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Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
Building Notes.

This morning Mr.. Worcester in
formed our reporter that he had con-
tracted for the excavation for new
building ON East Main street, which
was to have been commenced this
morning, but the weather being SC
unpropitious it was doomed wise to
defer active operations for few
days.
w. b. Armstrong will also immc-
diately commence the building of q
business house of the same character
adjoining Mr.. Worcester on the east
It is also contemplated we are in.
formed, on the part Of Mrs. Danahy
Mr.. Richards and Nick Baker to
build uniform with Mr.. Worcester
and Mr.. Armstrong, provided salts.
factory arrangements can be made fol
the purchase Of two or three feet OF
ground from Mr.. Worcester and Arm.
strong. Mrs. Danahy's lot in the
burnt district is % feet front, Mr.
Richards and Bakers each 20 feet, M
Worcester, 26 feet front, and Mr.
Armstrong; "a feet. Negotiations
are pending, which, if satisfactorily
arranged, will enable each of the par
ties to build at once, making the lots
and buildings uniform in sizeand gen.
eral appearance. However that
may be, Worcester and Armstrong
will commence building at once. We
hope arrangements can be made by
which the transfer can be made and
that half of the block be built up pre-
scnting an appearance as handsome as
the new Richards block.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

DEATH ON THE Rally esterday
morning some section hands on the
G. II. I. & p. r. r., discovered the
body of a man on the track at the
curve near the residence of Mr.. j. e.
Savery. Reporting the matter to the
Superintendent train was immedi.
ately sent after the remains. They
were found TO be those Of David
Courtney, farmer who lives on the
farm of Mr.. Hoyt Sherman, neal
Walnut Creek. 1t was cut entirely
in two, the several portions laying on
different sides of the rail. In the eve
ming a Coroner's inqnest was held
but adjourned without finding YER
dict.-Dcs Moines Register.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
SYMPTOMS OF WORMS,

SYMPTOMS OF WORMS.
THE Ecountenanceis is paleand lcaden-
colored, with occasional flushcs, or
a circumscribcd spot on one or both
cheeks the eyes become dull the pu-
pills dilate; an azure semicirclc runs
along the lower eyelid the nose is ir-
ritated, swells, and sometimes bleeds !;
aswelling ofthc upper lip occasional
headache, with humming or throb-
bing of the ears an unusual secretion
Of saliva; slimy or furred tongue !;
breath very foul, particularly in the
morning; appetite variable, somc-
times voracious, with gnawing sen.
sation ofthe stomach, at Others, entire
lygone ;fleeting painsin the stomach ;
occasionalnausea and vomiting vic.
lent pans throughout the abdomen !;
bowels irregular, at times costivc !;
stools Shiny not unfrequenly tinged
with blood belly swollen and hard !;
urine turbid respiration occasionally
difficult, and accompanied h, hic.
cough coughsometimes dry and con-
vulsive; uneasy and disturbed sl,ep,
with grinding of the teeth, temper
variable, but generally irritable. &c.
Whenever the above symptoms
are found to exist,
DR.. C. MCLANES VERMIFUGE
win certainly effect cure.
II DOES NOT CONTAIN MERCURY
many form tits an innocentp prepara-
ion. mot capable Of doing the slight
r8inimryto the most tender infant.
The genuine DR. McLANE's YER
'l,luGE bears the signatures Of c.
M!LANK and FLEMING BRos. on the
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

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Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
Obituary NOTICE;

Mr.. John F. Fuller, of j. o. Briscoe
4 Co., Of this city, sends us the fol.
lowing note;
FAIRFIELD, Iowa, May 5. 1877.
COURIER Hon. Chas. Negus died
last night of Inflammation of the
brain. JNo. +. FULLER.
Judge Negus was one of the pion.
eers of Iowa, and highly respected
citizen of Fairfield. Always a demo.
crat of the most uncompromisiue
stamp, he has been politically in Q
minority in Iowa for many years
past, and therefore has not been be-
fore the general public as prominently
as his ability warranted. He was {
very genial, companionable gentle
man, and always maintained an un
sullied reputation.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Henry Zulauf Jr., and Fred
Schawbkcy have recently purchased
the machinery Of the Ottumwa Wool
en- Mill Company, and have repaired
and improved it in such a manner
as to warrant first class work in every
particular. Our farmer friends will
find them honorable gentlemen, and
will receive the best of work on the
shortest notice. They propose to buy
wool, exchange yarn for wool, or
make trade that will in every in.
stance be mutually satisfactory. Bring
on your wool, and receive in return
yarn, rolls or the money. Satisfac'
ton guaranteed in every instance. (2w4
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Having been over a quarter of a
century in the retail Drug Trade and
for t,ceaty years in Wapello county
I flatter myself that l can give entire
satisfaction to my numerous friends
and patrons in this and adjoining
counties, and ask for q continuance
of the very liberal patronage that
have heretofore enjoyed, guarantee
ing to you as good goods for the
money as any firm west Of the Miss
issippi river. Give mo a call wher
in want Of any goods in my line.
JOHN L. MOORE,
wifi Cor. Main and Green SITS
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
From Saturdays Daily.
rLsc a. orxov,oor &Lo v1onlor n nr,,oatn ar

From Saturdays Daily.
This afternoon the pceler ARRESTED
man by the name Of Hugh McCullel
for stealing coat from the telegraph
Office at Dudley station. The Goa
was not very valuable, but the Mayo
chucked the fellow into jail wher'
his friends will find him during busi-
ness hours for the next thirty days
In the publication of the verdict o
the Coroner's Jury last night we arr
informed by Mr. Peterson, one ofth'
jurymen, that the word "no' wal
omitted in the section alluding to thu
cause, which very materially changed
the meaning of the verdict. We cheer.
fully make the correction, and rcpub.
lish that portion in which the error
occurred.
2. The cause Of the accident was q
number of defective ties and o broken
chair, from which there might have
been no danger in good weather, there
having been heavy rains Immediately
preceding said accident,
Sam Hendrix will complete the
brick work Of the new Presbyterian
Church at Fairfield, next week. It il
very fine building, 56x7O, with two
towers, 40 and GO feet each to the
square. The spire will be lao feet in
hlghth. Ostdiek, of this city, furnish
ed the stock, or front brick, and an
Ottumwa man (Hendrix) puts them
together. When you want q good
job send for an Ottumwa mechanic.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
LEGAL.
sHERIEE,S SALE.

BY virtue of an execution to me directed
from the Clerk Of the 'CircutCourt of Wapello Co.
Iowa, on q judgment obtained in said court, OF
the 7th day Of March, 1917, in favor Of James and
Eakins and Arthur Eakins ct al as defend.
ants. for the sum of Two Hundred and Two and
27.l00 dollars and costs taxed at IS and O2.
100 and accruing costs, have levied upon the fol-
lowing real estate. taken as property of said do
fendant to satisfy said execution, to-wit:
The Southeast quarter of the Southeast quar-
ter OF section twenty-one (2l); also the East hall
y Of the Northwest quarter of the 6outh-cast
quarter OF section twenty -eight (2S; all in town.
ship u, range IA.
And will offer the same for sale to the hiRhes
bidder for cash in hand, ON the 12th day of May,
ls71, in front Of the Court House, In Othlm.
wa, Wapello county, Iowa, at the hour Of
O'Clock p m. of said ,lay. when and where due
attendance will be given by the undersigned.
Dated at Ottumwa, Iowa. March is, 1877.
May 22w-450 T. r. SPILMAN, Sheriff said Co.
BY j &. SLAUGHTER, Den
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
rhat Metiical ResoIution

We want to say in justice to Mayor
j. S. Porter, that he signed only his
name to the Caster testimonial, and
did not affix his official title thereto
The addition occurred in putting it in
type in this. Office. Though we re-
gard all this matter as of little impor'
lance, yet it is due to Mr.. Porter tina
Just achat he did and that alone bt
known
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

John I. DAILY, owner of the Wind
sor,. the most elegant hotel in New
York, whose mysteriously disappear
ed the other day, has been found dead
hanging to the rafters of an old build.
ing at Woodsidc.sNew Jersey, near
New York. He was offered one hun.
dred thousand dollars per annum rent
for his house recently, yet it is
thought pecuniary embarrassment led
him to commit suicide.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
Ottumwa Produce Market.
OrrUMwA LIVE srOCK
For N,xey Da,v.

1 will sell Clothing and Furnishing
Goods that will astonish all those who
will favor me with call, defying
competition. Nusbaum is the man
that can and will do it. Try him be-
fore buying elsewhere. WITT
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
"RAILRoAD :MoNsENae.


So says the Oskaloosa Herald of
our Iowa Northern, and at length
shows the folly of towns aiding in
building our Ottumwa s. Northern
outlet. Can we afford to heed the
advice? The country towns have no
taste for ploughing through mud and
over hills to reach Oskaloosa If they
can do better, and they think they
can. As for Ottumwa, it is the natu-
raj mouth for the Central r. r. of
Iowa and has three roads anxious for
all the business that road can bring
with its new connections TO st. Paul
and Minneapolis, this year. 1t is
idle to say that passengers to reach
Ottumwa, will go 25 miles out of the
way. Yes, yes, the c. r. I. & p.
wants no independent line this way /;
it likes the high rates of the d. v. r.
r. Abba and Moulton can run their
own machine; we want Ottumwa
the virtual terminus of the Central,
and competition in business, while
the road must secure independence.
Let us do our duty. "No road no
pay" and on this basis we can keep
our own counsel, wishing our sister
city all good, but we must follow our
own ideas and not the advice which
Is quite suspicious in the source and
dangerous if followed.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
our RalitnAd prospActa.

The great majority OF our people
arc of one mind about the advantages
to be derived from securing the ter.
minus Of the Central road at our town
for all time. They know that in Iowa
as in Illinois, and all the older States,
there are to be a few leading towns
made SO by favorable positions and
the spirit and enterprise of their peo-
pie. Looking to Illinois, we see Peo-
ria, Bloomington and Decatur, places
with populations ranging from $4,000
to 10000 people, that have in the main
made themselves what they are by
the foresight and public spirit of their
people. To-day they are all growing
and are each the distributing centre
of large region of country. Not
one Of them has had greater natural
advantages than Ottumwa, but their
citizens never lost sight of the fact
that at whatever cost they must Sc
cure every railroad, the loss Of which
would in the least damage them. II
would have been we'll for Ottumwa
had we done the same. Large in
terror towns are in the main built up
by small property holders, men own
ing homes in value from $500 to
81 900. These are the most valued
class, because of their skilled labor,
which is continually producing
wealth. Unless they prosper the
town must languish and go down
There are hundreds of that class in
Ottumwa. They are the bone and
sinew of our town, and if we are to
become city, it is by fostering and
caring for their interests. They
build our homes, they toll in our
factories, they operate our railroads,
and in short are the bedrock ofall our
property as town. They can only
thrive by our continual growth. We
must give constant and profitable en-
ploymcnt by building more houses,
fostering greater manufacturing in
terests, and by encouraging the con-
struction of every railroad that points
in this direction. There is another
class whose interests must also be
looked after, the unskilled laborers,
who arc now standing idle about our
street corners, waiting for something
to do. 1t is the duty as well as the
interest of capital to furnish them
work, and no place in Iowa ought or
would be better spot for the labor
ing man, if capital will avail itself of
our natural advantages. 1t is hardly
to be conceived that any man of re-
Election would not make an exertion
to secure this new line of froad, which
will make Ottumwa the halfway
house between St. Paul and st. Louis,
the largest town between those great
cities, tho best location for jobbing
houses and manufacturing establish
ments. Itwould seem as if merchant,
manufacturer, mechanic and laborer
should alike favor the project, for all
will be benefited, but men will not
always see what is for their good,
the dime near the eye obscures the
more distant dollar. We ask all
classes to carefully consider this SUBJ
ject, study geography which has an
important bearing just now, and let
us not for second time be moving
about in sackcloth and ashes as we
did after losing the Southwestern
road.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

1t has rained now almost constantly
since the first day of March, making
some sixty-eight days of steady, cold
drizzling rain, The prospect is ex-
ceedingly gloomy, although we may
hope to raise good corn crop if the
weather will permit its planting any
time during May. Our farmer friends
inform us that oats and wheat gener-
ally promise well, while grass is
booming.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

From both City and Country
should not fail to visit Mrs. Platt 4
Heyland's millinery Store in Curlew
Block, IN L. H. Wilson's old stand
and see their nice new Goods and
price them before they buy else.
where. Especial pains will be taken
TO please customers % to style, quail.
ly and prire. mlI-d&Wtf.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
Markets

In our local markets owing mainly
to the terrible weather, feed is very
scarce. There is no change particu.
larry in the price of corn or oats except
in retail way. Corn is retailing
from feed stores at GO cents and is
very scarce. 1t will readily bring
from so to IS cents by the wagon OF
car load.
Hay also is higher and sold to-day
at $12 per ton, owing to scarcity.
AS the roads improve it will be low
er. We quote:
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Some how or other we have not no.
ticed Of late so much abuse of Percy
Byssche Shelley Pinchback now since
he has gone over to the Democratic
Reformers of Louisiana, and received
for his treachery the lucrative Office
of Superintendent of Schools under
the Nichols government.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Wall Paper, of every shade, style,
pattern, and quality at prices that are
perfectly irresistible. House cleaning
time is at hand and remember that
Williamson 4 Finley's is headquar-
tcrs for Wall Paper. daw
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
.sAilRoAna msxrlno.

We are requested to announce that
there will be a public meeting at the
City Hall Thursday evening the 10th
instant, at Z 80, to consider the i'm
portance of our proposed Iowa North
ern Railroad to aid which the people
of Centre and Richland Townships
will be called upon to vote on the
l4th instant. On that occasion some
Of our best local, and perhaps able
speakers from elsewhere, will address
the people. This matter resolves it.
self down to simple business propo-
sition, and that is can we afford indi-
vidually to pay two per cent. on our
taxation, one per cent, the first year
after the road is completed, and one
per cent. the next year after that, to
make Ottumwa the terminus of anoth-
er great railroad to make it the juno
ton between the North and South
railroad, to inevitably make this the
place for its principal depot and ma
chine shops, and. in fact to make OF
tumwa the best point on the route be-
tween st. Paul and st. Louis.
We have published the law and all
the readers of the COURIER know that
not one cent of the tax will be due or
collectible until the road is finished.
Private liberality and public spirit
has been taxed to the utmost of hu-
man endurance, to secure our other
public improvements, and it is about
time that the wealthy nonresident
property owners of the city, should
pay something towards building up
the city, which SO enhances the value
of their property.
At anyrate we hope every man,
whether tax payer or not, who takes
pride in our growing city, and who is
anxious to see it continue in its pros
perity will come out to the meeting
Thursday evening.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
TO consunnntlves.

Consumption, that scourge OF humanity, Is
the great dread Of the human family In all civil
ICED countries.
feel confident that am in possession Of the
only sure, infallIble Remedy. now known to the
profession for the positive and speedy cure Of that
dread diseaee, and its unwelcomc concomitants,
viz: Caarrh, Asfhmd, Bronchitis, Nervous Debility
&C., &c. Twenty eight years experience. q .
busy practitioner, 10 the best Consumption Hos
pitals Of the Old and New World, has taught me
the value of this medicine in the cure OF all
Throat and Lung Complaints.
Those suffering with Consumption Or any of the
above maladies, by addressing me. giving symp-
toms, they shall be put In possession Of this great
boon, riihouf charge. and shall have the benefit
Of my experience in thousands OF cases success
fully treated. Full directions for preparation
and use, and all necessary advice and inst,uc.
tion' for successful treatment Your own home,
will be received by you by return mail, free of
charge, by addressing
DIR. JOHN q. BURNETT,
1917 JeHersOn Ntseet,
apll wly GOUA0VEkLE, KY.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

DEAD.-Harvey Hopkins, the bag
gageman, injured in the late accident
on the X. & DIM. railroad, died this
morning.
He never recovered consciousness
from the time of the accident, and
passed peacefully away at 8 80 A. NJ.
His remains were enclosed in neat
burial case and sent to his friends al
De Soto, for burial.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

THE story has it that the old lady
said she always trusted in Providence,
in going down hill, until the brecch-
ing broke. We have had confidence
in the breeching, as to its hold-back
quality in regard to rain, but we
must confess that the strongest indi.
cations are upon us that the breechine
has broke. We, however, never be-
lieve in giving up the ship, and there
fore still have hope that the breechine
will be repaired before irreparabll
injury befalls us. We are aware tina
the brceching must be securely fixei
up from this out, and be effective, Of
1t will be too late for good corr
crop, which is the mainstay Of thi
county.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Ifyour lungs are irritated, oppress-
ed and sore, no method of treatment
will compare with inhaling the hot
vapors of Tar. The "Solution OF
Forest Tar" with inhaler, is the only
preparation of tar for this purpose.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Nothing enhances the appearance
of a house moro than tasty Wall Pa
per and handsome Window Curtains.
Never buy until you examine the
stock of Messrs. Williamson Il Fin
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Immediately, thirty or forty tons Of
bright Rye Straw, for which | will
pay $500 per ton in cash. Call on
Samuel Lilburn, opposite Post Office
o-9ws
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Window Curtains, latest styles
cloth, paper, and every other quality
known to the trade in this city, al
Williamson y Finley's at prices that
canrct duplicated. dSw
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

The Chicago Tribune, whose own
er, Horace White, wrote over his own
signature, pending the Electoral Com
mission investigation that Hayes was
not, and that Tilden was elected, is
just now engaged in lecturing the
Des Moines Register and other Iowa
papers because they are not enthu
siastice nough, in its opinion, support
ing HAYES.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Messrs. Williamson & Finley. on
Main street, have one Of the hand.
soonest Drug Stores in the city. 1t il
a model of neatness and every pre-.
scription is carefully compounded by
All experienced hand. d&wlte
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Times are hard but it don't pay to
buy poor goods. Go to Phillips for
anything you want in the Shoe line,
it will pay you. aprA WITT
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Bachman & Oestreicher are making
a success of their Upholstery business
They are making splendid line oi
Parlor goods which they are selling
at low prices. Their handsome line
of single and double Carpet Lounges
are meeting with especial favor, and
are selling like hot cakes. Ladies yor
should not fail to visit the above firm
and examine their work, and we car
assure you there is no better place II
the west to buy from. ms d5t wi
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

WUUS &vOsVOVOy guys
Must be true. Nusbaum, the cloth.
ing king, sells cheaper and better
goods for less money than anybody
west Of Chicago. wifi
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

For Druggists Sundries, Notions
and Toilet articles, the popular re-
sort is Williamson & Finley's.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
For Cash

and cash only you can buy more Oloth.
ing at Nusbaum's than any other
place in Ottumwa. Try him for your
Clothing. No. % Union block. wit
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Mrs. Kate Claxton, the Fire Queen,
was interviewed at Des Moines the
other day, and she put the boss con-
undrum to the interviewer. And
that was why arc theatres and Opera
houses out west, where ground is
cheap, put up in fire traps in third
and fourth stories, with 10 means of
escape, while in New York, where
ground is valued at fabulous prices,
such buildings are always on the
ground floor.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
AssrGNEE,s NOTICE

10 whom It may concern:
hereby give notice that wilbur Il. Kelley, oi
Ottumws, Iowa. (Drugeist,) has made an -.
Segment to me- for the benefit OF all his creditors
and that have accepted and duly qualined % as.
signee.
.1AIl persons indebted to said Kelley will make
payment to me. and oil persons holding claiml
against him ct date Of assignment, t0-wits April
2ssn. ls57 Will Ale the same Win mo o. Oisnmwa ~
the date hereof. The assignment Is recorded In
Wapello county, Iowa. aud my inventory II filed
with the Clerk Of the Circuit Court Of said county
Dated at Ottumwa, Iowa, May bth. 1877.
my7wGwltd IRA A. MYERS, Assignee.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

I have been appointed agent fol
the sale of Tascot's Enamel Paint
the best paint that is made, it is al.
ready for use, always ready, come and
see 1t. JOHN L. MOORE.
4-l7-d&w1m Cor. Main & Green St
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
Saturday afternoon a young daugh

Saturday afternoon young daugh.
ter of John Peters, four or five years
old, was very seriously burned by its
clothes taking fire. The mother OF
the child was boiling soap by firt
in the yard, and while the family
were at dinner the little girl wander
ed too near the fire, the result O.
which is that the child is so scvcrel,
burned that it may not recover. DIR
Hinsey, who lives near, was callct
and did all that science could do TO
the little sufferer.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Be sure you buy your Boots &
Shoes at Phillips. a25wtf
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

The Illinois Senate has passed a
bill, almost unanimously, which only
needs the concurrence of the House
to become law, declaring that all
United States silver ceins of all de-
nominations shall be legal tender in
payment of all debts public, and pri-
vate. If this becomes law, then all
debts contracted after the lst of July
next, and between citizens of Illinois
may be discharged by the tender OF
United States fractional silver coin
without reference to the IS Limitation
of the present United States law.
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09

Keep the "Forest Tar Salve" in
your house. 1t win save you money
and pain, Hs !
Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
m An m I'm

SHREEVE-MONTAGUE-At tht
residence of p. Utecht, in Ottumwa
May 9, 1877, by A. Lotspeich, j. r.
Mr.. THOMAS SHREEvE to Miss LIZ
zIE MONTAGUE.
WEEKS-HANNON-In Ottumws
Iowa, May 1st, 1877, Mr.. James r
Weeks, and Miss Jennie Harmon
by Rev. j. Sunderland.