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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
GOOD ooen0j.

An exchange hits the nail . good sol.
i'd lick square on the head in the fol-
lowing: There 10 no Disgusting the
fact that produce and stock are low,
and every thing that farmers have to
buy 10 correspondingly low, and the
man who is out of debt is living hap.
py and content, or ought to be, and
laying by as many dollars ION q gold
basis) as he has for many year. But
the man who went in debt on an in
lated basis, is now and has been for
some time, Seeing the elephant"
The credit system must be abolished,
almost absolutely, before people can
calculate with certainty, and failures
cease. But some say it can't be DONE
Let US cite you to . few instances
which are transporting every day to
prove that it is and can be done.
When the farmer brings his hogs to
market, does he expect the purchaser
to tell him to book it, or when he
brings in wheat, does he expect the
purchaser 10 tell him to wait thirty,
sixty or ninety days? When he gets
OH the cars to ride, be the distance
ever so short, does II come into his
mind to tell the conductor he would
see him again, or do you wink at the
agent at the depot when you send q
message, or receive freight and tell
him you will be around next week
Verify not, and not many try to buy
postage stamps on time, (only few,
but it's played OUT because it 10 I'M
derstood they are cash article, and
the sooner everything else is brought
to the same basis the better,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
Our Jury System.
Dhlv.y>,v.hls RAnnsA

The st, Louis Bar Association 10 in.
vestigating the abuses charged against
the present jury system, with . view
to devise some means by which hon
est and intelligent men can be obtain
ed for jury service. They have got
far enough to declare that . new jury
law 10 needed. The system Of select.
ing the names Of Jurors needs some
kind Of amendment, 20 that tho names
of proper men shall get into tho box
oolens volens. 1t 10 not possible that
there can be . decent or dccorous ad-
minietration of the law 20 long %
mems lives and estates are put at haz-
ard every day before the professional
jurors who now incest the courts.
Jury duty Is one Of the penalties of
citizenship that ought not to be shirk-
ed by business men and professional
men, and the courts should not coun.
tenanee or excuse delinquents.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
BOILED IN OIL.
horrible Accident to aMan at tho
9tock.Yarda.

horrible Accident to a.Man at tho
Backwards.
Charles Young, night Waterman Of
the Chicago Packing and Provision
company, lies at his home, atNo. 6lS
Emerald avenue, enduring torments
worse than those which Dante and
Milton allotted to the damned. AT
o'clock on yesterday morning he was
strong and vigorous specimen OF
perfect manhood. Fifteen minutes
later he was stretched, q physical
wreck, in the bottom of q rickety
wagon en- route for the humble roof
beneath which a loving wife and
three small children awaited his re-
turn, each atom of bis body racked
with the most horrible pain, and ev-
cry fibre alive with exquisite agony.
While making his final rounds, the
man had essayed, in the dim light of
early dawn, to cross the narrow
planks above the seething refuse of
water and oil which remains from the
process of lard-refining. There was
. misstep, fall,a splaah, and from
out the seven heated hell arose cry
which brought help that could only
come too late. So, with each nerve
vibrant in torture, and lips tight set
to stif1e the tribute Of complaint
which pain demanded, Young came
to his home, and lay down to eight
with death in his most sombre garb.
Loving hands prepared his couch, and
skilled advice sought to abate his su.-
fering, but at midnight he tossed and
moaned in the last throes Of dissolu-
tion. Around him were gathered his
family and friends, hopeless ye,
watchfnl Of his every want and eager
to palliate In the least degree his un-
told torment.-Chicago Times, 10th.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

New discoveries Of gold have been
made in Siberia, near the source oil
the KoIniaar, and q nugget Of gold,
weighing LAT pounds, the largest ever
discovered in Russia, and probably
In the world, has been found on the
banks OF the Upper Toungouska,
about 100 versts. .above the rivers
mouth.
Alfred Wolstenholme, . Sheffield
Quaker, has been severely censured
by q coroner's Jury for neRlecting to
pull child out Of q shallow brook
in which it was drowned. Instead
of doing SO he went of to a house
some distance for aid, declaring that
he 'did not wish to spoil his trou.
sers."
The "National- Green back La Dor"
party's candidate for Governor OF
Pennsylvania at the late election, NO
sooner learned Of his bitter and over
whelming defeat than no exposed his
"true in wardre ss" by making an a.
signment to satisfy the demands Of
an army of creditora. This is the
sort of men who are anxious for fiat
money Chicago Journal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

We understand that party of gen.
tlemen of this city are negotiating
with Mr.. Smith, of Ann Arbor, Mich
igan for the purchase or lease Of about
thirty acres Of ground adjoining
Pickwick on the south, which they
propose to convert into a driving
Park, or possibly into grounds suita-
BILE for the Wapello County Agricul-
tural Society if that institution
chooses to occupy it. There is moth
ing definite about the trade as yet,
but the prospect seems to be fair for
its completion.
II the land should be bought OF
leased, and free bridge erected in
the near future as now seems not on,
ly possible but probable, Wapelle
county will be able to have q driving
park and fair grounds within reach
Of the city the same as other towns
and the society viii take pains to see
that 1t 10 In condition to accommo.
date the public at any time of year
Better grounds than those now occu.
pied by the driving park could not
be obtained anywhere were it not 60
far from the city, but this new place
within rifle shot of the city, will OBJ.
viate that difficulty, and place the re.
sort within fifteen minutes walk OF
the business portion of the city.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
IOWA ITEMS.

Corn is Is to 16 cents in Council
Bluffs.
Gen. Dodge of Council Bluffs is
back from Europe.
The Keokuk water works now
have IO7 private customers.
The hog cholera still RACES In the
vicinity of Grand Junction.
A Des Moines man the other day
was fined 81 and costs for swearing.
Iowa City Odd Fellows intend to
build the finest block in the city next
spring.
A Keokuk father the other day
cow hided number of boys for being
rude to his girls.
Mount Pleasant temperance helpers
are at work for the poor making
clothes and bedding.
A Muscatine physician has Just
been caught body.snatching in Keo-
kuk. He married her first.
Gilman, last year, cribbed 10000
bushels Of corn, and is at 1t again this
year with improved prospects.
John Patterson, of Davis county, il
so years old and does not mind .
walk of eleven miles from his farm to
Bloomfield.
Mr.. John Dyer, Of Dyersville, went
out on some errand, last Thursday,
and was shortly after found dead In
his yard by servant.
Drew got about fifty new names to
the pledge in Waverly. His spring
campaign there brought in about
1000 names.
An illicit still was recently found
on the farm of James Mcdonald, In
Poweshiek county. Mcdonald was
arrested, but claims that his only con-
nection with the business is that he
leased the premises to one J. Mellow
ell.
Four young Keokuk fellows, out on
a lark the other night, had little fun
with poor hAlf-witted man named
Wilkins Koos. Among other things
they threw . rock at him and hit him.
1t was all for deviltry, but they had
to pay S25 and costs in the police
court and see their names in the news.
papers. Names: VIM. Rockford,
John Gavin, Mike Barrett and George
Cook.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
An Undesirable Truth.

You deserve to suffer, and II YOU
lead . miserable, unsatisfactory life
in this beautiful world, 1t IL entirel,
your own fault, and there 10 only one
excuse for yOu-yonr unreasonable
prejudice and skepticism, which ha,
killed thousands. Personal knowl.
edge and common sense reasoning
will soon show you that Green's Az.
gust Flower will cure you of Live,
Complaint, or Dyspepsia, with oil Il,
miserable effecis, such as eick head.
ache, pslpits,ion Of the heart, sou,
stomach. hsbituAl costiveDess, dIzzi.
osss Of the head, nervous prostEa,ion
ow spiriis, etc. lts sales now reacl
every town ON the western contiuen,
and not drnggiat but will tell you OF
its wonderful cures. You can buy q
ssmple bottle for ten cents. Three
doaes will relieve you. Sold by J. l.
Taylor & Co., Onumwa Iowa
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

Des Moines Register, 16: "a BIZ
case, or rather . number Of big cases
were commenced In the y. 8. Circuit,
Court yesterday. A Driven Well
company, composed of William u.
Andrews, Geo. II. Andrew, N. w,
Green and Noah j. Parsons, Of Cedar
Rapids, have fled notice against some
seventy-eight persons that are usinR
drive wells for an infringement OF
patent. "A test case has already been
decided in favor Of the patentees IL
Minnesota by Judge Nelson, judg-
ment having been rendered on the
ON the Goth Of June, 1878. The At
torneys for the patentees say that
they intend to prosecute ell parties
that Have used this kind Of Q we'll.
Over so victims have been discover
ed in q he county. 81
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

Misc Caroline Owen, the pretty
young English women whose rebel
lion against the polygemy Of the mar
whom she loved, and whose only wifi
she supposed herself to be, excited
such interest throughout the country
has yielded to the influence of hei
husband, avows herself good Nor.
mon, and withdraws all her charges
In Q letter to the Salt Lake Herald
she say that she has come to the con-
clusion "that individuals who strive
to separate Q woman from her God,
her religion, her husband and her
friends, are enemies Of the worst
kind"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

We hear it rumored that the c., B.
II @. Company talk of moving their
machine shops from Creston to this
city. We give it only as a rumor
which does not come to us through
any officer of the company. 1t has
always seemed matter Of surprise
to US why this company has not found
livery greatly to their interest to
make this an important machine shop
station. To go out into the broad
prairie, away from water, from tim
Der and from coal to build up ma
chine shops looks singular to us.
What is the reason, if any exists,
why this company cannot erect here
mammoth machine shops with our
water power as Q motor. II there is
not everything here and more for the
profit and convenience of such an en-
terprise than can be found at any 9TH
er point on the line Of the c., B. & @.
in Iowa, then we are greatly mistak-
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
a New Scheme-A Rascally Book
Agent.

DUBUQUE, Nov. ia swindling
operation, seriously compromising an
agent Vt the subscription book agen-
cy of Mooney & Smart, Chicago, has
come to light. One of their delivery
men, Robt. j. Tobin, on his last trip,
gathered up large number of books
10 be bound, which he had delivered
from time to time during the year.
From complete sets he took from
to 10 copies and sold them to parties
whose sets were not complete, and in
duced others to advance money to
complete their works, which he fails
to account for. Tobin commenced
this scheme at st. Paul, confined ii
down the river, to McGregor and
Dubuque, and then in Freeport and
Rockford, leaving subscribers in these
places in the lurch 10 the amount OF
several hundred dollars. Mooney &
Smart repudiate the acts of theiI
agent, and refuse to make good hi
thefts.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27


Sores, Rheumatism, Neuralgia, Pain in
the Bones, Side and Head, Female
Weakness, Sterility, Leucorrhea, arising
from internal liberation, and Uterine
disease, Syphilitic and Mercurial dis
eases, Dropsy, Dyspepsia, Emaciation,
General Debility, and for Purifying the
Blood.
This Sarsaparillai a combination Of
vegetable alternatives = Stillingia, Man
drake, Yellow Dock with the Iodides
of Potassium and Iron, and is the most
efficacious medicine yet known for
the diseases it is intended to cLre.
Its ingredients are so skilfully COM
bined, that the full Alternative effect of
each is assured, and while it is SO mild
as to be harmless even to children, it is
still so effectual as to purge out from the
system those impurities and corruptions
which develop into loathsome disease.
The reputation it enjoys is derived
from its cures, and the confidence which
prominent physicians all over the coun.
try repose in it, prove their experiences
Of its usefulness.
Certificates attesting its virtues have
accumulated, and are constantly being
received, and as many of these cases are
publicly known, they furnish convincing
evidence IF the superiority Of this Sar'
saparilla over every other Alternative
medicine. So generally is its superi
GRITTY to any other medicine known, thai
we need do no more than to assure thu
public that the best qualities it has evel
possessed are strictly maintained.
| PREPARED DIT
Dr.. J. c. AVER 4 CO., Lowell, Mass,
Practical and analytical GhensSsss.
SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

Rev. w. q. Copeland, of unsavory
fame IN Des Moines, Cedar Rapids
and other lows towns, and Who ha,
been wanted In various courts for
years, has been heard from. He haa
been At his old tricks again, and 10 now
on his way to St. Catharines, Canada
in charge Of officers. He was Rev.
John Williams this time. He il
wanted there for trial for embeszle.
ment. he was arrested on the 18th
inst, by officers from Terre Haute,
Ind, four miles from Charleston, ILL.,.
where "he was found in . flourishing
condition." . dispatch says, "living
with = widow named Walker, who
owns fine farm four miles from
Charleston, III. The Rev. Williams
only arrived there on the 7th inst,
and was already running the farm
He had discharged her hired man Of
two year, 1ervice, and WAS just 60
ing to town to sell her hogs, when
He will probably get .
long term in . Canada prison for his
practices ct st. Catharines.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

An English burglar Gays that where
men work In gangs it 10 usual for one
Of them to become the sweetheart CT
the SCI want girls, and obtain informa-
ton from them.
In EnglaDd, in 1876, twelve children
not much over 10 committed suicide,
10 people were killed by lightning,
and ia by sun stroke-in Q country
whore foreigners Imagine the sun
never shines. /
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
South Carolina outlaws.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22-The estimate
of the Secretary of tho Treasury for
the support Of the government for the
fiscal year ending June, 1880, are, 9TH
er than for permanent annual appro-
priations, $l29, 1882. For perma.
nent appropriations, $l45, 939, 439.
Tie following telegram was receiv-
ed by the Commissioner OF Internal
Revenue this morning, from Collec.
tor Brayton:
COLUMBIA, S. Capt. Hoffman's
detachment of revenue force was sur.
rounded on the night of the Goth, in q
mouse where they were stopping In
Abbeville county, near the Georgia
line. by band of armed men, at least
40 in number, and ordered to leave
the county. Their lives were threat.
enad and several shots fired. 1t is be.
lieved that the efforts of the farmer
with whom they were staying, saved
them. The officers have withdra WI
to Abbeville Court House, waiting re.
Inducements, which I have ordered
Commissioner Raum replied as fol
lows:
| Ihsd entertained high hopes tha
the officers of the Internal Revenue
would meet with no further armed
resistance in your district, but In THU
have been disappointed.
i Reinforce Capt. Hoffman sufficient
i ly to enable him to overcome all re
sistence and thoroughly police Able
vile county, making all proper seiz
ures and arrests. wish it distinctly
nnderstood that l will oppose an,
further amnesty in your State, ant
offenders must expect to be prosecut
ed to the full extent of the law.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

Mayes. the negro candidate for Rep.
resentative from BRACES County, was
reelected, which caused the Pilot to
head its election returns with these
words: Degradation l Oh, Shame
shame! Disgrace Disgust! Die.
traction? Dis-anything! Awful
Horrible! Abominsblel Terrible
Or Any Otherible! Down! Down I!
DowD!!! The Bottom Struck and
Knocked Out! The Gentleman from
Brazosv A Buck Negro Wears the
Laurels of Success! A Small Plural
ity Vote Gives the Seat from thi.
County &c Mayes, the Negro Candi.
date. The Result of Diegraceful Di-
visions Among Our p People"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

SCAN. MAa.-What is known as the
Moore scandal is again agitating Cha.
rinda. N. B. Moore, q wealthy and
prominent citizen. with fashion, bic
family, is accused Of seducing . Cir
of 10 who was employed for while
in his house. Moore is an ex-Statt
Senator and prominent Methodist
having been lay delegate to the
General Conference of 1876 In Balti.
more. A committee appointed by the
church at Clarinda has examined the
grounds of the charge and have de-
cided that there is sufficient reason fol
arraigniDg Moore for trial. Mean.
while the girl has disappeared and
it is thought Moore has paid large
sum to keep her away while thu
charge against him is being investi
gated.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
A correspondent of the 81. LouI

A correspondent Of the st. Louis
Times attempts to write up Ottumwa,
and does not mention one-half Of the
prominent public enterprises here
Among those especially prominent
ON account Of their absence from the
account are our mammoth pork house
starch mill and oat meal mill. Be
sides this the correspondent tells u
absolute falsehood in saying tina
"None Of the churches are paid fol
except the Catholic church." Onl,
one church in town has any debt ant
that not . large one. It certainly WA
not an Ottumwa man who wrote thi
one-sided account of our city.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

EVERYBODY Knows that so long az
there 10 proud flesh in q sore or
wound, 1t will not heal. The obsta.
Gle is speedily removed and the flesh
reunited by HENRY's CARBoLIe
SALvE, the finest embodiment in ex-
istence of that supreme purifier, car
bolic acid. Its emollient ingredients
modify its pungent acid basis, so that
1t never cauterizes, stings or scarifies
the diseased part. Sores and erup.
tions Of all kinds are cured by it. All
druggists sell it. J. L Taylor s. Co.,
wholesale agents.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
laaa Al.

The Des Moines Register says
"The big pork packing house hal
been located At Ottumwa. The man
ayers said they would like to come t.
Des Moines, but could not afford Il
do 80 while there was only one broat
gauge railroad running to the city
The starch factory people thought tn
same thing. If Des Moines is ever t,
become what its natural advantage
entitle 1t to be, we must have NOR
rAilroands,"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

The Camden Post says the funniest
thing In the newspaper business 10 to
watch patent outside editor trying
to explain why he can't insert an arti-
Gle on the arst page.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

The Iowa Fine Stock Breeders As
ISOLATION will hold its Fifth Annual
Convention in the city Of Des Moines
beginning Tuesday, Jan. 9Th, at 2 p.
M, adjourning over Wednesday to
attend the annual meeting Of the
State Agl Society, and will resume
its sitting Thursday Jan. 10, at 9 .,
m. The election Of officers for the
ensuing year will take place 1t thil
meeting.
The hotels have agreed to keep, and
the railroads are expected to carry
people attending the convention al
reduced rates. Short essays are 90.
licited from persons interested in fine
took
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

The Gate CITY says: yesterday
afternoon while the moulders at the
Comstock Stove Works were pouring
of the molten iron, one of the mum.
Der, named Williams, STUN bled and
accidently emptied . portion Of the
contents Of his lsdle into one of Jake
Kurtz's boots. + The result may easily
be imagined. Several pounds Of the
inelten iron right from the furnace
were confined to the boot, and OF
course made its way way into the
flesh very rapidly.
The foot was 90 badly burned tina,
when the boot and sock were remov.
ed the flesh ON the sole and heel came
of with them, leaving the foot in Z
horrible condition. He was removed
to his home and medical aid summon
cd. The injury 10 serious one and
will disable Mr.. Kurtz for time. n,
was already . cripple and the acci
dent happened to his lame foot.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
g Per Cent Money!.

I can loan in sums Of $500 and up
wards, to suit borrowers, at 8 per Ct.
and smaller commission than any
person in the city. \
sl7wtf w. II. G. JAouEs. 4
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
hlcHlY EeTEeMeo.

DIR. Prices Unique Perfumes, Pet
Rose, Evening Violet, and other
odors, are rich and highly esteemed
perfumes. They are used by the
most polished and refined persons for
their powerful, durable and exquisite
fragrance. No toilet is complete
without them.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27
From Fridays 0aiiy.

Mrs. Auwerds yesterday lost .
canary bird by death, that was TWEEN
ty years old. It has been in the fam.
lily . little over Is years and waa
about years old when they purchas-
ed 1t from lady in the city. A re.
markable age for bird. Our infor-
nation was obtained from . member
the family.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-11-27

The sum Of sec, OOO, 900 is said to be
represented in the wine interest Of
California.
Two little Georgia negroes burned
their m0ther4 cabin down because
she would no let them so goober
grabbing. =