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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-04-02

n tws,sI LIZ Rens Fsxoner
jokingly told him that he wished he
had a. much md hey IS he BAUER az
xthvpxput 1AiQs ttlsv Bauer aka&
tJf1bd ~ les DenS Han All ola
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butcher on Main street, and asked him
tor ten cents. Denmark replied that
e nov Dyed Wasynef 1iisecn cents
more thaf~he Mad money. On this
Bauer started ont doors. When al
the door he turned and said they were
- bet 6f d-dss0ns 81 t-.chae.n al
tns 1eeperk said to lWssqnen "If /
was proprietor here ] would not take
that" when Banor Immediately drew
"a Smith & Wessop six shooter, and
peinliDg II directly IL Denmark, fred
saying, sstake Inst 'then.s.s The shet
struck Denmark on the chin, passing
sreuAAstse, face and lodging some.
wherein Ills jaw. Beu6r than fif0d q
second shot which missed its aim and
lodged iasasstpdding in the room at
the rearo fthst occupied BY the saloon.
Wagner then rushed on to Bauer to
disarm him, and In the scuffie got out
ON the sidewalk, whom Bauer again
irsdnaad, shot Wskoner in the LETT
fore arm, the ball l0daing between
the bones.
Bauer then attempted TO escape,
running down Main street, passing
through the lot above the Ballingall
House TO the alley in tho rear. aHe
was pursusd by Denmark, who by this
time had recovered from the shock Of
being wounded, and oyertaken 10 the
alley by Denmark, knocked down
with . rock, aud 81 sssiatance had not
come coon, Bauer would probably
have been beaten to death by Denmark.
eqplre Fetzer happening to be near
rushed in and commanded the peace
Denmark wss taken of and Bauer.
arrDstcd by Scion Gray, and taken TO-
Jail. Denmark and Waeoner,s wounds
wore dressed bht the balls were not
extracted. . 4 II u i s. .,'g,8s
Bauer some ten Or twelve years ago
was resident Of this city, and but \
few days ago returned from a long
absenc6 In Texas, whore it is supposed
he had cultivated the chivalric notions
81 that lawless State. He, will now
doubtless have An opportunity Of
meditdtfhS 0n the fact that this Is not
Texas and that free fights INDUCED
inswithout prpvocation are not con-:
eidered as necessary 10 establish q
inanarespectability, but on the con-
trary people who engage in them are
severely punished. <.
Since writing the above, Bauer has
been brought before Esquire Fetzcr,
bis bonds fxed ct $1,000, for his ap-
peaEaess t2,mexrews tor preliminary
exafninafi8 ion, fSiiing 70 give which Ne
wentt0jafi.l eiM E1s6IerA7sAs
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-04-02
Suniav smOng the t'thirsty' ones in
Burlington Is thus described by The
machine poet of the Hdsckeye:

VA w4sASekI91I eyee they look usoa1ix
Earth seems desert dark and dreaf.
Their qnivering voices raise the sound,
"We can't get nary lager beer
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-04-02


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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-04-02

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In eetn they kick the afIey do.xs
t!rn9 cpnas tn voice OF the bar keeper,
no beer q hn4py any mole.n
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-04-02

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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-04-02

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unless the author gives Us bis name.
So. This letter Is one merely Of .
personal character, which we win only.
inseet ~ "A advertisement at ten cent?
peS line, and then only Ia cases:~jh6r4
tahess indisputsble PROOF that the
writer has good cause for thus adver-
asing and attempting to injurs anoth.
e. man.
I'd. The writer don't send the mon
Ayto pay for his card, which 10 worth
q least $500.
4th. Our paper is mot : medium
tArough which 70 vent personal spleen,
bat 70 say al the good things We oan
u bur fellow citizcns, aud TO hcei taif.
Asultiss, instead OF widening them. y !.
81. II one individual il wron9od
by another, he has redress through
our courts.
Il We hope . aPoor Farmer win b
Ssala1sd with thsse rsasons, and x.
- - dom sivisg psbliatty VI
le6tsg.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
An Aged Wanderer.

An old, white haired man, sixty years
of age, arrived at Kansas City recently,
having made the long pilgrimage OF
638 miles on foot from Denver, fol-
lowing the line of the Kansas Pacific
Railway. He w:ts II queer-looking OBJ
lect, with his pack of cooking utensils,
his blanket, and a buE,lle of rags,
picked up and preserved in order the
better to secure warmth during his
nightly bivouacs on the bleak and des-
olate plains through which his Journey
ran. For more than month the train
men have at intervals seen the old man
trndging patiently along, but never
asking for ride. He stated that he
had been supplied with food by tho
settlers and soldiers to whom he ap-
piled; and in one instance a rowing
band of Arapahoe Indians, instead Of
lifting his scalp, had given him guam
tity of ierked buffalo meat, and sped
him, with whoops of satisfaction. on
his way. He was formerly prosper
GUS merchant in st. Louis: but, losing
nearly all his fortune, he went to Ari.
IONA, where he built Il saw mill: but
the Apaches burnt it, and came near
killing him. He then went to New
Mexico, and thence to Colorado. Be-
ing unable to find work, he set ont on
his solitary walk, in winter, from tho
Rocky Mountains to the Missouri
river. The railway officials Mt Kansas
City, after listening to his story, gave
him a free pass to his friends in St.
LOuiS.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
APPLYING THE MAIDSTONE.
Facts that will ;Ss far Toward Ms k X
ISclleverS.

Believers.
Deacon Wolcott, of Batavia, ILL.,,
who was bitten on the hand 10y mad
dog some time since, has returned from
visit to Lincoln, ILL.,, whittier ne went
too receive an application from a mad
stone owned by a gentleman at that
place. Upon the first application be.
ing made tho stone adhered closely.
When perfectly saturated with the virus
it would drop off: Upon being I'M
mersed in warm milk the poison
separated from the stone, when
it was ready for application to
the wound again. AS long as virus
renamed in the system the same would
adhere until saturated with the poison
when it would of itself drop off. Mr..
Wolcott has every confidence in the
efficacy of the stone, and returns with
the belief that he has nothing more to
fear from hydrophobia. Mr.. w. was
accompanied by a young man named
Letter, bitten by the sume dog, who
has gone forward to Bloomington,
where he is now attending school.
On the same day that Messrs. VOL
cott and Letter were attacked, Swede
woman in Batavia was bitten by this
dog. She thought nothing of the mat
ter until her arm commenced swelling,
which continued until the flesh turned
green. Her condition being learned
by our citizens, fund was raised for
her benefit, and she was sent to Bloom,
Cook county, where it is understood
another maidstone is kept. The result
of her visit there we have not yet
learned.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
Rhode Island Savings Banks.

A summary of the condition of the
Rhode Island savings banks is printed
i'll the Providence Journal of the Is6th
inst, which contains some interesting
and very significant figures. The whole
number of savings banks is 81, and; of
depositors SO, 124. The average to
each depositor is $50050, and the
largest amount due any depositor $780,
891, ,36. The increase in deposits from
the previous year is "a, O33, GA 81 the
average rate per cent Of last dividend,
in 36 institutions, II per cent. per an.
mum and the amount loaned on r1ort-
cages of real estate in ot'::c, states, g.,
545, 27O. 40. The total amount due de.
positors is SAG, ,617, 1S3. O3, and the excess
of assets over liabilities, 1,?80, 430. SIS.
Such figures rs these show that Rhode
Island, though little, is thrifty and
provident. Out of its population of
217, ,353, almost one.h half are depositors
in the savings banks, with an average
of over $500 to each person, laid away
for rainy day. The result shows that
the homllics of old Roger Williams
have borne good fruit.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
Ruins Of the Tower OF Babel.

Rev. Il. M. Gordon describes the
reputed site of the tower of Babel. A
high mound is surrounded by ruined
and unfinished tower of brick, the
summit 235 feet above the plain. It is
of the same elements as the mounds of
Babyloa-masses of brick and rubbish
interspersed with broken pottery.
These bricks are all of them inscribed
on one side with cuneiform characters,
of the ancient Assyrian, and supposed
to be the Oldest written language. On
one side we're excavations which have
been made; you may see walls Of
bricks ascending tier above tier with
masterly ambition. On another, all is
copvulsion and disturbance. One
block has rolled bodily to the foot of
the mound, others are vitritied or fused
by a process which can be none other
than electricity or fire. Curiously
enough, the Arabs have tradition
that it has been destroyed by fire from
heaven. The sides OF the mound arc
pierced with holes and strcwn with
bones, Which plainly Indicate the lairs
of wild beasts. 1t is difficult to resist
the conviction that Birs Nimrod is the
tower of Babel, the Oldest ruin in the
world. There are those who believe it
to be the tower of Belus, and regard it
as Il part of the ruin Of Babylon.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
Unto the Sun.
l,N iNHN M,nIlHEEN

Ia jOHE NJ MhpSEkN.
Caioric putt ntatc! Thy r,sr il oopurtnno
\ sentimental mammal claws his Tyre;
he viii, IN haste, ttr high his adorsccnt
Groom,
Nor stop tor .lrcrncv or hire.
Uncha'lenged Sun of myriad suns-alcl-
The warmth of thy fierce gaze the world up
Doth tvtn shame the tcrvor OF the manly love
bear my mothers only son.
Thou art not versatile ; yet this machine hatl,
Since gsssy times that ri not try to spell.
And thcu hast proved to al! that thou canst be
by simply doing one thing we'll.
Tho" Chairma" of Committee on Celestial
Compared with thee our braG lamps seem 4
mess
Fen with our stock Of "brass" concoct VIC
naught so fright
We've not tho recipe, guess.
We don't cut up such shines, with cur roor
earthly might,
Or We portion Of thy disk wonld fix
High in the fasts of our mosquito breeding
night,
TO teach the moon and stars some tricks.
Alack! Black clou,l-huiks coast the sullcn
west, and morn
An alt day wetness hatchcth out, I ween,
To dank this facile air, and spur each drowsy
corn,
And make my trusty togs feel mean;
Therefore will no longer thrash my bowling
muse,
Its sweetest dosS'rels clutching greelily;
70 Imply lingcr here would my NICE sense
abuse
I'll steer me homeward speedily;
For it a man don't quickly seek the inside dry
When outside dampuess is certainty,
Then should impassioned kick with bot repeat
apply,
And telescope his vcrtcbrae.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
The Massachusetts Fisheries,

There have been busy times the past
two weeks, at Gloucester. in fitting
away the Western Banks fishing fleet
on halibut voyages. About forty ves-
sells have alrcady sailed, and a few
more are nearly ready. The fishing
business this season will be as extern
sively prosecuted as ever, notwith-
standing the many severe losses of 1873.
New vessels have been purchased, and
others contracted for, to take the place
of the vessels lost. The number of
vessels engaged in the Western Banks
halibut fishery will he from forty five
to fifty, against tbirty-tive last year.
The new catch Of Georges Banks will
be much inquired after, as the market
is nearly stripped. The very few on
hand are held at IS Is. About 5000
barrels of mackerel comprise the stock
on the market, which is light for the
season, and these are being disposed
of at an advance on last months quota
tions. Late caught No. l mackerel
are held at$15@$16 per barrel. During
the last week three of the halibut feet
arrived with medium fares. Sales were
made on Monday at eighteen cents per
pound for white, and ten cents tor gray,
by the trip. An active season is expect
ed in all branches of the fishery.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
A Grateful Horse.

A curious incident occurred at
Messrs. Williams & Cassidy's coal yard
at the Covington depot a few days
ago. An old black horse had Just been
driven into the yard bitched to wa
teriDg cart. The belly-band, an anti
quated concern, gave way in an attempt
to back the cart into its place, and, as
the water was heavier than the horse,
the cart dropped .nd the shafts rose,
the horse going with them, and hang
ing by his neck, his hind feet being two
or three feet from the ground. The
animal struggled and kicked in terror.
His eyeballs became distcnded in the
excess of his fear, and roth stood
npon his lips. He was rescued from
his dangerous situation after much
trouble. When he touched the ground
the poor beast stood for moment ap.
partntly hewilderel, and then, recov-
rring himself, he looked around among
his rescuers, and, approaching them
quietly, rubbed his nose against the
shoulder nt one OF them. --Lcringt0m,
M Press
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
English Rocks in 1k79.

It is stated that 3, 463 different books
and pamphlets have been published in
England in the year 1873, the highest
number reached in any other year be
ing $50. Some If these are American
importations, but the number excludes
all new editions, and gives a rate of
publication, excluding Sundays, of
about ten and hall u day. The
pamphlets are extremely few, only 10,
that kind of publication having been
killed by the newspaper; and the works
of tict tion stand foremost, 831. Next
comes theology, with 10 works; and
next, 538 books Of art, or books 80 il
lnstrated as to be books OF art. After
these follow histories, books OF poetry.
and 2S} works ct travel, geography, or
geographical research. No list Of this;
s"rt gives :u idta Of the public taste :;
the tr'tc test Of y generation would he
t" find out how many and what hooks
are read twice.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
(,llDTAl in Cont.

A correspondent of the Medical
Times and Gazette writes ccstatically
in regard to his experience in the use
cf chloral as a remedy for the gout,
having been cured in four days of what
had been Il very serious attack, and one
which, according to previous OK
perirnces, should have lasted fort
night. His first dose, taken at bed
time, was between seventy and eighty
grains. and threw him into Il profound
sleep, interrupted by only occasional
awakenings, during which the pain was
sufficiently intense to draw tears, but
the continued use of the chloral soon
brought Oh sleep again. A second,
third, and fourth dose of equal amounts
was taken on successive nights, and, as
the result, the pain and Sont had dis
appeared, having been slept OIL i'll the
interval. The writer remarks that the
experience was SO astonishing to him
sci, that he hardly expects his assertion
to be believed, as he had previously
tricl every known form of opiate with
out success.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
Al American Advocate Of the Darwinian
Theory.

Mr.. John Fiske, Of Boston, has been
preaching in London. Mr. Fiske is
not known on this side of the ocean as
a maker of sermons-except in the in
direct way of promulgating facts that
make other people preach against
them. But there are sermons and
sermons. Mr.. Fiske's were preceded
by "hymns selected from the poetry Of
Emerson and Longfellow and by
Scripture lessons read from St. Paul
and Mohammed." and were themselves
earnest "efenses of the Darwinian
theory. The chapel was crammed on
both Sundays with some of England's 8
foremost thinkers During the SER
vices of the first day, Herbert Spencer
prophesied that before many years
theologians would be busy in trying to
show that all the doctrinrs of Darwin
were contained in the Bible. This is
Mr.. Spencer's first appearance US a
prophet. 1t is worth while to remem-
ber his prediction.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
Asbestos.

considerable attention IS beng paid
to the use of Asbestos for various pur-
poses. It has been employed with
great success for covering steam boil
ers and pipes, aud is a most durable
felting. 1t is claimed that it is less ex-
pensive than hair felting, and that it
saves twenty five per cent. in fuel. It
is nun-indammable, indestructible, and,
as it Is perfect non. conductor of heat
and cold, no moisture is absorbed by
it, and the boiler or pipe surface can
not corrode. 1t is applied in plastic
state, and in few hours becomes dry,
light, elastic, and tenaciously adhesive.
AS Il substitute for hemp or fax, in the
stutfing boxes Of steam engines, it is
excellent and durable, as it resists
much better the joint action of friction,
humidity and high temperature.
A company has been organized in
Philadelphia to operate series of
patents granted recently to Mr.. Rosen-
thai, OF England, for manufacturing
textile fabrics upon his plan of mixing
with the wool or cotton fibre variable
quantity Of asbestos. It can easily be
converted into cloth, and the little al
teration it undergoes by strong heat,
caused it to be used, ages ago, by
Eastern nations, as an article for the
fabrication of cloth, which might be
cleaned by throwing it into the fire;
the dirt or grease was burned off with
out damaging the texture of the cloth,
from which circumstance it obtained
the name of 0nsianthus, "undefled."
Table napkins were made of this sub
stance. and, after a banquet, they were
all thrown into fire, from whence
they were removed clean and unsul-
lied. Pliny relates that this cloth was
used to envelop the bodies of kings,
during certain ceremonies, after death.
Cloth is not the only article which
has been made from asbestos. Paper
has been one of the results also OBJ
tanned from it. The very short fbres
which separate during the repeated
washings, which the mineral undergoes
for the preparation of the cloth, may
be worked into rough kind of paper.
For this purpose they require to be
we'll beaten until reduced to an impal~
pable powderund subsequently worked
up with large quantity Of size and
water. These precautions are more
necessary for pa per made of asbestos
than for the common paper made from
rags, ETC., in consequence of
the much greater weight of the
former substance. When the paper
las been formed in the usual
way, the size is burnt or melted out by
the application of heat. When, how
ever, the size is burnt out, there ap-
pears to be nothing to prevent the ink
from spreading. An English writer,
about forty years ago, wrote short
pamphlet ana printed it on asbestos
paper, which he made himself. There
is also a book, preserved in one of the
Partisan libraries, printed on chis pa
per. Lamp-wicks have been made of
it, but they require TO he cleaned fire.
quently in consequence of the accumu-
l.tlon of lampblack, which prevents
the full supply OF oil.
Threads, nets, network, head orna-
ments, bonnets, gloves, ribbons, nap
kins, purses, table and furniture
cloths. and other useful articles, have
been made of this mineral.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
The Seward Monument.

Advices from Rome received by Mr..
Richard Schell, the President Of the
Seward Memorial Committee, state
that fine progress is being made with
the statue of Mr. Seward, which is un-
der construction in the hands of the
eminent sculptor, Mr.. Randolph Rog-
crs. The statue, which is in sitting
posture, will, when finished, reach a
full height Of sixteen and half feet,
and will cost $25. 600, which has been
almost all subscribed. The sum is ex-
pected to be complete long before the
monument is ready for erection. In
the spring Of 1875 the statue is cx-
pccted to arrive in New York from,
Rome, when it will be placed in Cen
traI Park without delay, negotiations
for a lot in the park being at present
pending with the Park Commissioners,
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
Rich Preserves.
From the Springfield (N1ass.) Republican.

From tho Springfield (Nlass) Republican.
Entcrprising housewives on the look
out for new recipes for toothsome COM
pounds to set before favored guests,
might take hint in the line of preserve
making from the following: Some
time since, as noticed at the time, u
lady died very suddenly ut her home
just east Of the city. The deceased had
for many years raised vegetables for
this market. and had been quite sue
cesSful. \ few days since, We are in
formed, some member of the bereaved
family, prospecting among the stock of
canned fruit for a supply for the table,
found one can, which, although sealed
like the others, WAS much lighter. 1t
was opened, aud to The astonlshed g:,z,
of .il, there Was revealed inside the
vessel the liadnsome sum of Ill, 700 in
gre Dbacks, The saving of the thrifty
housewife, its existence unknown TO
any but herself.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1874-01-29
Sensation or Starving.

For the first two days through which
strong and healthy man is doomed to
exist upon nothing his sufferings are,
perhaps, more acute than in the re-
naming stages-he feels an inordinate,
unspcalzable craving at the stomach
night and day. The mind runs upon
beef, bread, and other substantials,
but still, in n great measure, the body
retains its strength On the third and
fourth days, but especially OH the
fourth, this incessant craving gives
place to a sinking and weakness Of the
stomach, accompanied by a nausea.
The unfortunate sufferer still desires
food, bnt with loss of strength he loses
that eager craving which is felt in the
earlier stages. Should he chance to OBJ
tain a morsel or two of food, he swal-
lows it with wolfish avidi,y but five
minutes afterward his sufferings are
more intense than ever. He feels as if he
had swallowed living lobster, which
is clawing and f,"'.ing upon the very
foundation Of his existence. On the
fifth day his cheeks suddenly appear
hollow and sunken, his body attenu.
atcd, his color is ashy pale, and his eye
wild, CLASSY, and cannibal,sh. The
different parts of the system now war
with each other The stomach calls
upon the legs to 60 with it in quest CT
food; the legs, from very weakness,
refuse. The sixth day brings with it
increased suffering, although the pangs
of hunger are lost in an overpowerign
languor and sickness. The head be-
comes giddy-the ghosts of well-re
membered dinners pass in hideous pro-
cessions through the mind. The seventh
day comes, bringing increased lassitude
and further prostration of strength.
The arms hang lifelessly, the legs
drag heavily. The desire for food is
still left, to degree, but it must be
brought, not sought. The miserable
remnant of life which still hangs to the
sufferer is burden almost too griev-
Gus to be borne ; yet his Indifferent
love of existence induces desire still to
preserve it, if it can be saved without
a tax upon bodily exertion. The mind
wanders. At one moment he thinks
his weary limbs cannot sustain him a
mile, the next he is endowed with un-
natural strength, and if there be Ger.
tainty of relief before him, dashes
bravely and strongly forward, wonder
ing whence proceeds his new and sud.
don imnn1So