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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

We wish to call the attention of our
rsaders to the prospectus Of The No.
tioaal Live-S Stock Journal which ap-
pears In this issue of our paper. No
one who IL ct AL interested In live
stock ofany kind should fail TO sub
scribe for the Journal as he will.find
. great deal Of valuable and inter.
eating matter In It. The wealth Of
every. county In our state would be
largely increased II ell formers and
stock raisers would read the Journai
regularly and profit by the expert.
ence Of those who contribute to ita
columns from al parts Of the country
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

Nra. james Tracey died near Sioux
City, Iowa, the other day, and in roe
arranging the house after the funeral
the friends discovered sack con-
tanning gold coins to tho value oil $751;
GOO, which, 1t il supposed, the old Ia
dy had accumulated during her life,
keeping the fact from the family, who
were greatly surprised at the revela-
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
OTruMwA, Iowa, Nov. %, 1873.
EDITOR COURIER IL find the fol.
lowing in the Ottumwa Democrat.
Times of the 18th inst:

OTruMwA, Iowa, Nov. %, 1873.
EDITOR COURIER IL find the fol-
lowing in the Ottumwa Democrat
Times of the 28th inst.
"a SLIGHT MISTAKE.
The following, copied from the
Iowa City Press, is going the rounds
Of the democratic papers Of the
State:
During the campaign in the Sixth
Iowa district much capital was made
out Of the fact that small German
paper in Ottumwa had hauled down
General Viewers name and put up
that Of Judge Sampson, the repub-
lican candidate. The reason is now
given under oath by the owner Of the
paper 1t 10 simply this, that he was
paid $500 cash in hand by Judge
-6ampson.' ~ g - y
! Being ON the ground and knowing
the facts In the case, We feel it our
duty TO correct the mistake the Press
has. fallen into. There 10 an affidavit
ON record to the effect that Mr.. Dam
guard, the editor Of the German ps.
per, acknowledged 10 the getting Of
$500 Of Mr.. Sampson, or some other
person authorized to buy up unprin-
cipled politicians who are willing to
sell themselves and their influence"
Itook pains to trace this report to
its origin, and I ind that Pc
ter Utecht made A, affidavit,
Mr.. Sam Burton, . notary public,
administering the oath, to the effect
that the undersigned acknowledged
the receipt Of S6OO OF Judge Sampson.
The adidavit 10 nc " in possession Of
Gen. Weaver. / would say in expla.
nation that i never made any such
statement AhA II Peter Utecht has
sought ~ virtue Of any relief from
Gen. Weaver, to mako such an affida-
Wit, there viii be time for the re-
"A. DANQuARp.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
GO Kunksre Ritter Wine of iron


Has never been known to fail In the cure Of
weakness. attended with symptoms, indisposi-
ton to exertion, loss Of memory. didiculty Of
breathing. general weakness, horror Of disease.
weak, nervous trembling, dreadful horror OF
dessh, night swnats. cold feet. weakness. dimness
Of vision, languor. universal lassituds Of tho
muscular system, enormous appetite, with dys-
psptic system. hot hands, flushing Of the body,
0rynees Of the skin, pallld countenance and eyup
aons on the lace, purifying the blood pain in the
back, heavineso OF the eyelids. frequent blsck
epOte aging before the eyes, with temporary SUI.
fusion and loss OF sight; want Of attention, etc.
These symptoms all arise from weakness, end
to remedy that, use e. r. Kunke,S Bitter Wine
Of Iron. II never fails. Thousands are now en-.
joying health who have used It Get the genuine
Sold only In u bottles. Take only y. r. Kun
Ask for Kunkel's Bitter Wine Of Iron. This
truly valuable tonic has been 10 thoroughly tested
81 all .c!assps of the community that Il 10 now
deemed Indispensable - tonic medicine. IL
costs but little puri6es the blood and givss tone
70 the stomach, renovates the system and pro-
longs life. EI9 -Ftfs $3.50
now only ask trial Of this valuable tonic
sscr. 70 20 North Ninth Street. below Vine.
Of Iron. and take no other. A Photograph Of the
p,oprietor on each wrapper, ell Others are coun-
terfeik - u ,,tse
Beware OF couutsrfeits. Do not lot your drug
gtet sell yon any bnt Knnksl,s. which 10 pnt up
only % above represented. You can get SIX bot
tie Tor IS, 1Q1Aex y dne simple Trial. z.,-.s
rAuR vi Nnnr asrxvyxrrA Az s5-Z.sa =
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
ITsEEMs iMPossIele

That = remedy made Of such common
simple plants a. Hops, Buchu, Man
dradc, a'andelioD, ETC., should make
SO many and such marvellous and
wonderful cures as Hop Bitters do,
but when old and young, rich and
poor, Pastor and Doctor, Lawyer and
Editor oil testify to having been cured
by them, yon must believe and try them
yourself, aud doubt no longer. See
other column.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
Agricultural Items.

from the Register.
The first and greatest lesson which
our youths need to learn is how to
husband their resources.
A pail Of milk standing ten minutes
where 1t is exposed to the scent OF
strong smelling stable, or any other
offensive odor, will imbibe q faint
that will never leave it.
DR.. George Sprague, publisher OF
the Western Farm Journal, at Chica-
60 and Des Moines, Iowa, has gone
into bankruptcy at Chicago. Liabil-
tiles, $l2,390.
tits more honorable and dignified to
live independently on q farm, max
ing good butter and cheese, and rails
ing abundant crops and fine stock,
than to cit In high place and aid in
making bad laws.
1t isreported by Prof. L. B. Arnold
that of IL oleomargarine factories in
this country known to him, Is have
gone to the wall, though backed with
an aggregate Of $1,SO0O,OO0 capital
stock to start with.
Mr.. Thompson, in the Humboldt
Kosnaos, says that corn smut is mot
poisonous, and that 1t is no more the
agent injuring cattle than the husks.
He says he would have no hesitation
In feeding his cattle all the smut they
could eat.
Every day We see nice calves COM
Ing to the butcher. This is wrong.
With our cheap lands and boundless
prairie pastures, every calf should be
raised-the steers for beef, and the
heifers to replenish dairy and breed
ing herds.
One OF the humtugs Of the age is
for an agricultural paper to charge
more subscription than 1t 10 worth,
and then try to make it up by offering
long list Of old traps at fabulous
prices, as premiums for subscribers.
Let such things alone.
It is . laudable ambition which ev-
cry farmer should possess, to excel as
tiller of the soil, grower of the fin
est crops; ambition to breed the fin
est animals of the best breeds; ambi.
ton to have model buildings, fences,
hedges, lawns, trees, shrubs and flow.
ers.
In store in Cresco, last week, q
merchant told me that o neighbor-
farmers poor man who rented his
land--having three soma, spent for the
whole family about $l.50 week reg
ularly for tobacco; they are too
poor to- take the county paper, and
haven't money 70 buy books to send
the young children to school.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
DIED.

LEIGHTON.-At st. Paul, MIMI,
Nov. 9Th, 1878. at 4 O'Clock, r. NJ,
ABBIE, infant daughter Of Joseph
and Stella Leighton, aged 5 months
and s days.
Thus our friends are sadly bereft
of their first born. Az the news came
- no in the early morn Of beautiful
Thanksgiving day, they at in deep
Grisf over the lifsless remains Of
whef was the dearest Of al earthly
obiects to them. The many relatives
"a numsroas friends here kesniy
synpathizs with then in their great
a1ic4loA.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

The Charleston Is. CO. Neus and
Courier avows the purpose of the
South to force, In 1881, the unity of
the colored vote for democratic candi-
dates: "The colored people will be
well cared for in the South. They
have become harmless as enemies,
and can safely be treated as friends.
The South will watch over them with
solicitous care, and will take especial
care that they shall not be deprived
of the ballot, which they will be
taught by the whites to use in the
promotion of good government, do
nestle tranquility, and civil and re-
ligious liberty, and necessarily, in
electing a democratic President two
years hence.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

The following school items are
from the State Register:
Some years since, when Iowa was
younger than 1t now is, and there
were . good many less nonresident
land owners than at present, it be-
came necessary to provive school
privileges In many districts where
there were but few scholars. Cass
county was troubled this way. In
one district there was one scholar
and NO school house. The director
had q house erected, and . sister Of
the young idea that needed to be
taught how to shoot was employed
as the teacher. The school house
stood just across the road from her
residence and 90, the school woodpile
being convenient, she used that fuel
in warming her own house and taught
the school there instead of in the tenn
pie of knowledge across the way
The district was satisfied for the only
resident taxpayers were the pupils
father and uncle and the non-resi-
dents were not on hand to grumble.
The boy was satisfied for he got his
schooling" without going out doors,
and the teacher was satisfied for she
received her pay.
In another county there were two
schoolhouses to be erected, In adj Join.
ing districts. A carpenter that lived
In district No. l took the contract for
the buildings and completed them
Then he applied for the position of
teacher aud was employed. He made
q similar application in the other dis
trict and was also employed 10 teach
the school there. When the time
came to commence he discovered that
there were no scholars in district No.
2, and only one, his own son in No. /.
Accordingly the teacher moved into
the first schoolhouse and resided all
winter and daily took his son to the
other schoolhouse and there taught
him, and In the spring drew pay for
teaching both schools
In district in another county there
was no school-house and only one
family resided. The children con.
sisted of . boy and girl, and their
father was the director. He hired
one room In HE house for school.
room, his wife the mother of the chill
dren, eht the school, and he furn.
ished the wood for the school-house
charging 1t al up to the district
That was . realization Of Greeley'l
theory to Give within your own re-
sources"
The first item we know to be true
for We are acq uainted with oil tn,
parties. The director was the father
Of the teacher and scholar, and alst
director general of the whole out
fit.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

tic medicine that can be employed: cleans
ing the stomach and bowels, and even the
blood. In small doses Of one pill day,
they stimulate the digestive organs and
promote vigorous health.
AYERS PILLS have been known for
more than quarter of a century, and have
obtained a worldwide reputation for their
virtues. They correct diseased action in
the several assimilativc organs of the
body, and are so composed that obstruc-
tons within their range can rarely with
stand or evade them. Not only do they
cure the everyday complaints Of every
body, but also formidable and dangerous
diseases thai have bafiled the best Of
human skill. While they produce power
full effects, they are, at the same time, tho
safest and best physic for children. By
their aperient action they grippe much less
than the common purgatives, and never
give pain when the bowels are not inflamed
They reach the vital fountains of the blood
and strengthen the system by freeing il
from the elements of weakness.
Adapted to all ages and conditions in
all climates, containing neither calomel
nor any deleterious drug, these Pills may
be taken with safety by anybody. Their
sugar-coating preserves them ever fresh
and makes them pleasant to take; while
being purely vegetable, no harm can arise
from their use in any quantity.
PREPARED BY
Dr.. ]. C. AVER & CO., Lowell, Mass,
SOI.6 BY All DRUGGISTS EVEKYWHEnE
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

HoLD Our.-The Newton journal
says the type, press, material, good
win, Ill will, body, soul and breeches
Of the Iowa National (greenback) },
were sold by Constable Patton last
Tuesday for the sum of $l12.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

Battle Greek, Michigan, has . nov
city in the shape Of young man at
tackled with delirium tremens, caused
by the excessive use Of tobacco. He
IL . cigar maker, and has been In the
habit Of smoking from ten to thirty
cigars . day. He has used some
liquor, but not much, not enough to
cause his malady. It is said to be the
first case of the kind on record.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

Bob Ingersoll says the doctrine Of
immortality was born Of human afFec.
ton, and Will continue - long ~ love
kisses the u Ps Of DEATH
Robert md st be growing pious.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

II you have the cash, and want to
invest 1t where you can get the best
return, don't buy q dollars worth un-
till you have seen our stock and pric-
Cd. (27 VIZ B. SAMuELs & Son.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
They are oJving

The best satisfaction Of any boot
ever made. The celebrated San Seam
eli made of best kip stock, but one
seam, will not gall the ankles, cannot
rip, every pair warranted. For sale
by CT WY 8. SANuELs & Son.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
eQT0AvEn

Bay horse, near eye out. Liberal re.
ward will be paid for his return.
(29 wtf) A. j. PECK.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

A Coon ExAMPLE.-esThc most SEN
sible and ladylike thing lately told Of
the Presidents wife," says q writer
in the Providence journal, sis that
she disikes to have descriptions of her
clothes published, and the gossips of
the press were refused permission to
enumerate and describe either the
wedding outfit or the wedding gifts
of her neice, who was lately married
at her Washington home. If 80 good
an example were TO be followed by
other ladies: at tho head of society,
what tiresome inventories, what hope.
less drivel we should be spared
what indehcacy !"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
DIR. G. w. GLEASON'S
Restorative Remedies.

Ne. GLEASON's LUNG hESTOAA.
TIVE is Positive Cure for Coughs, Colds and
early stages Of Consumption. Take 1t In time.
sample bottle. 25 cents.
M. GLEAsON'S Liver RESTORA.
TIVE Ii Sure Cure for Liver Complaint, Bill
lionsness. Indigestion, etc. TEXT u. Sample
bottles, Is cents.
DIR. GLEASOH'S STOMACH RE.
STORATIVE Cures Dyspepsia.
DIR. GLEASON'S GOLDEN El.lXI0
or UNIVERSAL TON 10. an inv luable and
invigoratiDg Tonic for the cure Of all casea OF
DEBILITY and BROKEN DOWN CONsTfTU-
TIONS.
DIR. GLEASON'A SALINE APERl-
ENT acts on the Liver, Skin, KidEey's and
Blood, Ciesnses the entire system OF all morbid
matter, etc. Invaluable Household Remedy.
DR. GLEASON'S LAXATIVE WATERS highly
Aromatic cures Hshitual Consti, alton, Plies,
cts. Sample box, Is cents. For sale by
MESSRs. SCOTT Il GOODALL,
Augl4w8m-eov -nrm Druggists.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

WANTED.-One thousand tons Of
corn husks for which / will pay
good price, at the Wooden mill.
l3-4tw HENRY ZuLAuF, JR.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
IOWA ITEMS.

j. D. Van Harmon an II. u. James
have been convicted Of bigamy at
Marshalltown.
An Iowa City livery stable man
was fined IS and costs the other day
for violating the Sunday ordinance
BY hiring out buggy on the Sab
bath.
A daughter of Ex-senator Sam.
Fairall, Of Iowa City, recently eloped
with young man named James.
They were married in Illinois and
returned to the city to settle down.
Tho Congregational church at De-
corah has recently received . new
pastor 10 the person Of Rev. j. r.
fainter. Rev. II. B. Woodwork, the
retiring pastor, has gone into the in
surance business.
The insanity which urged Mrs.
Clarissa Lowery to suicide by hang
ing, In the barn of her son-in-law, NJ.
B. Lewis, at Dowville, last week, was
the result of q child-bed fever twenty
years ago.
It il estimated fully that If
teen thousand barrels of sweet pota-
toes, nearly all produced ON Musca-
tine Island, have been shipped from
that place. This has brought abou-
$25, 900 into the hands Of the product
ers. --~'
A surgical operation occurred few
days ago in Council Bluffs with very
peculiar results. A gentleman from
California arrived at one of the hotels
In that city and complained of Pc
culiar tingliDg sensation in the right
side of his face. A physician was
called, and the knife applied to a ten
der spot on his face, and eighty-five
living worms from . quarter to an
inch in length were removed.
Clinton Herald. %: "About six
o'clock this morning a son of Jams
Bossen, proprietor OF the saloon and
boarding house on Fret avenue, be-
tween Second and Third streets, while
out with q lantern, discovered man
In the attitude Of leaning over the
picket gate at the east side Of the
house. He approached the man, and
saw that it was Careston GregersoD,
Q boarder, spoke to him, received NO
answer and then touched him, being
convinced by the mans rigidity and
silence that he was dead. He called
help and subsequently the body was
removed from the gate, where the
neck rested snugly between two pick
cts, which were about four inches
apart at the cross board, and spread
several inches further at their tops.
From marks on the neck, 1t was evil
dent that the man, while intoxicated
or while under fit of abstraction or
the blues, had either purposely or ac-
cidentally thrust his head between
the pickets, and drawn down by the
weight of his body, his neck had been
squeezed into the narrow space and
he had thus choked to death. The
body was removed to the hall adj
joining the saloon, and Coroner Lux
ems, Of Lyons, was notified.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
JoTTIN0s.

Hog cholera is playing havoc in
Marion county.
People in the country are now all
buying Ottumwa Oat Meal. 1t is q
regular standby now.
Subscribers to the WEEKLY COURIER
are rolling in now at lively rate,
and still there is room for more.
In one neighborhood in Jasper
county, there are said to have been
one hundred deaths from diptheris.
Daniel Headrick, one of the oldest
citizens Of Davis county, died near
West Grove, last Thursday, aged 80.
The sigourney Reciep says A. Dan
guard has sold his interest in the Sig
Quincy Courier German paper) to
Chas. Starr.
&C. Kahn, of Keokuk Tp., brought
. hazel. brush this morning to this
Office that measures = little over six
teen feet in length. Their corn down
there grows nearly as tall. X
L. M. Cooley and George Girls
void will open q law Office in this
sity Immediately after the first of
January. 1t will be . popular and
prosperous firm, we predict.
The fumes from the starch mill
and the water works are nearly COM
pleted. The connection with the
water power canal will be made this
week or the first part of next.
The Daily Register says: "a pike
Weighing flfty-seven pounds, was
caught in Skunk river, near Colfax,
last Wednesday, and yesterday Der
Moines man captured one in the same
place that tipped the beam at thirty.
seven pounds"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
PROGRAMME

Of the Teachers Association for va.
pello County, to be Held at Agency
CITY, Dec. &c, ~ and %, 1878.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
THANKSGIVING.

The beautiful Thanksgiving day Of
yesterday was joyous one in Ottum.
VI. The union religious services In
the Opera House we're we'll attended
and the services excellent and appro-
pirate. Rev. b. B. knight, Of the
Presbyterian church, delivered the
address and 1t was listened to with
marked attention throughout % 1t
we'll deserved. 1t was, indeed, .
very hne discourse, and very happily
spoken. Services were held as the
Episcopal church, from which, how
ever, we have no report
The dinner prepared by the ladies Of
the Woman's Christian Temperance
Union was substantial, elegant and
bountsous, and was literally patron
lied by our citizens. We have not
heard the amount of their receipts
but they must have been large. The
dinner was carried forward into sup
per up to the hour Of 7 p. M, so
bounteous was the provision made in
eatables, and in the evening as well
- during the day the ladies were
well patronized.
At the Opera House collection for
the poor was taken, the amount Of
which has not been reported to u.s..
Family Thanksgiving reunions
were held to considerable extent
besides the public entertainment by
the ladies. In the evening the Sheri-
dan Guards had profitable and ele-
CANT dancing party 1t the City Hall.
The city was quiet and orderly.
We saw no disturbance, NO bolster
Gus conduct no drunkenness. TWAS
. happy Thanksgiving day in OF
tumWa.e
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

Are the most ef.
&ctive and congo
NAL purgative ever
discovered: They
are mild, but ef.
fectual in their
operation, moving
the bowels surely
and without pain.
Although gentle
in their operation,
they are still the
most thorough and
rnc,n1,s~- x.o41,o.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
8 Per Cant Money.

/ can loan in sums of $500 and up
wArde, to suit borrowers, at s per Ct,
and smaller commission than any
person in the city.
sl7wtf w. H. G. JAQuEs.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

Mortgage Notes wanted.
I will purchase some long time
notes secured by real estate mortgage.
W.T. o. M. LADD.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
Ayers Cathartic Pills.

Fol. all the purposes Of q Family Physic,
and for curing Costiveness, Jaundice,
Indigestion, Foul Stomach, Breath,
Headache, Erysipelas, Rheumatism,
Eruptions and Skin Diseases, Bill
iousness. Dropsy, Tumors, Worms.
Neuralgia, as q Dinner Pill,
for Purifying the Blood,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

BSsIt will pay you to just go to
Meek's Store and see the Big Stock.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
Prom Fridays pa,iy.

kSoLn ktiuAI 01sAJs gs1sesEs
A. Danquard, editor of the Ottum-
VA Journal (German) returned from
st. Louis last night bringing with
him complete new drsss for his pa.
per. The Journal always did look
we'll, and new with its bright, new
face, 1t will shine all the brighter.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

From wednesday, Daily.

"THrY ALI Do IT."-One of our
agents. writing us to-day, says: EN-
closed find &l.50 for the Weekly Cou-
RlER, for young democrat, . new
subscriber to your useful paper. 1t
continues to improve"
The LAdd pork house, our people
will be glad to learn, will start up
Monday, II IL can be got ready. The
house will be run through the season
for what 1t is worth. A New York
firm win run the business, and w. F.
McCue will be their Superintendent.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

Uncle William Wallace to-day paid
his 25th. annual subscription to the
Weekly CouRlER. Mr.. Wallace is .
living example Of what An industri-
Gus, prudent farmer can he. He com.
menced at the bottom Of the ladder,
ON an uuimproved farm, but by hard
work. and always paying Is he went
he now, in his old age, has compe--
tency, and win never want for any
thing.