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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-11-23
RIVER NEWS.

The marks at the landing last evening
showed 9 feet inches in the channel
and rising.
The Emma Graham, from Cincinnati
for Pittsburgh, passed up night before
last.
The Etns arrived from Ironton yes
terdsy and returned the same day.
The Granite State passed up at noon
yesterday.
The Carrie Brooks passed down night
before last
The Express departed Tor Psrkersturg
yesterday.
The Hornbroo lett for Pittsburgh last
night.
The Courier is the Psrkersburg packet
to-dsy.
The local packets are making their
usual trips.
The James Jackson passed down with
tow OF oil yesterday.
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LOCAL INTELLIGENCE
TRAVELLERS GUIDE.
ARRIVAL OF TRAINS.
DEPARTURE OF TRAINS.
sDaily except Sund ~.

sDaily except Sund ".
I. ally excerpt Monday.
tSteubenvllle Accom- modal ion.-Ihls
train during the day pa~se, backwar ana
forward between Martins Ferry ana
Bellalre, s opping when required AT Sher-
man He use, Etnavllle, West Wheeling
and Gravel Hill.
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NoTICE.-lmmense stock of Dry
Goods andCarpets at forced sale by
!. w. FERRgL.
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60 SEE another heavy reduction in
Carpets and Dry Goods at corner Main
and Twentieth streets j. w. FERREL.
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CaSt0ria.

1t Is a mistake TO suppose that CastOrls
is not adopted 10 grown persons a. well n
Childrsn, They on yneed 10 increase The
quantity But children have so many
mplains for which Castoria ~ adopted
like Wind Collie, Sour Stomach, Worms
Telter, IeethIng and Group, that IL II
especially recommended Tor them,
It's effects are more certain than Castor
OIL. IL contains no alcohol and IN a.
; Ieasant 10 take as honey. II never
gripes. by regulating The stomach ana
bowels the CastOria coOI> the brood, eK.
pels worms and prevents feyerishness
quiets the nerves and produces health
then OF COuise crItdren can sleep IN
quiet and mothers can rest.
CastOria Is recommended by all physi.
clans and nurses who have tried ~, and h
Is having rapidly increasing sale. 1t II
prepared with great care after the recipe
Cf Dr. samuel Pitcher, OF Mass., nj tn,
Laboratory OF J. b. Rose & Co.. ~ DE!
Street, New York. sp%
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FALL STYLES Hats and Gaps, whole.
sale aud retail, at Dinger's, No. LOAF
Main street.
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loNais AAsAe' SAAA's WI Y ttNus. n.
Prizes OF TIcKErs-Whole Tcks,s a.,
Halves, 50; Quarters, S.; - Tickets slS,. - ~
Tickets, $50; i63, Tickets, $50; sl, No.
81 100; l0J,OoO Tickets AZ 81! each. '"
The Hon. +. II. Taylor, Mayor off,,
fort, the entire board of City ,ounr,i,aAa
the Hon. Alvin Duy vail, late Chief in.,,ae
OF Kentucky, ard other di>tinyui,h,I N.t 0'
zens, together with such Other 49,, ~
terested persons as the lick ct -hoIder. =.
sent may designate. will superlnIend ~.
diswing.
The payment OF gifts 10 owner, q, Nd
tickets IL assured. A bond. with hs.v'
penalty and approved security, has ~
executed 10 the Common wealth OF .
lucky, which Is now on record 10 CO.
Office of County Court NJ krankfert A.,
ject TO inspect on OF any one. Ihl,,..
new feature, and will absolutely 80
the payment OF gifts.
Remitlauces can be made by g,,,...
Draft. Post Office Money Order or -
tered Letter, made ayHblc 20 KenInS,
cash Distribution Company.
All communications. orders for T,ct.,.
and applications Tor Agencies shouIJN
addressed 20 itON. THOS. q. PORT,u
Genl Manager, Frankfort, Ky. ,p-
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AGENTS WANTED for the sTor
RUPTURE

Since Rupture IL dsngsroo', 80 -, -
Elastic and other truss 10 x,ak ;ss-
use them. all classes are t5,n. no. -
away and using Dr. snermshs, r.
40 pport and curative CONF ,..fGsss -
gives relief IN all esss- an ~, ,bsfgi'
parts 70 natural ylsof: " .tl0s 81
books vito valuable lh".,,g arr .
Likeness OF bid cases - ., Tan u. ~
sent Tor 10 cents. Oine" octJyo
ork Haye This.
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By Telegraph

By Telegraph
PITTSBURGH, November % River S
feet 10 inches and rising here, Weather
clesr and cool.
Over seven hundred and q half million
bushels OF coal and coax will be shipped
to the following points on the present
rise: 1rontOr. II bsrges; Cincinnati, 373
barges; Madison, % bsrges; Louisville
zl4 bsrges; ST. Louis, Is barges.
CAIRO, November 22.-Arrived-
City of Yicksbu-g, ST. Louis; Grand
Lake, Belmont. River 10 feet inches
and falling. Weather clear; mercury 40
C1SciSSA1I, November 22.-River
Is feet 2 inches. Weather cloudy and
cool. Arrived-Vint Shinkle, Memphis.
Depsrted-B. Il. Cooke, Evansville;
Bsum, Memphis. Passed Down-Cotton
Valley, Portsmouth to New Orleans.
MEMPHIS, November 2O.-River fell
8 inches ard now stands st 9 feet
inch. Weather clear. Maximum mer-
curry 50o. Departed-Church and GofF,
Cincinnati; Csrondolet, Cherokee. James
Howard, Alton and Tower, New Orleans.
EvASsvILLg, November % Weather
cloudy during thu day; clearing thi:
evening; wind from the southwest; mer.
curry 81 to 40 degrees. RIVER : 2.lO feet
and rising. Up-Cons Miller, Maggie
Smith, Mary Houston. Down-Golden
Rule, Dick johnson, IdlewIli and Morn.
ing Star. Business good.
LOUISVILLE, November 22.-Weathe-
cool and cloudy. River rising With tee:
i inch in the canal. The Alexander
Kendall departed.
ST. LOUIS, November %. -Arrivsd-
War Eagle, and Maude. vicks-
burg; Glencoe, New Orleans; Mime
aPolis, st. Paul. Departed-Susie Silver.
New Orleans; Clinton, Colossal and War
Eagle, Reokuk; St. Geuevieve, Memphis.
Weather clear and cold. The river mas
allied 2 inches
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FANCY CARDS ALL sTYLEs !"
20 name ICc. postpaid. j. D. hO' 49,.
Nassau. ReDI Co., y. !.
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READY FOR AGENTS!

NE AOI FSN SSe a..
rNIIE CESTES Slhb FAF''7''
CHIBED and illustrated. .,.,o-r
a graphic pen pictur. OF w. 81
grand buildiaRs, yOnd"itnI 'hh'''D. 100.
Osities, great days, etc. fpls" a.
f. selling immenssiy. 49, AgeB" ssaS = /,
send tor IN particulars. Ibi. w.. r.
chance OF 10 year, 10 coils tnoay
Get ID. only reliable mist -.
HUBBARD h - Ig". ~
"a sAn,Om -. ~ -, -.
CAUTlOS-B not deceived D, -.
ture books, assuming 20 ~ "on,,.a., a..
telling what VIII happen 10 "Hsyo.
September.
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rJ,HOULANDI OF FAMILlf- 49,
them, millions more un.1pg =,
Agent sell them and realize ARC
Send for circulars 10 q \. Wslk'i, ~
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LAST cHAncE.
Buy ''''Tickets
n O w =,
DRAWING POSITIVELY
THURSDAY, NOV. Both
OK MONEY REFUNDED.
A FORTUNE FOR OvU

Toe Kentucky Cash Distribution c..
pany, authorized by special aet ~ ,o ,
Kentucky Legislature, for the be- "a =. ,as
the Public schools Of fransfsri. S,Ii
have the INST OF their series OF E,.
Drawings at Major Hall, In The CSAnd
Frankfort, Ky, Thursday, Nov. a. IL! o.
which occSs on they win distribute ~ %
ticket holders the Immense sum n, as
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I,ARDs. AGENTS OUTFIT I.cf m
Y stamp. ~ Plain cards lOc a. -,
Mixed 25c. MELLESVlLLE' hhL
MrlIcnyllle. Col. Co, y. J.
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INSURANCE..

E IT N a
Fire and Marine Insurance Co,
OF WHEELING, WEST Va.
Established in 1856.
CAPITAL, 100000
Office No. 1915 Market Street.
This Company insures all descriptions of
property against los or damage by fire for
long or short time on the most favorable
terms. Also will insure cargoes on the
western waters at current rates. Patronage
OF the public respectfully solicited.
tDIRECTORS:
Wm. B. SIMPSON, WIN. c. HANDLAN,
JOHN l.. HoBBs, JSo. X. BoTsFoRD,
]. X. MCCoRrNFY, e. z. BROWN
l.. \. McCABE.
OFFICERS:
VIM. Il. SIMPSON, President.
w e.. HANDi.AN, Vice President.
RICHARD SAVAGE, Secreta ).
JOHN x. MILLER, Cashier.
OSCAR SANDROCH, Agent & solicitor
maI2I
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UNDERTAKING.,

C,oyFISs FROM ThE ,.,5.sl a.
T. prices to the hnsly OH. iSTa'l'S
MI h''' WIN. zlsG a % o;os.
Furniture and CAIRS r.. 'ylII"
North end Centre "hs'
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Price, One Dollar.
Buektngham's Dye
FOR THE WHISPERS.

This elegant preparation may be
rrr.ei ON to change the color of the
beard from gray or any otho7 ~
desirable shade, to brown or black,
at discretion. it is easily applied,
being in one preparation, and quick
ly and efectually produces q per-
manent color, which will neither
rub nor wash of.
Manufactured by r. p. HALL & CO.,
NASHUA, n. n.
"a b - rns1ns, IA Dsai1s h kskaasA
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TGEFARED EY

!! c. AVER Z CO., Lowell, Mass,
'c;ierl ma Analytical Chemists.
~ III. II.rCG'sr. yFIY-wHEPE.
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y & . o. % 90

THOS. p. PORTER, ex.Gov. Ky, gsr
Manager.
LIST OF GIEIS
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Laboratory OF j. b. Rose Il Co,
~ DEFY ST. NEW YORK.
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Cor. Main and T
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Cent auR
LinimentS.
letter from . PostmAster.l
ANTro0H. III. Dec. l. l

ANILOVhs AVes ~ Aosss
"Messrs j. B. ROSE 4 Co.:
..My villa has, for long time, been . terrible
eu1ferer from Rheumatism. She has tried many
physicians and many remedies. The only thing
am rc1oiced to say this.has scured her. I sm
". II. RING.
This ID Q sample Of many thousand testimonials
received, ofwonderful cures efected by the Gen.
taur Liniment. The Ingredients of this article
are Published around each bottle. It contains
Witch Hazel, Mentha, Arnica. Rock OIL, CARROLL
ic. and ingredients hitherto little known. It ID
On II disrn able fact that the Centaur Lniment 10
performing more cures Of Swellings. StifY Joints,
kruptions, rheumatism, .Neuraigia, sciatica,
Caked breasts, Lock-Jaw. Ac, than al other Lin
tments. Rmbrocatious Extracts, salus, ONT
ments, and Plasters now in nee.
For Toothache. Earache, Weak Back, Itch and
Cutaneous Eruptions. 1t IL admirable. It cures
Burns and Scalds without Q; scar. 1xtracts pol
ION from bites and .atinss, and heals frost-bttsa
ana chilblains In .. abort lime. No family can
AFFORD to BE- without the Centaur Eminent, white
wrapper.
TAe.Centaar Linlment, Yellow WRAP
per, 10 adapted to the tough skin, muscles and
flesh Of the animal creation. it, ELECTS upon ne.
we're cases Of SPAWN, swseny. Wind Gan, Biz
Head and Poll Evil. are little less than marvellous.
Mesan. Mcclure : Co.. Druggists, cor. Elm
and Front sts., Cincinnati, o., ssy:
"In our nelghborhood q number Of tesmsters
are using the Centaur Linimens. They pronounce
u superior to anything they have ever used We
Ell nien e four 70 i've d0xen bottles per month
to these teamsters.'
We have Thousands OF similar testimonials.
For Wounds. Calls. Scratches, Rins-boue, &C.,
and for.sScrew-worm In Sheep II has no rival
Farmers. Livery and Stock -rai6srs have In
this Liniment remedy which is worth . hundred
| times Its cost
LABORATORY OF J. d. RosE b Co.,
| 10 Dey street, New York.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Humors Of Centennial Travel.

Centennial visitors are abroad by
the thousands, and that public con-
yeyances are taxed to their utmost
will be seen by the following extract
from letter by lady to friend i'm
this city, reciting q nights experience
on one Of the Sound boats:
Soon after you lett the lady sitting
on my right invited body to take a
walk. He accepted, and on their re-
turn we formed travelling acquaint-
ance, and from her ] learned that
when boats are crowded, rs on that
night, ladies and all secure mattresses
il possible, and camp down any
where. So when the mattresses be-
gan to be distributed we spoke for
one, and the only way to retain it
was to step out on it and stand on it
until sheets were given out. 1t
was really laughable to see with
what eagcrncss they were sought.
We slept near where you left us in
the passage way. 1t was all filled in
there with mattresses-only just a
little space for path at the foot.
Some had not even chairs. On one
side there were ladies and no gentle
men, except husbands of some of the
wives. There was a party of ten or
dozen centennial visitors" on my
right, and when / went to sleep there
was lady on each side of me. ]
awOkc after awhile and attempted TO
turn over, being tired of lying on my
left side, and who should see but a
great man close to my back and on
my mattress. l knew that he was an
honest countryman and his wife on
the other side of him, so thought
the most sensible thing under the cir
cnmstances was to turn my back to
him and go to sleep again. After
awhile he left, and before morning
discovered that another and much
older man was there. Such an expcr-
lance l never had before. | laugh
when think of it. think had bet
ter return via the cars.--New York
Gy0phic.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Where the Letters Go.

Department Reports show that u
daily average of II, 900 or 1900 dead
letters, or about 100000 month, are
unavailable or go astray from causes
beyond the control of the mail de-
lMrtlnent. In other words, 100000
persons, every month, undertake TO
send letters either without stamps,
without addresses, with cancelled
stamps, insufficient postage, illegible
or incorrect address. Many of them
are without either stamp or address,
= often with no signature which gives
the slightest clue to persons sending
them. There are 10000 a month re-
ceived that either lack postage or
address, or else have insufficient post
age or cancelled stamp; and, strange
as it may seem, these are sometimes
the most valuable letters, often COLI
tanning currency or drafts for large
amounts of money. 1t is estimated
that there is about 81, 100000 in drafts
and 475,00O in cash received yearly
through dead letters. This all re-
turned If possible, TO the person
sending it; but if any portion of j,
fails to find claimant, il is turned
over to the postofiice fund. Very lit
Ne difficulty is experienced in restor-
ing the checks and drafts TO the
rightftil owners, bat the money gen
orally comes in small sums, and usu.
ally sent in the most careless, hap
hazard fashion, and loss or these
small sums. aud the ignorance OF
carclcssness with which they are
launched upon a journey represent q
great deal of suffering and disap.
o0intmcut
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Are You Out Of Employment?

+ gv ..e
Despite the cry of hard times, and
the scarcity of labor, there are now
thousands of farmers in Iowa that
are utterly unable to find hands to
hire, and there is every indication
that tens of thousands of acres of
corn will have to go unhusked in
this State this fall because of this
scarcity of hands. Below we give a
sample of the letters that we receive
from farmers telling of this great and
crying want:
..MELRosE TOWNSHIP, Grundy Coun-
ty. Oct. 81, lS76.-I hope l will never
hear any more soldering over idle
hands and the prospects of poverty.
have ninety acres of corn to gather,
have only two hands, both boys, in
the fields, and can get no more. 1
have been out three days limiting
hands and am going out tomorrow
again.
One Of my nearest neighbors is al
so in the same situation. and l could
name a dozen farmers, who are doing
what they can by the aid of their
wives and children. Where have
they all gone to? What is becoming
of farming if it is to be the annual
trouble? Hands are not as plenty as
they were ten years ago."
This shows how false and hollow
is the cry that labor is scarce and
times hard. Men will sit around in
cities, loating the summer out in
crOaking about the want of work,
and 60 into winter to be supported
on the charities of those who are in
dustrious and who will work. There
is not a city in the State to-day
where there are not scores of these
oilers grumbling and growing this
pleasant weather away, doing nothing
while the farmers arc actually suffer
ing for the want of laborers, and
every town in the State has some o!
them. Let these drone5 be stung on
Of the community, and out of theil
grumbling, and into the fields where
they can get work, add to the gener.
al good of trade; help in saving tho
corn crop, and earn something fol
themselves and families to live on.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Shockingly lnjured-A Singular

Yesterday morning, as we learn
from A. Miller, Esq, the usually
quiet town of Let's, l2 miles from
Muscatiuc, had a startling sensation
in the appearance of singular APP
paritiOn--a stranger, torn and bleed
ing, with his face horribly disfigurcd,
head laccrated and one hand nearly
severed. On one side the skin from
above the car to the shoulder hung
loose, exposing the bare flesh, and a
half of the ear was missing. His APP.
pearancc suggested the thought that
he had either just been run through
thrcshing machine or escaped the
tomahawk and scalping knife. How
one in such a frightful condition
could walk and retain his presence Of
mind as he did, was a mystery. Or
being questioned he said he was {
railroad hand from Brighton; tina
he had been to Columbus junction
on business; had boarded train a
that place Monday evening which III
supposed was going west, but which
as it proved, was bound east, and tina
on learning he was on the wron.
train about a mile east Of Let's HI
had jumped of and was struck b.
something which rendered him sense
less. He lay on the ground till morn
ing. when he rallied sufficiently t,
walk back to Let's. There his inju
ries were promptly attended to b.
DIR. Mountain and others, the loos
skin being scwcd in its place, the in
iurcd hand amputated, etc. He j
still at that place under treatment
He is an Irishman by birth, but hi
name is not reported. just how hi
terrible injuries were inflicted it j
impossible to say. 1t is supposed h
was intoxicated at the time. Muscd
tine Journal, Noc. /.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
THAT clcrgymen haye riphta w

That clcrgymen have rights which
people are bound to respect, is COM
ing to be recognized fact in civil
law. One Of these rights isto receive
salary due peacefully and without
feeling, and another is to get it any
way, even by process Of litigation, il
necessary. A case at point comes up
from Rhode Island. At Woonsocket,
that State, clergyman, Rev. Mr..
Douglass. laborcd until the Spring
Street Chapel Society owed him 500.
as a balance OH salary. Then he went
away to accept new call in Mime
apolis, MIMI, where he now is, and
waited patiently for the back pay to
come on West to him. But it came
not, and then the reverend gentleman
ordered an attachment upon the
Spring Street Church property of
Woonsocket, II. L., as for common
debt. This extreme step did not force
the society up to a debt-paying point,
and in the process Of time the days of
the attachment became numbered, and
with them the days of the church or
ganizatiOn, SO recent date as last
Saturday seeing the sheriff on hand,
offering the consccrated building and
its contents at sale to the highest bid
der. There was complete uproot-
ing of old unions, for the church
structure went for $445: seats for
500; pulpit for 81; library-casc for
$11.5O; carpet for $44, and everything
great and small in the same proper
tions-thc figures being about one
quarter the actual value. In this way
q little over $500 was received, an
amount just about sufficient to pay
the sueing preacher his due, and set.
tie costs with the officers of the law.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
TERRIBLE TRAGEDY.
Browning Mccoy Falls from
Pile-driver and Breaks
His Neck.
From the Mt. Pleasant journal.

This community was terribly
shocked on last Saturday evening by
the announcement that Browning
Mccoy was killed. The accident hap
pened at point near the residence OF
Jacob Moore, in Jefferson township.
Mr.. Mccoy had been awarded the
contract for the building of several
bridges, by our county supervisors.
and this among the rest. He was
using pilc-driver built by the coun.
ty for the purpose of facilitating TIE
work, and had driven the piles on
one side of the stream and had moved
the driver to the opposite side. In
moving it over the guy-ropcs crossed
so as to render it necessary for some
one to ascend it and adjust the ropes
The machine was about 30 feet high
and Mr.. Mccoy, not thinking Of
danger, assembled, and in turning thu
ropes the driver got the start and fell
throwing him nearly GO feet, breaking
his neck. and killing him instantly
Had he lived until the next day III
would have been 40 years of age. Ill
was. in most respects, a model man
His life of devotion to his aged pa
rents is we'll worthy of mention, and
could be held up to our sons as an OK
ample to be initiated. His whole lifi
has been ono of toll, that they nigh
be enabled to enjoy their old hom
and go down to their graves from tn
old family hearthstone cndeared t
them by a thousand and one ties. A
a friend there was none truer thai
Browning Mccoy, there was nothin
honorable he would not do for hi
friends, and in oil his relations wit
his immediate associates he was tn
| soul Of honor.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Agricultural College Report.

The annual report of the Secretary
Of the Iowa State Agricultural Socie.
ty gives some interesting figures,
showing the steady and rapid adj
vancement of our State.
Eighty thousand acres were plant.
ed in potatoes in 1875, and the yield
is estimated at 100000 of bushels
as against 1850. 452 bushels in 1870.
The number of sheep in Iowa, in
1874 was 759,SO4, and the average
yield of wool 81 pounds, making @
total yield of 1850, 2l3 pounds. The
wooden goods manufactured in tho
State amounted to 929,l3
The shipments of corn by rail in
1871, amounted to 3,S72,524 bushels
in 1875, 12.265,590 bushels: of whea,
in 1870. l6,3l2,S42 bushels: in 1875
PROGRESSES bushels; of cattle in 1868
82,82l head, in 1875, 276,OS3 head, OF
live hogs in 1868, PATTI in 1874, l..
5S7,5 $50. During the winter Of 1877:
IA, 409,926 hogs were packed in The
State. In these figures no estimate
is included Of the number of dressed
hogs shipped east, which is very
large. There were 1926 dogs III
the State and they killed 3O,6l6 sheep
from which it appears that the ours
are an expensive luxury to our far.
mcrS.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

The HAHDInooD OF THE TRAMP
There was the usual number OF
tramps at the station-house last night
of the class who were not to be scared
by anything except work. Five came
in together, and to test their nerve
the officer in charge asked careless
ly, "Have any of you ever been vac.
cinatcd Z" One of the fellows said hi
had, but the rest replied, "No." ~ on
ly asked" continued the officer, with
the most Indifferent air imaginable
"becausc a man died of the small-poA
in the tramp-room last night, and
thought ] ought to tell you Of it.
The fellows looked at each other in a
way that told plainly that they be
lieyed the story, but they all marched
into the tramp-roOm without the leas
hesitation. Had there been cord Of
wood to saw, they would nndoubted
ly have backed ont. - Springfield
(NGss y Union.