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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12
o. ID. TIsDALE, Mayor.
Attest: w. III. FETzER, City Clerk.

As You walk along behold the stock
of goods on the platform, then go in
side and call on one of the statesmen
to pilot you through the lower room,
then hand him 25 cents and he will
take You up stairs and show you an
immense stock of John Deer's Flows,
Rakes, Cultivators and Corn Planters
which are of the very best and will be
sold at bottom prices for cash or good
notes. This is at Shepherds Rancho.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12

o. TOWER is receiving daily large
accessions of Fresh Garden Seeds of
great variety, and the product of our
own State for the year 1875, and will
sell more seed for the same money, by
o., pound or in small papers than
most seed growers are generally do
ing. Call and see his seed already
growing. mS-6w-law d&w
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muSquito Lard.

The young man who tried all our
drug stores April FOOLS Day for an
ounce of mosquito lard has retired
from public gaze, as he says, waiting
for the mud to dry up. Hcis very
anxious to know what physician
wrote the prescription he was getting
filled.i
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12
eaOa,R, raOuRi,

Best quality Of Kansas white winter
wheat -four, warranted equal TO any
in the market, per sack $l.7O, very
choice; 81 so per sack for finest made.
For sale b. the sack or car load.
2-dWet MORTALITY Il McLAGHLIN.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12
Fer Rent.

Six acres, one mile from Court
House, good house and grape vim
yard of 1000 vines Z years old, i'm
good order. Enquire of S. Parks Il
Son. m22-3td&W.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12

One Wayne County farmer bought
$3.50 worth of implements at Shep-
herds Rancho. lie says he must have
The best and always buys of Shepherd.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12

At regular meeting of the Board
of Directors of the y. M. C. A., held
on Tuesday evening, April 4th, the
following resolutions were unani-
mously adopted:
Resolced, That the Young Mems
Christian Association of Ottumwa,
honors the cause of temperance and
recognizes with atfectionatc interest
the earnest men and women engaged
i'm it, and while the proper work of
our association demands all its ener-
gies in its direct prosecution, we tru-
III desire that each member shall in
dividually use his best talents and in
fluence i'm advancing the temperance
cause.
.Reso1red. That subject to our own
appointments, we heartily tender the
use of the Association Rooms, rent
free, to the Temperance Club, the
Women's Christian Temperance Un-
ion and each other organization whose
object it is to ameliorate the cOndi-
ton of society, and help weak human
ity to rise into a noble and better life
The Association Rooms are on
Main street, east of Court. They will
be ready for occupancy in about two
weeks. A formal opening will occur
perhaps, early in May. The Free
Reading Room will be opened to thu
public at the earliest day possible. /
is hoped that the good people of OF.
tumwa will aid and sustain these sew
eral agencies for the promotion of in
tellcctual, moral, and religious wei
being.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12

Millions upon millions of farmers
would rejoice at the privilege of buy
ing implements at Shepherds Rancho,
but distance sometimes prevents.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12

Woman's rights are fully provided
for by the Gilpin Sulky Pillow, where
the woman can ride, whistle, sing
laugh and plow all the same as the
sterner SEX. Found at the Rancho.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12
Honor to whom honor is>lue. al

Honor to whom honor is.tlue, and
business to the man that does business.
He will surely suit You in goods and
prices, and if he don't, it is his mis-
take and your treat. You will find
him at Shepherds Ranch.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12

The following, which we clip from
the Cedar Rapids Republican, is about
the largest LIST Of April story we have
seen anywhere, and is almost too silly
to contradict. Our yerdant friends OF
the Republican should bea little eau
tious about such cock-and-bull stories,
although the supposed scene of action
may be credited to Ottumwa, "the
wickedcst town in the State" Here
is the story:
"RoRBERs REWARDED
We received particulars direct from
the scene of action, this morning, of
the killing of two robbers, and it is
about the best thing of the kind on
record. A Texas drOver left Chicago
for Ottumwa, last Saturday, with the
proceeds of his sales in his pocket
book, having, also, some money in a
small valisc. just before leaving the
cars at Ottumwa he was accosted by
a man who spit upon his shirt front,
and at once begged pardon, at the
same time wiping the tobacco juice of
with his handkerchief. While so do
ing he managed to extract the wallet
from the Texan, and marched away
On seeing what had transpired, the
drover started for the platform, and
there saw two men, one with his valise
and the other with his money, ready
to jump. from the cars. lie ilnmedi-
ately drew his revolver and shot both
men, killing them instantly. lie was
arrested but soon discharged, OH the
ground of having committed no Of
Tense. 1t is a pity that there are not
more just like the Texan, for when
dealing with them, justice issure to
follow sac
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12
Ayers Cathartic Pills,

For the relief and
fF N OF all ,ieraige
! !. !.
GA, meDts IN the siDnl-
ach, liver, and bow
els they are a mil!
AzA apcrieni, aud an
M4 excellent purgatiFe.
Being purely vcge.
SESasse, ~ table, they contain
-, no mercury ornBc.
S1aaSa raj whatever. Much
MN serious sickness and
III suffering Is prere.it
ed by their timely.
use; and every family should have them on hand
for their protection and relief, when required.
Long experience has proved them 10 lie The SAT
est, surcst, and best OF all the PITTS with which
the market abounds. BY their occasional u>e,
the blood is purified, the corrul lions of the q
tenn expelled, distinctions removed, and lie
whole machinery of life restored to its healthy
activity. Internal organs which become cloesel
and sluggish are c1eansed by .fyfl.,s PMS. and
stimulated into action. Thus incipient iisease
is changed into health, the value of which change
when reckonel on the vast mnliittldcs who enjoy
it, can hardly be computed. Their sugar coating
makes them pleasant 10 take, and preserves tbei
virtues unimpaired for any length OF time, 50
that they are ever fresh aud perfectly reliable
Although searching, they are mild, and operate
without disturbance TO the constitution oi dict or
occupation.
Fnil directions are given on The wrapper 10
each box, how TO use them IS Family Physic,
ami for the following complaints, which these
Pills rapidly cure: =
For IDyspeIs.t.s or Hn.ligas.iar, Ei-ttess-
mesa. LAMgWOr and Loss Of Appetite. they
should he taken moderately TO stimulate tic stonl-
acl, and restore ITS healthy tone mud action
For Liver Conn plant and its vations syini,,
toms, 0iaf0ts Headache. sSck Head.
ache. JnNssalsce or Green sickness. Ekif-
Ions Colic and Hfiii8us Fesers, III " should
be judconsly taken for each ease, 10 correct lie
diseased action orremoye the distractions which
cause it.
For Dysentery or EbiarrIsoa, but one
mild dose is generally required.
For Inflammation. 1sGut. Gravel. Pal
pitatiOn Of the HEART. Pain SIi ritsA
Side, Back and A4OiMs, they should be conti,-
uously TAKEN rs required, to change the diseased
action Of the system. With such change those
complaints disappear.
For DrOIsay and DrOIpsicaA HweItjnes,
they should be taken in large and frequent doses
TO produce the effect ofa drastic purge.
For Anppressi0n, large dose should he
taken, as il produces the desired effect ly stt,i.
pathy.
As q Dinner PHI, take one or two rus TO
promote digestion and relieve tic stomach.
An occasional dose stimulates the stomach and
bowels, restores the appetite, and invgorates The
system. Hence it is often advantageous where
no serious arrangement exists. One who feels
tolerably well, often finds that dose OF these
Pills makes him feel decidedly better, from their
cleansing and renovating effect ON the digestive
apparatus.
PREPARED ny
DIR. j. G. AYERf CO., Practical Chemists,
LOWELL, Mss, u. 3. Il.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12

gloss and freshness Of youth. Thin
hair is thickened, falling hair checked,
and badness often, though not always,
cured by its use. Nothing can restore
the hair where the fcllicles are de-
stroyed, or the glands atrophied and
decayed; but such as remain can he
saved BY this application, and stimu
lated into activity, so that . new
growth of hair is produced Instead
Of fouling the hair with pasty sedi-
ment, it will keep it clean and vigorous.
Its occasional use will prevent the hair
from turning gray or falling off, and
consequently prevent badness. The
restoration Of vitality it gives to the
scalp arrests and prevents the forlna-
ton of dandruff, which is often SO UNI
clearly and offensive Free from those
deleterious substances which make
some preparations dangerous and inu-
rious to the hair, the Vigor can only
benefit but not harm it. If wanted
merely for a HAIR DRESSING,
nothing else can be found so desirable.
Containing neither oil nor dye, it does
not soil white cambria, and yet lasts
long on the hair, giving it a rich, glossy
lustre, and q grateful perfume.
Prepared by Or. ]. C. Aver & Co.,
Practical and Analytical Chemists.
LOWELL. MASS.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12
BLOOMFIELD ITEMS from the Repnb

BLOOMFIELD ITEMS from the Reps,b-
Hcdn:
Duckworth Bros. lave bought the
saw mill at Floris, and Capt. VIM.
will come back from Ottumwa and
make it buzz.
Davis county receives, under the
school fund apportionment, $l,2l5.74.
BY little extra effort the amount can
be increased next year.
Hay is so scarce in Bloomfield that
the livery men got up a war over a
load. Result, bloody noses and fines
of $500 each with costs.
Last week man rejoicing in the
unusual name of Smith, was arrested
for stealing hogs, and the testimony
was sufficient TO keep him over for
court, and in default of bail, he is now
taking his hash in our elegant Hotel
de Davis. E
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12

n rTURNEY.AT-LAW AND LOAN BhG
~ KEN. Once owes ttrst National BAnk
Mum ~, lows. dso9l7s-dW
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12

=
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= EzORNEY AT LAW. Omos--in tug
Agln's new BuiIdinR Union Bloch os
1e01fU, secl912- dW
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12

Wealth, health, happiness and long
life is obtained by buying implements
at Shepherds Rancho.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12
Ayers
Hair Vigor,
For restoring to Gray Hair its
natural Vitality and Color.

A dressing
which is at
once agreeable,
healthy y n d
efectual for
preserving the
hair. IT soon
restores aaed
or gray hair
to its origiRal
color. auitb tile
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12

LOWELL, Mass, u. y. 4.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12


The Registe, says: The fisticufl
stage has been reached in the inves.
tigation unpleasantness at Washing
ton. Last Saturday night a man
named Molair from New Orleans
whom Bell had tried to blackmail
met Bell in the lobby and mashed his
head into the consistency of jelly with
aheayy cane. Bell lay down on the
floor and took the blows without All
effort at resistance, and when his as
sailant was dragged off by bystandcrs
Bell got up and walked out without
saying word. Bell is the dead-bcat
detective who gave such wild testi-
mony against Gen. Babcock n few
days ago. And on Sunday Gen. Gus.
ter met Gen. Rice, formcriyof Iowa,
on the street, and gave him severe
Gaming. The latter gentleman, in
testifying before the Clymer Commit.
tee, had said that Custer he'd i'm his
testimony before the same Committee
The happiest man in the world il
the man who can sell the best goods OF
every kind and style, and give full
guarantee on each article. lie is to
be seen at Shepherds Rancho.
The first monthly report of Hon. J
B. Grinnell receiver of the Iowa
Central Railroad. 1t makes a good
showing. The expenses have beer
reduced six per cent. and the earnings
increased thirty per cent. This is
very creditable to the management ol
Mr.. Grinnen, and certainly pleasing
to the stockholders.
TIA man wants to pay cash let him
go TO Shepherds Rancho, orif aman
wants to give good note go to Shop
herds Rancho, and il man don't
want to pay at all let him go to the
Black Hills. m22-w4t
II
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-12-15


Aunt Sue; call Uncle True. Rum Tor
the doctor, Jake-run for your lite.
Oh! oh! rs sunstroke very danger
GUS? Can't / bathe bis poor head, or
do something's Poor fellow! it'll break
somebody's heart. Why, il is-~it e,
with a gasp-s'it is Mr. Reed Go
both Of you. all of yougO for the doc
tor. / viii take care of him. Mr.. Reed
dear Mr.. Reed-speak 70 me-Iook
at me. am your own George, and l
am 40 sorry-so sorry, and will neveEs
never vex you any more If you will just
say, Il loye you,' again, just once
again !'' and the tender words somehow
reached the halEconscious ear, and he
moved his lips feebly, whispering, half
inaudibly, s.Loye--I love youl love
you'll"
And so it happened that ME. Reed
did not resign bis situation at WildacFe,
though the trustees were obliged 70 find
substitute for many . week, while he
was recovering from the sunstroke,
while he made wedding tour. And
SO it happened that the Wildacre school
became the most orderly IN the country,
perhaps because he married the ring
leader !--Hdgper's BGz0r.
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ssR. REEDS WAY.

The Wildacre School was universally
thought to be the most unmanageable
in the State, though it was only a girls
school. When Miss Briefly kept it,
tie trustees voted it little short of Bed
lam. The young ladies were dowE in
lower hall, chatting and flirting with
the Young men who Glanced to lounge
that way, OF dropping 6illets-ao'tr ous
the window with cord, and pulling up
the answers by the same means, and
sweetening their devotion to Virgil with
French candy. If Miss Kew tainted, as
she had nervous trick of doing, half
the school would rush to neighbor's
for tie camphor bottle before Miss
Briefly could look about her, and it
was ten TO one if many of them return
ed for the remainder of the session.
s'Miss Brierly," George Jones would
say, in the blandest tones of friendli-
ress-"AIiss Briefly, the braid is rip
ped off the bottom of your skirt half q
yard
ssThank you, thank you," Miss Bri-
erly would reply i'll her nervous, hurri-
ed way, perfectly conscious OF her SLOW
enly appearance. But, on her path to
the blackboard, another piece of Off
ciousness would give her the same dis
agreeable information.
"The braid's off yodr dress, Miss
Brierly.''
Eyes, thanks; I've just been told =
and thus, in her progress about the
school-rootn, a dozen other mischievous
girls, as if by preconceried movement,
would announce the same pleasing fact
Ia dimpled hand would be lifted from
one seat and another to ask permission
to tell her the braid was ripped off hel
dress-till Miss Briefly, ont of all pa
thence, would cry out,
"The first young lady who speaks
about the braid on my dress shall LOSE
a hundred marks and her recess ~
/ "But it isn't ON your dress, Miss Bri
erly it's ripped of..' would be the las1
shot. from the most daring foe.
Sometimes the theme was her hair
escaped from its confining pins and Al
Miss Briefly wore switch, and switches
were something to blush for in those
days, it was naturally, enough to We,
the heart of q saint. The girls o
Wildacre were too full of vinegar TO re
fleet whether they would like to stant
in Miss Brierly's shoes; and it wa
through their persistent mischief a
much as her own incompetence that sh,
lost her situation, and Mr.. Reed cam
to take her place. Even he found it n,
bed of roses-a handsome young fellow
with an eye like Mars, which wa
greatly needed at Wildacre TO threatel
or command, and the muscle Of an atll
lete. But Mr.. Reed had an inheritel
habit Of blushing, and the young Iadie
were not slow to take advantage of i
Perhaps the ringleader Of the schoc
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-12-15

States of Georgia, Kentucky, Arkansas,
Tennessee, Texas, ETC., with the State
Governments and all the machinery of
election under the control OF the Confed-
crates, no Republican organization or
canvass was permitted, and the pre-
tended popular majorities returned are
simply the handiwork of their returning
boards or State officers. In North Car
olina the Republicans carried the State
by a handsome majority on the legal
vote. The returns show that their can
didates polled a heavier vote than was
ever before polled by any party in the
State, but the ballot-box stuffing in the
Vance counties disfranchises the legal
popular majority in the State. In Ala
bama and Mississippi crime rioted in all
manner of deviltry. In the two States,
both colfessedly Republican by at least
sixty or seventy thousand votes, the
pretended Democratic majorities reach
$4,000; and as in Mississippi and Ala
bama, so by systematic intimidation,
through organized violence and blood,
they desperately attempted to wrest
South Carolina, Louisiana and Florida
from their legal Republican majorities.
Hence, if we strike from Tilden's poll
the majorities thus obtained through
gigantic fraud, he has not carried six of
the seventeen States claimed for him,
and be stands in an immense minority
of the legal popular vote, as he does in
the representation of the wealth and in
telligence Of the nation.
The infamous and violent fraud, il
the form of an election Just closed, ha:
no parallel ia the history of free govern
ment. In 1861 tie Democratic rebel
lion was, by force of arms, to destroy
the Union, to blot out the Republic from
the family of nations, aid to erect a,
oligarchy, based upon negro slavery
upon the ruins of American liberty. Il
1876 the Confederate Democratic con
spiracy is but slightly modifed-a re
bellion by all malignant agencies, b,
systematic intimidation and fraud
through organized violence and murder
to distranchise the legal, popular ma
jorities of the States, to subvert til
Constitution, to destroy the Democrat
principle underlying it and our laws
and substitute for it, in the rule OF til
government and nation, the old oligar
chical tyranny
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OUR NEW YORK LETTER
PoLITICAI-TuE MENZIES LIBRARY
INTERPRETATIONS AND
MONEY.
NEW YoEk, Nov. 2f, 1876.
POLITICAL.

Probably the most desperate set Of
men that ever existed are the Democ-
racy of New York. The certainty of
Hayes election has maddened them,
for they were near enough the plumber
to smell it, and to have it taken from
their very claws is little too much for
their patience. They do not propose to
give it up, and have already fixed up
their programme. They propose to
deny the legality of the election; the
Democratic House will assert that there
has been no legal expression of the will
OF the people, and that consequently
the House must, as in case of q failure
to elect, proceed to the election of
President. 1t will refuse to join the
Senate in counting the returns, and will
go on and elect Tildnn and inaugurate
him. They claim that he can be in-
augurated anywhere, and the House
will recognize him as the President. re-
fuse to recognize Hayes, and will call
upon the Governors of the States to
recognize their Government. That this
programme has been determined upon
by Tilden, is shown in the fact that
every Democratic paper in the city that
! is owned by Tiiden had articles stimuli
tsneously, insisting that if three doubt
ful States were counted for Hayes it
would be an usurpation which no Dem
ocrat could possibly accept, and resist
ance by force was not at all dimly hint
cd at. And Tilden's editorial bureau,
which he personally directs. is sending
off articles to picked Democratic papers
in strong Democratic sections of the
most infsmmatory character, and cal
| culated to fire the Democratic heart.
They reiterate the statement that Hayes
will be ccanted in by fraud--that Til
den will resist, and they call upon all
good Democrats to be ready TO sustain
him, Add to this the fact that the
rife clubs in the South, another name
for organized militia, are S5O, 900 strong
and that arms were sent to them from
the Democratic National Committee
and some notion of their designs mas
be formed. It has been established be
yond perad that the Nationa
Democratic COMMITTEES did sell New
York State cannon at a merely nonaina
price to South Carolina, and that vers
large shipments of muskets have beef
sent to the same parties from this city
They either mean business or they an
induiging in > remarkable game Q
hlaR: The Republicans take it all yerl
quietly. Grant, not Buchanan, i
President, and he knows how TO ataml
out rsbellions. lie had one large on
The Albany register. [volume] (Albany, Or.) 1868-18??, 1876-12-15

The sad intelligence comes that the
orang-outang in the Berlin Geological |
Garden died recently of consumption.
His loss is deeply telt. AS an orang-
outang he was an ornament to his proc
fession. and in the social circle no shoDe
pre-eminent. He was always kind to
the female chimpanzee, and toward the
gorilla showed no envy nor petty mall
ice. lie wore his whiskers in the style
of the kaiser, and, though he hadn't at
the time of his death evoluted his fail
off, was always manly in his ways. In
the midst of lite we are in debt.