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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
A Pittsburg 6ensation.-A Paral-
lei to the TichboYna CasA.

On the 7th of May was begun in the
Court at Butler parallel to the cele-
DRAFTED Tichborne case. Some thirty
years ago Emily Ward left her house
on the Ward farm, near Petrolia, and
was not heard from until about two
years ago, when person calling her.
self Emily Ward appeared at the old
homestead, and was received as the
long-lost sister. The farm, in the
meantime, had become valuable, and
she was heiress to quite an estate. At
the time she left her home she was
nineteen years Of age, and in possess
sion of all her faculties. The family,
however, subsequently became sus-
picious that all was not as represent
ted, and they refused to recognize
her. She did not evince the familiar
ity with the scenes and associations
OF her infant years that was expected,
and she was discarded as an impostor,
hence the suit. The family will en-
deavor to show that she is one Maha-
Ia Hill, who has been resident of
Meadville for number of years, and
who, some time ago, married q man
named Gray, from whom she has OBJ
tanned divorce. She afterward
married a man named Danforth, who
is now urging the prosecution by the
"family." 1t should not be under
stood that all the members are oppos-
ed to the claimant. On the contrary,
Geo. Ward, the younger brother, be-
lieves in her identity, and favors the
prosecution. Altogether it will be q
most interesting suit, and will, no
doubt, provoke recitals from which q
novelist could write book.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15

Quarters, dimes, yes nickels are
taken into account now, and although
some of our tradesmen sheer at it,
we hail it as sign Of prosperity
both for you and for us. In times of
plenty, so cts. on suit Of clothes was
not sufficient inducement to cause q
man to walk 3 half block out of his
way, but now we find that when we
offer good suit Of clothes for a half
dollar under the probably low prices
of other houses the people appre-
ciate it and avail themselves of it.
THIS has caused us to be busy when
others are idle.
THIS has caused us to sell more
goods this year than any preceding
one.
THIS has caused people to trade
with us who never did before.
AND THIS has caused us to mark
our $4,000 worth of the choicest
Clothing at prices not to be touched
by any competition in the West,
CHAs. SAX & Bro,
The Leading Clothing Men of THU
Section.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
ArranoulI Nervou. ev.tan,

Can never be possessed by those
whose digestive and assimilative or
gans are in state of chronic disor-
der. Weak stomachs make weak
nerves. To restore vigor and quiet
ude to the latter, the first must be in
vigorated and regulated. The ordi-
nary sedatives may tranquilize the
nerves for . while, but they can new
er, like Hostetter's Stomach Bitters,
remove the causes of nervous debili-
ty. That superb invigorant and cor
receive of disordered condition of the
alimentary organs has also the effect
Of imparting tone to the nerves. The
delicate tissues of which they are
constituted, when weakened in con-
sequence Of impoverishment of the
blood, resulting in imperfect digest
ion and assimilation, draw strength
from the fund Of vitality developed
In the system by the Bitters, which
imparts the required impetus to the
nutritive functions Of the stomach.
enriches the circulation, and gives
tone and regularity to the secreiiye
and evacuative organs.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
RepublIcan county Convention.

BY order ofthe Republican Central Committee
W. II. q. JACQUES Chairman,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
TattleYa.

Every community is cursed by the
presence ola class of people who make
it their business to attend to every
body's business but their own. Such
people are the meanest specimens of
humanity which an all-wise Provi-
dence permits to exist on this earth.
It is well known that almost every
person is sometimes disposed TO speak
evil Of others, and tattling is sin
from which very few can claim to be
entirely exempt.
But the object of our present article
is to speak of that distinct class Of
tattlers who make the tale-bearing
the constant business of their lives.
They pry into the private affairs OF ev-
cry family in the neighborhoOd they
know the exact state of one neigh
boris feelings toward another; they
understand everybody faults and no
little blunder or misdemeanor ever
They are particularly we'll posted up
on everything connected with court
chip and matrimony, know who are
going 10 marry whom, and can guess
the exact time when it will take place.
They watch every movement OF par
ties suspected of matrimonial inten-
tons, and if there is the slightest
chance to create disturbance, excite
jealousy or "break up" q match they
take immediate advantage of it and
do all in their power to keep people
in constant state of vexation. They
glide quietly from gentleman to lady,
from mother to daughter, from faith
er to son and in the ears of all they
pour their dark bitter whispers of
SANDER and abuse, and at the same
time pretend to be the most sincere
friend of those they talk to. Their
black and nauseous pills of malicious
SANDER are sugar-coated with smiles
and honeyed words of friendship.
Tattlers are confined to no particu-
lar class Of society. They belong to
all classes and operate in all. We
find them among the rich and the
poor-"upper ten" and GLOVER mil
lion"-in the church and out of it,
They are people who have no higher
ambition than to be well-informed in
regard to other peoples private bus
iness, to retail scandal to their neigh
Dor, and to exult in fiendish triumph
over the wounded feelings and bruis-
ed hearts of their innocent victims
Beauless old maids and childless
matrons make the most accomplished
scandal-mongers in the world. They
seem TO take to tattling from the
promptings of natural instinct, and
they prosecute IL with an energy that
would do internal honor to their
great leader--the prince Of darkness
himself. Our contempt for such
graceless creatures knows no bounds
and we can find no words in which ia
Aexpress its infamy.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
rAlanhnnn

Messrs. Morris Eaton and Frank
Lindsay, have connected our Office
with that Of Steck and Robinson, on
Second street, with one Of Holcomb's
Acoustic Telephones, by means of
which we can converse with persons
in either Office, with perfect ease
Music on the violin, or singing, in Ell
Their Office, can also be distinctly heard
and enjoyed almost as well as If the
performers were in the same room
with the listeners.
From the complete success of this
telephone we should say that for
short distances, the telegraph has be-
come obsolete, thing of the past
The telephone is fast coming into use
by business men for the purpose of
communicating with branch houses
in cities and also for their homes. II
business man has friend drop in
on him when the IL O'clock or the
4 80 train arrives, and he wants to
invite him to dinner or tea, he can
telephone his wife to that effect and
everything will be in apple pie or
der by half past II or half past g.
Wives no more will need be Caught
in the suds," and if they desire their
husbands to come home, in case of
emergency, they can call them there
in short order.
The time is near at hand when cost
ly churches need not be erected any
more. The choir can assemble at the
pastors residence; the regular SER
vice can be gone through with and
the families heretofore going to
church through storm and rain, can sit
in their coy parlors, hear the "word
dispensed" and listen to the songs
of Zion by means of the telephone.
Besides this, it will save an immense
sum in new style bonnets, generally
shown off at church, and more peo-
pie will thus be enabled to pay what
they justly should to the support Of
the gospel.
In fact the capabilities of this SIM
pie and comparatively inexpensive
instrument, are not yet half develop.
ed, and it is destined to work great
or. revolution in speedy and certain
communication, than even the electric
telegraph.
A number Of our business men are
arranging to put up telephones to
their residences, and the time is
speedily coming when they will be-
come as much of . household neces-
sity as water or gas.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15

From the Des Moines Register we
learn that in Polk county corn was
cut down to the ground by the late
frost. llkinds of small grains are
supposed to be injured. Cherries
are badly used up; probably the crop
will be almost an entire failure.
Grapes appear to be killed in many
localities-that is the young, bearing
shoots. The upper leaves are black
ened and falling of. Some few
punches that we're sheltered are not
supposed to be seriously injured, but
is not likely to exceed one-fourth the
amount anticipated q week ago.
Gooseberries are not much hurt.
Currants are injured, not all destroy.
cd. Apples were severaly shipped, y
and the crop bids fair Ito be very
light.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
NO. 122.
AN ORDINANCE, establishing ,
center grade ON Second street.

AN ORDINANCE, establishing q
center grade on Second street.
SECTION l. Be 1t ordained Jv the
Csty Council Of the City Of Ottumsca
That the elevation of the grade at the
points on the center line of Second
street, as hereinafter mentioned, (al
compared with the elevation of the
water table OF the building on the
south corner of Market and Second
streets, the elevation Of said water
table being 106.54) shall be as follows,
to-wit:
The northwest side of Vine street
1890.
At a point 265 feet northwest from
the northwest side of Vine street
1900.
Center of Plum street 1890.
AT q point 260 feet north west from
the northwest side of Plum street
176.14.
1854. '
The northwest side Of Union street
1880.
260 feet northwest of the northwest
side of Union street 1854.
The southeast side Of College street
171.OO.
The northwest side of College street
1000.
272 feet northwest of the northwest
side of College street 1000.
The southeast side of Jefferson
street 1880.
The northwest side of Jefferson
street 1885.
200 feet northwest Of the northwest
side of jefferson street IT'S.
The southeast side of Green street
1890.
The northwest side of Green street
l1l.O0.
The southeast side of Market street
1O6.50.
The northwest side of Market street
1850.
Ito feet northwest from the north
west side of Marketistreet 1914.
The center of Court street 1869.
The northwest side of Court street
1850.
The southeast side of Washington
street 1000.
l. AC uVAluWobI OAu0 VI W uSuluklOu
street 1000.
Southeast side of Marion etreet
l14OO.
Northwest side Of Marion street
ll4.OO.
Southeast side of Wapello street
1000.
Northwest side of Wapello street
10000.
Southeast side Of Cass street lO5.OO.
Southeast side of Mclean street
1880.
The center of Mclean street 1880.
Northwest side of Mclean street
1880.
Sec. 2. Ordinance No. "A, entitled
"An ordinance establishing grades
on Second street," passed November
9Th, 1871, be and the same is hereby
repealed.
Sec. 3. This ordinance shall take
effect from and after publication in
the Ottumwa Daily COURIER as pro-
vided by law.
Passed May IL, 1873.
j. s. PORTER, Mayor.
Attest: w. H. FETzER, City Clerk.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15

An Ohio stumper, while making q
speech, paused In the midst of it and
exclaimed: "Now, gentlemen, what
do you Think ?" Instantly q man
rose In the assembly, and with one
eye partially closed, modestly, with .
strong Scotch brogue, replied: II
think, sir, I do indeed, sir-I think II
you and I were to stump the country
together, we could tell more lies than
any other two men in the country.
cir, and I'd not say . word myself
during the whole time, sir |"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
JoTTtteos.
Bonner is worth 100000 made
n all NV fudiciona advor<;e;ur

Bonner is worth 100000 made
it all by judicious advertising.
Friday the Governor appoint
cd Hon. w. l. Moir, of Hardin coun-
ty, trustee of the Reform School
vice Hon. John Hall, declined
Catherine E. Beecher, sister Of
Henry Ward Beecher, died at noon
Sunday, at the residence Of Thomas
X. Beecher, in Elmira, New York.
The Kirkville Cheese Factory, this
county, marketed in this city last
week their first ton ofcheese. It was
about one month old, and was very
palatable.
One John Kausz, of Burlington,
has sued DR.. John Scarf, of that city,
for 5000 damages for producing an
abortion on Kausz's wife. DIR Scarf
is one of the most prominent physi-
clans in Burlington.
We are informed by gentleman
from Oskaloosa that snow covered
the sidewalks in that place Sunday
morning, and that it froze hard to the
planks. The frost was much more
severe there than here.
Ed. E. Merritt, editor of the Inder
Victor, Iowa, has been appointed
route agent in place of Clarence Judd,
deceased. Mr.. Merritt will no doubt
give full satisfaction to all concerned.
He made his first trip to-day.
State Register: The X. & D. M. R.
r. and the weather have been rum
ming race during the past six
months to see which could make the
most changes in time. The X. & D.
M. r. r. is still one ahead, despite
yesterdays snow storm.
Bud Dillon. one of the three card
monte men who once flourished so
publicly in this city, and whose little
game and five-legged wolf finally
landed him in the Iowa penitentiary
at Fort Madison, is laying dangerous
ly i'll at that institution.
Earnest Evans was arrested Satur-
day night on the charge of being
professional pickpocket. He is said
to be bad one, and although young
in years he is well up to the tricks of
the profession. His friends will find
him in Jail here for few days to
come.
The Chicago Times has discovered
another sensational Grim con case, in
the person of Henry L. Esta brook,
travelling auditor of the c. B. & @.
Railroad, residing at Hinsdale, Ill.
1t says his wife has applied for q di-
vorce, charging him with numerous
guilty liasons and cruelty to her and
her two children.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15

CRAIG's MATTER.-The testimony
taken by the committee appointed to
investigate the management Of War
den Craig at the Fl. Madison Peni-
tiary is to be published as soonlas the
stenographer'e notes are transcribed.
Meantime Gov. Gear has given orders
to bring suits and procure indictments
against all parties connected with the
various fraudulent transactions of
the Warden whenever sufficient evi.
dence can be obtained to make such q
course feasible. 1t is probable that
the Grand jury Of this county will
return an indictment against DR..
Craig here, Is he procured the award
here by fraudulent misrepresentation
State Register.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15

The Premium Lists for our County
Fair, which will be held on the oath
of September, are at President He'd.
rick's Office in this building, and can
be had by calling at this office.
The Directors of the society are re-
quested by the Secretary to call and
get some for distribution in their re-
spective townships.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
RAvINa COMMUNISTS.
A Meeting at Ne,o York Nth AU
Sorts of Incendiary speeches-A
States Prison Ofense to hold More
Property than VII Support You.

The eighth annual convention of
the American Labor Reform League
was commenced in New York on the
9Th inst. E. II. Haywood presided,
and made the opening address, say
ing that the League seeks liberty; to
assert the natural rights of all people !;
to do their best at their own risk !:
and to repeal all laws recognizing
property and to abolish monopolies
which give property special advan-
tages against labor. The following
resolutions were adopted:
Resolued, That the chief mission of
the silver bill and greenback move
ment is to hasten reputation, when
debts paid once in the form of inter-
est will be paid forever, and we hail
the growing irresistible tendencies of
the South and West to second the
purposes of New England labor re-
formers by abolishing all power to
get pay for loans, stocks, or other
valuables more than once, to make it
illegal, disgraceful, and impossible to
prey on other peoples earnings.
RESOLVED, That since capitalists take
life and destroy property to retain
their power to steal, the Kearney men
who invoked the halter in California,
the Mollie Maguires reported to have
killed coal bosses, and the railway
strikers, are morally lawful belliger-
ents, justly exercising the same rights
of defensive warfare applauded in
the tipping of British tea into Boston
harbor, in John Browns march on
Harper's Ferry, and the killing of
pro-slavery Southerners by Northern
Unionists.
RESOLVED, That the National and
Workingmen's parties. like their old
er brethren in sin, the Republicans
and Democrats, by sustaining male
usurpation enslave, defraud and de-
spoil woman; that demanding for
her equal pay for equal work with
man, we seek industrial equity to
erase the sex lines as we'll as. the race
and color lines from labor reform.
At the afternoon session Mr.. Hey
wood made an address on the labor,
greenback and free-love questions.
Geo. w. Maddox said New York
ought to issue its own money, build
markets, docks, and other improve.
ments, .and he hoped "by the Eternal,
that people would starve in order to
awake them to these facts. He said
il these things could not be got by
the ballot-box then he favored get
ting them by the cartridge-box. he
would make it a States prison ofiense
for any man to hold more real estate
than was necessary to support him
The laborer wants wealth, and il
should belong to him.
Similar addresses were made by
othera.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
Sunday 8 chooI Convention.

Pursuant to call the Pleasant Town
ship Sunday School Association met
at Bladensburg at 9 o'clock a. M, Sun.
day, May II.
The Convention was opened by
prayer by Chas. Coleman.
Chas. Coleman was elected Presi.
dent, T. J. Nelson, Vice-President,
and James Howdyshell, Secretary.
w. F. Parker offered resolution
creating q committee of three to con-
fer with the officers of the County
Sunday School Convention, and in
augurate measures for the resuscita-
ton of that organization.
DR.. Parker, To. Nelson and Col.
White were appointed as the commit
tee.
The various Sunday Schools of the
Township were all reported in q
fiourishing condition.
The remainder of the session was
occupied in discussing the topics rela-
tive to Sunday School work, by Rev.
Tibbetts, Parker and Coleman, and
quite number of others.
The meeting had large attendance
and was very harmonious, and devel-
oped great amount of interest in the
Sunday Schools in the township.
The evening session was occupied
by the opening Of the question box.
Vocal and instrumental music was
interspersed in the exercises, conduc-
ted by s. B. McClung.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15

The next Excursion to Southwest
ern Kansas via the A. 7. & s. #. II. II.
will leave Ottumwa, Wednesday,
May 22nd. Fare for round trip, s24.
The lands along the line Of this road
are being rapidly taken up, and part
les desiring to invest should do so
now. BURNS & ROUNDS,
mll-dtf-wl Agents.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
The Lowell cheese factory at Con

The Lowell cheese factory at Com.
petine is in very fiourishing condi-
ton, and although but fairly started
are turning out about l6O lbs OF
excellent cheese per day. Their SUI
perintendent o. +. Wells is said to
be practical man with life long
experience, and his product will, no
doubt, soon take front rank in the
market. The farmers out there
would, it seems to US, do well to give
this new industry every encourage.
ment. 1t will certainly be money in
their pockets, and besides save theil
women much hard. labor.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15

Our readers will notice elsewhere
the advertisement of Benjamin Nc
Closky, in which he says he has a
good saw and corn mill combined for
sale. Eldon, where the mill is situat-
ed, is smart little town with two
railroads, and is surrounded by q
heavy timbered country and good
farm lands we'll improved.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15

The first No. of the Io.ca State
Democrat, daily "a straight out organ
published at Des Moines is on our
table. 1t is neat 7-column paper
well filled with news and political
matter, and for any one who wants
indebted Democracy it is just the
thing. The editor in his salutatory
says:
eve are not of that class of demo
Gratis who are continually apologize
ing for belonging to the democratic
party. We will be found arrayed
against the republican or any other
political party which stands in the
way of the one to which we have the
honor of belonging"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
FIR E.,

Saturday, about noon, q dwelling
house belong to Jas. ID. Ladd, located
on his farm mile or two below
town, was discovered to be on fire
too late to save it from destruction.
The house was story and half
frame and cost from six to eight
hundred dollars, on which there was
no insurance. AT the time of the fire
the house was occupied by a couple
of young men who were keeping
house for themselves, and as the fire
caught in the opposite end of the
building from where the fire was
used, the destruction was caused,
probably, by the work of an incendi-
arV,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
Convention,

The democrats of Centre township
had their primary convention, Satur-
day afternoon and selected the fol-
lowing delegates to the county con-
vention to be held some time in the
future. This was strange, conven-
ton, in that they oonfided all their
business to the delegates named be-
low, who have power to name dele
gates to both State and Congressional
conventions:
S B Evans, A T Holly, N Poland,
Geo Guyzleman, Ell Laubach, w II
Farmer, . P Biser, VIM Lair, Jas
Peck, 0 w Lyman, w w Cory, p G
Ballingall, Kinsey Jordan. j ohm Peck,
Adam Schworm, II A Gangs, M L
Rooms, W II Resor, j M Kiser, Peter
Winter, s II Burton, T Bunk, e B
Van Gent, T j Douglass, M Nuss-
baum, James Crowley, ii C CRUDE,
John Postlewsite.
A motion was made that the CoU-
RlER be requested to publish the pro-
ceedings, but as that was considered
unorthodox. it was voted down by
. small majority, but resolution
was passed unanimously, that the
COURIER might publish the proceed
-ings If they chose. Consider
ing the COURIER to be a ne,Us-
paper such magnanimity should
not 60 unrewarded and unoticed,
consequently we give the list Of the
magnates who hold the welfare of
the democratic party in their hands
for this year.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15

When you buy Homeopathic medi-
cines, be suce you get the regular
preparations such as physicians use.
A full line Of these on hand from
Luyties' Homeopathic pharmacy, St.
Louis, and for sale by
JOHN L. MOORE, Ottumwa.
august u deod&NlY
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-15
l 1000. 900 lbs. l,OOO,OO lbs.
Of Wool Wanted.

For which ! 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, Is ! have arranged to
buy for parties in New York City
who are the largest wool dealers in
the world. Remember II 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. [a3OwStl Jos. j. HAprIELD.