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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14
Earthuua]Ie Shocks.

There was . general shaking up of
the earth In the Northeastern States
and Eastern Canada, about 2 o'clock
Sunday morning, at which time an
earthquake was distinctly felt at Og-
densburg, Plattsburg, Schuylcrville,
N. T., and other places in the vicini.
~, and all along the New York Cen.
trail and Utica and Black River rail
roads. At the same hour similar
shock was experienced in Northern
New Hampshire, Vermont and West
een Massachusetts,. In the State of
New York buildings were shaken,
the inhabitants aroused, and crockery
broken. At Lebanon, N. H., build
ings were shaken and bells rung.
Tho shock lasted forty seconds. At
Montpelier, Vt, the people were
awakened by successive shocks, last
ing some fifteen seconds. At North
ampton, Mass, glass was broken, fur
nituro shaken, and people awakened.
The shock was also experienced in
Hartford and adjoining towns. AT
Montreal, Can, two heavy shocks
were noticed, and shocks were also
felt 1t Ottawa, Cornwall, and other
Canadian places. At st. Johns and
Quebec several shocks were expert
enced, lasting above ten seconds
They began with a low, rumbling
sound, ending with heavy jar, shak-
ing buildings and upsetting furni-
turo.
The Panama Central Amcrica)
Standard Herald, of October 20,
states that earthquake shocks were
felt on the 9th of October at Lima,
Pisco, Callao, lea, and Chinca.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14

Murray 4 Lanmsms Florida water.
The richest. most lasting; Yet most delicate Of
Oil perfumes for use on the handkerchief: 1t the
the toilet and in the bath delightful and health
fol In the sickro ON, relieves weakness. fatigue,
pr0stration, nervousness and headache. Look
Water prepared BY the sole proprletors, Messrs.
Lannnan b Kemp, New York. For sale by Per-
fumers, Druggists aod Fancy Goods Dealers.
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14
Chin, Chin.

Tongue festivals arc the rage in Ut
tumwa, the tongue being furnished
by the ladies. Sigourney husbands
need not go from home for tongue,
and it is no feast in these parts.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14
From Thursday Daily.

From Thursday Daily.
William T. McNamee, one of the
early settlers Of this county, and for
= long time proprietor of the Pottery
works ct Port Richmond, died at the
residence Of his niece, Mrs. Catherine
Dibble, last night. He was aged
about 70 years.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14

The Weekly COURIER has about as
mach reading matter in it as all the
ofher papers in Wapello county. II
csftainly will come very close to
equaling the aggregate circulation OF
al Ofthem put together. tits furnish
Cd st the nncOmmonly low price of
$l.5O per annum, and goes extensive
u into Oil tho country tributary to
Ottumwa. Advertisers who want to
Increase their trade should take notic'
And govern themselves accordingly
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14

Rev. III. Frankfurth has traded hil
residence In this city for property il
GlenwoOd, No. to which place he
win remove tomorrow. He thinks
he will have . larger field of labor in
that locality. Glenwood will &C.
quire good citizen and we wish
him success in his new home.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14

The following from the agricultur
al department Of the Des Moincs Reg,
issar nay be Of interest 70 some of oul
rsaders and certainly is worth try
Ing:
KEEPINa CABBAGE.-Dig ditch
two feet deep In dry soil, lay q pole
over Il, and then hang the cabbage to
the pole, roots up, 20 the heads will
not touch tbs ground, then cover
them with straw and Garth. they will
keep until spring. It II mot necessary
TO cover deep enough to keep from
ireezang, but deep enough to keep
from thawtng and freezing the cab
oage through the changes Of winter.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14
For anla Cheap.

A good, second hand 6 horse pow
er, upright boiler. Will be sold at .
bargain il application 10 made soon
at the COURIER OTFIcE. d&wtf
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14
JoTTj|
Twenty dollar 60

Twenty dollar 60
culating around to a0 same ~
other currency.
The work of putting the slate roof
on the new capital building at Dcs
Moines is well along.
The c. D. 4 G. railroad is carrying
over 100 car loads of coal per day
between here and Crcston.
One million six hundred thousand
is the estimate Of the Iowa hog crop
this year, and at $40 each will net our
farmers $l6,OOO,OO0. IS
The probabilities are that Ladd'a
Pork House will commence operations
sometime next week provided the
weather should prove favorable.
An Osceola butcher blowcd the suit
out of his stovepipe with powder,
but he will not skin any more becvcs
until he gets new skin of his own.
"Bctween the first of October and
the holidays" says an exchange,
"there is no law against catching Gus
toners by the use of printers ink. !"
A new lumber side track has been
put in by the q. B. 4 Q. road from
the main track between College and
Jefferson streets, and still they are
terribly crampcd for room.
A little attention on the part Of the
Street Commissioner at the presen,
time would put East Main street IL
excellent condition. Those holes ani
bitches should be filed before anoth
or rain.
Lucius Oaks, who shot and killed
Mike McGrath, at Abba, some tim,
ago was tried at the recent term of tn,
District Court at Ccntrcvillc, and wa
sentenced to 10 years in the Pcnitcn
tiary. Mike was once a bus drive
for Conn. Lewis, and Oaks had be
fore frequently been an inmate o
our county Jail on charges Of larceny
| DR.. Lathrop has in his possession
black cormorant, full size and wit
unrufiled plumage. This is YER
rare bird, and probably the first on
ever seen alive in Ottumwa.. It wa
l caught by Jos. Ray near the lowe
3 pork house. They arc quite commo
c on the Farralone Islands, 30 mile
south of San Francisco, and elst
, where along the Pacific Coast, b,
never seen so far in the interior pei
!, haps before.
sl The time of year approaches whe
o the fur trade is at its hight, and her
: let us say that J. j. Hadfield, in tn
I future as in the past, will be in Ii
|, market paying at all times the higl
| est prices. Therefore if yon hay
: anything in the line of hides or fu
interview the aforesaid Joseph b
!, fore you dispose of your product; ;
will always be shekels in your peck
y to do so.
III Another Burlington man has econ
up missing" This time it 10 Charl
NJ. Wightman, book-keeper for Il
shoe firm of II. A. Brown & Co, WI
V left several days since. The Gaze
u, says it is thought that he went W,
u on the Pacific express. He leaves b
J; hind widowed mother, Mrs. O.
s. Wightman, who was dependentup,
l' him for support. No reason can
); assigned for his disappearance as /
q accounts were all straight.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14
Wlntry sunday.

On Sunday there was fall of sew
On inches Of light snow at Madison
Wis; at Harvard, ILL.,, two inches o,
snow; Reedsburg, Wis, ten inches
Prairie du Chicn, four inches Bos
cobel, seven inches; Owatonna, MINI.
five tnches; Cresco, Iowa, ten inches
L. @ Crosse, Wis.,, six inches; and
ct Oshkosh, six inches. At Milwau
kee snow fell all day, but melted al
Il reached the ground. No snow a,
St Paul, but weather very cold. Al
Dubuque, Iowa, Sunday afternoon
there ways heavy fall of snow.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14
licking 10.

Our manufactories are looking IN
Easons furniture factory is running
: .alI get Of hands full time. He has
'u n', snead Of furniture now made
= M them, among which are laroe
ORDERS g from Des Moines. Coune;,
ur rs a on other Western cities. He
nas 0'Uo rect OF seasoned Walnut in
the yard snd has just purchased 70
0O feet more Of very choice seasonei
walnut lumber. Mr.. Eaton is we,
pleased with his trade and is satisfe,
mat the hard times embargo is broke
ana that new era Of prosperity is .
hand.
just one price and that the lowe
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14
UoCAL DEPARTMENT.

frsA Wednssdays Daily
Yesterday Des Moincs voted on the
proposition to extend her city limits.
The Reoisfer computes the majority
A9ainst the measure at between GOO
and 700.
In our dispatches, last night, il was
announced that d. NJ. Conley, OF
Iowa, had been appointed Consul to
Spezzia, Italy. This is an error. I,
is D. N. Cooley, OF Dubuque, who is
appointed. The telegram got into
our columns without being seen by
the proof-rcader, hence the mistake.
Parker 10 in Jail on the charge OF
intoxication, this morning. This is
the same Parker who, it was stated,
WAS hanged in West Virginia. Parker
says thoy had rope around his neck
but he managed to get away and lit
out for the West where the climate is
healthier. Parker wasn't born to be
hanged-not in West Virginia any
how.
George w. Heard, ESQ.,, Mr.. Wi
ley's partner in the Water Power en-
torprise in this city, arrived here on
last Saturday evening. He has been
giving the works careful inspection
and IL much pleased with the promis-
ing character of the enterprise. lie
10 abundantly able to furnish the nee
essary funds to push the work to a
first-class completion.
CoRREcTIoN.-Yestcrday We stated
that all the Iowa members of the
Lower House of Congress, voted yea
ON tho legal tender silver bill and on
calling up the Fort bill for q repeal
of the date for resumption, except
Congressman Stone, Of the First dis.
trict We now find in a later repor
of the vote, that Stone was prescn
and voted yea also. Thus Iowa is OF
the ord in the House with unan
imous vote for making silver lega
tender and favoring a fair hearin
OF the bill for the repeal of the dat
Of resumption.
We understand that quite a it'll
scene was created at Eddyville, We.
terday, by resident Of that city an
some railroad employees. 1t seen
that the employees put off a youn
lady while the train was moving
little faster than the man though
proper, and he proposed to smas
everybody connected with the roa
from the peanut to the Superiu
tendent The conductor and brake
man assumed to resent the lnsul
dropped their coats and proposed
wipe the fellow out, but ne objected
and drawing : pistol, held the part
at bay until better humor prevaile
! and the train left the irate individu,
master of the situation.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14

q
An old physician retired from active
practice, having had placed in his
hands by an East Indian Missionary
the formula of q simple vegetable
remedy for the speedy and permanent
euro of Consumption, Bronchitcs, Ca.
tarrh, Asthma, and all Throat and
Lung affections, aleo positive and
radical cure for general debility and
all nervous complaints, after having
thoroughly tested its wonderful cura-
tive powers in thousands of cases, feels
1t his duty to make II known to his
suffering fellows. Tho recipe will DO
sent free OF charge, to all who desire
1t, with full direciiope for preparing
and successfully using. Address with
stamp naming this paper, DR.. j. q.
STONE, A North ninth St., Philadcl-
phia, Pa. oct25Gmd&w
FOB KANSAS AsD COLORADO
Take the Atchison Topeka & Santa Fe
Railroad, extending from Kansas City
nd Atchison, on the Missouri river,
via Topeka, the capital of Kansas, thro'
the fertile Arkansas Valley, to Pueblo
wherc direct connection is made with
the Denver 81 Bio Grande Railway for
Colorado Springs, Manitou, Denver.
Canon City aud all points of note on
the Denver e Rio Grande. The track
is excelled by that Of no road in the
West, and the passenger equipment
embraces ell the modern improve
ments for comfort and safety
Through express trains leave union
depots, Kansas City and Atchison
daily, on tho arrival of trains from
the East, and run through to the
Rocky Mountains, with Pullman
Sleeping Cars attached. For mape
circular, and detailed Information
send to T. ]. ANDERSON,
General Pass. Agent, Topeka Kan
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14
Little Farm Well Titled.

Everything you can think of in the
shoe line at PHILLIps,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14

Bsom Fridays Daily.
1essrs. Egan Harper & Co., report
their business Is improving very rap
idly. Summed up to date they are
several thousand dollars ahead of
what they were last year at the same
time.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14

just one price and that the loves
Phillips.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14

in his own style of buncombc. Price
said that no country's experience
could be quoted in comparison with
us, because no country on earth could
be compared with ours. Price here
unclaimed gorgeous old-fashioned
country Fourth of July eagle in such
slap-dash style that everybody cheer
ed and laughed to his hearts content
without any hindrance from the
SNEAKER.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14

FreA Wednesdays Daily.
Yesterday Dcs Moincs voted on the
proposition to extend her city limits,
The Register computes the majority
A9ainst the measure at between Goo
and 700.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14
41S.srffso.e: go

-. s,..sauun.ly alluded to the
soiiifact made with s. L. Wiley & Co.
for the completion Of the Water Pow
or and the erection of Water Works
in tho city, and the era of prosperity
that would naturally occur to our
city in consequence thereof, but have
been unable until.now.to give an ac-
count of these valuable improvements
in detail. Now, however, matters
have assumed such shape. that we
are enabled to give our readers a
more intelligent description Of the
works and the progress being made
in their erection.
On the 25th of September last the
city passed Ordinance No. lis, con-
tracing with S. L. Wiley 4 Co., of
Greenfield, Mass, for the compile.
ton of the Water Power and the
erection of Water Works, the provis-
ions of which charter our citizens arc
al familiar with and need not be re-
peated here. On the 2Sth of the same
month, Mr.. Wiley left for the East
and was absent about two weeks,
during which time he organized the
present Water Works Company, Of
which he Is President, for supplying
the city with water, and made arrange.
ments for the delivery here Of water
mains and pumps for the Wate,
Works. On the 10th, force of hands
were set at work clearing out a large
accumulation of drift wood above
the guard-lock and freeing the gates
80 that when he returned work could
Immediately be, commenced on Tho
west dam. Since the 10Th of Octo
Der all the work has been sub-let ani
the contractors are nowi pushing thu
work right along, as fast as men and
money can do it.
| Tho cofferdam on the west side wal
fully completed last Tuesday and tn,
water shut-off, SO that the completion
of the dam may be Immediately pro
cecded with. Stone cribs will b,
erected both above ana below tn,
abutments, sunk to the bedrock so a
J to make the abutmcnts perfectly SO
J cure, and the breach in the dam will
also he filed and secured in a liz
manner, so that it will resist any
thing of flood in the Des Moline
short of Noah's deluge. The worl
on tho dam is let to F. Parks, a prae
tical dam builder who has had niue
experience in that kind of work i
the Eastern States, and it is though
with anything like good luck an
good weather it will be complete
D inside of q month.
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14
ENJOYLIFE.

good field for missionary effort
that part of Texas.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-05

The bill in regard to the courts of this
city, which is sort of court omnibus bill,
may be oil right in its general provisions for
the reduction of court expenditures, but
we are of opinion that the reduction of the
salaries of judges is not good measure of
economy. It is one of those economical
steps that imply q panic on the subject of
public expenditures steps that defeat their
own purpose and make no progress to-
ward the right end, but defeat such prog
ress by raising new difficulties and discred-
ting the movement toward economy. Any
man who is good enough lawyer to occupy
n place on the Bench in this community is
worth all the salary he gets. Judges have
never been paid too much in this country.
If there is any economy to be effected IN the
administration of our courts, as we believe
there is, that economy must consist in cut
ting away the supcrhuous parasitic growths
which form about the courts, which swell
the aggregate figure of the cost OF court to
such point that the salary Of the judge
becomes by comparison small item. 1t is
the patronage" that we want cut down, not
the pay of the judges. And this is good
principle in all measures toward public
ECONOMY. not to cut down the salaries OF
necessary officers, but to dispense alto
pether with such as are unnecessary.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-05

have no doubt If he fails he cannot plead
the baby act. No man in public life has
had Mr.. Sherman's opportunities for master
ing the fiscal questions with which he is
now called to deal. He has been Chairman
of the Finance Committee of the Senate for
sixteen years The corresponding officer
of the House of Representatives has
been changed again and again dur
ing that period. While Mr.. Sherman has
been serving as Chairman of the Finance
Committee there have been seven different
Secretaries of the Treasury. 1t was the
duty of each of these to study our national
finances during the brief period while he
was in Office. But it has been the duty of
Mr.. Sherman to study these questions con-
tinuously while SO many Secretaries of the
Treasury, of whom he has been the most
important adviser, have come in and gone
out. Who can be expected to understand
our fiscal questions if Mr.. Sherman does
not? Measured by mere time he has be-
slowed five times as much attention
upon them as Secretary Chase the
ablest finance Minister of whom he
has been contemporary. If Mr.. Sherman
fails it will not be for lack of opportunities.
He has been in one of the most important
financial positions for longer period than
any other man since the organization of the
government. If there be any reason to dis
trust him it is from doubts of his energy
and courage rather than his want of expe-
rience and opportunities. We sincerely
hope that Mr. Hayes has not made a mis-
take in selecting the most important officer
of his administration.
Secretary Sherman must deal efficiently
with two problems-resumption Of spe-
Gle payments and refunding the public
debt at q lower rate Of interest. Neither
subject is new to him. He should be as
fully prepared to develop his policy at the
extra session of Congress as he can ever be.
We have very distinct ideas of what he
ought to do ; but it is not our province, but
his, to devise financial scheme suited to
the present exigency. If he thinks he needs
further legislation either for refunding the
public debt or for Fastening specie pay
ments, let him ask it of Congress at the
approaching extra session. It is the plain
duty of the new President and his Secretary
of the Treasury to give the country some
idea of what it is to expect of the new
administration on the most important SUBJ
iect within the province of the federal
government.
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-05
Betraying His Party.

It appears, on the authority of several
grave and reverend signors that President
Hayes is ''betraying the republican party
that he is not applying in the government
the principles of those who chose him for his
Office, but the contrary principles; that he is
giving effect not to the will or the aspirations
Of the party that supported him, but has
practically gone over to the other party.
All this is said particularly with reference
to the Presidents course on the cases of
South Carolina and Louisiana; and it is
n point upon which some democratic
journals agree with some republi-
can journals; while both fully agree
with Wendell Phillips Ii what is said
in this vein Is. true it is not to the honor
of the republican party. In his course
toward South Carolina and Louisiana the
Exocutiye restores the law to the authority
the people have always intended it should
have. Intrigue and corruption, indifference
TO the law, defiance of the right, had pro-
duced in those States q condition for which
there was not only no warrant in the law,
but which was in open, fagrant recognized
violation of the law Of the land. The Presi-
dent simply reverses that STATE Of facts and
The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-05
Where Is the Money Dumped

The Street Cleaning Bureau officials as
sign as a reason for the filthiness of the
streets and the accumulations of decom-
posing garbage that faint the air in every
part of the city the want of n dumping
ground that is, unless the Legislature or
the Common Council will secure n suitable
place for the deposit of the city refuse, the
streets must remain as they are, a disgrace
to New York and her people. But the pub
lie is getting curious about this Street
Cleaning Bureau, and desires to know where
it dumps three-quarters OF million per am
nun while leaving the streets in their pres
ent horrible condition. No matter what
difficulties beset the officials in disposing of
the ashes and garbage, we have never heard
from them any complaint about inability to
spend the peoples money. They must have
rpacious dumping ground for dollars,
whatever they may have for dirt Now, we
have already pointed out to this money
dumping bureau plan for getting rid of
the garbage by cremation. Their only re-
thirty thousand dollars be placed in the
hands of Tom, Dick or Harry for scientific ex-
pcriments or in other words, to be dumped
somewhere for somebody's benefit The
kitchen maids of New York and Brooklyn
have made all the experiments necessary.
We therefore do not need any at the public
cost. Truly, in no other city in the Union
would such scandalous Disregard
of duty on the part of its officials
be permitted or practised. These men
possess no initiative whatever. They are
like wastcful machines that require winding
up every day to make them perform any