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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

Marriage is an institution calcula-
ted for n constant scene of as much
delight rs our being is capable of.
Two persons who have chosen each
other ont Of all the species. with de-
sign 10 be each Others mutual COM
fort and entertainment. have in that
action bound themselves to be good
humored, ailable, discreet, sforgiving.
patient, and joyful, with respect TO
each Others frailties and Imperfect
tions, To the end OF their lives. The
wiser of the two (and il always hap
pens one of them is such) will. for her
or his own sake, keep things from
outrage with the utmost sanctity.
When this union is thus preserved Gas
| have often said) the most Indifferent
circumstances administers delight.
Their condition is an endless source Of
new qualifications. The married man
can say IF I am unacceptable to all
the world beside. there is one whom l
entirely love, that will receive me
with joy and transport. and thinks
herself obliged TO double her kind
ness and carcsscs Of me from the
gloom with which she sees me over
cast. need. not dissemble ihe sorrow
of my heart to be agreeable there ;
that very sorrow tliickcns her afiec-
ton. - English Spectator.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

a London doctor has discovered
that you may cure the toothache BY
half a drachm of bicarbon,
ate Of soda in an ounce Of water, and
the solution in yonr mouth
"Don't yon place the bonnet a little
too far back 2" said a Chicago lady to
nm avenue inilliner, ono day this
week. I'LL 800 bs Jtssils is{5.
"Oh, no, madam answered the
shop-keeper; ysthey continue To be
worn on the nape OF the neck.pla9a 4
And SO the Young woinanjsaid she
would wear IL there then, If 1T, broke
her back-bone.-Er. aa,Ergsa !
The French do not bury In, single
graves like their English brethren
They buy or hire a plot of ground
four or five or nine or ten feet square
if they are rich, and there dig one
grave deep enough for all the family
Oyer this is built a little house in
the sides of which are writ.
ten the names Of the dead below.
Charley Ross'father has received, from
n clairyoyant, few mysterious words
which lie Is to repeat at midnight
while he walks around tho four quar-
tiers of freshly killed and cut-uu
pullet the reward being the imlnedi.
ate return Of his son. Bit, us Mr..
Ross obstinatcly refuses to try this
simple recommendation. of course he
is still bercaved. +
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

fore this special term and ii, ,,,rors
outside Of this trial panel were ,1. HI
charged. The District Attorn o.S t us,
addressed the jury opening I thc . nosn
for the prosecutions. '''c case
Jas. Milton, of Marden conntv ues
excused for cause, he. admitt;ny ~ ~
the finding Of an Indictment aeges.. a :.
a party defendant had bad ,rer r...s,
sion on his mind which would n,nh az
bly, require proof to remove. Rc.h
sides exhausted all of their pre-emn.
tory challenges of three each and tkc
jury was finally sent in ut IL As A. N,
comprised Of the following persons
r. N. Blackwood, Lewis county
Matt Woodruff Clark county; w. T.
Wilson and Ezra johnson, Lewis
county B. F. Snyder, Knox county
j. M. KcAtlcy, st. Charles county Ed
ward D. +. May, Franklin county; W
Biakely, Adair county d. w. Tain.
tor, Gasconalle countyr VIM. s. Jew.
ett, Jefferson county; w. 7. jackson
Marion county; Harvey Lessons
Lewis county.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
JEFrERsoN DAVIS has written n lei

DAVIS has written n let
ter to Judge Lyons, of Richmond,
Va, touching the charges made
against him of cruelty to Union pris-
oners of war. He denies the charge.
and makes the counter charge of cru
city to Confederate prisoners by the
national Government. lie adduces
no facts. however, to sustain this
charge. He boldly asserts the Justice
and righteousness Of the cause of his
rebellion. and fatty says that he will
not ask for amnesty. The letterlis in
the highest degree characterized by
the words of a rebel still. lie chooses
to be a martyr to the Lost Cause, and
every man who thus speaks and acts,
should never be clothed with full cit
izenship. ~
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
A TERRIBLE Wind storm:

A terrible wind storm in Kern
county, California, two weeks since,
destroyed some thirty-iive thousand
sheep. 1t seemed storm of gravel,
sand and stones. The lattcrwas driven
with force enough TO beat the animals
to death. A wagon was capsized
and nearly torn to pieces by the wind.
and men on horseback left their ami
mails and came into camp with their
faces bruised so as TO nearly close
their eyes. Thousands of sheep were
driven into narrow gn]ches and
finally covered wifi, sand--literally
buried alive. On the San Emitiio
cattle driven into the beds of the
streams were in some places buried
completely out of sight. The grass,
which had grown TO good feed, was
taken out by the roots and piled up
in waves along the plains.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

On Tuesday night last the DemoI
cratic members Of Congress held the
promised caucus, to take prclimina-
ny counsel concerning the Presiden-
tial campaign. The chief sigpiti-
canoe of the gathering is to he found
in its membership, and in the pOliti-
cal character of the generals there,
chosen TO lead the hosts thai are, in
November next, to seek to wrcst the
national power from the. Republi-
cans who successfully carried the ma
ton through the war, and have since
maintained national peace and ma
tional honor. Most. notable among
these doughty chieftains are, first, w.
w. Corcoran and Judge Mason, OF
the District Of Columbia. Both Of
these men hayc b record OF unmis-
taxable bourbon purity, That Of Mr.,
Corc0ran is well known. Possessed
OF great wealth. gentleman Of fine
aesthetic tastes, a patron of the arts, a
lover Of culture, and himself wGr-
thy disciple and cxemplar of refine
ment, he universally bestowed all his
syinathies ON the enemies of his
country throughout the war, so that
his name was uniformly associated
i'm Washington with those OF
known and reprobated rebels. Judge
Mason formerly Commissioner of
Patents, whose real residence is al
Burlington, in this State, hasa record
scarcely less distinguished N the
same direction. During the war,
Judge Mason, il win be remembered.
occupied his leisure moments writing
arguments and ESSAYS by the column,
to prove the unconstitutionality of
every effort made by the Lincoln adj
ADMINISTRATION to suppress the rebellion.
and to enforce the dcsirability Of let
ting the peculiar Institution alone.
To these WORTHLESS are added Wallace,
of Pennsylvania; he of coffee pot ma
taralization papers memory, and the
ex-rebel General Gordon, Here is a
pretty qnartettc of Bourbon Demo-
,clats 10 net as generalissimos of The
consolidated national Democratic
party. With such leaders, the old
fine grebel yell' will be heard With
ont very much atteHiiye listening
Daeenpo,1 Gasette. 81 ga
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
THAT sUnsIDY nuslNrss.

So Larmar, the Southern balm of
Gilead for national woes and his CO.
sub-committeemen ofshe House Rail-
road Committee. viz: Atkins. aud
O'Ncil. all of the Immaculate reform
Democracy. have agreed 10 report1fa-
vorably to the full committee upon
Tom SCOTS Southern Pacific Rail.
road bill. A respectfully honest man
might inquire what has become OF
that grand flourish of reform in re-
gard TO subsidies introduced and car
ried by the House, resolving against
any ,s,lbsidies This Pacific Railroad
scheme is likely to knock into pie the
buncorabe oftle Democracy on subsi-
dies. 1t will require, of course. a
good deal of check for the Democrat.
remembers of the House to go back
on their early record upon this qies.
ton, bm evidently they are going to
do il largely on this Southern Pacific
Railroad scheme. ast
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
lows Legislature.

DIES MONIES, Feb. Sin the Senate
the bill passed allowing cities occupy
ing two townships single Assessor.
A bill was introduced forbidding
the sale Of liquor of any kind within q
mile Of the polls on election day.
Also q bill compelling defendants
in criminal cases to show that wit
ncsses are material to his case and
prevent him from calling any number
Of witnesses.
The House was chiefly occupied in
discussing the bill for the compensa-
ton Of county Treasurers.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
Diesalss Rrsn Erags, natasrh.
4 1ranchitis. Csasninltien. 4
5e5g Wenderfu4 Care.
ROCHESTER,. N. ~. Ian, l8th, l871

ROCHESTER,, N. T., Jan, 18th, 1874.
r. Y. PIERCE, d. D., Buffalo n. r.:
Dear Sir: had suffered from CAtar,h
in On aggravated form Tor about twelve
years and for several years from Bronchial
trouble, Tried many doctors and thinga
with no lasting benefit, 10 May, '72, BE-.
coming nearly worn out with excessive
Editorial labors on paper In New York
City, / was attacked with Bronchitis 10 1
severe form, suffering almost . total loss Of
voice. returned home here, but had been
home only two weeks when | wAs com.
pletely prostrated with Hsmprrhage from
the Lungs, having four severe .blesding
spells within two weeks, and first three In
side OF nine days. In the September fol-
lowing, ! improved sufficiently to b. able
to be about, though in Z very tsebls stste.
my Bronchial trouble remained and the
Catarrh was tsnfold worse than before.
Every effort for relief seemed fruitIess. /
seemed To be losing ground daily, ] con.
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almost daily until about the first OF March,
| '73, when becams 10 bad - to be entire.
| y confined TO tho house. a friend aug.
gested your remedies. ButI was extreme
u sksptioal that they wonld do me good,
- had lost all heart 10 remedies. and b..
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
Some mig Things.

From the Albany IN. ~. Journal.
These are times ofponderous ideas.
The suggestion has been made in Eu-
rope that our remarkably mild winter
is due to the absence of spots on the
sun. Sccci, in Rome, and Locky, in
France are reported to have made the
discovery simultaneously that the
spots have entirely disappeared on
several occasions. The philosophers
did not assert in the oracular style OF
weather prophets that this phenome-
non would be followed by warmer
weather, bnt the hint was given that
It was quite probable that such would
be the case. The facts have verified
the correctness ofthcir suggestions.
But the present winter Is so agreed
Bile that the Rev. L. b. Voolfolk, Of
Lexington, KY, proposes to abolish
cold weather altogether. Voolfolk,
it would seem, ought not to complain
of frost and snow, or Of the mercury
at 30 degrees below. Yet this partic-
tllar Voolfolk is sick OF polar winters.
He spent several years in the Rocky
Mountains. where he has studied up
the subject, and he held forth in Gin
cinnati the other evening upon his
method Of manufacturing first-class
Italian winters to order. His idea
itself is not new, but he points out its
ample utilization. He would cannon
ade old Boreas, and drive him ont Of
the country. The Rev. Voolfolk
would open a passage for. the polar
current by terrific cannonading upon
the Aleutian islands, so as to pre-
vent the embanknent of the south
wind against the northern currents,
which produces the storm of the tenn
peratc zone. With old Boreas driven
off i'm that manner, he says the warm
winds from the south would hug the
carth's surface, and keep it coy. Now
if the philosophers of Europe will
keep the spots of the sun, and the
Rev. Voolfolk will HE himself away
to the Alcutian islands and begin his
bombardment, then, of course, there
need be no fear of any more cold
winters.
Yet the regulation of the weather
is not all. Capt. Symmes is signing
for a grand expedition to explore
Symmeszonia, or Symmes' Hole. This
new world, which the son of his faith
or aches to conquer, is no less than
the interior Of the earth itself. The
gateway to it, Captain Symmes af-
firms. is funnel near the North Pole.
He regrets exceedingly that the Po-
laris did not push on and make the
discovery when it was SO near the en-
trance to the terra incognita- that is
to every one, except to Captain
Symmes, who is following up the
hint of his father--the genuine Bru-
10 in the case. Now, while the man.
ufactnre of weather and the explora-
ton of the new continent and peo-
pie upon the inside Of the earth SAVIOR
a little of Jules Verne, there is gil
gantic engineering scheme on foot in
Holland that gives a promise of sue
cess. 1t is no less than the pumping
out of the Zuyder Zee so as to turn
its bed into fields and meadows and
gardens.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

The Pennsylvania Republicans, no,
being subscribers to the Keokuk Gate
CITY and the Ottumwa Courier, have
committed the folly Of calling an early
State Convention-the date being
March 29th.-lStdte Registcr.
The above. we take it. is modest
way the Register has of informing the
public that it as read by the Pennsyl-
vaniaites, though unfortunately ii
would appear thereby to have more
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

That was q shrewd girl, and not de-
void Of sense, either, who remarked
when other girls were making fun OF
her short skirts, and affected to &c
much shocked at the exhibition therc-
of at party If you'd only pull up
your dresses about your necks where
they ought to be, they'd be as short as
mine Y She was not troubled any
more.
There Is something SO sensible in
the following that it is worth setting
down: The young woman who de-
|liberately goes late to church to at
tract attention as she scrapes down
the aisle is o foolish virgin. The
young man who plasters his hair down
tight to a low retreating forehead,
bridges.his nose with eyeglasses, and
wears a loud cane, when he comes
late to concert, and strikes attitudes
before the audience at the door while
he glares about for q seat, and then
stalks to it with the proud air of q
prize mule at a country fair, is o snOb.
Shelby (Ky.) Sentinel takes the floor
and says, "A gentleman came up to
us the other day whose appearance
made Us glad. The dashboard Of his
shirt was Ornamented with studs
about the size Of crab apples, his hair
was divided Immediately upon the
meridian. by civil engineer no
doubt, his lnxuriant mustache hung
over the entrance to his provision
depot like the shadow ola great sor-
row, and his large and spreading oars
waved like swinging tavern signs as
he related to us the. virtues of the
house he represented, He was from
Cincinnati, and represents the interests
Of n starch factory"
The proposition 10 execute crimi-
nails by means of electricity, now re-
vived by the journal Of 1elegraphy
was first suggested, il appears, by the
editor of Hygiene, in the Issue Of that
journal for March Goth, 1873. In re-
Spouse Ia the inquiry ola correspon-
dent-whcther, in the interest of
the nervous and moral health Of those
who are compelled to witness the dy-
ing struggles of the victim Of the
hangman, science has nothing better
than straHgling ?"-the editor DIR, f..
w. Reilly (nOw on duty in this city
as Surgeon Of the Marine Hospital
Servicel replies: "A more scientific
plan than the overdose Of chlor0form
recommended by Prof. Burt G. Will
der, would be by the use OF clcctrici-
ty, death from which Is painless and
instantaneous, and wonld require
neither witness nor executioner. The
condemned cell might be SO arranged
that the movement of the criminal
himself on the day appointed, would
close the circuit ola powerful battery,
which would flash him into eternity
IN an instant, -Cinciaaati CONNER
cia3.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

NME AOW STATE REGASykN.
TING Iowa State Register of Des
Moines. has just put in new power
press clothed itself from head TO
foot n a new suit, and moved into its
owl elegant and capacious new quar-
ter The CouR1ER his not always cn-
tircly agreed with the Register. In
fact, if our memory serves us right ut
this particular time, and we think it
does, we have frequently exchanged
ticks with il, and ii may happen in
the course Of human events that we
may be called npon again. occasional
ly, to dissent with that paper. New
ertheless we always considered it one
of the ablcst and most ncwsy news
paper published outside Of our me-
tropolitan cities. It's active editors.
Mr.J. G. and r. P. Clarkson, are TO
the newspaper manor born, their
father, Hon. c. +. Clarkson. having
been prominently engaged in the
newspaper business as a Wing editor
in Indiana, before many Of the present
quill drivers of iowa were born. He
is still in the harness as the able agri-
cultural editor Of that paper, and is
now writing some very interesting
editorial communications from Cali
fornia to the Register. ~
The success of the Clark son bows
has been somewhat notable, especial.
" to those who have not been famil-
lar with the amount Of daily and
nightly labor which they have put on
their paper. They have their reward
now in being at the head of paper
which has grown in value In few
years under their management from
1000 to $4,000, the latter sum hay.
ing been recently refused for theil
paper, as we are reliably informed.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
Ka,,sa. Sss.csss.

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 5.-There has
been considerable excitement to-day
over the fact that information has
been telegraphed from here, which
enabled one j. III. Mowery, q member
of the Legislature from Dohiphan
county to escape from the officers in
pursuit of him. His crime is forgery
In connection with the issue Of $1,000
In school bonds in Comanche county
two years ago. The Governor has
offered a reward Of $500 for his cap
ture.
Tho cammittcc investigating the
bonds Of the school fund are said to
have positive evidence that the name
of the District Clerk was forged to
ten VI 600 bonds of q district in Rice
county, and 1t is thought the gritty
parties will be found.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
The Washington (Iowa, Press say, !

The Washington (Iowa) Press says
"Apropos to Mrs. fupper forging the
name Of JAS. Harlan, we will now say
that she 1t was who stated here, weeks
ago. that Mr.. Harlan did not expect
to be nonipafed u. S. Senator, and
preferred the selection Of sF. Price.
She stated that she had spent p week
at the Harlan Hotel in Nj Pleasant
andi'si had several interviews with
him when political affairs were dis
cussed." sssis
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

Over two thousand bills for the
payment of rebel war claims. aggrc-
eating Sa0,000.OO0. have been intro
duced in the Confederate House to
date. With this fact in view the pol
icy of the Democrats ia cutting down
absolutely necessary appropriations is
easily accounted for.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

!. IT'wiiI be'recollected that imMedi-
atels after the appointment Of the
present Clerk OF the House Commit
tee, of Ways and Means, it was
publicly charged tlat he had named
one Of his children John Wilkes
Booth, iii honor Of the memory Of the
most dast;lrdlyassassin that the histo-
nv of the world has ever produced.
So shocking TO tile feelings ofeverv
honorable man was this act, that il
was hoped for the sake of common
decency. that II was untrue. The de-
mails have been SO equiyocal and in
direct that no one will be surprised
at the want OF belief the public have
i'm them. Several friends Of the gen.
tleman have volunteered explanations,
but there has been a remarkable ST.
lencc on the part of the only person
from whom the equalization should
come. The gentleman called at the
Office of the Chronicle and asked that
the same statement which was given
to the press should be published. lie
was informed that if he chose to make
a square denial Of the charge over his
own signature, it would be published
in the Chronicle with great pleasure,
but this unwilling task either he could
motor would not perform, and, as a
consequence, the Chronicle has de-
clined TO give publicity or sanction
$50 insulting a device and so weak
an explanation. And the gentlemen
composing the Ways aud Means Com
mittcc mistake the people of the coun-
try il they suppose that they can over
look this appointment. lfAr. Ham
bleton has any explanation 10 make,
let the public have it. Col. Morrison,
the chairman of the Committee, was
a gallant soldier during the war. lie
was . man OF high character and un-
swerying integrity. Weare )oath to
believe that he could consent to the
ii the charge is trne. and
he owes tito his record. to the people
Of his district ip Illinois. aud 10 the.
people Of the whole country, tina, this
charge, If false. should he dcnied IN a
that viii setflsit beyond cayil
u dispute. n WI 5;433.s.f
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

THE Burlington Gazette is ont for
Hendricks as the Democratic Presi-
dental candidate. Now. that Speak
CT Kerr and that paper agree. il is
disposed 10 consider Kerr a pretty
fine fellow, notwithstanding his Tam
many rmse. whereby he cheated the
Tildenites.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
TIE National Republican intimates


that Secretary Bristow is not above
the suspicion of receiving encourag-
ing words from the Democracy as
their candidate for President, and
further that it is pleasing to the Sec
rotary to receive the attention of the
Democracy. The Republican alleges
that in proof of its intimation. Bris-
tow is charged with active utilization
with the!Democratic sidcof the House
and as having recently appointed sew
eral Democrats to clerkships. We do
not believe the story. We believe it
TO be an error or a SANDER, but if Mr..
Bristow and the Democratic party
should make up an arrangement to
put BristoW forward, he and the party
would be the worst beaten they ever
were. Such hypocrisy and such dis
honesty will not win. The voters of
this country are not so weak or de-
void of integrity as TO trust a man or
a party that corruptly snmmersanlts
on principles. vide, the history of
the Greeley campaign.