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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21
NEBRASKA.

OMAHA, April l6-Tne high water
which has delayed the trains on tho
Union Pacific lately, has now necessi-
tated the suspension of travel. a.
Laramie City, w. T., and Ogden,
Utah, tho water is six feet deep at
somo points ia still rising. Passengeg
trains which left here from the 18Th
to the 18th are lying at Laramie CITY
and Rawlings, and those from Ogden
are lying at points west OF Green
river. The railroad officials advise
tray e,ers for California and Utah nor
to start at present.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

about 100000. Ifthe sum was much
larger Mr.. r. asserts the work could
be carried on more economically and
!. With better satisfaction.
Appearances certainly indicate that
ere many years Iowa may boast one OF
tho handsomest and best capitol build
ings of any id this confederation OF
Stetes.-State Leader.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

The scene occurred In q railroad ca,
ON the Union Pacific road, In which
two men were gam bling, while the
rest Of the passengers looked on. One
-of the gamestcfs was . typo Of the
professionals who "workn the road-a
desperate trickster, sleek and ugly
the other was . rough. grizzled miner,
fresh from the mountains. and carry.
Ing abundance Of money. The game
draw poker-was for large stokes,
and played silently and watchfullY.
Each man had evidently q good hand,
and was resolved to stand 81 it, Each
man raised the other until finally the
miner called" The gambler showed
his hand-two queens and three aces
-ae the same time covering the money
with his hand. The miner uttered not
9 word; he merely took two Of his
fve carda and laid them down hey
were aces. This meant hvo aoee in the
pack. The gambler had dealt Then
the miner reached back like lightnine,
drawing . huge navy revolver. He
cooked Il and placed the mu1xle be-
tween the eyes OF the gambler. Not .
word was spoken, but each Of the two
men looked steadily into the eyes Of
the other. Soon the gamblers hand
upon the money began to draw back,
and the gamblers form % we'll. The
revolver followed. The gambler step.
ped into the aisle, and Ct this point the
passengers In the car seemed 70 loee
their interest In the game, noet of
them trying to get undAr tha aAafs.
The gambler backed down the aiale
towards the door, and q he passed
out the muzzls Of that huge revolves
still stared him In the face. Then The
miner put up his pistol, pocketsd ths
money, lit his pipe and was q other
men. Not word had been spoken
from the time the sscall" was made.
II was merely ono Of the rare occa-
sions where . gambler on the Uniou
Pacific mistake0 hia man.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21
For the DAILY CoURIsR. sa
Building an Air Castle.
By n. DELLA JoHssos.


Now poets are singing the praises Of Spring,
And homage to the queen Of flowers they bring !.
In their ripping Cow of musical rhyme,
That tinkles in quadruple measures OF time.
But greater and grander are those who cnn soar
To regions ne 'er trod by vain mortal before.
All this was thinking as musing, one eve;
determined behind forever to leave
The ffequsnted paths Of poets who tread
On Aowen that arc blooming or hopes thAt an
dcAd- &k9 !s ea# &4 81a ~
Who're chanting In monotonoes dirges and sighs,
Of eaFih's dYadful ills and Of heart-broken ties;
Oh, how g,ofious to,isssa b nature . Do song--
And bc bosneon, the tide Of grand music piong.
Far far above earth, with il shadowS ard blight
seize the sunbsans, and rai6t them u oslors d
!. light. &3 tsR f4
Grasp y. i!shtains's M aash ~ it Leaps NON
While Hoyen's ARTILLERY Win thunder drnz4
sosd. tF5sE4 8sS ~
Ars pealing a aatAem OF grandeur On high, s.:
And waking the echoes OF earth, air and sky. !.
On sAe top Of PaznAssas, whose hishts ase divias.
Are yiaions Of. beauty and grandeur sublime /
He1N I'm gather the hues 50 beauteous, % rase,s
=
And I'n weave tAsss bright ociors into Angieal
rhyme.
brighter and nrxr than gems ffom the mine
Win pa poised and ready Inow viii unfold
This beautiful. magnificent grandeur untold.
me tAink: An. whatwill come next
Why, the Muses. are heeIaS -oh, how am vexed-
WHARF, where are the thoughts 90 sparkling and
rare? s 90
An Mllen to cayth--'tWas but castle Of air!
- =
One edort more fn desperation make,
FOCAL haek MnsaA snd their grim silence brxak
- - -
It's too late!-they have ned-and my bright
dream u o'er, &
The eAckle 1uses vow Wall court never more.
Ambition and IAme In The dust have been laid
For I've learned that "poet must y born. and not
MSds.' = Fh
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

Some Of our Democratic friends are
becoming alArmeu Icsr Jen Davls
should force himself on the Democracy
as the next candidate for President.
Davis and his admirers certainly con-
stitute the majority OF that party, and
il they should take q notion, our
Northern Democrats will certainly
have to cat that kind Of turkey. and
while they mako faces at it now, we
guess they can stand it when the time
comes. The capacity Of the average
Democratic stomach is immense.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21
TnE nLAClk HILL.

That Banqno's ghest OF gold In the
Black Hills that will not down, the
government has finally determined to
invesdgate. Six companies OF United
States cavalry, accompany govern.
mant surveyor to that region to look
into the matter and determine the
facts. This outfit 10 expected to leave
IT. Laramie to-day, 18th instant, and
make explorations, and we suppose
also to look after interlopers.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

"a drove of Texss steers" was the ex.
pressive title conferred recently upon the
Independents in the Illinois Legislature by
brother member. Their prediction for
''horns" probably accounts for the novel
appellation
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21
Govnrxa s3.os 8rpAarmrNr,
T.EK4EGGs. Eg a PEzTG,.
WASYslNGIGE.

WASHINGTON, April I2,--In Solial!
tor OF the Treasury Dopar neut, 10
whom the subject was referred, has
decided that the Commissionec OF In
ternal Revenue has the right 10 ex-
anime the bank checks of any bank %
ascertain whether The law is violated
respecting afflxing stamps to such
chacka
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

Massachusetts, has adopted local
option and license instead Of prohibi-
ton The new law is quite stringent
in its provisions, and seems to be gem
orally approved by the press.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21
Several yeers ago man by tho name oi

Several yeers ago man by tho name Of
Jacobs was killed by train on tho Louis.
Vile & Nashville Railway. The accident
occurred in Hardin county, KY, his father
instituted suit against the company for
damages In that county. A change oi
venue was obtained to Lorns county, when
upon tho trial, the jury returned verdict
Of $l60.0o0. The Judgement was reversed
and nov trial ordered The company
compromised and settled the case BY ths
payment to the father Of Jacobs 81, 200
This ends trial remarkable for the length
Of time which il has consumed, the persis.
tenoy with which It has been prosecuted
and defended, and the large judgment ron,
dered against the company In the first In.
stance.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

Tho Lynchburg (va) Netcs eloquently
beseeches ''aspiring Southern men" to "kesp
in the background for the present." Nuns
the word, until We have got little frmer
grip on the country's throat.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21
WYOMING.

CHEYENNE, April l5-Severai COM
panies Of cavaly left hero during last
week 10 guard the entrance to the
gold fields. Tho indications arc that
the government will soon open this
country for settlement.
This city is filled with people await
ing permission of the government 10
20 20 tho new Eldorado.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21
Pounds OF annual
rates TO regular
ouherrfhora

b. b.
It is further stated that 775 Isibuncs
weigh ono hundred pounds. and that
this would make an out of town cir
culation for the month of January of
A5,O57 copies. During said month
the record of the Inter-O Ocean at the
Chicago postofiice shows 6O,772 Bs.
ofthat paper mailed, and that the pa.
per being lighter than that upon which
the Tribune is printed, this sixty odd
thousand pounds, comprises 5l2, ,3O7
copies Of the inter- Ocean. After Civ
tos the figures, the Inter. Ocean toots
its horn thus:
ut appears, therefore, that after
ihirty.flve years of existence, the total
out.of-town circulation OF the New
York Tribune is only six per cent.
greater than that of the INTER OCEAN.
after three years Of existencel But
there 10 still another point worthy of
consideration In comparing the circu.
lation OF the two journals, viz The
out.of-town circulation Of tho New
York Tribune largely consists OF its
daily, which g0eA TO the neigh boring
towns. consequently, whilc tho same
readers may get Il oftener, the total
number Of its country subscribers IL
not so great - that OF the INTER.
OCEAN. Therefore, what we cla,m, Ia
that the number o. subscribers 10 whom
the INTER OCEAN IL mailed IL greater
,han TINT O. any other Meaospaper in the
Uaitsd Stdtes! We think tfis ia con
ciusiveiy shown by the above figures
IN comparison with the New York
Tribune. which once had the rcpu,a.
ton Of having the largest country cir.
cnla'ion Of any political Journal In this
country"
We have long observed that the
Inter Oceaa-ths progeny Of the Tri
6anss detection from tho Republican
party -was obtaining wonderful
country circulation. 1t 10 fast follow,
Ing In the path Of Greeley with th,
Tribune, many years ago. Tho Trt
| 6xns's circulation was light in the city
Of New York, white It ran into III,
hundreds Of thousands In the country
City readers preferred the sensation
Wit, sarcasm, slander, and uuiversall,
accepted unreliability Of the New
York Herald. The Tribune was to;
prosy, too scrupulously matter.of
laos % please the noisy, babbling, ex
citabls people Of the city. II is 9,
win the Journals Of Chicago, now
The circulation Of the daily Int,
Ocean u light, but the power which
wields through its weekly an over Is
Northwest, il immense, and It roall
retoices 40 to know that both uolitie
ally and morally 1t ID faithfully an
ably conducted.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21
r. E R M y:
'$l.50 PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.
a. 90 aG the esd Of SIX N1OMtlls.
Tue Louisiana Legislature IL now
In special session. For once in years,
Il met In peace, and organized without
q row.

ANoTHER OF TiIton's lawyers, Judge
Fullerton, 10 sick, and the court has
adjourned over till Monday, in order
to give the sick counsel time to recup.
erate. Bsecher on the stand, does not
seem to operate healthfully on coun.
eel for plaintiff.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

-Psrson BroWnlow ssys: .enall
men with plenty o. money Aud no
brains may crawl into tho 6ehate -
the snail crawled 10 the top Of the
pyramid. bnt such fellows can't ran .
newspaper"
--aWho aaked II yer wanted any
thing :" said . Lowell peddler = .
lsdy who said she did mot, - sooD -
she opened tho door. "4ind yer
peezness, and don't refuse 70 buy tiii
yer asked." 1 6stAA.i tg
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

The Winterset Nesos (dem) wants q
Governor and q Lieutenant Governor
made ont of Senator Murphy. Of DA-
venport, and j. G. Savery, of Des
Moines.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21
ESTABLISHED 184s

ont the last vestige OF the accurscd re-
bellion whose deeds shamed the father
of lies. What nation Of ovcrladen,
sorrowing hearts was there in those
days aud the remem branco Of them
still deeply eaddena the heart.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

New ORLEANS, April 1.-the Cow
ernor's mcssage was an elaborate doc.
ument. He expresses the hope tllat
this extra session will work a bettet
era in the history of that State, which
has been 30 unhappily prolific of an
tagonfsm, sectional jealousies, and die
orders. Despite its great natural adj
vantages it has fallen behind iess
favored States. These traditions psh
only be erased by time. Later wrongs
of Legislation down to 1867 can be
remedied, and for this the pres-
ent session is called. A policy has at
last been adopted, which it is hoped
will afford an immediate and saiisfac-
tory solution of the difficulties that
have beset Us for years. 1t is hopeful
sign that parties seem to be sinking
personal and party aims. The Gov
ernor urges a change in the present
cumbrous and expensive system of
collecting revenues. The collectors
receive too large fees. The rich evade
taxes and tho poor pay them. In
number of parishes last year the de-
linquent taxes amounted to eighty per
cent. of the entire tax levied.
He recommends reduction in the
salaries Of State officers, which, to
gether with other reforms he suggests
will !, he states, reduce the whole rate
of State aud Parish taxation to l4L
mills. With these reforms the future
seems bright. The recent constitu-
tional amendments are certainly bene-
fetal, He proceeds to give compare.
tive figures to show what their effect
will be In reducing taxation, and giY-
ing surety of better state of affairs In
the future. The remainder Of the
message refers in part to local affairs.
NEW ORLEANS, April 15.-The re.
port Of the Committee on Elections,
embodying the terms Of the award,
was adopted in the House, by a vote
Of 50 to 15.
Most the members displaced made
speeches, ,intimating their acquiescence.
Mr.. Poindexter. of Assumption, ono of
the colored members ousted by the
award, said he had the satisfaction, in
giving up his seat to know that his
old master, who had always been just
and kind, would take it. This was an
honor which did not occur every day.
The remainder of the unseated mem
bers expressed themselves in like
manner.
A joint resolution, recognizing tho
Kellogg government aud pledging the
members to support the efforts of the
Governor In the line of reform and
good government, was adopted by the
House at AS, by o vote of 50 to Is.
In the Senate Crozier, the only
member whose seat is involved in the
award, will resign, and Goode will
take his seat.
This viii saas At Ii.e--
-hsel -.sss 10 done in day or tne,
Wilt and Estelle are prominently
mentioned for Speaker, and some
think Governor Hahn will be retain
cd. Good feeling and spirit of con-
ciliation seems to actuate the members
OF each party collectively and indivi-
dually. The compromise may there
fore be considered as accomplished.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

The London Spectator says that
Eng!ishmen, and especially English Tories,
regard favorably the Democrats Of the
United States because they are "the Tories
of the Union"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21
FOREIGN.

vienna, April 14-It is reported
that tho Turks have murdered 270
Christians in Roumania and Bulgaria
during the last three months, and that
the names Of the victims have been
communicated to the foreign repre-
sentatiyes.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

Gen. Ed. F. Winslow, of st. Louir,
has boon elected President of the St.
Louis Kansas City & Northern Rail-
road, vice Hoge, recently deceased.
Gen. Winslow raised Company "F''
of the 4th Iowa Cavalry, in Wspello
county, he being At the time resi-
dent of Mt. Pleasant. His company
was recruited principally at Agency
City. Ottumws, Chillicothe and Eddy
vile. Captain collars, of this city,
VIM. A. Hescock, of Chillicothe,
(killed in Arkansas), E. B. Woodruff,
Of Eddyville, Boyd P. Brim, OF Agen-
cy City, Albert W. CLANCY, Of Agen-
cy then, and q brother of Alderman
Clancy Of this city, John T. Reynolds,
of Agency township, and N. B. Dana,
Of Richland township, (since deceased)
all having been subaltern officers in
said company.
Gen. Winslow was made full Col.
onel during the Vicksburg campaign,
where the 4th Cavalry was perform.
ing arduous service, he having been
previously promoted TO the Major.
ity Of his regiment, to be succeeded in
the Captaincy Of his company BY T.
J. collars, Of this city.
Upon assuming command Of the 4th
Iowa Cavslry, Col, Winslow develop.
ed superior military qualities. He
was subsequently assigned to the com.
mand of q brigade, and later, OF . di.
vision, in the cavalry column of thu
gallant Cavalry Wilson, whose com.
mand gave the coup de grace to the
rebel lion in the Southwest, and cap.
tured Jefferson Davis II 10 no exsg
geration to say that no officer in ,he
service, from lows, acquired more
substantial reputation than Gen. E. f
Winslow, TO which rank no arose
about the close OF the war.
immediately after the close OF III.
war, he entered, with his indomitabl,
spirit, into railroading. and the ST
Louis 3 Southeastern Railroad 10 .
monument Of his great ability and nm
firing energy 90 railroad builder. I
Is with feelings Of uncommon pleas
ure that we chronicle his election /,
the Presidenoy OF the st. L. X. G. h N
r r.
He 10 man Of liberal and cempre
hensivo ideas, and, moreover, being al
lows man, and formerly our neigh
Dor, the people n Cd have no fear 6u
that the termti al point OF the grea
corporation over which he has beef
called to preside, will receive fair an,
liberal treatment at his hands.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

| . l.
"A triohinn alarmist says, Examine
your hama" s5,-a .s,,.
The harvesting OF barley has be-
gan in Southern California.
"A new Indiana Law gives the rail.
soaA eeadNetors police powers.
IAN atsempt IL being made in st.
Louis % suppress the State Lottery Of
Missouri.
-NeWsgirls ere more than match
for the neWsboys In New York, and
bid fair to crowd the boys of the
track.
"A Colorado tombstone remarks :
~ Hs was ySuns'
u But The Injuns
Raised his ha'r
They wondered ct the short col
lections IN . Missouri church, and in
vestigated to and that one Of the col
lectoEs bad tar in tho top of his
hat.
An Ohio woman rises and says
I've been married 81 years, worked
like Q nigger, and never lived In .
house with parlor folding doors
Pass around the hat. t&
Mo Irishmau ever made greater
bull than the English lawyer, who
drew mp an indictment charging that
the prisoner killed man with Ger.
tain wooden instrument called an iron
pestls.
There are fears expressed that the
greet Salt Lake Of Utah will soon
gsow too large Tor it, Confines. Since
1861 there has bean . steady rise, and
it 10 eating under the land on both
sides as Z Tremendous rate.
"A country doctor, in writing .
leeteF of coincidence 10 the widow OF .
laAo uember Of the Legislature, says :
aI cannot tell how panied I was to
hear that your husbsnd had gone to
heaven. We were bosom friends, but
row we shall never meet again"
-Aisxaudsr II. Rice and e. ID. Kins-
Icy, Of Boston, were 90 moved by
hsasisg Desn Stanley preach Christ.
mas sermon in Westminster Abbey
that they bought ont the whole stock
| n trade Of . pork pie shop and gave Il
70 . crowd OF hungry men.
He was IN old man Of eighty, and
ho said that hs'd figured and and call
culated and pondered, and had come
70 tho conclusiou that the man who
drives tho band wagon around town
had perfect right 70 look down In
contempt on bankers and mill.owu-
~. s
| "A eitisen who met an old acquain-
! taace on the strsst yesterday asked
Why ho wore weed ON his hat. "Fol
ImY poor wife who has passed over the
iriver," was the melancholy reply
i'Woll, can't che como back-aren't the
fssry.boass sunnisg :" wasths surprised
lQuafry. The man had 70 explain thai
| 10 did not reler to the Detroit river.
Belle Seymour, Of Memphis, pm
On . man's attire, and worked with
gang Of city laborers for three months
It docs not appear how her sex wa
. 7 was Discovered, out John Henry Say
heu bet Q nickle u Was becAnse Oh
sat down on the floor TO put her ahos
J. and stockings on.
ri some omAJty writes ana man
. | papers have quoted the followiu
/ sentence: 'sFoFty girls will run al,
saob with gold.hoaded cane who
!. ora Will shy up 70 fellow with souI
horse seAee." When we cay that for
!. men will ran aitsr . firt who can sil
4 little and thnmp on plano 70 whe
: oas vilkehy mp 70 . plain, hard sen
Il girl Who n not ashAmed to help b
> mother CT dinner, the case STAN
= ahout svea.
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oTTUMWA wAPEILo COUNTY. IOWA, APRIL 21. 1875

Icast, insoinirh as There WAS absolutely no
work for,him to do in heaven. His answer
was: ':Oh, you g'way, massa, knows
better. II deve's no work for culletl folks
up dar, .dey'l make 'em shub de clouds
along. You can't fool die chi'e,n
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

humane plan OF settling the Louisiana
difficulty.
Thus has the wisdom OF the Presi
dent and the leading Republican mem
ber OF Congress been again vindicated,
aud another blood aud thunder issue,
which the Democrats had fondly
hoped to nurse through the next Pres
idential campaign, has been knocked
into kingdom come.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

Boston, April 14,--Tcn inches of
snow fell here yesterday and fifteen at
Fall River. All trains from the south
and west were delayed.
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~eS---------
LOUISIANA.

New ORLEANS, April H.-The Leg
islature met to-day, and was the most
orderly for years. The Conservatives
were sworn in and the committee on
elections will report tomorrow.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

The Chicago Inter Ocean has been
comparing its circulation with that Of
the New York Tribune 1t gives the
following as the record shown at the
New York postofiice, in regard to the
four great newspapers Of New York,
during the month Of January:
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-21

The exhibit Of earnings on the main
line of tho Denver and Rio Grande
Narrow Gusge Railroad-l2O miles
for the week ending March 81, 1876,
shows the following receipts: