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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-04-03
roo ,rucls HASTE.

AHc tVHc W lafyt hummer u lte-
publican Journals shows decided dis
satisfaction with the hasty action OF
the Senate on the report of the COM
mittee in the case of Senator Clayton,
OF Arkansas. We have never felt that
! the course OF Senator Clayton in the
politics of his State was above re-
proach, and yet owing to the terrible
condition OF the social affairs of the
people of that State, the almost utter
impossibility 10 deal with them sue
cessfuliy without the use of harsh
measures, we have been inclined to be
charitable i'll our own Judgment. and
we know every man who has had any
experience with the intractable charac-
ter of a considerable portion of the
people of that State, will agree with us
i'll this regard. While we must sup-
pose that our Senator Wright, Chair
man of the committee making, and our
Senator Allison voting for the report,
ought to know, and doubtless did
know that the charges against Clayton
were not sustained, yet we cannot
agree that it was the best course to
push the matter through the Senate
when so large proportion of the
members refused to vote, because they
had not had time to investigate the
case.
In justice to the Hon. J. A. Gar
field, member of Congress from Ohio,
who has been SO sever ely censured for
his vote in favor of the salary bill, we
take occasion to say, that he opposed
this salary amendment Ito large
appropriation bill, from its inception
down to the last moment, when as
We think, he erred in voting for it
The main bill passed the House
in January without the salary amend
ment. In the latter part of February,
| it came back from the Senate with a
| large number of amendments to which
| the House would not agree. A con-
ference committee was then appointed
about forty-eight hours before the
adjournment of Congress, and upon
which was Mr.. Garfield. On this
committee he earnestly opposed the
salary amendment, but was overruled
and finally Joined in the report of the
conference committee, which contained
the salary amendment. He erred
here again sadly. We think he should
never have agreed to that report
Still, we cheerfully accord to him the
merit of having fought this wrong
down to the last, when it seemed as
though the entire appropriation
bill would be defeated, unless
this amendment was allow
cd to be tackled on to
it. From the very fact that this meth
cd of lacking on hateful provisions,
to general appropriation bill has be-
come common, we think it should be
stopped at all and every hazard. We
think if General Garfield and others
like him had stood boldly and
dcterminedly against the amendment,
that its friends would not have dared
to go before the country with defeat
of needed appropriations, because they
could not get through extra pay for
themselves. 1t is not only once that
this occurs but often. and therefore
any course however expensive, is de-
fensible in order to squelch such dia-
bolical legislation. Had the salary
bill stood alone it could not have
pussen. IT Is f1fyh time every BIZ was
made to stand upon its own merits.
The Journal of the telegraph pro-
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-04-03

Inc 0OUndt ~ tEe 1eteHrupH pro-
mulgates the following statement,
which, coming as it does from such a
source, may be looked upon as quas,
official. Speaking of a contemplated
reduction of rates on telegraphing by
the Western Union Telegraph Co., it
says:
The change contempiates the use of
only ten different rates for the entire
country, and will establish uniform
AIRLINE distance rate between all Offices
in each Of the divisions. With their
splendid system of lines and improved
apparatus for the transmission Of mes
sages, this company is fully prepared
10 handle and expeditiously perform
the increased business which it is be.
lieved will arise from these conces-
sions. 1t is only in view of such in.
crease that the contemplated reduction
in rates can be justified.
This looks plainly as though the
company discerns in the signs of the
times that the country demands much
lower rates for this business and tina,
whoever does not comply with these
demands will be made to suffer severe
ly. If the agitation of the postal tele
graph shall accomplish the reduction
of tariffs by telegraph companies te
feir rates, it will, in this alone, accom-.
plish an immense good to the country
and one which the people of the coun
try ought abundantly to thank tht
present Postmaster General and AID
ministration for.
We are by no means assured, that i
the telegraph companies should reduce
| the rates 50 as to make this method O
communication very common among
| all classes, that even then the posta
telegraph might not be adopted.
The postal telegraph is a measure
about which we have not been entirely
clear in our mind. While this is true
VIC confess that many most cogent anf
| excellent reasons are urged in its ia
vor, and it may operate very satisfac
torily on trial, as its friends say it will
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-04-03
ST. LOUIS ANNUAL FAIR

The officers of this Grand Fair have
issued circular letter in which they
propose the following new features:
The Exhibitor may sell at his stand
any article displayed, agreeing only to
replace 1t with similar article the fol
lowing day.
Parties from distance may shin
their goods to the Secretary of the AS
ISOLATION, who will have them trans
ported to the Fair Graunds and return-
ed at the close of the-exhibition in the
original packing box, after having
been taken care of and displayed to
the best advantage, by the officers OF
the Association, thereby relieving the
exhibitor of the necessity of personal
attendance.
For these gratitous services of the
Association, all of which are option al
with the exhibitor, the Association re.
quires only that the owner pay the
railroad freight to and from St
Louis.
To make the general exhibition more
handsome, varied and attractive, the
Board Of Directors propose to offe,
large premiums in money also Diplo.
mas and large Silver Medals Of Honor
for special displays in the Mechanical.
Machinery, and Agricultural depart.
ment.
Ths aHaaI!s greatly enalargsa il t 3
cilities for every kind of display, con.
tanning as they do an area Of one
hundred and forty six thousand square
feet, all under cover.
A stock market for the convenience
of stock raisers, where choice stock
may be bought, and sold, is also to be
inaugurated upon the following terms,
viz:
Those that have live stock for sale
shall give the Secretary of the Asso-
citation, on or before the 18th day OF
August, brief description of the ami.
mails, which is to be embodied in q
special circular, with the information
that the stock thus described will be
offered at private or public sale, dur
ing the exhibition week, at place up.
on the Fair Grounds specially desig.
mated for that purpose.
The Railroad and Steamboat compa-
MES with their accustomed liberality
promise, SO far as heard from, the usu.
al reduction on passengers and freight
and everything betokens grand tri.
umph for the 18th Annual Fair. Let
all lend helping hand.
ARTHUR B. BARRETT, Pres't.
G., @. KALB. Sec'y.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-04-03

The Chicago Post gives, MS a rumor,
that ex-senator Harlan will withdraw
from the Washington Chronicle.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-04-03

news, we find the foregoing paragraph.
We have several times stated that
Senator Harlan had never assumed the
editorial management of the CHRoNI-
Gle; that he was stockholder, and
sometimes wrote an article for our
columns. And we may add that VIC
have never heard him express a pur-
pose to sell his stock; but, Oh the corr
trary. he has recently purchased an
additional interest," Wash. Chronicle.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-04-03
FELEGR APHIG
Lamentable Marine Disaster.

ron THE COURIER.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-04-03

The following quotations are furn.
ished by Messrs j. G. Edwards q Co.
of the Pianters' stables:
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-11
SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN ERANcIsoo. Oct. 10


A party of gentlemen sailed yester-
day for San Diego, for the purpose of
negotiating for the purchase of the
Santa Rosa ranch containing $4,000
acres, in the northern part of the
county. Their object is to subdivide
the tract into small farms for settlers.
1t is reported that Captain Parker of
the steamer Montana, has rendered
his resignation from the service of the
Pacific Mail Company. He held Il
command i'm the Confederate Navy
during the rebellion.
The Fire Department of this city
has voted 500 in aid of the people of
Memphis, from the Fire Depart
ment Charitable Fund. Commis-
sioner Rainey says he will contest
their right to make the donation.
The San Francisco Cadets, under
Capt. Mcdonald, returning from the
East gave an exhibition at Omaha.
The firm of Gauthier Il Nianney
have been mulcted i'm the sum of $500,
for smuggling silk from France into
this city.
Prof. Marsh, of Yale college, and his
scientific party have returned from
Oregon, and are now stopping at the
Grand Hotel.
John Wright, second mate of the
ship st. Charles, has been arrested on
the charge of mistreatment to sailors
on that vessel.
1t is stated that the entire crew of
ship Baltic, from New York, which ar
rived Saturday, We're shanghaied on
board. Several have lodged COM
plants in the United States District
Court.
The Belcher dividend, of S300,0
was paid to-day.
California will produce this year
about 1000 bales of cotton -
Recount gives Hubert the office of
treasurer by majority of 53 votes
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-11

A. J. Boyer, editor of the Oakland
7orchlight, has been rusticating in
Ventura county, and thus describes
big grapevine he has discovered, in
the columns of his journal:
Ventura can boast of a grapevine
which, though not equal in size nor i'm
age to the celebrated Santa Barbara
vine, surpasses probably any other
vine Of like age i'm the world i'm size,
vigOr Of growth, beauty and fructiiica-
tiOn. 1t has only been known to the
natives and the civilized world, SO to
speak, knew nothing of its existence
until few months ago. 1t is located
on the banks of the Ventura river,
about five miles from the Mission, and
in what is called "Ventura cailOn," and
is owned by a Spaniard named Morago.
l visited this mammoth vine few
days ago. and was confronted by the
same obstacles in my search after its
history, which have for so many years
embarrassed strangers who visited the
MOntecito, viz: the inability of the
owner to speak English, or, rather,
the inability of his family to do so;
for SeiiOr Morago, the Spanish "lord
ut the manor" was absent from home
on the occasion of my visit. | am
told that he speaks English quite
iiuently; and regret that was un-
able to obtain an interview with him,
touching this wonderful grape vine.
But saw the vine, measured it myself,
and ate grapes off its prolific tendrils.
Its trunk measures ten inches in di-
ameter, and rises majestically and
symmterically from the ground to
height OF about eight feet, when it
branches out in every direction, over
trestle-work supported by upright
posts, fixed in the ground at intervals,
the thrifty, running tendrils form
ing a network which is dense
ly covered with the luscious
fruit, hanging i'm immense clusters
from the trellises over your head. A
comparison of this vine with that of
Santa Barbara shows that itapproaches
that famous vine in many respects.
The Santa Barbara vine is about fifty
inches I'm circumference in the thick
est place, while this Ventura vine
measures about thirty-One inches, be-
ing about five inches in excess of the
celebrated vine of Fontainbleau in
France, and which until now, was
supposed to be the largest in the world,
excepting of course the MOntecito vine.
The trails of the latter vine measure
so yards in circumference; this vine of
Ventura measures 60 yards, and rises
in height equal to the Santa Barbara
vine. In proportion to its size it bears
as much fruit as the bigger vine. But
the most remarkable feature of the
Ventura vine is the fact that it is only
about sixteen years old, while that at
Santa Barbara is eighty years. The
approach to this wonderful vine is con-
venient, and the drive from the town
an exceedingly fine and attractive one.
l believe this is the first description of
this large vine which has ever appear
ed in print, and hope that tourists,
travellers and pleasure-seekers, will
not fail to pay it visit if they should
take in this lovely Ventura region, as
have done in my ramblings down
the coast.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-11
PACIFIC COAST TELEGRAMS.
EXCLUSIVELY TO THE HERALD.
Road Agents ut WorI4-.Stage Robbed.

NOHL Agents NJ NOrk-Sthse hODDpU.
REDDING, Cal, Oct. 10.
The overland mail stage, driven by c.
Mcconnell, was attacked near Buck
eye this morning by four masked men
armed with shotguns and revolvers.
They sprang from ambush, one man
taking the lead horses by the bits, and
one the wheelers; another covered
Mcconnell with Il double -barrelled
gun, while the fourth man invited the
passengers out Of the coach, and de-
manded Wells, Fargo 4 Co.'S treasure
box and the passengers money. All
submitted quietly. Wells, Fargo 4
Co.'S box contained 81, ,992. About ST.
900 was taken from the passengers.
One Chinaman lost $1,000; other pas
sengers had small amounts, and are
here without a dollar. Sheriff Hull
and posse of men are on their track,
and it is hoped they will capture the
robbers.
Wells, Fargo & Co. have offered Il
reward of $3.50 for each arrest and one
fourth of the amount o.. the treasure
recovered.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-11
gas Aaeelss Aerald.
Another Big Vine.

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Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-11
A Big Mine.

A recently discovered mineral lode,
ten. feet wide and four miles long, is
thus described by the Arizona Sentinel
of the 4th inst.
Alyah Smith is a prospectOr of twen-
ty-three years experience in CalifOr-
mia, Idaho, Colorado, New Mexico and
Arizona. He has been for several
months past busily prospecting in
Southern and Southwestern Arizona,
and we have noticed in these columns,
many Of the leads he has discovered
from time to time.
He tells us that last week he came
near "quitting the business" and at
taching himself to "black-snake
outfit" but good genius for chance, or
luck or hechicerias, or DiOs, or some
thing at any rate far beyond the power
Of the oldest prOspectOr to define, pre-
vented him, and turned his footsteps
in the direction of Yuma, where he
encountered the rare success of getting
two weeks grub without having to
pay for it in advance. Thus provided,
he retreated his steps to the new
"Phenix," yelept Gila City, and put
in blast on his "Alvina" lode, which
he discovered in January last. When
the smoke had cleared away, and the
debris been removed, Alvah Smith
rushed in to find mass of rich ore
opened to view. He got out 500 pounds
OH that day, and on Tuesday last came
into Yuma with about l25 pounds of
it in sack, which after having been
tested by experienced miners, was de-
clared to be IS per cent. silver, show
ing galena, copper and silver. Its
owner thinks that when the lead shall
have been gone down on to the water
level, a mass Of almost pure siirer will
be reached.
We sincerely hope so. AlvinZa Hay
ward, one of the wealthiest men in
California to-day, was once down to
his last sack of beans before he struck
the famous Hayward mine that has
since yielded him SO great harvest Of
dollars; and Alvah Smith was nearly
in the same condition before caprici-
Ons fortune adopted him into her
grand family on Monday last.
Rock from the now famous "Alvina"
lode has been sent to San Francisco
for assay there.
Here, then, is q chance for the capi-
lalists to invest in numbers of just
such mines, to be found in Southern
Arizona, owned by men glad to make
almost any kind of bargain.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-11

Mr.. Alexander T.. Earle never ''pop-
ped the question" to Miss ROXalana
Homan, but he pressed her hand,
kissed her and was most attentive to
her, and a Brooklyn City Judge, think
ing the inference was plain, awarded
the injured ROxalana fifteen thousand
dollars for what was inferred to be a
breach of promise; and the Court of
Appeals confirmed the judgment of
the lower Court. Funny Judges these,
in Brooklyn. Evidently they have
great tenderness for the fair sex.
Widows and bachelors must beware
not to squeeze ladies' hands, or they
may be mulct for damages.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-11

An Ithaca, IN. " paper says: "The
result Of the California election is
gratifying in the highest degree. 1t is
considered triumph of the People
against monopoly, or the money and
raiload power of the country. The
whole country was under bondage to
the railroad power. Every railroad in
the State was under the control of
Huntington, Stanford & Co., and they
were seeking to secure perpetual trib-
ute to the railroad power, but under
the inspiration of Administration
help, they went little too far, and
the people have now thoroughly re-
buked them. California has been re-
deemed from the chains which bound
her to this monopoly.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-11
HERALD JOB OFFICE
The MOST COMPLETE
IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

They hav,, engaged as foreman of this de-
partment, one Oi the mOsi experienced Book
and job Printers In the country; and the
presses Will be snperihtcnded by IL Skilled
PreSsman from one OF The largest offices in
New England.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1873-10-11

MPHLETS
VIII be printed from New Type, and the
greatest care exercised to insure accuracy and
freedom from typographical errors.
POSTERS & hANDBlLLs
Plain or in colors, executed AT very short mo-
tce and displayed in the best manner.
BUSINESS CARDS,
CIRCULARS,
STATEMENTS,
LETTER HEADS,
BALL CARDS,
WEDDING CARDS,
VISITING CARDS,
INVITATIONS, ETC.
OF this class of work we shall make spe-
cialty, and intend that nothing of the kind
shall equal us in this section.
BANK CHECKS,
DRAFTS, NOTES,
DEPOSIT CHECKS,
CERTIFICATES OF DEPOSIT,
BOOK HEADINGS,
STOCK CERTIFICATES,
ETc.
Printed in a superior manner, on plain writ
ing paper, or on Bond and Bank Note Paper,
In black or cOors.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-17
To the Unfortunate.
NEW REMEDIES NEW REMEDIEsi
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Skin diseases Of years standing. and liberated
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DR. GlBBON has the pleasure Of announcing
that he has returned from visiting the principal
Hospitals Of Europe, and has resumed practice.
The Doctor has spared neither time nor money
In seeking out new remedies, and has returned
suffering.
Seminal weakness.
Seminal emission 10 consequence Of self
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with unerrlng certainty the following train Of
morbid symptoms, unless combatted by scien-
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Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-17
ATTENDING TO BUSINESS.

The following is the latest by Bur
astte. the truthful chronicler Of the Peo-
ria Review;
The human heart, in all its expansive,
,;mitIess capacity for employment, takes
Greater pleasure in nothing more than
S;tnessing Q portly, solemn -visaged man,
,hs embodiment of natural dignity, and
ignorance in clothes, administer a
scatbipe rebuke to some ''smart" petty
official. This morning, just such per-
sonifcation of innate dignity doomed up
al the stamp window of the postofice,
and glared in gloomy and majestic dis
pleasure at the busy clerk registering a
letter before be sprang to the window
and asked the stately customer what he
wished. The great man did not answer
for several moments. He gazed steadily
and impressively over the clerks head,
and then asked, in ponderous tones:
"Is there any one hrr.r-r-e who attends
to business!
The embarrassed clerk blushed, fall
tered for a moment, then recovering him.
self, said with characteristic and natural
cheerfulness. becoming an official of the
Republic: II will see, SIR" ft
And be disappeared. He went into the
other departments, tortured carrier with
an original coundrum and heard good
story in the mailing room, and came
back.
"Yes, SIR" he said to the great one I;
there are, in addition to myself, three
clerks in the letter department, one in
the mailing room, four carriers. three
route agents, the mail driver and jan
i.or."
"Ah-h-h! I am glad there are so many.
| may in all that number find one who is
at his post.
And then he looked as impressive us a
special agent, and was silent for three
minutes, while the impressive clerk
awaited his orders and impatient men
behind him fgeted and grumbled. Fin
ally the great man said, with deep solem-
nifty:
II wish one three-cent stamp"
The clerk tore off the stamp aud held
it, waiting for the consideration. The
pause than usual, he felt in his various
vest pockets, he gradually lost his look
of impressive rebuke, his chest caved in,
and he assumed an aspect of an ordinary
irail mortal. a&.N
"Ah!-the fact is--Im sure-ah-in
short, I find that have carelessly left
my purse at home-can you kindly"
The impressive clerk, with the faintesi
suggestion OF triumph in his eye, waved
the great man aside with sorry for you,
sir, but the clerk who sells on credit is
not in. What does the next man want ?
Aud we felt SO good to see how that
clerk was taken down by the dignified
man that we went away and laughed fol
week.
Pioche daily record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1872-1876, 1873-12-17

RoMANcE OF ARITHMETIC. Ic.-The most
romantic of all numbers is the figure
nine. because it can't be multiplied away
or got rid Of anyhow. Whatever you do
it is sure to turn up again as was the
body of Eugene Aram's victim. One re.
markable property of this figure (said to
have been first discovered by Mr.. Green,
who died in l794), is that all through the
multiplication table the product comes to
nine. Multiply by what you like. and it
gives the same result. Begin with twice
nine, lS; add the digits together, and
and s make 9. Multiply by what you
like and it gives the same result. Three
times nine are 81; and 2 and are 8. so
it goes on. up to eleven times 8, which
gives 90; and the dieits, 8 and are l8,
and and s are 8. Going on to any ex-
tent, it is impossible to get rid of the
figure 9. Take couple of instances at
random. Three hundred and thirty mine
times 9 are 3,051; add up the the figures
and they are 8. Five thousand and sew
enty.one times 8 are 45,639; the sum OF
these digits is "a, and 2 and Z are9.