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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

This morning report was circula-
ted through the city that another man
had been found dead beside the rail
road track, just at the upper part of
the city. A gentleman who lives in
that part of tho city, reported that he
saw a man laying there last night at
10 o'clock, and this morning, also, long
after sun-up, he was still in the same
place, laying with his nose and toes
turned up like the weeds around him.
The young man who found him was
afraid to 60 near what he supposed
was tho dead and maDgled body of a
human being. He walked little fast
er than usual, and whom he got to the
city he reported to John Gray the facts
as he supposed them to be, and told
our reporter there was no manner of
doubt in regard to his death. Gray
mounted horse and rode post haste
to the spot and found the man, dark
Completed, heavy bearded laying by
the track stretched out at full length,
with his face to tho sun as described.
John supposed the man was really
dead, and was fixing up pretty little
story in his mind, as to how no would
tell the thing to tho Coroner's jury
When no got near enough he discov-
cred the man was not dead, but only
drunk. He stepped up to him, applied
the front end of q No. 8 boot to the
sleepy mans basement, and asked him
II The did not think it was about time
to get up"
That lad turned himself over until
he got the right purchase. strsighten-
cd himselfup, rubbed his eyes, gave
q war whoop, and told John that he
thought it was.
And that ia all there ia in the story
that another man was run over and
killed by the cars last night.-DaiIy Of
the 18Th.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
Millinery.

NJ. 81. Hawke, has and il receiving
the largest and most complete stock Of
Millinery Goods ever brought into
Iowa. All the latest novelties can al
ways be found there, and at as low or
lower prices than elsewhere.
dAwtf
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

II love you with all my SOUL re-
piled Pittsburg girl, shut father
wants to know the size of your bank
account
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

Teamsters, bricklayers, plasterers
md laborers generally are happy, the
and banks are once more above the
fpod.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

Said . doctor to . Council Bluff
tirl who WAS consulting him. "You
need little sun and air." The girl
blushed and she guessed "she would
wait until she got married"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

The farmers on the south side of the
Aver have begun cutting their small
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
Farm FOH SALE

Persons wishing to purchase good
improved farm, will do we'll by calling
on the undersigned at his residence,
two miles southeast of Agency City.
mar30 6mw WM. CALBEcK.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

~ Hawke, keeps . large variety OF
1eaets OF Al the leading styles, in
luding Madam Toys e Thomsons
e. owe fitting ETC.. ct prices from 5Octs
$3.50 each. a.. IT.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

Well. WELT An Ottumwa man adj
vertises for cat he has lost. We
know Of whole families who can't
lose their ats.-DaUeNp0rt Gazette.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

There was dead man down at the
dopot yesterday in . box car. He was
dad drunk only.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

Will do well to remember that McC uLLouaH
q LILBURN pay CASH for all the butter
and eggs they can get.-Bring them on
opposite the Post Office, Ottumwa.
Mar19 VT
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

Grain is coming in very slowly, and
6nr millers will soon have to depend
on supply from elsew here than our
fncal market
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
srasoIs ana Fans.

Ladies', when you wish parasol or
fan, call ct Hawks. He has the largest
stock ever brought into Ottumwa, and
1t prices that will defy competition.
al5d&wtf
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

ia said the festive and bearded o..
\ spront we'll this sort of weather.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

Eucumbers are selling at 81 cents
~ bite, and the fever and ague IN
tfAm thrown in.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

8 June crop of hogs this year 10
large, aud very fine.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

The State of Massachusetts, says she
must hang the boy Pomeroy.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
The Bloomfield Republican says |:

Anu DAOOAuA0iu 1sSpUOttCuW says.
Eve gave short statement last
week Of the hanging OF man In OF
tumwa by mob. His nAme was John
Smith, and II mob law was ever justi-
gable II was certainly 80 in this
case"
After recounting the incidents Of
the arrest and the murder of Deputy
Marshal Logan, it continues:
I'm suoh . case % this, we must ap-
plAud tho act of the men who did the
hanging. BY this act Ottumwa suf-
fers no disgrace. There was no yell
Ing, shooting or other disorderly con-
duct. The crowd had duty to per.
form. and were Is quiet about IL Is q
congregation attending Divine Wor-
ship. To have squandered thousands
OF dollars ON such . wretch would
have been : useless expenditure OF
money, and 90 II was finished the
quickest and best way"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
TEACHERS, NORMAL INSTITUTE.

DEPARTMENT OF PTBLIC distraction, )
DIES MoINgs, JUNE I4th, 1875 J
Clay IPood County Superintendent, o!tsmea, Io'rd:
In accordance with your application. Teachers
Normal Institute is hereby appointed, 10 be held
AZ Ottumwa, to commence July 18th, 1870, and
"
iuctor, and Mrs. M. A. Peck as assistant, aid.
Institute is hereby approved
l. ALONZO ABERNETHY,
June 49, tstw4t SHpt Pub. Ins 1.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

first train cast was freight No. IA, it
should leave here ut IL :05, and left on
time; saw nothing unusual on the
track next train east was I'd section
OF No. IA; saw a crowd beside the
track when I went up with ID section !;
/ went up the hill twice.
d. d. GOODRICH
being sworn, says he is 33 years Of
age, resides in Ottumwa, by occupa-
tion deputy marshal heard man
was killed last night. heard Of IL
about half past twelve; got team and
went down; found body lying at
north side railroad track, head toward
the east, about Is inches from the
track found hat about II feet east of
body; we tagged the "Pasher," re.
turning from Agency from helping %
section OF No. Ia up the hill pnt the
body on front end of engine aud brot
it to depot platform; there we put il
in a wagon and brought 1t to City
Hall the body present is the one
found did not know deceased.
PETER WINTER,
recalled, says at Mobley's, East of Sn-
gar Creek railroad bridge, q freight
train passed him going West, thinks
there was coach or two attached 10
the train. About half mile West OF
that point met Brow n and the deceas-
ed. This was the only train l saw
while coming 10 town, and it passed
us before I got on the track. 1t is
about 40 yards from Browns house
where the train passed me.
VERDICT.
STATE OF Iowa, 90
Wapello County %
An inquest holden at Ottumws, in
Wapello county, on the eleventh day
Of July, A. D., 1875, before e. l.; La
throp Coroner of said county, upon
the body of William O'Brien, there
lying dead by the jurors whose name
hereto subscribed. The said jurors up.
on their oaths do say, that the deceased
came to his death from q fracture OF
the skull produced by being struck by
a passing railroad train, about one and
onc-half miles East OF Ottumwa, on
the night of July 10th, 1875, the said
O'Brien being at the time in a state of
intoxication. In testimony whereof
tho said jurors have hereunto set their
hands the day and year aforesaid.
r. CRIswELL,
john J. ADAMS,
w. B. LITTLEToN.
Attest: E. L. LATHRoP, Coroner.
vIambrino stock Farm. OtlumW !,
Iowa. StalliOns for Service In 1875.
"Wapello Chief" civilians Mann
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

he colored population of Ottumwa
he to have about doubled this
Inc.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

The river Is now practically within
rs banks and people have bid good
I'VE to the "June Freshet," for this
near
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
SPECIAL NOTICES.


Happy relief for Young Men from the effects
OF Errors and Abuses in early life. Manhood Re-
stored. impeachment to marriage removed. New
method of treatment. New and remarkable rem
edies. Books and circulars sent free, In sealed
envelopes. Address HOWARD ASSOCIATION
4l8 North Ninth st., philadelphia, ra.,-an Insti.
tution having q high reputation for honorable
conduct and Professional skill. dec 0dkW;{In
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
MANHOOD REsTORED.

victim OF youthful imprudence, causing pre-
mature decay. nervous debility, ETC.. having tried
IN vain every known remedy. has found n simple
self.cure, which he will send FREE to his fellow
sufferers. Address J. II. REEVES, 70 Nassau
street Negv York. Box 5l53 febS-wGm
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

For sale or exchange, 200 acres OF
good land In Madison county, Iowa.
Call on b. 8. Hover the. Photographer.
A23.d2t WITT.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

Teams Wanted to work ON con-
frnetion for which $3.50 per day will
e paid.
u Vaudeville, BOWLING s. Co.,
t26d2w2. Sigourney, Iowa.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
THE WHISKY FRAUDS.
CASEs AT MlLWAUKEE.

Special Dispatch TO the Chicago Tribune.
MILWAUKEE July 9.-Libels were filed
in the United States District Court to-day
against all the distillcries seized, to recover
the amount of their bonds, AS follows
Robert Kieweit aud suie!ies $50, 900 and
$4,000 Leopold Wirth and sureties 49,. !.
900; Christian Guenther, and sureties $685.
600 and $32, 600; Francis Bergenthal and
sureties $4,000; Henry Shan6eld and
sureties $25, 1000 and $34 900 Charles Grau
Dyer made All order on distillers and recti.
liers to-day for the production Of their
books in Court tomorrow morning, in
compliance with the decision rendered yes
terday. Informatiors were also filed aeains,
the distilers for assessments on Illicit
whisky, and several distileries were seized
airesh by Collector Bean, under directions
of Supervisor Hedrick, and bonded on this
charge. ~
MADISON, Wis, July 9.--Acting under
directions from Supervisor He'd trick, OF Mil.
waukee, Gen. Harnden, United States
Revenue Collector for this district, to-day
seized several thousand dollars worth Of
spirits which in various shapes, as whisky,
brandy, bitters, and otherwise, had been
shipped from Milwaukee without having
paid the Government tax, and was traced
here by examination Of books and other
information obtained in milwaukee,. II
was in the hands of eight or ten parties,
the largest amount being nineteen barrels
with a wholesale grocery establishment.
The holders claim to have purchased it at
full prices innocently, supposing IL straight
and have lately been pressed for payment
either with cash or note, the latter to be
transferred to third parties, and so eyadt
the law which makes debts for spirits which
have not paid tax uncollectable. Most Of
stuff came from Rindskopf Brothers. Two
teams and half dozen men were busy a
good part of the day collecting it for
storage in the United States building. II
confscated the holders have no remedy cx-
cept suing the sellers.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
CONFESSIONS OF
"A VICTIM

Published as warning and for the benefit of
Young men and others who suffer from Nervous
Debility, Loss OF Manhood, etc giving his rules
OF Self Cure, after undergoing much suffering
and expense, and mailed free on receiving post
MAYFAIR, r. o. Box 1853, Brooklyn, NY.
june 80 w6m
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

1Iambrin0 stock Farm. OtlumyVa n.
Iowa. stations for Service In 1875.
"Wapello Chief" Williams Nam.
brine Chief" "Iron Duke" and "Scot.
tish Eclipse" The finest stations in
the Northwest.
MORRIS j. WILLIAMS, Prop'r.
ma1lwl2d6t
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

But to change the subject think
Mort Hinsey must of been on slight
bender when he got married for the
COURIER came to me that week print
ed only on one side, thereby depriving
me of the pleasure of enjoying some ex
cellent reading matter, it being the
outside that was not printed.
We celebrated hero yesterday and
had a good time, considering the wet
weather, and all other draw backs.
Horse thieves are infesting our
country, and they are dreaded almost
as much as the hoppers. One team
was stolen from this vicinity and no
trace can be got Of them at all. Think
we should have some of the Ottnmwa
lynchers ont here for a while.
j. ii. SPRINGER.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
!. G. EsLINGER

being sworn, says he is 26 years of
age, resides In Ottumwa, by occupa-
ton fireman ON tho c., B. s. Q. r. T..
am firing on the .'Pusher;;" "Pusher"
runs between Ottumwa aud Agency
train No. 5 10 due here at 9 10 p. m.
and was ON time; No. 10 the next
Train, 10 due here at 10 lbs p. m. 1t
Was on time; thsre was NO train east
tyqm here between trains No, 8 and /,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
t. J. McCLosKEY

being sworn says he is % years of age,
resides in Center township-by occu-
patton farmer was with Winter last
night; think it was about nine o'clock
when We met Brown and deceased !;
we were coming to town !; remained in
town about three quarters of an hour !;
found body in Traul's field, near
TrauPs private crossing Of the r & NJ
road; do not know deceased-the
body present is the one found.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
$25,OOOFOR ONE DOLLAR.

The Mobcrly Gift Concert Association will
give a Grand Concert July 3lst, 1875,
Moberly, Mo.
5000 tickets TO be sold at 81 dollar each num-
bered from one 10 seventy-nre thousand inclusive
and viii distribute to the Ticket Holders s5i 100 In
Gifts, as follows:
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
FROM NEBRASKA.
CARLTON, July 4th. 1877

CARLTON, July 4th. 1875.
DEAR COURIER up to one week
ago it had been 80 dry here that fears
were entertained that we wero in for
drouth, and that our crops would be
cut short again, but it seems to DO that
is not the case for we have had 90
much rain for week just past that
the ground is thoroughly soaked and
vegetation all looks well, and all bid
fair for an abundcnt yield, if moth
ing happens to prevent. Crops are all
later than common for this country,
grasshoppers have done but very little
damage in this part of the State al.
though they are sailing in the air al
most every day in countless numbers,
all seeming to be inclined to follow the
advice of the old white coated Phil
osopher to 60 west, and but little fear
ia entertained of their doing US any
material damage before harvest if at
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14
NICHOLAS WINTER

being sworn, says he is IS years of age
reside in Center township-by occupa-
ton . farmer came to town last night
about half past eight or nine O'Clock !;
met Brown and deceased about rs yds.
West of where body was found; they
were going East and we were coming
West on the B. s. M. track; was in
town half or three-quarters of an hour
found body near Traups private
crossing of the B. & M. track body
was cold--not entirely stiff. A train
passed us coming to town, just as we
got on track, saw men after train pass
ed us, We met no train coming to
town.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-14

being sworn, says he is 46 years of age,
resides in Ottumwa, is by profession
physician. Have examined the BODY
lying dead-find two wounds, the first
wound 10 behind the right ear "a frac-
ture Of the skull. The second, above
and behind the first, 10 just scalp
wound. But one fracture ofthe skuli,
wounds appear to have been caused
by blunt instrument. The fracture
Of the skull is sufficient to produce
death. Think the fracture could be
produced by being struck by q loco
motive or car wheel. Have discover.
ed but two wounds.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07
ScurriIOus POstaI.Cards.

Did Mr.. Moses Chamberlain, of New
York, receive the full penalty provided
by law for his ofense, he would con-
template Imprisonment for 140 years,
and pay fire of $4,000. There are
one or two trifing natural reasons why
the penalty should be mitigated, and it
probably will, but in order that young
men of Mr.. Chamberlain peculiar
views OF decency and fitness may be
warned In time to avoid similar conse-
quences, perhaps his offense deserves a
passing notice. Mr. Chamberlain, being
IN want OF money, wrote a scurrilous
letter to Mr.. Van Valkenburg on postal
card. The recipient, being of a hard,
unsympathetic disposition, placed the
officers of the government on Mr.. Cham
berlain's track, and secured his arrest
and Indictment. The case was tried in
the United States Circuit Court, and,
despite the defense that only the post
office clerks saw the contents of the
cards, and were bound to secrecy, Mr..
Chamberlain was convicted of sending
fourteen of these agreeable illusions
through the mails. The greatest PEN
atty for each offense is ten years i'm
prisonment and fine of SIS, 600, and the
least, one years Imprisonment and 800
fine. This is the first trial in New York
under the law making it crime to send
scurrilous postal cards through the
mails. Mr.. Chamberlain may not live
to serve out his full term, but it must
be infinitely consoling to think of him
self as frightful warning 20 black
mailers who try to make Uncle Sam an
accessory.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07

bers from the contested parishes referred to
the Legislature, the excitement, accompanied
With shouts and exclamatlons OF all
kinds, was fearful to hear. A motion
was then put to admit the members
from four contested parishes, reserving the
nattef OF contest Tor the Legislature, and 1t
was carried amid the widest excitement. To
such point did the excitement reach, that
the Sergeant-at- Arms was called upon to seat
members and preserve order The House
then proceeded to choose Witt for permanent
Speaker, whereupon the Republican members
proceeded to leave the hall, but the Sergeant
at-Arms sought to prevent them, and several
scufies ensued. At this point the military
interfered
Gen. De Trobriand, with a file of soldiers.
entered the hall and elected those members
who had not been returned as elected by the
Returning Board. Speaker Witt protested
against such interference on the part of the
military, to which Gen. T. replied that he,
as a soldier and only second in command,
had to obey the orders of his superior, Gen.
Emory, WHO had ordered him to obey the
instructions of Gov. Kellogg. After the ex-
pulsion of the five members who had been
seated in opposition to the decision of the
Returning Board-the men being pointed
out, one by one by Hugh J. Campbell
the Republican members returned and took
their seats Gen. De Trobriand then ordered
Chief Clerk Vigers to call the roll of members
as returned elected by the Board. The DEM
ocratic members, headed by Mayor Witt, then
marched out, after again offering q solemn
protest against the interference of the mill
tary. The Republicans then proceeded to
organize by the election of ex-Gov. Michael
Hahn as Speaker.
Gen. Sheridan is now in command of the
forces at New Orleans having taken charge
on the morning of the meeting of the Legis-
| lature. HEs
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07
WestOn's Great Walk.

The indomitable Weston finished his
Journey of five hundred miles in the
Newark Industrial Exposition Building
at thirty nine and quarter minutes
past IL o'clock on Saturday evening.
thus completing his task in twenty-five
minutes and three-quarters less than
six days, the walk having begun at five
minutes past midnight on the morning
of Monday, Dec. 18th. This is his
record; but he actually walked more
than five hundred miles, as he made,
the circuit of his track several times in
the absence of two of the judges, and
rather than have any loop-hole for a
charge of unfairness in the count, he
insisted that the, judges should not
count those laps, and that they should
put on the record only what they them
selves saw and could swear to.
On the first day Weston walked one,
hundred and fifteen miles in fifty-eight.
seconds less than twenty-four hours.
He then rested 4b- go m. and 12s. On
the second day he walked seventy-fve,
miles, and rested 6h., I'm. and 33s.
His third days walk was eighty miles,
and his rest Al, Sim. and Is. Fourth
day, eighty miles rest, 4h., Aim. and
53s. Fifth day seventy-fve miles rest,
4h., Aim, and 53s. On the sixth day he
walked seventy-fve miles. resting only
I'm. and $685., much Of his food being
given him by his physician while he
continued his walk on the track. His
average time was Am. and 14s. to the
mile. His fastest time was made on the
225th and 230th miles. These he made
in 10m. and 18s.
The Exhibition building was crowded
on Saturday evening so that there was
scarcely standing room, and there hav-
ing been rumors that some New York
roughs, who had bet against Weston,
intended to interfere and prevent him
from making his 500 miles, Judge Mills
and the Mayor and the Chief Of Police
of Newark had the place surrounded by
a strong force of policemen. The con-
clusion Of the journey was greeted with
thunders of applause, and after the
subsistence of the cheering it was an
nounced that number of the pedes-
TRANS Newark admirers had subscribed
for a $500 gold watch and purse Of
1000, to be presented to him on a
day to be designated by him this week.
-NeaU York tStt3e.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1875-01-07

The movement in the grain markets was
rather light, but at the same time a STEADY
feeling prevails, and as a general rule prices
were more in sellers favor. The inquiry was
mainly On local speculative account, there
being comparatively few outside orders, and
but little shipping demand. The receipts for
the week were larger all round than during
the preceding week, and continue in excess
of the Shipments the stock in store rapidly
accommodating. During the past week the
stock shows an increase of 100000 bu wheat,
167, 900 blu corn, and 100, 900 blu oats. The
shipments Of wheat show moderate increase,
there being some orders for export
Holders were generally quite firm in
their views, and were not disposed
to force sales at the expense of lower prices.
The ''corner in corn eliminated on Thurs
day-the last day of the month-the combi-
nation forcing prices to 85c per blu, at which
figure 'shorts" were obliged to settle. The
ring have now nearly 1900 bu old corn on
hand, and they will be obliged to carry it
until the opening of navigation, for export,
as they cannot afford to sell at it's legitimate
value-about zoe. The trading in the corn
market is now wholly in new corn, andsat
better prices Oats were weak and lower,
although closing shade frrner Rye and
barley were steady. but with comparatively
little business. Operators generally look for
a better trade during the current month.
The following table shows the current
quotations at the opening and close of the
week.