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The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-02
Courtship Among the MormOns.

On Saturday Mormon by the name
of Fulmer, who had been chosen among
the faithful to go on mission to Arizona.
called upon Brigham Young. "Mar-
riedf" "Not any" said Fulmer, Ger
whose brow forty odd years had left their
imprint. "Must marry, brother Fulmer,
before you go to Arizona to build up the
kingdom" "Don't know anybody who
will have me-" was tie reply. "Tll find
some one. Do you know Brother Brown
in the seventeenth ward? Well, he has
several daughters; you go to Brother
Brown and tell him want you to marry
one of his daughters" Fulmer left, and
obeyed counsel to the letter. Knocking
at the door he was admitted by Brother
Brown, who, upon learning what wa
wanted, called in his several daughter
to be selected from. Fulmer taking hi
choice, Brown told the girl to get ready
in fifteen minutes. "I'll do as you say
dad" was the meek reply, as she walked
out. "Tbat's the way / raise my girls
if they disobey, there swar in the camp
The wedding festivities take place to
! night.-SaN Lake Tribune.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-02
BOILER Explosions in England.

A report on boiler explosions for the
past year was presented by the Execu-
tive Committee of the Manchester Steam
Users Association at their monthly
meeting, a day or two ago, by their
Chief Engineer. From the document 1t
appears that there have been during the
year forty-fcur explosions, slxty-seven
deaths, and ninety-two cases of personal
injury. The yearly average from 1850
to 1874. inclusive, was ffty-three explo-
sions, sixty-two persons killed, and
ninety-nine injured. Thus the year
1875, though below the average as re-
CARDS the number of explosions, was
above it as regards the number of persons
killed. In addition to the number OF
persons killed by the engine-boiler ex-
plosions above referred to, seventeen
other persons lost their lives and nine
teen were injured by the bursting OF rag
boilers, economizers, household circular
boilers, chemical pans, and other appa-
ratus employed for heating and boiling,
as well as by scalding through careless
ness. Added to these pan at chem
ical works establishment burst on the
24th ult., fortunately without any per
sonal injury. The investigations by
cc,oners in cases of death caused by ex'
plosions of boilers are very loosely con
Quoted, and in twenty-six cases IN the
past year verdict of accidental death
has been returned, where another result
might have been expected in the inter
est Of the public generally, and espec,aiiy
of persons habitually employed aooul
boilers.-PaH Mall Gazette.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-02

ARKANSAS Gazette: From parties Just
over from Searcy Springs, we learn that
that town and the surrounding country
are very much excited over recent SEN
sation. A stranger on horseback rode
up to a house near the town, telling the
inmates that he was travelling in advance
of an emigrant party, and wished to leave
a little girl he had with him until the
wagons came along, when they would
pick her up. Permission was readily
given and the man rode off. He failed
to return that day and the wagons failed
to put in an appearance. Suspicious were
aroused that all was not right, and the
child was closely questioned. She stated
that the man was not her father, but
that he had "put her papa and mamma
into hole in the ground" The man
was stranger, and the child does not
know from whence she came. The af
fair has aroused the people, who are leav-
ing no means untried to fathom the
mystery.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-02

SLIGHTLY SARCASTIC. The printing
business is the most fascinating and en-
trancing occupation that man can follow
for livelihood. 1t is not only an ex-
ceedingly pleasant and highly respect
able calling, but, also, very lucrative
employment. Large fortunes are being
continually realized by newspaper pub
fishers without the slightest effort, and,
take it all in all, it is the easiest way to
gain subsistence one can find. Print
ing debts are almost selfcollectable.
You never have to ask for your pay only
once. Everybody is SO kind and thought.
full that it is no trick at all to gather in
your stamps. Buy printing office and
learn for yourself how truthful are these
remarks.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-02

You have heard the story, sup
pose, of the noble Roman, Dentatus, who
refused the gifts>of the Samnite embassy,
declaring that he did not covet riches 2"
observed classical Representative TO the
President recently.
eyes" replied his Excellency, "Pve
read of him somewhere, and it always
seemed to me as if he were sort of man
I wouldn't care to trust much around
suffers department"
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-02

DANBURY Ne,cs: We have got our safe
fixed now. The keys are so distributed
that five persons are necessary to open it.
One of these is the mail clerk, another
is the chief of police, the third is tax
collector, the fourth is butcher and the
fifth is the jailer. With this combiDa-
tion it is simply impossible to get to our
poetry.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-02
ODDS AND ENDS.

H,xxr< I,-IaAf fl.,~- fI.oxo oool~ nd
the me.eocr mo sa D'' '''s "s'''''s' ''''S'
sne rAe mr.
WHEN Is baby IKE a canister! ~nen
II is a Tea tning.
BUTTON parties are popular In tne
West. we don't know whence lney de-
rive their name, unless it's because they
are sure to come OH.
DANBURY Nens: It pleases woman
to see man hold plate of refreshments
on his knee at a party. be can't DO 1t
without turning In his toes.
AN Tndiauapolis girl couldn't pro-
nouuce the word metaphysicsu cor
rectly and her mother boxed her ears.
Then the indianapolis girl hid in barn
and froze. her feet.
AT PARTING.
As one. in thinking of the dead,
Recalls the face but not the name,
As kH0s,ng nov dh Tnen e i t1s cs,n gOei mas nsa
Pc And pu mine ile the the name @ that You forget;
The sweetest story Of them all
Is thought Du' never a u'.elsa sl.ssa YET .a.,,.
a n u''''' = .''''S'' -,''''' :.
GENEROSITY during lie Is a very oli-
ferent thing from generosity IN the hour
of death; the one proceeds from llber-
ality and beneyolence' ana tne otner
from pride or fear.
THESE new explosive eight-day clocks
are decidedly new feature in modern
villainy. Here, some rascal might WIND
up one in your woodshed, and yet be IN
San Francisco by the time tne tning goes
on.
In marrying his wife's daughter, Mr..
Parton becomes his own son-in-law, IN
which case his wife is his mother-in-iaw.
It was probably the terror of this awful
mixing up of things that was the cause
of the Massachusetts law on tne suplece.
Tur non with which President Grant
SIGNED the Centennial Bill was made
from the GULL of an American eagle shot
in tbe vicinity of Mount Hope, Oregon.
The N e. men and the eagle will be exhibited
at fhe Centennial.
NJ aaau h.s n;na tails One dog has
-. ,,,s.,.s foil than no dog therefore. one
dos has ten tails. That's the way
small hoy. who had been studying logic,
nroged to his father that dog might
have ten tails. His father gave him
na;r of skates as reward of genius.
r.. p.urs h.v;nc fallen des-
Sergeant nAal.ei al pass;s s NJ T1rner offers
perateiy lnlosn g,'.l ~ the 1 mer;can fac and
70 wrap t nn'is + nacessary 80 M American
maiden has ever had such chance to
win the proud title of her countrys
benefactress."
= we have no serious drawbacks, the
voar1 M r1S76 e will 90 into history remarkable
e several narticulars. notably for the
arest - a nnmber of centenarians ii has
| - = A. f,ha rl;a Rasaas IL has dis
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-02

WOMEN do more head work than men !;
that is, it takes some women four hours
to do up their hair for an evening party,
while good smart man can do his up IN
three hours and fifty seconds, easy.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-02

THERE have been several atrocious at
tempts to throw railway trains from the
track in England lately, and the papers
are loudly calling for severe punishment
to the culprits
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-02

A PROFESSIONAL census of the French
Senate gives the following result: One
bishop, two ex-workingmen, three
diplomatists, three barristers of the
Council OF State or cour de cessation, four
medical men, six engineers, seven
superior naval officers, nine university
professors, fourteen judicial dignitaries,
seventeen manufacturers, twenty mem
bers of the Institute, without reckoning
the bishop of Orleans, twenty-six officers,
four Of them being colonels, twenty-one
generals, and one marshal. The re-
manning one hundred and eighty-eight
are mostly barristers, men of letters,
fundholders, or land-holders and com
mercial men.
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-02
CURRENT TOPICS.

HoS. GoDLovE s. ORTIZ, who re-
ceived the nomination for Governor, from
the Indiana Republican Convention, was
born in Philadelphia in 1917, and came
to Indiana in 1889. whereh be commenced
the practice of law. He was State
Senator in 1S4S and 1S46, Presidential
elector in 1913, and was first elected to
Congress in 1862, where he served on
the Committee on Foreign Affairs. He
was also member of the Thirty-ninth,
Fortieth, Forty-frst, and Forty-third
Congresses Last year be received the
appointment Of Minister to Austria, sue
ceeding the Hon. John Jay, and has
since resided in Vienna.
LETTERS received from Liberia men,
ton that the Hon. James Spriggs Payne
was inaugurated President of Liberia at
Monroyia, on Monday, January 8. Mr..
Payne was born in Richmond Virginia,
in 1920, and was taken to the then Afri-
can colony-by his father, David NJ.
Payne, who was ordained minister in
the Methodist Episcopal church by
Bishop George. The President was edu-
Gated in Liberia, and served from 1912
to 1859 in the active duties of the Metho-
dist Episcopal mission in that republic,
and from 1848 to 1858 as presiding elder.
The present is his second term of two
The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1876-03-02


BROTHER JONATHAN commenced busi-
ness in 1776. with thirteen States and
S15,6l5 square miles of territory, which
was occupied by about 100000 of CIV
ilized human beings. He has now a
family of A, ,00O, 900, who occupy thirty
seven States and nine territories, which
embrace over 100000 of square miles.
He has $500 miles of railroads. more
than sufficient to reach twice and half
times around the globe. The value of
his annual agricultural productions is
81 SOC, 100000, and his gold mines are
capable of producing $40, ,0OO, 900 wear.
He has more than !, 900 cotton factories.
$50 daily newspapers, 4.300 weekly and
625 monthly publications. He has also
many other things too numerous and too
notorious to mention.
SAM RYAN, an itinerant and intem.
perate banjo-picker, says the Denver
Ne'os, who used to gain precarious liv
ing by titilating catgut for drinks and
sandwiches in this and neighborina
towns, perished in singular manner
the other day, near Fort Union, New
Mexico. He undertook to cross al
aroya, and, being too drunk to walk, feI
and was soon buried under the whit.
sand, which was drifting badly before
strong wind. Thus he was LITERAL,
buried alive and smothered to death
When found only one foot was .projectin,
from under the sand. Ryan was recentl,
following his occupation of banjo-play
ing in Las Animas, and, going on
drunken spree, and making himself di.
agreeable and obnoxious, he was held u
on an auction-block and sold to tn
highest bidder. The first bid was te
cents, which was increased to fifty, whe
a kind-hearted ranchman, seeing specr
Iation in Ryan if he only could be &c
sober, offered seyenty-fve cents, and th
poor inebriate was knocked down. I
him. He soon after sobered up and too
passage on bulltrain for New Mexic
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
Iowa Item 8.

Dubuque has young man who.
having lost both arms, eats with his
feet.
Frank Baker, Of Clinton, brakeman,
was run over by the cars July 4th.
and had one foot cut off.
Hon. George Green, of Cedar Rap
ids, was presented by the citizens of
that place, with valuable silver
service set, July 9Th.
Great damage was done to Cedar
Rapids and vicinity by the storm on
the night of the 4th inst. A number
of houses were blown down, and sew.
eral persons injured.
On Monday last, the Sd inst, a ter.
rible accident happened at Cedar
Rapids. The Carrie Wallace" q
small steamboat, intended as a pleas
ure boat, exploded her boiler while
on trip up the river. Alfred Hard
in was killed; Oscar Mott, Franl
Mullet, Willie Edwards, Willis Vance
+. S. Green and ii. ID. Ogden wer'
wounded. 1t is thought impossibl,
for Mr.. Mullet to survive. Othe
members of the party were slight!
injured.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
Overwhelming and Unprecedented
SucCe68

OF the GREAT REVOLUTION, the
FARMERS' rAyORlTE RESORT
We particularly ask the Farmers of
WapeEo county, to be sure and call
at the Great Revolution before pur-
chasing their Dry Goods. In all
events get our prices before you buy.
We have Rcvolutionized the prices on
all Dry Goods, and will do the far
mers of this county good. When
YOU visit Ottumwa don't fail to see us
at the GREAT REVOLUTION.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
From the Daily OF July 10Th

John Moody, brother of I. p.
Moody, dry goods merchant of this
city, has been troubled for years with
an old wound which he received in
the army and recently blood vessel,
connected with the wound, broke and
he nearly bled to death Upon con-
sultation with our physicians it was
concluded that the only possible REM
edy that would save his life was the
amputation of his leg, and to-day
DR.. Hughes, of Keokuk, and Drs.
Lathrop, Hinsey, Douglass and Will
Jams, of this city, performed the
operation. 1t is to be hoped that the
operation may prove successful and
that Mr.. Moody may be entirely re-
stored to health.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
Iowa tOlI,e Front.

We have made frequent allusion to
the creamcries of Delaware county,
Iowa, and Of John Stewart, the pio-
neer Of this business in this State. II
is with unfeigncd pleasure that we
learn of his triumph at Philadelphia,
in securing the award of the gold
medal for the best butter. II fully
confirms all that we have said in favor
of the creamery system and also OF
the adaptation of Iowa TO the dairy
business. We learn that Stewart is
shipping s.OO0lbs per week toPhiladcl-
phia from his crcameries. The pres
cnt growing crop is to be shown Sep
tember 25th. Stock after.
The general agricultural display
of Iowa at the Centennial grows in
favor every day.--State Leader.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12

John Alderman says he will have
a dozen barrels Of kraut, for sickness,
which will last him through, if the
measles and whooping cough don't
run too long in the family, but he
says he don't want it understood that
he has moved his residence to Steady
Run township. He hangs out in
Cracker Neck, Benton township, and
always expects to. Coming in to-day
he counted 43 corn fields bordering
on the road, OF them he says q
promise large yield, ID medium
crop and no crop at all. The dis
lance Travelled is II miles.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
NOw,s YOUR THE.


AT last an opportunity is offered, Of which many
of our citizens will eagerly avail themselves. 70
better their fortunes. especially when they have
become satisfied by perilsal Of the Kentucky
Cash Distribution COmpanyss advertisement
elsewhere in to-day paper, that their enterprise
10 sanctioned by law, organized upon principles Of
perfect fairness and justice, and Will be managed
and conducted, from first TO last, with integrity
aud impartfality toward all who may become In.
terested In it to the extent of purchasing ticket
The company is composed Of some Of the most
prominent and widely known citizens OF Ken
lucky, who have long enjoyed the confidence OF
the community, in Positions Of public trust, and
who in their presant association arc acting under
authority OF special enactment OF The kentucky
Legislature for the endowment Of the public
schools of the Capital. To this end, they have
bound themselves to fairly and honorably distrib.
ute over eleven thousand cash gifts. amounting to
5000 900 the anticipated surplus accruing after ef-
iecting the educational objects aforesaid.
That the distribution will BE- conducted In the
fairest and most impartial manner, 10 amply
guaranteed by his Honor, Mayor Taylor, and the
board ofCouncilmen of the city OF frankfort;
the Endorsement Of the banking institutions oil
that city; and by the active supervision OF scorl
or more of the leading State oicale fom al part
Of the State resident at ehc Capital, Who's namsl
are given In the adyertlsansnl u 10 unQuestion-
ably the grandest and most attractive opportunt
~ ever before offered In the Westto eec1lte for
tune In return for the tnyestaent Of lfom % TO q
and sla for quarter, half and whole tickets
following: One Of Sl0o, 900 one o. - 90; oas Q
S2b COOS another Of 20 eooj and 70 On through u
lonEest Int sYeS hespss pzsesutsd p IT, public
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
The storm, as DNuviilc.

a correspondent of the Burlington
Gazette, writing from Danville, Iowa
on the 9TH inst, says: =
Between IL: and 2 o'clock thi.
morning this section of country wa:
visited by one of the most terrific
tornadoes ever experienced in this
vicinity. The evening had been low.
ering and gloomy, threatening a
storm. but for few hours previou:
the appearances changed and hope;
were entertained that the weather
would clear up without rain, when al
at about IL 80 q. M, almost without O
moments warning, the tempest burst
over the country in its fury, the wind
coming with tremendous force, car.
rying in its path houses, barns, fences
ETC., and for the space of about TWEEN.
ty minutes keeping the air full of fly
ing debris, everything movable
which happened in the path of the
storm being taken up and carried to
q distance in some cases of half mile
OF more. The rain came in deluge,
falling i'm solid sheet of water. 1t
was but few moments until the
whole country was one vast lake.
Accompanied as ii was, by incessant
lightning and low rumbling thunder,
mingled with the crash of flying tim
bers as they came in contact with
stationary objects, it combined to
make scene terrible in its sublimity
and one to be remembered long by
those who witnessed it.
Among the sufferers we may note
r.. s. sawtelle, house and barn destroyed 40
$: n sawisile. house destroyed, loss.... so
T. J. Slater, house and barn destroyed, loss 200
4. ID. Foster, barn I" l,oW
J John Fredericks, house, 90 SW
Ephraim Porter I,oW
still Turner, cheese factory g $500
Buildings with roofs wholly or par
tally torn off, chimneys. blown
down and otherwise damaged, will
make total in excess of $4,000, on
buildings alone. Nearly all the barns
contained more or less grain. This
loss can hardly be determined. Fences
everywhere are complete wreck.
Many orchards are torn to pieces and
ruined. The crops have
suffered terribly, especially small
grain, being in some instances beaten
into the ground. The general loss in
this township alone is variously esti-
mated at from SAC, 600 to $4,000.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12

John Gray returned from Kcosau-
qua having in charge the colored man
Green, who received the stolen horse
mentioned in the COURIER yesterday,
from johnson. We understand that
he confessed to Gray that he received
the horse from johnson as specified,
that he was to take him into Nilsson
ri and sell him, for which he was tc
receive half the money. The prclim.
mary examination will take place il
q few days.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
ANOTHER RAILROAD ACCIDENT


Archy Douglass, brakeman on
the C. b. & @. railroad and living in
this city, with his mother, on the cor
ner of Main II Marion streets was Sc
verely injured by the cars at Alton
to-day. We are not in possession of
all the particulars, but as near as we
can learn he undertook to couple an
engine from the front TO the rear end
of way car attached TO a freight
train to help il over the hill. BY
some means he missed the connection,
was caught by the pilot and showed
under the platform of the way car.
He is considerably torn and
bruised about the hips, is cut
about the face, and perhaps injured
in the breast. He was brought down
this evening to his home, and DIR.
Lathrop and his uncle, Dir. Douglass,
called. We shall give further par
ticulars tomorrow.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
The Fail Term

OF OFTuMwA NORMAL. School will
open Sept. 4, 1876. Tuition S6, in adj
vance. (2O4) Nj. A. PECK.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
srAnRING AFFRAY.
From the Gate CITY.


Yesterday morning the deck of the
steamer Alex. Mitchell was the scene
of a terrible ARRAY, which resulted in
death to one Of the participants
When the boat was few miles above
Fort Madison, two of the colored
roustabouts quarrelled over their
breakfast, when one of them struck
the other with a slung shot. The as
saultcd party then borrowed n knife,
and rushing upon his assailant,
plunged il into his left breast, pierre
ing his heart. In such instances death
is usually instantaneous, but in this
case the man did not die until fifteen
minutes after the fatal thrust. On ar
irving at Fort Madison the captain
turned the negro who did the deed
over to Marshal Marsh, who lodged
hin. in iail
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
NOTICE.

To the taxpayers of all that part of
the highway, Districts Nos. l, 2, Sand
4. of Centre Township, that have been
taken in the city limits by proclama-
ton of the Mayor of this city, dated
June 2lst, 1876, are requested to pay
their highway taxes to the Street
Commissioner of the city of Ottum-
wa as ordered by the board of Trus-
tee of Center Township.
July 5, '76. TIL. CoFFMAN,
tn, Clerk.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12

The var wassd against dissass BY Hos
tsttsr's Stomach Bittsss goss bravsly on.
Dispatchss ars constantly received from
the cured indicating the dscisive nature Of
the advantages obtained BY shs great botan.
10 cordial over It. formidable sdversasy.
Aalarial isvers, couseipstiou, torpidtty Of
the kidneys. general debility, nervousness
and rheumatic ailmsnts invariably yield TO
this conqueSor and preventative Of disease.
For the iniirmliss incident 10 the decline
OF life Il d also On excellent specific. II
hastens oonvalescsnce and repairs the raw
ages OF III health By facilitating the CONVEX.
slon of food into blood Of Q rich and nour.
ishing quality. The appetite Il improved
By Ill, and In casss Of nervous disease Il
tvanquiiisss that great ssnsorium, the brain
far more etfectually than any mineral soda
tive.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12
The AmeriCan Peeple.

No peoplein the world suffer ~ much
with Dyspepsia IS Americans. Although
years Of experience in medicine had failed
to accomplish certain and sure remedy
for this disease and it, effects, such % Sour
Stomach, Heartburn, Water brash, Sick
Headache, Cositiveness' palpitation Of the
Heart, Liver Complaint, coming up Of the
food, low spirits, general debility, etc., yel
since the introduction Of GREENS AUGUST
Flower We believe that there is no case oil
Dyspepsia that cannot be Immediately 10.
lieyed. 30,0O0dozen sold last year with
out ore case Of failure. reported. Go 4
your Druggist, j. L. Taylor 3 Co., and
get Sample Bottle for 10 cents and try Il
Two doses will relieve you. Regular siz'
rs cents. d6w-alt-w
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-07-12

FROM both City and Country
should not fail to visit Mrs. Plat &
HIGHLANDS millinery Store in Curlew
Block, in L. II. Wilson's old stand,
and see their nice new Goods and
price their Before they buy else
where. Especial pains will be taken
70 please customers as to style, quail
ty and price. ml1-d&wtf.