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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-08
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Discrcditable as is the admission, it
how appears that the Convention OF
The Missouri Liberals was manuiac-
tured by a substitute Tor the Associa-
ted Press agcEt. Tho Convention,
1t will be remembered, was not held
in ST. Louis, where an cnterprising
and antagonists press could present
both sides, and give the facts rela.
tive to the character of the Conven-
ton. 1t was held in Jefferson City,
q place of 5000 Inhabitants, in
which no Associated Press agent re-
sides, for the very good reason that
hc would have nothing to do. But
1t was necessary to obtain some re-
port of the Liberal Gathering; and
Mr.. Osborne, the ag't at st. Louis, who
should have seen that the functions
Of his Office were not abused, accept
ed the voluntary offer OF az attachee
of the leading Democratic paper OF
st. Louis, to send report such az
the bipartisan wires OF tho country
would be justifsd 10 carrying. 1t is
unnecessary to say that the Demo
cratic reporter "sold" the Associated
Press agent.
The following facts now trans
pire:
l. Ii was not Convention at all
but mass meeting.
Ii. IL was not one of the largest
Conventions ever held in State Of
Missouri I; but one Of tho very small
est mass meetings. The whole num-
Der of persons on the roll was only
a hundred and twenty-one.
Ill. There are hundred and
fourteen counties in the State of
Missouri. From sixty-nine Of these
counties not a single representative
was present.
Nv. OF the the one hundred and
twenty-one persons enrolled, two.
thirds arc ascertained to be Demo.
Gratis: men never in any way associ-
ated with the Republican party.
And this is the body the Chicago
Tribune warns four millions Of Re.
publicans to beware of
v. There are 10000 Republicans
in Missouri. Taking ont the Demo.
Gratis, forty Republicans out of 40
900, meet, declare themselves, 1--WE,
the people Of Missouri" and solemn
" announce with faces of becoming
gravity, that il 1000, 900 Republi-
cans in the United States do not &C.
cept the Presidential nominee of
the 40 Republican, 100000 of Re-
publicans, and elevate the rotton
Democratic party to power And
the Chicago Tribune says they will,
too.
A State Convention in Missouri,
containing delegates from q hundred
and fourteen counties, aggregates
eight or nine h1ndred men. a mass
meeting in Missouri, if it be any
thing better than q Democratic cav
Gus in saloon, aggregate 6vc thous-
and mon. Let the country now
Judge whether this tdsco of the NAL
contents deserves the name of either
mass meeting or Convention.
1t has already judged Of the 40.
ton of q few disappointed and am
bitious partisansf who, in the ad.
vance OF the National Republican
Convention, declared that if that
Convention nominates any candi.
date but theirs, these few psrtisans
will vote another way. Let them 90
vote. Nobody prevents. Chicago
Post.
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A good story is told Of old Doctor
Caldwell, formerly of tho Universi.
" of North Carolina
The doctor was a small man, and
lean, but as hard and angular as the
most irregular of pino knots.
He looked as though he might be
too tough, but he did not seem SO.
Nevertheless, he was, among the
knowing ones. reputed to be agile
"as cat," and in addition, was by
no means deficient IN the knowledge
of tho "manly art"
Well, in the freshman class of
certain year was q burly brief noun
taineer Of lS or 10. This genius
conceived great contempt for old
Bolus' physical dimensions, and his
soul was korrified that one 80 def
cient in music should be 80 potential
in his rule.
Poor Jones-that il what we'll
call him-had no idea of moral force.
At any rate, be was not inclined to
knock under and be controlled dee-
politically by man he imagined he
could tie or whip. At length he de-
termined to give the old gentleman
q genteel, private thrashing, some
night, in the College Campus, pre-.
tending to mistake him for some fell
l0w student. ~
Sh0xtly after on dark rainy
night, Jones mss the doctor crossing
the Campus. Walking up 70 him
abruptly
.Helio, Smith you rascAl-is this
your"
And with that he struck the old
gentleman o blow on the side Of the
face that nearly felled him.
Old Bolus said nothing but squared
himself, and at it they went. Jones'
youth. weight and muscle made him
an "ugly customer but after q
round or two tho doctors science be-
gan to tell, and in short time he
had knocked his antagonist down,
and was straddle of his chest, with
with one hand on his throat, and the
other dealing vigorous cuffs on the
side of the head.
"Ah! stop! beg pardon, Doc
tor, Doctor CALDWELL mistake
for heavens sake, Doctor" he groan.
ed. l really thought it was Smith! /"
The Doctor replied with word
and blow alternately
"Makes no difference tor all pres.
ent purposes consider me Smith.
= "a 4 n IN
Jones such pounding that he new
or made another mistake as to per-
sonal identity. fs.gs
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The Jasper Republican Of the 3lst
nit. announces the name Of Col. Ham,
lanond for State Treasurer, subject to
the decision Of the Republican Nomi.
mating Convention.
Naturally and justly the first
thought that seeks utterance upon
hearing this announcement is it's
eminent fitness. Col. Hammond is
almost to the manor born In this
county, and spent here his boyhood
and several years after hs had
reached manhood's estate. Al .
consequence he has quite an extend
cd acquaintance among our people,
and perhaps no young man il more
universally respected and esteemed
by them than is he. To our personal
knowledge he is eminently worthy
Of the reputation he susta,ns and that
no will, if successful, make in every
sense Of the word . most efficient and
popular officer. His talents are, we
may say, especially adapted to the
discharge Of tho duties pertaining to
the ofice Of State Treasurer, and his
unhinching integrity is beyond quos-
tion. All his life devoted to the no
bls principle Of liberty 10 all, and fall
ing promptly into the ranks Of the
Republican party when his political
life began. he went with alacrity in
t0ths army in defense of the union,
where he made q brilliant record
without the shadow Of . stain there
on. The simple truth isthat John,
- be is Familiarity styled among 10,
We know, fills tho full measure Of the
Jeffsrsonian standard, to.wit: "He
10 honost, he is capable" aud doubt
less our people will be strongly in
olined to support him. What cay
you republicans Of Wapello?
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sold for said taxes until the r. r..
Co. thail havo been entitled to re-
ceive said taxes under the provisions
Of the aforesaid acts.
SEC. 4. Ii taxes levied under the
provisions of chapter 102 Of the acts
Of the 18th General Assembly become
. part of the consolidated tax provi-
ded for in Section i of chapter 1888
Of the acts Of the 18th General As
sembly, tho tax payer may pay the
full amonnt Of county, State, school
end other tax and it shall be the duty
of the county treasurer to give re-
ceipt therefor.
SEC. 5. That when it shall be cer-
tilted to the county treasurer or
township collector by tho trustees or
other proper officer that the r. r..
Co. has 10 all respects complied with
with the law and with all contracts
and engagements, then 60 days mo-
tice thereof shall be given by publ
cation or posted notices, and from
the time Of the giving such notice
the tax shall become delinquent and
not before.
SEC. s. This act being deemed Of
immediate Importance shall take ef.
feet from and after its publication in
the Daily State Register and State
Leader, newspapers published at Des
Moines, Iowa.
Halfpast:twelve having arrived, . mo-
tion was made to adjourn. but before il
was put by the Chair. leave Of absense
was asked for nearly every member Of the
House.. which was granted, and on the
motion to adjourn prevailing, there was
helter-skelter, some to the Secretary's
office, to get their allowar ce of stationery,
de-. some to the Treasurer's, to get an adj
vance of their per diem. and some rum
ming a. ifto break their necks, In order to
catch the train that was about starting /;
and. in all probability, not . few Of the
members are enjoying those comforts and
pleasures, at home, from which they have
been separated for about three weeks,
while your correspondent sits solitary and
alone, In his room at the Jones House, IN
o'clock, midnight) penninR this commune
cation for the columns OF the COURIER.
CARO-.
A fire broke out last evening, ON Eighth
street near Walnut, but was extinguished
before doing much harm. Another one
broke out, this evening, in a foundry on
the East side Of the river, and f,r time
bore threatening appearance, but by the
exertion of the firemen and the use Of q
couple Of good steam engines, its spread
was prevented, nd..hnslly mastered be-
'fass any gssatiaiury had been wrought.
The Governors t1ception, this evening,
was grand afiair. and well attended. !.
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A good story is told of an 9

A good story is told of an engi.
neer who runs locomotive on the
western division of the Erie railway.
The track runs through an Indian
reservation in Cattaraugus county.
Ono day squaw, holding pap
poose in hsr arms, was standing on
tho depot steps at Salamanca. Az
the engineer was drawing his
train up to the station, he, observins i
her, called, "Hellol have you got 3
a little lnjun there ?" "No, said
she, ''its half lpjun and half Injun
eerl"
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EDrToRs CouRlER II am pleased
to notice tho fact that our friend Mr..
Capps is very successfully teaching q
class in vocal music in our city. l
am informed by some Of his most
advanced pupils that his class prom
ises success.
We have for some time felt the
need OF . teacher to instruct US in
the primary lessons, that we may
read music Independent; this MI
Capps proposes to do. Let us cncour
ago this enterprise by patronizina
it. ]. L. STEWART.
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FROM TUn CAPITOL
DEs MOINHs. Feb,

EDIToRs CoURfRR: Both Houses
of the Legislature were called to or
der this morning at 10 A. NJ, the
Speakers in their respective chairs.
Attendance of members was rather
small, there being but II Iii tho
House and in the Senate.
The reading Of the Journal was
dispensed with.
1t was moved and carried that Mr..
CampbellNf Jefferson, and Mr.. Will
liams, of Marshall, be added to the
Committe on Enrolled Bills.
On motion Of Mr.. Bliss, House File
No. rs was taken up and re-referred
to the Committee on Schools. This
bill relates to equalizing certain acts
Of the Board of Directors of the indie.
pendent school district of Steam boat
Rock.
House File No. So was reported
back from the committee having had
the same under consideration, with
the recommendation that it do pass.
This provides tor the temporary and
permanent establishment of county
seats in newly organized counties.
House File No. log was introduced,
being bill for an act to authorize
the Secretary of State to subscribe
for q certain number Of copies of the
military history OF Iowa. Referred.
House File No. lO7, A bill tor an
act to enable townships, incorparat-
ed towns or cities which have here.
tofore or may hereafter vote . tax
to aid in the construction of any
railroad under tho provisions Of chap
ter 102, Of the Acts of the 18th Gen.
eral Assembly, to transfer such tax
to any other road that the inhabi-
tants of any township, incorpo-
rated town or city having voted such
tax may desire. Referred.
House File No. lO8., A bill for an
act to legalise the organization Of
the township of Center, in O'Brien
county, Iowa. Referred.
House File No. 1OS. A bill for an
act TO legalize the organisation OF
Tyler township. O'Brien county,
Iowa. Referred.
House File No. 110. A bill for an
act TO prohibit dealers in spirituons
or intoxicating liquors from holding
the offices of Justice of the Peace
City Marshal or Constable. Re.
| ferred
| The resolution which was passed
in the early part Of the session, BY
which smoking and chewlng waf
prohibited in the hall and gallery Of
the House, Was reseinded after few
moments Unanimous discussion.
At halt past ten the House ad
ljourned to meet again at ten O'Clock
on the 18th inst.
All the members have now gone
and two hours hsnce your corrcs
pondent will follow their example
and be on his way home to rusticat,
until the re-assembling Of the Legis
lature. Caro-.
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A correspondent Of the Calhoun
County Pioneer writes TO the editor
of that paper that he "don't want it
any longer" To which the editor
responds that he regrets that his
friend objects to the lengthening Of
his paper, for he had arranged to
make IL about Six inches longer. in
the course OF few weeks.
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The Planters House ST. Louis re.
fused the other. day to entertain
Fred Douglass.
Mr.. Douglass should have went TO
. fret class hotel at the start.
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Tho Des Moines Register says that
it was Col. Id. Ingersoll who wrote
the Chicago Tribune letter "Aske-
Ion" announcing that Allisons nom-
ination was an anti-Grant victory.
Nexti
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Doolittle, late Democratic candidate
for Governor Of Wisconain, ID east
BY our dispatch to-day, trying to cob.
bic mp with Horace Greeley, : ticket
headed by Trumbull to beat Grant.
Verify, politics make strange bod
fellows.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-08

Gen. vandever imperatively de-
clines the nomination for representa-
tive from Dubuque, on account Of
business engagements.
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The Grand Juke was at Memphis
yesterday. In the South We will
scarcely hear 90 much about the de-
votion of the Great Nuscovite to ouT
Union during the war. BY the wsy
it would be exceedingly grateful to
us to hear Of some porter or cham
bermaid at some hotel in this coun-
try who has the mAnliness or woman
illness to Indignantly refuse some Of
the breaches, earrings, or other sub
sides by which the Royal Scion
thinks he is buying his way through
America.
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DEAo.-B. hoop, Reg, who was
ono Of the pioneers Of Oskaloosa,
and established ct that place one Of
the first distilleries in tho Des Moines
Valley, died Jan'y 26th ultimo, at
Springfield, Missouri, in his I'D year,
quite suddenly.
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Gen. Hugh 7. Reid, of Keokuk,
has been appointed by President
Grant one OF the West Point Exam
lining Board for 1872, which is an
exceedingly we'll deserved compli-
ment to one of Iowa's best mon.
Gen. Rcid's oldest son, Harry, is .
promising cadet at West Point.
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Tho Hon. NJ. N. Walden has 10.
troduced the following bills in the
House:
Ono for the relief Of @. U. Lock.
wood Of tho 22d lows, Of Agency
City.
Ono for pay and allowances TO J.
w. Holiday, eth Iowa Cav, while
performing the duties Of Lieut.
One TO smcnd the act ofJuly 18th,
1870, 90 as to give soldiers home
steads without the usual required
settlement.
0na To ens, aliea honnfiaa
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One to equalise bounties.

There was . vacancy caused by
death In . Philadelphia Senatorial
District which made q tie in ths Log
islature. The soreheads ran Alex. Nc
Clure, the chairman of the Pennsyl.
vania delegation Ut the Convention
which nominated Grant. He VAS
one Of the ablest and strongest men
in the State, and all the democrats
supported him, yet the regular repub-
lican candidate Gray swept the plat
ter yesterday, and BY nearly one
thousand majority. A bad omen for
the Forpensters.
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Captain Silas Brent, in q recent
lecture delivered in st. Louis, term
ed "Thermometric Gateways to the
Pole" made the startling assertion
that to reduce Northern Europe to .
frozen wilderness we have only to
make big enough cutting in the
Isthmus Of Panama to send the sur
plus equatorial current Of tho Allan
tic into the Pacific, instead of having
it diverted, as now, to the shore OF
Europe. We could do this for the
modest sum of 5000, ,O0O, ,0O0, 900.
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The Chronicle says an epidemic, resem.
bling diptheria and considered conta-
gious. seems to be prevailing to an alarm
ing extent, mostly among children, at
and in the vicinity Of Wilton. Several
deaths have recently occurred. Exposure
during sudden changes of the atmosphere
appears to be fruitful source OF this fear.
fnl malady.
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PxasoNAL.-H1e. eaR. T. Cald-
we'll, who has BEEN heard fr6an, - one
Of the leaders Of the Iowa Houss of
Representatives, interviewed % this
morning. He was in hne health
and spirits.
Ho 10 liable to be heard from
again during the present session, and
in no uncertain tones. The people
will always And him on the side Of
right and economy.
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The Fairfield Ledger is inclined to
doubt that Hon. J. F. Wilson, Of that
place, will accept Hon. ]. B. Grin
nell's nomination for the presidency.
Yet il expresses that doubt without
authority.
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Trumbull's devotion to the Rcpub.
lican party may be inferred from his
efforts to ont down the Apportion-
mont bill Of the House, which effort
would have deprived-ifit it had becn
successful north and west Of 22
members Of Congress, Ill from Re-
publican States.
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"Thomas," said father to his son,
"don't let that girl make o fool Of
you. Look sharp. Remember the
adage, that love is blind "Oh, that
adage won't wash" said Tom.
"Talk about love being blind. why,
/ see ten times as much in that girl
as you do"
The trial Of Mrs. Lydia Sherman,
tho Connecticut "Borgia," who ID
charged with poisoning o round
dozen Of husbands and children, will
commence at New Haven on Tues
day, the 9Th.
A.lady, some time back, ct tn,
British Museum, asked if they had ,
skull Of Oliver Cromwell. BeinJ
answered in tho negative, "Dea
mo-" said she; "that's very strange
for they have one at Oxford"
A Tennessee distiller announce
that he has had four barrels of " hit
Ky s1stoll by rufins dis6gured wit
kraip."
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A man in Danbury Comm discovered
that powder fried in lard was good for
boils. He tried 1t. The stove cover is in
the second story now, though almost all
the rest Of the stove has been collected.
He was deceived in his lard, he says.
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A telegram from Fort Madison to the
Marshall OF keokuk to arrest the girl with
the green dress on, caused the arrest o,
twenty-five young iadies-not including
the right one
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Two eight year old Dallas 90. horses,
that hsd been raised together from colt
hood, concluded to get mad and tight. At
II they went. Smashed mp their stalls,
broke out OF their stable and fought out.
side until one fell dead and the other 10
crippled for life,
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Charles A. White, long leading Demo
crat in Kennebec county, Maine, candi.
date for State Senator, and member Of the
National Democratic Convention, recent
ly abandoned his life long associates and
joined the Republican party.
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All the members Of the Cabinet
wore present yeaterday except the
gallant Tar Robeson. He had taken
wife and couldn't come.
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The Davenport Democrat, like sew.
oral Republican papers, is pitching
into Dudley. The trouble with Dud.
ley il that he is too honest to suit all
these chaps.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-02-08

New Jersey Coroner is In Jail for pre-
sentiDg hill for twenty inquests which
he never held. Let him be made the hero
Of an inquest and forced to pay the ex.
penees.
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Keota Is the name or . new town
springirR up on the line Of the Sigourney
extension OF the c.. Il. I. & p. railroad
fourteen miles from Washington.
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The Ohio river at Cairo is full OF ice
with solid gorge above Columbus about
ten miles long. 1t Ereported that i've
boats Sre fast In it.
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A meeting of .Christians" in
Brooklyn, near Nashville, broke up
10 general fight the other night.
One of the brethren arose and made
public confession of his numerous
"baksiidings," when another "broth-
er" objected to the proceeding, think
ing such confessions should be made
to private individuals. The obiec-
tion was met by a blow in the face
which was followed by a general
scrimmage as before stated.
Of Fisk and his wife, who was older
than he, Boston letter writer says:
"With oil his notorious sins against
her, there had never been estraDse.
ment between them. She excused
everything, and he held for her a
sort of platonic affection. He wrote
to her constantly. and visited her
very often. She was his confident
always, and his adviser in many
things. She was more like an elder
sister than wife.
The lowest price f0f SILK dress
made by Worth, the man milliner OF
Paris, is one thousand francs to 40
American customer. and about halt
that sum to French one. They are
firm believers in the now version of
the old proverh: which says that an
"American and his money are soon
parted
A plain and unschooled man, who
had received his education principal.
! ~ beneath the open sky, in the field
| and tho forest, and who welded the
| axe more than the pen. while speak
| ing of children, remarked, with true
and beautiful simplicity, "The little
chips are nearest the heart"
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A man who has travelled through
Now Jersey says that he saw some
land there so poor that you couldn Z
raise disturbance on it.
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A northern Iowa chap claims /,
have inyented new bnng hole.
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Harper's Weekly, all things con-
sidered the best paper in tho land,
has a long, able and temperate arti-
clio favorlng the denomination Of
Grant, closing as follows:
ut is sometimes said that Mr..
Lincoln was re.nominated and re-
elected because it was not thought
wise to change front before the ene-
my. But the reason was much Deep
er. 1t wss not one of expediency,
but of principle. The mass OF loyal
people Of this country had confidence
in Mr.. Lincoln. They believed him
to be an honest, simple man, one oI
themselves, and sincerely devoted te
the sacred cause which they hello
dear. 1t is the same feeling, thu
samo faith in the honest, strudy pur
pose of tho President, who is as sim
pie in the cabinet as he was modes
| in the field. which makes him th
candidate Of the mass Of the Repuh
lican party.
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Jay Cooke telegrphs that the
sales of Northern Pacific R.R. bonds
for January amount to $1,t13,40O.
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Omaha greatly rejoices over the
final location Of the terminus cf tho
q. p. r.. n. at that place.