and nineteen in
surgents have been shot by the
French troops in Algeria since the
breaking out Of the insurrection in
that country.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

The Brighton Register nominates
Col. G. b. CorkhiIl as candidate to
succeed Hon. G. w. McCrary in
Congress from the lat District.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

The Ogdensburg Journal reports
larr, quantities Of liquor, having
been brought over from Canada, froz-
en- up in turkeys. A foul transac-
ttop
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

Mr.. III. w. Beecher concluded his
lecture on "Manhood and Money"
in Boston. last week, with an allusion
TO the Fisk-Stokes tragedy, though
without mentioning any names, and
TO the ups and downs OF Wall street,
and that supreme mountebank OF
fortune" said he, absolutely devoid
of shame, who, at one leap vaulted to
the very summit of power, and could
hold courts in his hands-that rode
shameless and criminal-that he
should have fallen in an instant, by
the hand ofa fellow-oriminal, and in
Gods providence be struck down.
Though am sorry for him, l cannot
see the ruin OF a man for whom God
gave His Son and not feel pang in
my heart, and yet say to every
young man who has looked upon this
glittering meteor, mark the end OF
wicked man. 1t is right tor you to
be rich, if you don't barter your man.
| hood for it."
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

The Register says that nine ladies
arc employed in tho Legislature,
either as officers or correspondents.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

Universal amnesty does not seem
to meet with favor in Congress, es-
pecially in the Lower House. The
Iowa delegation, 50 far as we have
observed, set their faces in steady op-
position to it. 1t is urged that
enlightened craftsmanship sanctions,
by universal amnesty, the oblitera
tion of all disabilities incurred by
high treason. Setting down naught
in anger or in malice, we cannot sub
scribe to the above proposition. Tho
rebellion was not made by aD oppres
sed people struggling to arise from
under the yoke Of one of the crown
ed heads Of Europe but was revolt
against the free, deliberate and en-
lightened verdict of the people. The
titled ruler, as has been the case 10
the old world, sees that prudence and
good policy for the purpose Of main.
tanning his supremacy over the peo
pie, dictates that he should not push
to great extremity those who strike
for liberty. Not SO here. 1t is q
crime sgainst liberty here to revolt,
and when every disability is removed
except the denial Of the few leading
rebels in the matter Of holding office
in our view for the present the very
verge OF leniency in point Of right or
sound policy has been attained
1t is imperative IL seems to us, that
future generations should be impress
cd with the stern fact that rebellion
.sgsisst liberty, against a government
Afthe people, will be vigorously pun
ished.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

Dan Donely, confined in the Sioux
City Jail, attempted to fro the build
ing the other day.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25
Legislative Summary.
January II.
SENATE.

Senator Wlllett of, Winneshiel
county, introduced Senate File No
Is, being a bill for an act regulating
railroad rates of fare. Senator Shan,
of Benton county, offered q resolu
tion to rescind the resolution order
ing 25 daily papers for each Senator
Senator Fairall Of johnson county
raised the point Of order that th,
proper method was to move q recon
sideration Of the former resolution
which point was sustained by tht
Chair. The president announced tht
Committee on Judicial districts, upor
which Senator Merrill appears sec
ond. senator Lowry, Chairman d
Railroad Committee, reported back
Senate File No. /, bill for an act u
repeal the railroad Township tax law
with substitute,ther recon
mended by the Committee, and re-
commencing the passage OF the sub.
stitute. This provides for the repeal
Of the law, but not to take effect
until July 1st, 1872.
HOUSE.
Nothing done in the House of i'm.
portance, save the announcement oil
the committees. The Chairmen OF
the most important committees are
as fellows:
Judiciary-Pratt, of Floyd Go.
Ways and Msans-K asson, Of Polk
Co.
Schools-Newbold, of Henry Co.
Federal Relations-Keables, OF
Marion Co.
Constitutional Amendments -
Green, of Scott Co.
Claims-Tntts, Of Cedar Co.
Railroads ds-Caldwell, Of Wapello
county.
Penitentiary-Mo Morrison, Of Keo-
kuk Co.
Reform Schools Carver, Of Wapel-
10 Co.
County and Township Organiza.
tlon~<D0oewitz, of Jones Co.
e Roads md Highways-Hopkirk,
Of Jefferson coauty.
Congressional DIstxists Dera.
sheim, OF Pottawatamie county,
In addition to the Craftsmanship Of
the Railroad Committee, the Hon.
s. T. Caldwell is also q member Of
the following committees, to-wit !;
Ways and Means and Commerce.
Hon. J. H. Carver is also on tt .
following additional committees, to-
wit: Agriculture, Penitentiary and
Dvr nrosnos xs1vcr 1nproscIuenI.
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per week, and SO cents per week for
stationery.
A bill was introduced to empower
County Auditors to acknowledge
deeds, &c,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

Vens0S apelo O0uoty.
From the Iowa Homestead
EDITOR HOMESTEAD - We send
you greetings, and an item or two
from Center Grange, OttMmrt,, Zo,ra.
We were present at the "feast" OF
Jan, 9Th; and it was truly festai
occasion. Beside the members of the
Order, there was present tho repres-
tatives Of tho Ottumwa press, and
bar, and o number Of the mercantile
friends of the organization. What
with the pleasant words and man.
ners Of the ladies, the cordiality Of
the brethren, and the abundance
elegance, and excellence of the SUBJ
stantials and delicacies provided for
the refreshing of the inner man, wo
passed q very delightful hour. or
the skill of the sisters" in this
vicinity in the culinary department,
you have an ample opportunity to
Judge on more than one occasion,
and know that it can scarcely be toe
highly extolled. This Grange is in
q prosperous condition, being COM
posed Of farmers Of superior intelli-
gence and business capacity, and
they arc apparently carrying out
tho professional objects OF the or
ganization, one of which is the MAX
ing of advantageous sales Of pro-
duce, and dispensing with the ser
vices of middle men.
The hogs ready for market, over
1000, belonging to the members 81
Center Grange, were sold to day at
an advance of 80 cents per cwt.,
over the market price. Those
knowing ones who have been
watching the grAneries" to ascer-
tain the proper time to make sales
Of produce, but afraid to unite in the
good work, are the above amount be-
hind in that one item.
We regret not having received the
Homestead of the 5th., in time to
have the excellent message OF that
worthy gentleman, d. W. Adam,
read at that pleasant gathering on
Saturday.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

How 70 SAVE MoNEY.-Go to an
auction store-spend half . day, and
buy muslin at 13 cents yard that
you can buy at 10 cts. a yard at any
we'll regulated dry goods house in the
city. You see, If you buy 10 yards
at 13 cts, you pay one dollar and
thirty cents at auction but fyou go
to an established, reputable house IN
this city, you pay one dollar. Don't
you see how you saver Ifyour time
is worth a cent it is worth 81 day
then add half Of q day to 80 cts, and
it would make 80 cts. on ten yards OF
muslin by, buying Of your own mer.
chants. This holds good in other
goods, and is as applicable to every
case as it is to one case.-Er.
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uniform and reasonable rates OF tariff
on railroads. On its passage the
ayes and nays were called.
The Yeas were-Senators Boards
ley, Bemis, Boomer, Burke, Camp
bell Converse, Crary, Dague, Da-
she'll; Dysart, Gault. Rowland, Hur-
ley, Kephart, Kotchum, Kinne, Lar
rabee, Maxwell, McCoid, Motor
mack, McCulloch, Mexican, McNutt,
Merrill, Miles, Murray, Read, Shane,
Stone, Stuart, Vale West, Willet,
Youngest.
| The Nays were-Allen, Atkins,
Claussen, Fitch, Havens, Ireland,
Leavitt, Mcintyre, Russell, Smith,
Taylor, Wonn-12.
Absent or not voting, Senators
Chambers, Fairall, Lowry and Rich.
ards-4.
Senators Shane, of Benton county
moved to rescind the resolution or.
dering papers tor members. A
lengthy discussion ensued, when the
ayes and nays were called, resulting
,, as follows:
II The yeas were. Senators Beardsley
, Campbell, Crazy, Dysart, Gault
/, Kephart, McCold, Mccormack, Nj
! Intrye, McNutt, Merrill, Miles, Read
/ Shane, Vale, West Wlllctt, Young
!. 10.
), The nays were Senators Allen
= Atkins, Bemis, Boomer, Burke
i Claussen, Converse, Dague, Dashiel
It Fairail, Fitch, Havens, Howlane
y Hurley, Ireland, Ketcham, kim,
! !. Larrabee. Leavitt, Lowry, Maxwe!
!, McKean, Murray, Russell, Smith
8 Stone, Stuart, Taylor, Wonn-29.
q Absent or not votipg-Senatt
! Chambers.
), So tho Senate takes papers, whit
It, the House refuses to do.
d. HOUSE.
The House refused to concur
the resolution of the Senate, to
nc into joint &C cnvention, for the electi
=, =. of State Printer, &c. The reason
an this is, that members are desirous
IL: saving expense, and hope to dew
'ly some means by which the work
Or Or tho State may be dono at less ,
/ pense.
oly The question is agitat ed of
ter ing the State Printing and Bi
lns ing in the Deaf and Du
~, Asylum by the employment
~ ~ the mutes for that purpose. Vi
up this subject, at some future til
ion We may have something to &
her We are informed that Ohio does
ing work in this way.
was Representatives Caldwell and {
ent yer, of this county, voted aga
ous concurring for the joint convent
y | Mr.. Butler, of Page county, offe
and a bill to SO change the present
ach as to cut down the allowance
postage stamps Of members to 8
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-01-25

This is the speech of Sam Berkley.
colored gentleman of Cleveland, in
accepting a New Year present;
Gentium--You have entirely sus-
pected me by surprise. j amt had
no perspiration for this event. Desc
enbacks is good to have about
The house. 'clar to mercy ain'1
took I'VE dollars 'cept what was my
own since | been in desc rooms, goin
on tree years. If you had respected
me little sooner / could gin you
good song; feels like q big sunflow
er:
Carry the news to Mars;