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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08
Crops, Hoppers, Railroads ETC., in
Nebraska.

UTICA, Seward Co., Neb., July y.
EDITORS COURIER: - Having occa-
sion to call on you on little business
matter, I thought it might not be
amiss to say word through your
columns to old friends in regard to
our crop prospects &C., in Seward Co.
this season.
The business matter is request to
change my COURIER from the Seward
postoffice to Utica postotlice, in Sew
ard county. Our railroad is now
completed through the county and on
to York Center, the next county seat
west, and in few days we shall have
a daily mail by rail.
| You can say to any of my old
friends in Wapello, that when they
get tired of being drowned out in
that country and wish to take Hor-
ace Greely's advice and come west to
ISeward county, one of the best in the
state or any other state, they can get
off the train at Utica, just 80 rods
from the corner of my place and call
around and I will show them as
beautiful a prairie as they ever saw.
Our town has just been laid out
! and building has commenced in earn
/, est and think before christmas we
will have made good start towards
a town.
I desire 10 correct false impress
sion that prevails in the east, in re-
gard to the grasshoppers in this coun.
try and especially in Seward county
While it is fact that they deposited
! vast amount of eggs here last fall
! and they Matched out in the spring
by the millions vet they died off near
ly as fast as they Matched, and SO fal
as damage to the crops this season il
concerned, l am confident that it ha.
. not amounted TO per cent. of tht
whole crop of the country. All tina
f did not die in the spring have disap
, peared and the coast is now clear.
As to our crops this year, they arr
as good as the most greedy could
E ask.
: The rye and barley is cut and il
! stack in good condition and is No
l crop. Wheat harvest has commenc
ed and the time is past to talk abou
: a failure from any cause. | hav
been either directly or indirectly con
nected with the farming interests al
Q my life, have farmed more or less il
r four different states and can truth
/. fully say that / never saw bette
: fields of wheat in no state than Sew
8 ard county can boast of this year.
!. The oats will soon be ready to har
a vest and I never saw as heavy oat
I in my life. Prospect for potato GRO
!, good. The prospect for corn, SO ia
t as can be told now, is not so good, bu
|. with favorable season from now oil
a will be an average crop. Our stoc
t, of hogs in the county is much bette
i. than ever before; they are doing a
}, well as I ever saw hogs do; are j
e good health and good condition n
It disease among them, in this count.
J. They promise handsome incom
J. this season. l have not learned VIII
" the democrats have put on the trac
e to be beaten by my old friend Tx
J. Michael, for sheriff, but am Statistic
d that Lee can beat the fastest nag the
J. have. With respects to old friend
j. I remain yours, q. A. Derry.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08
rOH THIRTY YEAaes

The dark-eyed and lovely daughters OF Spanish
America have used MURRAY d LANMAN's FLORIDA
WATER as heir only cosmetic and toilet perfume.
II tsihe most fragrant as well ~ the most LASTING
Of all Floral Waters, and possesses reffeahinS
and invigorating properties not contained In any
other preparation OF the kind
E3.For sale by Perfumera. DruGgistS. and
Fancy Goods Dealers. July 13-deOdGmlm.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08

children, can secure health for the children and
rest for themselves by using Dr.. Pitchers Casto-
! ria. u contains no morphine or anything inju-
rions, 1t as pleasant to take as honey. and u
certain TO cure Wind Collie, Regulate the shewels
and eXpel worms. For Teething children there
ts nothing like Castoria.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08
SPECIAL NOTICE.
a oARD.

To all who ale suffering from the errors and In
discretlons of youth. nervous weakness. early de-
cay. loss OF manhood. &C., will send reoipe
great remedy was discovered BIZ . missipnary In
South America. Send sell addressed envelope
TO the Rev. JOSEPH T. Imam, Station D, BSble
House Neio York jan20d& Wom
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08
Dissolution.

The firm of Bowen & Williams, in
the milling business, was dissolved
August LIST, by mutual consent.
Aug. 3, 1877 GEO, BOWEN,
dewitt r. j. WILLIAMS.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08

the convention adjourned. The pub
lie park is gayly lighted with colorcd
lamps, and grand ratification meet
ing is in progress. This was one OF
the most exciting but, orderly con-
ventions ever held in Ohio. All ap.
pear pleased with the platform. and
the ticket will command the full
strength of the party.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08
20 q
HIIlf11NINNEz1II
An ohio MANS Opinion.
BLAcKLysvILLE, Wayne Co, o.
July 81, 1877. I

EDITORS COURIER Enclosed find
$3.50 for the Weekly for one year
l can not do without your paper, as
it is the best paper l have read fol
many years. Yours truly,
j. C. TRoXEL.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08
The --latest 6windle.


A large, dark completed man, with
full dark whiskers, and dressed in
blue clothes, calling himself 1. ia
cob. mailing from New.York, visited
our city on Monday Of last week, and
succeeded in quilting one of our at
torneys to the tune of $75 by the
slickest game ever played in this
community. We Judge the man to
be a swindler from the fact that he
played the same game in Abba upon
Judge Noble, realizing from that gen.
tleman $75.
The manner is as follows: On ar
irving ut Knoxville he found at, one
of our express offices three large pic
tures-chromos, touched with paint
to give them the appearance Of oil
paintings, encased in heavy bronzed
frames, sent to him by Z. e j. Levy,
of New York. The express charges
and G. O. d. amounted to about $3l.
He always finds three pictures at ev-
cry town he visits, and about the
same amount charged against them.
After looking around town q few
hours, he commences operations by
calling upon citizens whom he suppo.
ses would be likely to want just such
pictures, and tells them that he came
to the town, induced by representa-
tons of its size and importance, fol
the purpose of opening an art gallery
but finding that the size of the towr
will not warrant him in opening sucl
: an establishment, and on account o
his daughter being sick, he is willing
to sell his paintings at q very low
figure. Here he asked $75 apiece fo1
his pictures, which figure he insists i
far less than they are worth. No
being able to sell them to any one, h
next strikes his victim for loan
promising to pay heavy interest TO
: the use of the money for one month
and proffering to leave his valuabl
l works of art as security. At Abb
Noble advanced $75 and here o. I
: Ayers handed over $75. Both gen
;, tlemen are anxiously awaiting tn
coming Of the picture man and thei
! investment, with the interest promif
t ed, in the meaa time viewing wit
c pleasure their rery galuable chromo'
1t is probable that every town i
! the state has, or will be visited, b
0 Mr.. I. Jacob, and stocked with pit
n lures worth probably 50 apiece, at til
y nice little sum of $25 each.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08
Some big stories are told about the

Some big stories are tOld ABOUT Inc
rapid growth of corn during the
warm weather of the past two weeks.
One of our farmers stated that his
corn grew one inch in four hours.
This seemed like a whopper but the
Iowa CITY Republican says that corn
grew six and quarter inches by ac-
tual measurement, in one day. Al
this rate corn in johnson county will
be somewhere about $50 feet high by
the time frost comes Cedar Fail
GOzette
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08
The Hot Weather

~ 49, vSeSeAsssDSs
And prospect Of short crops, has had
a depressing effect upon the nstrimo-
NAL market. Fifteen licenses were
issued by the Clerk, in, June, and on
ly nine in July, a falling of Of 40 pei
cent. The following is the list:
Jackson Palmer to Mary 4. Berry
John w. Gardner to Clara b. Gibbs
Marion Mace to Nancy j. Hurley.
James Alcott to Minerva Barto.
Edward Crow to Ellen, Dalton.
c. B. Campbell to Jennie Robinson
Vim. Thompson to Lila g. Surber.
John r. Moore to Mary Hudson.
Chas f. Blake to Jennie r. Stevens
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08

The Coroner was called upon, yes
terday, to hold an inquest over the
remains Of concealed fGtus, sup
posed to have been born to young
lady over the river. The Coroner,
accompanied by two officers and an
attorney, went over and made thor
ough investigation but found moth
ing to confirm the charge in the
Iannt
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08

Be sure you buy your Boots and
Shoes at Phillips, a25Wtf
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08
THE FULL TICKET.

l4- q Af-t IhE fULII IlShEls
The following is the full ticket:
Governor III. West.
Lieut.. Governor-Ferd Vogeler.
Supreme Jndge-W. Ii. Johnson.
Atty General-George X. Nash.
elk Sup. Conrt-Dwight C.Rowell
School Commiss'r--J. L. Lukens.
BID Public Works--A. w. Luckey
WILLIAM II. WEST.
Special Telegram to the Inter-ocean.
. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Aug. 1.-The
nomination of the Hon. William ii
West, to-day, by the Republican State
Convention, for the Governorship.
causes great rejoicing in this portion
of the State. He is almost without a
peer as a lawyer, being one OF the
very finest constitutional lawyers OF
the State, He has occupied the most
prominent positions in the State. AS
Judge Of the Supreme Court and
Attorney General of the State, his
every decision gave the highest credit
to the power that put him in those
positions. He was also a member OF
the Constitutional Convention that
assembled here in 1872. In finances
the platforins exactly represents hii
sentiments. He wrote the able finan-
cial letters that were published here
in the Gazette in 1875, signed ''Teu'
ton, lie is between so and go years
of age, and in personal appearance
he is q fine man, being tall and wei
proportioned He has defect in his
eyes that causes him to be almOs
blind. AS stump speaker he is al
most unexcelled. His home is il
BellefOntaine, Logan county.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08

Headquarters for Plow Shoes at
! Phillips. a25wtf
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08

Hon. Chas. Dudley, of Agency TIP.
called to-day. He says oats and
wheat in his neighborhood are about
half . crop, and corn not over third
Of . crop, many farmers having al
most mono.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08

The muster roll of Capt. Slaugh-
ter's artillery company was sent into
the Adjutant Generals Office, to-day.
The company is full, we believe, and
the ordnance may be expected some
time soon.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08

From Fridays Daily.
Chris Range who was stabbed on
Monday night, at Burlington, by
John Volksmmer, died yesterday
evening at 8 O'Clock.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08

Forty freight trains passed through
the city, last night over the e. b. "
@. railroad, and twenty odd, to-day.
The strike seems to be over,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08

Coon BEEF.-To-day Messrs. Pot
ter & Chinn sent us choice roast OF
beef. This beef was killed on Mon.
day morning July 23rd, 10 days ago
and placed in their new ice box. con-
structed on Mr.. Alleys plan. When
cooked It was a. sweet, Juicy and ten
der as any beef we ever tasted. We
think this is the best ice box yet in
vented. ff
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08

Bowen & Co. will start up their
Touring mill in few days, or as
soon % they can procure the necessa-
ry amount Of wheat to justify. w
p. Bowen left for Pella to-day, to
make arrangements for the purchase
of grain at that place for the use OF
their mill here.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-08
From MeanestlAys Daily.

Yesterday afternoon, David r.
Helm and his sons were stacking hay
ON his farm in Benton township, keo-
kuk county, and had several stacks
containing from ten to twelve tons
finished. Just before the storm began
thew went to the house, and had not
been there twenty minutes until
lightning struck the stacks, set them
on fire, and they were entirely con-
sumed.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-24
Mark Twain on CI,a,nbcrn,aid,.

Against all chambcrmuids of whatso-
ever age Or nationality / launch the
curse Of Bachelorlom.
Because
They always put the pillows on the
opposite end of the bed from the gus
burner, so that, while you read and
smoke before sleeping, las is the ancient
and honorable custom among bachelors)
you have to hold your book aloft, in an
uncomfortable position, to keep the
light from dazzling your eyes,
If they cannot get the light in an un-
comfortable position any other way,
they move the bed
If you pull your trunk out six inches
from the wall, SO that the lii will stay
up when you open it, they always sl sc
that trunk back again. They do it on
purpose.
They also put your boots into inuc-
oessible places They chiefly enjoy
depositing them rs far under the bed MS
the wall viii permit 1t is because
this compelS you to get down in an Uni
dignified manner and make wild sweeps
for them in the dark with the hootiacl,,
and swear.
They always put the matchbox in
some other place. They hunt up new
place for it every day, and put bottle
or some other perishohle glass thing
where the box stood before, This is to
cause you TO break that glass thing,
cropping about in the dark, and get your
self into trouble.
They are forever moving the fuli-
tme. When you come in, III the night,
you calculate on findings bureau where
the wardrobe was in the morning. And
when you come in at midnight. or there
abouts, you will fall over the rocking
chair, and you viii proceed toward the
window and sit down in the slop-tub.
This will disgust you. They like that
No matter where you put anything
they won't let it stay there, They will
take it and move it the first chance thcy
got
They always save up old scraps of
printed rubbish you throw on the floor
and stick them up carefully on the
table, and then start the fire with your
valuable manuscripts
And they use more hair oil than any
six men.
They keep always coming to make
your bed before you get up, thus des
troying your rest, and inAicting agony
upon you, but after you get up they
don't come any more till the next day.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-24
HINTS TOR POOR sLEEPERs.

Poor sleepcrs, says the HeraH q
HcalM, will find it advantageous often
to raise the head Of the bed foot high.
or than the foot, and then to sleep ON n
tolorably thick hair pillow so as TO bring
the head little higher than the should.
cls. The object of this is to make the
work Of the heart in throwing blood to
the brain harder, so it will not throw
SO much, A level bed, with the head
almost us low as the foot, causes M
easy flow Of blood to the brain, and
sometimes wakclulness, when the YES.
sells cannot contract on il and keep the
brain empty,
Then the bed itself should he good
A very hard or very soft bed is not the
thing. Hair mattresses are often best,
but then these might he improved
Then the bedding should be porous, Sc
as to allow free exchange Of air, Air
tight beds are bad so, too, the room
should he large and airy, and the feet
kept warm, and persons with sensi-
tive skin should haveus light clothing
as possible Heavy clothing sometimes
keeps the scnsory nerves Of the skin 50
active that they send to the brain sen
sorry currents that keep this organ oe.
tive.
Whether sleeping with the head
to the north makes any difference we
do not know II seems to in some
cases, and in others not. IL may be
well to try it. Generally sensitive folks
sleep bettcr to have bed to them
selvcA
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-24

Not long ago, ON an English steamer,
four days out from Liverpool, small
boy was found hid away behind the
cargo. He had neither father nor
mother, sister nor brother, friend nor
protector among either passengers or
crew. Who was he Where did he
corer from1 Where goingl Only nine
years old; the poor little stranger, with
ragged clothes but beautiful face, full
Of innocence and truth OF conrsc he
was carried before the first mate.
"How camc you to steal a passage on
board Of this shipr asked the mate
sharply,
"My steptathcr put me in, answered
The boy; "he said he could not afford to
keep me or pay my passage to Halifax,
where my aunt lives ! want TO go to
my aunt
Tho mate did not believe the story.
He had often been deceived by stow
aways. Almost every ship finds, ono or
two days out at sea, men or boys CON
cealed among the cargo, who try to get
n passage across the water without pay.
ing for it. And this is often trouble
some and expensive, The mate sus-
pected some Of the sailors had hand in
the boys escape, and treated him pretty
roughly.
Day after day he was questioned
about his coming, and it was always the
same story nothing less, nothing more.
At last the mate got out Of patience,
as mates will, and seizing him by the
collar, told him unless he confessed the
truth, in ten minutes he would hang
him on the yard arm a frightful threat
indeed.
Poor child, with not friend to stand
by him Around him were passengers
and sailors of the midday watch, and
before him the stern frst-oflicer, with
his watch in his hand, counting the tick,
Sex, of the minutes as they lowly
went. There he stood, pale and ow-
full, his head erect, and with in
his eyes but afraid mo, not a
Eight minutes were already s. :
Only two minutes more to five,
cried the mate. "Speak the truth aud
save your life, boy
May pray : asked the child, look
ing up into the hard mans face,
The officer nodded his head, but said
nothing. The brave boy knelt down on
the deck and, with clasped hands and
eyes raised to Heaven, repeated the
Lords prayer and then prayed the Lord
Jesus to take him home to Heaven.
He could die but lie--never All
eyes were turned towards him, and sobs
lrplse from stern hearts
The mate could hold out no longer.
He sprang to the poor boy, told him he
believed his story, every word Of it, A
nobler sight never took place on ships
deck than this-a poor, unfriended child
willing to fnce death for truths sake.
He could die; but lie--never God
bless him And the rest of the voyage
YOU may well think he had friends
enough. Nobody owned him before
everybody was now ready to do him q
kindness. And everybody who reads
this will be strengthened to DO right
come what will, by the noble conduct Of
| this dear child
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-24

wake when you move
But now" he said, tenderly, !" you
are already awake. Sec, Pearl, your
tinst was Heaven given II is myself,
your fond, true husband, little one, who
win never leave You again"
She watched him, half fearful yet, AS
he stepped over the low window sash,
and gathered hor in his arms, raining
kisses upon her sweet, patient lips.
V is true Yon have como !" she
crieai at last, bursting into q passion Of
happy ieaES. knew YOU were not
dead Nen could not be dead, and my
heart not tell me v
II WAS long before they could think
Of apything but the happiess Of reunion
after the weary years Of separation, but
at last drawing roarl close, Hiram
whispered;
! walked from D., love, and am
enormously hungry.
And Pearls merry hugh chased the
last of the shadows from her happy
face, and she bnstled about The room
preparing supper,
"Supper for two" as she cried, glce.
fully.
Tie grand house III New York is
tcnanted by its owners, and Hiaam goes
TO sen no more, but in the summer time
two happy people come for a quiet
month TO the little white cottage at
Monkton, and have always to listen to
Dayy's tale of the evening when he was
cutting Hiram Goldby's tombstone, and
ended by smashing it into atoms.
For" is the invnriable ending Of the
tale, Pearl was right, and we was
wrong, all Of us, for Hiram Goldby was
lost ut sea, sure enough, but he was
not dead, and he come back to her
faithful love, az She always sid he
would"
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-24
sAGtCIoss DOC.

At the Atlanta General Passenger
Depot one day in October, blind man
was standing, leaning against the wall
outside of Captain Ballard's office his
baggage was lying inside the Office until
the train should leave on which the
blind was to 60. The dog stood for an
hour in position where he could oh.
serve both his master and his master
baggage. A gentleman noticing the
glances of the dog towards the baggage,
walked forward and pretended to he
lifting up valise; the watebful dog
went towards him and growled as il to
say, Don't touch this sir" When the
intruder left the baggage the dog left
also but when he returned to the bag
gage to see if the dog really was watch
ing it, the little animal went to it also
and repeated his growing. The same
was tried by another gentleman with
the same result, the dog showing in each
instance his watchfulness oYer his blind
masters property The value of this
animal to his master cannot be esti-
mated too highly.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-24

Two men, cutting wood near San
Jose, Cal, the other day, noticed for
several days that a number of birds re.
mainedconstantly upon q tree near them,
and upon cutting the tree down they
discovered in a limb a cavity, some two
feet in length and with small aper,
turc, in which were two rather large
birds, Neither of them were able to
fly, having evidently never been out Of
their imprisonment. How they came
inside is question, though it is proba-
bic that the mother-bird was small, and,
though able to make her nest in the
hollow of the tree and rear her young,
could not extlicate them, and they did
not gain strength enough to help them
selves until the hollow had so closed
that escape was impossible, Those who
examined the birds think they arc
about two years old They had been
fed from their birth by their bird.
fellows through the aperture in the limb
of tho tree. Journal, June 8.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-24

Sowing HIS WILD OATS. A young
student from the country who finds it
not unpleasant thing to SOW bis wild
oats in Paris at the expense Of his
family, under the hallucinotion that he
is studying medicine, receives visit
from his worthy father after he has
been at the capital for eighteen months.
Like dutiful son he p0iNdcs the author
of his being conscientiously through
the city and points out to him its social
and architectural lions, Finally they
halt before u huge and manipulated
building surrounded by massive graf
ing, what palace or thingmmy is
that lordly pileP asks the old man.
Damfno," replies the youth, but
there is Sergeant-dc-ville I'll asl,
him." and, accompanied by his sire, he
crosses over to the officer and puts the
question. "That, gentlemen" says ID,
municipal guardian, calmly and in d
clear official tone, SIS the Medical
School -
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1877-08-24

Molly MAGuIREs." Some fifty
years or more ago n poor old woman in
ireland had her cottage pulled down
over hcr head by her landlord. Her
name was Molly Maguire and she died
Of grief and exposure. Theroupon her
son and some neighbor lads formed
themselves into secret band, and
vowed and took fierce revenge on Irish
landlords in general The band spread
rapidly and they called themselves
Molly Maguircs," " and Irish coal miners
brought the name to America