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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-08-20
no the Public -!

FTIIE undersigned having gone into co
i partnership with Messrs. \. L. COR
NIBERT and c. DORIOT, the STYLE Of the
firm will be DOr'iOt x, Co. We
have brought TO this place all the latest and
most approved appliances for extra~fne
watch making and repairing, together with
the best talent and skill in the American,
French, and Swiss improvements Mr..
Cornibert ranks with the first Watch Max
ers III the United States. We have appli-
ances TO adjust watches to heat and cold
tatter ourselves that we can do watch
work better than the best of other shops
throughout the country. All damaged
parts of watches will be taken out and re-
placed with perfect parts. In many cases
our finely repaired watches will be made
better than new. Formerly Mr. Cornibert
was entrusted with the frst-class of work
in New York City.
Our assertion will be proven by giving us
a trial. We will still keep fine class OF
goOds-everything that is kept in first
class Jewelry Store. Watches as cheap az
the cheapest, and warranted. Our sincere
thanks to the pablo for their very liberal
patronage IN the past. We hope to always
merit share of the same by fair dealing
with all. Bear IN mind our talent IS
not net exhausted.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-08-20

The circulation Of this popular newspaper has
more than trebled during the past year 1t con-
tains all the leading news contained an the DAILY
HERALD, and is arranged in handy departments -
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-08-20

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Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-08-20
MEXICAN
Mustang Liniment,
Fc2 EAR AND BKAsE

THIS Enirnest y'natuTsliy originated Ia AnerS
c., ohs7e Nature provides in Ess lasoSaboTy sEoh
surprising aEtidooes Tor the rsladtss Of her chit
drsu. IT, fsulo has been spnsading fer 8 ySars
until now II encirclss tho habieahls globS.
Tzs AexteS1 Mustang Linitnsnt Is a natchlSs
rs-nsdy for IL external slneEts OF man and beat.
Tc stock owners and farGe-s Il Z Invaluahla.
single bottle often saved human Liz o. ~
stores TIE Usefulness ~ as eSoalsanS hOrsA 81.
COW. c. SkeSp.
!, OS-oJ foo:roe, hoof-sf hollow horn grub.
scress-sorEl, shouldsr-rot. manga tie bites a5A
stiaSs CT poisonous reptiles and NRSe0es and sVsEY
such draw back 20 stock breeding and bush Liza
It cures every external srORbls OF bersaa- Snah
as laInenesS Scratches. swinny, spraias. k0unfseS
wind GAL ring bolo, etc, etc.
Tie Mexicca Mustang LlniInsnt So the quiAkssS
cure IN the v.U-li for ac:idsats occurring In III
family. n the absence Of Z physician. sach -
burns sc@lts, SpIzins, cuts, etc. and for rbsaEna-
tis-n, AID Stiffness ensendersd By exposure Par
ticclariy valuable 20 Miners.
Il is tns cheapest remedy u the w<A. tnr y
peactrates the muscle TO the bone, and 9 SAnsa
application is generally sufficient to cure
Mexican Mustang Eminent IS put up N tArSs
sizes Of bottles, the larger ones being PrSPorsOas
aeely much the cheapest, Sold evsrywAsrN.
Bristol news. [volume] (Bristol, Va. & Tenn.) 1867-189?, 1878-08-20
The Selection of Cows.

The following thoughts upon breed.
Of cows and the advantage of good
animal over a poor one, were given
by an Illinois professor of agricul'
ture.'
Most important of all things is ii
for the farmer to carefully select from
the COWS which he has before under
taking to breed from them. Butter
dairymen, undertaking to build up a
frst-class dairy, shonld keep account
separately of the milk of each COW,
in order to find out the milk produc-
ing qualities Of it. He proved by
statistics that neither by analysis nor
by quantity could the butter producing
qualities Of the milk be established,
and tie only way was TO keep the
milk Of each COW separate. having
selected the cows by this test, it be-
came necessary FOR the breeder to
select a bull. If bis interest was to
produce beef only, he might try the
llolsteim; if quantity of milk, With
out reference to its quality, was
wanted. the Ayrshire might answer :.
while if butter-proddcing quality of
milk was what he was looking after,
the Jersey breed must he taken
The speaker had been one Of the first
to advocate the claims OF the JERSEYS.
and he now saw in the convention a
score Of Jersey breeders. He gave
statistics showing that, although the
native Short Horn COWS gave more
milk than the Jerseys, with which
he had Experimental, the milk of the
latter produced more butter. More
than that, The Jerseys had the pow
or Of transmitting their productive
qualities. Taking the example of
the CONS, one Of which gave five
ounces of butter per day more than
the other, the speaker. estimating
that they would Yield this for 500
days in the year, declared that if the
poorest COW was worth $40, the bet
ter was worth $3.50. The one gave
during the year 100 pounds more but
ter than the other, valued &: $40,
which at ten per cent. was the inter
est on $500, BY the selection Of
large animals, and crossing them with
the Jerseys. better results would
probably be obtained on the first or
second cross than from the ull-bIood>
cd animals.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10
rerr,bIe STORM .t pItt.hu,,

PITTsBURG, July 5.-The storm
which swept over this city and vi
cinity yesterday afternoon proves
most destructive in loss Of life and
property.
In the city several houses were
struck by lightning and the flood OF
water did great damage. No lives
lost.
In the rural districts the greatest
losses occurred houses and bridges
were washed away and the crops
greatly damaged. At Sandy creek
IL miles above the city, the water
rose to the depth of 40 feet and car
ried everything before it.
tanning himself, wife and child, Ira
Long and man named Boyd and q
stranger whoSbad stopped during the
storm, was carried away and all were
drowned. The bodies of Conner
wife and child, and Boyd were re-
covered.
The killed and wounded at the dis
aster at Rose Grove pic mic yesterda,
are % follows: Killed, Mrs. Cerro,
Reithmiller aud child Sharpsbura
Willard Prayer and Herman Prayer
both sons of Peter Prayer, Presiden
of the Sharpsburg and Etna Saving
Bank, Ludwig Watts, son of Rev
Chas. Watts, pastor Of the church a
Sharpsburg, Lavina Schindlemau
Sharpsburg, Mrs Stalpuer, Etna.
Wounded-five of Reithmiller'
children, none fatallay, all SO
riously; Lizzie Crafts, seriously
three children Of Mr.. Burgund, Of
Sharpsburg, one fatally, two others
have legs broken John Seutz, George
Seutz, Michael Schrimm, ,Sharpsburg
Mics Annie Gaisler, probably fatally
Mise Lizzie Burgund, fatally.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10
c. A. Arheman, Davenport, bitters.

1T was the boast of the democratic
House of Representatives in session
just preceding the last presidential
election, that they had reduced the
for government expen-
ditures by $29,944,252.s6 This was
the statement Of Samuel Randall. In
this saving no appropriation at all
was made for the army as all well re-
member, and how an extra session
had to be called, with its attendant
expense, to provide for the army.
Chas. Foster, member of Congress
from Ohio, has recently been. compil-
ing statistics about this sham demo-
cratic saving. Says Mr.. Foster:
''Two years have elapsed and what
do we find? This same committee,
composed mainly of the same persons,
reported to the House an increase Of
more than sl2, 900, 900 overt the amount
reported by them for the years 1877
and 1873, exclusive of deficiency bills.
Including the deficiency bills, the ex-
cess over 1876 is nearly $25, 100000. =
\ The appropriations, as they
finally became enacted into law, for
the year ending June 3Oth, 1879,
to $l72, 2,576, ,692.l5. For the
year ending June 80, 1877, they
to $l4s, ,535, ,79s.4l-a differ
ence of 24,O4O, ,s93.7l."
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10
The Non,inees.

Capt. Thos. M. Fee, the republican
nominee for District Judge in this,
the I'd Judicial District, is q gentle
man in the very prime Of vigorous
manhood. He has been practitiOn.
er at the bar of this district for nearly
or quite twenty years. A younggaw.
yer at the breaking out of the rebel.
lion, he entered the service I'M 1862
20. q, 36th Iowa Infantry, as pri.
vate soldier, but soon rose to the rank
of Captain of his company. We
know what we say when we state that
he was brave and faithful soldier fol-
over three years in the great struggle
for national unity and freedom to all
men. Returning to his home in Cen.
treville, Iowa, in the autumn of '65
he applied himself with vigor to the
work Of his profession and energy
indomitable courage to dare and to
DO, Is q marked characteristic s.Df the
man--hence he rapidly rose to dlstinc
tion ~ his life work. Four years agt
this coming fall he was chosen Prose
cutor for this district, and no mar
will deny but that he has filed thai
place with at least as distinguished
ability as it has ever been filled since
the formation of the district. TIL,
verdict of "well done" haseverywher,
been accorded to him by both frient
and foe SO far as we have dAerr4.
He is called by bis pa&tyr suhos,
principles he ardently admires, bu
which Is in no sense q bigoted admi
ration-to stand as their standard
bearer for higher position; to wea1
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10
DoUBLE-BARRELED BABY
The Sianese Twins Outdone-Tw,
Girls with but a Single Alb
domon.
FFOH tHe NeW fOrK Evening POsf.
Tho Sin m oao LIZ N q an,o IL Ao %


The Siamcse twins may take bacl;
seat, for the st. Benoittwins have ar
rived at the New York aquarium
Rose and Marie are their names, and
they may be described as either two
girls with one abdomen and one pair
of legs, or as one girl with two heads
two chests and two pair of arms.
Rose is blonde, Marie is bru.
nette, each is French and seven
months old, from st. Benoit, a small
village near Montreal, Canada. Their
parents are demure peasants, who
appear to love the twin offspring
Their mother nurses them as any 9th
er mother would nurse a single child
or bona tide set of twins.
Together their shape is more like a
capital letter T than a Y. The right
leg is used by Rose and their left leg
by Marie, who has no authority what
ever over the right leg, nor has Rose
any over the left leg. They have one
times sleeps while Marie laughs, and
cice CerSd.
This afternoon, at 2 O'Clock, how
ever, each was crylng-a phenome-
non which the proprietor of the show
attributed to the fact of their having
on gaudy set of uncomfortable
"store-clothes," Their nurse tried to
pacify them, but they declined to be
pacified, and the presence of several
medical gentlemen, including DR..
Markoe and others, was of no avail.
Nor was the luxurious cradle, with
its cambrics, broidered and blue
satins, which Mrs. Butler, wife of the
aquarium manager had prepared.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10

There is NO occupation which is so
sure of q return for labor as agricul-
ture. The risk of manufactures and
middlemen is threefold that of farm
ers, but their enterprise is so great
that they seldom succumb to pressure
till it becomes crushing.
The Methodist makes the following
original and sensible proposition
"Why not make soldiers of Indians
and tramps What both need is
physical discipline, and military reg
linen 10 as good a one as We have for
the purpose. II does not matter much
whether good soldier results from
the trial. A poor soldier is less ex-
pensive than the average Indian or
tramp.
The reconstruction of the army
makes q nice little "bungle." To H.
lnstrate, the General of the Army ia
not allowed horse, while a Lieuten-
ant Of Marines is allowed two horses.
Captains and ColOnels of cavalry are
also not allowed horses, and the nov
ell proceeding will be witnessed OF
commanding officers of cavalry drill
ling their mounted troops while they
themselves are on foot. This is even
worse than Captain Jinks' construc-
ltion of the "Horse Marines"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10

OF all the witnesses that have ap.
peared before the Potter committee
none have more shamelesslyE falsified
than Emile Weber. Anderson was
more brazen and sharp than Weber
and Mrs. jerks had woman's tongue
and wit to take care of her, but Web
er contradicts himself and he swears
so strong that nobody can believe
him. The first thing he does is to
say That he don't want any of his old
statements to go into the record, as il
would injure him where he lives down
in Louisiana. There is his letter to a
cousin in st. Louis in which he sets
forth the atrocious murder of his
brother and the reign of terror gener-
ally, Now he says that was all a lie,
and prays that his neighbors may not
know that he wrote such a letter.
We suppose he don't want the de-
mocracy where he lives to know that
he wrote such letter for fear: he
might experience the fate of his
brother. So this man testifies for the
democracy and acknowledges that he
has been a villainous liar all his life
as an inducement for people to be-
ieve him now. What pool of filth
this Potter committee are poking
around in for the purpose of attempt
ing to smirch the character of decent
people! The bottom has fallen all out
ofthis pool. The people of the country
take no further interest in it; they
have come to the wise conclusion that
nothing worthy of credence can come
from it.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10
BEEF AFLOAT.

A Single Shipment of Five Hundred
Head Of Western Cattle and Three
Hundred Sheep for Europe.
The steamer France, of the Nation
al line, sailed for London from New
York on the 10Th of June, with the
largest shipment of live cattle ever
sent out from this port in single
steamer. She took out five hundred
head brought from Illinois and Ken
lucky over the New York Central
railroad to the New York Central
stock yard, and thence on q regular
| cattle boat to the steamer. The fret
load of the present shipment arrived
at the ships side from the stock yard
Friday night about 10 o'clock. Side
boarded skins were placed in posi-
tiOn from the cattle boat Golden to
the steamer France, and large num-
ber of men with poles and short
sticks were set to work driving the
cattle into the hold of the ship. The
boat loads continued to arrive all
night and up to II o'clock the 10Th.
week, carpenters have been engaged
in erecting stalls and making other
arrangements for carrying the cat
tie. The saloon of the vessel has
been converted into q cattle house.
In this apartment the cattle are stor-
ed or rather packed, in stalls, each
containing six head. The stalls are
arranged on the extreme sides, and
in the center of the once magnificent
saloon. The hold and main deck of
the vessel frcm stem to stern is filled
with cattle. This shipment contain
ed the finest of cattle yet sent to Eng.
land. They are valued at from 500
to $l50 per head, and are sold in for
eign markets. for more money than
dressed meats sent out in refrigera-
tors. The animals are shipped by
MET Conville Il Eastman, of this city,
and are consigned to Bell Il Sons,
London. The suffering among the
cattle on the passage across it is said
would be great, but this the shippers
denied, as they maintain that every
thing for the comfort and conven-
fence of the animals is being sent7
Large quantities of epson salts, mo-
lasses and nitre are fed the cattle, as
they suffer very much from fatigue
on the sea voyage. They are fed
during the voyage on corn, hay and
salt. Twenty-Five attendants leave
with the cattle to attend to their wants.
A number of carpenters also sail on
the vessel, to repair injuries to stalls,
etc., during the voyage. The ship
pers do not anticipate any loss on the
way over, although the overcrowded
condition of the hold and deck makes
it probable that some of the animals
will succumb to the fatigues Of the
voyage. The freight is said to
amountto between 81, 600 to $4,000.
Beside the cattle there are on the af-
ter deck nailed up in wooden coops
nearly three hundred sheep shipped
by McDougal, of New York, to Sam
uel Pool, London. These animals are
sold in English markets for good
prices. They are fed during the voy-
age on hay, corn and oats.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10
OTTUMWA, IOWA, JULY 10, 1878.

for occupying 80 much of your time.
What want is this: Nominate, rs l
know you will, your best and strong
est men, and then, with sound plat
form behind them, hold them up to
the people of the State. With honest
men, with honest money, with honest
payment of debts, and with honest
tUork till the day Of the election, VIC
tory is sure to you by the largest ma
jority ever given in the State Of
Michigan. Great and continued ap-
plause.1
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10
rELEoRAPHic summARx

CHICAGO, July 5.--The following 10
q summary of yesterdays dispatches
for the benefit Of papers not publish
ing yesterday:
BERLIN, July 4.-There is reason to
believe that a scheme is under nego-
tiation at private conference Of the
plenipoteAtiaries, whereby England
would undertake the protection Of
Armenia in something the same way
that France undertook tho settlement
of the Lebanon question. Armenia
would be reOrganized with Soghouli
as defensive frontier and Q Chris
tian Governor to be named by the
Porte, and Christian genarmerie.
LONDON, July 4.-The Henley re-
gstta, yesterday resulted in . victory
for the American Shawasmacettes,
for the Columbia College crew, and
for George Lee, OF Boston; these
were the three principal events Of tho
day.
LONDON. July 4-5 :5O.-The Shaw
aemacettes lost the final heat for
Stewards Challenge Cup; Joseph
Madean, one Of their number, was To-
ken sick this morning, and broke
down sick in the boat race while the
heat was being rowed and the Shaes
stopped.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 4.-The
great Ten Brock McCarty four mile
and repeat race came to an untimely
end in the first heat, in which Moilie
McCarty broke down completely at
81 miles and stopped in few Sec
onds and was led to the home stretch;
while Ten Brock strobe down the
first four miles in 8,19s1.
The track was very heavy and mel.
ther horse in condition for such .
long run, especially as the weather
was excessively warm.
CHICAGO, July 4.--Ilanlon beat
Plaisted and Kennedy in the Cape
Vincent, N. Y, single scull race.
Courtney beat Dempsey in Skeneat-
eles, N. Y.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10
HITS THE SPOT,
How People Who Cry Home Pat
ronage Patronize Homo In
Stltutlou9

Tho Iowa City Press in the follow
ing but repeats the experience of ev.
cry newspaper in the State. The ar.
ticle hits the bulls eye and is wortf
perusal. The Press says:
Whenever q swindling lightning
rod man, cloth peddler, transient
auctioneer, or cheap John merchant
of any kind comes to town, merchants
and business men rush t. the news.
papers to have him exposed and to
have the people advised to patronize
our regular home dealers, who pay
taxes, keep up the local institutions
of the community and are entitled to
the benefits of its trade in preference
to these wandering cheats. The Dali
ly Press has gone farther than this.
1t has, after one experiment, refused
the advertisement, offered at better
rates than any local merchant will
pay, of a Chicago house which spe-
cially asks for. the sample trade, by
express, of small towns and localities
We would not bring it before our
readers because we thought it unjust
to our local merchants and a diver
sion of trade harmful to the town.
In addition to all this the local pa :
pers are constantly called upon to
write up the town in every way,
without money and without price, as
well as to defend its business and
mercantile interests.
What return do the local papers
get for this work? A sample is cur
rent now. The papers here employ
many men. The season is dull, work
is scarce. A job printer from Ster-
ling, ILL.,, comes into town this week
and carries off hundreds of dollars
worth of job printing. We hear that
from one clergyman alone he took
500 worth and hundreds of dollars
from the very merchants who ask the
papers to defend them against out
side trade.
That is the kind of gratitude dis
titled upon the papers which are even
asked to reject foreign advertise
ments that solicit sample trade in dry
goods That is the way in which
our merchants return favors.
While the trade in dry goods, gro
ceries, hardware, tools, &C., of this
town reaches hundreds of thousands,
all the trade for printer is at best
but a few thousands, and a diversion
which in other mercantile or manu.
featuring lines would not be felt, is
at once felt by it. So this Sterling
peddlcr probably inflicts more real
damage upon the printing business of
this town than the mercantile inter-
ests would have suffered at the hands
of all the peddlers who have been
frightened out of the country by the
for two years.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10
California Election,

SAN FRANCISCO, July 3.-Oficial
election returns have been received
from all except Z counties besides San
Francisco, in which the official can
vass is not yet complete. The coun-
ties yet to hear from will give nom
partizan majorities. The result OF
count shows beyond doubt that the
non-partizans have elected all their
80 delegates at large and probably
81 county delegates, though they may
lose one Of that number. The Kear-
neyites elect 5 and possibly 50 county
delegates, the Rep. 8 and Dem. I.
Non-partizans will thus have q major
ity in the convention Of II or 20 over
all others. 1t must also be remember
ed that the Republicans and Demo-
Gratis elected represent the conserva-
tive element. It is also true that q
number of delegates from the inter-
ior on the workingmens ticket are
not in sympathy with Kearneyism.
The revolutionary element will thus
form small minority in the conven-
ton.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10
Those HoYYid Brats. "
From the Danbury News.

They were standing at q window
'In looking out doors do you no.
tice how bright is the green Of the
grass and leaves ?" asked an elderly
gentleman of a little Danbury girl
whose home he was visiting.
"Yes, SIR"
"Why does it appear so much
brighter at this time 7" he next asked
looking down at the bright sweet
face with tender interest.
"Because ma has cleaned house and
you can see out BETTER" she said.
The elderly gentleman sat down.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10
At happy spot where number o

Alta happy spot where number Of
negroes reside, an old negro was
heard calling out to his wife: "Man-
da is you got them chickens shut up
in de smoke house, like l told yer ~
"No; an I'd like to know what's de
matter with you, dat your 30 'tickler
bout dem chickens all at once" she
replied. "Nebber you mind know
what's de matter. an dat's nuff till
dem chickens is housed. When
hear dat dem niggers ober dar in de
next yard is gwine to hab party to-
morrow night, wants to be sure my
chickens doesn't tend it,"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-10

A PUFF,-The Keokuk Constitution,
thus notices the speech of Harper, the
great champion of the greenback par
ty of Illinois, who made speech at
Keokuk, on Monday evening:
"lf the greenbackers can't furnish
better posted and more Intelligent
man than Mr.. Harper, to express
their views, they will make but few
converts among thinking people.
Harper can speak we'll and has the
trick Of interesting his audiences by
catch expressions; but as for his ar
gument-well, here is sample. In
one breath he denounced standing
army, and shortly afterward said a
standing army would be good thing
for the country, because it would dis
tribute greenbacks. lie talks green
backs and does it in such reckless
manner that he conveys the impress
sion that he is paid for speaking and
isn't giving much care as to which
side wins. To sum him up, he is a
demagogue who can't argue, bu,
catches the crowd with the most pop
ular communistic phrases. lie didn't
advance thought last night worthy
of repeating, aud his whole idea
seemed to bo to turn the government,
into printing Office whose sole bust.
ness should be to run of greenbacks