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A big stock 81 Mssks Bonaperte
Flannels, Blankets, Yarns. Jssnss and
Cassimeres, that are being sold .,
cheap and cheaper than very much in
ferior goods of other makes, it 10 hard.
ly necessary for NJ to say it for II II
known by the people pretty gensrally
that Meeks goods are the best.
C. G. WARDEN 4 Sons.
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csIme In Napslis County ana lts

cslme In Napsiie County ana lts
Cost. M s,s5,5,
The Report Of the Secretary Of
State in relation to the criminal re-
turns Of the State Of Iowa. for 1877
is now On our atsbles The ;rst1rn Of
convictions for Nap>llo pDalfy fol
the year are - followst 9@Fs
For assault, L; assault with intent
to commit murder, l.; burglary, g.
endeavoring to incite others to com
NIT perjury, ! ;incsrrigibility, 4; lar
cAny, !. usalslops srpischieN u
nuisance, Il. .. selling whisky con.
trary to law, s.; robbery, J.; sedpc.
ftion, 3; forgery, 2. The peneitiss IN
Aicted were ~ follows: 3 fined $1.O(
each |; s fined e3.38 each; s fined e5.0(
each; IL fined 5000 each ;t2e fined
5000; y fined $500 each 81 fined
5000 each ! 4 fined ee6. 50; q fined
1880 each; 2hned no each 0 fined
$4,000 each. l fined 81 600; L fned
$50; 6 fined 500 esch, Fire persons
were sent to the Reform School |: four
were sent to the penitantiary. for {
months, | for 3 months, s for yesr
3 for 4 years. Amount Of fines i'm,
posed $5,452.99; fines collected H..
1882. Expense 10 the county on ac.
count of criminal prosecutions t9.'
22ll7; Prosecuting Attorneys fee,
81, O96.75. Total cost Of prosecu-
tons 4l0306e2. Dsducting ane'
collected, the county Is the modest
sum Of s8,546.40 minus, which the tax
payers have to 60 down into their
pockets and dig out. ,,.arHA
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IOWA LEaIsLxlTURE.
~. SENATE.
SENATE CHAsfBER, Friday, Jan. %.

SENATE CHAAbhk' frlu"y, 'An' A''
So fETITloSs PREsHNTLD
BY Rumple, from citizens Of Tami
and lows asking Legislation on TN
| practfDe Gof me0iclue i sbya kueeell
from citizens OF Greene county, or
same subject; BY Webb, from citi'
zens Folk county, on same subject
by johnson, from citizens OK Winnie
shiek county, and by Merrell, from
citizens Of Clinton county.
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sSsS II REsoLUTIoNs.si<'s. s.ta5slS e
BY Foster, the following concur.
rent resolation /: Z g H -
WHEREAS The Legislature of :
State 10 Entrusted with the duty o.
lehacting laws for. the Government d
such state, and the membere Thereof
are chosen with references 60 their ut
mess Tor that duty Only land .Y
WHEhEAs, Certain nstional imam
cial question: are now agitstlng tht
public mind, which are within the e.
pecial province OF the Congress, o.
the United sStStes to determine, and
WHEREAs, Such question: can only
b. iptelligsptlys determined by those
twho hAye made i CaTaf9l stud of tht
financial question: affecting not,only
thu country but the civilized wotld
and ,,.. .s..y-,,
WHEREAs, The dScisions, of sucf
questions ought not to be in the In
terest Of .auy particular section OF
class, bpt1n the interest Of the nation
% . whole, and 81 VI 4tfs II
: WHHs1As. The diseqesfon Ny Legis.
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Sugar &7anllI'5grl,,o,lol,el, or ID
+ =, q 4 the LowEsFPMeEs.H' q,
IT.: Teas, e. i. T,


{ We. have the Best and Purest
|TEAS,ever brought torOttamwa :
they, are Natural and Uncolored,
Healthy, Sweet and Good VI Our
Basket Fired Japan is the best
in market; our Black Teas are Of
Finest Quality Gun Powder, I'M,
tperisl, and Young ,Hyson, gre the
Finest Imported, sa.s.. as1.e,a.@
+ We, sell these TEAS for. about
1.-THE same price charged for Trashy
STUFF called TEAS. by many Deal.
[ers, who know no better. Call and
TRY It's, and
II "a & ~ Z : .
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(ds aIat oi Farm fer Rent. u GI,tiI
+ A choice farm adjoining the city o
Ottumws; LOO acres, good house, or
chard, pasture and meadow. Known
as the BENZ. Ladd place. tai 6tisY
Apply to 5 CALVIN MANNING.
fssi.4t!tsii tfissift I'll T.Tg s,5 IL l2lWtf
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Times are hard aud money scarcs
but little money will buy big pile
of goods atl-C.,C. WAaDsNslk Saxs,ss
- n - IN a.. u -l5-akNtt
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sUPERv1eoRs' coNvHlg.
'.A rs N TON. %s@ Ns's

The 0snesastsn u sAslr sssslsa Zee
Aay-lmpefsans ACKNOWLEDGMENT
i --Carssul and Well OonsiAsRea ~
ltiss--AnHarnseic4sa.a PseassAEs
:, taesefen, vt3lats .Alat y aU siaI 4ii1
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-30

A big stock Of Buck Gloves ct cost
and less at G. G. WARDEH + SoSs.
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Money to Loan

On real estate security, ON long time,
in sums Of $500 and over. Lowest
current rates of interest and commits.
sion. Call and get terms.
l2-lO.77 -d&wtf. q. n. LApp
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Afpov slr myaox1.,

Last Wednesday, . man and wo-
man arrived in Burlington and secur.
ed room at the Moore House. The
man gave his name % Pr. jacob Paul,
and stated that the woman was his
wife, and that she was overtaken by
! sudden illness caused by riding In
thee The man Paul is aforslgn'
er, apparently over fifty years Of age
The woman was sick all the time In
her room at the Moore House, and
when any of the servants entered the
room the man covered the sick wo.
mans face so that Il could not BE-
seen. 4, ESQ i.;. s..,..I ,e.sl Il, + sst.si
Saturday the woman was yery sick
and screamed loudly - though suf.
fering intense pain, and some Of the
inmates Of the Moore House having
snspicions that something was wrong
notified Officer Smyth, who was d
the house Saturday. smyth Kept
watch on the psrties and procured
enough information to satisfy hin
that an abortion had been committed
ana yesterday morning procured d
information against the man Pau
and had him taken before Judgl
Browning. The defendants attor'
ney, W. s.. Fsgan, hsd the hearing
postponed until some future time, and
the defendant was sent to jail in de-
fault Of Il 900 bail. eqe'' Ssa@@S
!, The, girl died on Monday, and
turns out to have been named Ells
Gittings, the daughter Of wealthy
farmer near La Harpe, Illinois. Mr.
Gittings and his wife had TO- come Il
rBurliDgton In search Of their daugh-
ter, and the ,6rst !Hformstion they OBJ
tAined of her NsS the Annnsinabsnep'
Of her death ct the Moore House
The terrible announcement 10 shock
ed her father that he was totally pros
tratad and came near. dying. W.
CLEAN ths aboye from the HmOkeve.
u ~ v. - -. !. u Y - ga 4 4
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A. big stock Of staple goods Of all
kinds 1t Bed Rock prices for cash at
iI-16d4wtf C. G. WARDEN & Sous.
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INTRODUCTION orBILLs. I
By Brown, to punish fraudulent ia x

By Brown, to punish fraudulent tax
Listing. 80
By Scott for more speedy admin
istrAtion!of justice and economy in
the administration of county affairs.
Important affairs calling Speaker
Stone away, ii became necessary to
elect . Speaker pro tenn.
Mr.. Dewesse, of Jasper, was cho.
sen by reclamation to this position,
for which he returned his thanks in Z
few we'll chosen words, promising to
do the best he could at all times.
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InCAH DRPARTMENT.
OUT OFF.

OUT OFF, ~ q 81
After this week we shall cut Oh .
number Of subscribers to the WISELY
COURIER who have taken the paper fos
some years and have paid ~ nothing
for It. If they want the paper cor.
ttinued they must como And Settls, PAY
UP end commence on new and
square deal. Wa,efewilling to allow
reason able iadilgencs but patience
] sometimes ssssss e g : vissse. :.
III b.35s IT, HAIL
J ESWsc Kn:ssly esdsd to-day. He
: takss and pays fse two copies of the
weekly CouRIER regularly. and OF
course W think BIZ is knfse fellow
,R. H. Miller, Of Agency township,
1was In to s1s4 usr to-day. His visits
sare always comforting to us, as he
;stakesaaA pays for three copies of the
sWyetly Caus1ER svery year. ,g,F.
0dr ice rnsn he getting ice out o.
',rhe water power canal while the sun
don't shine. The Ice IL only of fair
quality and not quite six inches thick.
Oh sEtnSH ptsaicts warmer weather
until February 9Th, but from that
date very cold weather, and we hope
his prophecy will prove true so far
Ascoldsveather isgscssed at.
kEEEsEnkKE- HssHkE
NIL MlEss, 10 1isgiag Awelifor
n. J. Hadfeld, ON Fifth street. be-
tween Court and Market, yesterday
III nd an IRON grape shot . feet from
til RAJ. The soil issof ! sblaoS
clay and pieces Of charcoal are also
found mixed with the clay. The
ball is considerably corroded, it is
said. Wehave not seen It, and the
question is how it came there. 10
insists On the truth Of the story even
though 1t doey fpni 20 II there WI
/. little coffee nss sp~ish it.
From Mo.day's Daily. -
The Fire Company turned out this
afternoon for practice. In three min
,utes from the time the hose company
left the City Hall they had sttached :
hose to the hydrant Il the corner of
Second and Court streets and were
Tthrowt kst4r. Alser throwing
water At that point for . while Che
tire bell was tapped, the hose detached
reeled onto the cart, run down to
Main street and.attached to the hy-
Qfaat=et Lawrence and Carriers, and
RtASeefana pne-halfs minutes they
q NSrethMxief water from that point.
From an inch and half nozzle they
threw water lbs feet from an elevated
nozzle, and . perpendicular stream Of
Is feet. The whole trial showed that
III The ne boys have any start at all q
fire on Second or Main street would
stand poor chance Of making mach
lheadway.
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SENATE

SENATE. -
SRNATE CHAMsER, Jan, 20, 1878. !
The Senate met at 10 o'clock.
s1 .si.l - = PETITIONS. ~ -sga1s p I
BY Carr, from Jones county agri.
cultural society, asking such changes
in road laws 90 shall require all road
taxes to be paid in money aae .aya
INTRODUCTION OF BILLIE.
BY Merrill, an act to regulate the
practice of medicine, in the State oil
Iowa., The bill is substantially the
Illinois law on the subject.
- SELECT coMMITTEEs.
On Jury Fees and Cosrt Expense,
Senators Cetr, HeunGlS4ay, Har-
mon. Johnsom, Hna&e Naginnis
Lawrence, Daahi1lt NJ Kline. ...,s
On motion the 6si1ts adjourned
until ten o'clock 1(oeS1y Mprning.s
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Z e'YEPoRTs or CONSTITUTES.

Several oommittese prsssnted re.
adopted, ma piacsd pa dls. - M {
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Aoriarty 3 McLspghlip's DOLLAR
TEA IL the best We eyer had the pleas
ure to use. ...,..
e Their Snow FLAKE FLoUR 10 with.
out ! rival. t,g,a ~ sass 4s,, 11-6tdE4tw
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giHeb INTRODUCTION OF BILLS.
By Wilson, Of Polk, to authorize
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N: FRIDAY EVENING. JUNE q, 1881

on his way to the hospital, as he
usually did, and on perceiying that
the old gentleman could scarcely
raise his eyelids to look at him, he
took his hand and found that his
pulse was gone.
After drinking a little wine and
water, DR.. w. told him that his
pulse beat stronger. "0h, yes,
Doctor, / have a charming pulse. "
"But," he continued, at is idle to
talk to me in this way. lam going
off the stage, and it is a great bless.
ing that | go free from sickness,
or pain or sorrow" Some time
after, his daughter finding him be-
coming extremely weak, wished him
to be put into bed, which he at first
objected to, saying that he felt no
pain, and there was no occasion for
his going to bed. Presently after,
however, fearing that he might pos
sibly fall out Of his chair, he told
them they might set him upright
in the bed, so that he could con-
tinue to read. They did so, and he
continued reading Cicero very
quietly for some time. Pres
emily they looked at him and found
him dead, sitting in the same pos
ture, with the book under his chin,
as a man who becomes drowsy and
goes to sleep.
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repairs never thought Of. But the
most marked change is in the peo-
pie themselves. The sadness and
silence which then reigned in Rome
have disappeared. The people
sing, shout and are merry. There
is life and gayety among them, and
the streets are thronged with peo-
pie up to a late hour. This change
is so marked and apparent that it
would be folly for any one to dis
pute it. 1t is also more prosper
GUS city, and the population has
increased one-third in these six
years. Since then Rome has be-
come the capital of Italy. To that
a portion of the improvement is
doubtless due, but the change in
the manner and temperament of
the people, their freedom from re-
straint, their ringing laugh and
joyous shouts all 90 to show that
they no longer stumble on in dark
ness, but that the light Of freedom
has penetrated their hearts and
their lives. 1t has infused more
activity and energy into them, and
they can no longer be called lazy
and idle race.
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madomOissIIe Mars.
Belgravia.i

DNeANhi"'l
Sempiternal youth is decidedly
one of the characteristics of the
actors and actresses of the French
stage. In more recent times MILE
Mars was a remarkable instance OF
this youth in age. At sixty her
figure had lost none of its supple.
ness and youthful grace, and she
still plays the ingenues. At fifty
eight she was arranging a marriage
for her granddaughter, but the
bridegroom.elect, a young man, fell
SO desperately in love with the
grandma that he broke off the
match. Some years aiterward Scribe
read her his comedy of the Grand
mother. eyes, it is very good .
she said when he had finished, "but
| have been trying to think who
can play the grandmother" "Ah,
YES, that is the difficulty" replied
the author, not daring to say thaI
he had written it for her. She wa:
devoted admirer of Napoleon
who, on his side, had a great ADM,
ration of her talent.
During the hundred days she ap
peared upon the stage in dress
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covered with violets. Upon the
return of the king the fckle Pa
risians resented this remark of re-
spect to the fallen emperor, and
greeted her entrance with cries of
ga genoux! a genouxp But, ad-
vancing to the front, she addressed
them in bold, firm tone: "Gentle-
men, | will not kneel, and if you
will not have the kindness to let
me finish my part, will quit the
theater forever" The very audac-
ity of the speech turned the tide,
and the applause that greeted it
very soon silenced the Kisses. To
the honor of Louis XVIII be it
said that, although some sycophants
made a formal complaint against
the actress, he himself protected
her from further annoyance.
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NOS

full. Although the Welsh were in
wardly enraged at the stratagem, a
Welshman's oath is not made to be
broken.
There was an indignant silence
for some moments, aud then to a
man, with lifted sword and barred
head, cried, Long live the Prince
Of Wales !"
This promise, won by a trick,
was faithfully kept, from a stern
and unfaltering sense of honor,
common to Welshmen.
Since that day when an innocent
babe Of a day was accepted as a
sign of peace from Oarnarvon Gas.
tie, the eldest son of every monarch
on the throne of England. bears
the title of the Prince of Wales.
JENDwINE.
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old and New Rome.
Bnltimore Amerioan.l

WI DhllluVlo AmeAlVdusl
The difference between Rome as
the capital of Italy and what it was
even six years ago is apparent in
everything. 1t was then a most
dirty and neglected city, with new
and strange smell to encounter at
every corner. Now tits bright and
clean, and sweet smelling even in
the hot weather. Then, even the
London Times was not allowed to
circulate in the city, and newspa-
pers sent to strangers had to be ex-
amined before they were delivered.
Now there are a half dozen daily
papers published in Rome, and the
newsboy, with his shrill cry, dis
penses them TO anxious purchasers.
There are even two political papers
published in Rome, with political
cartoons which seem to amuse the
people vastly. Yes, the newsboy
and the bootblack, two of the most
marked evidences Of the progress
of civilization and growth Of lib
erty, have entered Rome to stay and
practice their calling right on the
steps of the Vatican, and under the
shadow Of st. Peters. Six years
ago modern Rome was showing evil
dences of decay.
Other ruins beside those of the
Forum we're to be found, as every
thing was dull and stagnant and
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the several lots Of tracts Of land m .ntloned in

the several lots OF tracts Of land mentioned in
said decree, t0-wit;
First-Part of lot s. block 80, on Causey
street, in the city Of Memphis. Shelby county.
Tennessee. and bounded and described as fol-
lows: Commencing at the northeast corner of
lot ), block 50. map Of the city of Memphis,
thence running south a'Ong the west ne OF
Causey street 40 feet; thence westwa'dly par
allel with the north line of said lot to the
bayou; thence along the east side or waters 4
edge of said bayou TO tae northern side OF
SAID lot; thence east With the western line of
said lot 70 the beginning
Second-One other lot lying on the west side
OF C9usey street, in the city Of Memphis
shelby county, Tenn, and being tho part of
lot decreed to W g. Causey by the County
{ ourt Of Shelby county. November term, 1857.
and by him conveyed to Samuel ToOle Febru-
airy !, 1861, by deed registered in Book SO. part
|, page 55o, Registers Office of Shelby county.
to which reference is made, which LOT Is
bounded on the east by Causey street. and
commences at Mrs. Jane D.. Crooks south
east corner; running thence along Causey
street - feet to NJ. j. Wright's northeast cor.
ner; thence westward with WrighPs north
| line to Bayou Gay0sO thence with the bayOu
TO Mrs. rocks corner; thence eastwaruly
with her line to the beginning
| Ihird-Another lot. the east half Of lot 63
OF the John ID. Armour subdivision, fronting
81 teet on the north side Of Madison stree, ex-
tended, IN the city of Memphis, Tennessee
ana running back between parallel lines 100
feet TO an alley, being the same lot conveyed
| by j Is. Beiskell and others to Mrs. Jane ID
Crook by deed recorded in Book n. maze 16I
Registers. office of Shelby county, to which
reference is made
Terms of sale-cash,
June II, 1878.
JOHN Il. FREEMAN, Clerk.
IL. IL. MCFARLAND. sol ca 1fG
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Attachment Notice.

Before ]. NJ. Coleman. Justice OF the Peace
for Shelby county, Tenn.-Porter, Taylor
x Co., a firm composed Of d. I Porter. W.
\. Taylor and q. W Macrae, VS.. William
Toon.
TN THIS CAUSE AN ATTACHMENT
L having been sued Oat under section 1856 OF
the Code Of Tennessee, and returned levied
upon the property Of the defendant, and aff-
davit having been made that defendant is
indebted to plaintiffs in the sum Of siS5 O6,
duo by note, and that the claim is Just,
and that defendant is nonresident Of the
State Of Tennessee il is therefore ordered that
the said defendant mako his personal ap-
pearance before me on the 9th Of July, 1878.
at 10 o'clock am, az my office, No. 256
Main street, Memphis. Tennessee, and
defend said attachment suit. within the
time prescribed by law, or the same will bo
proceeded with ex parte and that o copy Of
this order bo published for four consecutive
weeks in the Public Ledger.
This 4th day Of June, 1878.
S2-Ss 94-lOO ], NJ. COLEMAN, up,
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The Last Moments of a philosopher


The following letter, descriptive
of the last hours of William Ellery,
one of the signers of the Declara-
tion of Independence, who died at
Newport, R. l., in 1920, has never
before been published. 1t was writ
ten by an intimate friend of the
family, and has recently come to
light:
MARCH IA, 1S20.-0ld Mr.. Ellery
died like a philosopher. In truth,
death in its common form, mover
came near him. His strength
wasted gradually for the last year
until he had not enough left to
draw in his breath, and SO he ceas-
ed to breathe. The day on which
be died he got up as usual and
dressed himself, took his old flag
bottomed chair, without arms, in
which he had sat for more than
half Il century, and was reading
"Tully's Offices" in the Latin,
without glasses, though the print
was as fine as that of the smallest
pocket'bible, DR., W. stopped in
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On Saturday, July 13. 1878,

the tract of land described in the pleadiugs
and decree in this cause, lying in the Eighth
civil district Of Shelby county, Tennesses, and
bounded as follows: beginning at the north
Davidson to Robert /. Chester and wife ;
thence west ia chains; thence south chains;
thence west % chains 50 links 10 the south
west corner; the2oe north Al chains; thence
east % chains 90 links; thence north Is chains
~ links to the northwest corner; thence east
li4 cnalns % INKS. to the northeast corner;
thence south so chains so links to the point OF
beginning containg 662 acres more or less.
Terms of sale cash
June II. 1878.
JOHN H, FREEMAN, Clerk.
GEO W. WIsCHEsTER, Sol. for complainant.
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