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, 1875-07-15
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sk-oet4vs piano, tnatrLlaAs In to1a 1t aactltcs.
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NTTASTED - sOME ENERGETIC LADIES To
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GSToLES-~FIoM 370 MIcltlGAN-Av., on THE
- cv0nfug Of July 49, Ta,gry bark horae about ID
hans high, With Wills face. long, hoasy TALL vary sty.
ish top boz buggy, nsretM nskr blue check blanket,
oveFcoat Will CilnRmnn'a name 1nslo coar alto
lady ahRwi AMI, lap tusser. Anybody returning tho
aboye giving Information that Will lead to their re-
c0yesy will be rt"art!el by HARRY MORGAN, corner
Of CfMtrc-At. and Narine-nY., North Dtyikion.
, 1875-07-15
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, 1875-07-15

SSlTUATION WASTEL-bT G1n1. TO DO
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25
Tho Frigh tened Gosrxlans

AUGUSTA. Ga, Aug. 23.--Ssveral
prominent negroes connected with the
troubles in the counties below here
have made confessions.
Jake Moorman, q first lieutenant Of
negro company, testifies ON oath that
nineteen counties we're to be embraced
in tho insurrection. Last Friday was
the day appointed for the uprising,
and all the white men and the ugly
white women were to be killed. The
pretty white women were to be spared
and the land and spoils divided among
the negroes.
All who have go far confessed tes-
tify substantially the same as Jake.
Governor Smith arrived this after
noon from Waynesboro. He is deter
mined to preserve peace, enforce the
laws and do justice to both whites aud
hlAcks
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25

The Htg hest bridge I'm the werld,
The highest bridge in the world will
be built at the crossing Of the Ken
lucky river, on the Cincinnati South
ern RAILWAY, near the Shaker ferry
The Baltimore Bridge Company, one
OF the most noted in the United States.
has secured the contract. The bridge
will consist of an iron deck truss Of
three spans of 375 feet each, center to
center, supported by two piers and
two abutments. The piers will be
built of masonry to the height of GA
feet and 6 inches above low water
mark, and the additional distance be-
low low water mark will soon be de.
termined by borings under control Of
the resident engineer. These piers
will be 100 feet long end to end OF cut
water, and 35 wide on the top, built
hollow, with the walls "a feet from
end to end. Upon the masonry will
rest the iron trestle work. The grade
limo ia 275 feet 6 inches above low
water. The abutments will be built
upon the cliffs on each side OF the riy-
or, and are to be 4S feet high, depend
ing upon the shape OF the hedges of
rock. When this str ucture is compile
ted, kentuckians can we'll point with
pride to the highest bridge upon this
cOntinent.-Danrille (Ky.) ADVOCATE.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25
Two White women Sold at the Door
of u MfssOnri Court House for
Eiye Cents.
From the Springfield tMo.) Leader.

E1He CENTS.
From the Springfield tMo.) Leader.
The sale of the two miserable crea-
lures, Mollie Mitchell and Ida Jones
alias Lask, did not take place accord
ing to the announcement made some
weeks ago, on account of their being
non est when the time arrived. They
turned upa few days since. and this
morning wero duly offered to the
highest bidder at public cutlery at the
front door OF the Court House. This
kind of property does not seem to be
in much demand, ut least when offered
in public way. Mary was first pre-
sented. She stood up before the glar-
ing crowd with the noDchalance of q
brazen statue. Tho anctioneer spoke
eloqnently of her valuable qualities
but did not receive bid. Mary re-
tired apparently disgusted. Ida then
cau!c forward with agile step and smil-
ing face. The officer again and again
asked, GLOW much? p After compli.
mentarv remarks TO several gentlemen
Ida pointed to Bud Fagg and said
That's tho fellow want to go WITH
Bud bid five cents. No one seemed
willing to advance on this, and she
was knocked down TO him. He bor-
rowcd a nickel from Judgc--, and
took possession of his property. But
only intended to buy one, but subse-
qucntly learned that the sale cmprac-
cd the whole OF 'cm.
This is serious subject. 1t is al
most incredible that such things conld
be in this enlightened land of churches
and benevolent societies. We shall
not undertake to say who is to blame,
but there is certainly screw loose in
society when such facts exist.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25

The Slate Reyister, in the issue fol-
lowing that in which Gov. Kirkwood'a
speech 1t Des Moines was reported,
takes occasion 10 correct An error in
the report Of that speech. It says
that Governor Kirkwood was report.
cd o having said, that be was not in
Congress 1t the time Of tho passage oil
the increase Salary bill OF l866-thia
was an error. The Register says:
"What he did coy was that he soas in
Congress at the time, and that he did
vote for II. While the Governor was
speaking ON this point our reporter
was engaged In finishing up his long
hand summary of the part preceding.
Not fully catching the Governors re-
marks on this point he asked two 9TH
or reporters sitting at the same table
just what the Governor did say. They
had not paid strict attention, but both
agreed that he said he did not vote for
the increase but that he endorsed it..
The error is immsterial,--as our re-
port, 90 it was made. showed that the
Governor wss in favor of the increase
and endorsed it. We make the correc-
ton because some OF our Democratic
friends are much exercised about It
and because some of the spaniels Of q
man who IL neither Democrat or Re.
publican are disposed to distort its oc.
currence to the advantage Of theft
master.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25
And Those men Lived How Long age
The laat numher of the Onerzand

And Those MEN Lived How Long age
The last number Of the Overland
(Cal.) Monthly contains an article from
the pen of California geologist In ie-
ference to certain prehistoric remains
found near the present town of Cher
okee, in that State, showing human be-
ings to have had their homes there at
q period of immense antiquity. The
rename referred to are . large num-
Der of stone mortars, some of them
with pestlcs still In them. Some Of
these have been found at distance Of
forty feet beneath the surface of the
gravel in " hich they are Embedded. The
evidence Is ample that this gravel was
a sub-aqueous (under-water) deposit.
Equally ample is the evidence from
the surroundings, that the land here
ab0uts was rising from the sea when
these mortars were abandoned in tho
grAvel-bed-having before that been
elevated some nineteen hundred feet,
and subsequently, rising ak hundred
feet more. Then came the volcanic
eruptions which covered tho whole
Rocky Mountain region, and al it,
ancient detritus, those mortars includ.
cd, with hundreds of feet Of superin.
cumbent lava; then came q further
rise of tho land from the ocean then
camc the glacial period, and the new
oroding period in tho Sierrae, when
by tho action Of grinding ice and rum
ming water, the hard metamorhic
greensboro and the apparently ever
lasting granite were gaehed with can
Ons three thousand feet deep. How
long would all this take! The geolo-
gist calculates that the men who used
these mortars and pestles to grind the
food they ato must have left them
there at least one hundred and eigAtv
thousand gears ago.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25

Hero is the answer the President
sends to those who impudcntly assert
that he shields the perpetrators of
fraud in office:
"To the Secretary of the Treasury:
Let no guilty man escape lift can be
avoided. Be specially vi0ilant, and in
struci those engaged in the prosecution
of fraud to be against all who insinu-
ate that they have high influence to
protect them. No persona 81 considera-
ton should stand in the way of per-
forming public duty.
u, s, GRANT"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25
How 10 eat a nluskmclon.

Our readers will probably exclain,
only give us the melon and you need
not instruct US how to eat. Yes, but
there is "good, better, best way of
doing things and we propose to tell
you the best way of doing it.
As Mrs. Glass says in her cookery
book, first catch your hare so, tho day
before eating the melon, select one
the stem of which is cracking away
from the fruit and which is also giving
out that delicious aroma peculiar to
it. Put it into the refrigerator until
tho next; day at breakfast or dinner,
cut it in two lengthwisc, take out all
tho seed, into each half put table
spoonful of strained honey, and scoop
1t out with spoon, dipping each
spoonful into tho honey and cat. IL
after eating quantum sufiicit you do
not wish your throat was mile long
and every inch of it a palate, then we
can only say that you are wanting in
gustatory taste and our advice is
wasted.
Whilst we are giving advice let us
add that all fruit is the better of being
cold when eaten, as it brings out the
delicate flavor and ar oma and makes
it much more refreshing.
We do not know of any fruit which
ia an exception to this rule.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25

The 7th Illinois Cavalry will hold
its first annual reunion at Bushnell,
September 10th and 18th. An earnest
invitation is also extended to the 9th
Illinois, End Iowa and 7th Kansas reg
inmonts to join in the organization.
An invitation is also extended to all
Union soldiers who may wish to BIO
present. a large attendance IL desired
and good time anticipated. Ali cit
liens who may feel an interest are COR
daily invited to be present Hon. S.
M. Cullum, of Springfield, Ills. will
deliver an address on the 18th. Gems.
Greison and Hatch have been invited,
and Gen. Greison has given assurance
that he will be present, it possible for
him to leave his post.
Other prominent and distinguished
men, both military and civic. are OK
pected to be present. Soldiers of
the above regiments are requested to
communicate with
s. A. EppEasoN, Chm. Com.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25
T1U TAFUL WORDS EaeOM TRaE
ER-OCEAN.',

There are men and newspapers i'm
the North mean enough to abuse the
people of Winnebago county, Ills,
because they refused to honor jeff
Davis. If such a statement had been
made few weeks ago it would
scarcely have been credited but it is
a fact, nevertheless. We see the words
every day. Mind. that it is not for
refusing hearing to jeff Davis it is
not for threatening him with violence
should he dare to speak i'm the North: ;
it is not for any refusal to recognize
the right of free speech, even to the
chief of political sinners. but il is for
refusing to honor him by inviting
him to become the chosen orator Of a
loyal society. 1t has come to this,
then. that Northern community
which gave freely of its treasure and
blood to put jeff Davis down, cannot
now refuse to cxalt him without
meeting with vilification. There are
times when words fail to do justice
to a subject. and this is one of those
occasions. We know of nothing more
despicablc or cowardly but this only
family expresses the utter contempt
with which such utterances are read.
The farmers of Winnebago county
\ ean,.ot AeeAine ~ receive alaa enter
tain and listen to the murderer of
| their own and their neighbors' chill
dren without bringing down upon
their heads the vulgar cpithets of
cowardly blackguards, too low to APP
prcciatc the indignation which the
proposal exhibited, and too groveling
to see beyond the matter of dollars
and cents which the exhibition prom
ised. There is an association formed
somewhere in the East to further re-
strict the right of suffrage. We are
disposed to look with disfavor upon
such propositions in ordinary times,
but we confess the action of these
servilc apologists of treason and de-
farmers of loyalty makes us almost
ready to admit that the restriction is
necessary. Men, who, having escaped
destruction. are ready to rush into
future danger by encouraging the
evil which has just been overthrow.
are more unfit to exercise the privil-
cge Of frecmen than the rawcst inn
migrant or the most ignorant slave.
Happily they are known, and their
words go for but little more than
their real worth. They arc generally
persons who have been masquerading
in loyal suits, but whose firc-in-the
rear sentiments cling to them like
lcprosy. They dcfamc now the men
they struck in the back during the
war. They cxalt now the man for
whom they apologizcd then. The old
soldiers and the patriotic people re-
member them well. The latter look
familiar in their old garments, but
the people were able to get along
very well and attend to Mr.. Jefferson
Davis in spite of them then, aud they
will manage to get along just as well
and attend to him just as eflectually
now.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25

Ieiegraphic reports from the
counties of Washington, Jefferson and
Burke. in Georgia. have for few
days come thick and fast portending
a negro Instruction. These reports
are based upon letters said to be
found here and there calling upon
colored men to assemble at appointed
rendezvous. These counties, accord
ing to the latest census, contain but
little short Of double the number of
colored people to that of whites.
There is one very striking singularity
in these reports of threatened negro
instruction. viz: that never do they
result in hardly any loss of life to the
whites. The fact is, knowing a GER
| tain class of the whites of the South
as we do from personal contact with
them, il is very safe indeed to coniec-
turc that the letters spoken of as
found were written by whites as a
part of a concoctcd scheme to raise a
hue and cry against the negroes, and
give rise to the slaughter of few
score or a few hundreds Of them, and
to SO intimidate the balance as to make
them fear the whites. The colorcd
men being superior in numerical
force to the whites in the counties
named, some means must be employ
cd to overcome the blacks. and there
are no means to which certain por-
ton of the whites will not stoop to this
end. We have no details of the
facts in the ease and it is likely the
truth will bc slow in coming to the
light, if il appears at all, for to pre-.
vent a knowledge of the real truth is
La part of the programme.
/ is il not very singular that among
SO many reports Of this kind, there
has never appeared single instance
where these iusurrcctionary move.
mcnts of the blacks have ever ripcned
into Il reality: One would suppose
that if there bcany truth in these fire.
qucnt reports Of an attempt Oh the
part Of the blacks to kill and murder
their white ncighbors, that for once
ut least there would be some fruits
follow. In not Il single instance has
this been the case during all the
period of reconstruction. But many
eases have occurred when from half
dozen to hundred negroes have been
slain by the whites when one of these
scarcs had been gotten up by them.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25

all, further than this, that in case shall be
called to act shall give to the subject the
best and most careful consideration Of which
! am capable, and strive in view of my re-
sponsibiliiy to our people and to still
higher power, to do what my best Judgment
shall tell me will most tend to promote the
welfare of the State we all love 80 well.
You may say on one side or on the other
or on both sides of this question that you
are unwilling to trust one without pledge.
Very well--that is your privilege, and you,
not |, must be auswerable for its exercise.
GOVERNOR AND SENATOR.
The Governor said there was another lit
tie matter he might refer to. Some of my
friends who are editing Democratic papers,
are afraid that if get to be Governor
may want to be Senator. They and some
others are very anxious that we should have
good looking man TO send as our Cover.
nor to the Centennial Exposition at Phila
deiphia next year, and they are afraid that
my friend MIR. Newbold, our candidate for
LII. Governor, would not make as good
looking Governor Mt the national festival
as ! would. Gre.t laughter.] Now
couldn't GO to the Senate or leave the Gov
crnorship, if wanted to, before March, OF
ls17--.hc year after the Centennial, so that
the people of Iowa would still have the
benefit Of all the beauty that have at the
Centennial. Repeated laughter There
are live men in Iowa, who are noted for slI
the good looks that they have. There's two
OF them in one county Senator Lowrey and
Judge Grant, Of Scott. Laughter. Then
there's Judge Loughridge. More laugh.
ter. Next, but not least by any means, i.
Gov. Eastman. Further laughter, The
last is--myeclf Still greater laughter. l.
Now am willing for the ladies Of Iowa to
select the lest looking man in this lot, 70,
tho representative of this State and its
manly beauty at the Centennial, and will
abb dc the choice. But about my wanting
or not wanting 10 go to the Senate l shall
make no promises. II l did it might
be as it was with the Governorshp. Isaid
did not want and would not take that
but I am the Republican party's candidate
for it--and do not intend any more TO say
what Office will take and what will not
GCheers
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25

The Savannah Nescs sends the following
greeting TO General Joe Hawley, OF con-
necticut who contemplates visit 70 Geor-
gia. The greeting Il unique and funny,
and also displays the excellent breeding d
Southern chivalry:
"Hawley is coming to 0eorgia-Hawlsy
Of Connecticut-Joe Hawley, who circula-
ted Hawleys' lies and slsnders oil over tha
North. We are really glad that jos 8
coming-it makes us feel good. We aseln
training for general and-shaking with
Joe, and We want him to como - soon q
he can. 1t is now more than three week
at least since live northern man hes bean
skinned and eaten in Georgia-(not count-
log tho ono who was barbecued on Hutch
insob's Island Wednesday before lsst)-
and wo are getting hungry. We hope
HawIcy won't hesitate about coming; and
II the editor of the Chicago Tribune can
spare the time, We want him to come, too"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25
The Indian Investigation

CHEYENNE, Aug. 23.-The Commits
sioners to Investigate the affairs ct
Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Agency,
are here. They took the testimony Of
over one hundred Witnesses during
their absence, including officers aud
attaches at Fl. Laramie and Red
Cloud, and visited the cattle herds of
contractors. While the Commission
ers were disposed to be reticent, the
impression left on the minds Of the
people with whom they conversed, 10,
that the charges agsinst agents and
contractors were based on hearsay, and
have not been substantiated. Their
official report will soon be made pub
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-08-25
ARTESIAN WELLS.


There are three conditions essential
to the successful boring of an artasian
we'll: !, a fountain head more elevated
than tho locality where the boring is
to be undertaken -, a moderate down.
ward dip of tho strata, toward the site
OF the we'll, as 5 steep angle is nnfa-
yorable and permits the water to flow
away beyond the reach of the boring,
which must needs pass at an acute an
gle through tho few layers of rock B.,
alienation of porous and impervious
strata beneath the surface soil. Ii is
sometimes the case that the head OF
water ia at SO high an elevation that
tho column bursts forth from the
ground as fountain, throwing up a
continual jet. by raising the water
above the surface in pipe, and letting
1t flow over, convenient water power
ia obtained. Artesian wells are APP.
piled 10 this purpose at many localities
in France, the water they supply being
found sufficient to run heavy machin-
cry. From the great depth at which
tho currents Of water arc reached, the
supplies may DO regarded as perma.
nent. A well at Aire, in Artois (from
which name the word "artesian" is de-
century, the water rising above the
surface at the rate Of 200 gallons min.
ute; and at Lillcrs, in the same coun.
try, one well has given a constant
yield since the year ll26.
One OF the most famous is the artc-
sian well of Grenelle, a suburb Of Paris.
Seven years and two months of con.
slant labor were devoted to tho boring,
the rock being extremely difficult to
pierce. The water-bearisg stratum
was reached at a depth of l,SO2 feet,
when the water was discharged at the
rate of upwards Of $4,000 gallons in
"a hours. The force is such that the
water ascends 10 height of 100 feet
above the surface, in the pipes in the
elegant structure which has been cree
ted over The bore. The present yield
of the well is 100000 gallons per "a
hours. The water is at uniform tenn
peraiurc of 81 deg. Fab, and is used to
warm come large hospitals in the vi
entity. During the boring, and when
at q depth of l,254 feet, it is related
that drill broke and fell, with 27O
feet of rods, to the bottom, necessila.
ting fifteen months OF constant labor
TO remove the pieces.
In the United States the deepest ar.
tcsian well is that bored for the insane
asylum at st. Louis, Mo. This has
reached the enormous depth of 1884
feet, or in that locality, 1900 feet be-
low tho sea level. This would give
water pressure at the bottom. of 1898
his. to tho square inch. The deepest
bore in tho world is one, begun as a
rock salt mine and yet nncomplctcd,
at the village of Spcrenbnrg, some
twenty miles from Berlin. It's present
depth is 4.l94 feet. In the Desert Of
Sahara some seyenty-fve shafts have
been sunk, which yield an aggregate of
COO, 600 gallons per hour. The effect OF
this supply is said to be plainly appar-
ent upon the once barren soil of the
desert. Two new villages have been
built, and 10000 palm trees have been
planted in more than 1000 new gar.
dens.