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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

The Hon. j. Scott Harrison, thu
son OF President Harrison, and the
father Of General Ben Harrison, of In
diana, died suddenly at his residence
near Lawrenceburg, Ind. He wal
nearly 20 years old. He lived in re
tirement upon beautiful farm upol
the bank of the Ohio, in sight of tn
spot where he was born, and where
the remains of his honOred father
rests. He at one time was forced into
politics, and represented the First
Congressional District of Ohio in
Congress from 1853 to 1857. No man
ever called in question his honesty or
his integrity. He was gentleman
ever kind and courteous and esteemed
by all that knew him for the many ad-
mirable qualities that made him a
kind father and good citizen. His
death was sudden and unexpected, he
being found lifeless in his bed Sunday
morning. His funeral took place
Wednesday 10Th inst. Mrs. T. J.
Devin of this city is . daughter of the
deceased.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

steer 5000. Deducting a commits
sion of so cents per head and we have
$1,000. Out of this freights. yardage,
feed bills, and other expenses were
paid, but they were no more than
they would have been had these if
teen steers been scrubs averaging $50
pounds in weight and selling for two
cents per pound. In the same report
we find cattle averaging $50 pounds
selling for ~ 80 per hundred pounds,
or $24.G each, or $66.1S less than the
better bred cattle brought. Ofcourse
these are the extreme sales of that
day, but they serve to illustrate in
strong light the difference in profit to
the farmer between the poor and the
good. The farmer who raised that
lot of fifteen steers received for them
$992.4O more than was paid to the
man who raised the "scrub" stock,
yet we venture the assertion that il
actually cost no more to produce the
well bred steers than to raise the in.
ferior lot. That $992.40 would 70 far
towards paying for q thorough bred
shorthorn bull of even fashionable
family.
In hogs there is less margin of late
between the prices of extra hogs and
common-alas, too common ones
than was when the prices of hogs
were higher 1t is not long since
there was full dollar difference be-
tween the price for inferior hogs and
that for the best grades. On the day
in question, April Is, we find in tn.
report mentioned above a difference
of 40 cts. between the lower sales Of
coarse packing hogs and the highes
price paid for selected lots. Suppos,
1.-THE average farmer raises SO hogs pei
lyear and suppose the average weigh
of these hogs to be 245 pounds, which
was the average weight of the hog
sold here last year; at the highes
Iprice obtained on the date abov,
named, $3.50 per hundred pounds
the sum which these fifty hogs would
have brought would be $475.5O.-
. At the lower figure, $40 it woul(
/ have been $4l6.50, leaving differ
, ence Of $50 to pay for the influence o
good boar on the crop Of the season
Sales Of sheep often show greater
J difference, relatively, than can b
, found in prices paid for cattle. 1t
, by no means uncommon to find sale
: reported in which sheep averagin,
: lbs to $50 pounds brought six cent
per pound, and in the same repor
: sales of sheep averaging Is to 80 lbs
: at 1904 per GENITAL. The sheep Of tn
better quality will return to the selle
g | ~. 5O09 per head. " lille for the infe
: rior lots he will get from 1925 to 80
| each, or little if any more than ono
t third of the return that he will &c
D from the care and thought given t
the improvement of the flock. In a
Q this no mention has been made Of
q fact which has been so often and 81
o fully proven that no intelligent ma
: can now be found that will deny i
: tn at 1t is cheaper and is always NOR
e profitable to raise stock of goo
f breeding, than to have scrub stoc
i upon the farm, and let it raise itsel
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
Profit in Improved Stock.

e0eeS - eee0SAS SSe eSSVSAs
So much has been said, and well
said, observes the Drover's Journal
ITO prove to farmers that their inter-
ests would be best served by improv-
ing the breeding of their cattle, hogs,
sheep, horses and poultry, that ii
would seeem that the subject must be
worn out. But, although facts have
for years been put before the people
again and again, patiently and per-
sistently. by those who had no other
motive than that arising from q wish
for the general welfare, as we'll as by
those whose pecunisry interests led
them to urge the importance Of i'm
proved modes Of feeding and breed
ing, yet there remains much to be
to be done. That great progress
has been made in America in late
years, none can deny. That very
much remains to be done is clearly
proved by the facts to be observed In
any Of the livestock markets of the
country. In nearly all the markets 4
large share of the stock sold goes at
prices very far below those obtained
for what are described as good,
choice, extra or fancy. Instances al
most beyond number can be cited
from the market reports, proving
clearly and emphatically that the mass
Of the farmers of the land do not I'M
derstand the full value an infusion OF
good blood into their stock would
have. So long as this is the case no
harm can come from repetition OF
these illustrative facts, but some good
will probably be done.
The best way to convince q man of
the necessity of a reform is undoubt-
eddy to prove to him that he will
make money by aiding that reform.
This it will be very easy to do 80 far
as regards the reforms needed in ma
ny places, in the mode of raising stock
for market, by taking the market re-
ports Of almost any day as a text
Take, for instance, the report of the
cattle market Of Chicago, for April
Is, and we find one sale of fifteen
steers, averaging 1861 pounds, for
which the price obtained was $3.50
per hundred pounds, alive. This
made the price received for each
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
Gen. Hedrick has left in our Office q

Gen. Hedrick has left in our office q
large bunch Of rye grown in his orch
ard, near this city, the mosl of which
measures eight feet in length. This
may seem incredible, almost, but we
made the measure ourselves and that
settles the fact to our mind. The Pres
ident of tho Wapello Co. Agricultural
Society SO far is entitled to the first
premium ON tall rye.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
Correct.

The Keokuk Constitution, in speak
ing of the recent change of officers or
the e. B. & Q. says that the selection
of Mr.. Forbes to fill the place left va.
cant by Mr.. Harris, of the e., B. & @.
should be q matter of congratulstioI
to the Western cities along that line
and to the line itself, in securing The
services of 80 good man, after los
ing those of SO capable an officer al
Mr.. H. has proven. Mr.. Forbes is 8
thorough railroad man, and with Mr.
Perkins as General Manager, T. J.
Potter a. General Superintendent, the
old reliable c.. B. & @. will add addi.
tional lustre to her fame, and will be
more progressive than ever. The line
is one of the best in the United States
and its present immense and constant.
~ increasing traffic is the best evi.
dence Of the high estimation in which
it is held"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
Biz SOAP,

The readers Of the Daily CoURIEB
will remember the horse raised by
Mike Tullis, of this city. to whom was
given the unromantic name of "Bie
Soap" That sleepy-looking horse
under the management of his presen,
master is rapidly coming to the from
as one of the best steppers in the west
and when a horse can trot the fifth
heat in 2 80 this early in the season
it lie fair to presume with good hand
ling, he will leave the track in thu
fall the most valuable horse in the
country. A dispatch from Freeport
ILL.,, dated 2Sth says:
1.-TWO races were trotted in the 2 3!
race. Five horses started. Big Soar
won the first, third and five heats il
2 :32. 2:32LS, and 2 80 respectively
Dom Pedro took the second ant
fourth heat in 2 81 and 2 80 respec
lively. Granger took the third mon
ey and Surprise the fourth.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

SPEEDY JUsTlcE.-On Tuesday, near
Monticello, boy named Fred Lock
threw o stone into q car window hit
ting John Needer, of Clinton, in the
face, hurting him seriously. The
train was stopped, the boy arrested
taken to Monticello, where the trair
was held 30 minutes. in which time
the boy was tried and sent to Jail fol
30 days. Served right.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

Elder Norville, the "boy preacher ]"
1ectured Sabbath afternoon in Red
Ribbon Opera House, to an unusually
large audience. The Elder stated
that making temperance speeches
was out Of his line; that he had paid
attention to nothing except the scrip
lures since his eleventh year,-is now
twenty-five years old-not even to
politics: never cast a ballot in his
life. He made some good practical
hits; pronounced quite eulogy on
the educational and temperance adj
vantages of Mt. Pleasant, and said
that "Ottumwa uses more bad whisky
to its size than any other ungodly
burg in the west" Ottumwa ought
to be ashamed of herself. Pleas
ant Journal.
People take particular delight
somehow. in abusing Ottumwa, and
the Rev. Elder Norville seems to be
NO exception. In fact Ottumwa il
the best abused town in all the west
ern country. All the difference be-
tween Ottumwa and Mt Pleasant is
that oil the drinking is done here in
the broad light of day. We don't
have whisky shipped in to sanctimo-
NOUS tipplers as, shoots and shoes"
or "dry goods" ''castings," or any
thing of the sort. If . man wants
whisky here he calls for it by the
proper name, and he don't get it at
. drug store under the guise Of
"mince pies" mechanical purposes"
nor any other sham excuse. And
wen venture new hat that we have
lese drunkards, less dead beats, &C.
to population, than Mt
Pleasant has; that we have more
Temperance people, spend more mon
ey to keep up temperance society
than Mt Pleasant or any other town
in lows. II Elder "a Norville was
ever in Ottumwa, it 10 more than we
ever heard Of, and We opine that he
got his information second handed,
IKE good many other scandal mon
gers.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

The Gate CITY says "ex-Governor
Stone, during . recent visit to Des
Moines, announced that that he was
not candidate for Congress in the
Sixth. district and would not accept a
nomination if it were rendered him.
He will, however, work for the re-
publican nominee, who, he says, will
be elected. AS for himself, he has
retired from politics and will devote
himself to his law practice"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

Cottonadee, Jeans, Duck, Drills,
Denims, Cheviots and Shirtings of all
kinds at hard-times prices. You will
find it to your advantage to trade
with US. (29w2) B. SAMUELs & Son.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

!. E. NJ. B. Scott and w. b. Goolall
two accomplished young druggists
well known in the city, have purchas.
ed the stock of drugs recently belong.
liz to w. II. Kelley and also the
stock be1angings tOslno. H. Moore and
will consolidate the stocks in the
building now occupied by Mr.. Moore
The transfer will taks placS "a s6en
as the stocks can be inYSiced pfoh.
bly, sometime toward the last of next
week, when both establishments will
pass into new hands. N
We do not know what disp osita0n
Moore and Kelley will make Of them
selves but hope they will: md d. to
their interest to remain With rs.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

The Agency independents inform
ed that Merriam Miller was arrested
and fined $50 for catching three fish.
The information was filed by man
named Leinhuyser, who lives on Su.
gar Creek.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
MU89 0AuMl NU8SBAuMIl
Mu84BAuMl!!

Who 10 that Nussbaum everybody
in need of Clothing is always talking
about? Why 1t is the old original
NussbauDa, No. % Union Block, estab-
here in 1867, and who sells Hats, Caps
and Furnishing Goods cheaper than
anybody else. Sign, Red Flag No.
% Union Block. allows
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

The Iowa City Press says that Hem
ry Ward Beecher offers to talk squash
and seed-corn at the fair there for
only $500. He will be on his return
trip from California at that time.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

can loan in sums of $500 and up
wards, to suit borrowers, at 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, 1878-06-05
JoTTIN0s.

There are So girls in the Reform
School at Mt. Pleasant.
&. p. Clarke, colorcd, has been ad-
mitted to the Des Moines county bar.
Burlington City scrip is worth s.
cents on the dollar. Ottumwa scrip
$l.OO.
NJ. O. Ketchum, formerly Of this
city, ia a candidate for Clerk of Van
Buren, county. :.
Chas. NJ. Junkin has been admitted
to partnership with his father in the
Fairfield Ledger.
A Texas paper heads its births,
marriages and deaths, ''Hatched,
matched, dispatched"
The present officers and directors
of the Water Power Co. were re-elec-
ted at the stockholders recent meet
ing.
The next State Convention of the
Young Mems Christian Association
lie to be held at Des Moines, October
Is, 10, 20 and 81.
The Pella Blade says: Before the
Temperance organization at this place
one barrel of whiskey was sold
where there is not gallon now.
i An exchange says: "The Western
Loan Company of Fairfield have
closed their doors and the managers
have gone west for their health" z
| Oliver Hampton, JEFF erson county,
much married man, was taken out or
Monday for examination, and gav'
the constable the slip. Gone to hun
another wife.
II Because a Minnesota man has ,
, double-jointed calf that walks back
|, wards as we'll as forward, the Cleve
land Leader thinks it ought to JON
g the democratic party.
Ripe tomatoes have appeared il
n market. With tomatoes, cabbage
t peas, lettuce, radishes, beans, aspara
gus, onions, strawberries, raspberries
oranges, lemons, bananas, peaches, etc
: to choose from, the epicure can certain
ly find enough to suit his fastidiou
palate.
;. Mr.. W. o. Crosby, of the Center
z willie Citizen, was in town Thursday
: Gen. Drake, of Centerville, is candi
b date for Congressional honors fror
4 this District, and Mr.. Crosby is travel
g ing over the District to ascertain no,
the General will suit the people,
Pella Blade.
We are informed by Sheriff Stew
. art, that Lemar Wolf, the Clark couI
ty burglar, who broke Jail here tw
\ or three weeks ago, was caught yer
b recently somewhere below Mt. Ay
II The Sheriff will start by the first trail
n claim his prisoner, and then turn hit
over to the authorities of Clark coul
ty for trial.
q Pennsylvania is preparing for hi
D: Communists. Lieut.. Col. r. B. M
te gee. commanding the 18th regimen
- State National Guards, at Erie, HI
orders to have $50 men in readine
to take the field at short notice. tt
:. miners, in some localities, are prepa
;. ing to give forcible expression to the
" communistic ideas.
n Steps are being taken to have
ID National Celebration Of the 4th
u. July. by all the Sabbath Schools
IN United States. The movement orr
u mates in Brooklyn, N. Y, and
headed by Revs. John Hall, r.
i Storrs and E. e. Wilder, Preside
N of New York Sunday School Teac
81 ers Association. This is an excelle
4. idea.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

We are informed by gentlemen
well calculated to know that the bust.
ness of the c. B. g. @. railroad over
the middle division will be greater
than ever was known before in May.
The reason for which seems to be that
the very flattering prospect for crops
induces farmers to send every foot OF
old stock to market that will bear
shipment, and it is no unusual thing
for from seventy-fve TO ninety car
loads Of live stock to pass through
here per day week in and week out.
The poor farmers of Iowa are to be
pitied, especially those on the "slope."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

A ticket on steamboat from Bur-
lington to st. Paul costs 1925, grub
included. A round trip ticket, good
till Oct. 18th, $l2.35. This is nice
trip and all far little money.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

We are making low prices on all
kinds Of goods in the Millinery de-
partment. The ladies will find it to
their advantage to call on us before
buying. (29w2) B. SAMUELs & Son.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
From Wednesdays Daily,

riVAh WeuucAuay bahiy'
james Dickerson, the old gentle
man who had q team stolen some
time since, returned from Kansas
City to-day. He recovered his wag-
on and harness at st. Joseph, but the
horses had been resold and sent to
Kansas. The parties who took the
team away had been arrested in Kan.
cas- City on the charge Of being drunk
and disorderly, but the old gentle.
man declined to prosecute the boys
It lie stated that they sold the horses
to . dealer for $50 and left the wager
and harness to pay the stable bill ant
few dollars borrowed money.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

Do YOU HAVE A PAIN IN YOUR
BACK? If SO, your Kidneys are dis.
eased. Do not use plasters, they will
do you no good: but take HUNTS
REMEDY and be cured. Dropsy
and all Diseases of the Kidneys, Blad-
der and Urinary Organs, are cured
by HUNTS REMEDY,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

The Charlton Patriot in speaking
of the candidacy Of L. NJ. Cooley,
says:
although the announcement Of
his candidacy lie made at late day
he is developing considerable strength
and would fill the Office in the most
acceptable manner should he get it."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
A Small Farm for Sale,

One and one-half miles from Ottupws City
small frame house on 1t; go fruit trees ali unde
fence except 10 ACRES, and nearly all down In
meadow. 1t lies on the main road running north
from Ostumwa. i will sell It on reasonable terms
lnqnire of me on the premises.
nov 20.w1y ELIZABETH HALE.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

The Shirley Brighamy case was de-
cided this morning by Esq. Lotspeich,
holding the old man to answer to the
District Court in bonds of 500. The
attorneys for the defence managed
their case we'll and worked hard, but
the Esq. held that he thought the old
gentleman had not used sufficient dill.
igence to prove up the supposed de.
mise of his lamented wife No. l and
as the evidence seemed plain he wat
compelled to set down on the old
man. At the last accounts old Uncle
Joseph was out running around tn,
streets looking for some man to 60 OF
his bond to keep him out of the Spi
der's Nest until the next session of tn
District Court.
The bond was fixed Ut small sun
in the hopes that the old man nigh
raise it, and we hope he may.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
j. H. Mckinney, long time q res

]. H. Mckinney, long time q resi-
dent of Burlington, and prominent
newspaper man, died at his residence
| in Chatfield, Mimi, on the 23d inst,
aged IS years. John and Gen. j. d.
Morgan, more Familiarity known as
"Little Red," were publishing the
Burlington Telegraph, one of the live
Hest papers ever printed in Iowa,
about the time the COURIER was start
ed. McKenny was always Demo-
crat, but q genial gentleman and serv-
ed with distinction as a lieutenant in
| the Mexican war,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

Boots and Shoes at less than Bank.
rupt prices Ut B. Samuels Il Sons
Richards Block. 29ws
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
)EpARruRE.-Atthe Broad.

A NEW DEpARTURE.-Atth the Broad.
way Council Bluffs) Methodist Epis-
copal church, on Sunday last, morn
ing and evening, the choir introduced
almost q complete brass band, consist.
ing Of violincello, three horns, and
two violins. With these instruments
some very excellent sacred music wal
produced, and the large congrega-
tions, both morning and evening,
seemed delighted with the new order
of things. So says the Nonpdriel.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

just received, 500 pieces Of new
style prints tents per yard-at B
Samuels & Sons. 29w;
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
An Undeuiable Truth.

OLD TYPE. = Excellent BABBlTI
METAL, for sale at l2h cts. per pound
at this office. wifi
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
Money to Loan.

Cash in bank, NO commission, le-
gal interest, long time. Address
P. o. Drawer 1874. 23-dAw 2te
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
Mortoaoo Notee Wontad
8 Per Cent Money.

/ will purchase some long time
notes secured by real estate mortgage.
WITT o. M. LADD.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

From Thursdays Daily.
The contract for the new school
house at Charlton, Ia, was yesterday
awarded to J. D. Fulton, Chiffon &
Kendall Of this place. Contract price
Sl3.5m.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

Full line of Ladies' Side Lace Shoes
at Phillips. 4-10wtl
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
.. p. -. q co.. %. 4 ".
Produce S]iDDGlS.

Send to the Oldest Commission House in AIbsn y,
n. Y, for their price current. Market III superior
to New YORK. j TALLMADGE Il CARTER, 372
8rosdway, Albany, N Y. State what paper you
saw this In.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05

1t pays to buy the best shoes ;you
can always get them at Phillips.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-06-05
THE TICKET.

The following state ticket Was nom.
mated: For secretary of state, T.
o. Walker, of Davis county auditor
of state, Col. EibGck, of Polk county
treasurer of state, E. d. Fem, of Sto
ry county; register of the state land
Office, 7. S. Bardwell, of Linn county
judge of the supreme court, Judge j
G. Knapp, of Van Buren, county
clerk of the supreme court, M. V
Cannon. of Scott county reporter o.
the supreme court, J. B. Elliott, o.
Marion county; attorney general
John Gibbons, of Lee county.
The following is the State Contra
Committee appointed:
State Central Communicated
Johnston, A. R. Mccoy, Geo. E. To
bin, J. q. Strong, J. G. Kinney, p. G
Ballingall, D. E. Brown, M. G. Rim
denhonr, s. S. Webb.