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The daily gazette., 1878-04-05

NJ OTlCE.-l, Michael Maloy, do he.-
Judges of the Court OF General Session, o,
the Peace and jail Delivery OF the STATE o,
Delaware, in and ior the County Of New
Castle, on Monday, the 9Th day Of Nav
next, being the tirst day OF the May term.
A. d.. 1873, for license 10 keep an Imof
tavern at No. 1120 French street, In The
sixth Ward of the City OF Whining.
ten, TO sell intoxicating liquors in less
quantities than one quart, to be drunk on
the premises, and the following respectable
citizens recommend this said application,
The daily gazette., 1878-04-05

LHERIFF'S SALE.
- BY virtue Of II writ of Ais Levari Facias
TO me directed, will be exposed To Publ
safe, at the Lafayette Hotel 81 SIMPLE,
street, Kept by JohnJ. Dougn erty, in th
CITY OF Wilmington, New Castle county
Del, on
The daily gazette., 1878-04-05

SHhRiFF'S SALE.
By virtue of a writ OF Vendition1 Expo
mas, To me directed, VIII be exposed To
public sale, at the
LAFAYETTE HOTEL, 81 shlploy ST.,
kept by John J Dongherty, in the City of
Wilmington, New Castle county, Della
ware, Oh
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
Dwarf Pears.

A correspondent Of the Country
Gentleman gives the following as his
experience with dwarf pears: "My
experience with the pear on ounce
stock ON my heavy, clayey soil, has
been very favorable, and have now
in bearing many dwarf trees that
have produced heavy crops for over
twenty years, and some trees yielding
from two to four bushels of fruit an
nually. If one has q light or sandy
soil, would not recommend dwarfs.
except perhaps 1 should want the
Duchess, Louise Bonne, and Vicar, ON
tho ounce roots. On our rich, loamy,
and heavy, clayey soils, where the
pear seems to thrive best, ] should
set one-third to One-half of the
dwarfs, taking the varieties that seem
to be particularly adapted to the
ounce stock, Of these the Duchess,
Louise Bonnie de Jersey, Belle, Lucra-
tive, Vicar, D0yenne du Comice,
Bherre Superfine, and perhaps
Clapp's FavOrite. l should plant
ese trees between the standards
and by so doing we should double
L0c Vi IIOC5 ou oil dCIOs L car
trees may be set in rows twenty feet
apart in the row. By planting dwarfs
between we get the trees ten feet
apart in each row, which is good
distance for an orchard. Much has
been said and written in favor of
deep planting for dwarf pears; the
theory is that if the point of union
between the pear and ounce ia kept
below the surface the former will put
out new roots and thus convert the
tree into standard. In order to Sc
cure this result without injury to the
dwarfs from deep planting, it is re-
to plant in the center of
a shallow basin-shaped space, SO that
the earth by repeated cultivation will
work toward the tree and gradually
cover the point of junction.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
The Old Dodpe.

In Cedar county, John Kinnan, a
well-to do-farmer was called upon a
few days since by couple Of gents,
who wished to sell him hay fork
As an inducement for him to purch-
ase they proposed to make him agent
for the sale of the fork in his town
ship, and that if he sold three they
would give him one, and on all sales
after the first three he should receive
q commission. To this he readily
agreed and they gave him four forks,
but said they would have to take a
receipt from him for them, which
they would return to the company
Mr.. kinnan signed his name to what
seemed to him to be straig hit receipt.
After their departure for Upton Mr..
kinnan began to give the transaction
a little more thought. and it struck
him he had been swindled. He i'm
mediately went to Upton and upon
the arrival of the parties had them
arrested, and compelled them to re-
turn the receipt to him. Upon exam
ination the receipt proved to be an
iron-clad note for $l4O. The parties
afterwards succeeded in inducing an
other farmer near Upton. 10 give his
receipt p, and now he has a note
for 5000 lying in the bank at Tipton
which he will have to pay as soon ss
it becomes due. When farmers will
deal with agents whom they know,
and know to be reliable, and then on
ly, will they avoid such troubles as
the above.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
Lincoln.
Noah Brooks, in scribner.

Moan bf0oks, IN ScrlDner.
Anything that savored of the wit
and humor of the soldier was espe.
cially welcome to Lincoln. His fond.
ness for good stories is well-accept-
ed tradition, but any incident that
showed that "thc boys" were mirthful
and jolly in all their privations seem.
ed to commend itself to him. lie
used to say that the grim grotesque.
ness and extravaganza of American
humor were its most striking charac-
teristics. There was story of SOL
dier in the army of the Potomoc,
carried to the rear with both legs
shot of, who, seeing q pie-woman
lowering about, asked, "Say, old lady
are them pies sewed or pegged?"
soldier at the battle of Chancelors-
vile, whose regiment, waiting to be
called into the fight, was taking cof-
fee. The hero of the story put to his
lips crockery mug which he had
carried with infinite care, through
several campaigns. A stray bullet,
just missing the coffee drinkers head,
dashed the mug into fragments and
left only its handle on his finger
Turning his head in that direction he
growled, "Johny, yon can't
do that again !" Lincoln, relating
these two stories together, said, at
seems neither death nor danger can
Quench the grim humor of the Amer
lean soldier"
On the same occasion he told, with
evident enjoyment. a story of Orphe-
us T.. Kerr's, in which dying sailor
was represented as asking the attend
ants in the hospital that his aged
grandmother might be brought TO
him. The point in the story was that
a messenger was dispatched to the
Navy Department to implore Secre-
tary Wells to personate the grand
mother for this occasion only, and
that he declined with regret, giving
as an excuse that he was very busy
examinin e a model of Noah's ark,
with a view to its introduction into
the United States Navy. Having
told this anecdote, Lincoln turned to
me and said, II hope Mr. Welles will
never hear that told this story on
him."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
Hounelv Truths.

In these times, plain, naked truths
may as well be presented to certain
classes Of farmers. If man lives
on an eighty acre farm, hires man
on the farm, and a girl in the house,
and goes to town thrice week, he is
on the down grade to bankruptcy.
Ifa farmer has mortgage on his
farm, and then goes in debt for q car
riage or an organ, the corner grocer
should at once take q chattel mort
gage to secure the payment of family
supplies.
When farmer raises a poor crop
by poor seed or inattention, harvests
and sells early and spends all in Wis.,
iting friends to the neglect of his
promises to pay at harvest, when an
other merchant sees him and his
wife coming to the store, Mr.. Smith
had better suddenly hide himself in
the back yard, and leave in the store
such clerks only as are not authorized
to sell on credit.
When farmer sells all his calves
at weaving time, and allows his sows
to smother all her pigs in straw stacks
permits the pigs to eat up all the
chickens, suffers the swine to root up
the door yard, pastures his sheep and
colts III the orchard, and has a garden
of weeds and grass, and finally, when
his wife dies of neglect and broken
heart, nice young girls had better not
marry the widower.
Whenever farmer is up in the
nineties in religious matter whenever
an evangelist comes along, and con-
tributes to donation funds, and for
lifting heavy church debts, and neg
lects his business on the farm attend
ing religious meetings on week days,
while poor men are suffering because
he does not pay his honest debts, and
his stock is suffering for want Of his
care, and his crops going to weeds,
he is very much mistaken if he thinks
Christ meant him when he said, "ye
are the salt of the earth.
Whom a farmer Cor anybody else)
gives largely to the rich on wedding
or birthday occasions, that their lib
erality may be published in the news
papers, but who give little to the
poor, and make hard bargains with
the hired hands, the hired girl or the
wash woman, or hide away large sums
until they take the benefit Of the
bankrupt law, it is not expected that
their Righteousness in the final day of
reckoning will exceed that of the
scribes and Pharisees. - Farme,
Clarkson IN State Register.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
A SUPREME BEING.
Masonic Lodges which Believe u

Masonic Lodges which Believe In
It's Existence.
On the Sth inst the Grand Lodge of
Masons of New York adopted the
following preamble and resolution
WHEREAS, 1t has come to the knowl-
edge of this Grand Lodge that the
Grand Orient of France has caused
to be stricken from the constitution
that part of the ancient landmarks re.
curing belief in the existence of a
Supreme Being, which action we be-
lieve to be contrary to the spirit and
teaching of ancient Free Masonry,
and destroying one of it's most vital
principles therefore.
Resolred, That we refuse to rccog.
nize as Free Mason any person init.
ated, passed or raised in a body
where the existence Of a Supreme
Being is denied or ignored.
1t was stated by the Grand Secreta.
ry that the Grand Lodges Of England
Scotland, Ireland, Canada and two OF
more Of the grand bodies in tho Unit.
ed States had taken similar action in
regard to the Grand Orient
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
Indications of trouble with the

Indications of trouble with the
Communists are reported from Ohio
and Pennsylvania. In the former
State measures are to be taken to pre-
vent them from getting possession
of arms, if en- attempt should be
made, and it will be arranged so that
the military can be summoned at an
instsnt's notice. In Pennsylvania
some discharged employees of the
Pennsylvania railroad are credited
with saying that there is no use de-
nying that a strike has been talked
about and that if one is inaugurated
it will begin in Chicago. 1t is assert
ed positively that q movement in that
direction is on foot in the latter city.
Col. SCOTS readiness to meet and
consult with the discharged men at
Harrisburg is regarded as favorable
and there will hardly be any trouble
there.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
!! NO ADVERTISING AGENT

can insert an advertisement In our list of twenty
six STANDARD WERkLlES NJ ten dollars line
without losing money. Those advertisers Who
want 20 obtain the best and las9eat circulation
possible without expanding more than from $50
10 500 sh 1uld address EO p ROWELL q CO..
10 spruce Street, New York.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

If farmers would dress their land
better. they would soon be able to
dress their families better.
Farmers in Bergen County, N. j.,
are selling their cows, on account of
the damage to the butter market by
the sale of oleomargarine.
An Iowa farmer had poor health,
and his wife undertook the manage
ment of things herself. She now rails
es beef and pork for market, feeds
the stock and attends to them with
her own hands, plastered her house
herself, and is gradually managing to
pay OIL mortgage on the farm. Be-
sides all her numerous duties she
finds time to read newspapers.
The new Iowa fence law provides
that the fence must be fifty inches in
height, the bottom wire not to be
more than twenty inches from the
ground; if of three wires, all must
be barbed, but if four wires are used
two must have barbs; there must be
at least forty barbs of four points
each to the rod. Stakes must be at
least within two rods of each other,
with braces between. This is suppos-
cd by our Legislators to make fence
"horse high. hog tight and bull
strong"
There are farms in our older States
that have been cultivated for two
hundred years, that are richer to-day
than ever before. Many farms in
England yield twice as much now as
they did a century ago. This is the
result of study, experiments and in
ventions, which have been made pos
sible by the education Of farmers, and
which have been encouraged by farm
ers' societies and public fairs. The
farmers Of Kentucky should, even in
the next decade, have better farms
and make more money, instead of
wearing out their lands and going to
new Standardization (ky. Reporter,
A German farmer insists upon the
great value OF swine as exterminators
of field mice and other .vermin. He
believes that the terrible plague OF
mice now SO prevalent in many parts
of Germany is in great measure due
to the present system of keeping swine
penned up instead OF allowing them
the range of the fields, as was former.
ly the custom. He states that care
full observer may often detect pigs in
the act of swapping up and devourine
a good-sized mouse, besides which
they have an extraordinary keen seen
for the nests, grubbing them up il
search of the young mice, which they
eagerly devour.
| A chemical analysis and examina
ton of the dead Rocky Mountain 10
Gusts, by the United States Etymolog
ical Commission, show that thes'
insects furnish a new oil, which viii
be christened caloptine, and YER,
large percentage of pure formic acid
Though this acid exists in the an
and some other insects, il is with diff
ficulty obtained in large quantities
whereas, by the action of SULPHUR
acid upon the locust juice, it passe
Off with great readiness, and in re
markable quantity and gravity. Tn
various uses of this acid, as q thera
peutic, etc, are capable of great AM
valuable extension, where it can b
. obtained so readily and in such guam
tity.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
1t pays to buy the best shoes you
can always get them at Phillips.
NOTICE.

/ desire to say to those indebted to
me, either by note or book account,
that have sold out to Scott & Good
all, and it is absolutely necessary that
my accounts be settled. Many of you
have been owing me for years and
some for several months, and l will
say in all sincerity that l mast haze
my money, so please ''get there" l
will be at my old stand for few
days. (8-d5w2) JOHN L. MOORE.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
An Uudeuiab1e Truth.

You deserve to suffer, and If you
lead . miserable, unsatisfactory life
In this beautiful world, it is entirely
your own fault, and there ia only one
excuse for you-your unreasonable
prejudice and skepticism, which has
killed thousands. Personal knowl.
edge and common sense reasoning
will soon show yon that Green's Au-
gust Flower will cure you OF Liver
Complaint, or Dyspepsia, with all its
miserable effects, such az sick head
ache, palpitstion OF the heart, sour
stomsch, hsbitual costiveness, dizzi-
nsss Of the head, nervous prostration,
low spirits, etc. Its sales now reach
every town on the western continent,
and not . drnggist but will tell you OF
it, wonderful cures. You can bny a
sample bottle for ten cents. Three
doses will relieve you. Sold by ]. L.
Taylor \ Co., Ottumwa Iowa.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

The Burlington Qowa) Hasokeye
has been attempting to describe "the
new party" Here is y specimen par
Zone popularity of the new
party is that, like q Georgia regiment
it is composed entirely of leaders.
This explains the singular fact in the
history of new and Independent par
ties, that they always make quite as
much noise during the campaign as
the oldest and biggest party on record,
and never make any kind of q show
at the polls. Every man in the new
party is generally candidate. Ifhe
isn't candidate, he expects some ap-
pointive office, and in either or in any
case he Is always on the stump"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

A PREPARATION WHICH MEETS q
want never before furnished to the
invalid is HUNTS REMEDY. Kid
ney, Bladder and Urinary Diseases,
Diabetes, Dropsy, Gravel. Excuses,
and Intemperance, and Mental and
Physical Debility, are cured by
HUNTS REMEDY. All Diseases
of the Kidneys, Bladder and Urinary
Organs are cured by HUNTS REM
EDY.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

Among all the changes going on in
the country it should be known tina,
our State Militia Organization is also
undergoing 9 change. Orders have
been issued from the Adjutant Gen.
erals Office, assigning the company
ut Fairfield and also the one at Lock
ridge, both formerly belonging to the
9Th regiment, to the I'd regiment and
the company at Moulton, formerly
belonging to the I'd, is assigned to
the 9Th regiment. This leaves the
9Th withouta Lieut.. Colonel, and pla-
ces Maj. Jaques in the regular line of
promotion.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
Agricultural and horticultural.

Agricultural anu sSOuSsS0uSAI0s
VIM. Wallace, ST., has presented us
with sample of Early Rose potatoes
that are remarkably fine. He plant
ed the seed on the 18th of March and
now has an abundance of nice pota-
toes for market.
Mrs. James Harker favored us to-
day with a specimen Of strawberries
grown by her which certainly are
equal to anything we have seen this
season. Ono berry among those she
exhibits is some larger than any we
have SCENT measures 51a inches in
circumference.
A. J. Headly will please accept our
thanks for limb from q May Duke
cherry, covered with magnificent
ripe fruit. He tells us that he has
found the true name for the cherries
he brought us some days ago and it is
Rockport Bigareau, instead of Napo-
lean Bigareau.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
SEVENTH DAY.

June llth, 1878.
Board met pursuant to adjourn
ment.
Members all present.
President Postlewaite in the chair.
Minutes of yesterdays proceedings
read and approved.
Board proceeded to the examina-
ton Of claims.
In the matter of the claims of L..
NJ. Cooley and George Griswold vs..
Wapello county, the same were taken
up and testimony offered pro and
con, and, on motion, laid over till the
September term, 1878.
The petitions for refund of taxes
on improvements was, on motion,
continued till September term, petit
TONERS to file proof of claims and
amounts claimed.
Report of fees received by l.. NJ.
Cooley, Clerk, received, and placed
on file.
Board proceeded to make the semi
annual settlement with the County
Treasurer showing the amount of
funds received and expended from
January 7th, 1873, to June Sd, 1878, as
follows, viz:
COUNTY TREASURES STATEMENT
Of receipts and disbursements from
January 7th, 1878, to and including
June LIST, 1878, showing balances
in Treasury ON last date and due
the yarious funds, to-acit:
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

The editor Of the Marshalltown
Times, it seems, is in hard luck, if all
reports are true. The story is that q
citizen of that place became offended
at paragraph in the local columns
of that paper, which ofitself amount
ed to nothing, and to get even pounc-
ed upon Mr.. Chaplin and abused him
fearfully, and quite seriously injured
him. The person who committed the
assault was arrested and fined $50
and costs of prosecution. The case
created great excitement in MARSHALL
town, it is said.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
The Mother Of the Chickens.

The Watertown Times says: "In q
neighboring town resident owned
hen of q fancy breed that strayed
upon a neighbours premises and laid
a nest full of eggs. Another hen be-
longing to the owner of the land took
possession of the nest and Matched
the eggs. Then the two neighbors
not into a wrangle about the chickens.
They were sold by No.2 to third
party, whereupon No. got out q
writ of replevin, and the case was
tried few days ago with able coun-
sell and many witnesses. The court
decided that the hen that Matched the
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
SOMETHING new
FOR The LADIES'
Mrs. PARISH

Will teach a Complete System for Cutting all Gar
ments worn by ladies and children.
Will DO pleased to flll all orders for Cntting and
Fitting. Paper Patterns q Specially. Stamping
for Braiding and Embroidery done TO order.
Ladies' who wish their garments In style and =
good ut will do well to call on her.
ROOMS on Second Street 8rd door west OF
Court, south side. E1-Does Dressmaking and
Hair Nork.E may7-d&w4wf
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
SPECIAL NOTICE.
a Card.

To all who are suffering from the errors and in.
discretions Of youth, nerv GUS WEAKNESS, early
decay, loss OF manhood, &C., will send receipt
that Will cure y0u, FREE OF CHARGE. This
greas remedy was discovered by missionary II
South America. Send self addressed envelope
TO the Rev. Joseph T. Inmsn, station d, Bible
House. New York City. sept 1s-deod.wly
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

The Davenport Democrat has the
handsome notice Of Mr..
Perkins as the head of the new man
agement of the g. B. & @. road !;
"The telegraph announces q change
in the management of the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy Railway, G.
E. Perkins. of Burlington, Vice Pres
ident, being practically in control of
its management. Rumor has been
busy since the retirement Of President
Harris in predicting that the business
interests of the road would suffer.
Those who are best acquainted with
Mr.. Perkins as q railroad manager in
the northwest have no such appre-
tensions. In Iowa he is recognized
as the leading railroad man of the
State, and it was due to his effort al
most exclusively that the favorable
legislation of last winter was enacted.
He came west with no prestige of
success, and has grown up with the
country, intimately acquainted with
its wants, and sufficiently westernized
to avail himself of all the enterprises
that will contribute to the ultimate
success of the c. B. s. Q. road. Now
that the entire responsibility for the
of this large property,
valued at over 10000, 600, is under
his control, we predict result that
will be entirely satisfactory to the
stockholders, and gratifying to him
aelf."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
Wanted.

We want to buy one hundred head
of Farm Horses, Mares and Mules,
from 4 to 9 years old-must be sound,
for which we will pay the highest
market price in cash. Call at Andy
Peck's Livery Stable, this city.
(29-W4*) RIDER Bros. & GRAY.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
8 Par Cent. Money.

1 can loan in sums of $500 and up
wards, to suit borrowers, at s per Ct,
and smaller commission than any
person in the city.
sl7wtf w. III. G.. JAoUEs.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
From Thursdays Daily.

From Thursdays Daily.
j. S. Winston last night shipped
two car loads of horses, bought in
this city, to st. Paul, from where
they will be taken into the Black
Hills, and far Indian country to be
used on stage lines. Ottumwa is be-
coming noted as one Of the best horse
markets in the state, and in several
markets horses bought here bring
good prices always, in many cases
on account of their superior breed
ing.