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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24

Peter Hirschauer is putting on an
other coat of boiler-iron on the inside
of our county Jail.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24
PUBLIC LIBRARY OF KENTUCKY

Death of Gov. Reconsideration Of
che Trustccs-A Successor Appoint.
ed-No More Postponements-Draw-
ing Certain February 27th.
At meeting Of the trustees of the Pub.
lie Library of Kentucky, Jan. 16, 1875 ii
was resolved that G. NJ. Briggs, Esq., who
under the late Hon. Tho. e. Bramlette was
the real business manager of the gift con.
certs already given in aid Of the Public Lii
brary of Kentucky, be and he is hereby au-
thorized to take the place made vacant by
the death of said Branlette, in the manage
ment of the affairs Of the 9Th and last gift
concert, and that the drawing announced for
February q, 1875, shall positively and un-
equivooally take place on that day without
any further postponement or delay on any
account whatever,
R,r DITRRETsr pres
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NTcn AGENTS for the LIFE AND
WAN Gu EXPLORATIONS OF DIR
L1v1NGSTONE." Complete, authentic;
fresh book. Price suited to the tlmes Address
b. D. RUSSELL, Publisher, Boston, Aass
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24

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ular throughoat the N. q. and ulidd1l
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July 2-wlvnrm.
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TO THE AMOUNT OF TWO MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND ARE TO BE DI 3TRIB-
UTED ON THE 9TH OF FEBRUARY BY THE
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whole Tickets SO. Halves, s25 Tenth, or eacl
Coupon, IS. Eleven Whole Tickets, $500.
For Tickets and information, address
THOS. Il. BRAMI.ETTE,
Agent and Manager, Louisville, KY.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
War on POlygamy.

Judge Foreman, of the Third District
Court, in charging the grand jury to-
day, says Salt Lake telegram, ad-
monished them to indict number OF
individuals implicated in swindling the
government out of Territory lands by
perjury and illegal voting. He particu-
larly instructed the jury to indict every
leader, proclaimer, or instigator OF
polygamy, as they have in every way
possible shielded and prevented its
punishment. He said that polygamy
was a loathsome ulcer and degrading
crime not emanating from any religion,
but fit only for the darkest days anterior
to the dawn of civilization, causing the
Mormons bitter hostility to free schools.
Continuing in this strain, the Judge con-
Guided by saying that the government
was now in earnest and the people must
realize this fact. Polygamy has existed
so long solely by the forbearance and
generosity of the government. He said
it was nonsense for the Mormons to fight
against 40, 900, 900 of people, which they
will soon realize. The United States
is with them in prosperity but not in
polygamy.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
Return of the Black Hills Expedition.

Fort Laramie dispatch to the Chicago
Inter- ocean: "The Elack Hills expe-
dition, under command of Col. Dodge.
arrived here to-day. The Bear Lodge
country, which has been reported so
rich III gold, has been thoroughly sur
veyed by Prof. Jenney and party. Gold,
in small quantities, was found in a mar
row strip of country about twenty miles
east of the Little Missouri Buttes, and
singularly enough there was an utter alb
sence of quartz, porphyry, magnesia,
etc. The country is very rugged and
broken, and pyramidal mounds can be
seen in every direction. Lodge Pole
Butte is perfect mound in geological
formation. 1t is about 1900 feet above
the level of the surrounding country,
presenting the appearance of great
tower. This is the section of country
that Col. Bullock and other prominent
men in the West presumed to be so rich
in gold, their presumption being based
upon reports of Indians who brought in
gold from time to time. The country
from the Bear Lodge via the Belle
FOurche to its confluence with the Big
Cheyenne, including tributaries flowing
from the hills, has been thoroughly
mapped, which makes the entire survey
of the Black Hills complete. None of
the country passed over will compare
with the country in the vicinity of Spring
and Rapid Greeks. Large numbers of
miners were seen en- route for the Hills,
no doubt some of those who were on
camped near the post. Prof. Jenney
met some Indians coming, who modest
ly requested his horses and ponies, but
upon being refused offered no violence. "
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
Wit and HumOr.

SPoRTsMAN's epi.aph-Game to the last
WHAT bird lifts the heaviest weight
The crane.
IT has been decided by a Kansas Judge
that man and wife can go to circus
on a ticket that says "admit one"-as
by a law they are considered Zone.
A WOMAN is very like a kettle, if you
come to think of it. She sings away so
pleasantly-then she stOps-and, when
you least expect it, she boils over
Judy.
"ASYr.NG pite you derel" in
quired one Dutchman of another, while
engaged in angling. "No, noting at
all. J." "Vell," returned the other, /" not
ting pite me too"
"PA, 1 guess eur man Ralph is good
Christian. How so, my boy e
"Why, pa, read in the Bible that the
wicked shall not live out half his days
and Ralph says he has lived out ever since
he was little boy"
A LADY being asked by gentleman to
be his wife, wrote the word stripes"
and stated that the letters of the word
could be transposed into the answer. He
finally studied out "persist" what every
woman wishes her lover to do.
A CORRESPONDENT of Chicago paper,
writing from Spain, enthusiastically di-
lates upon the sleepy, dreamy express
sion of the young ladies' faces. Which
explains why they are called S'noras, we
suppose. -Neac York Adrertiser.
The Picton (Canada) Times perpe-
trates the following Oh the late baby
show
Twenty-four babies all in a row.
Iwenty-four mammas also on show;
Twenty-four daddies happy clans.
show of live babies, none of your shams,
a vision of angels, dear little lambs
SAID distinguished politician to his
son "Look Mt me | began as an
Alderman, and here L am at the top of
the tree, and what is my reward? Why,
when l die, my son will be the greatest
rascal in the city" To this the young
hopeful replied "Yes, father, when
you debut not till then"
A WESTERN man visiting his brother
in Danbury espied gun on the kitchen
wall. SIS that gun loaded ?" he asked.
"Oh, no; it is empty replied the
brother. empty For Gods sake
load it as quick as you can, or the chill
dren will get hold of it and shoot each
other - He had read the papers.
Mr.. CHILDs never wrote anything
more sad and touching than the follow
ing tender effusion
While smoking on powder-keg,
He dropped a cinder down;
Then rose like a meteor,
To wear the golden crown.
Gone to meet the fellow who struck the gycerine-
can with sledge hammer
THE other day colored resident of
Vicksburg found bottle of whisky in
the suburbs of the city, and mailing a
pedestrian he inquired 'Dat's whisky,
ain ita" "Smells like it, and I guess
it is, was the reply. "And dere amt
no pizen in it 2" well, there may be
I can't tell shouldn't want to drink
it." If dere was pizen I'd be dead
niger, ehl" You would" "Apd if
dere wasn't any pizen I'd be wastih'
pint of good whisky" "Yes." The
finder turned the bottle over and over,
smelled of the contents three or four
times, and finally made ready to drink,
saying "Dere's heaps of pizen lyin'
around loose, but dere's also heaps of
niggers in Vicksburg, an ize gwine to
tip up de bottle an run de chances. -
Vicks6urg Herald.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22

digging in the field. Was she crazed or
drcamingl There in the very place was
the same man, digging as before
She entered the house, half fainting,
and briefly told the story to her sons,
who were now stalwart young men.
They went into the garden, and there,
sure enough, was the man. In two min
utes they had their guns ready, and one
of them passed round the hedge to the
gate below where the man was, while the
other took up position near low stone
wall which cut off part of the field from
an open lot. Both showed themselves
at one time, and called out to the man.
He started up and prepared to fly. In n
moment the young men closed in on
him, covering him with their weapons.
When he saw he was hopelessly entrap-
ped, he dropped to the ground, and al
led him through the street Mrs. Rand
confronted him. He was the double of
the man who had visited her the morn
ing after the Squire's murder, and bore a
striking resemblance to the late squire,
who had been hanged as his brothers as
sassin, even to the Wen which had made
Mrs Rand's Identification fatal. The
authorities were sorely perplexed, but
the man admitted that he was the muir
derer of Squire Greene, and that he had
come back in the hope of finding the
money he had buried there the morning
after the preparation of his crime. He
gave his name as John Sedley. He
saved the county the trouble of hanging
him by jumping from the top of the
stage coach while crossing the bridge
into Durham, and fracturing his skull
against an abutment.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
Hard to Please.

Last year commercial man. generally
known as Gunner, was travelling in
this county, and stopped at farmers
house in the northern part of the county,
when the following conversation took
place:
We'll, how do you like Kansas"
"Don't like it at all, said the farmer;
"you can't raise anything and when
you do, the plaguey grasshoppers take
it all I'm going to leave as soon rs I
can get out of it.
Happening along this summer, he met
the man again and said
"Hello you here yet3"
eyes, but I'm going to leave
What are you going to leave for
You surely have raised enough this
year"
eyes, but that's the HI of it. Got
morn want this year, and can't sell a
cent worth. - Wichita Kan. Beacon.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
Trouble Brewing.

There is q cloud of war arising over the
far Northwest war in the spring, with
the natives of that region. 1t is being
generated by the covetousness of the
white man and the inconsistencies of his
red enemy, and is being fastened upon
the country by the impetuosity of hot
headed gold-seekers. The clash between
the Indian and the white man is as sure
to come as they are to meet each other
on the disputed territory, and that they
will meet seems as inevitable as the com
ing of another season. The following
local item from the Sioux City 0owa)
Journal is suggestive in this connec-
ton: "The Black Hills excitement has not
all died away, and in fact there is con
siderable being done hereabouts in a
quiet manner. Several parties yester-
day QUILTED in this city with the inten-
ton of making their way without much
ado into the reputed gold country to pass
the winter. Chicago Journal.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
Women and Devils.

Old Winston was negro preacher in
Virginia, and his ideas Of theology and
human nature were often very original.
A gentleman thus accosted the old
gentleman one Sunday:
Winston, understand you believe
every woman has seven devils. How
can you prove it p
"Well, sab, did You never read in de
Bible how seven debbles were cast outer
Mary Magalin ?"
ooh, yes! I've read that
"Did you ebber hear of 'em bein' cast
out of any oder woman, sab Z"
"No, / never did,"
"Well, den, all de odders got 'em
VET"
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
Short Savings.

A good life is valuable, but bad one
often costs more.
Passion is storm, and spares nothing.
Each Pisgah of labor has its glimpse
of the promised land.
Every good deed that we do is not only
a present pleasure, but a prop for the
future.
What pleases is good only to the
properly instructed.
Children grow so fast we must be on
the alert, or they will escape much of
our instruction, getting that of others
often deleterious, as children will learn.
Life is sum; and it becomes us to do
it properly, as it can be done but once.
Most people drift. To do this is easy.
1t costs neither thought nor effort. On
the other hand, to resist the tide one
must have principle and resolution. He
must watch, and pray, and struggle con-
tinually. And yet no thoughtful person,
who cares for his soul, will dare to drift
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
The First LOafer.

Many years ago heavy-set Dutchman
in the city of New York acquired for
tune and reared to womanhood hand
some daughter. A young Yankee, who
had great capacity for the enjoyment of
rest, fell in love either with the money.
bags of the ancient Amsterdamer or the
person of his heir-at- law, or both, and
made himself exceedingly plenty in and
about the Dutch dOmicile, much to the
affection and vexation of the parental
head thereof, who, whenever he discov
cred the aforesaid wooer, exclaimed to
his daughter, "There is that lofer dover
of yours, the idle, good-for-n nothing"
etc. And from that ebullition of pater-
nal wrath was born the word loafer,
meaning an idle man hanging about, and
enduring rest in an accomplishing and
contented manner
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22

BY JOHN q. sAxE.

babe my lawyer, Windy, sue
My neignbor Jones for damage due
The plaintiff, ON the valid ground
That he, said Jones, had put in pound
Unizwfuuy, against the peace,
Three certain sheep OF finest fleece:
My property and valued, say,
At twenty dollars. Please 10 lay
The damage high, and go ahead.
And, Windy, make him feel,- I said,
"The statutes full and speedy force
On trospassers!" lie said, "Of course :"
And six months later made report
The case was up-before the Court.
When Windy's speech seemed nearly done,
And he, a. yet, had scarce begun
TO touch the matter In dispute
I-growing anxious for my SUIT
Said, in "A whisper, Don't forget
You haven't touched the case az yet;
You've talked, know, an hour or more
About the statutes made before
The Norman Conquest; and have brought
Before us what Justinian taught,
nd Coke on Littleton; have gone
All through the Code Napoleon
And. very learnedly no doubt,
Have shown his Honor all about
The statutes in the reign OF Anne;
And how the leading cases ran
Before Lord Blank held 80 and so;
Now let the HdbeaS Corpus go,
And, ere the Court falls fast asleep,
Do say word about the sheep.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
The Yankee Abroad.

One of our inventive countrymen is
Fostering the French government with
new invention. He wishes to sell
France, for her own exclusive benefit, a
pneumatic self-acting Improvement on
the guillotine. Exclusive right to take
peoples heads from their shoulders.
This relieves the executioner from direct
bloody work, but how about the compli-
ment implicitly paid to the French gov
ernmenta One would think that the
plains OF Sartory were made terrible
enough by the musket, and that govern
ment vengeance was sufficiently ewift for
all purposes. Self-acting guillotine
How it would disturb the ghost of
Robespieire, who worked with an old
fashioned clipper
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
Interesting Postal.Card Literature.

Baltimore telegram to the Chicago
Times The case of Crawford IL.
johnson, indicted for sending through
the mail of the United States postal
cards with scurrilous and indecent epis-
ties thereon, was fixed for trial in the
United States District Court to-day.
District-Attorney Sterling addressed the
jury, stating that the indictment con-
tanned five counts charging the sending
of four cards containing scurrilous cpl
thets, addressed to II. o. Drexel, and
one to Constable Patrick IL. Dolan. The
Indictment was found under 1888 of the
Revised Statutes of the United States,
which subjects any one convicted of vio-
lating the same to fine for each offense
of not less than 500 or more than 81 900
and Imprisonment for not less than one
year or more than ten years, or both.
Mr.. Sterling said that with consent of
counsel for the defense the jury could
render verdict of guilty on the first and
fourth counts, and not guilty OH the 9th
Ell three, which was rendered according
ly. Judge Giles then imposed fine of
$500 and costs on johnson, who, in de-
fault of payment, was subsequently COM
mitted to Jail. Drexel was indebted to
johnson for coal bill of $2S, and went
South, leaving it unpaid. On May 20,
1870, Johnson sent postal card adj
dressed thus Oh. G. Drexel, first-class
runaway thief and petty swindler,
Jacksonville, Fla, scourer ana
dyer and sneak-thief." On the
back was written the following
You dirty, little shriveled liar, thief aud vii
liam, if ever lay my eyes on you again will
wiring the nose of your damned head. You
lied even to your wife and about her, You infer
nal scoundrel. To call you snesk-thief would
be to disgrace jail-bird. Your old worthless
note, of course. was protested. Why did YOU
not tell me to save myself? With contempt,
@. Ii. JOHNSON.
Another, forwarded on June 8, was
directed to "H. G. Drexel, frst-class
runaway thief and beat, Jacksonville,
Fla, dyer and scourer." 1t reads upon
the back
The community of Jacksonville is hereby
warned to be on the lookout for a swndler, a
little shriveled up, nice-talking man, who works
for some scourer in her midst, but who il in
fact a first-class villain, who left the city for
the benefit of the city. Keep all your goods
and valuables locked up if he ever comes with
in smelling distance of them.
c. ii. JOHNSON.
Upon the same date the following
postal card was sent to Mrs. Drexel di-
rected &C. III. Drexel, No. 313 West
Hoffman street, the man who pays his
debts by running away from the city. u
Upon the back was written the follow
ing:
Gone to Jacksonville for his health, but left
his contiding creditors in Baltimore in very
unhealthy condition. His business il that of a
scourer, and on his present cruise down South
he IL securing for any one who, like the writer,
should be foolish enough to consider him hon.
est. He left lots OF bills here and notes as
legacy TO his friends. @. IL JOHNSON
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
THE AUTUMN RAIN.

Down falls the autumn rain.
carp strings against the frame
OF kbon night
Flow, flow, how, flow.
In steady flight
The sounds awake and hy,
Awake, and multiply
Now fast, now slow.
Wet shadows stalk the earth,
Winds roar in riotous mirth-
Rush, rush, rush, rush.
The poplar bends and sways,
The rain weeps and 1t prays;
One hosr winds hush.
The oak means and harsh creaks,
The red-scarred maple speaks
Blow, blow, blow, blow.
The vine against the wall
Chngs close, boughs break and fall,
The blossoms 60
Leaves droop and fold on fold
Like little waves are rolled.
Fall. fall. fall, fall.
Grass bends like dagge blades,
Broke PUSHES in the glades
Together matted crawl.
swallow in chimney steep
Blown from his sooty sleep
Drip, drip, drip, drip.
Cat at the hearth-stone lies,
Bird tween him and the skies,
His cup at cruel lip.
The window-curtain slowly stirs,
Weathercock without sharp whirrs-
Rain is falling faster.
Around the house, mp rugged street,
Demons of The night-storm sweep;
Earth hath found its master.
Flow, flow, flow, flow.
A thousand pools are trimming;
The autumn harp is hymning
Melodious strains and slow.
II dies away at break of day;
The world is wet and cold and pale,
And tells a dreary winters tale.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
Grapes for the Sick.

AT certain towns in Switzerland grapes
are grown solely as medicine, end the
vineyards are put to no other use. In
stead of drinking water, as at other
places, the patient is sent ont to eat
grapes, and must pick them himself from
the vines. Where the doctor ordinarily
instructs the patient to drink so many
glasses of water, he is here instructed to
eat Just so many punches of grapes, and
no more. Another popular treatment is
found ut the mud baths of Schwalbach
and other places, where the patients are
immersed in soft black mud up to their
chin, and remain in the bath for some
hours.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22

in the person of the interpreter there,
for whom they have never felt much
brotherly love, and lately he has had to
exercise considerable strategy to pre-
serve his scalp. To-day he had to hunt
safer quarters. The Indians say they
are bound to kill him If he remains, and
they will not stop there when they COM
mence."
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22

During the first fourteen days of the
present month, says Washington tele-
gram, postage stamps, stamped enyel-
opes, and postal cards have been sold by
the Postoffice Department, amounting
in value to 81, COS, 900. This sale is prob
ably the largest ever made by the De
partment within the time mentioned, and
may be regarded as one of the indica-
tions of a revival of business throughout
the country. N4+i @iN
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
A Chicago Heiress Worth Loving for
Herself Alone.

1 am proud to say that, though / am
an heiress to over S3,000,000, 1 under
stand housekeeping in all its depart
ments thoroughly. l am 10, but have
never been in love, or even had fancy
for any one; but should a man that l
love ever offer himself to me / would
say eyes," though he had but 5000 a
year, and, remembering the happy mar
ried life of my sister in spite of power
ty, should feel assured Of happiness
Chicago Tribune.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22
Indians Looking for Scalps.

A dispatch from Sioux City Gays:
=" Late news from the Upper Missouri
country represent the Indians as dissat-
isfied and insubordinate. The Black
Hills Treaty did not terminate to suit
them, and they are on watch for an ex-
cuse to kill somebody. Those at Chey-
enne Agency think they have struck it
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1875-10-22

The following method is used in Ger
many for the preservation of wood
Mix forty parts chalk, fifty resin, four
linseed oil, melting them together in an
iron pot then add one part of native
oxide OF copper and afterward one part
OF sulphuric acid. Apply with a brush.
When dry this varnish is as hard as
stone.