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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16

Children are frequently relieved Of
the terrible strnining attendant upon
Wooping Cough, by q single dose Of
d.. Gilnian's Cohosh aud Tar. Try it.
nov2ld&w3m JOHN L. MooRE.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16
LEGAL NOTICES.
Sheriff sales

nY virtue Of an Execution to me directed from
ID the Clerk II the Circuit Court OF Wapello
county, lows, on Judgment obtained In said
OF Francis NJ. Thomas as Plaintiff, and against n.
A. Ketchum ct al. "a Defendants, for the sum OF
Three Hundred and ninety-fou dollars and IS
have levied upon the following Real Estate taken
q property Of said Defendants TO satisfy said kx.
ecutlOu, to-wit:
~ feet on OF the sW side OF lot 81 Of Norrises
Subdivision of Out lot rs. In the city of Ottumwa
wxpe!iU county, Iowa. being the whole OF said lot
except 81 feet on OF the L side thereof, next te
lot Nc 60 and so 7. mne , e, q Y. 10 n, n said
McElroye addition, tO-wtt: triangle bocnl:,l
on the 4 BY Alley, on the Nv BY the 81 Anc OF
said not 81, and on the SW by the line between
All In said city.
And viii oiYer the same for sale 60 the highest
bidder for cash in hand, subject u redemption, on
the 18th day of February A. ID. 1873. In front Of the
O'Clock p. M OF said day, when and whore due at
tendance wili be given BY the undersigned.
pa'es 4 o swk sws ss san asss ~
ID the Clerk Of the Circuit Court Of Nap-llo
county, Iowa, on a judgm ent obtained in said
Court, ON the 18th day OF December. Js5 in favor
Of Brent Bros. A. Plaintiffs. and against William
N. SIMS ~ Defendant for the sum OF Two Hum
dred and Thirty three dollars and costs faxed at
1850 and accruinc costs, have levied upon the
following, taken Is property Of said Defendant,
to satisfy said Execution, to-wit:
The buildings situated on Let No. eleven tfil, in
Block No. twenty -sixs in the town OF Rkto,i. Wa
pello county, Iowa. s..zss.4 81
And win offer the same for sale TO the highest
bidder for cash In haRi, the 18th day OF Febru.
airy, 4. d. 1s7s in front Of the Court House. in OF
tumwa, al The hour OF one O'Clock p. m. OF said
day, when and where due attendance will be given
by The undersigned. $3.50 s
Dated OF Ot.nnlwa. Iowa, January, lssh, Is7s.
3. A. yWIC(sETT. Sheriff oil ufy.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16

Il
| A Hamilton farmer has forty calve
all afflicted with the epizootic.
| Sioux City bought 1913 worth Of flu,
from the Peak Family one night re
Gently.
1 The State Agricultural Society ha
recognized the Fasmevs' Jouynal.pub
lished at Cedar Rapids, as the leading
! agricultural paper Of the State.
fraudulent county warrants hav,
rom,ed Adair county to realization
of " mans inhumanity to man."
A mastodon's tooth has been discov.
cred near Carlisle, Warren county
It is sevensinchcs wide by six inches
thick and Of proportiouate length.
The. Des Moines Valley Railroad
case involving the sale Of tho road for
debt, has been continued by consent OF
counsel, until the next term of the
Polk County Circuit Court.
The defalcation of an Indianola grain
buyer was announced some time ago,
in which the amount taken from the
Patrons of Husbandry was placed at
5000. II Is now found to have been
but $500, and thirty-eight per cent.
of this has been recovered.
Two persons, man and boy, were
frozen to death near Sioux City, dur
ing the late snow storm.
Dcs Moines is ahead on the p. q.
business. It has two now, one on the
East side--a branch from tho old one.
Des Moines has thirteen year old
school girl who meaaures moro than
six feet in height.
Some old army buttons, used ~ play
things by child at Ogden, proved to
be hollow, with five dollar green
back folded in each.
Atwclve year old boy named Schnei-
der, living at Muscatine, had q ft on
the street, fell into the snow, had both
arms and hands frozen before he was
found.
DR.. Kulp, Of Davenport, an eminent
dentist, is chosen by the Department
as Regius Lecturer Of Dental Surgery
to the State Medical College at the Un-
iversity.
The Marshall of st. Charles was re-
Gently assaulted by two rufiians, and
the blade Of . pocket knife driven into
his forehead. A piece of the blade
~ inches long was extracted by the
surgeons, and he now lays.in critical
condition.
The largest fruit orchard in the State
is that of Wyoming township. Ana
mosa county; it contains $500 apple
trees.
At Anamosa, last Tuesday, fourteen
boys coasting down hill on large
sled together, ran into horse and cut
ter, injuring the animal SO that he had
to be killed.
At Floyd City, on Saturday, two
brothers named Sharkey, sons of one
Of the oldest and wealthiest citizens Of
that section, went to the river together
to water the cattle, which being done,
one returned home, while the other
went to the woods for the purpose of
hunting rabbits, since which time not
withstanding the most laborious search
he has not been found, though his
tracks were traced by means of blood
stains, in the snow, to an air-hole in
the ice, where all trace was lost. What
became of him is a complete mystery.
Up to this time he has not been found,
though the most vigorous search is still
being made. The young man was 10
years of age.
A Charlton negro named Henry, in
fit of jealousy, tied his wife's hands
behind her, strapped her to chair,
and after choking her nearly to death,
left her with the threat that at night he
would return and finish her. He paid
$25 for his amusement and left the city.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16
The otsumwn Foundry,

6hawls, Furs, Scarfs and Skirts at
Meek's.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16

n Send for the EXTRA TERMS OF the great
selling book 'YoUMAN'S iICrI9N-
hrnvnA AIRY Of Every Dag Wants q
LIN Nook OF 2,0N kEGElP =
III III | VBest Selling Book lii Y. $.
Send for 10 PIP. circular. \ is
Wanted. Address at once.
Continental fub. Co. Chicago.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16

see Mr.. Smith is out without his
crutches. Oh yes, he used Gilman's
Stimulating Cream, and all pain and
suffering left him. Mr.. John l.. Moore
sells Il. nOv2ld&w3m.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16

New York is on the qui vire, ex-
pecting every moment to hear the an
nouncement that Stokes has suicided,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16

$4,000 OF new Goods, just received
at Mcek's store, at your own prices.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16
LIST or LETTERS

Remaining in the Post Office at
Ottumwa, Iowa, uncalled for, Janua.
ry IA, 1872.
Nora Buchanan, Marcus Klein,
G w Carter, Jacob Kragler,
Mart Cavanah, ED Lanfcar,
Sarah u Crider, John Lovern
Peter Caster, Heinrich Mallon,
w w Cole, Mrs w NJ Monger.
Jno II Decker, Z A Nilsson,
Jno Demaris, Miss NJ Peaters,
ID NJ DickersoD, :. Emma Pierson,
Hannah Echley, Miss Anna Rogers,
Mrs f. Graves, Lizzie Russell.
w S Gibson 2 JAS a Rush,
Maggie Harkins, S NJ Smith,
Su Heart. Arther Thompson,
Mrs Z GJohnson, Mary Walker,
Orlando Jones, p Ward,
Persons calling for any of the above
Letters, will please say advertised and
give the date of the List.
A. II. HAMILTON, p. NJ
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16

Bring your 1eb Work to this Office,
aud yeaN get II done The nsatsst and
the cheapest,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16

Mrs. NJ. N. Hawks will sell millinery
goods cheaper than the cheapest. New
styles received every week.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16

Lonsdale muslin 16 cents, at Meek's
Store. jan15d&wtf.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16

70 THE WORKING CLASS, male or fe-
male, SEQ a week guaranteed Respectable
employees ut home, day or evening; no
capital required full instruction and vslun-
bls package OF goods to start with sent IL. q
by mail. Address. with cent return starep,
NJ. YOUNG CO., l5 Courtisnd-st., New York.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16

Frederick Douglass lectures in Bur-
lington (la.) on next Friday evening.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16
FroT. Anderson's Dermandor good 10,

FFof. Anderson's Derinandor good for
Man.
Ny son was taken with swelling
ON his leg, just above the ankle joint.
Ipaid our family physician $40 for at
tending to it, with no bencntit. Some
time after was advised by friend
to use "ANDERsoN's DEnMADoR."
used one bottle on the swelling and
effected permanent cure.
A. S. RAILS,
Standing Stone, Pa
we advertisement in another column
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16
A beautiful lot Of Alpacas at Ntcck's
Agric,.Iturnl Notice.

The Officers, Diret tors and members
of the Wapello County Agricultural
Society will meet at the Court House,
in O:tumwa, on Saturday, Jan. 18th
1873, at 10 o'clock, 4. NJ, for the pur-
pose ofElecting a President, Vice Pre-
isdent, Treasurer and Secretary; also,
Directors to serve three years for the
Townships of Centre, Polk, keokuk,
Agency, Pleasant and Washington.
Gro. g. JOHNSTON,
Janl3d&w Secretary
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16

@$75 to $3.50 pr month, h ,asis Z fensir
Rto Introduce tire GESUtNE IMPROVED
0COMMON SENSE l. AMILl SEEMING MA
ofCHlNE. This machine will. stitch, hem,
ID Tell, tnck, qai;t, cord, bind, braid, Hnd
> emoroit!sr In a NEST superior manner.
. Price only SIS Fully licensed and war
q rauted ior five years. We will pay 81 eua
E,r any machine that will sew stronger,
e more beautiful or u ore elastic seam Than
: ours. 1t makes the Elastic Lock stitch ;
60 Evcry second stitch Gall DO cut, and sin
=, The c0thscnnrot be pulled apart Without
Eteartng IL " . pay -Agents from s'h ~ s25t
"a per month Fnd expenses. or u combustion
Siro,n which twice that nmtiunt can be
- made Sddiess, SEIDNE 4 CO..
p sskc!y.2awtm Chicago, Ill 4
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-16
10 coo AGENTS WANTED

II ARGE WAGES made by honest. indus
IL trious insn and women. so Handsome
Autographs FREE to each agent. Address
BOWEN SEQ, Marion Ohio
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GOOD AGENTS wANrEp,

GOOD AGENTS " ANTEbl IN
Intelligent n.n and woiaea wanted IS ~
where To get good ferrltorS, exclusively
assigned, send early for circular and rms
J. ID. FORD & Co, New-Iork !; Bnston, Mass
Chicago, III. san Faancisco, Cal.
AAAAlEA Easily rnaae With nur ste MOL :,
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-16
The New Postal Cards.

The following is a description of the
new one cent postal cards to come in use
on May LIST
The cards are to be printed on what is
| known as "bound paper''--that is, paper
which is worked together in a solid sheet
without FASTING. They will be five and
one eighth inches long, by three inches
wide, and are of two shades of velvet
brown, bearing on one side a stamp with
the " liberty head surrounded by the
words gu. S Postage One Cent? in lathe
work, and having besides the words "Unit-
ed States Postal Card.n Printed across the
face are lines for the address, with the let
tiers "U. 8. p. o. D. ;" one and half inch
| es long, in a water mark across the body
of the card. The weight is to be six pounds
to the thousand. The cards are to be put
up in packages of So, and then will be in
closed in light pasteboard boxes containing
20 packages, or 500 cards each.
The contractors agree to furnish one
hundred million cards the first year, and
more if required. The orders received at
the Department already amount to over
SO, DOC, 900, and are increasing every day, so
that the Postmaster General calculates that
at least $50, 100000 cards will be called for
the first year.
The cards will be for sale at every post
Office in the United States, singly or in
quantities. the same as postage stamps are
now. A card will answer all the purposes
of paper, enveloped and stamp, in case the
message contains nothing of a private ma
ture, and the saving of two cents to men
and houses sending out hundreds of letters
daily will be no small item. 1t is not ex-
pected that the postal cards will be popular
with lovers, or people in whom the organ
of secretiveness is unusually large; but
with the mass OF the people they are sure
to become immensely popular.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-16
Important Questions About the Road law.
ATHENS, Tenn, April 8, 1S7

ATHENS, Tenn, April 8, 1873.
EDITORS CHRONICLE: The public press
reports the County Courts of Knox and
Davidson counties as having taken action
under the provisions of the new road law,
laying the county off into road districts
and appointing commissioners. This law
as officially published does not fix the time
that it is to take effect, consequently, un-
der the Constitution and Code of Tennes-
see, it goes into effect forty days after the
adjournment of the Legislature that enact
ed it. That time has not yet expired by
about twenty days.
Now suppose these newly elected COM
missioners proceed to execute the law and
some road hand or tax payer denies the
validity of their appointment, made at the
time it was, and questions at law their
power and the powers of the overseers
appointed by them. The old law being
still in full force had the County
Courts the right to ignore it and proceed
under new law that had not yet gone in
TO effect?
With due Difference to the wisdom of the
above named County Courts, we are in
clined to think not and in this view of the
case the County Court of McMinn con-
tinued to recognize and operate under the
old law, as far as it falls short of the neces-
stiles of the people. If wrong in this mat
ter we stand subject to correction. Will
some of the Legislators inform?
CHAIR. MCMTNN CnrTNrv CnuPr.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-16
From Campbell County.

The death of Reuben Rogers, Esq, hav-
ing been announced to the Campbell
County Court on Monday, the 9TH inst, of
which body he was a member, that body
in consideration of Mr.. Rogers services to
the State as a member of the Legislature
and Justice of the Peace, after reciting
the above facts in preamble, passed the
following resolutions:
ResoIved, By the County Court of Camp.
bell county, That we deplore the loss OF
the distinguished dead, and that we tender
our sympathies to his family and friends
who have lost an affectionate husband, 8
kind parent, and good friend.
Resolved further, That a copy of these
resolutions be sent to the family of the de-
ceased, and that they be spread upon the
minutes of the court.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-16
THE CINCINNATI ROAD.

We are indebted to Gov. Cox, of Ohio,
for pamphlet copy of the report of Chief
Engineer Gum, of the Cincinnati road
surveys. Accompanying the report is a
fine map of the different routes, with a ia
BILE of distances. After a careful examine
ton, we find the advantages of the Eastern
route very great. From the report, it
seems that the Knoxville route is
but sixteen miles longer than the
shortest line surveyed. To save this six
teen miles Cincinnati would have to build
an entirely new road, whereas by the
Knoxville route 1t finds a large portion of
the line already in operation. The grades
by the Eastern route are as good as any
other, the country traversed as rich and
populous and the advantages to be secured
| as great. 1t seems for these reasons that
no matter how many other lines are built
| Knoxville is certain to have the earliest
and shortest connection.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-16
A Funny Mistake.


A married Johnny went marching home
blind drunk the other night, and thought
he was climbing into the window of his
house, but got into the hog-pen instead,
where a fat porker lay quietly snoozing.
Taking off his clothes he hung them over
the trough, and laid him down beside his
BETSY as he thought. After grumbling
awhile at Betsy for breathing so loud, he
began feeling around for the cover. and
soliloqulsed
"Mighty Gurus. Kiver must a fallen on
er fioor-prob'bly under bed. say, oil
CONAN, how y'r got yourself fixed? Bess
feels offel curus-brssels! Zis is ermark-
able eoincicurence! Old gal las sadly
changed sins las we met. WINNER werez-
er'ed. Gets hold of the hogs tail.) Ha-
ha-hic-I say, Bess, how y'r got y'r hair
| fiexed? Beats all-twis'ed, squiried--hic
like heather Chinee. Les unwrap it.
It's tighter'n 'ell-so I'm 1. Disgustin'Iway
to wear hair. Dom care d-n if its style
or not-'s got to come down. Say, where's
y'r nose? Strange-you had nose. Now
look y'r, old CONAN, this-hic-d-n fool
ishness's perceeded, fur huff. Perduce that
nose or Ill ki-hic-you outer bed.
The mans wife, attracted by the noise
appeared upon the scene at this critical
moment, and managed to get her inebri
ated lord into the house, he muttering the
while:
Oats not right, Bess-take vantage
my feeble condishun to turn me outel
house an home. BE sorry for zis win vi
= get-hic-sober."
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-16
"NaM for Life or Death ;,

A survivor of the Atlantic wreck tells
the following incident:
One of the men who escaped by the port
hole suffered terrible agony. He was of
stout build, and found himself caught by
the shoulders. After considerable diff
Guilty he forced both arms through, but on
trying to free the remaining portion of his
body found himself wedged at the hips as
tightly as if he were in a wise. Those on
the outside did all in their power to pull
him through, but could not move hairs
breadth either way. In this horrible posi-
ton, with either of two deaths staring him
in the face, the unfortunate man remained
for fully fifteen minutes. At last he cried
in his agony, Nov, for either life or
DEATH" and by a super-human effort
pulled himself through, more dead than
alive. The lower portions of his hody were
severely mangled.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-16

The following is the letter of resigna.
ton from George William Curtis, as q
member of the Advisory Board of the Civil
Service, about which good deal has been
said {:
WEST NEwBRIGHToN, n. Y, /
March IS, 1878.
My DEAR SIR AS the circumstances I'M
der which several important appointments
have recently been made seem to me to
show an abandonment both of the spirit
and letter of the Civil Service regulations,
l respectfully resign my position as a mem
Der of the Advisory Board of the Civil
Service. In so doing, beg to assure you
of my warmest wishes and of the continu-
ance of my most earnest efforts for the sue
cess of your administration.
Very respectfully and truly yours,
GEO. WIN. Gu RTIs.
His Excellency the President.
Some of the opposition papers announce
this as an abandonment of the matter. The
Washington correspondent of the Cincin-
natl Gazette, thinks it is not played out
and says:
Competitive examinations are certainly
not abolished at the Interior Department.
Tomorrow such examination will be held
to fill four positions as Examining Sur
geOnS OF Une IenSlOn ONCE. Inc bOaru
consists of DR.. Baxter, Purveyor of the
Medical Department; DIR. Hood, Chief
Surgeon of the Pension office, and DR.. j.
p. Stanton, of this city. The Chronicle to-
day, in an editorial arguing that civil sc f.
vicereform originated among those who
desired to break down the Republican par
ty, attacks Mr.. Curtis as follows; off Mr..
George William Curtis supposed when he
became chairman of the Civil Service
Board that the President had abdicated /;
that the Constitution of the United States
had been repealed, and that he and his
board were clothed with plenary power to
control appointments, he is too great an
ignoramus to exert much influence on pub
lie opinion. Hence, the implied threat
published by the New York opposition
Journals, that Mr.. George William Curtis
may print letter declaring that his resig-
nation was rendered because the rules of
the Civil Service Board had in some cases
been disregarded, contains nothing to dis
turb the equanimity of people possessing
a reasonable share of common sense. It's
in no sense material to the public whether
he resigned on account of ill health, or on
account of business engagements, because
his work had been completed, or on &C
count of an exuberance of personal vanity.
The rules of the Civil Service Board will
remain, and whenever and wherever
found to be beneficial will be applied and
enforced all the same, whether he or some
other citizen may hereafter be President of
this board, or if the board should be dis
solvedu
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-16
md wiIlin' to acknowledge it ?"
Imnortant to Pensioners.

A very important provision of the new
consolidated pension law has just been
brought to notice, and is one which, II lit
erallV construed, will take several millions
out of the treasury. 1t declares that the
pensions of widows shall be increased at
the rate of two dollars per month for each
child under the age of sixteen years of the
husband on account of whose death the
claim has been or shall be granted, the in
crease to date from July 25, 1866. This
provision attracted no attention at the time
OF the passage of the bill. 1t had not even
been noticed at the Department until few
DAYS back, when it tran5pired that the
claim agents had discovered it, and were
sending circulars on the subject to the
hundred thousand or mere widows whose
names are borne on the dension rolls. The
Secretary has now under advisenent the
question as TO whether this clause is retro
active, although from the language it would
seem as if there could be no doubt about
it, Wash. Car. Baltimore Sun.
Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-04-16
Fr0st-The Fruit Crop.

Yesterday morning we had white frost
in these parts, which it was feared would
prove destructive to the fruit crops. AT
ter making some observations ourselves
and after conversing with gentlemen from
the country, we find that the crop is not
injured 10 any great extent and that we
will have plenty of fruit, 1t is not likely
we will have another frost to injure it, and
If not We will have abundance of fruit in
East Tennessee.
Will our friends throughout East Ten
nessee sends us short notes as to fruit and
crop prospects?