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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-09-11
THE CoUnTY FAIR.

Next MONDAY our COuuty FAIR Do
gins. From all we can learn the at
tendance from abroad will be unusu
ally large, and we will undoubtedly
have = fine and interesting Fair.
We hope for tho credit of our own
county that our citizens will turn oul
On masse and oil bring something
either Of live stock, grains, manufac.
lures, or the handiwork Of the ladies
! and make such showing OF the pro-
ductions Of Wapello county as we
Oil shall be proud Of
The Society this year has offered
more premiums and better ones than
they ever have offered before, and
they should induce our people to
make . good showing of their pro.
ducts, even II county pride will moi
do 1t.
According to notice published by
the Secretary animals may be entered
up to the day of showing, and taken
away on Friday, one day before the
Fair closes.
Turn out! Farmers, Mechanics
Merchants, and citizens generally, and
let US have C oh a Fair as never was
seen before in Southern Iowa.
"A Modest Firm.
The proprictors of certain cough
syrup, vermiiuge. &c, sent the Post
master Of this city the following mod
est request enclosing three cent
stamp. The question with the P. NJ
il, whether he ought to set his clerks
to COPYING list of the heads of fami-
lies in this city and vicinity for the
next week or 20 to accommodate
these patent medicine chaps:
"PlrrsBuReH, Sept. 2, 1878.
p. NJ DEAR SIR: You will greatly
oblige us by sending list of the
names OF heads OF families collecting
letters from your Office. We wish to
send some advertising matter to each
and can only do It with your assist
snce. Yours Respect,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-09-11

-~auEas---
FIRE AT OsKALoosA.--Las night the
barn of w. II. Needham, of the
Herald, caught fire about half-past
twelve and was entirely consumed.
The fire of itself would not have cre-
ated very great excitement, but
the incidents attending 1t were
both tragic aud ludicrous. 1t was
the maiden attempt of the fire Conn.,
pany with their steam engine to run
der mersheen," and squirt water, end
in the hurry to get the hose out of the
tower, tho foreman of the Fire Com.
pany, Jonas Hoover, fell some fifty
feet into pile of hose, and was consid-
erably stove up, and In running to the
fire, John Grill had his foot run over
by the engine and badly mashed. Ar
irving at the scene of the fire, the first
duty was to get out fine buggy aud
a family horse, the latter of which had
always been perfectly docile, but was
now mad and furious, and in the at
tempt to remove him he bit, paved
and kicked until he broke the arm OF
III. c. Potter, of the Herald, mashed
the nose of John Duzen6erry, and
caved in the lager beer cellar of anoth.
er individual, called for short,
"Shortie." If our neighbors had an.
| other engine they would also need a
hospital. The loss was about s400. Nc
| insurance.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-09-11
PRODUCE MARKET.
Subject to daily fluctuations.

Corrected by Gray Il Smith, Produce Dealers
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-09-11

GRAIN AND GENERAL MAREET,
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20

MANURlNo IN TIE HILL.-ln Rural New
Yorker, w. Ii. W. inquiries if it is best to put
fresh manure in the hill With your permission,
will give my experience the past season.
planted about four acres of sweet corn for this
market, putting manure in every hill. My
earliest planting was marked with plow, using
handful of manure composed of hen manure,
ashes, chip manure, and little plaster also a
little air-slacked lime to each hill. My second
planting was prepared the same way, except
the manure which was simply well rotted, clean.
horse manure, good handful in each hill. My
third and fourth paintings prepared the same,
usinr fresh manure fro n the horse and cow
stables, mixed, using large handful in each
hill could see no difference in coming up or
growth in the whole field. In fact, it was re-
marked to me several times during the sum
mer how even my corn had come up; and |
thought 1t singular, as all my neighbors COM
planned of their corn comingI up so bad. Some
bills put tho manure in first and corn directly
on it, and others dropped the corn first and
manure directly over e. j.. LYON
Chemung Co., N, Y.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20

The steamship Dido has been offered by its
stockholders to the Government and accepted
for the purpose OF rendering service in Cuban
waters, in case of a war with Spain. In con-
sequence OF the change, she will be withdrawn
from her trips between this city and None Bill
Point. She has been thoroughly overhauled
and altered, into first class sloop-of-war. Four
large new boilers have been placed in her be-
side an 500 horse power engine. Her side
wheels have been removed, and screw propel-
Tor attached in their stead. She is capable of
making so knots an hour and it is supposed
she will be a consof to the famous Betsy Ann
who has done such efficient service in the late
war between Spain and this country. They
will sail for the scene of the massacre at once,
and should the Spanish authorities refuse to
make reparation for the atrocities which they
have committed the ships will open their most
destructive fire upon them. They each carry rs
guns which are capable of throwing hundred
pound shell a distance Of five miles without the
least exertiou. Her late commander has re-
signed in favor OF j. ii. Pin, the noted Ameri-
can pilot, who has already mustered 500 sea-
men This ship is most favorable addition to
the L. $. Navy, and as such is highly priced by
the Government. The ex commander, Maliw
Redam, made 1.-The presentation address, which
he concluded by the affecting words, "Take her
and be happy The stockholders have kindly
refused an oiler OF 100000 for her from the
mere fact that, at the conclusion of the war,
they wish her TO resume her old trips on the
None Bill Point route. Y.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20

A MODEL MILK HoUsE.--ln thu journal Of
the Farm for October We find the following ac-
count OF prominent Chester Co., Dairy Farm.
Although 1t may not be prudent to go to too
much expense In the surroundings of dairy,
when profit mist be kept in view, yet 1t must,
at the same time, be remembered that good
butter cannot be made from even good cows in
good pasture without good arrangements. or
the milk houses which we have examined, we
lind that planned and Constructed by Thomas
Nj. Nj. Harvey, on his farm, near Westgrove,
IA, To lie The most complete, considering first
cost. The main building, which is built on a
hillside, is fifty feet long by thirteen wide. The
room for the milk is six feet below the surface,
and twelve feet FROM floor TO ceiling. This al
lows ample room for ventilation and light by
side windows. The troughs for containing the
water in which Ithe milk is set, are formed of
brlck and cement, with their bottoms one foot
above the level Of the floor Of the building
They are twenty-eght inches wide, so as to
take In two rows OF ordinary milk pans. Across
| one end Is trough formed similar to the Others
except that ii Is so arranged to receive aud hold
the water to creator depth than the side trough
| SO as to contain the cream cans. In all there is
| an ingenious arrangement for increasing or de-
creasng the depth OF the wafer, so as to SHIT
the temperature outside. The water Is drawn
from well by "telegrapll" dump, and the
surplus is passed off by drain, secured against
tue upward passage OF OuOfS by "Dell trap.
During tie winter no water Is used and fire
Is lighted to keep the temperature TO the proper
point. The utmost care is taken In ventilation,
even to a ventilator, under which 10 set the
lamp used when too dark for skimmng with
out artificial light Att front Of, and In each
side OF the main building is wng,thirteen feet
square. One Of these contains the power ma
chine; the other for the needful arrangeme nts
for heating the water and washing pans. For
working the butter large inclined table and
lever are used, and the printing is done by an
ingenious machine, which does Its work COM
pletely. This milk-house is found to be about
the proper size for fifty cows, so that it would
seem about theIproperproportons wereIthirteen
feet wide, anu one foot in length, for each COW
in the dairy
The dairy is under the charge of Carksou
Moore, and the credit to which the butter has
attained, is evidence of his ability as butter
maker Everything about the dairy indicates
the utmost attention to cleanliness, and all caus
es OF bad orders are guarded against.
Among the cows fifty in number, we noticed
some fine specimens of Attorneys, and one OF
them, the daughter of cow imported by C. l.
Sharpless, fills our idea OF perfect cow. Fol
the improvement of the dairy, Il. NJ. Ii. is rails
Ing a number of thoroughbred calves, some of
which bid fair, from their fine markings, to
make fine cows. To any one who intend.
building milk-house, we would say, first sec
this one, and, II possible, improve OH it,
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20
Uses OF RAwu,pr. skin of an amin

USES OF RAwHiDE,-The skin of an animal,
whether COW, calf, colt, or horse, that dies on
the farm, Is worth more at home than at the
tanners. Cut it into narrow strips and shave
of the hair with sharp knife before the kitch-
en- fire, or in your workshop on stormy days and
evenings. You may make them soft by rub
bling. A rawhide hater-strap an inch wide
will hold horse better and last longer than al
inch rope. 1t is stronger than heop-iron and
more durable, and may be used TO hoop dry
casks and boxes, and for hinges. Try it on
broken thill, or any woodwork that has been
split, put it oil wei and nail fast. Thin skins
make the best bag-strings in the world. A raw
hide rope is q good substitute for chain. 1t Is
valuable to mend broken link In trace chain
For some purposes it is best to use 1t in Its
natural state. For other purposes it may be
dressed SOFT
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20

CoRN-FoDpER.-P Persons who condemH corn
fodder as "innutritious" are invited by Paschal
Morris, of the Practical Farmer, to consider
the way Of practical dairynian, "whose batter
is exceled by no other In Philadelphia Market
and who "pretty much sustained fifty-eight
cows on sowed corn from the middle of last
July to the middle of October, and that, too, the
product OF three acres" He estimated that he
took ninety tons of this "innutritious" sub
stance from the space indicated, and he knows
that his cows did not fall off In their milk dur
ing these three months of drouth, but that some
| increased the flow, and that the butter was fully
up TO the standard,
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20

Panama advices of the 9th inst, state that
Captain Gushing, OF the U. S. steamer Wyom-
ing, has seized the steamship General Sherman,
which has been engaged in filbustering und er
the flag Of Honduras, 1t being proved that she
has not changed her nationality, and is still an
American vessel.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20

PHILADELPHIA, WILMINGTON " BALrl-
MORE RAILROAD,-DELAW WARE DIVISION.
DURING THE TERM OF COURT AT
NEW CASTLE.
Commencing Monday, November l'th, 1873.
Trains between Wilmington and New Castle will
run as follows Leave Wilmington Tor New Castle
L. IS, - and 10 ~ H. III, %. 80 aud 80 T. IN.
Leave New Castle for Wilmington 40 and 80 Il.
M, II 05 20, 25 and 80 u. m,
The rs a. m. train from Wilmington amt T. G. +.
IN train from New Castle extra trains 10 run ONLY
during the Session of the Court.
The extra train ffomNew Castle will leave OLD
DEPOT at 70 O5 p. III, and BRICK bffuT at IsI5
4. IN. IL. +. hENNEl, Surtt
November ii, lsIS. nOVll
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20
Very respectfully yours,
JOHN NJ. DUNN.
U. S. Marshal District of Delaware

p. S. After preparing the above letter i re-
Trained from sending it because l expected you
would lay your charges before the Attorney
General Gas the only proper tribunal since the
adjourn ment of the Court for tryi lg their truth)
and thought / would withhold it until your
charges were made. confess had not ex-
pected that instead OF making your charges
before my superior officer where they could be
met you would maiiciously seek to injure Inc
by making your attack through the newspaper
without having my refutation 60 along with it.
But still less did expect that you would try to
escape the responsibility of the publication OF
YOUR ISLANDERS by creeping under the coat-tails Of
a newspaper reporter. IT, however, you are
content to assume that position before the
public suppose have no right to complain
but do mean that you shall not thereby es
cape your legal liability.
Respectfully, j. NJ. D., L. ). Nj.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20

n. s. Marshal,
LAW OFFICE OF SAML M. HARRINGTON, !
Wilmington, Del, Oct. 81, 1873.
John n. Dunn, Esq, q. 8. Marshal for the
District Of Delaware:
DEAR SlR:--At the recent session of the
came 10 the knowledge of George
V. Massey, Esq, and myelf, counsel for the de-
fendents in the civil action Of the United States
against Charles II. B. Day, Isaac Jump, John
Woodall, Nathaniel b. Smithers, John w. Gull
lin and Wilson L. Cannon, which led us to be-
lieve that the following are true charges against
you:
l. That either you as Marshal, or some per-
son delegated by you, had packed a jury against
the rights Of the defendants.
2. That either you as Marshal or some per-
son Delegated by you had purposely neglected
and refused TO Summon any jurors from the
County Of Kent, wherein all the defendants re-
side and are well known as leading citizens.
8. That you, as Marshal, had returned to the
Court that you had summoned Thomas l. Da-
Wis, William +. Revielle. Richard NJ. johnson,
l. d. Knowles and l.. A. Jenkins, and that Kent
county was their place of abode, when you well
knew that all of said gentlemen then resided in
Sussex county.
d, That after making such unlawful and false
return, and after its fasity had been discover
ed, and without any leave of the Court, you
procured the Alteration of said return to make
| it conform to the real facts by striking out the
words Kent county, for the purpose of destroy
| ing the evidence Of a false return.
| 3. That you, as Marshal, did IN violation Of
law and Of the command of the oenire, instead
Of selecting the jurors in said panel, committed
the selection of said jurors to other persons, ant
for that purpose sent to such persons blanl
summons, signed by you, to be filed aud serv-
ed at their discretion.
D. That you were lot aware who had beer
selected and summoned az jurors until sucl
persons made return of their selection to you.
I. That you have on several occasions prio
to the SAID term of court entrusted blank sun
mons, signed by you, to different persons wit
authority to select such men as they migl
please, to fill in their names, and summo
them as jurors.
The right given to you under the rules
court to select jurora, has not been lawfully ez
ercised in these particulars. at is a fearf
fpower to be vested in any one man, even whe
exercised in the most conscientious and caref
manner" l feel that, in the respects above me
toned, it had been greatly abused, and til
both In my capacity of citizen and counsel it
my duty to call attention to such abuses.
: Yours very truly,
SAMUEI NJ H>ppINnrnN
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20
HOW THE BABY CANE.

\ arrpa adv Moon came dDwn lasl night-s- -
: h5q7 She did yoa needn't duubtit--
~ A lovely lady dressed In white;
- s74ql tell you all about H. 1. )
80, They hurried Len and me to bed,
! y h Aud Aunty said "Now maybe
saefThst pretty moon overhead
~ Win bring us down baby.
axe on lie ~ quiet as can be;
"a Perhaps you1l catch her peeping
~ Between the window bars, to see
iran the folks are sleeping
IN, And then, II both Of you keep still,
And all the room Is shady,
She'll noat across the window sill,
4 A bonnie white moon-lady.
A cross the sill, along the floor,
2 ~ You N see her shining brightly,
Until she comes to mothers door,
qsaii And then she II vanish lightly.
But In the morning you will hnd,
II nothing happens, maybe,
She's left us something nice behind
- A beautiful stal-baby."
We didn't Just believe her then,
For Aunty's always chatting;
The tales she tells to me and Len
Would make you die a-laughing,
Aud when she went out pretty soen,
ia. Len said, "That's Aunty humming
y There amt bit of lady moon,
- Nor any baby coming
thought myself it was a fiji,
And yet wasn't certain,
So kept quiet in the crib,
And peeped behind the curtain,
didn't mean to sleep a wink,
Rut all without a warning,
dropped right ch-and don't YOU think,
I never walked till morning.
Then there was Aunty by nv bed.
And when climbed and kissed her,
She laughed and said, You sleepy-headl
You've got little sister.
What made you shut your ewes so soon?
I've half mind to scold YOU
For down she came that lado moon,
Exactly as told you,"
And truly 1t was not a joke,
In spite of Lens denying,
For Just the very time she spoke
We heard the baby CRYING
Then way we jumped and made rush
For mothers room that minutei
But Aunty stopped us, crying "Hush,
Or else you shan't 90 in it,"
And so we had to tip-toe in,
And keep so awful quiet
As lift was q mighty sin
To make bit Of riot,
But there was baby, anyhow
The funniest little midget!
lust wish you could peep in now,
And see her squirm and fidget.
Len says he don't believe it's true
Tie isn't such baby
The moon had anything to do
With bringing us that baby.
But seems to me it s very clear,
As clear as summing water
Last night there was no baby here,
So something must have brought hel
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20
Surveying

In all Its branches. Prompt attention to country
orders Building lots for sale In Wilmington au
vicinity EDWARD rATNAIIi, ,Jr.
7Ot Tatnal, St., Wilmington, Del;
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20
For Sale.

Chestnut fence boards, sawed chestnut posts lee,
long, prime cedar rails chestnut posts ready holed
chestn ut rails ready pointed, all kinds OF building
lumber, at low prices. j. 4. CRANsToN
hal
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20
TO CONSERVATIVES.

The advertiser, having been permanently cured Of
that dread disease, Consumption, by simple remedy
is anxious to make known to his fellow sufferers the
means OF cure. To all who desire II, he will send a
copyof the prescription used, Gree of charge) with
the directions for preparing and using the same which
they will lind q sure cure fer CONSUMPTION, As1H-
MA, BRoSCHITI~, sc.
Parties wishing the prescription will please address
Rev. +. A WILSON,
1874 Penn St, Wnllamsburgh, New IosE
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20

The a4ppve had every appearances " me of an
ondeavotfo securc The improper suiiinohing Of
nSs sm sa s Sa ~ ivy s snSh h sss
quest, ban oily add to tliIs statement Of the
fhcts thak your Complaint Of my % doing seems
u call for explanation, not % much from me %
As to your third charge that made return
to the Court that had summoned certain jul
rors from Kent county, when in truth they were
from Sussex, / have above stated both the fect
and It's explanation. 1t Is true, as Stated In
your fourth charge, that amended the return
90 as to conform TO the fact without lcave Of the
Court, but 1t Is utterly false that amended the
return for the purpose Of destroying the evil
denae of false return. The fact Of the origi-
nal return was first called TO my attention by
Mr.. Day, the principal defendant, and after
ward by Mr.. Massey, and 1t was, OF course,
known to the Clerk OF Court, Mr.. Smith. II Is
| idla then to say attempted to destroy the evil
dence of 1t. And L tailed TO ask leave OF the
| Court to make the amendment really because
considered 1t then, as do now, such trifiing
matter.
AS to the Remaining charges, that portion
of the jurers in this and former instances were
selected by my deputies, summoned by them
upon wrts filled up by chem, ! have 10 say to
| q limited extent such Is the fact, and that in
| this l have only followed the practice Of my
three predecessors, Messrs. Morrow, Akin and
Seal, and, as FAR as can learn the lmmemorlai
practice Of the Office. you think II unlawful,
am only surprised that you did not take your
objections to the panel to the Court and get from
it legal adjudication of the matter. Surely,t Is
strange that In one and the same breath you &C.
cuse me OF packing the jury and OF not draw
Ing 1t myself. Such charges seem TO answer
themselves 1 do not yield to any one In my
appreciation of the delicate and important pow.
err entrusted To me in the selection ofjuries, but
in vindication of my claim to have ever exer
cised it In conscientious and careful manner
with entire confidence appeal TO every pane
hitherto returned by NE, and TO the fact tina
they arc far superior, In all qualifications whcl
go to make unexceptionable jurors, to thos
selected by the system I'm vogue in the stat
| Court.
I In conclusion, permit me to state shall com
municate copies of this correspondence to th
Attorney General Of the United States and tn
n Hon. E. q. Bradford, the U. $. District Judge
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20

WEST PROTECTORS atths Delaware Avenue
~ Drug Store.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20
For Sale.

Sash doors, shutters, blinds mon ldings, bracket.
mantles, &c. A supply constantly OH hand. Orders
AIKEN and filled with dispatch, at the lowest rates
ding. j. A. CRANsToS,
aug 1t3m- Newport, Del,
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20
,Elk
TO the Public.

Wiz The undersigned Offers himself a canti
syEA date Tor the nomination of the Republican
party, Tor the office OF sheriff. at the com
Ing election, at the same time pledging Himself ~
give cordial support to tue nominee.
VIM. F. La TIE,
oet30 Il Mil creek Hunted.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20
Valuable Real Estate

The subscriber oilers at Private safe, ali those
three squares OF gIonnl between Broume and Dtl
POnt streets, and Seventh AMI Eighth streets, the
city OF Wilmington The centreS mare contains with
in its boundaries complete suburban residence; CON
ssting of stone dwelling house, with all the modern
convenience, first class stone stable, with i've (5l
stalls; large carriage house and shed, stone i've house
stone out house.
There is also OH this square hot and cold gIapery
in full bearing, plenty uf shadc and NUT trees. The
dwelling house, contains yesilhuic a. tNo patlJrs
library dining room, buffers PANTY Two kitchens
also, two large china closets. file lnOOi The second
story contains five chambers two bath looms and wa
ter closet. The third story contains tour chambers
and four large closets, and iirtcs slate roof on the
entire building the cellars hight and v city "a
and water I'LL the hous'. ihv hull,t /, IA thor
eugh repair, and the view from It believed 10 be
the finest IN the State.
The back square cOntaIns 4 ud1one outtatc,
graperies ard fruit trees.
The subscriber IL prepared to 81 the s,laru facing
eli Broomc street, in lots suitable fIst-class resi-
dences These lots lace the city park, have many
fine shade trees upon them, and " erlo0k the whole
city and Is believed to be the finest hulng sites
offered In tue city OF Wilmington
The terms on which It will be sold viii be most li-
era and offers or all or any pat VI tho place wii hr
well entertain
The place can be at any time alter one u. III.
on application to the gardener ut Eghih and Clayton
streets.
turtheI 0rmation can be obtained the office ui
NJ NJ. CHILD " CO.,
No. We Seventh street, Exchange Ijnding,
Jy2+- Agents Tor HENRY PEPPER.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20
FOR SALE.

Texas bone meal, guaranteed pure. The hest bon.
In the market for the money. Call and examine be
fore buying. j. A. CRANsToN,
aug l-3m. Newport, Del.
Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-20

DRAFTS ASTRAL OIL, Pure Kerosene Globes,
L &C. W. 7. ALkiCas, 800 Delaware AvenueI