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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04
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A residence lot for q good team OF
horses or mules and wagon and har.
ness. Apply to
d&Wtf j. M. HEpRICK.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04

Farmers will find, when they arc In
the city, one Of the most convenient
Wagon Yards and Feed 6tsblos on
Main street fcw doors above Law
renee & Carriers. Call and sec.
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04

Beautiful New Prints at SAMUELs
s. Sons, corner of Main and Market
streets, Ottumwa, Iowa. w4w
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04

His Honor, Judge Sloan's Circuit
Court will expire fol. this term on to-
morrow. The docket is burdened
down with business but then the linz
1t of time for the term closes this
week and the unfinished business
goes over. What is true of this
Circuit Court is also true of Judge
Knapp's Court. There must be some
remedy for this. A few years ago,
absolute necessity gave birth to the
Circuit Court, and now in portions of
the State an equal necessity is upon
US to provide more court facilities.
1t appears clear to us that at the next
session Of the Legislature there ought
to be passed law absolutely estab-
fishing an additional court say in
the cities Of ten thousand people or
over. The present legislation pro-
! viding for vote Of the people in
fact to make law, or al least to give
vitality to a statute, is Of very ques-l
tionable constitutionality at best, and
we believe wholly unnecessary and
uncalled for in making provision for
the additional court referred to-.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04

Full line of mems Boots and Shoe
lust received at Phillips.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04

The best Woman's Calf Shoe in the
State at Phillips. J23w4.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04
NEW BUILDINGS.

We have been shown the plans of
the following building, TO be erected
here this spring. Mr.. Chas. d. Wat
kins architect and general superin-
tendent: H,S4 q
An elegant suburban residence for
John r. Shepherd, just north of the
city limits, with all the modern inn
provements. Gilbert has the wood
work and Macoy furnishes the mate
rial.
For Capt. T. Egan, stylish frame
residence 36x53, two stories high with
all the modern Improvements, includ-
ing bath room, steam heating apara-
tins etc. Itwillbe built on his lot ad-
joining Godley's. Emery has the
carpenter work and Macoy furnishes
the material. 1t will be something
after the style Of Alderman Boulton's
new house.
Also for insurance agent, Geo. A
Brown, q fine house on the first lo1
north of Lawyer McNetts. 1t will
be about the same size as Esan's and
Is now enclosed. T. J. Hall has tho
entire contract. r.
l Mr.. Watkins has also furnished tho
tplans for fine residence for Aloi!
SchafIer which is to be erected OF
ono of those beautiful Main st. lot
just beyond r. g. Daum's. 1t is t.
be some 3Sx4S feet containing 8 rooms
Il. A. Roemer has the entire contract
While the times are unquestionably
hard, it is probable that q larg'
amount of building and improve
ments will be done this year, OWNS
to the low price ofmatcrial. But me
chanics from abroad need not come
here for work as the market is more
than fully supplied.
Mr.. Watkins has the contract t.
build the stairs in all the foregoing
/ hliiIdinps.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04


A downtown grocer advertises on
a single that he has dried "beens"
and specs" for sale. This is offset by
. Second-street washerw oman who
notifies her custonerst to come to the
.North dorc on West side"
We are pleased to print elsewhere,
from The Sesoing Machine Journal,
of New York, an article to the effect
that the great Singer Sewing Machine
Company has adopted an Ottumwa
invention, to-wit: the Johnston Ruff
fer. -.
We are in receipt of the catalogue
Of Ridge Farm Short Horns, which
are to be sold at Oskaloosa on the
18th Of April. Any one who desires
to see this catalogue can do SO by
calling at this office. One hundred
and twenty head of fine cattle win be
offered at this sale.
Our city dads are going to Ottum-
wa in a body to trounce the COURIER
boys for making fun of our artesian
wcll.- Oska1oosG Herald.
Let 'em comet Wen show them
through our great Union Depot.
The State Census Board have as
sesscd the C., .. q q. railroad at $l2,-
600 per mile, the Central Of Iowa at
s., 500, the X. e ID. M. at 81, 200, the
st. Louis and X. c. at So, 800. This is
a reduction OF. $500 per mile on the
X. & D. M, $500 on the ST. L. & X. q.
and $500 on the Central. The c., b.
& @. is assessed the same as in 1876.
r. G. Dallingall will immediately
commence the erection of two story
brick building, sof the modern style,
on the vacant lot cast of Ira Myers
building now occupied by Cooper y
Hammond. The building will be
22x6O feet. Pickett 4 Carnes furnish
the plans and will do The wood work.
Sam Hendricks has the brick and
stone work. St
Some time ago, the Marshnlltown
Lecture Association engaged Ann
Eliza Young, late No. - 4 of Brig
ham Young, to lecture, with the un-
derstanding that she would draw as
well as Tilton. She didn't draw as
well and the association wouldn't
pay her. And now Ann Eliza is
making ithot for that Lecture Asso.
citation in the way of a law suit.
Miss Mollie Turner, of Burlington.
q sweet soprano singer, has accepted
| . position Of leading soprano in DIR,
Taylor's Tabernacle, New York. An
eastern exchange speaks OF her at
follows: aMiss Mollie Turner, Of
Burlington, has accepted the position
of leading soprano singer in DR.. Tay'
lor's Broadway Tabernacle, New
York-the highest musical appoint.
mcnt In Gotham, and the one recciv-
ing the largest ssslary.n
A good hundred Teuton, named
Bernhardt, from Muscatine, recently
went to Davenport, and put up at q
first-class hotel. Before retiring fol-
the night, he INDUCED in a smoke and
then deposited his pipe in the breas,
Ipocket Of his cost hanging on the
wall. Insthc middle of the night he
aroused the whole house by cries oil
"firc." That pipe had almost totally
destroyed the coat and $500 in green
backs that were in the same poke
with the pipe.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04

The best goods are always the
cheapest. Phillips has them.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04
Now Way Of ceIIectlns pepts.

man, called him out and started with
him for the river where they inform
ed him that he had but few mo-
mcnts in which to say his prayers,
because they intended to drown him,
for the reason that he would not pay
the widow. He thought the matter
was only joke until they threw him
in the river once, head over heels.
The bath, together with the forbid
ding looks of his captors, induced
him to open negotiations, and he Of
fered SIS to be let alone, which he de-
|clared was'an the money he had.
But few words were exchanged
beyond informing him that the story
was too gauzy, and down he went the
second time.
Half strangled to death he increas-
ed his offer few dollars, but not
enough to suit the party, and in went
the fellow again.
When he reached dry ground the
third time he was nearly frozen to
death, but said he did not have mon
ey enough to pay the bill if it was
to save his life.
When the rope was placed around
his neck and one of the party attach
cd stone to the other end the mat
ter was becoming serious and he
squealcd-paid all the money he had
and hypothecated valuable watch
for the balance, and he was, allowed
to go home.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04

MARX TwAIN's New BOOK.-"TuE
ADVENTURES OF Tom SAWYER" is the
title Of new book by Mark Twain,
and is so different from the so-called
"funny books" of the hnmorists that
it is really enjoyable to all intelligent
readers who have vivid rcmcm-
brance Of their "bad boy" days, and
the inevitable scrapes through which
they have passed. The "good boys"
arc mostly to be found in Sunday
school books rather than on the
benches, and mostly die young. We
have all been atom Sawyers," more
or less, and we must expect our boys
to be overlooking with fun, frolic and
mischief if we ever expect them to be
active, energetic and self.reliant
men. 1t is q most original, unique,
piquant and entertaining book, first
published in England, where it has
been received with an outburst of
enthusiastic praise. From beginning
to end the pages of 'Tom Sawyer"
are replete with lively sallies, humor-
GUS ideas and scathing hits. Tom,
Aunt Polly, Huckleberry Finn, Becky
Thatcher, Joe Harper, Injin Joe, and
others are active, original characters,
who manage to keep their little
world lively and stirring, and inevi-
tably draw the reader within the vor-
tex. The illustrations are superb,
and, taken all in all, the book is an
Incompatible one.
Mr.. z. s. Troxcll is now canvassing
the city for this inexpressibly humor-
GUS book, and will furnish it to SUBJ
scribers for the very low price of
1915, bound in cloth, gilt, library
style 1915 and $4.25 half morocco.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04

In his Boston lecture, Col. Ingcrsoll
expressed his firm hostility to any an
nexation of islands to the United
States. Said he: 81 recollcct when
they were talking about San Domin-
go, 1 said, I'VE don't want it, They
said. You never saw such climate
WELL said /, I'VE don't want it,
Why said they. 1T don't raise good
folks. You take 5000 preachers from
New England, and 5000 professors
from our colleges, and all the ruling
elders with their families, and put
them in San Domingo, and the next
generation you will see them bare
back on a mule, the hair clicking out
of the backs of their hats, with a
rooster under each arm, going to a
cock-fght on Sunday"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04
DIED.

Warm Shoes cheap at Phillips.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04

From last Wednesday, Daily.
We learn that . very serious fight
occurred at Eldon last night It
seems that Mike Shannahan holds q
whiskey bill against citizen of that
place and last night Mike presented
it informing the fellow that if was
not paid instantly there would be
trouble. The fellow spoke him never
a word, but lifted up his hand,
knocked Shannahan into the gutter
jumped on him with his feet, kicked
him in the face and ribs, injurine
Shannahan to such an extent that il
was supposedlast night that he would
die.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04
Albert J. Hirst, late a fireman on

Albert j. Hirst, late fireman on
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
road, is credited with the perform
ance of a brave act on last Saturday.
He was going east over the Michigan
Central, and was seated by the side
of the engineer. Shortly after the
train left Buffalo station they noticed
that four year old child had fallen
across the track q few rods ahead of
the locomotive. Hirst bounded thro'
the window and ran along side of the
boiler to the pilot or cow-catcher. AS
the child was staggering to its feet
Hirst reached forward and lifted it
literally "out of the jaws Of death. .
The wrench on the muscles of his
hand was SO great that he has carried
his arm in sling ever since. The
child was frightened nearly to death,
but was otherwise uninjured.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-04

1t was LITTLE amusing TO old bald
headed bummers, at the union depot,
to-day, to see ladies. change cars. The
rain was pouring down in torrents,
and the schooners sailing under bare
poles, made the change quite lively. y
Christ Schuttlcr, the absconding
johnson county cattle dealer, who
mysteriously disapr cared a Few days
ago with . frsh Chicago woman, was
found in st. Louis by, relative and
has returned home, tstf
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-06-14
Hard on'ilIe Judge.

In the early days the State of In
diana, the capital was Cdrydon; and
the annual Session Of the General AS
sen.Llysusyalis brought together as
i%ifd6 0fsNfgs as could be found
in The State, who had to rely 'opon
their own resources for amusemant,
for there were then few theatres, con
certs and shows. :.
The lovers ofmischiofhad establish
ed Il mock Masonic Lodge, into which
they would entice such as were a lit.
Tie green, and take them through a
variety Of ridiculous ceremonies, to
the infinite amusement Of the crowd.
On one of these occasion, it being
understood that u good natured, ath-
letic young man, about halfa simple
ton, was to be initiated, thereon was
Judge Grass, (it being
character in which he was particular
ly happy,) had consented to act the
role Of the devil; and to make the SER
vices more impressive, had put on a
false face and paper cap, surmounted
with horns, and with some chains in
his hands, placed himself behind a
screen.
After taking the candidate thro' u
variety of cermonits he was brought
to Il stand before the screen and told
that he had then to confess all the
crimes he had committed in his whole
life. The candidate confessed some
trivial ofIenses, and declared that he
could rec6llect no more. At this the
Judge came out from his hiding place,
groaned and shook his chains. The
candidate related other
small matters, and declared that he
had disclosed all the crimes he had
ever committed. At this the groans
of the pretended devil became furious
and the chains ratified, and he shook
his horns in the face of the terrified
candidate, whostarted back in alarm,
and cried out.
"Iold on, Mr.. Devil, if must tell
you, didk.kiss J;judge G-grass' wife
d COUPLE of times!"
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How Mother Cuts Hair.

You can always tell boy whose
mother cuts his hair. Not because
the edges Of his hair look as if they
had been chewed off by an absent
minded horse, but you tell it by the
way he stops on the street and wig
gles his shoulders. When q fond
mother has to cut her boys hair, she
is careful to any annoyance and mess
by laying a sheet upon the carpet
1t has never occurred to her to set
him on the floor, and put the sheet
around his neck. Then she draws
the front narrower his eyes and leaves
it there, while she cuts that which
is at the back. The hair which lies
over his eyes appear to be on fire
She has unconsciously continued to
push his head forward until his nose
presses his breast, and is too busy to
notice the snuliling sound that is be-
coming frequent. In the. meantime
he is seized by an irresistible desire
to blow his nose, but rccollects that
his handkerchief is in the other room.
There is Il fly lights on his nose, and
does it so unexpectedly that he in
voluntary dodges, and catches the
point of the shears in his left ear
At this he commences to cry and
wishes lie was man. But his moth.
doesn't notice him. She merely hits
him on the other ear to inspire him
with confidence. When she is done
she holds his jacket collar back from
his neck, and with her mouth blows
the short bits from his head down
his back. He calls her attention to
this fact, but she looks for new
place ON his head, and hits him there.
Then he takes the awful disfgured
head to the mirror and looks at it,
and, young as he is, shudders as he
thinks what the boys viii say,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-06-14
Don't Hurry, Girls.

One of the crying evils Of these
times is the tendency and disposition
of girls to get through girlhood hur-
riedly and get into womanhood, or
rather into young ladyhood, without
enjoying the beautiful season of girl
hood. Speaking on this point, Bish-
op Morris says;
"Wait patiently, my children,
through the whole limit of your girl
hood, Go not after womnn.hood; let
it come to you, Keep out Of public
view. Cultivate retirement and
modesty. The cares and responsible
ties of life will come soon enough
When they come you will meet them
| trust, as true women should But
oh, do not throw away your girlhood.
Rob not yourselves of this beautiful
season, which, wisely spent, will
brighten all your future life"
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would have known before this what
liked" Sandygrowled out, and slam
ming the door behind him left the
house. 1t was in the spring, and q
friend who was present heard the
little wife say:
"Sandy's bent on disturbance to-
day; shall not please him, do what
| can"
The dinner time came and Sandy
and his friend sat down to dinner
The fish were eaten in silence, and,
on raising the coverof the dish before
him, in Il towering passion he cried
out:
"Boiled chicken! hate itmadam
a chicken boiled is Il chicken spoil.
ed"
Immediately the cover was raised
for another chicken roasted toa turn.
Madam, l won't eat roast chick
en- roared Sandy; "you know how it
should have been cooked"
AT that instant a broiled chicken,
with mushrooms, was placed on the
table.
without green pcasl" roared the
grumbler.
"Hore they are, my DEAR" said Mrs.
Black,
"IIow dare you spend my money
in that way"
"rhey were a present." said the
wife, interrupting him,
Rising from his chair and rushing
from the room, amid a roar Of laugh
ter from his friend, he clenched his
fist apd shouted.
"Ilow dare you receive a present
without my leavePp
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-06-14
CHURCH DIRECTORY

FulST PRgsaYTgNiNS-S on th6tA
and ith Sabbatis Of each month, morning
aud evening. Rev. Dir. Lane, Pastor. sab.
bath School every Sunday morning at . o.
clock. D. Gilmore, Superintendent.
IaIST PLEASANT PHEsBYTallAN CHURCH.
w. l.. Hill, Pastor. Preaching l6t and
81 S,tbbaths, morning. aud night. Bible
Glass at the Parsonage on Wednesday 'ty-
ening. Sabbath School, Sunday morning.
III. II. Hale, Superintendent.
Protestant EPISCOPAL CnrRcH- Rev. T..
II. Lacy, Rector. Services as follows At
Christ Church, Point PlcaNdit, every sun
day morning Vt l0l o'clock, except the ID
Sunday in each month"; and every Sunday
evening, at "a o'clock, except the Sd sun
day in each month"; Sunday School at 8
o'clock. I. Striblins, Supt. Vrstry meet
ing on the evening OF the 2d Monday in ey-
ery month. Services at Bruce's Chapel on
the % Sunday ut 10! a. u. Mason City
Oh the Sd Sunday at 81 p. VI. West Coz
uWbia the ID Sunday at !F, Ne
NJ. t. UiumiI-Services OF the LIST and
Sd Sabbaths OF each month, at 10! \. NJ,
and u p. NJ, during Summer. PRAYER
meeting every Wednesday evening. L. H.,
Stewart, Pastor. Sabbath schoolevery sun
day morning ut 9 O'Clock. ID. ;. Snyder,
Superintendent.
~ T.. CnuRcit, SouTn-Seryices on the
4th Sabbath OF each month. Rev. -
Robinson Pastor. Sabbath School every
Sabbath morning at - o'clock. Robert 5.
Bckel, Superintendent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-06-14
sneezing.

: As rule u sneeze is the warning
nature gives that some part of the
body is exposed to Il colder tempera-
ture than the other parts, and that
the sneezer is catching cold, Next
to the warning, what is the use .of
the sneeze? II opens the pores of
the. whole bsdsaapa iAdpees;a gstag
rai pefspifati6n; in a Word, IL throws
OF a cold. A child rarely sueezes
more than twice-perspiration is
readily induced in youth; an old
man, on the contrary, sneezes half a
dozen times, with ALOUD explosive
Catalogue" 1t is harder to set him
perspiring. When one is sitting by
an open window and finds himself
sneezing, nature tells him he is tax
ing cold. He should get up instant
ly, walk about, and take full tumb-
ler Of cold water to keep up the gem
tie perspiration that the sneeze set
in motion If he does this, he will
not be telling an hourafter that he
has a "cold in his head" or chest, or
lungs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-06-14
Dldn't Match Her Dress.

The Chicago Evening Journal re-
lates the following incident connect
ed with the Lonten-seryices in that
city:
so MAJ" exclaimed Il stylish young
Chicago miss, ON the opening day OF
Lent, ~ can't 90 10 service after all;
I've no prayer,book."
"Why, yes you have, daughter"
said the mother where's that costly
one | gave you ChristmasP'
20, that one" replied the miss ~
couldn't carry that; for IL doesn't
match my dress at all"
And the poor girl had TO remain
away from the church privileges. =
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"AbOVc kll."

"And above all, Nellie, my love-"
were the parting words of a West
Adams street woman to her daught-
er as the hack to convey the newly
welded pair to the Fort Wayne de-
pot drew up at the door, "above all,
Nellie, if you should quarrp. for
Rcnigald is but u man, and life is
full Of thorns-remember that your
first duty is to yourself as alady and
housekoepor, Order and neatnesS
above all things. Never hit your
husband with a rolling.pin or a po-
tato.masher You could never for.
give yourself if the result of such a
blow were to be the appearance of a
hair at table in dish Of mashed po-
tatoes or n pio.crust, when you had
company at tea. The poker will do
quite as well, and is infinitely more
lady.likc. Goodbye. Write every
day, and don't forget your poor old
MOTHERHOOD hool'
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Judge Circuit Court-IIoN. Jos, SMITH.
Residence Ravcnswood, Jackson County.
/. Clerk Circuit Court-C. b. WAGuENER.
Dcputy-JA>Es II. IIoLLOwAY.
Clerk County C0urt-E. KMBEmtNG.
Deputy-JosEPm II. HOLLOWAY.
President County COurt-D. $. VAN Ma
TIRE
Prosecuting Attorney-G. p. SIMrsoS.
sheriil.-DAvib S. STEVENSON.
DeputiCs-J. +. Il, b, SMITH, j. JEwErT,
joins X. DABNEY, HENRY Fry.
JailOr-J. JEwErr
Surveyor OF lanIs-'rros. j. RosEUTs
Assessor Dist. No. l-Iis. w. WINDoS.
Assessor Dist. No. 2--E. Il. BAKER
Sup't Public Schuuls-CHNs. y. lIoGG.
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ded, payable in sixty days, and bring
1t to me-" "That will be Of no use,"
replied the boarding house keeper,
"for he never pays his notes" "Do
as l tell you, SIR said jackson and
turned away. The next day the man
reappeared at the White House and
handed the note to the President
He took it, read it, wrote "Andrew
Jackson" across the back in his well
known autograph, and handed it
back, saying: "Take that to the Bank
of the Metropolis and tell them for
me that its maturity it will be paid
either by the drawer or the indorScr.
They will discount it for you" A
few days afterward the man who had
given the note met his creditor and
tauntingly said: "Well, l don't sup
pose you have been able to negotiate
my paper2' "Yes," replied the
boarding house keeper, 81 had no
trouble in getting it discounted at
legal rates of interest" "Who in
thunder is willing to discount my
notes?7 asked the Tennessean. "The
Bank Of the Metropolis discounted
the one you gave me, upon the assu-
rance that if you did not pay it the
indorser would" '"But who would
indorse my note?" General Jack
son, and he sent word to the bank
That if you'd not pay the note he
would" 1t is hardly necessary TO
state that the note was promptly
mid hv the maker