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Connecticut western news., 1873-08-15
The Locomotive.

From a paper on the locomotive en- zine, by Joseph Harrison, IT,, read before the members of the Franklin institute in Pennsylvania, is taken the following paragraph:
 "The engineer, noting the curious things in bronze and in copper exhumed at Pompeii and gathered together in the Museo Borhonica at Naples, will finger near a small vessel for heating water, little more than foot high, in which are combined nearly all the prin- ciples involved in the modern vertical steam boiler-fre box, smoke fiue through the top and fire door at the side, all complete and strange to say, this little thing has a water grate made of small tubes crossing the fire box at the bottom, an idea that has been pat ented twenty times over, in one shape or another, within the period of the his tory of the steam engine"
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-15
A Butchers Match.

The most extraordinary match of the season was witnessed in Hoboken, N. J., between Timothy O'Keefe and Pat rick Fitzgerald. The contestants were butchers, and their relative merits for skill and expedition were to be decided by the result of A sheep killing match. At 3:14 P. M. the words one, two, three, were given, Fitzgerald and O'Keefe each seized sheep, whose throat had already been cut by the attendants, and began their manipulations. First there was some work on the floor, which the butchers call logging. because the cut ting of the skin on the legs is the prin- cipal feature. The floor work comple- ted, the sheep's hind legs are tied together, and it is hung on a convenient hook.
 Fitzgerald hung up his fi'tieth sheep in two hours and twenty-seven minutes, making an average of two minutes and forty seconds for each sheep. His op- ponent was eleven minutes behind, hay ing cut himself badly twice.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-15
The Eating House Man.

When the train draws up at Stamford, five minutes for refreshments, says the Danbury NeaUs, it is easy to distinguish the experienced traveller from the rest. He has already got out on the platform, and is either on the bottom step, or close enough to it. Just as soon as the speed of the train becomes less than he can make, he springs off, and dashes madly for the saloon door, through it, and up to the counter, giving his order for coffee while moving, and snatching up the right article the first time. He knows just how much time is required to make five minutes, and when it is ex- pired he is out on the platform picking his teeth, and talking about real estate. Alas for the inexperienced traveller, such is not his record. He is inside the car when it stops, with twenty per sons ahead of him. He jumps down on the platform in time to see the mass surging into the door, and then it sud- denly strikes him that he may be too late, and under this inspiration he throws himself into the struggling gang. He doesn't reach the table. He and the other inexperienced travellers form the outside line, and shout their orders through the openings, and receive what is handed them with Jhankfulness and what dexterity they can muster. Such man will perspire and choke, and paw, and jaw during the entire five minutes, and in that time may get down two thirds of Q sandwich, one-third of Q piece of custard pie, and more or less of coffee, and then get out of the door just in time to catch hold of the car rail, and be pulled on by the brakeman. And when he has reached his seat and is scraping the rest of that pie from his boot, and drawing cold air into his throat to allay the pain of the scald, he will think up things about the keeper of that restaurant that would make the hair on a saw-horse stand straight on end
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-15

Sensations in the Papers.

We have just taken up at random one of the New York daily papers. Of course it contains the usual standard captions such as Horrible Murder" "Awful Casualty" "Unknown Suicide" etc. Let us run the eye along, and see what this small single sheet offers to the pub- lie to-day: :" A Man Boiled Alive;" "Cholera and Rinderpest;" "Outrage on an English Actor "Send your Children out of this Furnase;" "South Oyster. Bay Tragedy" "Found in a Well;" |" No Clew to the Mysterious Murder" Unwholesome Meat;" "The Outrage of the Day." "A Monstrous Attempt" "Pest Ship in the Lower Bay" Burglars latest Dodge;" "In- ternational Cock Fight;" Arrested for Murder;'' Killing of Morrison;" "Sheriff Street Tragedy" "Suicide of an Unknown Woman" But we pause, though not because we have come to the end of the list These headings are actually taken from city daily which lies before us. Nor is the reading mat ter presented specially unlike what many other papers contain. It is tho fashion to gather up as many sensation al items as possible It would seem that newspaper of the period to meet the popular taste, must contain large variety of horrible dishes, served up with all manner of condiments. We turn away from the dreadful record im- pressed with the conviction that the world is constantly growing worse-that crime is rapidly increasing. Good old people shake their heads, and say itwas not so in their day. But before we de- spairingly yield to the belief that the moral tone of the community has hope lessly degenerated, let us consider the great increase in population within the last half century-that much more is done nowadays than in the days of our fathers, not of evil only, but also of good, and that the natural tendency of the rapid increase of journalism is to bring before the public whatever hap pens. Remembering these things, we may feel that the whole world is not quite hopelessly bad. Yet it is most unfortunate that so much publicity is given by the press to details of shame less and atrocious crimes. Our news papers are thus rendered both unpleas- ant and unsuitable for family reading. The finer sensibilities of the community are blunted, the constant reader be- comes disgusted or demoralized. Can not higher standard be raised, and public sentiment be gradually educated to give hearty approval and support to purer journalistic literature
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-15

THE CASE OF LIEUT.. GALLAGHER Second Lieut.. M. Frank Gallagher, of the Second Infantry, who was recently tried before general court-martial a Columbia, s. O., for killing John Me- Aneely, discharged soldier. in Spar tanburg, s. C., on the 2d of May last, has been dismissed the service, and the sentence has been approved by the President. The civil authorities will take cognizance of the murder, the army trial being on the charge of con- duct unbecoming an officer and gen. tleman.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-15
TEST FOR PURE WATER

TEST FOR PURE WATER.-An exchange recommends the following test for ascer- taining tho purity or impurity of drink ing water, viz.: If half pint of the water be placed in perfectly clean, colorless, glass-stoppered bottle, few grains of the best white sugar added, and the bottle freely exposed to the light in the window of warm room, the solution should remain clear even after ten days exposure, if the water is pure. If the water become turbid, it is open to grave suspicion of contamination with sewage matter"
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-15

LUCK vs. D1sAPPo1NTMENr.- r.-Undoubt- edly the man who drew the $1OO,O0O prize in the Louisville lottery thinks he is lucky man. In order that he might get his $1OO, ,OO0, 175,000 people gave a dollar for which they received nothing. It is onlyless honest tand straightforward than to have subscription taken up for him among strangers. What is more, 175,000 people were disappointed to make up his exultation.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-15
MAMMOTH LoBsrERs.-Al lobster, sup

MAMMOTH HOLSTERS. A lobster, sup posed to be 100 years old, was recently caught on the coast of Maine. It was AS inches in length, and weighed 28 pounds. A London paper not long since reported one as having been taken 39 inches long, weight 154 pounds. In 1855 one was taken on the Irish coast weighing 28 pounds; and in 1886 an Irish lobster was taken which weighed 36 pounds. All these Holsters were said to be as good as they were great.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-15
In Absence.

Though spices lure me, and the rose-tree throws Its heart of fragrance to beguile the sense- Though warm airs woo me, and the beauty grows -rE
 Intense Though sunsets ravish with their blue and gold, And amber moons enchant the tropic zone, Love grows a-weary, and my heart a-cold,
 Alone! Then come, my darling, come again to me, Nor finger longer on the far-off shore; Between Us there shall roll the cruel sea
 No more. long to clasp you in 8 fond embrace, And tell you, tell you with my every breath, I ne'er again will miss your loving face
 Till death.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-15

CAPACITY oFSAw-M1LLs.-The largest saw-mills cut, as regular business, ten thousand feet of boards per hour. At Winnebago, Wisconsin, there are forty two mills within circuit of two miles which are all cutting lumber at this rate continually.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-15

Why are handcuffs like guide-books Because they are made for two wrists.
Connecticut western news., 1873-08-15
ADVERTISING RATES:

Schedule of prices for Advertising furnished on applio ation at this office.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22
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M Ryn

In this city, at I'm. to-day, 21st inst.
VIM. II. GRovEsTEEN, aged 30 years Of
Typhoid fever.
The friends of deceased, as we learn,
live in Beloit, Wisconsin, to which
place the remains will probably be
conveyed for interment. Mr.. Groves
teen came among us something like
nine months ago, and engaged in the
silversmith business. lie has been re-
cognized here as a stirring, thorough
business man, and had rapidly built
up good business by his energy, in
dustry and fair dealing. lie was, tho
unwell, ont upon the streets but few
days since, and his death was very un-
expected to his friends until, but a
short time before it occurred. IL was
one of those sudden, rapid declines,
quickly resulting in death, which arc
not unfrequent in Typhoid fever. lie
leaves an affcctionate wife and two
small children. The family have en-
deared themselves to our people. and
the afflicted survivors have the warm
sympathy Of their new, but sincere
friends, in this community,in their sad
bereavement.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22

Parties in search of lands, and all
others going to Kansas or southern
Colorado, will do well before going,
to address or call upon LaForce Il
Morse, Oitumwa, Iowa, and procure
maps, full particulars and railroad
tickets over the b. 81 NJ. and Atchison.
Topeka & Santa Fe railroads, as they
are agents for the sale of lands and
tickets.
Those who procure tickets of them
win have the privilege of stopping
over at any or all stations OH the A
T. & S. railroad, and il they purchase
lands, the money paid for tickets will
be refunded. ml3dltw4t
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22
IRON DUKE. ys.
HIS mis,erysand Pedigree.

Farmers of Southern Iowa! You
cannot afford 10 raise common horses.
1t will pay you to raise first-class
horses, and you will have during the
year 1878 the opportunity to breed to
Iron Duke, Jr., one of the purest bred
horses that could be found in the far
famed Blue Grass region of Kentucky.
He is closely related to Lucy, George
M. Patchen, American Girl, Green's
Bashaw, Bashaw, Jr., Kirkwood and
other celebrities. Come gentlemen
raise something that will pay.
Iron DUKE, Jr., is dark bay horse !;
was sired by Old Iron Duke of Long
Island dam Hambletonian and Prin-
ter mare.
OLD IRON DUKE, the sire of Iron
Duke, Jr., was sired by Old Cassius Nj
CLAY. His dam was q Cleveland bay
mare, out of mare sired by Imported
Messenger.
OLD CAssrUs NJ. CLAY, was sired by
a celebrated horse known as Henry
| CLAW his dam was fast mare, known
| aS.llic uitIl Vi JOHN AuuCASOu. StSslus
M. Clay was noted sire of trottcrs.--
The horse Henry Clay was sired by
the great trotting horse Andrew Jack.
| son, the finest trotter of his time: his
dam was the great trotting mare Sur.
rey, from Canada.
/ ANDREW JACKSON was sired by
Young Bashaw his dam was by Why.
not, q son of Imported Messenger
grand dam by Imported Messenger.
YOU'VE BAsHAw was sired by Crane
Bashaw (Arabian); his dam was Pearl
by First Consul grand dam, Fancy, b,
Imported Messenger. This horse wa
4 the fotlnder of the trotting family o
Bashaws, and he had cross of Messen
ger in him. He was bred by Thoma
Logan, of Pa.
u GRAND BAsHAw, 6Arabian), was foal
; ed about 1916, and imported from Fri
poll in 1920, by Joseph c. Morgan. II
stood near Philadelphia, and many Q
r fastest trotters are descended froI
MN. >RrED MESSENGER was foaled i
| INF Ssired by Mambrino his daI
itov, wa Grand dam by Regulus; b
Ss.. muln S, FOX Gipsey by Bay Bou
ota'ahs uy vto natural Barb mar,
ton, &c.' aracanh 'abont 1856, and die
on Long Island 49,. ssssenSer was u
sally conceded that \. - fsst trntt;n
great Progenitor of til .as' o'An
horses Of the United Stat .. !,
| IRON DUKE, Jr., is eigh. y go ~
this spring, is a model of beau chsp pu.
and endurance. Is about IL nan.
high. lie tro.te1 when five years o. -
after only six weeks training, a =
mile in 1851. He. is, without ques
ton, the finest bred horse in Souther
Iowa. He was brought here froi
Kentucky, and will be kept during til
Season OF 1878 at the Mambrino Stoc
Farm of Morris j. Williams, one mil
J from Ottumwa, Iowa, on. Monda,
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I
each week, and at tho Fair Groun'
northwest Of Ottumwa, on Friday an
: Saturday. Ten dollars to insure.
ial7wtf HENRY PIKE, Keeper.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22
COUMTY CONyENTTOy.

A Republican County Convention
will be held At the Court House in the
city of Ottumwa, Iowa, on Saturday,
the l4th day Of June, 1873, at l o'clock
p. M, for the purpose Of nominating
delegates 10 the Republican State Con-
vention, to be held on the 18th Of
june.
Township Conventions will be held
at the various places of holding cleo
tions in the Townships, on Saturday,
the 7th day of June, at four o'clock,
p The republicans Of each Town
ship win choose five delegates to said
County Convention.
9. A. Sw1GoET1, Chairman.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22
rorAuIccnIs1ic. ana .,,,r,.-.

A true specific Is adapted to al! localities and
ciinea and for this reason, that it strikes OF the
causatve principle OF the diseases which 1t Is ad-
ministrated to cure. Hostetters stomach Bitters,
for example Is a true specific, not only because it
fortines the body against the external influences
which prompts disease, but because when taken
as q remedy instead OF as preventive, 1t neutra.
Lies the infectve principle in the blood and
thereby destroyes the primary source of the all
ment. Hence as an antidote to epidemic disorders,
and to all complaints which are produced or ag-
gravated By miasma, or the presence Of anything
deletrous in the air, the water or the SOIL 1t liz as
nearly infallibie as any medicinal preparation can
be. In our own country, as remedy for intermit-
tent feyers. bilious affections constipation dys-
pepsia, nervous weakness, rheumatism and gen.
eral debility 1t is unrivaed is it less celebra-
ted in the tropics as PREVENTIVE of malarious
fevers.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22
May 10th, 1878.

Eliza Ann Wood presents. claim
for damages upon the location Of a
road petitioned for by N. P. Peterson,
April 18th, 1873, and reported upon
by L. G. Bergren, commissioner, April
22nd, 1873, representing that she is the
owner of the s II swI section 90, and
the nwi4 nwL sec. 20, town. u, range
Is, and that by said location she will
be damaged in the sum of SIS, which
amount she claims.
1t is hereby ordered that the same
commission appointed to assess dam.
ages OH the claim of Nels Pearson, filed
May 18th, 1873, be appointed to do the
work on both claims at the same time
| w. FL. CALDWELL, Co., Aud.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22
Nav 10Th, 1873.

~sA"s Avss's 1919
John d. Mingus presents a petition
praying the appointment of Com
missioner to view and locate road,
described as follows, to-wit:
Commencing at the East line of the
sw Il ne "a section Is, at the East end
of the "Mingus and Alpine Road" as
now established, and running East, or
nearly so, to the center of sec. IL,
Washington township, Wapello coun-
ty, Iowa, as surveyed by c. J. Love,
Commissioner and Jno. ID. Baker, Sur
vcyor, on the Sth Of August, 1872.
The law having been complied with,
John Pruden is hereby appointed Com
missioner, to commence work on the
oath inst, and report back to this of.
See on or before the 3lst inst.
VIM. ii. CALDWELL,
County Auditor
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22

The undersigned, formerly a slave,
is anxious to know the whereabouts OF
his mother, who 10 probably living
yet. l and my mother were the COM
mon property of Samuel Allen, near
Union, in Breckenridge county, Ken
lucky. When was about nine years
old our master broke up housekeeping
and was given to Richard Shacklet,
and three years afterward was taken
to Missouri, thus separating me from
my mother, who remained in Ken.
lucky as the property of young Will
liam Allen. Since the war I have
heard that she was living. but l can
get no positive information OF hel
whereabouts. If living, my mother
will remember me by telling her tina,
] am the boy that was named "Gener'
al William Henry Harrison" and car
be found by addressing
w. H. II. ALLEN,
Oskaloosa, Iowa.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22
Sheriff Sale .

BY virtue of an Execution to Inc directed from
the Clerk Of the District Court Of Davis county
Iowa, on q judgment obtained In said Court, on
18th day of June 1872 in favor of D. 4. Putnam
as Plaintiff, and against North Mo. Railroad Com.
pany defendant, for the sum Of Six Hundred
and Seventy-eiglit dollars and 60 cents and costs
taxed at ss2.6 and accruing costs, have levied
upon the following taken as property OF said De
PENDANT, TO satisfy said Execution, to-wit:
One judgment against the ST. Louis and Ceda
Rapids Railroad Company for the sum of SSH.
6s2 a6-l 1000 Three Hundred and Forty. four Thous
and Six Hundred and Eighty-tw0 and 96-lO0 dol
lars said Judgment rendered In the Distric
Court OF Wapello county, Iowa, on the Tth day o
February ISL, in favor Of said Plaintiff.
And will offer the same for sale to the highes
bidder for cash In hand on the 30th day OF June
A. D. 1873, In front of the Court House, in Ottum
wa ut the hour of one O'Clock p. M, Of said day
when and where due attendance will he given b.
the undersigned.
:. A. SW IGGETT,
c,@2.. Sheriff OF said County.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22

John F. Cullen has opened out a
Family Grocery in Howerton's old
stand, opposite the Post Office. His
motto is 'tQuick sales and small pro-
fits, coupled with a determination to
please If his best efforts will do it, and
also making an imperative rule that
every purchaser shall only pay for
what he gets, and to that end he will
not sell to those who can't pay. He
keeps constantly on hand Plants best
st. Louis Flour--a very superior ar
ticle. Remember Johns cheap gro
cery,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22
Concord Crane vines

Only Five cents each at o. Towers, on
Court street; also full assortment OF
Garden Seeds at Is per cent. less than
generally offered at in this market,
and largely of Iowa production; also
Field Seeds generally, with Bird seed,
Flax Seed, Mustard Seed, &c; also
Maple Trees and Usage Hedge plants
in any quantity. inch 4 dit w3m.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22

WASHINGTON, ID. CIT s
May 18th, 1873.
vo,,.r wei 'ngton county, Fulton
II Read .nno;n,a. Twice Franklin Sing
master, resigned.
Adams, Muscatine county, estab-
lished with Elias Ada us as : NJ
Papers to Muscatine.
Bergen, Allamakee coun. y: ais'ol'
tinued--papers TO Waukon.
Irwin, Audubon county, Ro, All
Ter appointed, vice G. d. Luccoc ~
signed.
Coalfield, Monroe county - Evans
E. Edwards appointed, vice Jno. r.
Galbreath resigned.
Greenfield, Adair connty,J. s. Wag-
goner appointed, vice z. L. Eaton, re-
signed.
Carlisle, Warren county, David H.
Hartman appointed, vice A. L. Swal-
low, left out by change of site.
POTOMAC.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22
CITY NEWS.
THE M0DOC WAR ENDED.

Mr.. Richard Shea having obtained
the exclusive sale in Ottumwa, of the
Celebrated Stoves manufactured by
the Excelsior Stove Works, of Quincy,
Ills, desires to inform the citizens OF
Ottumwa and vicinity, that he is now
prepared TO display as fine an assert
mcnt of Stoves and Hollow Ware as
any establishment in the West. Be-
ing the exclusive agent for the cele-
brated t.ExcELsIoR,' is a sufficient
guarantee of the straight forward deal
ings to be anticipated by visit to the
establishment of Mr.. Shea. Mr. Shea
is The Sole agent in Ottam,ca Of the
Ercelsior Store Forks Of Quincy.
mo 4td 1tw
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22
August rrower.

This Great Dyspepsia Panacea has
the largest sale of any other prepare.
ton in the world. Why? because we
say to every one that is afflicted with
Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Costive-
ness, Headache, Heartburn, Water
brash, Sour Stomach, Indigestion or
any disease depending upon pure
blood, healthy Liver and Stomach, to
call OF Taylor, Blake e Co.'S drug store
in Oitumwa, Iowa, and get one of our
sample bottles free of charge. Regu-
lar size rs cents. Two or three doses
will relieve any case. Try it.
Taylor. Blake & 60. Wholesale
Agents, Ottumwa, Iowa. may15.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22
June A. Wentz, the popular gcner

June A. Wentz, the popular gcneral
. vcnt of the st. Louis X. C. e North
3, u railroad at this city has just re-
IN, ne, from weeks trip to st. Paul
and. Mi.1eeab oils, MINI, where he went
in the interest /. # the Road. Arrange
me,,ts are being M. >de to run through
coach from 81 To- 's to st. Paul.
The Company repose especial conn
dence in Mr.. Wentz, as W. y 'ney may
i 10 making all arrangements '"fous'
him here and to the north of us.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22

YOu Need 70 NO Farmer
Than the Wholesale and Retail Drug
and Book Store of
TAYLOR, BLAKE & co.
For your Chromos, Picture Frames,
Parlor Brackets, What Nots, Towel
Racks, Comb Cases, Pockets and
Book Cases, also
SABBATH SCHOOL BOOKS,
! Which will be furnished Wholesale or
4tsil as cheap as they eau be pro-
anywhere in the U. S., freight
"a Our assortment in all these
full and complete and we de-
fy competl.
ynu huy
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22
WOOL! WOUL!l WOOL!!!

/ have made arrangements to buy
Wool for one OF the largest wool
houses in Chicago, and will pay the
highest market price in cash for all
the wool / can get at my store in Ger.
lach's building, Second street. Farm.
ers it will be to your interest not te
sell until you see me.
may Is wSt. Jos. j. HADFIELD
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-05-22
millinery Goods.

Mrs. Hawks has large and well as
sorted stock of Millinery Goods. The
latest style of goods are kept constant
ly on hand, and novelties are being
received daily, which are offered at
lower prices than the same quality OF
goods are sold in any other city in the
State. You are invited to call and
examine goods and prices. m2dwtt