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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10
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MIR. ADAMS ADDRESS.

We had only space and time in our
Dsily issue Of the 9Th inst, to com.
mend generally the address OF Mr..
Adams, and ask for its careful pernsal
by our readers. 1t richly merits more
than this passing notice, and wa desire
now to give ii our hearty commenda-
ton, and urge our farmer friends es-
pecially, and all others to read II with
care. Coming, as it does, from the
Grand Master OF the National Lodge
of the Patrons of Husbandry OF the
| United States, il peculiarly demands
the attention of Changers.
The burden Of the address is most
! happily devoted to the subject Of beau
tifying the homes OF farmers, and pro-
viding for the culture, elevation and
pleasures Of The farmer and his fam
lily. 1t is prevailing evil among
young men as they grow up on the
farm, and Young ladies' loo. to become
dissatisfied with their lot; and this, TO
a large extent, arises from the want Of
those home comforts pleasures and
clegancies which human nature so
much Graves: in plain words, the want
of beautiful aud attractive homes.
Mr.. Adams paints the picture of
the dreariness of many Of the homes
of farmers, and then per contra the at
tractivc home as it frequently is, and
may he made, much better than we can
do so. The ideas he advances, are, in
The main, excellent. and we thank him
heartily for the manner, in which he
treats the subject. His remarks are
brimful Of good things in this regard,
which If needed, as they may be and
ought to be, would still forever the
restless cravings of thousands Of young
men aud women reared upon the farm.
to hic away from II al the earliest OPP
portnnity.
1t is true that in this new country
I
the East, with small means, it is diff
cult for such to provide the comforts
and luxurics desirable; but while this
is true, it is far, far too often the case
that as wealth and means accumulate,
| the identifying process Is almost Ell.
tirely ignored, aud 30 the craving de.
mands Of nature in the family, fol
pleasure and the little eIegancies OF
life, so easily attained, are starved, un.
til the bonds that fetter the household
are broken by leaving the parental
roof.
| The address is broad and unseltisl
| in Its tone, free from the bias of the
agricnItnralist for his own class, and
as such must meet with the approba
ton Of all classes. II is dangerous
ungenerous, aud suicidal for those
who comprise the farmers, the mechan
les, or any particular calling, in thu
land, 10 be selfish at the expense Of tn,
rest of mankind, and demand tot
much: generous. utilitarian views
alike conducive to the best interests
Of all people are the only ones which
viii stand the test Of time. We agar
thank Mr.. Adams for his excellen
address and hope it may receive prop
Ell attention from our readers.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

The Warden of the new State Peni-
Tertiary at Anamoss reports that he is
making the institution self-snstaining,
by the sales Of Stone qnarried. most of
which goes 10 the government ut Rock
Island Arscudl. III
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

The Burlington Gasctte says: SAM
uel X. Tracy, Of that city, has been ap.
pointed United States attorney for all
counties in Iowa lying between til
Iowa river and the y. V. II. r., and
will appear before U. S. commissioners
in all cases, on behalf of the govern
ment.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

keokuk had a terrific rain. and win d
storm on the evening of the 4th, which
blew down chimneys, tore up roofs,
wrecked church steeples and did sew
eral thousand dollars damage. The
same storm also damaged Hamilton
and Alexandria good deal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10
FOR SALE
Bargains on Long Time!

! Houses anu Lots on Court street 80
Two acres on Court street, between city and
cemetery. As
7 Two good Houses and Lots on Jefferson street.
good business property on Green street, be-
tween Main street and the bridge.
House and lot on Main street. near B 4 NJ depot.
several lois q gronnd on Main street. between
Houses and lots on second and Fourth streets.
Several houses aud lots IN Blakes addition.
Improved farms and wild lands In southern Mis-
souri,, at low prices and on long time with per
cent interest TO actual settlers.
~ acre farm. house, barn and granery, small Or
miles east OF Ottumwa viii sell cheap or .ex-
change for city property.
y Acres Nc. farming land. Is acres timber.
lao Acres, good orchard. and y acres improved
plenty Of spring water. In Green township.
100 Acre farm IN Green township.
Wild lands In Washington, Agency, Keokuk,
Green and Adams tOwnshIpa
House and lg.$ acres, nice farming land Two
is Acres, two miles west OF Ottumwa,
Several ANAL farms In Washington township
Reserving coal rights Would exchange some OF
Several nice farms In WRpeli0 county. to ex-
change for Houses and Lots In Ottunwa.
Good farming and timbsred lands in. Western
Iowa, Northern and Southern Missouri, to ex
change for city property and horses and mules
Some desirable farms TO exchange for merchsn-
disc.
a tract Of 1880 acres heavy tinbered lands near
Of Dry Goods. @
sao acres. farm and timber. near Queen CITY. on
North Missouri railroad, and $1,000 cash to ex-
change for stock Of Dry Goods or desirable resi-.
dence property In Ottumwa
Good farming lands In Southern and Western
Missouri, and Western Iowa, In tracts TO suit puT-
chasers and on long time with per cent. interest,"
Also, farms OF 40 to 000 acres, well improved In
different parts OF WapeIlo county some near Of
tumwa on liberal terms. at low prices
AtchiHon, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad lands
q low prices. on long time with low rate Of int
Free transportation TO land buyers For railroad
tickets. maps, plais and full particulars apply TO or
LaFoRoH & MORSE,
lanl2dkwtf Ottumws, Iowa.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10
A Georgia editor acscrih;no a ,

a Georgia editor describing a we'd
ding lately, said the bride "looked q
very lily Graded in the golden glim-
mcr of some evening lakc--a foam,
fleck, snowy, yet suntiaahed, crowning
the ripplings of some soft Southern
sea-" Ii that were really so, the bride
groom must have been very much p,Iz-
zlcd to know whether he was wedding
submarine conservatory or MI aurora
borealis."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

An arrangement has Just been con-
cluded between the United States and
the Dominion of Canada providing
that on and after the LIST of July, 1873,
United States postal cards, mailed at
any post Office in the United States and
addressed to Canada, and Canadian
postal cards, mailed ut any post office
in Canada, and addressed to the Unit,
ed States, tchen prepaid an additional
postage Of one cent, by affixing thereto
an ordinary one cent postage stamp of
the country Of its origin, in addition to
the stamp printed or impressed on the
card, shall be reciprocally forwarded
and delivered in the country OF desti.
nation free Of charge.
Postal cards of either country, when
not 80 prepaid, will not be forwarded
in the mails between the two coun-
tries.
The regulations and instruc-
tons governing the use and treatment
OF postal cards in the domestic mails
OF the United States and OF Canada,
respectively, are equally applicable TO
the postal cards mailed in either coun.
try and addressed to the other couu-
try.
Postmasters are instructed to carry
this arrangement into operation on and
after the 1st of July, 1873.
Patrons OF nusbandry-~Mo Mothers
with marriageable daughters.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

Two gcntlemcn, two ladies, and a
boy. out in sailing boat were car.
led over Niagara Falls on the Fourth.
The parties were not known.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

Frank II. Walwortli, who shot his
father and was convicted of murder in
the second degree, has been sentenced
10 imprisonment for life.
Walworth, on the way to the Tombs,
after the sentence. said: ~ am glad |
did not have to endure the long lecture
| anticipated Judge Davis would in.
flict upon me. thoroughly under
stand my position, and did not desire
any instructions thereto. / simply
wish time TO arrange my affairs, and
shall then submit myself to my fate
with all the cquanimity can COM
msud.';
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

Disastrous hurricanes swept over
Ohio and Indiana on the 4th. doing
much damage TO the small grain crop.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

UNCLE SANS CORRESPONDENCE
The Third Assistant Postmaster Gem
eral has made o tabular statement Of
official stamps TO be supplied to the
several departments in Washington
for use during.the quarter ending Sep
tember 80, 1879, this being the supply
for the first quarter after the abolition
of the franking privilege. The value
of the stamps for each Of the depart
mcnts is as follows:
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

A Fourth OF July pleasure party
sailing upon Green Lake. Wis, were
cspsized and ten persons drowned.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

Dcs Moines was visited with ter.
rife rain storm on the evening Of the
9TH, doing considerable damage by the
overflow of cellars. A large crowd
that were attending the Fair in pro-
gress there received good duckingc
and the ladies had all their laces, bon--
nets and other gimcracks sadly dam
aged.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

The Peoples movement to nominate
County ticket is the creature Of
Changers who desire q separate ticket
Of their own and certain aspirants for
office, chiefly of the democratic persua-
sion.
II was attempted and urged with vc-
hemcncc in the council OF the Changers
that separate ticket should be brought
out by them, This, as was the case
some eighteen years ago by the Know
NothiDgs, was done in secret conclave
Sufficient has, however, been made
public to know that this policy would
not go down with all the Oranges of
the county, at least, and, unable TO take
them in body into the Grange party
movement, il is sought now TO incor-
porate the Granger. who favored the
separate ticket into peoples party
which it is hoped will gather up the
odds and ends OF Democracy, Liberal
ism, &c, &c, to defeat the republican
party with. Gentlemen Changers, who
think this new dodge, concocted in Sc
crct, will win, never made big
ger mistake in their lives. Begotton
Of dishonorablc parentage, so dishon-
orabIe that many of them do in secret
and deny in public its ways that are
dark and tricks which are yain," are
seen too clearly to pan ont with a
shadow Of success. This dodge Of
Changers instituted against the ex-
press language Of the constitution
of the Order, against the action of the
majority of the Grange and against the
plsinest iniunctions of the obligations
they took in becoming members of the
Order, is now fixed upon TO carry a
part, at least, Of The Patrons into the
visionary movement of a peoples par
". Every body knows that this would
never have been done had 1t not been
that tits built OF the political Changers
as basis. The disgraceful defeat Of
such project is as plain TO be seen as
ii il were already accomplished.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10


On the above estimate, departmental
postage alone will cost 81 1888, 1874 so
per year. II will be observed that the
above docs not include the estimate for
the postage needed by Congress.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

The distinguished ,eronant, Prof La
Mountain, at Iona, Michigan, was kill
cd in making balloon ascension on
the 4th Of Jnly. At the distance Of
half a mile from the earth the balloon
instantly became inverted and down
came the Prof. and balloon with fear
full velocity. Ne seemed as soon- rs
he was a distance to observe clearly
his actions,..to be endeavoring to.invcrt
the basket SO as to have the benefit Of
its catching the air and lcssening the
rapidity of his descent. When about
100 feet from the earth probably feel
ing his destruction certain, he loosened
his hold and covering his face with his
hands, he struck the ground withia dull
heavy thud. Every bone in his body
was broken. aud instantly he was a
shameless mass. SOD
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

General Sheridan has recently ayow.
cd, in an attractive little speech at In
dianapolis. that he gained the battle of
Winchester ''almost entirely IN conse-
qucnce of information furnished by
Union" young lady, Miss Wright, OF
Winchester. His great difficulty was
to communicate with her. Finally lie
wrote letter on tissue paper, which
he rolled and compressed to The size Of
his thumb end, and then enveloped il
in tin foil. This weighty package was
then consigned to the capacious mouth
OF a colossal African, who had Con-
federate pass to sell vegetables in Win
chester. He delivered the message and
returned with the answer rolled in the
same tili-foil, within two days. "She
was nice girl, as true rs STEEL said
the Lieutenant General the other day,
and he fought the battle by her reply,
and won it. Miss Wright is now In
tho Treasury Department, Washington
and Phil Sheridan is still bachelor.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10


In the matter Of the iefalcation of
Samuel T.. Rankin. late State Treasur-
or, the democratic press Of the State are
now uniustly aud without the shadow
of foundation therefor. endeavoring
to fasten npon Gov. Carpenter some
sort Of faint or want of proper care in
connection herewith. GOV. Carpenter
has plainly aud nnequivocally sci at
reat all doubt ne to his conduct in this
matter before and since the defalcation
como to light. So clearly has he done
this thai among those who know the
facts, the utmost satisfaction is express.
cd with his official and unofficial con-
duct.
Gov. Carpenter swears that the very
first knowledge he had of Mr.. Rankin Is
defalcation, was on tho 9th Of Decem-
Der. 1872. This he learned through the
Deputy Treasurer, Mr.. Brandt This is
nowhere controvertcd. Immediately
upon obtaining this information, he
had the next day AN interview with
Mr.. Rankin. aud from him obtained a
confession of his laches. The Agri.
cultural Board were to meet on the
llth of December, 1872. and on the 18th
be went TO the College and laid the in
formation he had obtained before tho
\ Board, and urged them to take prompt
measures to secure the Gollegc against
loss. On the 18th Of same month the
Finance Committee Of the Board came
to Des Moines and Gov. Carpenter
siding and meeting with them. they
obtained decide Of Mr.. Rankin OF all
his property.
Now wherein was Gov. Carpenter at
fault in this matter in the light of these
facts. subsequently TO this bond Of
MIR. kankin's as Treasurer Of the Ag.
ricnltural Board was found given for
the year 1870, and upon which was the
name of Governor Carpenter. OF
course this bond could only hold good
for populations Of the year Tor which il
was given. This bond the" Governor
Immediately placed in the hands OF the
AttOrney-General of the State TO be
sned upon 10 obtain all the law would
give under It from Mr.. Rankin's sure
ties. No bond could be found fol
1871 and 1872, and ii is thought the
Board neglected totake any. But Mr.
Rankin was not indicted by a Polk
county grand jury. Certainly Mr.
Carpenter cannot be held responsible
for this failure.
1t is shame that when an officer
has been SO gniltless of any laches or
even negligence that he should be as
sailed through party spite and venom.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10
REPUBLICAN STATE TICKET.
We notice that the question is moot

We notice that the question is moot
ed before the Board OF Regents OF the
Iowa State University, to Introduce
Homeopathic department OF medical
instruction, 1t is said the Board en-
tertained the proposition with tavor,
and that an effort will he made at the
next session OF the Legislature to pro-
vide means therefor.
We also notice that the Legislature
of Michigan provided last winter for
the establishment Of such depart
men, in The University of Michigan,
and that it now turns out that the Al
lopathc professors Of the institution
utterly refuse TO have snch a depart
ment instituted. and that those con-
trolling il decline 10 carry ont the
law.
We well rceollcct that when the
Medical department. OF the Iowa Uni
vcrsi,y was sought to be instituted. il
was opposed strongly. on the ground
that The schools Of medicine were SC
varied, which the people Of the State
favored. that it was'not right to ex
clnde any, aud that they were SO bit
terly opposed TO each other that the,
never could agree together. We urged
this view at the time and thought we
couid plainly see that if an Allopathic
department was established, those cit
izens of the State who favored HOmR-
pathy. would also demand similar
recognition. and an invetcrate quarrel
would BIC the consequence, very mncl
to the .letriment Of the institution
We have never seen any reason I,
change our views. The Allopa.hi,
professors ut the University of Michi
gan say they will press their opposi
ton to the establishment of HomG
pathic department even to the break
ing mp OF their own department. The
fac, il, the schools of medicine do no,
mix IN the matter of liberation any
better than some Of the different sys
TENS OF theology, and hence we reiter
ate our opinion FIAT they cannot b,
successfully taught together in publ,
institutions, any more than can til,
different shades OF theology be 81
taught. The battle in this State ha,
just begun. aud will grow hotter !,
the great injury OF our University
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10
$s:E IT'S

Fine Coral heads Coral ien!, Garnet, onyx,
gold and other fine sets of jswelry,tn elegant
sty1ss and great variety, at low figures, at
siJ ~ CAAS. BAOHMAN,B.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10

Patrons OF Husbandry--M Mothers
with marriageable daughters.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-10
The Hon. SCHUYLER Colfax delivered

The Hon. Schuyler Colfax delivered
Fourth Of July Grafton at St. Joseph,
Michigan. In the course Of his address
he refers 10 the topic now so promi.
ncntly before the minds of the Ameri.
can people. viz; cheap transportation.
He says that the power given to rail-
way companies TO take possession of
private property upon proper condem.
nation, for right Of way, without which
railways cannot he built, can only be
maintained as constitutional upon the
basis that a great public service is to
be rendered in the construction and
operation Of the roads; that the grant
ing of this public right necessarily car
rvs with it certain power of the State
over the roads, and therefore railways
were not purely private property 10 be
controlled by the owners thereof, in
the full sense that ordinary private prop
erty is. lie said, in speaking Of rail-
way companies and their control by the
State in a tariff Of rates, that ssif the
State cannot fix maxi Mum rates. then
those corporations are higher than the
State, and they will possess unrcstrain-
cd authority to fix the values of every
thing to be transported. as they may
choose TO raise or lower their tariff"
Mr.. Colfax Is eminently right in his
| views. To surrender exclusive and
unlimited control to railway compa-
mics in the liking Of tariff rates is to
bind and fcttcr the people hand and
foot to the mercilcss generosity of the
few men OF the country whose better
instincts have become calloused by the
accumulation and possession of inn
mense wealth. Weak human nature
is such that when il dwclls long upon
a hoard of wealth it becomes hardened
to the rights of others, and cannot do
Justice at the expense Of possible gains.
Mr.. Colfax maintains that broad
and liberal principle of equality should
characterize laws enacted for the pur-
pose Of regulating rates, requiring rail
ways as common carriers to deal Justly
by all without favoritism and free from
unjust determinations. He would re-
qnire that fixed proportion Of the
directors should reside along and ada
| cent to the line of road, and that the
watering of stocks should be pre-
vented.
| Much of the difficulty in regard to
transportation by rail has arisen out 0
the great clamor on the part of the
whole people for railways heretofore.
As a people we have until quite re-
Gently been willing TO give to men who
would build railroad through our
country almost any privilege they ask
cd, and the trouble is not that we aided
the building of roads, but that we have
not thrown around them proper safe
guards before now.
Il However, now we should be careful
that our impulses should not act too
strongly in the other direction and
commit even greater mistake in the
other tack than we have i'm other wears
| in lenity towards railroads. a
New-York tribune., 1873-05-16
THE STATE OF TRADE.
rrD,pr.N NApLEI.s

to~poN MAY i5l m-Cou.ois opened at 93I tor moneT
gal Abencau S+cunueBonds Of 9 Old sS l5o
al. TeoFortes p 3Il new Fvcs 8l,. kiie, t6l
IvERPooL l5- a. m-COttou opcaed hrmi Mtiin' UD
land, 8,d Mtdug Orleans 9li There sles OF Cotton after
closing Yesterday amounting u 300 bales making total o
l8.O1 bales
LryRnPoot NAV 5-noon.-Co TO arrive Is ll6l higher
LIVERPOOL Isl m,-COtton firm and tending apFAd Md
dlgg Tpisds 81 dl Miing Orleans 9aJtL sies. lOJ bales
ireluIi ing is u npor and speculation.
m-tolso4s Tor the account ~
Railway shares, tl. ,,,. %.
IIyEEp0o MAJ l5-l3 p m-Sies Of Mdng upauds Cotton
deliverable Juy August tt a!es Of shipments from New
orleans in April aud May, l-6d. Brealstuts quiet ~
LoNpoN Msy l5-:30 .. m.-se6uei Petroleum. l4iD4}i
LoNpoS l5t ConsOls closed 9j D5Jl Tor money 9J Tor
coed-BoHds of 1907 Old S.; l5l
gi Ten Foes 88 Fvs ~! Ere ~. The specie II TIE
decreased A35lOe since the last week
PR,N l5.-unied States bonds %l for ldbls
P,s NAV 5-frercb Rentes 5 i The specie in the Bl1k Of
France fas decreased 80 900 the las report
LIVERPOOL l5Brcadsiufs quiet and seadY except Tor
VIea which sr frmer California White Wheat y u
I2l3. Club. Y 5dl1I6 Resuel Petroleum, l4id.
LlygHpoOL MAY l5-f mCOt0n Is quiet; Midlug Uphud
sd Mdng Orleans 9d9d. TIE sales Of American have beea
bales.
Par. MAY l5-p. m.-French Rsutes, SO Goc
New-York tribune., 1873-05-16

The money market has been quiet ana easy at
and per cent among the stock brokers, and TO the
leading bond houses with nothing to warrant the
expectation of any turn to higher figures for the
present. Prime business paper moves freely at to
O. The outstanding legal tenders tonight are $780,
$4,000, an increase compared with last night OF
$4,000. The internal revenue receipts are S9OO,OOO
The following are the Treasury balances at the
close: Currency S5,5OO,OOO; ana coin. $7S7OOOOO;
of which S26, 900 are in certificates
There is nothing new to say of Government bonds
to-day. beyond the fact that they are well sup
ported fair business being reported at the boards
and over the counter The market closes rms on the
basis of 1901 to l2O for 1SC7s. Fisk d Hatch report