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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
sStick to Dad"

"a farmers boy" writes to us: II
am tired of farmin and want to come
to town to make living for myself.
What do you think Of it," Well. we
think you are fool if you don't stay
ON tho farm. The city is overrun
now with "dcad beats" and tramps,
and if you've got dead sure thing
on making s'bread and meat" on a
farm, you'd better stay right where
you arc, and dig potatoes, than come
here and 60 to the work house and
peck rock. Stick to dad. Stay on
the farm. You are worth more to
yourself, to your .neighbors, to the
State and tho country at large than all
the one-horse, mutton head "profes-
sional gentlemen" that are living from
hand to mouth in this city or State
You stick to the pillow, the mower, the
reaper; freeze to the farm raise corn,
wheat, hay, rye, barley, oats, potatoes
chop wood, maui rails, burn brush,
curry horses, feed oxen, raise stock,
and instead of hanging around the
street corners dependent upon lunch
houses to keep sand out ofyour craw,
you'll be at home on your farm living
a life of independent happiness
while thousands of mice young men, =
too pretty and proud to work and too
lazy to steal, will be lighting out SOW
er the hill to the poor house." merci-
less beats and lazy subjects of utter
dependence upon public charity
Young man, if you know which side
of the bread of life the butter is on,
you give up the idea OF coming to
New York to snake living for your
self" Stay where you are. Vest
borough (1Ndss.) Chronicle.
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Industrial School.

We wish to call attention to this
school, which holds it sessions every
Saturday afternoon from 2 to 4
O'Clock, in the basement Of the First
NJ. E. Church. The object of this
school, primarily, as has been stated
before, is to teach young girls to sew,
and, by the direction and assistance
of teachers, to prepare for themselves
clothing which will fit them comfort
ably, to attend day school and Sab
bath school. The children also re-
ceive mental and moral instruction as
much as the limited time will allow.
This school is entirely benevolent in
its designs, and is carried on by the
voluntary help of several ladies of
this city, without any means to
rely upon except the free-will offer
ings of the people. We are now in
need of material to work upon. Any
remnants of goods, any clothing par
TALLY worn, either of gentlemen or
ladies wear, hats, caps shoes, or any
thing else, can be well appropriated,
and will be gladly received at the
school room on any Saturday after
noon. We are also in need of fuel to
warm our rooms; any contributions
Of wood or coal will be very accept.
able. Gifts of money, however small
in amount will be judiciously ex.
pended.
Mrs. G. G. Gum is now the Matron
assisted by band of women from
five to ten in number, each week. The
number in attendance is thirty. one.
The order of exercises consists in
singing and devotional exercises ;
sewing, under direction Of teachers
distribution Of clothing, topical les
son from the blackboard, closing
with singing.
We should be glad to receive visits
from any who are interested in this
work. Don't forget to send in your
contributions. A HELPER.
Oct, Is. 1877.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
Now on the 10Th day of October

Now on the 10Th day of October,
1877, the report of the committee APP
pointed by the Board 10 confer with
the owners of the toll bridge across
the Dcs Moincs river at Ottumwa,
being considered and the board hav-
ing since said report was filed, ap-
pointed competent engineer, M. l..
johnson, of Keokuk, Iowa, to make
a careful examination of said bridge
and the said engineer having filed his
report, and the said johnson having
in his report given substantial reas-
ons why it would not be advisable
for tho county to purchase said
bridge, therefore belt
Resolred, BY the Board Of Super
yisors Of Wapello county, Iowa, that
the Board will not continue further
negotiations for the purchase of said
bridge.
Chair declared the resolution
adopted.
The petition of John Guysleman, to
fill washout in road, referred to su-
pcrvisor Of said road district.
On motion adjourned until to-mor.
row morning. o'clock.
THIRD DAY.
Oct. II, 1877.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Members all present. President
Michael in the chair. Minutes yes
terd.y's proceedings read and APP
proved.
Board proceeded to the examina.
tion Of claims.
The petition Of John Prosser for an
abatement, laid over to Jan. term
1878.
The petitions Of Jacob Bowser,
Hannah Shirley, Malinda Simons, for
abatement of taxes was on motion re.
jected.
The Official Bond of William Mel
ford, Township Clerk of Highland
Township, approved.
The petitions of. w. Garner, Chill
ton & Kendall, Ellen Curren, M. Osch-
lager, John Erbcckcr, A. Zafiie, Nam
cy Lynch, II. d. Powell, A. d. Boyer,
e. j. Gustafsen, James Cain, John +.
Gibbons, p. II. Omaley, Michael Nc
Namara, Samuel Lilburn, Mary Nc
Calm, Kinsey Jordan, T. Lutz, w. II.
Harrison, L. j. Mccullough, A. Simp-
son, Samuel Bolinger, for abatement
Of taxes on improvements was on
motion laid over till Jan. term,
1878.
The petition of the City of Agency
for an abatement of taxes on Eb of
lot 6, blk q, in City of Agency was on
motion granted.
VIM. Loenburg presents a petition
to have q certain school fund mort
gage cancelled, dated, Oct. 4th,
184S, on the East Il Of the N. Z. a OF
Sec. 8, TIP. p Range l3.west, was on
motion granted.
On motion adjourned till to-mor-
row morning at 8 o'clock.
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A Governors Wives.
Texarkana Democrat.


Claiborne Il. jackson, q native Of
Kentucky. was once Governor OF the
State of Missouri. lie joined the
Southern Confcderacy, and died du-
ring his term, at farm house oppo-
site the city of Little Rock, among
strangers, with no kind hand of affec-
ton near to soothe his pain and rob
his death-bed of half its anguish
The most remarkable fact connected
with the history of his life is, perhaps,
the statement that no married five sis
tiers in one of the most respectable,
wealthy and distinguished families
in the state; that as soon as one wife
would die he would go and marry
her sister in reasonable time. OF
course some of them were widows
when he married them. In connec.
ton with the marriages there was a
standing joke told at the expense o.
the Governor, which was that when
he went to ask the old gentleman's
consent to mary the last one the ven.
cradle father is reported to have said
"Ycs, Claib, you can have Ter you
have got them all. For goodness sake
don't ask me for the old woman"
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Is massachusetts Worn out.

80 "&oSOSIb0o0Sso Will Wv
The Boston Graphic publishes the
following in reference to its own
state:
Massachusetts il, in one respect,
puzzling state. The population is
increasing rap:dly-at much great
er ratio now than ten or twenty years
ago-yet, on the other hand, much OF
the cultivated land is relapsing into q
wilderness. Even between Boston
and Worcester are few miles where
you seem to be suddenly transported
to some half settled region in Wiscon-
sin. You overlook lonely lakes, great
stretches of pine and birch forests,
and distant ranges of hills where
scarcely dwelling is to be seen. In
Plymouth county, on the country
roads, you continually pass the ruins
of houses, and you ride for miles over
scrubby roads, where the tumbled
lines of stone fences tell of former
fields. This decay will probably 20
on until the virgin fertility of the
West is occupied then, possibly, there
may be 'refiuent wave pouring
over the exhausted lands of the
East"
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Beteer Still.

We were misinformed Yesterday
- to the name and residence of the
parties who had leased j. d. Ladd' q
pork house. Mr.. Ladd has leased his
packing house for one year to John
Morrell Il Co, of Liverpool, England.
1orrel & Co. propose to run the
house this winter exclusively upon
English cut meats and ship direct
to their house in Liverpool. Ii they
lind the location good one, as COM
pared with Chicago, they will arrange
to pack the year round, connecting
with their English meats American
cuts suited to the jobbing trade OF
this country, and propose eventually
TO get up an establishment as large
% that of Sinclair's at Cedar Rapids
and equal to it in every way. Nc
other one manufacturing establish
mont has contributed 50 much to tn,
prosperity Of our city as Ladd's porl
house, and our citizeus of every class
are interested in having it extended
enlarged and operated winter and
GUNNER.
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will, in oil probability, be raised In
the city, and we cannot, without do
ing violence to the feelings Of faith
err, permit the hope and staff of our
declining years to grow up, and by
constant study Of the picture, fall into
the belief that American farmers, in
tight boots and claw-hammer coats,
and their wives and daughters in
princess dresses and Valinciennes
lace and kid slippers, go out in the
autumn with pair of blooded hors-
es and basket phacton, and gather
blood-red and golden yellow apples
of the Same spreading, gnarlad and
rugged oak tree, glowing in all tho
flaming splendor of the autumn glori-
fled maple. Take back your picture,
and give us a David and Goliah, with
green grass and red blood. Don't put
in much grass, but pile on the blood.
Huntington Rdwkeye.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

SEVENTH DAY.
October IL, 1877.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment. Members all present.
President Michael in tho chair.
The minutes of last days session,
September Is, 1877, read and ap-
proved.
School fund loans made since the
last meeting of the Board approved.
Mr.. Wright offered the following
resolution:
Resolced, BY the Board of Super
visors Of Wapcllo county, Iowa, that
the following taxes he lowed on the
assessment of the year 1877, viz:
State 2 mills.
County 4 mills.
County School l mill
Bridge Ia mills.
Poor Farm l mill.
Poll tax 80 cts. per poll.
And the Auditor be hereby requir-
ed to extend upon the tax books the
taxes herein levied and also to ascer-
tain the percentum necessary to raise
the various sums which shall have
been certified for school purposes by
she several secretaries Of school dis.
tricts, on or before Sept. 1877 and
levy the same upon the assessment OF
each and all independent and town.
ship school districts 80 certified, also
all city taxes certified by city author.
ity and all other taxes which may bt
certified according to law.
Chair declared the resolution adopt
ed.
On motion the following claim'
were allowed:
D. II. Michael, Supervisor. 1901
John Postlewaitc, :" -. 6S.0(
S. M. Wright -. S9.4.
Cornell Il Sloan, pauper act. -. Sl.5(
On motion adjourned to meet pur
suant to law. M. d. MYERS,
| Auditor.
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.s,onish.ny success

1t 10 the duty of every person who
has used BoscHEE's GERMAN SYRUP TO
let its wonderful qualities be known
to their friepds ia curing Consump-
ton, severe Coughs. Group, Asthma,
Pneumonia, and in fact all throat and
lung diseases. No person can use it
without immediate relief. Three
doses will relieve any case, and we
consider it The duty Of all Druggists
to recommend it to the poor dying
consumptive, at least to try one bottle
as 10000 dozen bottles were sold last
year, and no one case where ii failed
was reported. Such medicine ne
the GERMAN SYRur cannot be TOO
widely known Ask your D. uggist
about It. Sample bottles to try sold
st 10 cents. Regular size rs cents.
For sale by ]. Z. Taylor 81 Co.
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IOWA.

Ex-Governor Carpenter will make
Fort Dodge his future home.
Mr.. Randolph Sleeth, of Columbus
Junction, fell dead of heart disease.
Page county must be strongly
United Presbyterian. II has six
churches of that denominations.
One of the business men of Iowa
City has lived in johnson county Al
years, and has never voted, which
shows him to be a very poor citizen.
Bloody Grundy seems to have be.
come the banner murder county OF
Iowa. The Grand jury has indicted
five persons for murder in the first
degree.
During the month of September
there were delivered in Des Moines
IS, ILL letters and 1881 postal cards
The number of letters collected was
%, 522, and of postal cards 1896.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

We are obliged to the New Century
art publication company for one OF
their exquisite chromos, but We feel
compelled to return it with the re-
quest that they send us some less
elaborate study in its stead. This
picture, Autumn Scenes on Ameri-
can Farms" is beautiful enough, the
atmosphere is marked with rare
transparency, the foreground is a
marvellous copy of nature, the per-
spcctive is perfect the high light,
middle tint and back ground are all
good, the drawing is accurate and the
coloring delicate and natural, and we
will say the other things about it
when the company sends US the other
art slang. But we cannot hang it MP
in our house. We have . son who
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24
JoTrrNGs.
Prof. Vim. McLain, of Iowa City
College Is dead.

| Prof. VIM. McLaln, of Iowa City
Commercial College is dead.
Stubs carried one county in Iowa:
Webster. lie had one majority there.
Beetles, bugs, lizards and scrpents
arc now favoritc designs in ladies'
jewelry.
The cigars makers of New York
are on a strike, aud $4,000 hands are
now idle.
The Boston Ifaceler says Matthews
is anyiously inquiring "who frowed
dat brick $3.50
For the first time in many years
some of our citizens are having a taste
of what '.fevcranagcr" is.
The cards are out for Rev. I. p. Te-
ter and wife's silver wedding, which
occurs on the 25th inst.
The difference between Henry M.
Stanley and Stanley Matthews is, that
one got lost in Africa. and tho other
in Ohio.
The st. Louis Times, democratic,
calls the workingmen's party "a ten
der to the democracy and says that
as such it is ca supreme success"
The average days receipts of wheat
at Sioux City is 1000 bushels per
day. Four thousand bushels were
brought into Yankton, last Saturday.
Seventy-one Confederate members
of Congress took tho modified oath
at the present extra session, which il
an increase Of ten over the last ses.
sion.
Rev. Alfred Thompson, of the Free
Methodist Church, Of Elgin, ILL.,, hal
been sentenced to five years in Sing
| Sing, New York, for robbing re
turned missionary's wife.
Jim Hammond is now in the uppe
mill and consequently everything il
. humming there. They are manufac
turing flour out of the best Mime
sofa and Kansas wheat.
Railroad freights from New Yorl
to Ottumwa cost 81 cents per 100 lbs.
and from New York to Des Moines
rs cents, which is just the difference
between railroad center, like OF
tumwa, and place like the capital.
II Ottumwa is to have water works.
a a company having been organize'
and the contract for the erection Q
. works let to responsible parties. TIL
: water power improvement is to b
: used in the construction of the works
We envy our sister city's good for
tune.-Fairfeld Ledger.
= Charles Harkner, of Cedar Rapid.
> being given to getting drunk and un
= able to control his appetite for whis
ky, said to his wife last Sunday
"Come, zee me shoot myself" an
shot himself through the heart. II
was thirty-three and leaves wifi
3 and child.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

All the Pension Agents have been
n Washington in consultation, and a
resolution inqniring into the fcasibil-
~ of abolishing them, and paying
pensfons direct from Washington was
presented in the Senate to-day and
duly referred. This is understood to
be pet idea Of Don Carlos Schurz.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

The New York Times, which has
advised patience with the Policy, says
as to Ohio:
Meanwhile tried and true
Republicans stood aloof, waiting in.
dignantly for the result, which they
had been unable to avert. Much the
larger par: of the difference among
the Republicans must be attributed to
the Presidents Southern Policy. Oh
all the influences which have contrib.
uted to the defeat this is the most pc.
tent. The veterans Of the Western
Reserve feel that the cause they have
cherished has been betrayed. Oi
what avail is the assurance that the
Presidents. Policy EFFORTS praise from
the Democracy The fact remains
that the Southern people do not allow
the conciliatory acts of the admins
tration to wean them from their alli-
ance with the Democratic party, and
that the Democrats, while holding the
President as practical eXpounder OF
their views, continue to vote for their
own candidate.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

The readers of the COURIER will
remember . man by the name of
Dick Parker, thief and dead beat
generally, who passed year or two
IN jail in this city for stealing lot of
shoes from John Miller. Parker
served out his sentence here in Jail,
and worked his way down East,
and We next hear of him at Wheel
ing, Vs., where he, few days ago,
killed man with Ratchet in mo-
mentary at Of passion. We arc in
formed that 1t single blow he split
the hsad in twain, covering both
himself and his victim with blood
and brains. Dick has probably CON-
mitted his last crime, as they some
dimes hang people down in Virginia.
II Just ono price and that the lowest
a$ PHILLIPs.
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~ r 9
Ottumwa, In the matter of the con-
struction of q sewer from the lower
side of the X. 4 D. M. II. II. to the
upper side of Second street, and from
said point to the upper side of Fourth
street.
Mr.. Postlewaitc offered the follow
ing resolution, viz:
WHEREAS, a proposition has been
submitted to the Board Of Supervi-
sors by the City Council of the City
of Ottumwa for the construction of q
sewer from the upper side of Second
street to tho upper side of Fourth
street, and
WHEREAS, owing to the present
financial condition of Wapello Coun-
ty il is deemed injudicious to incur
any further indebtedness on the part
of said county,
Therefore be 1t Resoloed, by the
Board of Supervisors of said county
that the proposition of said City
Council be rejected, and called for
the ayes and nays.
Mr.. Postlewaite aye, ,Mr. Wright,
aye, Mr.. Michael aye.
Chair declared resolution adopted.
On motion adjourned till to-mor-
row morning at 8 o'clock.
SECOND DAY.
Board met pursuant y adjourn
ment.
Members all present.
President Michael in the chair.
Minutes ofyesterday's proceedings
read and approved.
In the matter of the road petition
Of l. T. Harris ct al, Mr.. Postlewaite
moved that the time of paying costs
and damages in the road petition I.
T. Harris ct al, be extended to the
Goth day of December, 1877.
Chair declared motion carried.
Board proceeded to the examine
ton of claims.
One O'Clock, the time set for III,
hearing Of the petition of ID. w. Nc
Manus, for permission to buy and sci
intoxicating liquors in the city of Ed
dyville, it appearing to the board
that the petitioner has complied will
the requirements of the law, Mr.
Postlewaite moved that d. w. Nc
Manus be granted permission to bu.
and sell intoxicating liquors, for on
! year from tho 10th day of Oct, 1871
| Chair declared the motion carried
Two o'clock, the time for the hear
ing of the petition of Geo. w. Cham
: berlain, to buy and sell intoxicating
liquors in the city of Eddyville, MI
Wright moved that Geo. w. Cham
bcrlaid be granted. permission to bu
and cell Intoxicating liquors in tn
city of Eddyville for one year fror
the 10Th day of Oct. 1877.
Chair declared the motion carried
4. The canvass of votes of the genera
election, Oct. 8, 1877, was at o'clocl
: completed, with the following resul
f to wit:
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

A WASHINGTON correspondent pre-
sents the following, which we take
to be as accurate view Of the south
ern political sentiment as we have
seen.
eOne of the most intelligent of
Southern democrats, Mr.. Singleton,
of Mississippi, says he has been much
among the southern people, and that
the feeling in favor of sticking to the
democratic party, and banishing the
Republicans from the control of the
Government is universal, and that
nothing that Mr.. Hayes can do, will
diminish it. He says that this will
surely be the great issue in the next
Presidential campaign, and that the
South will vote solidly for the demo-
cratic candidate for President. The
southern people, generally, while rec
ognizing the excellence Of the mo-
tiyes of President Hayes, think that
really he had little choice in the mat
ter OF dealing with the South. and
that he has been obliged to do what
ne has done. 1t would make no diff
ference IT Hayes was to carry out
democratic ideas from this time to the
end of his administration, the south
would vote against the Republican
candidate all the same when the next
election is held. Mr.. Singleton saws
that the legislation necessary to rem
der another dispute over tho count
ing of the electoral vote impossible,
will certainly be one of the most
prominent topics of discussion during
the coming session."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

A good story is told of Ben Buffers
sarcastic retort upon q Massachusetts,
judge whom he was teasing for rul.
ing favorable to cause he was de-
Tending in court. The judge got out
of patience at last, and somewhat test
lily exclaimed. "Mr. Butler, what do
you think sit here for ?" Ben quiet
" shrugged his shoulders and replied
aThc court has got me now"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

Hasckeye: Fairfield understands
things. She gave Gear 40S votes,
Irish l84, and Stubs, her own "fa-
vorite SON. and citizen, l3G votes.
Yes and had the "favorite son"
been running for county Office yol,
might have erased the l. Daniel has
been before the voters of Fairfield
before Fairfield Ledger.
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OCTOBER SESSION.
Court HOUSE, Wapello County.


FIRST DAY.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Members all present. President
Michael in the chair. Minutes oflast
days proceedings, Oct. IL, 1877, read
and approved.
Board proceeded to the canvass OF
votes of the General election, held Oct.
9, 1877.
Upon examination it was deemed
necessary to return the Poll Book OF
Columbia Township to have certain
corrections made, whereupon Mr.
Wright moved that the Poll Book Of
Columbia Township be returned te
the Judges and Clerks of said Town.
ship to ascertain if the name of Mad
son is correctly placed upon said book
and to make any necessary correction
Chair declared the motion carried.
The Board now took up for consid
Grafton tho proposition Of the city o1
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

Nick Kelley was killed on the Cen
trail railroad Of Iowa at Marshalltown
On the Goth of December, 1876, and
his mother has just filed claim with
the receiver, J. D. Grinnell, for 5000
damages.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-24

A word to the wise. Ifyou are
suffering with severe Cough or
Cold, call on your druggist and got q
bottle Of DIR. Marshalps Lung Syrup,
and save large doctor bills. It re-
lieves almost instantly. Price 25
cents. Sold by J. L, Taylor & Co.