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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
A dispatch from Spezzia, Italy, says
hat the trials Of the hundred.tOn

A dispatch from Spezzia, Italy, says
that the trials Of the hundred-ton
Armstrong gun made for the Italian
government were eminently success
full. A bolt fired with 34l pounds of
powder attained a velocity of l,500
feet per second, smashed solid
wrought-iron plates twenty-five
inches thick, and completely pierced
the strong backing, and thirty-inch
skin of the largest, the resistance of
which is supposed to equal the sides
Of the great italian ironclad Duillio,
and had enough velocity remaining
to have smashed the other side Of tho
ship, and would have carried COM
plete ruin into her interior. An equal
charge completely demolished the
soft steel plates of the Schneider man.
ufacturc, but did not penetrate the
backing, though IL Is stated the shock
would have 30 shaken the structure
Of . vessel like the Duilli0 rs 4
cause leak.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Indian Ne>~&.

SALT LAKE, Nov. "A report from
Camp Stambaugh, Wyoming, says a
village Of five lodges of Shoshones
was attacked Oct. Both, by large
Sioux war party, estimated at l.5OC
lodges, at Painted Rock, near the
scene of Capt. Bates fight in July
1874, and about ninety miles from
Camp Stambaugh. AS far as learned
only one Shoshone, by the name OF
Humpy, escaped, who was the Indian
that saved the life of Capt. Henry, in
Crooks second fight this summer.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
one of 'cm wasted in that shameful

way.
aWell; l stood and looked hadn'
the strength to move-and pretty
soon some of the ladies came along
and jincd me and there we all stood
till the last bell began to ring, talk
in the matter over, and feelinp. pretty
mad, can tell you.
"Mr. Ormsby had'a good; sermor
that day, but / could hardly hear 9
a wo-d, my mind was so full of tht
biscuits.
"Miss Ormsby warnt,, there, and al
soon as the last hymn was sung, ht
got up and said that he had had cal
from the far west, and that lie had
made up his mind that it was his du.
tty to accept it. He went on to say
that he would like to 60 that same
week, and then, without so much at
tellin' us that he was sorry to leave nj
or offerin' to wait until we could
get some one else, he gave the .benc'
diction and dismissed us.
II can tell you there was talk
enough when we got out that mornin
and some Of the folks thought We
ought TO pint committee to ask
Miss Ormsby about it, but brother
Ralph said, NO; if they was goin',
let 'em go peaceable; SO they ali
agreed to say nothin' at all.
ave heard afterward from little
Johny Hall, who was playin' near
the parsonage, late on Saturday after
noon, that Mr.. Ormsby he brought
the biscuits out in q big basket, and
then Miss Ormsby she helped him to
stick 'em on the pickets, and she
laughed all the time as if she thought
it was good joke.
81 don't want to Judge anybody,
but I never did think that woman
was fit for minister's wife. and
don't think SO now.
"Well, they moved of, bag and bag
gage, on Wednesday of that week,
and we've never heard from Mr..
Ormsby since, and I don't know as
we want to, seem he hurt our feelin's
SO, though we've never found as good
a preacher as he was and never will"
And this was Miss Melissa's story.
Mrs. E. z. Corbett, in Harper's
Magazine for November.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Yankee Boys.

81 saw specimens of four types o1
Yankee boys in as many minutes,
said an English gentleman who was
visiting Boston. 81 was looking fol
the residence of friend, and holding
the address in my hand, l asked Q
stout fellow who came along, with
his cap drawn over his eyes, "Car
you tell me where B streets, my
boy ?"
"Dunno," he growled out savagely
and passed on. I've no doubt he did
know, for he was carrying a Dime,
to some one in the neighborhood, and
looking as if he was kith and kin te
the soil and cobble stones about him
That was the surly Yankee boy.
"Whistling mcrrily as a lark, his
hat on his ear, and his pants tucked
into his boots, q boy came toward me
of whom / asked the same question
The fellow looked up, and with {
glance took in my size, my dress, my
nationality, my profession, and almos
my name.
"Yes, gov'nor," he replied with {
quizzical look, "follow your nose, anG
you'll be there afore You know it,
This was "Young America" and al
he passed on heard him mutter; "a
Johnny Bull clergy! What a'at."
al next stopped finely dressed
boy, and asked him to direct me.
"B street? It's three or four OF
five streets beyond. Any boy ther,
will tell you;;" and he passed withou
looking at me. As 1 didn't know
which way "bcyond' was his reply
didn't help me much. This was thu
civil boy-barely civil.
II next stepped in front of a plainl,
dressed boy, with books and a lunch
box-I had found this the only way
of stopping a Yankee boy. When
asked him the question, he lifted hi
cap and turned and walked few
steps with me. "Pass up this stree
three blocks sir, till you come to tina
large tree before drug store. Th'
street which crosses this Mt that poin
is B street"
"This was the little Yankee gentle
man, although he had no seal-skin cal
or gloves like the boy / addressed
just before.
"If l had dared, / should have offer
cd him an English crown; but ther,
was a mobility in his manner which
told me he would resent the Offer
The Watchmdn.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

A Remarkable Ending Of q Mock
Funera1-The DeaS6 Of One Of
the Mimic MouYne1n.
From the Clcyelaul %. !, Herald. Oct. o

From the Cleveland sO.,) Herald. Oct. 10.
John Kay and Anna, his wife, have
lived for some time past ct 81 Burton
street, West Side. In the house of the
Kays was pet dog, which, during
the early part of last week, showed
signs Of serious illness. Physicians
were consulted, prescription OBJ
tanned, but without relief. The pei
dog died, a $50 coffin and silk burial
robes were provided for the beast,
and q funeral cortege LEFT the Kay
mansion, on Burton street, on Friday,
headed for Monroe Street Cemetery,
where the interment was desired to
take place. Superintendent Ward,
however, demurred, and the process
sion retraced its steps to the home on
Burton street. where the funeral took
place with ceremonies, on Friday eve
ming, and tho pup was consigned
in high style to its last restSng place.
For the benefit of the nOurners a
supply of beer and whisky WAS pro-
vided and a jollification t@pk place
the same evening. Now rnes the
tragedy. On Saturday morning Mrs.
Kay, who was chief among the actors
of the preceding day, was stricken
down with apoplexy, and died while
yet the influences of the night were
upon her.
And thus the scenes of fmockery and
drunkenness are changed to fright
full reality, and Mr.. Kay mourns a
double bereavement.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

KANSAS Cry, Nov. 1.-Reports
have reached here of the lynching OF
two horse thieves named VIM. Full
ton and Hundley, in Wyando te,
Kansas, bya vigilance committee. II
is also stated that three more OF he
band have been captured and ser ed
in the same way.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Pork Packing Prospects.

Cincinnati Price Current: "There
seems to be general disposition on
the part of packers to pursue very
conservative course in the season
which is about to open. Recognizing
the fact that the foreign markets are
the customers TO be accommodated,
more attention will doubtless be Civ
en- here than ever before to such cuts
as are'most saleable across the water,
and many contracts have already been
made for short rib, short clear and
long and short clear sides for Decem-
ber and January delivery. There has
however, been less future trading on
home account than usual, and COM
paratively few contracts for hogs have
been made at all, and none recently.
1t is probable that the supply OF
hogs early in the season will not be
very large if the weather is favorable
tor fattening, for the farmers will
naturally desire to utilize their corn,
but there are great many hogs fat
enough to scSld to market, and these
will come whenever prices are salts.
factory. Pork raising is the most
profitable part of farming, and pork
has doubtless been produced cheaper
this year than for long series oi
years. The price which packers will
pay for hogs early in the season, will
depend on the urgency Of the foreign
demand for the product, but at any
rate it will, according to present in
dications, be remnnerative to the far
mer. Should the foreign demand
continue active during the season pri-
ces may be sustained, but the prOba.
bilities are that the early demand
will be the best and consequ emily
that hogs marketed early will com.
mand the fullest prices of the season.
Packers will not be disposed to put
the product into their cellars unless
at prices which will be a reasonable
guarantee against repetition of the
experience of last year, especially al
they have every reason to believe thai
there will be an ample supply of hogs
the year through, the product ol
which in the summer season will com
pete successfully with the winter
cured. In fact, the time has arrived
when the pork packing business, t.
be successfully prosecuted must bt
cOntinu0us-summer and winter
The expenses of operating the yeal
round will be greater, but the risks Of
heavy losses are much less, and sucf
are the conditions of the trade now
that there is little hope of realizing
more than a fair manufacturing profiI
at any time.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Another Railroad Wreck.

ELIZABETH, n. j. Nov. 2.-The
north bound local passenger train on
the Penna. railroad was wrecked this
morning, south of Linden depot by
running into two freight cars detach-
ed from the preceding train and lett
standing on the track. The locOmO-
tive turned upside down, the first pas
senger car ran over it and split in
two; two freight cars were demol-
ished. The brakemaA received fatal
injuries; the fireman has y severe
scalp wound and several others were
slightly injured. All centennial
trains were delayed two hours by the
accident. The freight train had no
bell rope and fog prevented the en-
gineers from seeing the detached cars
in time to prevent collision.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

The most remarkable newspaper
in the United States is published al
Union City, Tenn, by Dan Chambers.
1t has adopted the following "plat-
form,s that its readers may be led to
no apprehension as to its position
"To publish what U See.in the Herald.
to destroy ediotic Scallawagdom, 4
to move professional Rumpdom out
to encourage fidelity among children
to live up TO tho commands on Stone
to remove consumptive scrofula out
to benefit the profligacy Of English
nobility amid the IL colonies the
which was hard up on victorious
unanimity Of general rascality."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
The Hopper arassea

The final work Of the recent con-
ventiOn of Western Governors at
Omaha was the appointment of CON-
mittee to collect material for and is
sue pamphlet containing the most
practical means, based on experience,
for the destruction of the 'hoppers,
ard the passing Of the following res
olutions:
First. That 1t will be wise policy
for the legislatures of states and ter.
ritories most deeply interested, to en-.
act a law offering bounty per bush
ell for collection and destruction OF
eggs and nnfledged insects.
Second. That the several legisla-
lures, with wise local taxation, mey
systematic efforts at ditching, burn
ing, ETC.. suggests the repeal of the
game laws, or modification of them
to prevent the destruction Of birds
which feed upon the insects; the
prevention of prairie fires until suit.
able time for the destruction of the
young grasshoppers by firing the
grass; encouragement of tree culture
for promoting moisture and harbor.
ing birds.
Third. Recommending that as fal
as possible survey be made in each
state during the coming winter to as.
certain those portions in each county
in which the eggs are most thickly
laid and
Further. That we deem it the duty
of the national government to make
some effort to destroy and counterac
the great pest, and thus prevent it,
injuries: recommend the attachment
ofa special commissioner to each on,
Of the government surveys sent an
nually to the west, and that $25, 600 b,
appropriated for the purpose Of pay
ing the expenses Of such commission
The president of the convention
was requested to draw up and pre-
sent to the President Of tho United
States letter setting forth the ur
gent necessity Of action by the gener
nj government In behalf of the sec
tions ravaged. The Governors o
Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, Kansas
Nebraska, Missouri, Colorado, Wy
oming, Dakota and Idaho requisite,
that the delegates record the pro
cccdings Of the convention, and re
quest them to urge on Congress
speedy action in this matter.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
alot In Nlississiupi.

New ORLEANS, Nov. a.-Gcn. Au-
CUR, commanding this department,
received dispatch from Artesia,
Miss, stating that a riot there yester-
day ended in free fight, wounding
six negroes, ono MORALLY. United
States troops were called upon by
the citizens, and their prompt appear
ancc prevented any further disturb
ance. All is quiet now. The citizens
desire the troops to remain to pre-
vent repetition of the riot.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Cooperative farming in England il

Cooperative farming in England is
failure.
The Pittsburgh Industrial Exposi-
tion has proved failui 9 pecuniarily.
Look out for the new insect, the
hypocephalus. 1t Is very rare, but
bites like hungry democrat.
They have now found out that Gen.
eral Grant has been seen riding in
his carriage on Sunday; also that
he purchases his cigars from a man
who does not believe in infant bap-
tism. 1t Is too horrible.
The present Snltana OF Turkey was
before marriage, a disrcputable wo.
man Of Pera. She Is q Relgian by
birth, and married the Sultan when
no was twice removed from his pres.
ent position, as speculation.
A boy has written composition on
the turtle, in which he says: "A tur,
tie 10 not SO frisky as . man, but he
can stand hot coal on his back long
Ter without squalsng.'
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
An extraordinary duel between t,

An extraordinary duel betw cen two
negro women occurred Saturday
morning at Louisville, Ky. Annie
Simmons and Mary Bowles having
quarreled, resolved to fight due
with knives. They met by agreement
in front Of q Baptist Church at night
no witnesses being present, and they
fought fiercely for half an hour
Mary Bowlcs was stabbed and gashed
horribly in six different places aud
her right eye being cut out. Simmons
was only slightly hurt and has been
arrested. The cause of the trouble
is not known.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Scientific Farmers.
A little essay by Theodore Lyman,
on Scientific Men," contains the fol-
lowing sensible remarks:

A little essay by Theodore Lyman,
on Scientific Men," contains the fol-
lowing sensible remarks:
GA scientific man, like a gentleman,
is rare, but may be looked for in any
station or class. know that all males
in this country are called gentlemen.
Call them what you please; my ex-
periencc is that gentleman is rare
in this or any other country. So our
men of knowledge, or science, may
be looked for any where. Does mans
lettuce head better than his neighbor's
he Is scientific, knowing. When you
examine him you find he knows just
how many inches to open the frames
at such and such temperature, when
to water. and when to leave them dry ;
how to keep lice and mould away
how to maintain long, steady heat.
Docs a man have the best cows? He,
too, is scientific; for good COW is no
matter of chance. lie has stared at
cattle till he knows their points by a
sort of instinct. He can rise above
the limits of grade, and tell an ani-
NAL ON her own grades; can say
whether she runs too much to beef, or
has not the constitution to keep up
her milk, or is too closely bred. The
two men have traits in common.
They arc onc-sided they are special
lists. The lettuce-grower could not
tell fifteen-quart cow ifhe died for
it; and the cattle breeder would scald
his lettuce before February was out.
knowledge is great, and one student,
though he be talented, can master
only a bit.. Every scientist, therefore,
Is one-sided. He is all lettuce or all
cow. With this preface we are pre-
pared to place and to. appreciate
what are called with proper exclu-
sions, scientific men, to-wit: those
who follow a subject, not for the
profit of it, not even that they may
teach 1t, but that they may know it.
Such men must, of course, be special
lists. And one specially is scientific
agriculture. We must not expect too
much Of scientific agriculturists, for
they are human, and can know part
only. If they work all day with test
tube and reagent, they cannot be ex-
pectcd to point out a swathe as well
as country lad who never got be-
yond the rule of three. This advant-
age, however, is theirs: that they ar
rive at result more rapidly and
than men of slight education,
because they do not try problems
solved, and because they
thousands of facts where the
others compare ten."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
srignam Don, want to Paw Il

SALT LAKE, Nov. Am effort was
made yesterday to vepleria the prop.
erty of Brigham Young that had
been sold at suction by the Commits.
sioner. The Judge forbade the Clerk
of the Court to file the necessary
papers, but re-considered his action
To-day, and the papers have been is.
sued and the property is now in
charge of the Il. s. Marshal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

A WONDERFUL TRANsFoRMATIoN.-
One of the most wonderful transform-
ations ever recorded took place on
the Vandalia railroad q few days
since. Two freight trains collided,
and it was found after the collision
that tho shock had changed several
barrels Of "mess pork" into good mer.
chantable whiskey, the marks on the
barrels remaing entirely unaffected.
The matter is undergoing invcstiga-
ton at the hands of experts, but the
prevailing impression is that the
change is due to the fact that the pork
was cOrn-fed.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Successful Indian Fight.

BISMARCK, Oct 3.-Gcneral Miles
had a successful fight after an unsuc.
cessful council with Sitting Bull, on
the 2lst and 22d insts., ON Cedar
Creek, killing and wounding mum.
ber of the Indians. His own loss was
only two wounded. He chased the
Indians about sixty miles, when they
divided, one portion going toward the
agencies, and Sitting Bull toward
Fort Peck, Gen. Miles following.
Gen. Hagan has gone to Fort Peck
with four companies of infantry and
rations for Gen. Miles. Sitting Bull
crossed the river below Fort Peck on
the oath, and had sent word to the
agent that he was coming in and
would be friendly, but wanted anu
nition.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Ann Elixa's Aljmonv

SALT LAKE, Nov. -Four carriages
3 wagons, pair mules, 1span horses,
l harness, and 3 cows, property Of
Brigham Young, sold to-day at pub
lie auction by the commissioner, to
pay the award OF the court in Ann
ELIAS case brought eleven hundred
and eighty-five dollars. Further sciz-
ures of property will be made.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

WoED suT Nor WoN.-An cstima-
bic Fairfield Ia.,) man fell in love
with pleasing and gushing young
lady near Mount Pleasant. The
courtship was short and vigorous.
The wedding day was set, and the
gentleman on its approach. flankcd
with q license and preacher, present.
cd himself at the residence Of his in
tended wife, where he was confront
ed with the lawful husband Of the
young woman. No cards.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
powdev Mills Exploslon.

CINCINNATI, Nov. 1.-The ~EnqNir-
er's Springfield, o., special says that
two large buildings Of the Miami
Powder Mills. located fourteen miles
west of that city, was blown up with
terrific violence about two o'clock
this afternoon. Michael Deneave was
blown to atoms, and several other
persons severely injured. The con-
cussion was so great that windows
were broken miles distant. Antioch
College at Yellow Springs was con-
siderabfy damaged, and the shock
was felt with great force at SPRING
field, Nenia, London and other points.
The damage is estimated at $l5,000
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Colorado Legislature.

DENVER, COL, Nov. 1.-The Colo
RADIO Legislature convened at noon
to-day. Webster Anthony was elec-
ted Speaker of the House, and w. w.
Webster President pro. tenn. of the
Senate. The two houses meet in joint
session at 10 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing to canvass the vote for State
officers. The Governor will probably
be inaugurated tomorrow afternoon.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

A new disease has broken out in
London, a painful one from all ac-
counts. Its principal symptoms are
smashing windows.
A boat builder stopped i runaway
horse tho other day at Newport by
letting fly tho contents of pail OF
water and hitting him fair In the face,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

PARIS, Nov. 1.-Constantinople adj
vices of to-day's date state that the
armisticc is yet unsigned. The Rus
sian ultimatum was only delivered to
the Porte yesterday.
The Montenegrins are bombarding
PodgOritza, and the Montenegrin
army has penetrated into Albonia by
way of Medan, cutting communica-
tions between Podgoritza and Scuttsi.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Public Debt Statement

WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-The public
debt statement showsa reduction dl-
ring October of $3,3SS,l39; amount
of coin in Treasury, 1885,, ,O27; cur
rency balance $l2,9Ol 1896; special
deposit of legal tenders held for re-
demption of certificates of deposit
$4O, 100000; coin certificates $33, 3,2S3,.
100: outstanding legal tenders 1857.
535, 7l6.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
Tho Chicago Revival.

CHICAGO, Oct. 3l.-The revival has
begun to result in immediate conver.
sions in large numbers. At one meet.
ing where there were over a hundred
inquirers, every one professed to find
pardon and new heart before leay-
ing the room. Not less than 800 such
cases have occurred since Sunday af-
terno0n, among them a number OF
drnnkards and others. Mr.. Moody
returned this morning.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
An Express Robber surrender.,

MEMPHIS, Nov. l.-During the yell
low fever epidemic in 1878, George
Lambeth, messenger of the South
ern Express Company, on the Missis-
sippi and Tennessee railroad. stole .
package containing some 1900 and
fled. The greater portion was in
drafts and he only secured $500 in
money. Since then detectives have
been hunting him down, and to-day
he walked into the express office here
and surrendered himself and was
committed for trial. He had been
hiding in Virginia and Colorado, bat
the detectives gave him no rest ard
he returned to stand his trial.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08

WOMEN's WORK IN THIS CAMPAIGN
|-"This is not only an exciting, but q
very interesting, political campaign.
Women as well as men have duty to
perform to their country, and they
should not shrink from 1t. They can
not vote or appear in professions, but
they can cut the wood and bring up
the coal, and thus leave the men more
time to talk up matters" "-Danbuyy
Nesrs.