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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
From Mondays Daily.

From Mondays Daily.
A man by the name. of Harris,
from Malaysia county, was arrested
in this city Saturday night, on the
charge of obtaining money on false
pretense. Mr.. II. is said to be rep
utable citizen and there may be some
mistake about the matter which the
trial, now in progress, may disclose.
Thos. Kelley, of Marshalitown, was
in the city Saturday night and was
so overjoyed to see some old cronies
that he got on q terrible old fashion,
ed drunk. The marshals carried him
to Jail on shutter and this morning,
with his hair tangled and his head
aching, he promised, most solemnly
promised, that if the mayor would
let up he would take the pledge, dec
crate himself with blue ribbon, leave
the city and never return. The may
or gave him the ironclad aud, Thorn
as has vamoosed. Don't yon come
back Tommy.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
Agricultural and Horticultural


James Jay has left in our Office
three branches of May Duke cherries
that are perfectly magnificent. They
are very large, perfect and sweet.
AS a market cherry, that will bear
profuscly every year, there is no cher
ry that excels the May Duke.
Our old friend Samuel Park pre-
sented us, Monday, with box of cher
ries Of the variety "Reine Hortense. !"
They are very large, nearly sweet,
and are most certainly the premium
cherry. One of the lot not much
above the average in size measured
81 inches in circumference. lie
raised sometwclve or fourteen quarts
from one small tree this year.
S. J. Warden has also presented US
with specimens of white cherries
that are delicious variety t, eat.
Uncle William Wallace, who is one
of our successful farmers, and has &C.
cured competence for his old age
by honest industry, never forgets his
newspaper friends, and this morning
left us basket full of new laid eggs
If there is anything we have weak
ness for about breakfast time it is a
fresh laid egg, and Uncle William has
touched our feelings in tender spot
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
w. A. Work, ESQ.,, of this place, ia

w. "A. work, Esq, OF this place, ls
a candidate for the nomination to the
Office of District Attorney, at the
coming Republican Judicial Conven-
ton. Mr.. Work is an excellent law
yer, and had he made known his can
didacy at an earlier date, would no
doubt have met with favorable con-
alteration, as he deserves to. Mr..
Work is well qualified to honor the
position he seeks.-Keosduqua ReDub.
icGn.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

Il 81
was urgent need TOT the mos
harmonious efforts of that party to b,
nut forth to prevent threatened AND
possible revolution. The Doctor,
head is very level indeed. and he wa
heartily cheered at the close of hi
remarks.
On motion of DR.. Thrall q commit
tee of one from each township wa,
appointed by the chair ON cred tails
The following were the members OF
that committee:
Adams township, l.. w. Garrison
Agency-N. A. Woodford.
Cass-T. N. buunn.
Gontar1., w Thos I Go"Ssii
:" ID PC. J. G. Meek.
Sd pc. n. G. Hill.
Competne--S >. N. White.
G raauff"hn H. rna.s o.
Highlsnd-Eli Richman.
Keokuk--L. Y. Rupe.
Polk-Not represented.
p;"s1sna ~ N nIsW.:.
Washington--I r Newell
During the absence of the commit.
toe Hon T. n st;,es w.a called nm,
snoka for somo TOW r;nntos
Mr.. st;les, rem.rks were d;rectaa
cb;oav - c.,,;r. .ho o...,.;on sc ~.
co,van.;o, !. ~. go. a.... a..
welfare If tho nation nv tho act. of :
damocr.+;c uor.. II. .;aar.a
the neril "a Mainly forecast NV their
action Ha .noke fnrtber oftha ora.,
dapuar IF ,oaa;no down tho r..;o,
w;th hn,a-oas oc ,;,,;o, ;,a.h.
ednoss hv tho n.vmont ofraho, c,.; ne
NJ S.;,o. ao,i .,h,;... 80,
ono da.orn;.oa "a, a...;,a 49,.
e;n,o a. - ..o..ha - :.
t;mo a. aau.na;n a. ho.. o,or.;..
If tho r.,tv uis ramsrto uora CO.
moo. and no;n.oa
At the conclus;on of Mr. s,i,es,
sneech &c Maot chairman ~ tho
Com m;t,oe ., Croaor,;.,s renor,oa
that every townah;n excent poll va.
renresented nv a fnu ae,eo.t;on.
Pa,or. .ao,.oa 1u H., 80 ra
dvv;,,o MOS =, motion on,o;,..a
ss;.ton+ .oou,.,
7 q H,,cb;sn, movoa Tho, o,o
from aach tourshir ond nro.;no. ho
apno;nted 70 cons,;tute committees
to select de,ooates IN tho State I'm.
vent;op ard ronort Tho s.uo 20 ,h;s
convention The motion nrey.;,ea
A ,;la motto, wos mode .nd .orr;od
for tho nominn 30 aa,ooa.os - ~
Congressional and 1naic;a, Convsn-
t;ons Each de,eoa,ion se,ac,od ito
owr co,nm;ttoomon and tho fellow
inc u.ro ON Tho comm;,,oos
~ se,.c, ,,o,oao,o - mo s,,,o ron
,,n,.a. D. W.T.. n u ~.
IL MIaaa nm ua,.u ~ d cn;u
man q n McGov;c q n wl;,o p
N G;bhs wv uodr;oL ~ M;oh
aa, Jobn wh;nn,o g pnoh.,.n y
:" ~, "pp'., ~ "'""' ~
u. "hite' L. M. carpenter, Dr. Z.
Allen.
To select Deleqates to judicial Con-
,,en,,oo.
Dr. Ude,lCA Rrva, AG Harrow
ut Miller pohort Eo,,ous A g.,
Der. James Burnauob GIN Rnt;n 7
G. Slaughter. John Harn.ss James
Hook III; p;ohmo, y,h, v.uo.
Jobr II rsryor wv c,r;ol,.nd
To select Dezeoote, N Couore,s;ono,
Convention.
N Derhy G X Crosmor nu;uh,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

l have single seat, shifting top
carriage with pole and shafts, all
complete, that will sell cheap for
cash. l3-d4wll A. ID. Moss.
The County Supervisors are doing
what they can to make the old Spi-
der's Nest tcnable. They are having
a new roof put on, supplying it with
water from the street mains, and the
sewerage and ventilation SO long
needed has been ordered. 1t would
perhaps have been as cheap and prob
ably better to have built new pris-
on, one in which man could have
been confined without so much dan
ger of falling out and getting hurt by
the drop. 1t is an unsafe, unhealthy
and miserable old pen as it has been
for years, and while this improve
ment will be of great Importance, the
place is far from, what it should be.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
from SATURDAYS Daily.

From SATURDAYS Daily.
The st. L. X. e. & N. railroad is
bringing up immense stocks Of mer-
chandise for northern Iowa and Da-
kota. Yesterday it transferred four
teen car loads to northern roads, one
whole car load of which was matches.
We yesterday mentioned that c. p.
Byam, and Mrs Mccoy were arrest
ed at Agency City and brought here
on charge of adultery. Mccoy, who
made the charge withdrew it on con-
dition that his wife would return to
her ALLEGIANCE, and the parties were
not prosecuted. After securing pos
session of his wife Mccoy and her
wendell their way north, and this
town will be just as well off if they
never return
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

HACKMETACK, a popular and fragrant
perfume. Sold BY j. l.. TAYLOR,
Otumvs, Iowa
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

On real estate security, on long time,
in sums of $500 and over. Lowest
current rates of interest and commits
sion. Call and get terms.
l2-l0-77-d&wtf. LADp ~ HARROW
No town invited the Presbyterian
General Assembly to meet with them
next y ear, and they resolved to meet
at Saratoga and pay their own expen-
SEES for board. And why shouldn't
they? The fact is that these large re-
ligious bodies such as the Presbyte-
rian General Assembly, the Metho-
dist General Conference, are little
too much of a tax on the hospitality
of the people of any town or city, and
as the Ministers pretty generally get
good salaries there is no good reason
why they should sponge their way
any longer. There would be just as
much sense in the Democratic or Re-
publican National Conventions
"boarding around" as for these great
religious assemblies to do so; and
more SO, for they do not meet so of
ten
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
| .WO.OOO lbs. l,OOO.OOO lbs,
Of Wool Wanted.

For which l will pay the highest
market price in cash. Farmers will
serve their own interest and make
money by calling on me before sell
ling their wool, as have arranged to
buy for parties in New York City
who are the largest wool dealers in
the world. Remember if you desire
full value, in cash, fair dealing and
honest weights, bring your wool to
my store on Second street, between
Market and Court streets, Ottumwa.
Iowa. [a30wSt] Jos. j. HADFIELD.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
Fourth Of July.

Iue COmWlttee dppolHtcu u H8ke
arrangements for celebrating the
Fourth of July, held second meet
ing Monday afternoon and made fur
Their appointments of committees as
follows:
T. r. Buckley and Chris Hsw were
added to the finance committee.
COMMITTEE ON PRoCEssIoN-Col. P.
G. Ballingall, Maj. w. H. e. Jaques,
L. +. Muir, w. w. Douglass and T.
p. Spillman.
DEcoRAT1oN-M. B. Walker, Chas.
Bachman, George Hall, Frank War
den, Herm Merrill, Miss Fannie Wolf,
Miss Emma Gillaspie, Miss Julia
Meek, Miss Linnie Ladd and Miss
Laura Warden.
GRoUNDs-T. J. Hall, D D. White
lock, Sam Hunter and Simon Hen
messy.
WATER AND Ice Job Plat and
VIM. johnson.
FANTASIES DIR. Lathrop, G d.
Hendershott, VIM. Dempsey, John
O'Brien, Conn Lewis, Andy Peck, j.
A. Fngate and James Peck.
Parties wishing to rent ground for
ice cream, lemonade or lunch stands,
will apply to II. l.. Waterman, treas
urer.
The celebration will be held in
Wards grove. The Ottumwa Brass
Band has been secured for the day
and it is hoped that all who are inter-
ested in celebrating the day will join
in and make this celebration sue
cess. BY order of the COMMITTEE.
Unusual activity generally exists
in Clothing Houses previous to
Holidays, such as the Fourth of
July, &c. The boys want to dress up
and go out and have some fun. When
times are hard people will be careful
to go to the house which can lit them
out the incest for the least expense,
and though they never claim to lose
$5 on every suit they sell, Chas. Sax
n Bro. cordially invite everybody to
call and see their summer clothing
and get prices, which they confident
ly believe will be just a little
cheaper than any prices prices
that may be brought in compe-
tition with theirs. Sax's stock is un-
usually heavy now, and Sax wants to
unload consequently they are the men
to talk business to, when buying
clothing.
The country newspapers are not the
only ones in which ludicrous mis-
takes are made. For instance, the
Milwaukee Epen,ng Wisconsin of a
few days since contained an item
which said that there are no less than
Is, 769, 53l cheese factories in this
State. So that it is apparent that mis-,
takes will happen in the best newspa-
pers as well as in the best families
Prairie du Chen tWis.) Union.
This is fully equalled by the state
ment of Saturdays State Register,
which says that the Oskaloosa Coal
Company represents that they can
raise one hundred and twenty five
tons of coal year and have spent
$500 in improving their mines"
w. A. Work, Esq, of this place, is
a candidate for the nomination to the
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
For Sale or Trade.

For good farm, half interest in
a well established retail trade. APP
ply at this office. 3-l8d&wtf
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
Drowned.

drowned.
On yesterday, a boy named Milton
Ball, son Of Dennison Ball, living o.
miles northeast of Blakesburg, went
in company with several other. boys
to Avery Creek to battle. Young
Ball could not swim, got beyond his
depth and was drowned. Two other
young men named Smith and Will
son were nearly drowned in trying
to save Ball. Balls body was recov-
cred about three hours after the oc-
currence of the sad accident.
From Tuesdays Daily.
Yesterday afternoon four year
old son of Thos. Ii. Phillips, while
playing circus, allowed his horse to
get the better of him and he fell off a
porch breaking an arm. Drs. Hinsey
and Lathrop fixed the little fellow up
in proper shape, and he is bearing his
misfortune bravely.
A young Swede boy, son Of the
basket maker, whose name we have
not learned, had fall yesterday
evening, by which he suffered a Sc
we're fracture of All arm. He was
pretty good grit and felt disposed to
fight the DIR. while dressing the pain
full wound. He will be all right in a
short time.
Thos. d. Tyler, of Richland town
ship, this county, passed through the
city to-day, enroute to his home, from
Jacksonville, ILL.,, where he has been
attending the cattle sales of A. j.
Hamilton. Mr.. Tyler, while there,
purchased straight Rose of Sharon
bull, four years old, which weighs
1900 lbs. This is very fine animal,
which will greatly add to the herd
of thoroughbreds now belonging to
Mr.. Tyler, and will be highly appre-
ciated by the farmers of that town
ship.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
Rooms for Rent.

Either furnished or unfinished at
Mrs. Squires residence cor. Fourth
and Marion streets. % diff
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19
A. D. MOSS
Respectfully invites inspection
of his
SPRING and SUMMER
STOCK OF
DRY GOODS,

Embracing all the Novelties in
SILKS, ALL WOOL DEBEGE,
GRENADINES, CASHMERES,
ALPACAS, SUIEINGS, PER
GALES, PIQUES, LINENS,
WHITE GOODS, FANS, PARA
SOILS. GLOVES, HOSIERY and
NOTIONS.
Keeps Large and Well Assorted
Stock of
BROWN and BLEACHED MUS
LIN, TICKS, DENNIS and
SHIRTINGS, White and Colored
CARPET WARP,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-19

Headquarters for Mems and Boys
Plow Shoes at Phillips. 4-l0wtf
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-11-28
Barnum's Joice Heth Investment.

Barnum's J0lce 6eth Investment.
Barnum says that the best investment
he has ever made was the 81 900 he gave
in 1885 to the Philadelphia exhibitors of
Joice Heth, the pretended negro nurse of
George Washington. He had then lost
the most of his property, and, borrowing
the amount from his friends, he made 3
journey to Philadelphia to investigate
the prospect of turning the old colored
woman to pecunjary account. Satisfied
that there was money in her, he pur-
chased her, cash down; advertised her
so cunningly that he created great Gu
riosity to see her, and soon took in 81 500
a week. After the city had been graft
fed by the sight Ct Joice, he travelled
through the country with her, in con-
nection with company of mountebanks,
and made good deal.of money. This
was Barnum's first venture as a show
man, and determined his career. He
cleared directly, it is alleged, $4,000
out of Joice Heth. He had not had her
much more than a year when she very
ungratefully died, and an autopsy
proved her to have been but rs years
old, instead of 161, as had been claimed.
Barnum said he had bought her for the
latter age, and had done his best to make
the public believe her so old. It was
her fault if she had fallen short of what
was expected of her by some 80 years.
She might have been 100, no doubt, if
she had wanted to be, and her failure
to attain that degree Of venerableness
evinced on her part disposition to dis
appoint too creduloue and con6ding
community.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-11-28

POSTAL cards give rise to peculiar
troubles. A Rochester lumber dealer
mailed card to discharged clerk, &C
cusing him of swindling, and the clerk
has obtained verdict of $3.50 damages,
based on the publicity. of the charge
while passing through the mails. A
similar case is on trial in Pittsburg, the
plaintiff being & sewing machine agent,
to whom his employer. addressed an &C.
cusation Of improperly retaining money.
An Omaha clergyman publishes card
complaining that. he frequently receives
advertisements of wine printed on postal
cards, and ~ he is . total a5stainer from
strong drink, the impression might be
wrongfully created that he. is q buyer
of the wine A Boston landlady sends
bills on postal cards to former boarders,
accompanied by urgent requests for pay
naent One Of the recipients began 4
suit against her for libel, hut withdrew
1t, his lawyer adyising him that q the
communication Was : simple request to
pay ajust debt he had no legal griev-
ance. a Kaasass City girl Tilted hen
loyes, md 80 taliatsd ~ writing her
anaoEous letters On postal cards. She
did not invoke the lsM. but put f.lw-
hide IN her pocket, lay ii wait for her
anneyer, apd whipped him.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-11-28
A Ruthless 1conoclast.

AT a meeting Of the Yale Alumni
association in New York, Friday even
ing, Prof. Wheeler read paper devoted
to the explosion of many popular histor-
ical and traditional tales. The famous
saying attributed to Louis XIV of
France, "L'etat c'est MOI" was never
uttered by, Louis tall, but was said by
Mazarin twenty years before Louis came
to the throne, and said before Mazarin
by Queen Elizabeth. Sappho never
killed herself by jumping from rock,
but died natural death. Leonidas
fought at Thermopyl@, not with only
300 at his back, but with 1000. The
philosopher Diogenes never lived in q
tub. The story Of the virtues of the
Roman matron Luoretia, must be re-
jected, while the story Of the Horatii
and Ouratii ID worse than 1 doubtful.
The sons Of Brutus were not the victims
Of their fathers drmness but Of his bru-
tality. It was utterly impossible for
Hannibal to have followed up his vic
tory ct Oanua, and the story of his us
ing vinegar to. cleaye the rocks Of the
Alps Is absurd. So, too, is the story Of
Cleopatra dissolving pearl in goblet
Of vinegar and drinking UP = fortune at
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-11-28

believed there will be little difficulty in Sc.
curing extradition.
THE National Grange, patrons Of hus-
bandry, met at Richmond, On the Goth,
in their twelfth annual seaeion. Twenty.
five states were represented. Reports of
officers show the order in 1ourishing con.
dition throughout the country. A public
reception took place In the evening, lathe
hall Of. the house Of delegates, at which
speeches were made by Governor Halliday
and the Hon. s. +. Adams, of Minnesota,
master granger.
GEN. GORDON was unanimously elected
United States senator by the Georgia
legislature ON the 10th inst.
A PACKAGE of money, $4,000, in transit
by the Southern express from Charleston to
Athens, was lost some time ago near Ye.
massee, and now the messenger, Walter S.
Lynch, an old employee Of the express com.
pany, has been arrested.
The following appointments were mado
by the president on the 18th: Myron f. N.
Howell, Michigan, principal clerk of public
lands in the general land Office; Walter r.
Irwin, Illinois, principal clerk on private
land claims in the general land Office.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-11-28
Oh. the Lively French Fancy.

Oh, the Lively French Fancy.
They are talking in America of moth
irg but the singular accident which hap
pened to one OF the notabilities of San
Domingo. General Yos Trebla, of the
Spanish army. consulted a DR.. Manidew
about some trouble which followed an
attack of yellow fever. DR.. Manidew
recommends TRANSMISSION of blood, and
one of the students at Bellevue Hospital
offered himself to make sacrifice of part
of his blood in favor of the gentleman of
color. The operation took place, but
with the following strange result, which
is now occupying the attention of the
medical world of America: General
Yos Trebla sees himself daily changing
color and whitening visibly. And, as
his new color comes, his rank of general
disappears, for he is sure that the Domin-
lean government will never recognize q
white general. On the other hand, the
medical student is getting a black skin
as the reward of his devotion. Morrow
er, Mrs. Yos Trebla will not live with
the gentleman now, as she is afraid of
having mulatto children. And all three
have sued Dr.. Manidew for damages.
Paris P0per.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-11-28

one draught. Archimedes never said,
"Give me q lever long enough and I
will move the world" nor did he
cry out, "Eureka!" at any known
period of his life or discoveries. Alex
andria was never visited by Omar, nor
was the Alexandrian library burnt. No
more did Calico say: "And yet it
moves, for all that!" since it is proved
from authentic documents that he did
not dare to. That Columbus broke the
end of an egg and thus confused his
Knockers is fabulous, as also ia the story
that he encouraged his followers " 18th
brave words when the shores of san Sal
vador were still out of sight. Richard
ILL.,, of England, did not kill his brother
Clarence, and story about a butt of
Malmsey arose from the fact that the
body of Clarence, who died q natural
death, was transported from Calais to
England in wine butt. Charles II.
never had the body of Cromwell taken
from Westminster Abbey and hanged at
Tyburn, for the daughter of Cromwell,
apprehensive of some such illtreatment,
had her fathers corpse secretly removed
from the abbey and buried in q quiet
churchyard. Millions daughters could
not have consoled their father in his
blindness by reading passages from the
old authors for the best of reasons
they did not know how to read. Almost the
only story which Professor Wheeler did
not demolish was the one about Wash.
ington and his Ratchet.
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-11-28

!From the New York Times
The proverb that misfortune makes
strange comrades has seldom been
more APPLY illustrated than by the adj
venture of an English soldier in India,
who, having been caught in anything
but sober condition by his colonel, a
rigid disciplinarian, was sent to pass a
night in Carbohydrate lookup. As
the culprit, sleepless from heat and
mosquitoes. was meditating on dolefully
upon the further punishment that was
certain to await him next morning, he
suddenly heard 4 rustling close beside
him, and felt the cold, shiny touch of a
snake upon his bare foot. Being a man
of iron nerve, he contrived to restrain
the cry that rose to his lips, and to lie
motionless as log, while his horrible
bed.fellow, whom he instantly felt to be
of great size, crawled to and fro over
his body and face, as if to make out who
or what he might be. Having at length
satisfied itself that nothing was to be
feared from him, it glided of, and
ensconced itself under the roll of mat
ting which served him as q bed. With
the first CLEAN of daylight the prisoner
was astir, and, having armed himself with
q heavy stone, raised the mating just
sufficiently to let his unbidden guest
thrust out it's head, which he then
crushed to pieces with the stone. At
that moment the door opened. and in
came the junior lieutenant, who, having a
kindness for the delinquent had come to
"give him good talking to-" But the
moment the officers eye fell upon the
dead snake he rushed out again like one
possessed, returning few minutes later
with the colonel and several other officers.
The old martinez, havingheard the story,
said, with a grim chuckle: "This is a
lucky job for you, my man, for meant
to have given you a COED Aogging; but
] can't fog man who has done such a
feat as that. Don't let me catch you
drunk again, and here are five rupees for
you" ($2.5O).
Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1878-11-28
Spontaneous Incubation

An Adams Center, N. Y, correspond
emit says: can odd case of what might
be called spontaneous incubation lately
occurred in the farm yard of A. &.
Glass, near this place. They:had heard
for two or three days the cry of young
chickens, and searched for them in vain,
until ut last it was found that the noise
proceeded from . heap Of litter which had
been thrown from the horse stable some
time before. On opening this they
found ct distance of about two feet
from the surface, and closely covered by
the warm, fermenting mas, I brood Of
eleven healthy chicheTs 8. A nest Of eggs
had been inadvertently covered in throw
ing out the litter, and the heat Of fer
mentatiou had Matched them.