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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

.. Tower, in Market street, is tax
ing orders for garden seeds, in sums
OF five dollars and upwards, at the
growers catalogue rates, for the crop
Of 1877, grown on the oldest seed
farm in the United States, and would
be pleased to have a call from old and
new friends. Each order will be
packed independent of all others and
labelled accordingly. Call on him.
dec 15-d1w4t
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

a Few Thoroughbred
Berkshire Bears, also some Poland
China Bears, for sale at bargain, by
+. l.. Randel, 2hs miles north of Of
tumwa. l-lw3
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

Mr.. Andrew Trussell, Of Urbana
township, last week, sold 50 hogs that
averaged $685. pounds in weight.
One Of these hogs weighed Ills
pounds. This hog walked all the
way from home to the bridge this
side Of Mr.. Isaac Watson 'sfarm-say
10 miles-through the deep mud and
could have walked the rest of the
way.-Albia Union.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

HAcKMETAcK, a popular and fragrant
perfume. Sold by j. l.. TAYLOR,
Ottumwa, Iowa.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

All of our merchants seem to have
had an unusual large Holiday trade
in spite Of the cry of hard times. j.
L. Taylor & Co. had greatly increas-
ed trade over last year. They sold
wagon loads of books, albums, toilet
articles, and toys, and yet, having a
jobbing stock to replenish from and
having received from the east, sever
al invoices of goods, their stock offers
great attractions for New Years pres
ents. Having by all odds the largest
and handsomest assortment Of Holt
day goods in the city, they cannot fail
to please every one,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09
Troasuvev's Report.
To the Board of Directors Of the
Wapello County Agricultural So

To the Board of Directors Of the
Wapello County Agricultural So
ciety.
/. l herewith submit to you my report
as Treasurer Of your Society, for the
year ending January Sth, 1878. DR.,
to cash received, as follows, to-wit:
Oct. 5, Of proceeds Of Fair, In
Guiding amount borrowed. $67S.1O
Dec. 10, of State of Iowa -. 10000
Total amount received. -. 1878. 10
BY cash paid as folio ws, to-wit:
For expenses including police,
&c....................... s Gals
Printing matter ..........., 6S.6O
Sec'y salary and postage. 1915
Premiums. ............ 4lO0O
For new building applied on
rent .........s 5000
Tota'.................,.... $780, 80
REHABILITATION
Total amount received. $N70.lO
Total amount disbursed. 869 80
Balance on hand ... $40
All of which is respectfully sub.
mitted. N. c. HILL, Treasurer.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

A WORD OF CAUTIoN.--Would it
not be we'll for some of the CONSUME
ers of this CHEAP COAL OIL, to take
small amount Of 1t to chemist and
see what q dangerous article they are
using; 1T is WORSE THAN GuNPowDER.
Why endanger your lives with it,
when you can buy NoN-ExPLosIvE
SANsPAREII. On at
tia il. TAYLOR & Cos.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09
BUTTER AND EGGS

Samuel Lilburn, the butter and egg
king, has shipped, during the year,
one hundred and six car loads of but
ter and eggs, principally to New
York, and his business foots up the
sum of $273,S92,l4.
Nick Baker, our principal grain
dealer, reports receipts fully up to or
better than at any time during the
last three years, We have not the
figures.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09
Trial Of Water Works.

This afternoon all things being
ready the boys got out their hose cart
and attached the hose to the hydrant
at the corner of Court and Main
streets. In five minutes two streams
at once were being thrown to dis
lance of 125 feet from an inch and q
half nozzle. In height the water was
thrown thirty feet at least above our
three story COURIER building. Ow-
ing to the fact that the banks of the
head race are made in part of fresh
earth, only five feet, or not quite one
half the head our water power
has was put on. II was thought
not best as yet to strain the
banks of the race with q full
head. The pressure was seven
ty-five pounds, only. This most sat-
isfactory work was done by the small
100000 gallon per day pump. The
large pump with capacity of two
million five hundred thousand gal
Ions per day will be here and put up
in the Spring. As ii now STANDS.
Wiley & Co. have done all they agreed
to this season and the whole business
part Of the city is thoroughly protec-
ted from fire. Next season the mains
will be extended all over the city. 1t
is grand success thus far and our
people may we'll, as they do feel hap
py and proud Of it.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

Farmers will do we'll to call on j.
L. Taylor & Co., and get supply of
Forsha's Cure for Hog Cholera. 1t
is guaranteed to cure or money re-
funded.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09
Farm, sor Raue

A choice farm adjoining the city of
Ottumwa loo acres, good house, or
chard, pasture and meadow. Known
~ the BENZ. Ladd place.
Apply to CALVIN MANNING.
70 l2dvtf
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

UNION COAL AND MINING COMPANY-OF-
FICERs.
J. C. Peasley, Prest., Burlington.
J. II. Brooks, Sec'y., Boston, Mass.
j. l.. Lsthrop, Treas. Hannibal, Mo.
S. A. Flagler, Supt., Ottumwa.
VIM. Pierson, Cashier, Ottumwa.
The capital stock is 100000.
Shipments for year ending Nov.
80, 1877, which includes coal taken
from Fix Il Postle wsites, 2,497 600
bushels.
Amount paid for mining and han
ding coal, mine supplies, permanent
improvements and all other expenses,
$165,OO0.
During the latter part of 1876,
strike occurred among the miners
which decreased the business for the
year about one tenth.
Have mines on main line, Z. b. &
O.: Mine No. 3, at Shocks six miles
west of Ottumwa.
Mine No. 2, at Avery, 90 miles west
of Ottumwa.
Mines No. 5 and 6 at Flagler, on
Abba branch, 5 miles east Of Knox
vile.
Capacity of Co. is now l25 cars daily
of $50 bushels each, or 1850 bushels
daily. Employ 375 men.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

streets at $3.4O@35O.
The residence of Frank O'Neil, in
she upper part of the city, was bur-
glarized, last night. The house was
rumaged pretty generally and
Franks pants carried off. He lost
about $12 or SIS.
The new county officers were in
augurated yesterday. w. l. Poag
takes w. II. II. Asbury's place as
Treasurer, Geo. Bane, Hosea B. Jones
place as Deputy. ID. w. Stewart
succeeds T. P. Spillman as Sheriff
and @. A. Wood succeeds John
Slaughter as Deputy Sheriff. Capt.
Hardy and George Fair succeeds ID.
H. Michael and s. NJ. Wright as SUI
pervisors, and John Postlewaite sue
ceeds d. II. Michael as President of
the Board. w. II. Resor has quail
fed and will again be Deputy Auditor
IS soon as his health will permit him
to resume his duties. The new
Treasurer informs us that about
81 200 has been paid in on the tax of
1877. The board of Supervisors are
to-day engaged in settling with the
outgoing Treasurer.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09
COAL BUSINESS.

The number Of buahels of coal
mined in this county during the year
1877 ia "a followa.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09
A Small Farm for Sale,

One and one. half miles from Otlumva Ctr
limits, have q ncrerof beautiful farming land
small frame house ON u; % fruit trees; all under
Icuce except IL actes, and nearly Gil down In
meadow. 1t lies on the main road running north
rom Ottnmwa- will sell II on reasonable terms
inquire OF me on the premises.
nov ao,wiy ELIzAnET1 HALE.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09
[ IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE YEAR

TOTAL IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE YEAR
S274, 200.
The following sales, made by our
merchants, have been carefully COM
piled and they will rather run over
than under the amount, as there are
some persons whom we could not see
to get their sales, and we have made
MAJ In oe&s m fos than,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

Co ~ N no
for
Rent
Cars, Screens, Scales, and all complete.
9-dSwtf J. U. BRlsCOF.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09
oTTuMwA OIL MILLS,

Messrs. Daggett & Harper, of the
Ottumwa Oil Mills, have handled TO-.
600 bushels Of fax seed during the
year. and have manufactured $4,000
gallons Of oil since September last.
They still have large quantity OF
seed on hands. Their business has
increased SO per cent. over 1876.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

From Tuesdays Daily.
Hogs are selling to-day on the
streets at $3.4O@35O.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

BREWERIEs.
Bauer 4 Hansman, improvements
in their brewery during the year, ST..
900. This company have manufactur.
ed during the year, 2,246 barrels OF
beer, the barley for which was prin.
cipally tor Nebraska and Northwest.
ern Iowa.
Schafer & Hoffman have made
some improvements ON their extern.
sive brewery, and have manufactured
during the year $3.50 barrels of beer
Business flourishing. Barley bought
principally in Northern Iowa and
Nebraska. Sixty cents Wss about
the average price paid.
Among the most extensive i'm.
proyemsnts in the city this year is thu
large brewery of the VIM. Kramer
Brewing Company. This company
was organized May 18th, 1876, and thu
buildings finished sometime in Janu
AIRY, 1877. The first brewing wa
made on the 18th Of January and tn,
first beer of their manufacture wa
sold in the city, March 23d. TIL,
building which We have previousl,
described, together with land and fix
lures, cost something over $4,000
They have, a. we learn from their sec
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

have been making some repairs.
Since harvest had good business !;
running principally on wheat, both
merchant and custom work. Wheat
from Northwestern Iowa, Kansas and
Nebraska.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

We have our figures from f. L.
McNair, mine inspector for wapello
county.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-09

THE oTTUMwA IRON WORKS AND JOHN
sToN RUFFLER Co,
during the past year did q manufac.
turing business Of sixty-five thousand
dollars; paying out to hands in their
employ over twenty-seven thousand
dollars. Their business in the gem
eral manufacture of machinery, and
sewing machine attachments, taken
together, they report as improving.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
The Pope's Receipts and
Expenditures.

The PontiGcal treasury defrays, as it
did before the occupation Of Rome, the
charges of all its servants, amounting
yearly to some sSOO,OO0. A few ofthem
have not objected to draw two salaries,
one from the Pope, one from the State;
but the Pope, though he knows this,
keeps silence. The Italian Government
tenders. under the "law of guarantees"
to His Holiness annually S645, 900, gold,
for his civil list, single note for that
sum being specially engraved. This the
Pope always declined to receive, and un-
der the law after five years the money
has been covered into the Italian Treas
ury, "Peter's Pence amounting yearly
to over 93 100000 defray the expenses
of the Holy See A third of the amount
is devoted to Christian works, missions,
hospitals, schools. churches, etc. an
other third to the maintenance OF the
court and the ecclesiastical adminlstra-
ton. The remainder goes to swell re-
serve fund to be drawn upon in emer-
gencies.-N Y. World.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12

Indian archery is somewhat different
from that practiced BY tho young ladies'
and gentlemen Of more civilized society.
These latter take. the arrow between
their fingers, place it against the bow
string, AMI make it assist in bending the
bow. An Indian does not do this. lie
takes his arrow between the index fin
ger, and pulls the bows.ring with his
middle finger; nor does he raise his ar
row as our boys and girls do; he shoots
straight out from the sholdcr, and ap-
pears to take no aim whatever. He
hits the mark, though, too often, as the
soldiers about the garrison can tell, who
have flung their hats or caps into the
air, at some Indians suggestion, only to
have them pierced by the arrow. The
growing papoose that is as soon as these
are able to toddlc; are furnished with
bows and arrows, of which the points
have been sharpened, and may be seen
about the reservations shooting at
marks, at small birds, anything else
that may happen to attract their attcn-
ton. They generally become expert
at the age of about ten or twelve, but
are not allowed to graduate into buck
age, and all the pleasures of the chase,
until they are sixteen or eighteen.
Then is the time the real pleasure Of
the Indian is found to culminate in his
first hunt after buffalo.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
A Curious History.

The Stewart Palace (says the New
York correspondent Of the Utica HerdH)
has thus far rather strange history.
The lot was purchased by Townsend,
the sarsaparilla man, who made for
tune out Of that nostrum and built what
was then (1S54) the finest house in the
city. Such was its beauty that it was
exhibited before they took possession at
twenty-five cents admission, for the
benefit Of a charity. Townsend after
wards failed. aad Stewart bought the
property at Shcriff's sale. He pulled
down the house and planned the present
palace. This wa done before the war,
when prices were low, and the imitation
so increased the cost Of labor aud mater
ial that the contract became heavy
loss. Stewart held the contractor to
the letter, and the unfortunate man
suffered to almost q ruinous degree. 1t
is seldom that building constructed
under such circumstances avails mucn
to the owner. Strwart was eleven years
preparing a palatial home for his old
age, but he did soon after taking pos
session. The grandest palace in Amer.
lca is now occupied by childless old
woman and her serccnts. The gorgeous
parlors, the picture gallery. and all the
luxurious interior arc now n silent
waste. The lofty ceilings render the
staircase a labor, ind the mistress, being
lame from q fall, is unable to meet such
difficulty. \ person in such a condi-
ton must be contrnted with the limits
of bedroom, and hence the largest
part of the palace is useless. Such is
the condition of an establishment which
cost a round million and on which the
taxes alone are 81 900 year.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
Queer Name.

OLD DR.. Levi Bull, an Episcopalian
clergyman of G hester County, Pennsyl-
yania, who died six or eight years ago,
used to tell of man an" his wife-plain
people-bearing the uneuphonious sur
name Of Frog, and who came to
him one Sunday morning, just at
church-time. to have their child bap-
tized. Without any preliminary OBJ
servations, they were called up to the
font at the end of the Second Lesson.
"Namc this child" said the Doctor
Eve name it after you, Sir" whis-
pcred the woman as she handed the
baby.
"Oh, but" whispered the Doctor
back, "you named the last one Levi, as
| now remember -.
|Well, said she, in a hurry, "call
this one after your tother name
And so the Doctor did, and chris
toned the child by the name of Bull.
After the parents got home, and the
excitement of the day had somewhat
passed off, they began TO reckon it al
up. and they saw, for the first time that
it had struck their attention. that then
Youngest darling was bound to &c
through life with the nomen Of Bal
Frog.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12

hands Of an experienced hossekeeper.
When Miss Simmons got ready to leave
for her work, she turned to tile little
old map as if he were baby, and put
ting marbles, and blocks, and wo"den
soldiers on the floor before him told him
to be good.
"I'll be back SOON, Nathan" she said,
cheerily. as she rumpied his hair and
p,tted his head. IL am going to get
nickles and dimos, and quarters for you.
Then we'll have fun" And she went
ont while he sat gazing at her with a
h1lf conscious smile on his withered
fare. but a look of perfect confidence
and trust in her.
1t was a strange sight, that Of infan-
cy leading age, the birding guarding
the nest, and yet only strange because
prHternaturally exhibited. For the days
come quickly when childhood glides
into stately age, and age into dependent
chi'dishness, and the space is so brief
brief between them that We hardly note
the change.
The boys do not trouble Miss Sim
mons now, for the kind officer has warn
ed them not to annoy her, and besides.
her life has become known through the
officers story, and, instead of throwing
,orpedoes. the boys stand aside respect
fully to let her pass, and say to each
other. in the midst of boisterous revelry.
and with instant effect: Hush, boys !!
Here comes Miss Simmons" s.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
The Value Of Money.

Ask of each ringing dollar in this
world its history-how it came into
life. Some of them will tell you they
represent the tears Of widow, the bar
tered honor of man. the jobbery Of a
ring. and the thousand Of other stories
which you would be told. [ Feed not
relate Bonjanin Franklin said the
road to wealth is as plain as the road to
market. Yes. it is the good old fash
ioned road to honest toll. We some
times say that the day of miracles is
passed. There is one miracle still ex
isiing-the miraculous result Of harl
labor that is accomplished BY the drip
ping sweat of the brow. The value of
money is not what it buys, but what it
costs. Some mems money costs them
much others too little. y man who
makes his money at the expense Of his
health aud honor pays too much; he
that gets his money by lucky hits pays
too little. Ifhe pays too much he
cheats himself; if lie pays too little he
cheats mankind. The golden mean be-
tween these two extremes was we'll ex-
expressed in the prayer OF Agar, who
said, "Give ME neither poverty nor
riches" IF man would bring Area
dia, let him abolish poverty and wealth.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
Besieged Twenty-Three Times.

Constantinoplc has undergone more
sicges than any other city in the world
1t has been besicgel twcnty-three times;
twice by the ancient Greeks; thrice by
the Roman cmpcrors; once by the Latins
the Persians, the Avarcs, the Sclaves
and by one of its dethroned sovercigns,
Michael Paleolugus; twice by the Bull
garians; once by the Byzantine rebels;
seven times by the Arabs, and three
times by the Turks. 1t was taken but
six BY Alcibiades, the Roman Empe-
rors Septimus. Severus and Constantine,
the Doge Dandolo and Count Baldwin,
the Emperor Michael Palcologus and
Mohammcd II.
In G72, under Constantine H., it was
5esieged for seven years by the Arabs
They made the surrounding country a
desert. uprooting trees, levelling villages
and habitations, and converting the
fourishing environs into waste. Then
Came the Crusaders in 1904. The de-
vastation committed by the French and
Venetian champions Of the cross exceed.
ed even that oil the Arabs. They burned
the richest and largest quarter Of the
city. and inflicted such a blow on it that
it never recovered its former wealth and
prosperity. They prolaned the Cathe-
dral Of St. Sophia, broke into the tombs
Of the Byzantine emperors, dragged out
their skeletons, and scattered their bones
in the streets: They fired the public H.
brarics, ridiculed the Greek religion by
decking their horses with the vestments
of the clergy, and their heads with the
ponfifical tiaras.
We're it not for the Incompatible
beauty and advantages Of its situation,
Constantinople could never have risen
again from its ashes and survived such
terrible calamities.
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
Sword and Pistol.

A New Sword has been introduced
in the English army. It's described as
a combination Of the ordinary regulation
sword Cavalry and Infantry with SIX {
chamber revolver at the hilt, the hllt OF
the sword answering for the stock OF the
revolver. the chambers Of which take
the Boxer cartridge, regulation pattern
The steel scabbard is wonderfully utll-
ICED, being cut in sections, with stop
hinges, and folding up in the form OF a
rifle stock. This is attached to the hit
of the sword by a slot and catch, the
whole forming a short repeating carblpc,
or without the scabbard attachment
a sword and revolver in one and the
same weapon. 1t is sighted up to one
hundred yards, the foresight being taken
from the point of tho sword. II inc
French cavalry at Waterloo had had
such a weapon as this. what would have
become of Wellington's squares!
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
The Bible in the Family.

The mother of family was married
to an in6dei, who made a jest of religion
in the presence Of his own children; Jet
she succeeded in bringing them all up
in the fear of the Lord. one day
asked her how she preserved them from
the influence of a father whose scntl.
ments were so openly opposed to her
own. This was the answer
because to the authority Of a father
I did not suppose the authority of q
mother but that of God. From the
earliest years my children have always
seen the Bible upon my table. This
holy book has constituted the whole OF
their religious instruction. Did they
propose a question did they commit {
fault ? did they perform any good ac
tion ? opened the Bible, and the
Bible answered, reproved, or encouraged
them. The constant reading OF TIT
Scriptures has alone wrought tho prOdi
~ which surprise. you."
The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-03-12
What Women Have Done for th'
Newspapers and Magazines.

The Lowell Ofoang was the first
magazine in America, if not in the world.
entirely sustained by working women.
The Rev. A. G. Thompson says: at
was the first work written entirely by
factory girls, and the first magazine or
Journal written exclusively by women
in all the world" A volume entitled
"Mind Among the Spindles.' being n
compilation from this journal, was pub
lished in England. This was in lS43.
James +. Babcock, cx-edltor of the
New Haven Palladium, at an editorial
convention held at Middletown. Conn,
on the occasion of the centennial ami
vcrsary of the appearance Of the news
paper in the State, stated these facts ::
From the time of the first American
newspaper. in 1704, to the appearance
of the 6rstin Connecticut in 177e, there
were seveuty-eieht newspapers in the
colenies-one- -ha,f Of which suspended
before IT'S. OF the whole number. six
teen we're conducted by ladies, fourteen
Of whom were the firm and uudaunfed
champions of liberty ard equal rights
Mrs. Franklin was not only printer OF
laws, newspapers. and almanacs, but OF
calicoes and linens"
The Boston Ne,cs- Letter, the first
newspaper in America, was conducted
during some parts of the Revolutionary
War by Mrs. Margaret Draper.
DR.. Warren, President of the Boston
University, says, officially; "1n no de-
partment of the the University has the
presence of young women depressed the
standard of scholarship; in several in
stances it has aided in elevating 1t. In
the selection of electives they have never
evinced disposition to pass by The
hardest mathematical branches or the
most difficult of the languages. AT all
times has their influence been promo
tive of order, studiously, and true So
cial culture OF the hundred and TWEEN
| ,y-seven students one hundred and forty
four are women"