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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
The New Yori world.

One week ago to-day the New York
World had the following of the DEM
ocratic Convention, which was then
assembling in Baltimore. That paper
is now damning Greeley with faint
praise and left-handed compliments:
"Barnum, the prince Of hunbues.
never offered anything quite so odd and
monstrous as the entertainment which
has been arranged at Baltimore for the
present week. The Wo57d will con-
tribute no slime to give the animal a
slippery passage down the throat of the
devourer; but when the thing is done,
it will do whatever may be in its pow
er to aid the digestion, and prevent the
Democratic party going into torpid and
prolonged stupor, by reason Of the
heavy load upon its stomach"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
The Chicago Times. Pomerov,s Der,

The Chicago Times, Pomeroy's Dem
ocrot and the New York Day Book,
which are the three leading Democrtic
papers in the land, still maintain an
unccasing and bitter warfare on the
Chappaquack fraud. The infinitesimal
chaps without circulation, and who
according to Greeley are permitted by
an inscrutable providence to edit q
majority of the country Democratic
papers, are just now busy reading the
aforesaid papers out Of the Happy
Family.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

The Boston Post says: The balanc-
ing of accounts BY the Jubilee Com
mittee reveals the unwelcome fact that
there is a deficit of$15O, 900, which will
have to be made up from the guaran-
tee fund, unless some method OF swell.
ling the receipts 10 hit upon.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

A man named Jacob Hippard, who
was working on the top of a new mill
in Des Moines, became affected by the
heat last Friday afternoon, and fell d
distance of fifty feet to the ground, the
fall killing him almost instantly.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
Parton finds this among the statutes

FaTtOU HNttS IIiIS among the StatuteE
of Virginia in 1776:
"Whcreas oftentimes many babbling
women often SANDER and scandaiizc
their neighbors for which their poor
husbands are often brought into Charge
able and vexatious suites, and caste in
create damages: Bee it therefore en-
acted by the authority aforesaid, after
Judgment passed for damages, the wo-
men shall be punished by ducking, and
If the SANDER be so enormous as to be
adjudged at greater damage than five
hundred pounds of tobacco, then the
women to suffer ducking for each five
hundred pounds of to tobacco adjud-
ged against the husband, if be refuse to
pay the tobacco"
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
LATEST
The Labor Reformers &
Boiling Democrats to
unite at louisville.
Cataczy come again. Z
Bassett beats Longfel-
low for Saratoga Cup!
Stokes Jury Disagree.
NEW YORK.
New YoRK. July Ii.

-.9 NEW IORk, july 10.
There was an immense conconrse at
the Court House this morning await
ing the jury in the Stokes case. The
prisoner and his counsel looked rather
cheerful when the jury entered. The
fnroman announced that they could
come to no agreement whatever. The
Judge thereupon discharged them.-
Stokes was taken back to the Tombs.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

OMAHA, July 16

OMAHA, July 10.
A man by the name of VIM. HISS
tings, from Garden Grove, Iowa. was
murdered at Grand leland Station this
morning, having been stabbed in the
back and shot through the heart. No
clue to the murderer. .r
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
FOREIGN.

LONDON, July IL.
The Times in commenting on the
Stokes trial, says at the bottom Of It
is ''what we call this miscarriage Of
Justice, is that indifference Americana
feel for violent crimes, in which both
murderer and victim are rowdies."
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
ST. LOUIS, July II.

ST. LoUIs, July II.
Flour-Quiet.
Wheat-Firmer new No. 2 red easy
Corn-Easy at 40c.
Oats-Lower at 30.
Rye-Dull. new 30.
Barley-Nothing doing.
Whisky-Steady So.
Pork-Small orders lots 413.
Bacon-Strong and tending up.
Shoulders-6@S.
Clear-Rib Sc.
Lard-Dull refined TX.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

the, centre Of his hoof, sxtendiag round
the cornst ring to his heel lii middle.
tendon is three times the nstural size:
It appears he broke shoe plate. on one
of his hind legs at the half mile pole,
when he was lapping Bassett and cut
fore foot with 1t. M. doubt exists III
the minds Of experienced turfmen that
he is completely broken down, and Will
never appear I'm public again. Uncle
John Harper is completely overcome.
RocHEsTER, July 16.
The Republican mass meeting was
extremely large. Judge Geo. w.
Rawson presided. 6eHart %. Wood
ford made q brilliant speech indicate
ing the character Of Grant. judge
TOuryee delivered q strong address,.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

The Plymouth Sentinel gently al
ludes to one ofits townsmen as sthe
flyblown{0Mc e-seeker ; the worm-eaten
land shsfk, and avaricious mortgage
scalpey,1
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
NEW York, july l6.

Blanton Duncan in a letter suggests
the holding Of a Labor Reform Con-
yention at Louisville, on the 81 day
of September, to which Horace III.
Day replies that he and his friends
viii do all they can to prepare the way
to union ofall honest opponents Of
both Grant and Greeley.
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ygsvv Yerk aEaslsst.

NEW YORK, July II.
Flour-Shade flrmer; extra state,
$3.50.
Wheat-Dull no sales.
Corn-Dull 6O@2.
Rye-Quiet. 45@7.
Barley-Quiet.
Oats-Firm; western in store 43@
Pork-Dnchangsd. sl3.75.
Lard-Dull 9X.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

Gold went up with the news Of
Greeley's nomination at Baltimore.
II there was q prospect Of his election
there would soon DO panic in the
money market.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

The Ohio state Jourlm perpetrates
the following squib:
"We are sorry to hear that old Henry
A. Wise--known iii contradistinction
to Ossawattomie Brown as Wat-an-
ass-am-l Wise--ilas come out for
Grant But Grant can stand anything.
1t wouldn't beat him TO have the New
York Tribune come out for him."
Judge Claggett's Neokuk Coastitu-
ton has the following:
Especial Tclegram,I
-ayf New York, July q.
Horace Greeley is kept busy this
evening. He breakfasted with Arch
bishop McCloskey and others.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
SARATosA. Suly rs

There was large attendance at the
race for the Saratoga cup. Bassett
beat Longfellow length, in two and
quarter miles, in 3.59
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
NEW York, July IL,

A Washington dispatch says Sec'y.
Fish arrived there yesterday, and is
very much annoyed over the publica-
tlon of Catacazy's defense. When the
original document was first announced
Fish tried to obtain copy from Chief
Justice Chase, but failed. Since Cata-
Gays return to Europe he maintained
silence until his successor, Baron Of
fenberg, was received by the Presi-
dent.
The President in his reply alluded to
the CatacaZy matter, which was re-
garded by the Russian government as
uncalled for, and it was this that gained
for Catacazy permission to make his
story public.
Chairman Cochran, of the Liberal
Republican Committee, announces that
an early call will be made for Liberal
Republican State Convention.
Gratz Brown intends going to the
sea shore within a few days. He is not
expected TO be recuperated before two
or three weeks, when he will return to
st. Louis.
il Senator Hendricks had an interview
with Greeley on Monday, and left for
home yesterday.
The German Democratic Union Cen
eral Committee last night endorsed
Greeley and Brown.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

CHICAGO, July Is.
Cattle-Receipts, 1900 head; very
dull, good to extra $5@65a.
Hogs-Receipts 1900 head; active.
higher $4@430.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

NASHVILLE, July 16.
The Republican Central Committee
will call 8 State convention for Sept.
4th, to nominate candidates for Cover
nor and congressman at Largo
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
INDIANA.

INDIANAPOLIS, July l6:
The Democratic Convention of the
fifth District to-day nominated Cyrus
F. McNutt, of Mattahsvilles for Con-
gress,
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
MINNESOTA.

HASTINGS, July II.
The Second district Republican
Convention nominated H. B. Straight
for Congress. 5tifs lg5r
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OHIO.
- vi
CLEyr1ANp, July III, 7

CLEVELAND, July IL,
Two men named Michael Hickey
and Joseph Carlett, employed In max
ing an excavation, for gas tank, was ,
buried, by the caving in Of the earth
and smothered to death before they
could be rescued.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

The Detroit Free Press has changed
its politics. The chief editor, Col
Freeman Norvcll, retiring and selling
out his interest in the concern. In re-
firing he says: IL leave the paper with
regret, and solely from the impossible
ity Of changing my convictions of po-
litical duty1" The Press under Norvcll
opposed Greeley's nomination, and
after the nomination opposed his
election. Under the new management
it goes for Gceeley. How much Of
Tammany's i'll gotten gains entered
into the pile that bought out Noryell !
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
New YcRK, July II.

The Apollo Hall Democracy has
not as yetsignified its course as to the
Baltimore nominations. The Tribune
accuses Senator O'Brien, who is fore
man of that organization, with an at
tempt to carry it over to the Grant
party.
Stokes counsel say they have no in
tention to try. to secure the bailing Of
their client at present.
A wealthy lady, named Fredericks,
IS years old, drowned herself at Hack
ensack on Sunday, from grief over the
loss of her brother.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
RocHrsrfR. ,July l6.
ILLINOIS.

I I@0 sti CHICAGO July II.
\ Tho Sixteenth district Republican,
Convention, held ct Vandalia, nomi-
mated Gen. James Martin, of Salem,
for Congress. "
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18
SARATOGA, July I8.

The court of impeachment to try
Judge Barnard was organized
this morning. 1t consists of
Chief Justice Church, five Judges, rs
members ofthe State Senate. Barnard
Is confined to his room with an attack
OF rheumatic govt, and asked an adj,
journment one week.
Longfellow presents picture Of
misery" A complete circle is cut from
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

Corrected by J. r. You've 4 Co, Groosrs.
OrrunwA July Is. is59
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

There was no American nag raised
over the capital of North Carolina on
the 18th Of July, the Democratic Legis-
lature, true to Its predictions, refus-
ing to ad$horixe the purchase of q flag
for that purpose, They accept the
sitsMti0n,' and 20 for Greeley with
great enthuslasm, you see.
A letter from Culpepper, Virginia,
says the support given the Greeley
movement in that section is wholly a
matter Of policy, the people express
ing just as bitter hatred of the yam.
kee nation,S ~ they term II, as when
fighting under the "stars and bars
The writer thinks the result of the
election in that State uncertain, with
the chances IN favor of Grant and vii.
son."
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-07-18

!" "A purely selfish interest" Mr..
Greeley once remarked, attaches the
low, ruf6anly, criminal and dangerous
classes to the Democratic party" And
now purely selfish interest attaches
Mr.. Greeley to the lewd, rufianly,
criminal and dangerous classes. Sic
transit, etc; and Il is more than pro-
bable that Horace will be horribly
sick of his latest transit. es s
It is said that Horace Greeley, in q
conversation with q friend recently,
remarked stthat he was much surprised
to think the detection in the Republic
can ranks was no greater than 1t ape
pears at the present time" Like the
man who fell OF the top Of the stage
coach, If Horace had only known the
stage hadn't tipped over he'd never .
got OF. So
Minnesota Staats-Zeitung. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1877, 1872-08-29

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Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-16

The FIRST SUNDAY SCHooL IN AMERICA
In letter from Buffalo 10 the New York Evan
gelist, Lewis +. Allen gives the following ac-
count of the first Sunday school in America: As
carly as the summer Of the year 1909 there was
instituted a Sabbath school in what is now the
city of Pittsburg, Pa, originating among the
members Of the Presbyterian church there, then
under the paStorate of Il Rev. Mr.. Steele, an
IRISH clergyman, who had cmigrated to the
United States and settled in that town. Among
the active c0-Operators in that school was my
iather, the late Samuel Allen of your city, then,
WIN his young family, of which was The old.
est, resident there as Il merchant The first
school was opened in the court house. situated
IN Market square, and j, a small boy of nine
years old, was one of the A b G teachers ON the
day Of its opening, aud SO ] continued in that
humble capacity during the summer ana into
the early autumn. rccolect the time and cir.
cumstances as distinctly as any event of yester
day. The school was got up with decided zeol
and enthusiasm on the part Of those ladies and
gentlemen who took share in il, and EN-.
gagged as teachers some of the sons and
daughters of several Of the most influential
citizens Of the town. The school was a
motley collection Of ignorant uneducated
young men and women, besides many children
who did not know the alphabet and IN my own
class ] remember n fullgrOwn man who some
time before had piece Of his nose bitten off in
a street fight with his antagonist. The poor
fellow had probably come to the conclusion that
getting the rudiments Of education was better
than 70 continue the rOngh-and-tumbe life he
had before pursued. There was no distinction
Of color made among the scholars, both black
and white being admitted on equal terms,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-16

Leaving the town soon afterward for the east,
know nothing Of the progress of the school
from that time forward, but have supposed it
10 be continued under the auspices of Mr.. Steele
congregation, and so perhaps to the present
time, together with the various other Sunday
schools which have been instituted by the
churches at large. ] only mention the above
facts that the origin of Sunday schools may be
properly recorded in their history in the United
States. | do not know that the Pittsburgh
Sunday school was the first of the kind in this
country, but what have stated is the fact, and
there may be some among the still living people
of that city who may also rec0llect il.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-16
ARrEsIAN WEILs IN CmIcAoo. -The follow.

ARTEsIAN WELLS IN CHCAGo.-The follow
ing is from the Chicago Tribune
mention was made some two or three months
ago of the artesian well being drilled for
Aessrs. Hale, Emerson 4 Co., on the corner of
State and Washington streets. The drilling
has been kept up, with intermissions arising
from unexpected and inevitable obstacles, since
the middle of February, and has now reached
depth OF ,22O feet and is yielding a flow of 800
gallons per minute. This, however, is not what
is wanted. There is force enough 10 rise 80 feet,
ana therefore sufficient TO run their water ele-
vator, but the firm have determined, while they
are at II, to secure power enough for their
nelgh0ors as well as themselves, and dispose of
the surplus TO their mutual advantage To do
this they intend to sink to a depth of 500 feet,
strike the sandstone suberranean river and
thus have flow amounting from a 5-S inch
well, TO 500 gallons and rising to a greater
height than 30 feet.
"The first low was reached at 1895 feet, when
the well yielded 200 gallons, which is about the
usual yield at that depth in that part Of the city
A reporter was yesterday shown piece Of stone
weighing about three-quarters OF pound, which
had been washed up in the stream, and was
found in the trough which carries OFF the surplus
water. 1t was fine sandstone, nearly white,
with little dark spots upon 1t, like cream cheese
sprinkled lightly with black pepper. II bore a
cOncayc mark where the instrument used in drill
ing had worn its way into the soft stone. Pieces
of flint and snowy white sandstone were also
washed up and a hard, rocky flint, the under sur
face Of which appears 10 line the channel Of the
subterranean river is filled with particles of ore,
probably copper. It gltters like gold, and there
lore attracted policeman who was looking in the
trough i9r possible gems from the bosom of the
Sartl' lie waited, watching long and earnest
W ana was hnally rewarded with about half
plnl Of the glittering morsels. lie was observed
10 hurry toward the first national bank on tic
opposite corner, aud TO leave il suddenly, a very
snesplissn-looeing ana crestiallen guardian Of
which tue machinery has, for the FIRST time In
many thousands Of years, brought into the
glare Of MONDAY, and which were exhibited in
the Office, have been from time 10 time borrowed
by the curious, who, with that rare honesty es-
peclally observable among gentlemen with re-
gard TO umbrellas, and ladies on the subject az
photographs, have forgotten to return theml
10 Hartford the rate Of taxation is about
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-16
Pennsylvania Wander

The lltusyllle Courier says: Enthusiastically
this gas well, which was recently struck on the
Nelson farm, an account of which we gave the
other day, is the most wonderful phenomenon of
the kind in this country Some of our exchang-
eS seem TO think our description exaggerated
hence, as it was given on hearsay evidence, we
were not certain that it might not have been.
10 solve this problem, and demonstrate by per
sonal inquiry whether our informant had drawn
on his imagination for his facts" or on his
facts for bis Imagination" we yesterday drove
over and interviewed the noisy monster Ourselr
The location is about six miles from the
city, on the road to Spring Creek Long
before we reached il its location was as
certaned by rushing noise sounding pre-
cisely like huge steam boiler blowing off.
When we reached the lane leading from tn e
main road to the well, the escaping gas as il
rushed from four three and a-quarter inch pipes.
could be plainly observable. Ii had the ap.
pearance precisely like a discharge from a
boiler in which the steam had been run up to
its full capacity previous to blowing off Every
step nearer increased the Internal din, and when
we reached its immediate proximity the impress
sion upon the ears became painful and com
PEELED US to resort TO filling the orifce with a
handkerchief in order 10 prevent injury TO the
tympanum. Conversation was impossible Our
companion essayed TO try his voice, but ii was a
blank failure. We saw the lips move, but as
far as sound, they had no more effect than they
would beneath the seething waters of Niagara.
After seeing and hearing this noisy wonder Of
the oil region we are not surprised that the
cattle in the vicinity give it a wide berth, and
That II has been found necessary to dismiss the
school in the neghborhood, some three-quarters
of mile away.
The query agitatng those who have visited
the well is, what shall be done with it? If there
was any assurance that the volume of gas now
escaping would keep up, it would be good
speculation to convey it in pipes TO the city to
be used in light and heat, for there is certainly
enough gas escaping aud going to waste not
only TO light every house in Titusyille, but also
heat the same, and furnish fuel for all the steam
engines running in the city. This may appear
an extravagant estimate, but let any practical
engineer examine il and we think he will agree
that we are not "piling it on too thick" but on
the contrary that the half has not been told
We understand the well is in sixty feet of the
most promising third sand yet discovered. If
this is so, we may look for the opening of new
oil field in that vicinity in very short time.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1872-07-16

A Docs OUTING In the days (ah, me! how
fast they are recedingD when England pro
tected the lonian Isles, an Albanian shecD-dou
lived in the citadel of Corfu. His name was
Spero, short for Spiridius, the patron saint of
the place tine name SperO, among COrtiotes,
answering to Jack with the British; but he
was also called "Ihe Subaltern's ComDanion .
Tor there was subaltern's guard at the citadel
gate, and when the officer commanding il took
over the various properties Of the guard-room.
Spero insisted on being taken over too For
twenty-iour hours that officer was his master
ana his friend; but once relieved he would
barely notice him, his allegiance being trans.
ferred TO the next conner. He was on good
tall-wagging terms with all EngliShmeu how
ever, but hated his own cOuntrymen like rats
IL Greek gentleman, attrei in the garments
common 10 all upper-class Europeans, entered
the British quarter on a visit SperO merely
growled and retired; but when a native. clad in
petucOats, greaves, and gaudy SASH presumed
10 come over the drawbridge, SperO rushed at
him with Enthusiastically hostile intentions and
had to be held. As for going into the town where
the objects Of his enmity dwell, he never
thought of such a thing. At what period OF
puppydom he came into the citadel could moi
learn, but there was no record of his ever hay-
ing left il up to the time Of his taking his two
months leave. For one day SperO SAID 10 him
sell, u am getting ON in years; my faculties
are all right at present. but they cannot remain
so forever, and as should like to see the coun-
try OF my adoption before | die, | had better
not lose any more time" SO when the next
mail steamer was starting he went down to the
landing place, jumped into the first boat that
put OF for the vessel, and walked on board as
co0lly as il he had paid his cabin fare There
was no fear about his reception; Jack is a won
derlul fellow Tor pets; and rs neither bird,
beast, nor baby happened to be on board Spero
was master OF the situation, and had a very
pleasant voyage 10 Southampton When H.