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


Every year increases the popularity
Of this valuable Hair Preparation;
which is due to merit alone. We can
assure our old patrons that il Is kept
fully upto its high standard; and it
isthe only reliable and perfected prep
aration for restoring GRAZ OR FADED
HAIR to it's youthful color, making it
soft, lustrous, and silken. The scalp,
BY its use, becomes white and clean.
II removes all eriptions and dandruff
and, by its tonic properties, prevents
the hair from falling out, as II stimu-
ilatcs and nonrishes the hair.glands.
BY its use, the hair grows thicker and
stronger. In badness, it restores the
capillary glands to their normal vigors
and will create now growth, except
in extreme old age. 1t is the most
economical HAIR DREssING ever used,
as it requires fewer applications, and
gives the hair splendid, glossy ap-
pearance. "A. A. Hayes, MD, State
Assayer Of Massachusetts, says, The
constituents are pure, and carefully
selected for excellent quality; and I
consider il the BEsT PREPARATION
for its intended purposes
Sold by all Drss0ists, and Dealers in Medicines.
n,sna ma TNn71eo
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
YOU HAYS no ExcUsE.

Have yon any excuse for suffering with
Dyspepsia or Liver Complaint lis there
any reason why you should 60 on from day
to day complaining with Sour Stomach.
Sick Headache, Hsbitnal Costiveness, PAL
pitstion Of tho Heart, Heartburn, Water.
brash, Craving and burning pains al thl
PIT Of the Stomach, Yellow Skin, Coated
Tongue and diAgrecsble taste In the mouth,
Coming up Of food altar eating, Low
spiits, Sc. Mol tits positively your own
fault II you do. Go 70 your Druggist, y.
3. Taylof d Oh, end get . bottle d
GnrHNs AuousT FLowER for rs centa
and your cure b certain, but II you doubt
this, get . Sample Bottle for 10 cents end
tryit Two doses will relieve you.
s48F 1850 10 d&w alt.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

AT preliminary meeting OF the
Temperance women held Tuesday
afternoon at the Baptist Church. it
was
Resotced. That the present condi-
ton of the temperance question de-
mands the organization of a perman-
ent Temperance Society in Ottumwa.
Also, that the Womens' District Tenn
perance Society be requested to hold
their next District Convention in
this place.
There viii be due notice giy-
en- through the papers and the
lpulpits for the time Of holding the
Injecting of organization. 8
Mrs. G. w. Bowen, Pres.
| MHs. NJ. B. THRALI., Sec'y.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
THE BANQUET.


This affair at tho City Hall last night
was decided success, netting to the
Library something over $50. The
number Of guests in attendance were
nearly or quite equal to the utmost
capacity of the Hall. We engaged
w. >. Briggs to give Us report of
the speeches, but have not seen him
since last night. Wemay hereA fter
give some report Of the speeches If
the subject matter don't get too old.
Z AT p O'Clock the President, Chas. Fl:
Blake, took tn chair, and calling the
assenlbleS4 to order, the Young geli-
tlemen ard iadiee Engaged in waiting
upon the tables, filed II 70 music and
took their places, when grace was
pronounced by the Rsy- ]. Snnder-1
land Of the Baptist chprch. The
tables, about 250 feet in length, were
beautifully and elegantly spread with
choice viands. and the company dis
cussed the repast for some half hour
amid lively ENJOYABLE chit chat
among the guests. The walters did
ADMIRABLY and we voted Them a snc-
| coss Vc d;a no, hoo. ~ o;n,,,a -
- ~ 80. - " e - az
ciaeh' occurring 50 haho! were they
in landing I'D their places those
usually tfeacherous plates of soup.
! After the rcnast - mo tho toasts ana
,,.a.s.,.,,os 80 80 s 49,. s ''as's "1
iespo'''' "iu W. mus. say uiIl lhe
] speakers, one and all did well. Mirth
and humor were we'll interspersed and
the listeners gaye the hest Of ev;de,,cc
~. ,ho;, .,.on.;,,n ana s.o,.,a., .,S...s
:! "'o' .''e"n anu i'eq.eh chcefs
anu occasionai hearty merriment that
they were highly gratified and that
the proper aid 10 digestion AFTER 4
Ia, .,,,,na,. ,as ha;nn .rou .n,,;oa
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
UNION CNURN.
TAE BEST cNURN EVER MADE
aead the foIiowinecefsinca

W. CoNsTocK, Iowa, jan is, 1876.
No when 90 Of ycu. owes the Best
FfoN, and my wife sayD she would NOT take foos
tiuues the money paid or It, II she could not 1T
another" ycurS A. B. COssTOCI.
q sS Weon e y S SsS nTS oa
ahip; and Davis Hinton. ~ 81 ~
Ihey are ARRANGED with sthesmometer and ere
Ia - Is mintcs q - snissst Wsesssr -. ss =
ANAL child can do the work. Every One HsySap-
ted % give AAtisfaction Call st my store ard So
0nqMKA feb 10 1Esv1x "
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
Buckingllan's Dye
a. q FOR THE WHI0IEHS,

As our Remover in many cases re-
quires too long q time, and too much
care, to restore gray or faded Whisk-
ers, we have prepared this dye, in o'ss
preparation; which will quickly and
e6ectually accomplish this result. Il
II easily applied, and produces color
which viii neither rub, nor wash of
Sold By al Druggists. Price Fifty
Cents. -. 1850 !
l1snufactrsd By Mp. NAIL & Co.
/, !, 81 ~ =, 4, NA9HUA, NH.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

skinner and Fairall, Of the Iowa
City Temperance delegation, inaGard
In the Press, say that Finkbone had
Sall the funds, registered their names,
and did all the settling Of bills. and if
there was any liquors drank it was
Finkbone who drank them. The cap
ital stock Of the delegation was S5O,
and ii will now be in order for Fink
oune to rise and explain.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

The Sigourney Ne,cs says that for
three years past it has been charged
that ex-Treasurer Howard hes been
charged with delinquency of from
Two Ia lthree thousand dollars. The
Court ~ intq1 ! referee to exaniAe
sths books ana he finds the county
cwps Howard $4,000.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

The Truckee. California, RepubN-
con, has this to say of a former citizen
Of Dttumwa: I'm another column
appears the co-partnership notice of
Nelson Martin and f. Burckhaltcr.
Perhaps few instances are recorded
where industry, application. and
straightforward conduct has been
more signally rewarded than in the
case of Nelson Martin. In July, 1871,
he camc to Trnckee with no capital
except clear head and willing pair
of hands. and gradually he has work
cd his way to joint interest in one
Of the largest mercantile houses in
eastern California. We read of such
things in story books, but il is quite
rare that industry and perseverance
are actually seen to accomplish such
desirable results as in the case of Mr.
Martini
We learn from the same source that
the snow is seven feet deep on a leye
in Truckec. ana it Amt a very good
season for snow either. ~ /
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

Our old townsman, d. w. Steb-
bins, and family, have emigratcd to
Crete. one of the best places in Ne
braska, where Steb. has purchased
a large and commodious hotel, which
he proposes to run incidentally for
the benefit of the travelling public,
hut more particularly for Steb's bene.
fit. Our old friend S. Park. who re-
Gently returned from there. says his
house is handsomely fitted up. and is
the best kept hotel in all that country
He has rooms especially fitted up 70,
Itravcling statesmen, and his cuisine
and sleeping arrangements are frs
| rate. Mrs. Stebbins is an cxccllen
woman and win always see that th'
/ guests shall not lack for the best foot
in the market. When We 60 there
we win stop with sStcbbins. and adj
wise all 10 do so.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
The C. r. /. 4 r Railroad is lin
islled to Oskaloosa.
Wells u Cos bank, at Fairfield. has
suspended. 1t was private bank.

Msrshalltown is now shipping all
freight such as poultry, butteeeggs
ETC., via. Ottumwa. The reason for
which Is that they are several hours
nearer the great central markets this
yay.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
Mrs John Esbon ofInvilja

Mrs. John Eshon, Of Lovilla, Mon
roe county, while attempting to cross
the railroad track at the above named
place on last Thursday, WAS struck
by the pilot of an engine and most
seriously injured. Both her legs and
her left arm, shoulder and elbow
were fractured. The probabilities
are that she will recover. Those Lo-
Wills women will learn that they
can't butt an engine off the track
after d while.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

ihree young gents from IOWA wy,
a'''n"cu 'he iate o.ate iehperance
eoi''ehtaon ~ les MONIES Us "eN-
ga'es. Mhen 'hey got mere me!
resistereo ~ a. Il. broWh' =. NJ
Brown anu D. =. Hoimes' ~ 'he
aooril, a'noush neif rue na'hes
were a. = faarah' .. N. fmkoone
an" ~. H. ohlhaer. lhey stayeu
lilree ua!s anu jumped iheir hotel
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
DEs MONIES Csnnssrer DEsCE.

The Bal 10 change the JMy Lag Hull
cd--EouMty 1scasurers COmpensa-
tioa 10 be Increased Three Gard
Monte Ban passes the Seaatc--A
naqiority of the Legislature IN .fosor
Of Hvngiag.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
From the Daily of FsbGusi. -

From the Daily of FeMusi! -
The thermometer stood III zero al :
clock last night: at 1 degree below
this morning. and at II degtees above
at Il o'clock to-day.
The river closed yesterday after
nooA above the bend opposite the
mouth of the water power canal, and
In the evening persons were crossing
ON the ice for the first time this win
TER
That st. Louis man sent out about
forty car loads of ice Yesterday morn
ing, and will ship about twenty-five
more tomorrow morning. The ice
is now about ten inches thick and is
as clear and solid as ii ever gets
There are in the neighborhood of one
hundred men at work at the ice bust
ness here nj the present time.
Two or three days ago young
man by the name of Frank Mckin-
hey, during fit of coughing swal-
lowed a small wooden toothpick.
He experienced no unusual sensation
from the effects Of the singular dose
until Yesterday, when whether from
that or some other cause. he was
taken seriously i'll. He is now under
The care of a physician at the Ottum'
wa Honse. and his parents. who live
near Eddyvillc. have been sent tor
FIRE.--The dire consequences o
this destructive element the inhabit
ants of but few cities understand bet
ter than our own. We have beer
scorched frequently. and OCCASIONAL.
burned severely. Universally the fir'
has commenced in the wrong place
Our. Union Depot, has been strucl
by lightning, the wind has, through
several roaring billiards.. underworld
10 blow it away, trains have raj
through il, two or three tanks of gas
oline have exploded under it, and he
sides ii has withstood several othel
mishaps during the last is years. I
is an nnpretcntious structure. but a
the time il was built. was considered
quite creditable affair. Since tina
time the city has grown some, it i
bigger than it used to was, and thi
depot. tor the wants Of the public, !
entirely inadequate.
LastnightfOr perhaps the twentieth
time. fire broke out in the building
this time, it is said from spontaneou
combustion, and again. the fire wa
pat out before doing any damage
We should DO sorry for the loss o
property, but should like to see ney
depot erected, creditable alike 10 III
railroads and to the city.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
X34 40


Cedric, Harrison, and Tyler Rey-
nolds are three of the most successful
farmers in Wapello county. They
inherited their thrift from their father,
George REYNOLDS, who was one Of
the most intelligent and successful ag.
ricnlturists in his time, Of this section
of Iowa. We have had occasion fol
many years to chronicle the produc.
tions of the REYNOLDS family in thu
COURIER AS an example for our pat
rons to initiate, and we are glad to
note that this year they are not be.
hind in furnishing us the text.
They have just sold to J, ID. Ladd
h Co., of this city, $50 head of hogi
which averaged $40 Ms, which a
1915 per hundred realized to then
some $4,000, or over 81, 100 each.
1t will be seen that the Reynold
boys. as usual lead all competitors il
the weight of hogs, considering tn
number, and so far ms we are inform
ed they have received the highes
price yet paid in this Market vi
Constant attention to the breed
careful watching while the pigs ar
young, and intelligent feeding there
after is the secret Of their success
which has put these gentlemen at tn
head of the pork producing men 9
this part of Iowa.
These men have no patent right o
hog raising or anything else, an
their example is open for the imits
ten Of all. If tits followed genera,
ly the stereotype cry of hard time
will no more be heard in the lane
AT any rate yon viii never hear thi
cry come from man whose bank nc
count resembles that Of either one Q
the Reynolds tribe. Suppose YOU g
and do likewise for few years?
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
DIES MONIES. Feb. 9. 1874

y
economy in County expenses.
Dies MONIES, Feb. 2, 1875.
The House, yesterday and to-day,
have been discussing, at length, the
Anamosa penitentiary bill, which
provides for the appointment of q
Warden Of that institution. The dis.
cussiOn, however, has been more in
regard to the need and the manage
ment Of that institution than in regard
to the bill itself. Mr.. Hobbs, of Lee
county, is opposing ii strongly; he
says that there is no need for it and
that with small expenditure of
money the IT. Madison building can
accommodate all Of our criminals.
he also thinks there has been some
thing irregular in the action of the
management Of that institution in the
care OF the funds, not charging that
money has been Incorporated, but
that 1t has not been used according to
the law which appropriated the
money.
One remark we quote entire, 1T
nothing else be done let At stand as q
monument to the folly of the 18th
General Assembly, and the names Of
those voting for its erection be On.
graycd thereon"
He proposes, however, that the
building be used for idiots and insane
criminals.
The House did nothing with the
bill, but adjourned without coming
to q vote. 1t looks as though that
institution will fare hardly.
Mr.. Stone has introduced bill pro-
viding that the building in Glenwood,
which has been used for an Orphans
Home. but now vacated, be used as
an asylum for idiots and weakmindcd
children.
Abill has been introduced IN the
House which provides that iG on the
trial or any criminal case, any wit
nesses have been subpGnaed and in
in attendance who are not examined,
or if any witnesses who are examined
do not give testimony material to the
case. the Court shall, at the close of
such trial, order citation to issue
in the name of the State to the nt-
torney causing such witness to be
subpGnaed to appear at day to be
named, and show cause why such wit
nesses (naming them were subpnnaed
and il upon the hearing thereof the
attorney shall fail to show good and
sufficient grounds for believing that
each ofsuch witnesses were material
witnesses in the case, he shan ~ ad-
Judged to pay all the costs Cccasfo toned
by the subp9naeing and attendance
Of the witnesses found to have been
immaterial, together with all the
costs of the citation, and shall be for.
ever debarred from practicing in any
Of the Courts of the State.
! Senator Hartshorn introduced a
resolution providing for an amend
ment to Article 5, Section Ii Of the
State Constitution. The amendment
proposes to do away with the Office
Of District Attorney, and provides fol
the election, in every county, Of q
| Prosecuting Attorney, 1ghe shall ut.
. tend to H. Sehihal bnsinese az the
county. This Is but another Of the
| many bills, resolutions and amend
4
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09
w. G. WHEELER
tE DEALER m W a
FRUITS, VEGETABLES, 3
si3si Faucy sna asapls
CIR CERIES |!

Poultry, Came, Butter and
ls Eggs, etc., Le1ff el
d 0onnissaof. o. win pss The IaIsAsss
MAsket prtc0e, t " tsss'.
.RsrtsNcrs -. J. Bouitou ana lowa Nation.
slBank. 1897 'Ss5 mar 3sMly.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09

The MarshaltOwn Times has all
along believed Mrs. Upper to be in.
sane, a monomaniac. morally ire.
sponsible for her acts. In regard to
the matter the Times says that s'the
denomeaaent Of her sad career more
than ever confirms il in its first belief.
When her daughter, Miss Kate Tup-
per, Of this city, arrived, a letter was
placed in her hand by her mother
with the request that she read it alone,
The letter was q most affecting one,
Passing over parts of it that refer
only to her struggles TO maintain her.
self and her family, She adds, EN-.
closed you will find two notes. The
circumstances under which 1 obtain.
cd them must keep secret even from
you. ] promised not to use them YIN.
less driven to IL by dire necessity and
i desire you also not to. use them un'
less absolutely necessary to save you,
mothers good name
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-09


were ss fOllows: -
. Dies MONIES, Dec. l, 1875.
Thirty days after date promise to
pay Mrs. Ellen s, Upper, or bearer,
the sum of One Thousand Dollars
with interest at 10 per cent per annum.
his
JESUS p< CHRIST.
mark
The other note was for $500 at GO
days and signed as above.
This fully bears out the theory of
the Times with regard to her insanity,
and ii would certainly seem that in
stead of being in the clutches of the
law the unfortunate prisoner should
be in some asylum, Where medical
skill might be used in the endeavor
to restore the shattered mind of this
once brilliant and talented woman to
its former health and yiQ0r.v
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-18
Wonl0n'S ,JONrnnL.


You never would believe all l
have been through. / don't be-
Iieve there's a reformed place in
Boston that / haven't spent hours
in, and l can't get anything just
right. AS for the buttons, I've
sewed them on and ripped them
of again they r legion, and
whom ] think of the buttonholes
I've made it is positively awful !
AS for the patent skirt supporters,
don't mention such a thing to me
unless you want to make me mad.
I've tried every kind, looked far
and near, sewed on hooks, ripped
'em off; sewed on rings. wished 1
hadn't; tried strings--worse than
anything else. This week I've
taken off the last patent thing gone
back to pins, and l guess there are
all of q dozen about me-not, you
know, that / mean to keep them,
but I'm just waiting /; some of the
girls will soon be in with ''some-
thing new" and III just try it for
variety land if it doesn't do, there's
an end of skirt supporters for Kit
ty Briggs" A week after this q
quiet woman walked into IL Tenn
pie Place, and stepping up to the
counter, said in a tone of despera-
ton to the attendant matron, "Ma-
dame, have you a pair of suspend
ers?" Oh, plenty-like this, you
mean ?O She showed Kitty a neat
pair, ending with sort of guarded
hook, strong and convent mt. Kit
ty took them, gazed at them, and
remarked soto voce, "then you
are my long-lost brother ?" "What
did you say ?' said the startled
attendant. "Oh, nothing" answer
ed Kitty, smiling, 81 see this is
what l have been looking for for
a long time" With that she laid
down fifty cents and marched off
with the suspenders, feeling that
her troubles were at last over. So
that night she sent a postal to her
friend: "Now | have done it !
No more rows of buttons, button
holes, tapes, pins, hooks, or any
such trumpery for me. / first
clasp this little arrangement thro'
them all at one drive, dress, skirts
and the Test and there / am. Coca
by, dear. You try 'em, and then
for the rest of your life you'll bless
your triumphant friend, Kitty
Briggs"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-18
AGOOd Mother.

Above all earthly gifts a good
mother stands pre-eminent she
is worth her weight in gold--more
than an army of acquaintences.
Those who have played around
the same doorstep, basked in the
same mothers smile, in whose
veins the same blood flows, are
bound by a sacred tie that can
never be broken. Distances may
separate, %quarrels may occur, but
those who have a capacity to love
anything must have at times a
auboling up Of fond recolIections,
and a yearning after the joys OF
by-gone days. Every woman has
a mission on earth. There is
"something to do" for every one
"a household to put in order, a
child to attend to, some
class of unfortunates, degraded, or
homeless humanity to befriend.
That soul is poor indeed that
leaves the world without having
exerted an influence that will be
felt for good after she has passed
aWaV.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1876-11-18

The Journal OF Commerce notes
the fact that the usefulness of inc
briate asylums has been generally
exploded, and the talk about
drunkenness as a disease to be
known as dipsonance is coming to
be regarded as philanthropic bosh.
The New York City Inebriate
Asylum on Wards Island is con-
demned as a failure, both by the
physician in charge and by the
commissioners of Charities and
Correction. The asylum has had
forty-three paying patients during
the past year, not one of whom is
announced as ''cured," The re-
lapse of the patients when dis
charged'has BEEN" says the chief
Of staff, ga source of chagrin and
disappointment to the most SAN
guine friends of these infirmaries.
The number permanently cured
since the establishment of the
asylum in 1858 could, L fear.' he
says, be estimated only by zeros.'
AS the expenditures of this con-
Germ have been large and the re.
ceiptS small, while the benefits
are at the best accounts so slight,
the commissioners in their report
are of the opinion that the funds
lavishly spent on it can be put to
better use. They have concluded
that 'habitual drunkenness is not
to be regarded as a disease, but a
habit practically within the con-
troll of each individual case,' and
that those who desire reformation
can attain the object at home with
their families