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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
poTLEEDLE PApy.

Whist! Gretchen's got psbyi
Id vas q leedle p y.
Shoost look oud In dot CRADLE
Yah! How ish dat init hoigh2
Dot poy was niue und Gretchen's;
See dotl Aind him shoost posi-
oh, don'y you CRY now, paby-
You make 'em tipk you gross.
Sh-sh, sh sh-Oh, shtop doti
Look oud und see der mens
What COON to see der pabs.
Dots Oh; what lecdle hands!
Dots mine und Gretchen q paby-
Py Krashus! Dond you seeq
Dot nose vas sho0st Ike Gretchen's,
Der rest vas shoost like me!
See dot now-Id vas lafin,
Cnd gickin' ub ids toes.
Coon here you lecdle rascal
Cnd shtrlke your Iathers nose.
Veil, maybe vas voolish
To take me on 30 pad,
But dot vas Gretchen's pahy.
Der first von what she hadi
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
School Statistics Of WapeIlc
County.

School Statistics Of WapelIc
County.
We are indebted to w. A. McIntire
Superintendent Of Schools, for the
following facts In regard to schools
in Wspello county:
Number ungraded schools. ...... sc
graded .....l6
Number Of rooms in ungraded
schools So.
Number male teachers employed
within tho last year 50. Females 122
Average compensation-males Per
month, 1922. Females. $N.97.
Number Of persons between the
apee Of 5 and 81 years-nales, 1859.
Females, Att.
Total number Of pupils enrolled In
schools within the last year, 6,4S6.
Total average attendance, 3,938.
Average cost of tuition per month
for each pupil &l.38.
Numb Der OF school houses-frame IS,
brick l6. Stone and log l.
Total value Of school houses, Sl67,-
1853.
Value of apparatus 81 $50.
Number Of volumes In library 193.
Number d independent districts -.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18

OF al the sad scenes in this sad
world, that must have been the sad
dest in which that stricken Mormon
10 New York played the central part
when he found that two OF his wife
had foraker him, and only three of
Fer left. To have been made two
fifths widower At one stroke was too
much, and he rent his garment and
he eat him down arrayed in sackcloth.
his head covered with ashes, and re-
fused to be comfortcd.-B0ston Tran
sn~Ssaf
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
Dudley,

A Dudley correspondent informs
us that the funeral Of Hon. Peter
Knox was largely attended, notwith-
standing the severe weather, Sunday,
by his old neighbors and friends from
al that section Of country.
Also that Lodge No. lis, /. o. O. f.,
Of Chillicothe, on the evening Of the
7th, elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: 8. Wise, N. g.; T,
n. Hogan, v. g.. J. Hull, Secretary
E. Hull, Treasurer.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
DIR. G. w. GLEAsON'S
Restorative Remedies,

Dr.. GLEASON'A Lung hRRTOHA.
TaV 10 . Positive Cure for Coughs Colds AMI
early stages OF Consumption. Take 1t In time
sample title, s. cents.
Da. GLEAsON's Liver RRSTO n 4.
TIVE Is . Sure Cure for Liver Complaint, Bil
!iousness. Indigestion, etc. Test IT, Sample
bottles, Is cents.
DIR. GLEAsOR's sTOM CHI NE
sTOAATlVE Cures Dyspepsia
DIR. Gle ASON,S 1OlOEH Ea.uxu1
or UN1vE8AAL TONIC. an invaluable 400
!nvigoratl0g Tonic for the cure of all csses o.
DEblLlTY and BROhEN DOWN CONsTITU.
TIONS.
OR. GLEAsOH,s SALINE APERI
ENT ac's on the Liver Bkin, KidDey' d AND
Blood, Cleanses the entire system Of al morbid
matter. etc. Invaluable Household Remedy.
DR. GLEAsO>B LAXATIVE WATERS highly
Aromatic cures BAbifuN Consti alton. PiIes
cts. Sample boz, Is cents. For sale BY
ARSSRs SCOTT 0OODALL.
auSA4Wom-eoV'nrm Druggiats.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
Wicked for cIereymen.

81 believe it to be all wrong and
even wicked for clergymen or other
public men to be led into giving ties.
timonials to quack doctors or vile
stuffs called medicines, but when q
really meritorious article IL made uI
of common valuable remedies known
to all, and that all physicians use and
trust in daily, we should freely com.
mend it. therefore cheerfully and
heartily commend Hop Bitters for tn,
good they have done me and M,
friends, firmly believing they have nj
equal for family use. l will not b.
without them"
Rev. Washington. ID. &.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18

EDITOR COURIER IL see by the
daily Of the 10th, that Mr.. AIDE,
mail agent, has travelled over two
hundred thousand miles in seven
years In the first four years trav-
eled 288, 500 miles and in twelve years
. total Of 854, 500 miles. Only think
Of IL; i'll had been congressman.
and lived the above distance from the
capital, what . mileage. ! have been
IN 81 wrecks, through four bridges,
and in 6 collisions. Where would
the Accidental Insurance Co.'s hsve
been had been insured every time.
MCCLuNo.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
A SCANDAL SPOILED.

The Plump and Pretty Woman a.
Preacher Kissed.
Tho Wesleyan Methodist church in
Canada once might haze had sort
of Beecher scandal, but 1t didn't. A
venerable clergyman was riding to
the district conference in the eastern
townships, somewhere near Stanstead,
his companion in the buggy being
young, Jealous and indiscreet minis.
ter, not long stationed In that part of
the country. AZ they logged past q
little cross-road tavern the old gen.
tleman indicated it with his whip
and said, "Many and many q day l
have been at that tavern years, and
years ago" "Yes," said his compan-
ion with indifference. "Yes, and
mighty handsome wife the tavern
keeper had, too" "Ahw said the
young brother, with surprise. "Yes,"
continued the elder, "She was one Of
the hapdsonest woman l ever saw,
young, pretty, plump, fine color and
such arms. Many and many kiss
have l given her when we were sit
ting on q big hair-cloth chair in the
little private sitting room off the bar.
Well, we'll, time fiies"-and the old
man gazed at his companion, whose
eyes were as large as soup-plates,
then blushing to deep beet-red, he
said with some confusion: "Bless
me what have l been saying3 OF
course brother you will not breathe .
word of this; 1 cannot imagine how
I came to say anything about it, but
then the tongue is," etc. The young
clergyman gave the required pledge
and repeated il when at the end of
their journey the old man besougnt
him earnestly to remember and not
breathe word of the matter. But
during the afternoon the young min
lister arose and declaring that his con-
science would NO longer allow him
to bear the burden he had imposed
upon it, and that he must tell the
truth no matter how terrible the con-
sequences, informed the astonished
brethren that Brother - had that
day admitted that he had been guilty
of improper and unchristian conduct
towards a married woman-nay,
more, had recited his ain with an
JUNCTION which showed that it had
never been sincerely repented of. II
is needless to say that everybody first
stared at the speaker and then at the
accused minister, who, for one hun.
dred miles around, had won an envi.
able reputation for uprightness and
purity. The accused buried his face
10 his hands and the chairman desir.
ed the young brother to repeat his
startling accusation with details. The
young Clergyman did 30, and when
he announced that the other member
of the "guilty pair" was !. woman
whose name he did nor know, blu,
whose husband kept a tavern t.
corners, was electrified to hear the
chairman bawl, cha ha Ia !" and
every member Of the conference &c
off into paroxysms of laughter. "Car
you, is it possible that yen can smile
at such a revelation said the dumb
founded young minister, and as soor
as the chairman had sufficiently mas.
tered his emotions TO speak he said
"My dear young brother, before
Brother - was converted and en-.
tered the ministry he kept that tav'
ern!" Thereafter that young minis
ter was no less Jealous and infinitely
more discreet
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
the SECOND WIFE.

A melancholy woman lay
In sickness on her led
And, Ia q faint anu broken voice,
To her rad husband said:
sDear David. when my eArthly form
Has turned to liteless G ay,
Oh, wGis and weep little while
Nor throw yourself away. $780,.
Il know a woman. kind aud true,
On whom you may depends
Oh, m ,rry Arabelia Jones,
She is my dearest iend,"
Eyes. Hattie, I have much desired
To talk Of this befor
For Arsbell. Jones and
Have thought the mat er Ger"
"Thsn you and Arabella Jones
Have been 20 smart and sly;
tell you avid Wi kinson,
I'm not a going to diei"
Her dark eyes flashed, her strength returne
She ieif her bed vi paint
A week had hardly passed away
When she was we'll gain.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
a Nice Dancing Party

There will be . ball at the Odd
Fellow Hall in Chillicothe, Iowa, on
New Years night next. This party
will be under excellent management
and will be conducted In good order.
The managers cordially extend An in
vitation to al respectable people ia
attend. l2-lW3t.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
- kunksrs Bitter Wine Of Iron

- UN0uWOb OtkbVs vvstt9 W UbVU
Bias never been known 70 fail In the cure Of
weakness. attended with symptoms, indisposi
tion to exertion, loss OF memory. difficulty o,
bresthiDg. general weakness, horror Of disease,
weak, nervous trembling, dreadful horror o.
dsa'h, night swaats. colo fest, weakness. dimnssl
Of vision, lAnguor. universal lassitude Of thu
muscular system, enormous appetite, With dvs.
peptic system hot hands, flushing Of the body
ury mesa Of the ekin, pallid cOuntenxncs and ernp
ions on the fscs, purifying the blood, pain In thu
| back. hesvinees OF the eSeltds. frequent bl Cd
spots dying before the ey %, with TEN poYary suf
fusion and loss OF sight, want Of attention, etc
These symptoms oil arise from weakness, and
Of Iron. II never fails. Thousands are now en-
Sold only In u bottles Taks only y. I. Kun.
kel,s.
Ask for Kunkels Bitter Wine Of Iron. This
truly valuable tonic has been 20 thoroughly tested
By all c asses OF the immunity that Il now
deemed Indispensable . Tonic medicine Il
costs but little pur6es the blood, and gives tone
70 the stomach, rsnovates the system and pro-
longs life.
now only ask q trial of this valuable tonic.
Price 81 per bottle HUNK L, sols Propri-
etor, No $50 n rth Ninth Street. below Vine
Philadelphia, Pa, Ask for kunkels Bitter Wins
Of Iron. and take no ether. A photograph Of the
p oprietor on each wrappers all others are coun-
terfeit
Beware Of couuterfeits. Do NOT let your drug
gist sell you any but Kunkcl's. which 10 put up
only % above represented. You can get six bot
tie Tor As. AL ash 10 one simple trial
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
TAPE a oRM REMOVED ALIVE

Hesd and all complete in two hours. No f.
till head passes Seat, Pin, and Stomach Worml
renewed BY Of. Kunkel. 80 North Ninth Street
Advics ires. No fee until bead and all passssin
one and alive. Or. Rpnkel u ihs only sdccessfal
Rhystcian u tGie country for the removal OF
W0s1ns. and his WosM sYEuP 10 pleasant sad safe
for children or grown persons. Send for circu-
lar or ak for bottle Ct KuxxRL's WOnN RYRuP
fnss q bst1s, yet Il ofyour azugsles. II nev,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
Mothlnr IA Ra naeIrad.

Every odor made by DR.. Price has
the peculiar sweetness characteristic
of the flower from which 1t IL OBJ
tained, and are so chaste and delicate
that their use really leaves nothing to
be desired. DR.. Prices handkerchief
perfumes delight all who use them.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
J0TTIN0s.

The Chicago Times chronicles
twelve suicides on the 10th inst.
The railroad boys now call the c.,
B. 4 @, the "Chortest, Quickest and
Best" line to everywhere.
Potter, the wheelbxrrow idiot, is
trundling his way back to New York
from San Francisco. Where is Ser
geant Bates?
The Trustees of the State Agricul-
tural College have elected Hon. j. C.
Hiatt, of Jasper county, Is superin..
tendent of the College farm.
A huckster living near Martins.
burg has brought in, within q week
past, 6,400 lbs. of butter, and 1t wasn't
q very good week for butter either.
The Gate C,ty says: "An apple
about the size Of q hickory nut was
taken from tree on tho premises OF
Mrs. E. c. Pond yesterday. 1t lie Of
the second growth this season.
The "Nat Sway" has gone into
winter quarters, after towing stone to
I'll the cribs Of the new dam. Mr..
James John, her captain, pilot and en-.
sineer, is now taking a holiday.
The Chicago, Milwaukee & 81,
Paul Railroad managers have decid.
ed to extend their line to Ysnkton
D. T. and will Immediately send a civ.
II engineer to survey the route. s.
says the Chicago journal.
We saw some four or five yards Of
fine dress goods dragging around the
sloppy and muddy psvements to-day
There was q woman just ahead o.
1t. II anybody can conceive of ,
more disgusting sight, we should lik,
to hear from them.
| Uncle James Smith, of Bloomflelt
township, delivered yesterday to Geo
A. Pritchard, of this city, six monster
hogs, one Of which weighed 76t
pounds, another 73O, and averainf
6l0 pounds each. How is this TO
hogs 2-Des Noines Register.
! Don A. Pool has purchased mic
stock Of drugs and he proposes t
open them out in few days at Prai
RE City. We can commend Don as
genial gentlemen and an honorabl
business man, to the Prairie Cityant
We wish him abundant success.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18

LIVE Stock SHlPMENTs.-The OF
tumwa Courier has the folio wing:
Sheriff McKibben sent one of his
"lady" boarders, Of the soiled variety,
up to Ottumwa week before last
Bloomfield Republican.
All the vags, paupers, thieves and
soiled doves are shipped to Ottumwa
and 1t keeps our police busy looking
after them. Ottumwa seems to be
fair game for the riff raft of ali the
towns within lou miles, and the only
way for our officers to do is to ship
them back to the place they were sent
from.-Courier.
This is a plaintive wall that tells a
great deal more than Ottumwa folks
have been willing to admit. 1t is not
probable that the "vags" ETC., are sent
to Ottumwa against their will, but
knowing they will find congenial
company there they anxiously desire
shipment to the company of fellows.
1t does not require a great stretch OF
the Imagination to believe that OF
tumwa's peculisr policy on the tenn
perance question is responsible for all
this.-Oskaloosa Herald.
And the Oskaloosa Herald for
weeks past, has been publishing col.
umn after column Of arguments in
favor Of "Ottumwa's peculiar policy
because . good many of that city's
best citizens had conceived the ides
that Oskaloosa was losing all it's trade
In fact drying up, because Of its fool.
ish policy of having all the beer b.
looms just outside the incorporation
and for that reason the miners and
many farmers would all go to Ot.um.
va or some other live town to trade
It IL not the position that Ottum ws
occupies on the temperance question
that causes surrounding towns to send
their paupers and vagrants here, but
because they think Ottumwa is able
and will take up and care for theil
destitute poor, which they themselves
are unable or unwilling to feed and
care for. We say emphatically tina,
whenever our overseers OF the poor
find that such parties have been ship.
ped In here, they ought Immediately
to ship them to the towns from which
they came.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
PR cent Monay

I can loap in sums Of $500 and up.
yards, 10 suit borrowers, 1T 8 per Ct,
and smaller commission than any
psrson ID the city.
s17wtf ~. II. 9. JAouEs.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18

Eighty thousand head of cattle was
the present Texan cattle king gave
] to his daughter on her marriage.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18

Yesterday afternoon some Of the
young bucks Of the city imagined
they had cause for . disturbance
with country man, on Second street.
One Of them squared himself for q
fight, but Competine township came
to the front, and in about minnie he
had three city BURNERS fat Of their
backs one across the other. He rub.
bed his eyes . minute, and remarked,
II wish I had something to do to
keep me awake, I guess I'll 60 home.'
He mounted his horse and left, look.
ing a. though something to do
would be relief.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18

TRADE DoLLARs.-We are request.
ed by the banks of the city to state
that from and after to-day Trade dol.
lars win only be taken by them al
ninety cents.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
Pork BUSINESS.

Yesterday afternoon, In company
with friend, we visited the immense
pork packing establishment Of Msssrs.
John Morrell 4 Co., and found busi-
ness progressing at lively rate.
They now have In employ about 100
hands, and while everything 10 new.
business 10 assuming . cloek-like reg
ularity and Is 90 systematized that ev-
cry man know his place and keeps It.
Thus, while working the Same mum.
Der of hours, every day witnesses .
large addition to the number Of hogs
slaughtered over the day before.
They have been running now abou,
. week and yesterday they had killed
something over 600 hogs. The
weather permitting they expect to In.
crease that number largely for THU
week, which will be doing pretty vel
considering that everything 10 new
and many departments not yet com
pleted, causing some Inconvenience
About the beginning Of next weel
they will have their work 90 well II
hand that they will make . good
showing with the most extensiv,
houses in the country.
We also called ct the house of ]. D
Ladd b Co., which we also found
running along In the most satisfacto
~ manner, employ Ing about Aft.
hands. They only commenced las
Wednesday and yesterday they In
formed ne that they had killed abou
1900 head, which 10 not bad show
ing considering the fact that thei
hands are al new ct the business.
Mr.. Ladd invited US through tn
house, which we found In the fines
order, and also . large quantity 0
meat stored away In bulk in the eel
lars. The business, we should aay
owing to the late start, is making YER
satisfactory progress, and the close o
the season will probably show OF
tumwa to be one of the leading porl
packing cities In the State.
To know something Of how pork i
manufactured and put up for marke
It 10 necessary that Welt should b
made to these establishments, wher
II You are smart you will soon lear
how It IL yourself.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18

NeMnl Naval

] will purchase come long time
notes secured by real estate mortgage.
wifi o. NJ. LADD.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18

The earnings Of the c. B. & O., du.
ring the month of October. were $7S,.
234 more than during the same month
Of 1877.
It 10 said five hundred men are al
work on the line between Charlton
and Indianola, and that it Is to be
completed early next month.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18

The spsniard's fret instinct u for
dAoeing.I
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-18
3ue1k1nghana's Dye
eoa -,le NanlpNDeaA

9NOa0S2e"5 0y9
FOR THE WHISPERS.
This elegant preparation may Ike
relied on to change the color Of the
beard from gray or any other undesir-
able shade, to brown or black, at dis
erection. tits easily applied, being In
one preparation, and quickly and cf.
fectually produces q permanent color,
which will neither rub nor wash off.
Manufactured by r. P. HALL & CO.,
NASHUA, NH.
o&A b N pssersts asA Dsslars n Neai;3asa.
The New York herald., 1878-02-06
ENGLAND AND THE WAR.

RIDICULOUS FOR ENGLAND TO swAGGER ABOUT
AS GREAT POWER.
from the Dublin Frceman's Jouanal.1
Up to this time the policy OF the Ministry has been
one Of buster. mystery and vaclllaion-a policy from
which no one has suffered moro lhan Lord Bcacons-
hed's luckless proteges the TURKS, Tor IL was his
Aourisncs about the maintenance OF "tho In
dependence aud integrity OF Turkey which
induced the Porte to defy Russia and thus
bring upon itself oil the mseries and catastrophcs Of
this great struggle. Tho leek is u very unpleasant
vegetable digest but the sooner Lord Bcacopsheld
makes up bis mind 70 cut his the better. We trust
that his tate will be lesson 10 all luturc premiers
IL perfectly ridiculous Tor Great Britain with her
handful Of soldiers, 10 swugger about as great
Power IN those days when really great military Pow.
beginning to count their soldiers by miiiions
1t would lake three months Tor England 10 send 10
Turkey force which detachment OF Gourka's
army would gobb:e up In three days. Tho good old
story tho earhen aud iron pots ought for the iuure
10 bs studied by Eugsn Minister'S Eogland must once
Tor all make up her mind either 10 adopt policy OF
absolute isolation and nonintervcnt0n iu Continental
affairs else bring up her armies TO tho Continental
standards, course which would prove the nnal coup
10 her declining trade.
The New York herald., 1878-02-06
MEXICO.

FAILURE OF AN ATTEMPTED INsURREC rIoN-
PRESIDENT DIAz AND HIS cABINET--Ex-
PRESIDENT LERDo CANDIDATE AGAIN
RAILWAY INVESTMENTS.
HAVANA, Feb. 9, 1878
The English mail steamer arrived mere to-day from
Vera Cruz with the following advices:-
MExico Jun. 80, 1878.
The attempt at revolution in Tamaulipas has been
easily repressed by the government ~
No Cabinet changes are expected TO occur until
General Gonzalez returns from Sonora Considerable
differences exist IN the Cabinet and among leading
public men, whom President Diaz, however, manages
10 Keep together
Ex-PkEsIDKNT LkRDO
The friends OF exp resident Lerdo intend TO him
for President at tho next ciecton. Seniors Vullarta
aud Romero also mentioned candidates Ex-
President Lerdo has recently been elected honorary
rector Of the lawyers Association Of the City Of
Mexico.
RAILWAYS AND STEAMERS
Railroad speculation 10 very active, and wealthy
Mexicans investing money in railways, which they
never did before. Tho government has closed con.
tract with Spanish line OF steamers plying between
Vera Cruz, Tampco. Progreso, Havana and Liverpool