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Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-07

Grand total. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. s17.755 90
Referred to comptroller.
OF Same Officer
Accounting for 800 collected of John
Hardy for use of land at Como Park.
Referred to comptroller.
OF Chief OF Police
For May, 1878.
OF Clerk of Municipal Court
Receipts from fines and costs for May,
$578.7O.
OF Market Master
Receipts for May, $28s.So.
OF Acting Pound Master
For May receipts, $62.55.
OF Directors of Aims House and Hospital
For May. Net expense, $1,304.55.
All referred to Committee on Public Ac-
counts.
OF Captain of Police
Reporting lamps not lit in May.
Referred to Committee on Claims.
OF Chief of Fire Department
Presenting resignation of John Koch as
ladderman, and appointing George Brewer.
Resignation accepted, appointment con-
frmed and referred to Comptroller.
OF same
On removing distractions from Dayton's
addition.
The street mentioned in the within petition
is remote, unopened and without an estab-
lished grade, and while the building to some
extent encroaches upon the line of the street
as plated it interferes with no vested right
at the present time. From these facts, together
with the remonstrance on the part of the citi-
zens of the neighborhood herewith presented,
the undersigned has not felt called upon to re-
move the buildings mentioned in the within
petition.
JAMES KING,
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-07

In the matter of the report of the Board of
Public Works, dated May II, 1878.
1t is hereby ordered by the Common Council
of the City of Saint Paul:
That the Board of Public Works of said city
of Saint Paul, cause the following improve
ments to be made; to-wit: Pave Jackson street
from the centre of Fourth street to Seventh
street, with wood blocks and plank curbing
That said Board cause said work to be let by
contract, provided by law, without one-half
of the estimated cost being first paid INTO the
City Treasury, and after said work shall be
placed under contract, said Board shall proceed
without delay to assess the amount, as nearly
as they can ascertain the same, which will be
required to pay the costs and necessary expenses
of such improvement, upon the real estate to
be benefited by said improvement. as provided
by law, it being the opinion of the Council
that real estate to be assessed for such improve
ment can be found benefited to the extent of
the costs and expenses necessary to be incurred
thereby.
Yeas-Ald. Allen, Dowlan, Dreis, Grace,
Griggs, Mccarthy, oConnor, Rhodes, Smith,
Sanborn, Smyth, Mr.. Presidcnt-l2
Approved June 5. 1873.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-06-07

minneapolis Rafiroad Time Table,
Minneapolis e. st. Louis Railway---short
Line Iowa Route via Burlington.
Running through express trains With pu,,ms,
palace car sleepers to st. Louis without CHARGE %
miles shorter than any other route.
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improvement, be found benefited to the extent
of damages. costs and expenses necessary to be
incurred thereby?
Fourth-Is such improvement asked for upon
the petition or application of the owners of a
majority of the property to be assessed for such
Improvement?
Fifth-Send the Council plan or profile of
said improvements as required by law, if you
report in favor of the same
Sixth-Send the Council proper order di-
recting the work to be done.
Yeas-Ald. Allen, Dowlan, Dreis, Grace.
Griggs, Mccarthy o. Connor Rhodes. Sanborn,
Smyth-11.
Nay-Mr. President.
Approved June 5, 1878.
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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03
Land Drainage.

From the Peoria Qll.) Transcript.
During three years past there has
been an almost complete failure of
crops throughout the southeastern
fourth of the State Of Iowa, owing to
excessive wet weather. A similar ca
lxmity has been threatened this year,
in the same locality and in nearly
every part of the State of Illinois.
Notwithstanding the genuine corn
weather with which we are now fav-
ored, thousands of acres, in usually
favored localities, must go unproduc-
tive this season. The famous Illinois
river bottom lands opposite Peru and
La Sale are up to this time nearly
all submerged. Much of what will
eventually become the best portion of
the State, that part through which
the Chicago branch of the Illinois
Central road runs, must remain un-
remunerative this year. 1t is clearly
seen that only fields underlaid with
porous subsOil have any chance OF
producing full crops after such an in
ordinate rainfall as has been expert
enced since the opening of Spring.
It is conceded by observing men that
prairie and perhaps most other soils,
after years of cultivation, become
more compact and retentive of mois-
ture than when first reduced from
their original condition. The great
problem before the people of older
Western states is how to supply I'M
derdrainage SO as to make wet sea-
sons the most productive instead of
the most calamitous. Ten years ago
hardly any drain tile was either used
or made in Illinois. Now, by refer
ence to pamphlet issued by the
Illinois Department of Agriculture,
at Springfield, we notice list of no
less than eighty manufacturers of this
article in this State alone. An i'm
mense sum OF money will fcom this
time be expended in land drainage,
and the work ought to furnish en-
ployment TO large. numbers of idle
men.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03
Indian DeviItry.

BOISE Cry, June 26.-A dispatch
says the force under Col. Bernard in
the recent fight, including scouts
numbered about 200 men. The mum.
Der of Indians is unknown. One OF
Gen. Howard's scouts arrived here
yesterday from Bonanza City'in Lem.
hi county. He reports that on Thurs.
day last the mail carrier between
Salmon City and Bonanza City
brought intelligence that the In.
dians belonging to the ten days
band of Bannocks had murdered
herders of Col. Shoup and others who
were herding stock on Cimerone
creek, near Salmon City, about &C
miles distant from Bonanza. Two OF
the bodies of the murdered men had
been found and there were several
others missing.
This news created intense excite.
ment and mines and ranches of that
section were being abandoned. The
Ten Days band numbered several
hundred warriors belonging nomi-
nslly to the Lemhi reservation, but
having their haunts and hunting
grounds among settlers ON the Up
per Salmon River and in adjoining
sections of Montana.
These Indians have been foraginR
till disconnected, and though profess
ing friendship for the whites they are
now probably on the war path.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03

NORMAL INsTITUTEs.-The follow
ing 10 the list of the time and places
of holding County Normals az as
signed by Superintendent Won Co.
elm:
Appanoose County, Centerville,
July ~, four weeks.
Davis, Bloomfield, July 30, four
weeks.
Jasper, Newton, Aug. 5, four
weeks. E
Mahasks, Oskaloosa, July %, four
weeks.
Poweshiek, Grinnell, Aug. 4, five
weeks.
Van Buren,, Keossuqua, Aug. 5, 4
weeks.
Wapello, Ottumwa, Aug. 5, three
weeks.
Warren, Indianola, Aug. s, three
weeks. 4aaa
Washington, Washington, July %,
four weeks.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03

The Burlington Gazette, (dem. J, il
seems, has known our Sampson in
days gone by, and says Of him:
"Hon. Ezekiel s. Sampson has been
renominated by the republicans of the
Sixth congressional district. Gen,
Weaver, or whoever the democrats
may name as their candidate, will
find in Sampson a foeman worthy OF
his steel. Zeke used to be one Of the
pluckiest and readiest of the debaters
at S. L. Howe's old educational mill
Mt. Pleasant some twenty years ago,
and we presume he has not lost great
ly in Intellectual force by his later ed
ucational and political training. Prof.
Howe was an uncOmpromising aboli-
ZIONIST, and Sampson with many 9TH
ers of his students, imbibed the Pro
fessor's sentiments on the negro ques-
ton. But Sampson ought to have
learned by this time that the negro is
free, and step over to the honest side
of the fence. He, in company with
Wilson and Harlan, is dropping be-
hind the age, and the probabilities
point to his political humiliation in
October"
That advice which would have
Sampson step over into the democrat
ic camp as "the honest side of the po-
litical fence" beggars language to fit
ly describe, and that humiliation
business is the Gazette's accustomed
whistle through the graveyard.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03
Total

| The Chair declared the choice of
the Convention to be the Hon. E. S.
Sampson, and Gen. Drake moved
that Judge Simpsons nomination be
made unanimous. 1t was SO declared
with cheers.
F. M. Drake was then called out
and made very pretty and pointed
speech of five minutes, which was re-
ceived by the Convention with storms
of applause. The General was very
happy indeed in his remarks.
Judge Sampson was then called out
and after thanking the convention
for the honor conferred, he proceed
ed, in very brief speech, to refer to
the great issues at stake, and to point
out the great necessity for the most
earnest and determined work by the
Republicans to carry the next House,
and the imminent danger impending
upon the country in case of failure.
At the close Of his remarks, DR..
Udell offered the following resolu-
ton:
Resolved, That this Convention does
most heartily endorse the platform
adopted by the Republican State Con-
vention held on the 18th inst.
The resolution was carried with q
hurrah.
There was the very best of feeling
throughout the entire proceedings
and the convention adjourned at q
quarter before 2 p. m, in the best
of spirits.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03
The Chicago Journal says:

There will be no duel between tn,
Louisiana Congressman, Acklen, and
that Southern "blood" who repre-,
sents Minnesota district, Rosser
The former will marry the girl he 81
grossly insulted, and thus will TRACE.
dy turn into comedy. To cover W
the scandal so far as possible, all par
ties will unite, no doubt, in condemn
ing the reporter who made known
the affair. Such is Southern "hon.
nah"
1t is now said by the followers Of
Acklen that the lady is the victim OF
painful disease. and that an acciden.
tai blow or even touch at times
may threw her into spasms of agony
On the occasion of the late trouble in
Walkers restaurant it is supposed
that she hit her elbow on the edge OF
the table, and this was what caused
her to call out, "Help! help! Oh
spare me /! for Gods sake desist !" etc.
etc
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03
Railroads, Crops, ETC., up n orth.
CEDAR RAPIDS, June Is, 1873,

FRIEND HAMILTON Please accept
my thanks and q little more substan-
tial token for your kindness in send
ing me the COURIER. As I am writ
ing l must say a word about the
country, not knowing whether it will
interest you or not. 1 got on what is
called the Pacific Division or Trayer
Branch of the B. G. & r. & N. and
went up to little town called Dy-
sart (named after Colonel Dysart) 30
miles northwest from here in the
north part of Tama Co. After leav-
ing Vinton the road takes almost a
westerly course ON to Holland, which
can not be more than Is or 20 miles
to Eldors on the Central. This
gap understand they intend filling
up this fall, which will add another
string to the commercial interests of
Ottumwa. 1t is good country be.
tween here and Viuton, but west from
there you strike country the equal
Of which ] have never been able to
find in my twenty years stay in Iowa
1t is q rolling prairie country, with 9
black, rich, loomy soil, which SCENE
to produce a rousing crop Of almos,
any of Iowa's staple products. My
brother, who resides there, took 8
circuit of some five miles with me te
see the country aud crops. Crop,
look well, wheat is hit q little witt
the rust on the blades but not to hur,
much I think. Flax lie splendid, quite
good deal of it. An elevator mar
told me there would be over hun
dred car loads from that station
The tramps run train in from Yves
Liberty on the B. & NJ. to-day, and
your namesake, his honor, sent out {
delegation to welcome them consist
ing Of one Company Of Militia and
the Cops Getty roustabouts) q part Of
the delegation has taken rooms ad
joining the City Hall, where under
stand they are not to be disturbed un
til tomorrow, and then if there Cal
be some bread raised the Mayor with
his usual kindness has consented Il
furnish the water and give the boy
little festival; after this the rocl
pile must be attended to. Railroad
matters are quiet. A conductor OF
the B. c. r. u n. thinks and says they
will have road running into Ottum
wa before winter. Hoping the CoU
RIER will continue to find us, l re
main, yours truly, c. w. CHAFFEc.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03

HoDDER's PATENT ELoTTER TABLET
attached to Letter and Note Heads,
Bills, Statements, Blanks, &C., is be-
coming quite popular with all who
desire to keep their stationery in
neat, compact form, free from dust
and dirt, and yet where it can be got
without opening drawer or desk. 1t
10 emphatically labor and time saw
ing affair, and economical. Everybody
who has tested it pronounce it just
the thing and will have their paper
put up in no other way. The COURIER
Office has the exclusive right for this
county, and will attach the Blotter to
any work when SO ordered without
extra charge.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03
An Undesirable Truth.

You deserve to suffer, and II you
lead . miserable, unsatisfactory life
in this beautiful world, it is entirely
your own fault, and there is only one
excuse for you-your unreasonable
prejudice and skepticism, which has
killed thousands. Personal knowl-
edge and common sense reasoning
will soon show you that Green's Au-
gust Flower will cure you of Liver
Complaint, or Dyspepsia, with all its
miserable effects, such 40 sick head
ache, palpitstion of the heart, sour
stomach, habitnsl costiveness, dizzi-
nsss of the head, nervous prostrstion,
low spirits, etc. It's sales now reach
every town on the western continent,
and not q druggist but will tell you OF
it's wonderful cures. You can buy a
sample bottle for ten cents. Three
doses will relieve you. Sold by J. L.
Taylor 3 Co., Ottumws lows.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03

Evans, of the Ottumwa Democrat.
says the Democrats in the last Legis-
lature forced an investigation Of af-
fairs at Ft. Madison Prison. Sam,
you are off on that. The first COM
mittee to visitthe prison were Sena.
tor Bows and Representatives Wood
and Wright III Warren, all Repub-
licans. They unanimously recon.
mended further Investigation. The
resolution providing for the further
investigation was offered by Senator
Bestow, Republican. You canno
make any Democratic thunder out o
this, and it is better to play fair
Bloomfield Republican.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03

Some sixty or seventy tramps took
possession of freight train on the
North Missouri railroad, Yesterday
evening, and a. there we're too many
to be managed by the train men they
were brought to this city, but gener'
ally left ON the first trains out. They
claimed to be going north to hsrves,
and were generally peaceable.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03
Drill Days in Camp Dennison.
Frnvn he nov nounnnrof

1t was handsome sight to see elev.
en- full regiments in uniform, each
with band, colors flying, and bright
bayonets glistening. In drill the men
were instructed to be prompt, but a.
ways wait for the command. A good
joke was told on Captain Doan (now
judge, of the Twelfth, who had for
Orderly q man who for short was
called Jimmy. One day the Captain
was drilling his company, with Jim
my at the head, and gave the COM
mand s'file right" The Company
marched straight ahead and the Cap
tain repeated "File right" but, see
ing that he was not obeyed, became
impatient and said: "Why in the
don't you file right Jimmy P"
81 am waiting for the command
march, sir" was the response =
"Well, march, then. You are getting
id particular, amt you ?"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03

The Blue Ribbon Celebration at
Marshalltown yesterday is described
as having been q most magnificent
success. There were some five or six
thousand strangers in the city, and
the whole town seemed to turn out
and take part in the exercises which
were Of the most interesting charac-
ter.
Among the principal speakers were
Lieutenant Governor Campbell, Hon
John vanValkenburg, Fred Getchell,
w. S.Kenworthy, DR.. Magoun, Rev. j,
W. Clinton, Elias Jessup, Mrs. DR.
Thrall of this. city, and Mr.. Drew.
The city was handsomely decora.
ted during the day and brilliantly il
Illuminated at night. The jubilatior
ended with grand torch-light pro
cession through the streets and mag
nificent display of fireworks.
Two thousand persons signed tn,
pledge during the day.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03
ANaluahIe Mint

Three or four years ago y. M. lied
rick, of this city, sold Henry Wilson
the old Harrow homestead on upper
Second Street.
On the place were several old de-
caying apple trees that were set out
some thirty years ago, and which
seems to be about the average age
which apple trees will live and bear
fruit in this country, although at that
age they are just in their prime in
Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky and the
Central States, which furnished most
of the original emigration to Iowa.
These trees were dying out in their
extremities, showing every evidence
of rapid decay, and, in fact, several
of them had already been cut down
by Mr.. Hedrick. When Mr.. Wilson
purchased the place he made quite
extensive repairs to it, among others
putting in surface drain to carry
the waste water from a we'll which
frequently overfows, and also to
carry the slops and suds from the
wash-house. The drain terminated 8
short distance from one of these ole
apple trees, which was very large
one and which Mr.. Hedrick had years
before, filled with valuable gratis
This tree was rapidly dying out, ap
parently with old age, and had sub
stantially ceased to bear fruit.
Directly, however, after it bega1
receiving the surplus drainage from
these sources, this old tree commend
ed reviving, and last year and this il
has borne an immense crop of apple.
} from both the native and grated
stock.
1t is located near the southeast cor
ner Of Mr.. Wilson's homestead, ant
from the ground to its utmost ex
tremities is one of the handsomes
and Misunderstanding apple trees on,
may ever see.
J Now the question arises, whethe
the revitalizing of this tree is OWN,
to its receiving an unusual amount o
water from this surface drain, or i
it due to the effects of the I've an,
soap-suds weekly deposited in tn
drain and which have run into tn
ground around the roots of the tree
If the premature decay of our or
chards is due to the dry, hot weathe
Of the Summer and Fall season,
which is quite likely, then the evi
might readily enough be remedied i
most orchards by mere system @
surface or under-drsins, which woul
carry moisture to the roots of tn
trees. If it is owing to the effects 9
the soap-suds, that is remedy chea
enough to put it into the hands of a
interested.
At any rate, here is an experimer
which has in this instance prove
eminently satisfactory, and it is on
worthy the consideration of our no,
ticulturalists, who desire to prolon
the lives Of their valuable old OF
-
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03

Embracing oil the Novelties in
SILKS, ALL WOOL DEBEGE,
GRENADINES, CASHMERES,
ALPACAS, SUITINGS, PER
GALES, PIQUES, LINENS,
WHITE GOODS, FANS, PARA
SOILS. GLOVES, HOSIERY and
NOTIONS.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03

On motion OF Dr. Uuell, the con
vention voted to proceed to formal
ballot for a candidate for Congress.
Geo. d. Woodin, Esq, put in nom
ination the Hon. E. s. Sampson, Of
Sigourney.
w. o. Crosby, of the Centervillt
Citizen, put in nomination Gen. Fran
els M. Drake, of Centerville, and thu
Convention proceeded to forma
ballot which resulted as follows:
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03
Late Agricultural Items.

VHV IdTH ct III CdIIIUTHId BUIu fUI !,
$50 worth of potatoes last year.
There is no stock on the farm, that
costs So little, that pays SO well as
sheep.
The Glasgow (Ky.) Times reports
three heavy Cotswold lambs. One, a
lamb three months old, weighed nine
ty six pounds; one, two and half
months, weighed ninety, and one tvs
months old, weighed seventy-three
pOunds.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03
Hon. E. S. Sampson was renomi.

Hon. E. S. Sampson was renomi-
mated yesterday in the Sixth District
for Congress, result which will give
general satisfaction throughout the
State as well as we'll as out of it. Mr..
Sampson is now serving his second
term and during the long and tedious
session just closed he was conspicu-
GUS as head-worker and republic
an who knew his duty and dared to
do it notwithstanding the unhappy
coincidence that he was born in Ohio.
Mr.. Sampson was captain of the fifth
Iowa infantry in 1861, and colonel in
the same regiment when it was mus
tered out in 1865, and has keen ap-
probation of the nature of the rebel
lion and lively recollection OF the
other "Greeks" who were fighting for
their conviction" 1t is, therefore,
not matter of surprise that Mr..
Sampson is a straight, out-and- out
republican and in full accord with
the Iowa grade of republicanism.
Mr.. Sampson was member of the
State Senate in 1866 where he demon
strated that he was in his right ele-
ment as legislator, but yielding to
the desires Of the people of the Sixth
Judicial District and the bent of his
legal education, he went upon the
bench in 1867, where he remained
until he was sent to Congress in 1875.
As Congressman he has been dill
gent in looking after the interests of
his constituents and at the same time
has evinced an order of statesman
ship that takes in his duties to the ma
ton at large as well as to his own
district. Mr.. Sampson will be re-
elected by large majority.-Hdsck-
cue.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03
Best Gents Fine Boots al Phillips
He guessed Right.

he guessed Rignt.
We are in receipt of letters similar
to the one that follows, quite fire.
quently, and we always cheerfully
comply with the request for informa-
ton:
TITusvILLE, CRAWFORD Co., PA. }
E June %, 1873
DEAR SIR Please send me spec
linen copy of your paper. What
want il to obtain information rela-
tive to Ottumwa and its surroundings
and to subscribe for a newspaper. I
will take it for granted there is such
q paper as the COURIER printed in
your city and direct accordingly,
though l am in total ignorance, and
will further believe that / shall re-
ceive an answer to this letter though
there should be only a "tanner" and
no "CoURIER" there.
Yours respectfully.
CHARLES w. ABEL.
To Editor Ottumwa COURIER, Of
tumwa, Iowa.