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FIRES.


Destruction OF Onc-I1alf OF Thomas
willie, Decentralization In Detroit.
SAVANNAH, Gn, juno 30.-Omo-half Of tho
business portion Of TllomaHyilto, Ca, has boon
burned. The principal sufrororH arc Ilorlaway
4 MoNin9on, Johnston 4 strimer, the Western
union Telegraph Office, W: e: Dayies Co., ].
T. Kattman, X. Hist, A. l. II. Smith, Hunt i
Puryear, J. Foss, 8. J. CsHaels, u. Goldborg,
Rushing Cutting, 1la1nmond 4 Davis, Judge
Alexander, and Dr.. D. B. Brandon. Tho loss ia
over S1b0,000
DETROIT, Mich, June 80.-A Are carly this
morning destroyed H. G. Barker 4 Co.s tobacco
factory. Tho losB on machinery and stock IL
from $75, 900 to $B0,000 innurol. The losa OH
the building, which belongs to Ducharsno Il
Tatc, ia about $4,000; also insured.
lNn1ANAroL1s, Ind, June 81. "A lire Mt Brazil,
Ind, thln morning. destroyed tho large wure-
l0uho of II. N, Wingato.
SpectHl DfsrHtch to 1hs Chicago tribune.
pEoniA, Juno S0.-Atlolph sodlas soap fac
tory was destroyed by fro about midnight aat
night. Tho building wuH probably aot on hre.
I4oss not heayy.
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Ar,ottcry-T,caIor OIL Isnll.

OMAHA, .1unu 3D.--1n The case Of Pnttee tho
On,ula lottery-acn'c., no was lleld i'll bail for
$500 to a),peur ut The ncxt turn of tito District
Court on tho charge of selling duplicate tlckos.
, 1873-07-01
I. 0. o. L.

Tho regular meStinx o Ii1uo[sior IdRe No - Will bs
t';s,p Pref fad
ATTAIN DAVIS, N: G. The Grneral Comnlittoo On
rr1d1ng and Advoritng will. also mpat ths oYgntnk Ia
tho paflon Of E1DelsioE l1dro,
, 1873-07-01

St,184, ,243.00
State Of Illinois, County Of Cook. Is.
H. EIWn Maynard, Caahios of tho National Bank Of
Commerce, of Chicago, do solsoly that tho aboyo
Atatcent Il tuo tho ast Of knowledge and b1of.
EDWIN MAYNARD, UAslltor.
GILBERT NQBERTS0N,
Notary Public.
r O. MAYNARDt
, 1873-07-01
MEETINGS,
Masonic,


a meotiuR Of Hicyholdsts Of tho Droat Western In
tulY .t TIC uluh, Room o. tAo Sherman i!ouss. xeI,.
t.nos to He po!ioy:i"idor. Ni u brought 6sie1s liz
mietin9 DY uties & tho C9mm!ttoo. t1nres, Garlst
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08
IOWA NEWS.

Victor has closed the doors of its sa-
looms by raising the license.
Bishop Lee confirmed twenty per-
sons at Dubuque, last Sunday.
Wild parsnips caused the death Of
two Tama county farmers on last Mon
day.
A delinquent Dubuque bridegroom
was found in a beer saloon waiting for
new pair of boots TO be finished, says
the Telegraph. He was probably Civ
ing personal supervision to the heel
taps.
The last number Of the Page County
Hercld contains an appeal for deliv-
cry from the hands Of the Sheriff. De
linquent Subscribers are a. plentiful In
Iowa as ever, II seems.
The Judge Advocate Of the United
States army has sent to the warden Of
the Fort Madison penitentiary for 4
copy Of his rules of mitigation, with Z
view to their adoption in the military
prisons of the government.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

Jones dimes at the KirkWood, and ii
the Kirkwood had sense and enterprise
enough to advertise with us, we would
praise that dinner. Az 1t II we cannot.
We have . conscience, you know.
Well, Jones dimes at the Kirkwood.
and during the rush that set In upon
the 4th of March he found 8 strange
waiter at his elbow. He found, more-
over, an obstacle in his way when he
called for q gin cocktail. The waiter
groaned, and looking around he saw I
melancholy face with sympathetic eyes
bent upon him. What's the matter ?,'
demanded Jones; have you got the
colic?" No, sah," was the solemn
response shut l was worried to see
you ask for dat liquid damuation.' =
"Why, who the thunder arc you I? y
/" Me, sab ? I'm . theological student
of the Wayland Theological Semina-
.ry." "And what are you doing here ? y
"A-waitin', sab. Thirty OBJ rs volun-
teered in desc crowded times TO make
q little money to continue our theoloc-
ical studies, sah.n "Well, my reyeT-
ened friend" said Jones, Z you 20 and
fetch me first-class gin cock II. and
I'll add twenty-five cents to your the
illogical fund.-" 1t was done.-WdsA-
fngt0n Capital.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

It is amusing to see democracy roll
ing like q sweet morsel under their
tongue, q comparative list of expendi-
lures about the White House during
Lincoln and Grants administration
It is very easy by including items OF
expenditure in the one not included in
the other, to make up I showing that
appears bad, whore the full facts show
all to be right. This is just what il
the matter with the showing wc refer
to, q trick that democracy is continually
at But what makes the thing ridicu-
lous Is that democracy should under
take tocorrect Grant by taking Lincoln
as : standard, aimee ~ . party and
through their press, without . solitary
exception, they have stigmatized the
late President Lincoln with every
evil name and every crime known to
the vocabulary Of Billingsgate, and to
statutory o. common law offcnses. A
large part Of the democratic press
keep y up to this day.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08
AN UNrAlTHfUL WIFE.
Hsbbcry OF the HOst-ofiicc- Pursuit and
Capture.

Capture.
The Council Bluffs Noaparea of the
30th contains the following. Mr.. Day,
mentioned in the article, has made ar
rangements to move his paper to Des
Moines:
E. M. Day is postmaster and pub
Usher of q paper at Casey, a station ON
the Rock Island y Pacific road, about
one hundred miles east of this city
The name of his paper is the Granger,
and he is enrolled among the Patrons
OF Husbandry. 1t appears, however,
that his wife objects to his husbandry,
the while she has an affection for Un-
Gle SANS mails and for a male named
Thos. McElroy. She robbed the one
AMI deserted her husband for the COM
panionship of the other. From all we
can gather, the circumstances of the
case are something like this. Mrs. Day
and McElroy planned an elopement;
to avoid suspicion it was arranged that
he should 20 around by Ottumwa,
while she would 60 by Council Bluffs,
and they would meet at Kansas City,
and from thence pursue their course
together. They proceeded to put
this plan into execution Monday. As
agreed upon, we presume, between
her and her paramour, Mrs. Day took
possession of some two hundred dol.
lars of money belonging to the posts
office department and started upon
her journey. She came to this city
and put up ut the Pacific House Mon
day night, and left yesterday morning
on the Kansas City, St. Joseph and
Council Bluffs train. Soon after her
departure, the City Marshal received
telegram authorizing her arrest. 1t
was too late. Mr.. Day came in on the
morning train, and engaged the SER
vices of Deputy U. S. Marshal Stuart
TO aid In her capture. They telegraphed
the conductor of the train, and received
an answer from Forest City, sta
ting that the woman was passenger
in his charge. The Marshal sent an-
other dispatch authorizing the conduc-
tor to give the woman into the charge
of the police at st. Joseph-which Or
der, we presume, was fulfilled; and
the unfaithful wife is in limbo. Hav-
ing procured q warrant from Uni
ted States Commissioner for her ar
rest on q charge of robbing the Uni
ted States mails, Mr.. Day and Deputy
U. S. Marshal Stuart, departed for st.
Joseph yesterday afternoon, and will
probably return to-day with their pris-
oners in charge. Mrs. Day tampered
with the wrong mail when she laid
felonious hands upon the postoffice
funds of Casey, as she will find out to
her everlasting sorrow. As for her
accessory before the fact--the male
named Thos. McElroy--it is to be
hoped he will be caught and made to
suffer the just penalty Of the crime he
doubtless instigated and forwarded.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

Poor Spain II suffering amid the
throes Of . bloody revolution. The
aristocratic and priestly element could
not be expected to sit quietly by and
let q republican or q1os; republican
government be formed peaceably;, by
the voluntary relinquishmcnt Of the
the throne BY King Amador. The
news from there isladen with accounts
of slaughter and mob violence. The
Carlists are meeting with some success,
and the prelates Of the dominant
church, which has in every instance in
the Old World where republicanism
has appeared, opposed It, are exciting
the people to bloodshed by oil the
means in their power. The hopes Of
liberty are not hattering for immediate
success there. However it may
end now, tits preparing the way, as We
believe, for grand and glorious con-
sumation some day.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

Justice Lawrence Of the Supreme
Court Of Illinois, who rendered the
late decision upon the law tariffing
railroads has been severely criticised
by the people and press. We regard
the opinion, however, as an able one.
IT. however, together with the fining Of
the Chicago Journal, which we think
he had better left undone, has effected
his defeat for denomination. The
convention was held yesterday in
Princeton, I'LL, and Albert NJ. Craig, OF
Knox county, was nominated over
Lawrence; notwithstanding a letter
was received and read before the con-
ven from Craig, declining the nomin-
alton.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

A Pennsylvania paper comes to the
grave conslusion that it is still true
that . man cannot eat his cake and
have it too,-illustrating it after this
fashion: Among the items which
went to make up the $12, ,0O0, 900 worth
Of foreign goods imported at New
York last week was the following
Jewelry, $l03,OO7 toys, $3,621 tobac-
co, $l3S,534; cigars, $9l, ,6l9; fancy
goods, $42,532; fans, $40, ,O63 ale, $lO.-
667; brandy, $77,835; beer, 1926
cordials, $445; champagne, $63, ,26O
gin, 1896; porter, $4,23S; rum, 1912
vinegar, 1856; whisky, s2,5l9; wines,
$84.495. After the feast, comes the
paying Of the piper.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08
RELlaIoUs sorEs.

Christian graces, like the stars, shine
brightest In the darkest hour.
A temporizing policy only makes a
schemer, while honesty and purpose
make man.
The ruin of some men dates from
some idle hour. Occupation is an ar
NOR to the hour.
The reason why people know not
their duty on great occasions is that
they will not take the trouble of doing
their duty on little occasions.
Commend US to q man who holds
his faith, whatever il be, with y manly
grip, and dares to defend it in manly
way-"speaking the truth in love-"
n yon have performed an act OF
great and disinterested virtue, conceal
II; IL you publish ii you will neither
be believed here NOR rewarded here
after.
A few minutes devotion at night
will mot clear the conscience of q foul
trick done during the day, nor will GO
ing to church ON Sunday atone for the
willful sins of . week.
True glory consists in doing what
deserves to be written, in writing
what deserves to be read, and in SO
living as to make the world happier
and better for our living in it.
Good words do more than hard
speeches, ~ the sunbeams, without
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

Ben. Perley Poore, who is now ed
iting the Washington Chronicle, writes
to the Boston Journal concerning Mr..
Adams eulogy Of Mr.. Seward, that
the s9most charitable verdict ON it is
that Mr.. Adams was in London du-
ring large portion of the Lincoln adj
ministration, and was deceived as to
what took place there. Those whose
opportunities for knowing cannot be
disputed do not regard Mr.. Seward as
having always enjoyed the implicit
confidence of Mr.. Lincoln,or as having
been chosen his adviser. Correct ma
terials for history will not be found in
the classical production of Mr.. Ad-
ams,n
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

Our kind friends of the State Leader
gave US their recommend yesterday as
as follows: "The Ottumwa Courier is
edited and controlled by three govern
ment officials. These three officials
seemed to have learned to lie, and be-
ing liars naturally, would be thieves
as we'll" There 10 no doubt about the
paternity of that language; it is emil
nently democratic. The cause was
our allegation that the Rsgister had
been, II it was not now, the illegiti-
mate daddy Of the Leader, all of which
the Leader stoutly denies and says we
lie. Now, we did not get our infor.
nation from the Repu blican, as the
Leader presumes, but from a. good
man or men as Des Moines affords,
and from those who knesc what they
were saying. The way the Leader
futters and flies into passion does
not lessen our faith in the entire cred
ibility Of our information.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

The press of this country is quite
universally criticisiDg the Hon. Charles
Francis Adams for the wrong done by
him to the memory of Abraham Lin
coin in his Seward oration. 1t is folly
to say he did mot know better. We
cannot thus do injustice to the mans
brains; tho fault must have been with
the heart. TWAS in this regard very
sorry oration for Mr.. Adams, and one
from which the dead Secretary, had he
been alive, would have quickly elm
mated that portion disparaging and
belittling the transcendent services
and ability Of Mr.. Lincoln.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

The Burlington Gazette is going into
spasms for fear Grant will be candi-
date for President again. The Gazette
mans troubles are equal to the servant
girls who went down cellar to draw
beer, and while there she commenced
to think "that If she were married
and was to have dear, sweet little
baby, and the poor baby was to fall
into kettle of hot water and get
drowned, oh dear, how afflicted and
sorry she would be" and then let the
beer run all over the cellar floor. Bet
ter attend to drawing your beer, Mr..
Gazette, and not worry about impossi-
BILE, or at least very improbable things.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

Henry Ward Beecher, being asked
If Unitarians are Christians, replies
1--WE have only to say it depends on
the Unitarians. A mans being =
Unitarian or Trinitarian does not
make him . Christian; it is OF greater
consequence that q man act rightly
than to believe rightly"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

The following Governors have signi-
fied their intention to be present at the
convention to be held at Atlanta, Ca,
ON the 10th Of May: Hendricks, OF
Indiana; Woodson, of Missouri
Walker, Of Virginia; Jacobs, Of West
Virginia; Brown, of Tennessee; Har-
ris, Of Alabama Moses, of South Car
olina; Noyes, Of Ohio; Carpenter, Of
Iowa; Washburne, of Maine.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

The Hon. James Brooks, democrat
10 member Of Congress from New
York, and who was very noted in the
late Credit Mobilier investigation, died
yesterday morning at his residence in
Washington, in the 63rd year Of his
age. He was gentlemen of much
ability and ranked as one Of the lead
ers Of the democratic side Of the Low
or House Of Congress.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

The Register and Receiver of tho
United States Land Office at Des
Moines, received official notice OF the
discontinuance Of the Land Offices ct
Fort Dodge and Council Bluffs. The
books, etc, Of these Offices are to be
transferred to the Des Moincs Office
On Or before Juno LIT,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08
News and other Items. !.

Ladies' rainy-weather round hats are
now trimmed with Russia leather. 81
st. Louis is to erect new merchants
exchange building at cost Of 81, ,sOO,-
600.
The apparition of . young lady tlriv-
ing dog cart and smoking cigarettes.
astonished Central Park one afternoon
recently.
Shooting is so common in Memphis
that one Of the daily papers keeps up
9 column entitled Yesterdays Pistol
Exercises."
An epicureau has discovered that
the pleasantest way to take cod liver
oil is TO fatten pigeons with IL and then
eat the pigeons.
When the new post-office in Boston
10 completed the various newspapers
will receive their exchanges direct by
pneumatic tubes.
The Ohio Senate is going to inves-
tigate the Cincinnati Commercial for
charging that certain of its members
have been bribed to vote against bill
prohibiting lotteries within the State.
A Baltimore hotel is being supplied
with exterior flre-escapes, consisting
of iron spiral stairways running from
the top story down in front of the hall
windows, with platform at each story.
Holt county, Mo-, would be good
field for an energetic missionary. The
papers say that In some parts of that
county they have preaching once in
six months and dancing six times a
week.
An eccentric old fellow, who lives
alongside Of graveyard, was asked
II it was not an unpleasant location
"No," said he, IL never jined places
In all my life with set Of neighbors
that minded their business SO stiddy
o. they do"
DEATH OF FRANK =. WRlcHr.-A
telegram was received in this city on
yesterday, announcing the death of
Frank E. Wright, of Little Rock, Ar
kansas. He was sOn-in-law of j. d.
Howell, of this city, and son of Sen.
ator Wright, of this State.-C Constitu-
tioM.
...h,
80. speS.sule ~ !oung man IN wor'
his landlady, and finally elected from
Gr;nr % v;s ;rs,snnas "0 .f % hau h an ..e Ie-
5n,,Hs. s .aSnIos LII I.,s ~ nulhc JOE lnree
o.n.s - :. ~" ~ hrns na H.. WoGk .s mesely pc
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

Some one connected with the Office
Of the Northern Pacific Railroad in
New York, 10 at pains TO forward us
extracts from papers published on the
Pacific coast ID Oregon, in which men,
tion b made of carly potatoes, string
beanss and other vegetables sprouting
during tho month. Of February, and
ships arriving In port with cargoes of
ice for the sweltering inhabitants. The
iuferebce that'we are to draw from
this 10 that the Northern Pacific Rail-
road will have at least one warm end
to IL and that Il win be chiefly valua-
BILE In transporting lake ice from Du-
luth to cool the parching tongues of
the aboriginal squatters' 10 the neigh
b0rhood Of Puget Sound. III Jay
Cook d Co. can only lay down pneu-
matte tube for the distribution OF the
mild airs Of the Pacific over the great
wheat bait east Of the mountains and
then equaiize the temperstvre of that
region Of isothmeral and other lines,
We might be persuaded 20 recommend
the Northern Pacific as . good invest
ment 70 Widows, orphans and guar
dians. AT present those who have
their money tied up III this enterprise,
have only the cold end Of the poker
EEcAQNQes a 8Rf Sc IA e@ ~ ~
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

The good old simon pure modern
democracy of Kentucky, failed to get
much of . State Convention, last
Thursday. Only fifty-one counties
were represented in the Convention
It is no wonder that Nasby refuses to
be comfOrted. kA 85
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08
NUMBER 4,
OF SUICIDE.

x sat on . ledge Of hematlte ore,
And he played ON tamb0rine,
While down below, on another ledge,
Sat can Of giycerine.
Oh, gycerinei my nitro love,
What an oily love are your
30 warm, so quick, with such w0ndrous power
To rend mems hearts In two.
Fly with me, love, to some warmer cline,
Where Pluto reigns supreme,
am weary OF snOws I'm tired OF frosts!
Hong for change Of scene.
Bat by silence she consented,
And % blessed was be that he jumped about
Like person half demented.
There came burst OF thunder loud,
And he di11ppeared In gorgeous sheen,
And never for him will be needed o shroud
For be pa1scd over the stynx with his GIycerinc
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

The Mount Pleasant Josssnal says
that Mr.. Harlan is the only retiring
Senator who has refused to accept the
extra pay, voted by the last Congress,
and who has settled his account under
the old law.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

Gov. Beveridge, Of Illinois, has is
sued . proclamation urging the pa
triotic citizens Of Illinois to pay due
and proper respects to the honored
dead who sacrificed their lives for their
country during the rebellion, on the
occasion of the recurrence OF the an
nual Decoration day on the 3Oth Of
May. T
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

] The Legislature Of Illinois, after
sitting up to the first Of May, adjourns
to next January to hold an extra ses-
sion. The agitation Of railroad Leg
islation is extending the sittings Of
Legislatures wonderfully. We can
hardly imagine what those sucker Leg
islators have been about. ,l a5-ips
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

The public debt statement shows a
reduction in April of $2,247,4s5 coin
balance, SIC, ZIG, ,440; currency balance,
$2,O07,s7l; coin certificates, 4,7s7,-
400; outstanding legal tenders, 1857, :
148,962; special deposits Of legal ten
ders, s75,120,OOO. This is a good show
ing for April.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08
Speaking of the Changers, the Da.
venport Democrat says:

( SPe1kAu& VI tne ur0nGers, TIC La.
venp0rt Democrat says:
Republican papers may feel inclined
to sneer at the Patrons of Husbandry,
but the movement is of too much inn
pOrtance to be set aside by grin. It
is scarcely two years since the first
Grange was organized in our State,and
now Oranges are found in twenty-five
States of the Union. In Iowa scc
have enrolled lot, 600 members.
The Gate City says the author Of
the above is the kind Of farmer who
wouldn't know q field of turnips from
fall wheat. The Democrat has an eye
to political effect. aWe," It says, shave
enrolled lOe,00 members !" Too thin,
Mr.. Democrat.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

There is great excitement at Battle
Greek, Mich. Mrs. Brinkerhof, the
well-known woman's right advocate,
has left her husband and gone to living
with another man.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08

Ingersoll "a Link has published 8
/" Life of Greeley" Wonder Il he got
It the same way he got SANKEY'S Afri-
can Expedition ply flching.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-08
nEwOCRATICyWEWD.

While the Oranges are not calculated
to be partxan in any particular, they
win find themselves unanimously OPP
posed to the Republican party in their
effort to throw OF the burdens that
oppress them. Ponseroys Democrat.
His Drunken Excellency, the Pres
ident Of the United States, the sue
cessor Of Warrington, the little great
man Of this country, stopped at
Kansas City, Mo-, on the 24th ult., and
made On exhibition Of himself at the
opera house. It il said that he was 20
drunk be could scarcely hold his head
mp, and his little six-line speech was
~ awkward as the "composition" Of Q
school boy.--O Ottwmsca Democrat.
We give the above a. specimen
bricks of the wonderful impeachment
In some mems veracity. IS,