Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-09-24

AVer.
. The first instrument of any kind recorded
in the county is lease from Charles F
! Harrow to his son in-law, Jesse Brooksbier
} of the Baker farm, one mile east OF Agency
In consideration of e79J0, and that the fam
! lily Of said Harrow should live with ahd
s form part of said Rrookshire's family, and
be supported by him until December 20, 1874
! This paper was acknowledged before Green
B. Savery, J. p, witnessed by George May,
and is dated April 30. 1874.
The first mortgage which appears OF rec.
ord is one from Joseph NcMullen to ]. p.
Eddy & CO., on hslfsection of land, lying
on Gray's Run, in Kishkekosh county, now
!; Monroe. This mortgage was given to secure
! the payment OF $50 in one year, and con-
tanned the usual covenants of warranty.
II would seem that lands in those days
were mot esteemed very valuable, when q
mortgage was required on half section 10
secure $50 The only interest which Nc.
Mnllin could then have had In the land was
claim right, although he warranted the
title. -!ss
| The book Of original entries shows that
the persons who first acquired titles to lands
from the United States, In the county, were
James L01gshofe-who purchased. Heptena-
Der l6, 1874, lots 9, Z, and and the north
east quarter of the northeast quarter of sec.
tton 4, II, 19,--and John Caidwcii, who pur.
chased, on the same day, the east half of the
northeast quarter OF section %, 72, 13
There is one other matter OF record to
which will refer and COPY, towit.
TrNnrToay or IowA1
Countv 81 W.neIln
| And now on this day, io.wit: August 2S,
and had recorded in nv Office the foiIowinr
iicense. To- Wit Know All mcn nv these nres.
enia thst Thoyrea 4 Morris ,no III tha
hishona Of the Ncthodist Enisconai Chnrch
l In he limited a,ates of Amsrica. under Inc
| nrn1ection az Alm;obtv God on.l Nth = s;n.
| rie eve to His cIory nv ,he imnositions cf NV
hands and pravers fbeinr assisted bv the Fl.
| ders presentl have this day set apart Thomas
tho said Methodist Enisconai Church. ! man
who in the iudement al The RocI River
Conference. Is we'll qualified for that work:
ana he Il hereby refonnmendefl to All whom
| Il NAV concern as 4 nroner person 10 admin.
I later the saerament and ordinances and To
feed the flock 81 Christ 30 long as his sn;rit
and practice are such as become the Gnsncl
Of Christ. and he continncih 4, hold fsst he
form Of sound words, accordine to the doc
trine Of the Gosnel '''s w.
am testimony whereof 7 have hercunto
set nv hand and seal ibis Goth ,Isv Of Anonst
A, ID. 1871. Tho. Al. MonRIs.
.Phttsville, w. r. fseaN,"
R;.hor Norrie venerable in vears and No
ted fof niefy. died few days sro. This II.
Genes i % the ssne 4. N. Kirkpatrick who
preached In the wigwam in Mr.. Ogp's neigh
borhood.'
The f,rst nhvs;cian who settled in the conn.
tv was either Dr. G. @, Warden. Or. r. W.
Taylor. or DR.. G. w, Phclps. NV impression
/ is that Dr. Warden NAV Justly claim that dis.
/ tinction. He came in 1843 Though young,
he was skillful and attentive, as he now is
honorable and fair as merchant in OF
/ tumwa.
The first lawyer that settled in the county
was VIM. b. Galbraith. Dewey, Bufkhalter
May. and Chapman were close alter Gal.
bfaih Then very soon came Ives, Baker
Ansson, ana myself Inen Jones, Coionei
0umMols sae nl1Mnsn s,.u. Lane; snu LEVIN x
DewSy, Hs.olsAn, 1anna n, ~ H. ives Lane Ns;H
uu hss~ sv ~ ,he Sunrems H.nch - ns
~. CO.. Ton. =. a,;a!,r w. Is,, D = ~ ~
tna. otatS Jones Is piacuclhg Mw ~ Aeo
Ta;a. n Ss..s Unv = - 49,. c "esn s....
-. .,d nar;r srs ,os y =. "a .na ~, ".,aI
- renort mvseIs smnnes, WI, sndsv as a
csti.en Of this eood county of Wanello
l II is fiftinr. that ia mentioning tho
early emioranfs to the county. ahonId
| ~ forOet the Oyun,wn Cour;er and Dcs.
Nc;.ee R.nubhc
Ths Co,,r;es v.a tbc f,rst newsn.n.r
l puhlished in tho comfy. The first M ia
| dated AUGUST 8th. 184S. and Il was thcn
| called sTIc DssMoincs Courier. and was
,,,,li;sh.a hv Jos n n Straet ana r -
Warden. the latter nov associated with n
l II thsre - one naner In this wbola conntrv
| that h,s. more than anv Other nersistanf.
l ~. 'oneni, and boldly advocated Whir and
\ Renrhlican pr;ncipies. the Cour;er is thai
l paper. whether under the control of ita
foundcrs Street and Warden. or under the
control Of that veteran J. ". Norris. or
j Gen. Hedrick and Major Hamilton. or
Hamilton and Warden We always know
where 10 find the Courier on political
tissues. Through the reverses of Whiecery
and Republicanism, il has ALWAYS stood
Arm and in the triumph of it's party, in
u county. State and nation. il has always
rooster in the land. At all times and I'm.
der all IT'S proprietors IL has welded inffu
ences in the state Of no mean proportions
The opposition always felt it's blows.
The Des Motnes Republic was started by
James Baker, but just what time I do not
know. Not however. until some years
after the Courier. The Republic was
merged into the Democratic Mercury. f..
i. Burton and 8. III. Burton Proprietors,
the former being editor. The forcible and
spicy pen of the Mcrcayy's editor, Mr.. +.
l.. Burton made that paper one Of the best
in southern Iowa.
The Mercury was succeeded BY the
Copperhaad which was controlled by that
political ''cuss on wheels" Martin Van
Buren, bennett, now editing a paper in
Texas. and doing battle for Grant kepub-
licanisn. and third term, believe.
The CopperAedd passed under the con-
troll Of 5. 3. Evans and 10 now published
and edited by him under the old name OF
DEMocRAT. The able pen Of A1r. Evans
has placed his paper as one Of the best. il
not the best IN the State. Other papers
/ have been ana are published in the county.
buf - u is not my purpose to speak Ct
1modern things Val not refer 70 them. !