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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
IOWA ITEMS.


A terra-cotta mandatory Is TO b.
established at Eldora.
In the course of o two days hun
this week, John Golden. of Cedar
Rapids baggcd one hundred ant
sixty-nine American snipe.
Marshalltown "owes no man dol,
lar" has between 5000 and sc, 600 in
her Treasury, and now wants water.
works for the convenience of citizens
and the safety ofproperty.
One f. B. Sipes, married man OF
Council Bluffs, and sewing machine
agent clipped with Miss Kate Rich
ardson, of Missouri Valley, last Mon
day afternoon. Sipes left his wife
and number of creditors in Council
Bluffs.
The city officials Of Dubuque and
the Mississippi Steamboat companies
age having a lively time. The city is
ebeesNcfiHE ~ lIC
pay wharfage, and the companies re-
fuse to do it.
Fish Commissioner Shaw, of Ana
mosa, is now arranging for a car load
of cells, which he will introduce into
waters of Iowa. The cells will be
brought from the South, and it is con-
fidently believed will do well in the
streams,
The keota Eagle was the press OF
the State to pass around drunken
scoundrel calling himself DR.. dcIn-
tyre, who, it is stated, killed his wife
by hrst giving her loathsome dis
ease and then trying to produce an
abortion.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
Iowa NJ she Centennial.


Inquiry having been made of DR..
Alex. Shaw, manager of the Iowa
Centennial Department, as to what
measures had been taken. under the
law recently passed by the Legislature
appropriating 500 900 for the purpose,
for the proper representation of Iowa
products at the Centennial, he replies
at length that eve have about $4,000
pounds in transit of miscellaneous
freight shipped and awaiting ship
mcnt.
"Among the most noted is a yerti-
cal section of six feet of the soil of the
State, showing the actual strata from
the surface to the depth of six feet.
These selections have been made from
thirty-fivc different counties, so as to
give an average of the soil stratifica-
ton from the middle, east, west, north
and south. These samples are shown
in glass tubes six inches in diameter.
We have full show Of all the inter.
mediate geological qualification OF
the State from the potsdam sand.
stone formation, Of the McGregoI
region, to the drift formation OF
Council Bluffs, showing q vertical
section of about 300 feet.
eve have fifty-five samples of the
different building rock of the State
put up in such shape as to show the
different style of tool work. We have
samples of all the clays, sands. ochres
gypsum, and their products. We have
a full exhibit of all the grains anj
seeds, embracing about 500 varieties
showing our sample grains by thu
full-grown plant and grains prepared
for market. We have l65 varietie.
of timber specimens, showing a YER
teal and cross section Of each, from
six and half feet to one-fonrth O.
an inch. In this collection is a full
line of all our ornamental and cult
waited woods, seventy-five varieties OF
timbers.
"Our fruit collection is an attrac.
ton, challenging competition Will
the world as to apples. We have 3Os
varieties of apples, represented b,
wax casts nodded from fruits grow
the past season. This collection will
show all our Summer, Fall and Win
ter varieties, made true to nature a
to form and color, and will embrac,
|
l,O20 specimens.
1--WE have an interesting collection
of antiquated relics; among the mos
noted are relics of the mound build
ers. We have full line of all tn
Towering plants of Iowa, classifie,
and named All the birds and mos
of the insects. We have varied dis
play of ladies' handiwork and domes
tic manufactures, agricultural nipple
ments and machinery. We have
, large collection of models and design
showing the inventive genius of on
citizens. The printers, photographers
and artists, have given us creditabl
samples. Fabrics manufactured b
machinery will be represented. Mo.
of all the principle schools and educs
> tional institutions are making cred
table representation.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
Far l,ser's Knuckles

Rev. Mr.. hurry, the preacpes cd
itOr of the Golden Rule, published in
Boston, says: eve never knew a
farmer to t4ke on axe Or a beetle and
go around and break Q wheel here,
and knock in brace there, and crack
this section and clip that one, among
his farm machines, wagons aud i'm.
plements; that is-unless he was
drunk But some of them-pretty
good farmers, too, in most things, get
about the same result in round
about WY, They store the moSG:::n. !. g
machine in leaky shed. where it is
used as a furkey-roost the light in
stp4mepts are stored away where the
cattle knock them down and break
them, the carriage and harness are kept
where the stable fumes spoil tho var
nish; and a general siip-shod style
knocks off 10 per cent. from the value
of the farming equipments. The
farmer "who keeps things ship
shape" is generally the thriving man.
down att the heel ativeness" will
spread the black frost Of a mortgage
over a farm nearly as quick as rum
drinking"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

Isend a copy of letter which is
characteristic, and seems to prove
pretty clearly that Puritanism is the
zone thing needful," and that even to
the present day our New England
leopards have not muchly changed
their spots. The letter was written
by Cotton Mather to eye aged and be-
loved Mr.. John Higginson," and
dated September Ii, 1882:
There bee now at sea shippe (for
our friend Mr.. Esaias Holcroft Of
London did advise me by the last
packet that it wolde sail sometime in
AugusD called We Welcome, r. Green
away, master, which has aboard an
hundred or more of the hereticks and
malignants called Quakers, with w.
Penne, who il the chief scampe, at the
hedde of them. The General Court
has accordingly given secret orders
to General Malachi Huxett of We tug
Porpoise to way laye the said We'll
come as near the coast of Codde as
may be, and make captive we said
Penne and his ungodlie crew, so that
the Lord may be glorificd and not
Knocked on We soil Of this new coun.
trie with We heather worshippe OF
these people.
Much spoylc can be made by selling
the whole lotte to Barbadose where
slaves fetch good prices in rumme and
sugar, and we not only shall do ye
Lord great service by Furnishing ye
wicked, but shall make great gayne
for his ministers and people.
Master Huxett feels hopeful, and
will set down the news he brings
when his shippe comes back.
Yours in the bowels of Christ,
| CoTToN MATHER.
have been told also, and perhaps
you can tell me with what truth. thai
the Astor Library, of New York, con
tains an original letter from Govern
or Hudson to the captain of the May
flower, offering him f1,OOO not t.
land his Pilgrim cargo at Manhattan
as he had been advised that they were
chiefly "a bad lot" PENN.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

An Omaha (Neb.) correspondent
of the Philadelphia Sunday Republi-
can says: "As happened to be in
Wyoming last Fall, / made 1t point
to visit Cheyenne on election day ex.
pressly to see the workings Of the
new system did not see a single
respectable. woman at the polls. On
the contrary, they were all of the low
est neutrality-suspicious. in low
variety halls, waiter-girls in beer
halls and well-known prostitutes.
They were driven to the polls in open
wagons by the blacklegs, gamblers
and worst characters of the town
generally the whole outfit being pref.
ty well under the influence of tangle-
foot. must mention in connection
with this affair that wagons were
sent to Fort Russell, military post
four miles distant, to induce the
laundresses attached to the garrison,
to 60 to town and vote. heard aftor.
wards that nearly all refused, saying
If their husbands couldn't vote be.
canse they were soldiers, they didn't
think they had right to-
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
A msthsdiss Camp Ground Rnrned

PITTSBURGH, Pa, April 22.-Intel-
ligence was received in this city this
morning that the Methodist camp.
meeting ground at Tarentum, Pa,
have been destroyed by fire. The fire
broke out about Il O'Clock last night.
and as the cottages were all frame the
flames spread with frightful rapidity.
The Tarentum grounds have been
owned by the Methodists of this
vicinity for many years, and the cot
tages belonging to members of the
church In this city are numerous. The
grounds probably contained one hun
dred and fifty cottages, which were
generally of four or five rooms. The
only buildings saved were the tenant
house, occupied by the Superinten-
dent and the Camp Hotel. The fire
will prove very disastrous one,
and may seriously interfere with
arrangements for the National
Camp Meeting announced for Aug
ust. The origin of the fire is UNI
known, but supposed to be incendi-
airy. Loss about $4,000; insurance
about $4,000.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

A HINT.-Now that the time fol-
trimming is at banda few facts, which
we CLEAN from the Western Rural
will not come amIss: sit is a yer,
common error, and very injurious
one to cut off large limbs near the
body of the trees all over the country
which have suffered in this way from
the use of AK or saw. Forest trees
that are hollow, furnishing habitations
in their trunks for squirrels and other
animals and birds, should teach les.
son showing the danger and folly OF
removing large limbs from the trees
trunk. Rotting is most certain te
follow, for the wound is too large to
heal oyer, and sufficient care is sci.
dom taken to cover the surface with
sufficient protection 10 keep on,
moisture in the atmosphere. And
besides the growing tree itself keeps
the wound moist. The consequence
is decay sets in, and eventually the
tree becomes rotten at the heart, and
the whole becomes injured and loses
much Of its vitality"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
A Little Nlisusaerssanalng- Me-
0oum.


Parker had been to Calffornfa Tor
nearly 30 years; but, last winter he
came on East and paid visit to his
old home. Among other acquaintan-
ces he met Mr.. McGoun and McGoun
said that he was sorry his wife was
out of town, as he would like Parker
to see her.
"And how is she ?" asked Parker.
~ remember her well. Mary Jones
she was before you married her.
Splendid woman! And how is she
anyhow
~ am sorry to say Mary is dead ;
been dead more than 20 years."
80, beg PARDON" said Parker
Excuse me for stirring up old griefs.
But how is your second wife? Fine
looking woman, I'll bet. McGoun,
you were always the awfulest man at
falling in love with pretty women !
ever saw. What is she, brunette, ]
venture to say. Amt you going to
introduce me to her ?"
ats not-not a pleasant subject to
Observation-Disclosures second wife
was laid away in the grave more than
fifteen years ago."
"You don't say? oh! 7 know, OF
course, your second wife, of course
dead; forgot about 1t. Did say
your second wife? i meant your
third instead of your cond,and how
is she? McGopn I must know that
woman. Introduce ME, will you
Hang me ifE don't stay iH toYn until
1 know her."
"That will be impossible, Mr., Par.
ker. My third wife has been an an
gel ever since '65."
"Well, now, 1 declare, it's too bad
l had no idea-of course didn't
mean anything. Let's see, it's 10 years
since Us, amt it2 Ten, yes. Well
now, old fellow, youll forgive me fol
tearing up your feelings that way,but
I'll make it all right by asking how
in thunder is your present wife-youl
flfth.d
"Mr. Parker, you gro mistaken
again. have no fifth wife. u
"Well, then your sixth. How is she
Pardon me, old boy, for saying that
yon haFe been going il, Six wives in
30 years, and here / ain not married
6| '''"'' y
"Mr. Parker, tho lady with whom
| live at present is my fourth wife.
don't like the tone in which you
speak of this subject"
"Oh, yop don't. don't You? Well
when man shnves 'em under ground
like you do, he oughtn't to talk
about his sensibility. ! don't care
how your wife is. Hang your entire
family. BY the time you bury a
couple more you'd better come out to
Utah aud start a harem."
Then Parker took the early train
Tor OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES BuEse-
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

The man Davenport, of New York.
is before the committe at Washington
to show what was done with the sew
eral thousand dollars paid him by the
Department of Justice, out of the
money appropriated to the detective
service. 1t now appears that he is
well versed in the fraudulent methods
of the Democracy to carry elections
in that State, and that to detect and
defeat this kind of work was what
this money was used for. The indi-
cations are that the calling of him
upon the stand is going to give to the
public the history Of the most scan
dalous and wholesale Democratic
frauds that we have been treated to
lately. The Democratic committee
have over-reached themselves in this
step, and loaded boomerang which
is to deal them fatal injury. Let il
come! Let there be no halfway
-sr-inezg about 81, Tor fhe moral 1ep-
rosy of New York Democracy is
proverbial the whole country over.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

OF value, had ever passed through
our books in which you were known
or supposed to have any interest, di-
rect or indirect. 1t may be proper
for us to add that nothing has been
paid by us in any form or at any
time TO any person or any corpora
ton in which you were known, be-
lieved or supposed to have any inter
est whatever. We remain very re-
specially your Obediant servants,
MnnrnN nr 700 4, ~
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
The Commissioner of Internal Reve.

the Commissioner of Internal Reve-
nue..
Later, when he was summoned be-
fore the Clymer committee, and was
finding himself submerged by the
falsehoods which that committee per-
mitted to go to the country, he went
to President Grant, Secretary Bris.
tow, and Solicitor Wilson, and made
a full, frank and truthful statement OF
his connection with this business, and
stated to these officials that if it was
deemed inconsistent with his position
as Supervisor, to be connected, as he
was, in certain Post Tradcrships, that
then his resignation might be consid
cred as rendered. He was informed
that it was not held rs any cause fol
resignation or removal, that he should
be engaged in that any more thar
any other, business, and he was adj
vised to pursue the even tenor of hi
official way without fear of molcsta
ton. That is all the information Su
pcrvisor Hcdrick has upon the sub
ject, up to this writing, save the news
paper dispatches aforementioned.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

The Wssferp Rpyal tells of man
who plants, two or three weeks after
tho crop is planted, new hill of corr
every fifteenth row each way. And
this is the reason, II the weather
becomes dry after the filing time, the
silk and tassels both become dry and
dead. In this condition, if it should
become seasonable, the silk reyives
aud renews its growth, but the tasscls
do not recover. Then. for want OF
pollen. the now silk is unable to I'LL
the office for which It was designed.
The pollen from the replanted corn il
then ready to supply the silk, and the
filling is completed. He says nearly
all the abortive ears so common in all
corn crops, are caused by the want OF
pollen, and be has known ears to
double their size In this second fill.
ing.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

A MOVE is on foot in this State, at
least it is represented through the
press TO be brewing. that a conven.
ton is to be called to consolidate the
Germans into political organization.
This sort of partyism upon the basis
of nationality is one of the worst forms
of communism. and no honest. safe
citizen will engage in it. We have
such an abiding confidence in the good
sense of the German-American citi-
Gems of Iowa that we feel sure such a
move will have but the slimcst
kind of following. We entertain nc
fears that the intelligent native Ger.
man population of the State can be
induced, to any considerable extent
into such suicidal scheme.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
A Censenu,a Calendar.

The following programme Of the
Centennial Exposition, and list of
events which are to come off in con.
nection with twill be help for per.
sons intending to visit visit Philadel-
phia, in aiding them in making up
their minds when to go: '
: Main exhibition opens May 10.
Grand ceremonies on Exhibition
grounds July 4.
Trials of harvesting machiaos,J npe
and July.
Trials of steam plows and tillagt
implements, September and Octo'
Der.
Exhibit of horses, mules and asses
Sept. l to Is.
Exhibit of horned cattle, Sept. 20 t.
October 5.
Exhibit Of sheep, swine, goats and
dogs, Oct. 10 to Is.
Exhibit Of poultry, Oct. 2s to Nov
10.
Exhibits must be removed by Dec
81.
SOCIETY MEETINGS, PARADEs, REaAT
TAs, ETC.
Knights Templar (Masons) annual
conclave, May 80.
Knights Templar (Masons) grand
parade, juno /.
Order of Good Templars, spccia
gathering, June ID.
International regetta New York
harbor), June 90.
Yacht regatta delaware river), in
June.
Sons of Temperance, special gath.
ering, June.
International series of cricket
matches, June and September.
Congress of authors in Indepen.
Hall, July 2.
Parade of Irish societies, (dedica.
ton Of fountain) July 4.
Parade of military organizations
July 4.
United American Mechanics, pa
rade, July 8.
Knights of Pythias, parade, August
%.
:. International rowing regatta, Aug
20 to Sept. 10,
international rifle match in Sep.
TENDER.
International medical congress, Sep.
TENDER 4.
Independent Order of Odd Eel.
lows, parade, Sept. 20.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

ouching the charge or charges against
him. That the delay in doing it has
been occasioncd by the necessity of
putting himself in possession of some
documentary evidence to rcfute be-
yond question the SANDERS published
in regard to him. This is well. But
we would say that it is altogether
likely he will not moro than get
through silencing inuendoes in one
quarter, against his good name, before
others will be put afloat.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

GooD Luck. - Some young mel
talk about luck. Good luck isto gel
up at six o'clock in the morning
good luck, II you have only shilling
q week, is to live upon eleven pence
and save penny: good luck Is to
trouble your head with your own
business, and let your neighbor's
alone good luck is to fulfill the com.
mandments, and to do unto other PEG.
pie as we wish them to do unto us.
They must not only work, but wait.
They must plod and perseVere. Pen.
MES must be taken care Of, because
they are the seed of guineas. To gel
on in the world, they must take care
of home, sweep their own door.ways
clean, try to help other people, avoid
temptation, and have faith in truth
and God.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
MAR kETS,

The improved weather has made no
Improvement either in the receipt or
price of grain. The roads are in good
condition, but farmers are busy put
ting in their grain, and if there is any
grain in the country they have not
the time TO bring it in. We are in
formed ny Nick Baker that grain
was never so scarce in this market as
it is now, and that his total receipts Of
wheat during the last two or three
months will not amount to a car load.
The quotations obtained from him
are as follows:
Wheat-Fall, s0@1.Oo; Spring, 40
ESQ.
Rye-The price of rye is somewhat
better, and ranges 40@45.
Oats-Receipts very light; 20@25.
Corn-Scarce and higher; 50@5l
Hay has been only moderately
plenty and prices have ruled firm at
$l0@llOO.
Butchers stock hogs $3.50; sheep,
800; cows $500; steers S3.5O@4.OO
per hundred pounds.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26

A very essential item in preparing
for corn crop is to secure good seed.
No remarks as to saving seed corn
would be Appropriate only to urge the
reader to remember in the fall how
difficult ii is to be sure of good seed
and act accordingly. But now the
the point is to secure ii, ifnot already
done, and test ii in the soil before
planting. Take no mans word nor
your own opinion, but make the mat
ter sure beyond a doubt. Get the
quality you prefer, always choosing
the varieties that mature earliest in
each class, and then take an average
sample and plant in box of dirt or
in other CONVENIENT and warm place,
putting it in the house il necessary,
and there determine the growing
quality before planting. For, be It
remembered that not only will poor
seed be lost, but time and toll as well,
with a probable loss of crop and the
use of land. We have known the
most serious consequences to result
from want of little attention to
this item, Brother farmer, attend to
this without delay,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
Since Astor and Stewart are gone
ii must be rather lonesome for Van

Since Astor and Stewart are gone
it must be rather lonesome for Van
derbilt.
The Rochester DemOcpnt, comment
ing on the democratic opposition to
l5ristOw out west, says: eve told
Benjamin, some time since, that he
shouldn't do anything to raise the
price of whisky"
Whenever Miss Kellogg assists al
the benefit of any member of hel
company she charges them 500 fol
each song she sings. She has the
smallest and prettiest hand of any wo.
man in the United States,and IL hold,
on to the circulating medium will
the talent of bull pup swinging
from the nose of an Infatuated BIO.
vine.
tIs il becoming to me ?" asked she
as she paraded in the costume of q
hundred years ago before the man
who is not her lord and master, but il
her husband. Eyes, my DEAR" said
he. nicckIy. "Dhhi tou wish j could
/, h. lyr y u, time ?" she
- :. y ~ Il answered
4 pai' j s., ';s.ti III liz. ~..ty thai
was the Style
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-26
TELEGRAPHIC.
BrlstOw and the Cly lmer Com
mltlee has q Com bat.

WASHINGTON, April N.--Judge Cate
and Bristow appeared before the War
Department Committee this morning,
concerning the investigation Of the
charges against the Secretary of the
Treasury, as to the Barquc Mary Mer-
rift.
Cate named as the witnesses who
had furnished him information upon
which the House resolutions was
based, H. II. Chittendon, e. E. john
son, S. Z. Weiss, Levi Hubbell, G. w.
Hazleton and Mr.. Nothrup. lie sug-
gestcd as matter of economy only
that 2 of these witnesses be summon
ed: didn't think it necessary to sum
mons Hubbell.
Bristow said it was too late to dis
cuss economy. He wanted the fullest
Investigation before the country, and
wanted all the witnesses, especially
Hubbell. He wanted from Cate the
names Of all persons with whom he
had conversed on the subject.
Members of the committee object
ed to the questions of tho Secretary,
when Bristow said he had no hesita-
ton in saying that these charges had
been instituted by what was known
in the country rs the "whisky ring
of Milwaukee, and he interrogated
Cate SO as to bring out these facts and
put the information on record.
Cate said the committee would try
to take care of their side of the case
He himself did not wish to appear as
q prosecutor of the Secretary.
Bristow-But you will do so, you
cannot help it.
After further discussion the com.
mittee decided to summon all
the witnesses named. He want.
cd to state that while in ODE.
dicnce to an executive order he sh'od
refrain to furnish original papers in
cases under investigation, yet in CIV.
cry case against himself he would
take the responsibility to produce be-
fore the committee every original pa
per. He then gave the committee fol
lowing names of witnesses to be sum
moned: ID. Lyman, g. f. COnant
Bluford Wilson, j. III. Robson, o
the Treasury; John Freeland, w. L
} Il 8. E. Trice, of Hopkinsville, Ky.
, and Walter Evans, of Louisvill,
The committee then adjourned.