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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

Messrs Mccullough & Lilburn ship
ped car load OF eggs to Lowell Mass.
last Wednesday direction an order.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

A handkerchief of William Penn's
is to be on exhibition at the Centen.
NAL, and curious correspondent
writes TO ask ii it is the original Penn
Niper.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

1t is expected that the Alcohol fac
tory at Iowa City will begin work
June Let. 1t is the most complete cs.
adjustment of the kind In the United
States.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

Jack Woods an old conductor on
the G. B. & @. has been transferred to
the east from the west end of the road
in place OF Green who takes Jacks
place west.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

Charley Halberg, is building very
nice house, a2x40, ON College street,
south of Samantha.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

Miss Ios Knapp, daughter OF Judge
Knapp, of Keosauqua, was married
on Monday to Mr.. Hill, of Attics,
Michigan.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

Eighteen persons from Davenport,
were drowned by the wreck Of the
steamship Schiller few days ago.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

Wapello county is entitled to I del.
egates in in the Mongrel Democratic
Convention which meets at Des
Moines on the oath of June,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19
PARTICULARS NOTICE.

My books and accounts are now in
the hands of Esq, Lotspeich and j. #.
Lewis. for collection, must have q
settlement with those who owe me,
without further delay. w
apl 10 dwtf T. p. SpILMAN.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

Will do well to remember that McCu1Iouau
3 LILBuRH pay CASH for all the butter
and eggs they can get.-Bring them on
opposite the Pos. Office, Ottumwa.
Mar19wt
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19
THE OTTUMWA COURIER

Fairfield is sorely troubled with
burglars.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19
Plants. Plants /! Plants.,:

FlAntsi Plantsi! Plants!!!
j. II. Myers has on hand the best of
plants guaranteed to be just what they
are represented to be. His variety is
as follows: Tomatoes, Cabbage, Sweet
Potatoes, Celery, Pepper, and Egg
Plants. He will have large quantity
of fiat Dutch and Drumhead late Cab
bage. m14d2tw3.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

Business constantly improving and
not 40 empty room in the city.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

The C. b. & @. folks are remodelipg
their telegraph Office in this city, and
are making marked improvements.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

a LITTLE TROUBLE IN THE JAIL.
A day or two ago prisoner was
shut mp in the jail in this city, on q
charge Of intoxication. He had
scarcely been left by the officers, until
some Of the other prisoners event
through him." for all he was worth
and stripped him Of almost oil his
clothes, and then tumbled him of into
one corner Of the hall. When he came
to himself he found he was nearly
naked, and his clothes not to be found.
He was efraid to make any com.
plant to the Sheriff ct the time, and
remained silent, in regard to it, until
his time came to leave, when he made
complaint.
The Sheriff then made . vigorous
search and found all except the vest.
The prisoner returned afterward
and requested that q further search be
made.
One Of the prisoners proposed, II
protected, to show where the stolen
property was secreted.
Mr.. Spillman then passed into q cell
to look for it, and whore he finally
found it hidden In . ventilator. While
he was in there, the party who had
stolen the property, struck the inform
ant, who, by the way, is q woman,
in the face. She screamed bloody
murder, for all that was ont.
Tho Sheriff at once interfered, and
shut mp tho boisterous and trouble.
some mutineers In their cells.
This thing of robbing prisoners
who are dropped in there temporarily,
we have heard Of before, aad the
Shoriff has decided to stop 1t at once
at all hazards. The fact Of the matter
Is, that there are several desperate
characters IN tho charge Of e:.Sheriff,
and harsh measures sometimes
seem to be necessary for their con-
troll.
The prime movers In this little Of.
fair, however, are now in such q shape
that the offense will not be repeated
soon.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

A man named Isaac Mckeeyer, was
killed at Oskalooss yesterday by o
a passenger train running over him.
We had heard OF the accident, but find
fuller particulars which we condense
from the Herald, as follows: Hc had
been lying around the depot part of
the day before, under the influence of
liquor, and when the train came in he
was trying to arouse companion
who was even more under its iDfln-
ence than himself, bat failed to arouse
him, and the train starting up, he at
tempted to get on while It was in mo-
ton. John Mcmillan, an employee Of
the Central at the depot, saw him, and
told him to wait and he would stop
the train, but he would not wait; be
caught the iron railing between the
baggage car and passenger car, one
hand hold Of the outside railing Of
each, and swung himself up over the
bumpers instead Of upon the steps,
aud hung that way On instant, then his
feet dropped down and he dragged
about twelve feet and was drawn in
under the wheels, and Johnny McMil.
Ian says he saw him turned over and
over three times, both passenger
coaches passing over him, crushing
his right leg into a shapeless jelly, and
almost severing his hands from his
body. His cry of"oh help me-" was
Gil he said. johnny Mcmillan and
Harry Trcdick lifted him from the
track. bound q ligature tightly around
tho leg and sent for DR.. Hoffman, bat
before ho arrived tho man was dead.
He never spoke after he was taken
out. ..-
An inquest was held Wednesday
morning by Justice Baugh, ltho coro-
ner being out of town and the facts
as above stated, were elected In the
evidence. The deceased owns farm
of 156 acres fonr miles northwest of
Granville. Two whisky.bottles, near
" empty, were found in his pockets
and chow the prime cause Of his death.
When DR.. Hoffman completed his ex.
animation Of tho body, his hands
were OF course bloody, and seeing
sprinkler ct hand he washed his hands
therein, but 1t proved to contain wills.
key instead of water, and belonged to
the comrade of the dead man, who,
although he saw Docs operations
drank the whisky afterwards. No
blame attaches to the employees of the
railroad company, as they did oil they
could 10 keep him of the train while
moving.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19
CONFIDENCE.


A Youth from Davis County, Iowa.
who Had too Much Of II.
From the sronx City Journal
I. NJ. Blakinship is tho name of q
young man from Davis county, Iowa,
who was victlmised in this city few
days ago by a bran-new confidence
game. On his way to Sioux City he
met man who registered his name at
tho Wilson House as Il. Landfare, of
Watertown, Wis, Tho victim was
bound for the Black Hills, and so was
tho vjctimizcr. They very naturally
became friends. Landfare told his
victim that he was tho captain OF a
large train of cmigrants en- route for
the Hills, and that he was in need of
q driver. This was right in Blankin-
ships hand. He was a good mule
driver, and had no difficulty in max
ing contract with Landfare's train at
SIS 9 month. Upon their arrival at
Sioux City, the captain rushed about
tho streets for couple OF hours, and
then returned to the youth from Davis
county and informed him that he had
just made . bargain for team of
mules, but lacked q little OF having
enough cash to complete the trade, and
| asked tho youth how much he had
The victim promptly hauled out $50,
all he had, and gave it to Landfare,
who said be would return it as soon as
his wagon train arrived. But Blakin-
ship has not seen his creditor SINCE
| He left by tho next train, but was con-
sideratc enough to writo to his victim
from some town on the Central road,
recommending him to secure cheaper
boarding house than the Wilson.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

Tho California papers deny the
story of the drowning Of j. A. Saw.
telle, the actor, on Puget Sound En.
change.
We are glad of it. Now he can
come forward and pay that little bill
he owes ne, so that when he is really
drowning he will mot have tho re-
collection of owing the printer to har.
row his soul.-C Clinton Age.
Here. too:
Long live SAwtelle.
To strut athwart the stage,
Earning "DewcRts,"
For the Press and Clinton Ags
--IoscG CITY Press.
And the same for the COURIER.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

Clinton Chapter No. 8, met last
evening in regular session and initial
ed into tho r. A. degree DR.. G. G..
Lewis, J. A.. Fugate and Mr.. McCune.
Delegations were present from
Agency City, Abba and Eddyville.
After the work Of the Lodge was over
they adjourned to tho Depot Hotel TO
partake OF supper gotten up by mine
host Tilton. Those who were present
say 1t was one of the finest entertain.
ments ever given in the city, and that
Messrs Ballingall and Tilton outdid
themselves on the occasion. Every
body enjoyed themselves hugely and
voted it decided success.-Do;ly Is.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

GRAINsRAISERS REFUSE to submit
to the -wasteful and imperfect work of other
Threshers. when posted ON the vast superiority OF
this one. for saving grain, saving time, and doing
fast, thorough and economical work.
Threshermen find it highly advantageous to run
q machine that has no Beaters," ''pickers !" or
Apron, THAT handles Damp Grain, Long Straw
Headings, Flax, Timothy, Miett and all such
d.fncult grain and seeds with entire ease ana
effectiveness. Cleans to perfection; saves the
farmer his thresh bill by extra saving, of grain !;
makes no "Litterngs requires Less than One
Half the usual Belts, Boxes, Journals, and Gears;
seIs prefer 70 employ and " All tor, even at
advanced prices, while other machines are
''ont of jobs"
>. -Four sizes made with 0, S, 10 and IL horse
Mounted" Powers, Also q specially of separa-
lors alone, expressly for Steam Power and to
match other Horse Powers "
II interested In grain raising, or threshnQ. write
for Illustrated Circulars (sent free) with full par
ticulnrs OF sizes, styles, prices, terms, etc.
NICHOLS, SHEPPARD Il CO.
apr 7-4w COW Battle Creek, Michigan.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19
lOHN 3. EMNis.

A TTORNET AT LAW, 6nd Notary Public.
"A Office corner Nain snd Market etrestS,
over Ennis q Bsliord'g Drug stora. usfnmS-a,
sown Mar 2ldwiy
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

A EVERYTHING: Cheap: Good: System.
a aftc.-Al persons who contemplate making
contracts with newspapers for the insertion Of adj
vertisements, should seld 2j cents to Geo. p.
Rowell 4 Co., Al Park Row, New York, for their
rAMPHLET-B BOOK lninety-seventh cditIon), con-
tanning lists over 1000 newspapers and estimates
ing papers in many States at tremendous ro-
duction from publishers rates. GET TILE BOOK.
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w. n. @, IhOUEa.

4 TTORgEy-AT-LAW ARD LOAN HRU
IA kEH. Oinos over First National Bank
OttrmNA, Iowa. decs1Tf-cw
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-05-19

Hm. McNE
a xxOREEY AT Law. ofics--ln Hing
A-gin's new Building, Unton Block -uI
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-30
PIE lkAsDNAL

Alexander Z. Tuition, the Supervisor OF In
ternal Revenue who was assigned to st. Louis
in McDonald's place has written letter to
the President in which he claims that the
order transferring the Supervisors Of Inter
nal Revenue In January last was suspended
at his own instance, and not at the request
of ecu. Babcock
Henry w Longfellow having declined TO
act as Centennial poet at the celebration in
Philadelphia, announcement ia made that
John q. Whittier will probably be selected in
his stead.
Washington specials OF the Doth state that
Gholseu &, Russell indicted in Chicago for
unlAwfully handling Il quantity of crooked
whisky, had arrived in the former city and
had an interview with Secretary Bristow, dur.
ing which he made a fun confession of all
he knew concerning the frauds His evidence
is said To be corhrmatory of that already in
possession Of the Government.
Burbach, the Milwaukee rectiher lately
convicted OF fraud upon the revenue, was
sentenced on the Goth to eight months i'm.
priSonment and 10 pay line of g., 600.
The trial OF the libel suit of H. c. Bowen
against the Brooklyn u. " Eagle was be
gun on the 2lst
Al Milwaukee, ON the 2lst, Philip Weimer,
b distiller convicted of revenue frauds, was
sentenced 10 eight months Imprisonment in
the County Jail aud to pay a tue 4 $1,000
John s Taft, Government Gauger. WAS sen.
fenced 10 The Stare Prison for i've months
and to pay fine OF 5000.
The polyg1misl, George Reyno Ids, was
sentenced at Salt Lake on the 2ls;. Nv Chief.
Justice White, to two years imprisonment
and to pay fine Of $500. Reynold, took out
an appeal aud was released on $1,000 bail.
President Grant was present as a guest at
the seventh annual dinner Of the New En-.
gland Society," in New York, on Tie 22d in
eommemoration OF the anuiyers " of the
landing Of the Pilgrim Fathers. Many other
distinguished persons were in attendance
and responded to toaSss.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-30
A Heart-Rending Occurrence.

Yesterday an accident occurred in Sou,b
Greece fatal in its results and unusnau..
sad in its attendant circumstances
John Prenegrast is blacksmith ras;a
ing in South Greece, few miles fro,,
Spencerport. Yesterday Mrs. Preneeraatl
was in her kitchen engaged in wasbinm
clothes, the necessary water for the wrf
being drawn from a cistenn situated under
store-room, in the rear of the house
The water was drawn up by hook and
pail through trap-door in the floor If
this room. In the kitchen where the
mother was at work We're two little chill
dren, one boy of three years, and The
other little girl only two years old The
mother was busy with her washing, and
from time to time cast glances at the LITTLE
ones to see il they were all right. Sud.
denly she noticed that the babe was miss.
ing. She called, but received no answer
Fastening into the next room she found
the lid of the cistern was displaced. With
horror she rushed to the place, and fallino
on her knees peered down ineo the dark,
ness. There she beheld the form of her
little darling still struggling in the water
Without waiting an instant to consider
the deed the agonized mother leaped down
into the dark cisern in the hope of res
cuing her babe from death. The water
was only two feet in depth SEEING the
babe the mother found, to her horror, that
she could not get out of the cistern again
with the child. In her agony she stretched
up and threw the babe out Of the trap upon
the floor of the kitchen. Then she nut
forth every effort to drag herself up out
of the cistern, but was wholly unable to
do so. She continued her exertons, ceas-
ing only when exhausted She screamed
for the little boy who was with her in the
house, and at last made him understand
that his father was to be brought. Hasten
ing to the shop the little fellow tried to
tell his father, but it was some time be-
fore the man understood that he must 90
to the house. In the meantime the mother
continued her exertions in the endeavor
to get out She succeeded in raising her.
self up SO that she could catch glimpse
of the little one, and there she chung and
saw her baby die. The little one strug
gled for some time, and the father when
he came sent for Dr. Buell.. Before he
came, however, life was extinct. Coroner
Harder was notified of the accident and
went out to Greece. He took the state
ment of the parents, but did not think it
necessary to hold an inquest. -RocAester
(N. ~ Democrat.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-30
DOMESTIC.

The National Cheap transportation Con
yeution at its recent session In Chicago
elected AS officers for the ensuing year: John
F. Henry, Of New York, President; Vice
President from each State and Territory; T.
b. Thurber, of New York, Treasurer; Frank
Gilbert, OF Chicago Secretary; II. A. stolen
works OF Selma, Ala, Assistant Secretary.
The Executive Committee is composed rs
follows: John f. Henry, President; f. y.
Thurbcr, Treasurer; James utley, Vice Pres
ident, Frank Gilbert, Secretary, and IT, a.
Stolenworks, Assistant Secretary.
Three immense meetings We're held by
Moody and sankey In Philadelphia on the
18th, At the women's meeting in the after.
noon large number Of ladies rose for pray
ers, and subsequently entered the inquiry.
room Several distinguished personages
attended the evening services, among them
being President and Mrs. Grant
The trial of Thomas W. Piper, the Boston
sexton, for the murder, in church belfry
tower in May last, of little Mabel Young
has resulted in disagreement OF the Jury
who are said 10 have stood nine for conviction
10 three for acQuittal.
A' N''AFN'hA 'AAFHNNN va NANNAN - NiAuNlNtlt
Providence, X. L. suspended on the 18th.
owing, II is said, TO the failure of the Proyi.
dence Too, Company, Their assets were
stated at $500 600; liabilities S675.o0o. The
Tool Company claimed that their embarraSs.
ments were only temporary.
On the occasion Of the recent hanging Of
three colosod men in New York city the rope
was carelcssly adjusted around the neck Of
one Of them, aud justss the weight descended
the knot slipped and the victim was lcf,
writing between heaven aud earth He
made desperate efforts to relieve himself
and cried aloud FOR assistance Finally the
knot again shifted, the moose closed around
his windpipe and he died by straugulatiou.
At the regular business meeting q Ply
mouth Church, OF Brooklyn, ON the evening
of the nth Deacon Vests letter WAS placed
on file not on the minutes. In Mrs. Moul-
tons case a letter misSiye WAS proposed for
an advisory council OF churches TO be held
Jan. III, 70 determine certain questions of
rule and discipline. Motion being made for
It's adoption, Mr.. Sherman moved = slight
amendment, and Mr. Beecher asked II that
would not open up the whole investigation OF
1874. and was answered that il would, He
then said that be WAS for Ii, and The motion
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-30
CONGRESSIONAL.

A resolution was offered in the Senate
on the nth by Mr.. Edmunds for the election on
the 9TH of January of President pro tenn. {; re-
ferred to the Committee ON Privileges and Elec-
iions. The resolution for special committee 10
Inquire into the recent election in Mississippi
came up a. unfinished business and was laid over
until The 20ih, to which date the Senate adj
Journed In the House the Senate amend
ment postponing the day of meeting
after the holidays from the 4th to the
oth OF January was agreed to. Among the
bilis introduced were-to repeal the duties on
teas and tobacco; providing that all pensions on
account OF death from wounds or disease received
or contracted in the service shall commence from
the date of death or discharge Mr. Page. of CAL
iorna, offered a preamble and resolution to the
effect that the Constitution impo es no limits on
the eligibility of any citizen to the office Of Presi
dent further than that he must be native born,
and OF certain age and time of residence, and that
any attempt by the House to limit or fores all
the pubiic viii on question OF snch importance
Is q evasion OF the powers reserved by the peo-
pie at large to be freely exercised by Them with
out any interf renee from any Legislative body
whatever; the previous question was voted down
--l2O to ~. Adjourned 10 the Doth.
In the Senate, on the Goth, Mr. Bayard
presented the Credentials of Robert H. Mari.
signed by John McEnery as Governor of Lou
isiana, appointing him United States Senator
from Louisiana. - till the vacancy caused by the
resgnati of William L. NJ MILAN. A resolution
Was adopted that Mr.. Ferry, Of Michigan. bethe
President of the Senate until Jan Z,
1875, ard until fresh appointments shall
be made. Mr.. Morton's Mississippi reso-
luton came up unfinished business, and
was allowed TO 60 over until after the holidays.
Among the bills introduced were the following:
To transfer the Indian Bureau from the Interior
TO the War Department; to increa-e the efficiency
OF the navy aud promo G the maritime interests
of the United STATES: for the settlement OF the
claims of officers of the Revolutionary war. The
only business transacted in the House was the
announcement of the regular committees Both
houses adjourned to Jan 5.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-30
Energy Expended by the Human Body.

AS the result of long-continued
course of experiment and observation
Helmholtz has obtained the following re-
suits regarding the relative amounts of
energy expended by the human body in
internal and external work: About five
times as much energy is used in the in
ternal work of the body rs is expended
in ordinary productive work In the case
of severe work the proportion OF internal
work to productive work is still greater
Surprising the work performed by man
to consist of walking, the most economical
rate, both as regards the amount of food
required to sustain it and the amount of
potential energy expended on the body it
self, is about three miles an hour. Both
above and below that speed there is de-
crease in the amount Of active work as
compares with the non productive energy.
A man walking fifteen or sixteen miles
day or doing an equivalent amount of
work in any other form, would require %
ounces Of food, composed of albuminates
4,6 ounces; fat, 3 ounces; starch, 14.3
ounces, and salts, IL ounce. This would
yield potential energy Of 4 430 foottons,
and 800 ioot-tons for productive work. A
mere subsistence diet for man at rest
would be fifteen ounces, but with this
amount a man would lose weight. About
1000 toot-tons day of potential energy
is the greatest amount which is possible
as permanency. This would yield 600
foot-tons of productive work. These cal
culations apply only to men in health"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-30

AN ingenious kind of fire-proof Jolst,
recently introduced, consists of slip OF
wood five inches wide by five eighths OF
an inch thick belted between two Hanged
strips of quarter-inch iron, making
beam quite as strong as those of wood or
dinarily employed. The iron Sides in ad-
diton TO affording strength, il is claimed,
render the joist substantially fire-prool
while the center of the wood affords the
means of putting down floors and mailing
on laths in the usual manner. The i'm
pediment to the manufacture OF thest
joists heretofore has been the difficulty OF
rolling the Hanged iron sides, but this has
now been successfully overcome.-lM
Builder.
He who would be policeman IN
Buffalo must be vaccinated.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1875-12-30
POLITICAL.

The Democratic caucus OF the Virginia
Legislature on the 18th nominated John w.
Johnston for reelection 10 the United States
Senate, aud on the idih the Legislature elect.
ed him by strict parry vote.
AT s. special election in the Seventh judi
dial District Of Illinois, held on the aIss, 7.