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n it- •J. 81 fgj* U i .,r5 if iii •«l 'I j! :v|§ i't 5 "si rt t-1 'ij I 1'A Al'* lit"- -.a i I WEEKLY COURIER W«tN*8DAY MOBNINO, Firf..—The AN. 16,1878. LOCAL DEPAKTflKBfT. From Wedne*il»J'B Dallf. Lee llarton dislocated liis ankle to* day, while walking over the rough roads in the lower part of the city. Ilia injury ia very painful but Dr. Lathrop informs us that he will soon be around again, with good luck. fire, this morning, was la the second story of the frame bMrding house on the corner of Green and Second streets and the damage was very small. We are told that it was caused by fire from a pipe dropping on a bed on which the per son smoking was sleeping. We don't, however, pretend to say that such the case. Two of our old,original subscribers, Alvin Lewis and Martin Dickens, wore in to-day, and paid their 30th annual subscription to the WEEKLY. Both of these men were early settlers in this county and their motto has ever been "owe no man a dollar after due," and their words are as good as a government bond. We rejoice to lay that in their old age they have an Abundance for all their wants. Prof. Wales, former Superintend ent of schools at Albia, called to-day. He tells us that his difficulty with the School Board there originated, not from any dissatisfaction with his con duct of the schools, but simply about a school exhibition, during vacation, gotten up to raise funds to procure a library for the use of the schools, and with which the Board had nothing whatever to do. That their action in dismissing him was entirely unjusti fiable and that ho will defend his le gal rights. We are glad to set the Professor right before tho public as his record as an educator is n good one. We gleaned our information from correspondence of the Hairkeye and personally know nothing of the natter. The following are the balances fonnd to be due the various funds on settlement with County Treasurer, Asbnry, and paid over to the new Treasurer, W. I. Poag, yesterday, to wit: County fund 127.44 State 245.17 Connty school fuid. f98.02 Road fund 377.IW Teachers fund .......... 1,042.81 School house £21.92 Incidental fund 2541.33 Bridge fund... "1)52.03 Insane fund ^1M8.55 Poor farm fund 2322.94 R. R. bond interest fund 7,501.47 St. L. & C. R. R. R. fund... 8.33 C. It.& St, L. R. R. ... 42.73 Corporation fund 218.15 Fines fund 51.50 Permanent school ftmd (152.74 School fund interest 1,257.41 Apportionment fund 593.69 Institute fund f. 123.68 Witness fees 77.80 Total I18JS08.12 A detailed statement of receipts and expenditures from June 1,1877, time of last settlement, to Jan. 7, 1878, Will be published in regular proceed ings of the Board. Mr. Asbury retires with the good iHIl of all classes of our people, and leaves a clean record, and a set of books that will compare favorably with that of any other Treasurer in the state. fltm Thursday Pally. The water works are in perfect or der. The mains are all full and the fflimps working glibly at a pressure of fifty pounds. M. Heinrich, to-day, bought twelve head of hogs of Jacob Relfsnyder, Which averaged over 400 lbs. each. The price paid was (3.50. Curtis Chisman, of Polk township, brought in and sold to-day, to Frank Bell, six fat hogs which weighed 2,800 pounds. All but two were only 1C Months old. The stock was Poland China. 3. W. Carpenter finished killing his hogs to-day. He slaughtered 80 bead the product of which he will take care of himself and wait for a market to please him. Mr. C. raised the greater nnmber of the hogs and also the corn to fatten them 01^ his own farm. A fireman in the employ of the C. B. & Q. railroad by the name of Geo. Lnsk, while making a coupling next the engine, had a foot caught by the wheels and was severely injured.— The wound, while very painful, is not of a dangerous character, and George was removed to Burlington, where he resides. George is a good clever fellow and we hope his recov ery may be very speedy. The Congregational Church and Society of this city, held their annual meeting last evening and, notwith standing the embarrassed finances of the country, this church has enjoyed year of unusual prosperity. It has completed and furnished ita church edifice, met its current expenses, in stalled its pastor, and added sixty nine to the membership of the church. Under the conduct of Benj. Ladd the Sabbath school has grown in numbers and interest jT. L. Moore, A. D. Moss, Wm. McNett, J. Williamson, W. T. Major, J. G. Meek and J. W. Norris were chosen Trustee* M. B. Root, Wm. Shreeve, S. J. Warden, II. B. Jonef, H. D. Converse and C. R. Minnick, Deacons and Prof. Rheem, 8.8. Su perintendent. ffOtn Friday'* Dally. Jasper Smick, of Lick Creek Tp., Davis county, suicided last Saturday, by shooting himself with a revolver. The improved condition of the twtds is having a marked effect on business in the city. This afternoon we counted 37 wagons loaded with wood and produce on Court street at one time. John C. McMillan, switchman on the night watch, had one of his feet «aaglit under the wheels iast night and had one of his toes mashed off. Dr. Lathrop says the balance of the toes can be saved. Johny is a clever feilow and we feel sorry for this mis fortune. We hope he may soon be around again. The Kraner Brewing Company have got water from the waterworks into their large establishment. They tried it, to-day, to see how it works as a protection from fire and went out on the roof with their hose. From this point they threw water over the smoke stack and all over the roof. Yesterday evening N. Nathan met with quite an accident, and one that will keep him in the house for some time. He was driving down Court hill when his horse ran away with hiin. Mr. Nathan was thrown vio lently to the ground and was badly bruised about the head and neck The horse ran a short distance and broke a leg. Mr. N. will recover. Ottumwa is rejoicing over the com pletion of her water power and wa ter works. The pluck, perseverance and cash these enterprises have called forth are deserving of a rich reward. —Albia Union. Mortgage Notes Wanted. 1 will purchase some long time s secured by real esUtemortgage. f* jOTTnras. Dr. Olney is S to 7 again on Dr. Lathrop. Richard Deckard, father-in-law of Greenville Hale, of Floris, Iowa, died in (iallia county, Ohio, recently, at the great age of 112. Daggett & Harper's Oil Mill is propelled by water power regularly now. It makes everything run as smooth and nice as could be. E. Washburn has been elected as jauitor of the Court House, and Dr. Olney has been elected County Phy sician by the Board of Supervisors. A infill can get in 10 hours work between sun rise and sun set, on the 4th of February, provided he goes without his dinner and works straight ahead. Murpbv, the temperance apostle has boen engaged by the Redpath Lyceum, at #150 a night for this whole lecture season, C. O. D. So says the Des Moines Leader. The Monroe County Bank, at Albia, Iowa, has completed its organization under the General Banking Laws of the State of Iowa, and commenced business January 1,1878. The Weekly COVRIF.TI, Timet and Journal have been selected as the official journals of Wapello county, by the Board of Supervisors, for the publication of its proceedings. The best two cent daily paper in the west is the St. Louis Time*. It contains all the latest news, and is fully up to tho standard of any of the morning dailies, except as to size. The cold weather of the last few days is having a marked effect on the coal market and the shipments per C. B. & road from the mines near Chillicothe amount to about 120 car loads per day. The Hawkejfe says: "Yesterday af ternoon, about half past two o'clock. Harry ltarton and William Smith fell through the covering of the filter-bed of the water-works, a distance of 28 feet, and received very serious inju ries." What terrible qualms of conscience the pious editors of the Bawkeye and Davenport Gazette must have, when on Saturday nights, they pay their hands out silver worth only 89j?a cts on the dollar. Phancy their pbelinks! The old friends in this county of Capt. R. W. McChesney,of Batesville, Arkansas, will be pleased to learn that the government has granted him a pension of $17 per month on account of loss of sight, brought on by expo sure while in the U. S. service. £. II. Jolliffe, of Knoxville, in a postal card to us denies emphatically that he is a "female lawyer." We most cheerfully make the correction. The item was culled from some of our exchanges, and did not originate with the COURIER. We wish Mr. Jol liffe long life and success in business, even if he aint of the feminine per suasion. According to the reports of the crops received at the Department of Agriculture, the wheat crop of this country for 1877 was about 360,000, 000 of bushels, or about 50,000,000 bushels greater than for any previ ous year. The corn crop is estimated from the ssme reports, at 1,300,000,000 bushels. The crops of oats and pota toes were correspondingly large. Of the wheat, it is estimated that 110, 000.000 bushels can be spared port. 1 H: •hooking. Oate City: The thieves have become so numerous in Burlington that one of them accidentally fell into the hands of the City Marshal the other day. The community was taken so much by surprise that it hasn't recov ered from the shock yet. Shoe dealers generally hang out odd pairs, and it is a wise precaution, for people are getting so that its a temp tation to sec a pair that will tit them, flying around loose in the wind.—Den Moines J.eader Yes, we always watch our shoes, hat and overcoal, when a Des Moines man is around. The Chicago Journal wants the Bankrupt.law amended so as to be less intricate and less expensive. It thinks the law a "disgrace to the national code" and ''should be entitled an act to turn the assets of debtors into mon ey without scouring dividends to creditors. The machinery is so elab orate that, with a very small fee for each step in the process, the costs will eat up the average estate of an insol vent." Denlee the 80ft Impeachment. KNOXVILLE, Ens. Jan. Yours resp'y. E. 1878. COURIERIowa, DEAR S9, .— IRS:—My attention has been called to an item in your issue of Dec. 26, as follows: "Ivnoxville has a woman lawyer, named Mrs. E. II. Jollifle." Now I am the only person in town answer ing to the name of E. II. Joliffe, and I can assure you I am not a Jeme oovert, nor & widow, nor yet a maid, in fact I am of the other gender, and the city of Knoxville pleads not guilty to the grave charge. Please make correction in your next issue and unmitigatedly oblige, II JOI.LIFFK. The First M. E. Church was crowd ed, yesterday morning. Bishop An drews delivered an exceedingly able and convincing sermon on the sub ject of the direct personal interven tion of God in the affairs of man to influence his will and shape bis desti ny in anwver to prayer. He also in cidentally gave his idea in regard to hell, that it was a state or con dition of soul rather than a locali ty of physical torments, and that in many cases hell began on earth for men. In the evening he preached at the Fourteenth Street M. E. church to a large congregation. He lett for Ottumwa this morning.—Davenport Democrat, Jan. 7. Industrial School. We desire to call the attention of the public again to the needs of this school, which is located ii^the lecture room of the 1st M. E. Church, and which is in session every Saturday afternoon. As the cold weather increases, there is greater demand for clothing to supply the wants of those whom we desire to help, through the medi um of this school. Any amount of muslin and calico can be made up and second hand clothing can le well distributed. Shoes and stockings are very much needed. Will the friends of this work look over their ward robe during the week and see what articles they can spare and send in on any Saturday afternoon, and it will be gladly received. J. A. B. A votive Brooklyn thief has found a new way of swindling. He is the son of a merchant tailor and kept the run of his father's customers. lie wrote his own orders upon unsuspect ing customers as coming from the tailor to send by bearer certain speci fied clothes to be repaired and clean ed. The customers gave up the clothes, and the messenger for the shop either sold or pawned them, as the market was best. In this way he stole and disposed of $5,000 worth of iroperty before he was discovered. Then his father had him arrested and locked up for larceny. He refuses to have any mercy on his son—snd goes for untempered Justice. The boy had years previously run away from home and gone to sea to escape arrest for stealing. When he had gone to Chi na and Australia arid California and around to New York, his father re fused to have anythiug to do with him, and this was his revenge. He is wanted by the police in several cit ies in the route of bis tour round the world. Hsrlarty ft MsLauUia Sell the Premium XXXX, Lincoln flour stifl.HO, lM44td*w wmamm-mgm-msmm. TRAMP*. January 4th, 1878. EDITORS COMUKR The tramp question has had some notoriety for the past year or two. I don't know but that I have had lnv share to feed and scud on rejoicing. I here enclose a list or number of tramps for the past year, which is a fair average for the past three years January 4, March 4, April 2, June 5, July 5, August September 2, De cember 1, January, 1878,2—31. Now if any farmer can present a more respectable list fts for numbers, let's hear from them. Yours resp'y. SMITH. A. W. Water Powen We are in receipt of tho Moline Review, giving an annual summary of the business of Moline, Illinois, which is a very creditable showing for that thriving place. The Review says: The United Stales Government, in order to avail itself of tho Moline Water Power, for running the im mense amount of machinery necessa in in its great work-shops on the Is land, in 1S67 entered into a contract with the Water Power Company, by which the company ceded to tho (iov ernment their portion of the power, on condition that the Government would make certain specified im provements, develop the power at its own cost, and give the company in perpetuity, one-fourth of the whole, free of rent, repairs, and expenses of every kind whatever. The govern ment also contracted to rent addition al power to the company at a fixed price, so that, with the increase of manufactories, the power will become a source of revenue both to the (jov ernmcnt and the company. Congress made the nccessary appropriations to carry out the contract, the old dam from the main land to the Island was torn out, the reservoir deepened, the adjoining banks of the Island raised and rip-rapped with rock, a wall of the heaviest Joliet stone built longi tudinally with the channel of the riv er. 2,400 feet in length, 20 feet high, 8 feet wide at the base, and sloping to 4 feet at the top, with supporting but tresses of three feet at intervals of ten feet, the walls being pierced at proper distances for gates or bulk heads. In addition to this longitud inal wall is au embankment 1,100 feet in length, same height as the wall, with a cement core, rip-raped on the side next the river,thus practically continuing the wall and making man ufacturing sites for a distance of about 4,000 feet above the new Gov ernment dam, along the entire length of which the present head of seven feet can be increased to eleven feet, with the whole volume of the Missis sippi river as a feeder. Only a few years ago, swampy lowland and tangled under-brush heW sway where were laid the foun dations of a prosperous city. Men small in means but great in energy and business enterprise, col lected here, and year by year their business grew and prospered others came with their wealth, and the city grew apace. Huge manufactories arose, and articles made here—com bining beauty and utility—went hence making friend and gaining sol id fenown, until foreign countries heard of and saw, and sent in orders for goods made in Moline, until to day, the entire continents of North and South America can show the re sults of the energy, business talent, and inventive genius of our manufac turers. And now may not Ottumwa, with its inexhaustible water-power, now in running order, and with three and one-half fett more head than Moline has, reasonably expect soon to be come one of the greatest manufactur ing centers in the Union. Our rail road facilities are as good or better than Moline, having four roads, the Chicago, Bnrlington & Quincy, Keo kuk & Des Moines, St. Louis, Kansas City & Northern, and Central of Iowa. Our supply of timber, coa! and stone is inexhaustible, and the country produces all that is nccessary for the sustenance of a large manu fac tnringpopulatiou. Sad End. A Wilton correspondent of the Mus catine Journal under date of Jan. 7, eays: It ia a painful dnty that we have to perform in thus making a record of a sad occurrence which includes the death of a young man in the prime of his manhood. Irvin M. Pelton was a young man of sMiie 20 years of age, whose wife and parents live in the vicinity of Atalissa. Saturday ho came down to Wilton and it seems was in that class of fellows who are "hale"' and "well met,"—spending the afternoou about town. During the afternoon he went into Hayt'ord's hardware store and pur chased a revolver, declaring he meant to protcct himself. At the time of the purchase it was noticed that he had some money. Just about the time the western-going express train came in, he was observed to get on the cars then, other parties say, he got off again on the platform, and, as the Marshal stated, so full that it took a pretty large circle for him to move in. Nothing more was noticed of him, till Sunday morning, he was discov ered at the Muscatine road crossing to the west end of town, the body ly ing some 15 feet frgjj) the railway, face upward and one Knee drawn up, his hat beneath him, and close by lay a broken link-pin used in coupling cars. When the body was examined, it wae found that a great gash was cut in the back of the head, and blood oozing from the mouth had fro/en upon the face. The body was carried up to the depot, and word was sent out to his folks. One little matter leaves it open to suspicion that the young man did not meet his death (as supposed from the inquest) by fall ing or jumping from the train,"from the fact that there was no money or revolver on his person. Sunday afternoon, Justice Bentley proceeded to hold an inquest. From such evidence as they then bad a ver dict of accidental death was rendered. Real Estata Transfers in Wapello county, Iowa, for the week ending Saturday, Jan 5, 1878. Reported for the COURIER by J. O. Bsiscoe, Loan Broker and Abstract maker, Ottumwa, Iowa. W llicklin to S Werta wd for und int in lots 121 24 & 25 blk 7 of In gram & Ramseys add to Agency City •300.00. John S and Annie Wertz to Patrick Sexton, wd for lots 1, 24,25 & 21 blk 7 Ingram & Ramseys add to Agency City, 1250.00 W Jones and wf to Marion Whit more for lots 10,11 & 12, blk 37 El don, $1. Treasurer of Wapello co to AG Harrow td for lot 39 Kellogg & Wen dell sub of lots 9 & 10 (iilmore's sub of eKne.'i 24 72 14,15.87. A Harrow and wf to Geo God frsy tied for lots 38 & 39 Kellogg & Wendell sub of lots 9 & 10 Gilmore's sub of e,„ne^ 24 72 14, #50. W Dixon and wf to Chas Lunk ley wd for lot 31 Pickwick, 1200, N Manaugh and wf to Elizabeth Barnhart wd for pt ne.^4 of se,1^ of sec 36 twp 72 13, $1,000. Robert Meek and wf to S IIos mer qcd for se1^ of ne1^ of sec 17 twp 73 14, |1. Brooks Devin to A Leighton wd for e%nw% of sec 2 and se# of neJi of sec 17 twp 73 14, |1,000. Willoughby Davis and wf to Trus tees U Church et al wd for pt swsw sec 28 twp 71 14, |1. John Krbacker and wf to Frank Duncan wd tor pt swnw of sec 19 twp 72 13, |1,400. John Warder and wf to Frances S Warder wd for 4 acres off of e)^ of ne\4 of sec 6 twp 72 12,11,200. John II Biven and wf to Kliza II Swiggett wd for nwswand swnw sec 25 twp 71 15 also wd fornese sec 26 twp 71 15,12,600. Mark 11 Greeley to Eliza Johnson wd f?r lot C4 Zollars 2d add to Ott, $1* Wm Wilshirc and wf to Marion Whitmore wd for lots 10,11 & 12 blk 37 Eldon Ia, *35. W Chambers (single) to Joseph Hill wd for lot 22 Baker Sid add tp Ott, |900. The constitutionality of market legislation by city councils is likely to be tested in a case just raised in Burlington. Several butchers were arrested for selling meat from wag ons without a permit from the city, the council claiming the right to de termine where and how meat shall bo sold. One of the cpses was tried be fore a polkv judge, who decided in favor of the defendant, and the City Attorney took exceptions to the rul ings. The case will probably find its way iaio th» Supreme Court, WHAT THt PRISI SAYS. W# feel tint our readers will pardon ua for giv ing in oar column* th. following notices of the CorntH clipped from our exchanges. We an? thankftil to oor cotemporarlea for their good opinion, and liopc that we may continue to de serve it: Gen. lledrirk ba« iold his interest in the Oitmi wa Courier 10 Ilia partner, Major Hamilton, who now aseumrs exclusive editorial coutrol. The Courier u one of our moat vatuable exchangee and hat teen remarkabljr eac-raaftil under the old management notnrithatanding the hard times We are aorry that General uedrlck has retirod from a irofesslon which he ia an well flttcvl \y nature and education to adorn Jowa City Repub lican. Gen. M. Hedrick haa withdrawn from the Oltamwa Courier, having aold hit Interest to hia partner. A. Ii. Hamilton. The General has many frtenda among the newspapers of the State, who will regret his withdrawal from the Cotir ler. Mr. Hamilton, who remains, wilt, how ever, continue to sustain the paper's name for radical republicanism, and aaa newspaper, too. —Stale Leader. Gen. J. K. Hedrick gire* hi* good bye in the Courier of the 4th. lie hat been connected with it Tor eleven years, and the paper has made very many improvements While under tain care He ia a good and forcible writer, and out ht, If honth permitted, to be regularly on the tripod. Hesold liis Interest to M*jor A. H. Hamilton, his partner, who will continue the business. He has been with General Hedrick for years, on the paper, and has contributed largely to Its succes9.--Oila/eo«o Herald. Gen. Hedrick, one of the spiciest paragraphiste and editorial writer* In the Mate, baa sold his in terest in the Ottumwa Courier to Major A. H, Hamilton, his associaM, who I* now sole propri etor of that valuable and influential journal. Mr. Hamilton is a sound and -wdl-lnformed Re 11 ran politician, and poteestes the required abili good judgment to successfully manage a pub ihl ty and good judgment to successfully manag first-class newspaper like the Oourler.— Marihall Republican. Hen, 3. M. Hedrick hat sold hll moiety of the Ottumwa Daily Courier to his partner, Maj. A. It. Hamilton, who ha* thna become sole editor and proprietor The General was always a vig orous anil Incisive newspaper writer and enjoyed In n high degree th* oonOaence of the profession heha* so long and Q0 well adorned. Major Ham ilton. we are anre, will maintain the Courier at Itsadvnnced position of popularity aid useful ness—Puiuvwe Timft. Gen. J. M. Hedrick, who for eleven years hat been one ot the editors and proprietors of the ot tumwn Courier, hat sold hit interest to Major Hamilton, hh partner, and retire! from editorial labor. Oen. HMrickhaa been a staunch and true Republican, is a writer of more than ordinary ability, and has helped to make the Conrier one of the best Republican papers in the West. He leaver It In (roodhands. Major Hamilton is a vig orous ami forcible writer, and will keep the old Courier in the front rank of Iowa Journalism. Tlie beat wiakes of the entire Iowa "press ganp" wil' follow Gen. Hedriek in whatever tiling he mty enpa^e1—Chariton Patriot, Oen .1. M. Hedrick. one of the owners of the Courier liri" (old his interest to hit partner Major Hamilton. By this arrangement Iowajonmslism will lose one of its brightest ornaments. The General was a ready, forcible writer his editorials are generally short, piquant and spicv his unusu ally retentive memory rendered personal and historical reminlaenees from his pen valuable anil reliable. The General is a aatural born journal ist, but as he is in possession of an ample compe tency It is not necessary for him any longer to colli his brain into ducats. We are sorry to lose him from the corps of Iowa's editors, as he in one of the most whole souled, companionable men on the continent of America Vnderthe skJlinil business management of Hedrick A Oo the Courier has be come one of the llnest newspapers In the State, both as regards Journalistic ability and financial surct--s -Ottumwa Timti. The Ottumwa Courier of the 4th Inst, contains an announcement of a change in its proprietor ship Gen. J. M. Hedrick, connected with the Courier for eleven years past, hat disposal of his half interest to Major A. H. Hamilton, who has been his associate for about eight year* past. The press 01 the State will regret to psrt company with i en. Hcilrick, for he is on* of the men who draw other men cose up to him. He says the Courier has been a toorce of pecuniary profit to him, and that benow retire* beeante he has re ceived his price for hi* iatereat in It. Maj. Ham ilton. In atsoming the tole proprietorship ami control of the paper, speak* in warm term* of his late partner. Th* relations that have existed be tween himtelf and Gaa. Hedrick, he saya, are leveled with regret, and for th* tola reaaoa that their mutual interests plainly Indicated that two non-profeaaional printers like themselvea should not devot* their entire time to the paper, and that other fields for one of them offered Detter proB pectt.—Sioux City Journal. We rep-et to learn that G»n. J. M. Hedrick, af ter eleven years of editorial and proprietory ser vice on the Ottumwa Dally Courier, Is about to retire from all connection with the paper Gener al Hcilrick was a remarkably vigorous, terse wri ter In this respect he had bat few equate in the State. He was like a man armed at all points flinging himself into th« heat of the battle and striking with an energy that make its impression upon the events ofth* day. If we could have had our say Gen. Hedrick wonld not have been per mitted to abandon hit time-honored post, but having built up the Courier, increased itssubscrip t'on tour-fold, made considerable money out oflt, and being now offered his price for his interest, he nis partner and retire*. In making the tells to sale be passes the paper into good hands, for Ma jor Hamilton has been a part of the Courier, of its main lineaanddr! music the same as of yore .--Hittrlrry. props, and knows how to pick up the fve on, keeping step to the republican Gen. .1. M. Iledrick, for eleven years pastan ed itor of the Ottumwa Courier, has aold bis half in terest in that journal to Major A. H. Hamilton long bis business partner and associate editor. The sale results only from the fact that Gen H. was offered a good price for valuable propertv. Gen. Hedrick founded the IJailv Courier upon the basis of the established reputation of the excellent Weekly Conrier. The undertaking seemed at the time to be a hazardous one, but the results have well justified the bold venture of the sagacious en terprise by which it was inspired and undertaken. Gen. Hed'rick now retires with the attccess of the Courier a long estnblisbed and widely recognized fiict. He has won deaerved honor as a loumalist and leaves the profession followed bv the esteem tnd best wishes of editorial fraternity of Iowa. Mt^Jor Hamilton, whose vigorous pen has long been active on theCourier, will be heartily wel comed to the position of sole editor and proprietor now bv him so well atsumed --Davenport G0 xrttt. Gen. .t. M. Hedrick has retired from the Ottum wa(Courler), after eleven years of editoiial and proprietary connection with that paper, having sold his half interest to his late partner, Major A. H. Hamilton, who will continue its publication as heretofore. The consideration it not ttated but it was no small sum it at all commensurate with the merits ofthe Courier a* a newapaper and the completeness of the Courier establishment The paper is one ofthe olde*t in the State, and hat ev er ranked high in the public regard Under the management of Messrs. Hedrick ft Hamilton it has won its way (teadily forward br sheer force of merit and deeervingness, and occupies a place iu Iowa journalism that reflects the brightest cred it upon those who have made it what It is. The withdrawal of Gen. Hedrick Will be learned bv the newspaper fraternity of the State with regret,' but the fact that Major Hamilton ia to remain is guar anty thai the Courier will continue to be the same out-spoken, aggrestive, yet conscientious and level-headed Journal it haabeei cil Bhijft Nonpareil. en In the past—Cotm- Gen J, M. Hedrick retires from all connection with the Ottumwa Courier, and Maj Hamilton succeeds to the entire ownenhipofit- Gen Hed rick will be missed as an editor, and his retire ment repretted For as an editor he always had an opinion, with the courage to express it.* As n writer he always added to the nerve and the pow er ot the Courier—the paper a1 wars growing brighter under his dashing way of dealing with things. He had the meriLJoo, of patting heart in all tnat he wrote for it, We regret very much to bid him good-byeas an editor. Maj. Hamiltou will now lie the Courier. He has the intellectual force and the readiness as a writer, the Informa tion as u politician, and the qualities In scholar ship, to keep it as strong and influential as it lias been, and the pride in his work to add to the ex cellence of the paper profession. The Courier has lieen for vests In some respect* eccentric. But if has been an eccentrictfv that iliil not linn One thing admirable about II Is that it alwavs has lieen robustly Kcpubllcnn and always ready to light for its position and belief.—Stalt fitter. (.en. Hedrick publishes his valedictory and re tires from the Courier as editor and publisher. Ily this, the press of IOWh loses one of its moat brilliant members, but as the General will, per lisps, soon enter on another line of business we shall not lose bit genial preeenue in thil city. Our beat wishes are extended not only to him in his retirement bat to the mrvlving member ofthe firm and to the Co.irler In everytbinp: except its politics. Measrt Warden and Melick are, of course, retained on the paprr and will continue to add to its general value as a live newspaper. We part With General Hedrick with regret he carries with him to the ranka of private life the good wishes ofthe Democrat and while we have tald many things of him In the heat of poUtical debate, ifthere be anything which has been said calculated to leave a festering wound we with draw it now without reterve. The General is a brilliant journallstand should stick to the profes sion but after several years of warfare he feels like taking a rett, and It It not to be wondered at. We shall mlat hit crisp paragraphs In the Coor ier but In whatever buafoess he may engafc here him— Otturmra after oar best wishes rvorompaay Democrat lli're- As our reporter came along Water street, last night, shivering with the chill night air, and drawing his over coat tightly about him, he thought, "now is the time for colds and coughs," but if poor mortals only knew what a certain cure Dr. Bull's Cough Syrup is, how few wonld long suffer, and then it is only twenty-five cents.—Sandusky {Ohio) Register. A brother of Bishop Clark was one of the wittiest men alive. It runs in the family. lie once went to see one of his parishioners, a lady with a prodigious family, which had re cently been increased. As he rose to leave the lady stopped him with "but yon have not seen my last baby." "No," he quickly replied "and I nev er expect to Then he fled.—Phil adelphia Bulletin. The Louisville C'ourier-.Tovrnal says that a good deal of the lawless ness which pervades this country is due to the abolition of the doctrine Of ftature punishment by certain churches, as well as to the numerous loopholes that have been discovered for saving criminals from swift, speedy ana effective punishment here on earth. A Lafayette, Ind., landlady got even with a delinquent boarder who had also ungratefully slandered her bill of fare, by cutting off the only legs of his only pants, and also cut ting a bay window in the rear, while he slept. Ha did not come to break fast next morning, nor call on his la dy friends during the day, but was seen hunting for a clothing store that evening, and has been invisible since. The Houston (Tex.) Age says:— ''The exploded lie that no Mexicans joined in the fight at San Elizario, is repeated in the north with more em phasis every time the official reports explode it again. If the influence of radical papers could help them, the Mexicans trqul4 be permitted to overran the state ana murder our cit izens, and then the government would not raise a band to help us." As a funeral cortege was making its way along the crowded streets, the other day, a bootblack called to a companion: "Hey, Jack, what big gun is dead now?" "'Taint no rich folks," replied Jack, as he looked down the street. 'Taint, hey Well, just look at them 28 hacks "That's what I was looking at—that's how I know it's some common man. Rich folks don't keer what folks say, but poor folks heg big funeral processions to deceive the public," Alum water, it is said, will cure croup in one minute. The way to ac complish the deed is to take a knife or grater, and shave off in small par ticles about iv teaspoonfull of alum, then mix it with twice its qnantitv of sugar, to make it palatable, and'ad mlnister it as Quickly as possible.— relief will follow almost instantane ously. Mothers will do well to clip this out and act in accord, and thui ia§vatb« btl** WW •wr WPP® GRIP How a Man Loaos It-Is It Insanity Keokuk Constitution. The following is an interesting ex tract from a lecture on insanity, de livered yesterday, helore the students of the college of physicians and sur geons, by Dr. .1. M. Shaffer In every community there are men who, by patient industry, intelligent effort, and honest endeavor, have ac cumulated a certain amount of prop erty, and have gained certain social influence and position. Their busi ness has not been speculative, but 011 a firm basis. But, in the twirling Df the whirligig of time, n reverse sets in somehow matters no longer thrive with them. Tho store is no longer frequented by a throng.— Somebody else secures his custom and without any seeming fault of his, his business goes (0 pieces, and his prop erty vanishes as quickly as a vapor is dissipated .Before he knows it, orbe foro his friends are certainly aware of it, he has nothing left—except life. And life is a poor o^n without ener gy, tact, skill, health and combative ness. The man has lost his grip." lie goes late to his work and retires early from it. He don't -advertise. He don't care whether ho buys or whether he sells. He has lost some thing. Scholarly minds call it ambi tion. Let us call it "Grip." He has let go his hold on his work, and his hand is powerless and graspless. lie don't care any more for the things which once gave him employment, delight and competence. Perhaps you will find at the bottom of all this a v hisky bottle—or some domestic infelicity, or some confidence des troyed, or some failure to rcach the blessings to which his longing BOU I aspired. The man gets blue," that is a good word he Bees everything with a jaundiced vision, and he has lost his grip, liis friends may at tempt to arouse him they might as well try to kindle a fire with water soaked elm. lie is perfectly content to have nothing and do nothing. lie hardly cares if ho do but compass enough to satisfy him for dinner, whether or not he shall over have a supper again. There is something wrong with such a man. He is a sick man. lie isan unusual man. He has departed from his usual method of acting.— He is an insane man—he ha9 made a departure from his usual method of thinking, lie has "lost his grip."' If you surrounded such a one with the proper elements lie may be restor. ed to health. Money will utterly fail to do it. First of all can you sc cure his confidence Will he tell you fairly and squarely why he has lost his interest in business?" The way to a remedy is very short ami easy. Many a broken farmer, or mer chant, or banker, or tradesman, or worker in any of the branches of the busy markets of the world, has "lost his grip,'' because he is sick and there is no physician wjth skill enough to cure him. There is no doctor who has that intimate knowledge of the close connection of the brain with all the other parts of the body, that can prescribe a remedy that shall break up his morbid habit of thought and restore him to his healthy method of thinking. Such remedies there are— not mental or moral remedies, but physical and natural means that has reached a man who has "lost his grip," and bring him back to health and to consequent usefulness. This form of insanity is far too com mon because it is not clearly appre ciated. The physician should attack such a case with vigor and decision, and should first of all discover the cause of the malady, and then set about to apply a remedy. It may be said—you cannot cure causes of do mestic insanity with the pills and ton ics and powders and potions. Yes you can—when you come to get the nicest appreciation of tho relation of the work of the brain, to the work of every other part of the human organ ism. The physical—ihe natural con ditions have more to do with this very question than aH the moralities and theologies in the universe. If there is a bad boy or a recusant girl in the family if ho or 6he is the element of discord, begin right at that point.— Who is at fault? Has the child its character of badness from hereditary predisposition? Is it like its father or mother? "Did this man sin or its parents, that he was born blind?'1 Did a physical evil fall upon the child because of tho sin of the parents? We believe it. Now to eft'ect a cure, and to bring this man back that he may recover his grip, you must take into account all thoso things which attach to his ancestry and that of his children. Then physical remedies can come into play: and skill, tact and common sensc'will suggest what is necessary to be done for a man who is 6ick becauso he has fallen into a bad line in stipiculturc. You ctn hardly go back and eradicate the dis ease—the fruits of character of dead ancestry but you can so teach and enforce and indoctrinate him that lie will sr.e this universal sweep of law. and seeing it, obey it and profit by his obedience. What you want to know in the treatment of this case, is the foundation principle from which they have sprung, liy educating the man who lias "lost his grip,*' and showing him all these important re lations, yon have gone a long way in bringing him back to health, to sani ty, tosoundnesss of mind. The latest Kentucky romance is thus epitomized by the Coiiriet'-Jovr nal: "Isham Dalton and wife, of Jial lard connty, separated, she taking an only child, a little girl of 8 summers, aud a mule, their only live etock. Last week he brought suit for tho possession of the child, but accepted the tender of the mule as a compro mise." From Philadelphia comes a warn ing wiu.'li Great doubts have often been thrown ou alleged cases of burial alive, but the London Lancet men tions a recent most undoubted case at Naples. The grave in which a wo man had been interred having been opened for the reocption of another body, revealed the clearest proof of this dreadful circumstance. The poor creature had torn her clothes to pieces and even fractured her limbs in her efforts to release herself. The doctor who signed tho certificate and the municipal officer who sanctioned the interment have been sent to jail for three months for "involuntary man slaughter." w The Ltipziger Tagblait publishes the following pseudo regulations as issued by the police of that city. Let our countrywomen mark and ponder it:—I. All persons wearing along train or other habiliments which drag on the ground nnd raise dust on the sidewalks or promenades of the city of Leipzig are liable toa (Ine of from five to fifty marks. 2. Persons wear ing such dresses and causing incon venience to others ou the public road, &c., are to be immediately taken to the police office. In the absence of a policeman, anybody U authorised to arrest them, and (o conduct them to the said office. 3. Every week the official paper, the Leiptiger Tagblatt, will publish the nRmes or the convict ed offenders. A Gentle Hint, In our style of olimato itltli its sud den ehanges of temperature—rain, wind and ennbhineoftun intermingled in a single day,—It i« no wonder that our children, friends and relatives are so irequently taken from us by neg lected colds, half tho deaths reiulfin^ directly from this entire. Abottldof Boscliee's Geimin Syrup kept about yonr home for immediate use will pre vent serious sickness, a large ductor'e bill, and perhaps death, by tho uso of three or (on rdoses. For curing Con sumption, Hemorrhages, 1'neumoiiin, Severe Cough*, Croup, or any disease of tfce Throat or Lungs, its auccess is wonderful, as your druggist will tell yon. German Syrup is now sold iu every town and village on this conli flcat.,. tuittp&Jionie*. 10c. •Wl'wfc .* Legal Robbery. Eight years ago Keokuk County was invaded by patent mop-peddlers, who for a time were quartered in tho neighborhood, of Mrs Wright, an aged widow lady, who owns a little farm of 80 acres near Webster. Their actions were outwardly those of men endeavoring to dispose of territory, or rights for the sale of the mop. Finally Mrs Wright was askod to sign a paper tp the effect that they had been al work in her neighborhood endeav oring to sell rights. This paper they wanted to send to their employer, as evidence that they were acting in 111 good faith with him and not idling away their time. Mrs. Wright-sign ed tho "paper," and similar papers, with the same plea, were presented to numerous other persona, who also gave their signatuers, as they suppos ed to witness tho fact that the men were working for th« sale of mop rights in their locality. Soon after tcrwards these "papers" turned up in Sander's Bank as plain notes of hand for different amounts, and suits were brought for collection. Mrs. Wright's case was first tried, and jadgment amounting in all to $113 went against her. She informs us that Mr. Sanders then approached her in tho court room assuring her that she need not give herself any uneasiness, that she wonld never be disturbed in her limited possessions, the inference be ing, that having established the notes as collectable, the profit on the others in his possession waB a good enough thing, and the widow might be spar ed the robbery. The glvors of the oth er notes did not prove to be widow women unskilled in legal warfare, and their notes were beaten in court as fraudulent. Mrs. Wright hat liv cd on during these long years, sup posing tho case was well with her, not thinking of that merciless judg ment left on the records, and not an ticipating its troublesome finale. Be ing old, with no one to care for her little farm, she determined a few weeks since to seek a home with her son in illinois,'and accordingly adrer tised her small amount of farm im plements, stock and household goods at public sale. This opened the gate for Shylock with that old judgement, and on tho morning of the sale the sheriflTraado his appearance to levy ou her effects. To prevent the stopping of the sale, she had to execute delivery bond, and this week she goes to her son in Illinois, but leaves almost entirely stripped of tho funds arising from the sale of her property, it costing her $216 dollars to get rid of her Sanders memento. The business man duped, as even shrewd ones were in carelessly plac ing their signatures to a paper which proved to be a fraudulent note, might not deserve much sympathy, but they escaped by the ability to fight in court. Mrs. Wright, unused to this part of life's warfare, is compelled to surren der the last pound of flesh in her old age. If there is such a thing as court higher than that of man, where the books will again be opened, our opinion is the man who pleads the statute of Iowa as his jurisdiction in this case will be lifted on the toe of St. Peter's boot with as much force as the pateut right man who furnished the "fat take'" for the note splitter.— Siffourney Aretcs. From both City and Country should not fail to visit Mrs. Piatt Hey land's millinery Store in Curlew Block, in L. H. Wilson's old stand, and see tbfir nice new Goods and price them before they bny else where. Espeolal pains will be taken to please customers as to style, quali ty and pri-'». mll-dAw+f. OOBSl'MPTI03I CCHEU. Au old physician retired from active practice, having bad plsced in his hands by an East Indian Missionary, the formula of a simple vegetable com pound for the 6peedy and permanent cure of Consumption, Bronchitis, Ca tarrb, Asthma, and all Throat and Lung affections, alto a positive and radical cure for general debility and all nervous complaints, after having thoroughly tested its wonderful cura tive powers in thousands of eases, feels It his duty to make it known to his Buffering be sire it would be well for the parents of school children fo profit by. A Philadelphia paper gives an account of a girl having been pois oned by sucking a colorod slate pen cil. Children buy these pencils in preference to plain ones because they are prettier, but they are colored with a poisonous paint. The duties of farmers' wives, in old en times, are set forth in a treatise. '•The Wyve's Occupation'" by Sir A. Fitzberbert, who, in the days of Hen ry the Eighth, says "It is a wyve's occupation to winnow all manner of oornes, to make raaltc, wash and wryngo_, to make haye, shere corne, ana in time of nede, to help her hus bandc to fill the muck wayne, or dunge carte, dryve the ploughe, to lode haye, cornc and such other, and to go and ryde to tho market to sell butter, cheese, mylke, egges, chekyns, capons, hennes, pygges, gese. and all manner of comes/' it, with full directions for prepar ing and successfully using. Addross with stamp, naming this psper, Dr. .1 C. STONE,44 North Ninth St., Philadel phia Pa. oct256md*w M'KOIAL NOTICE J3l Card- To all who are ntTerlD| from the errors and in discretions of jomh, nervous, wtakoeat, earl} decaf, lost e manhood, Ac., I will s«ad a receipt that will core ion, FREI OF CHA.BQE. This jrreai rem«dy wat ais ovtte 1 bv a missionary In Sontli America. Send a telf-jddreited envelope to the Btv. Joseph Inmaa," Station D, Bible Boose, New York City. tept 18-deod-wlj To Consumptives. Consnmp'lon, that tcoarge of humanity, U tbe great dread of the human famity. In all civil ized countrlet. I feci cnnOdeat that I am ia poitettion of tht only tare, Infallible Remedy, now known to the profession, for the potltlre and tpeedy cure of that dread disease, and Its nnwelcrmc concomitant*, viz: Catarrh, Afthma, Bronchitis, JVfrwmtDebility $-•., i-c. Twenty-eight yean experience, at a. bus 1 practitioner, in the beat Consumption Hos pitals of the Old and New Worldf has taoght m* the va Iu0 of thlt medicine in the rare ot all Throat and Lang Complaints. Tboae suffering with Consumption sr any of the above maladies, by addressing me, givingtymp toms, they diall bo put in poeteatlon of thitgnat boon, without charge, and shaU hart the benefit of my experlenoe in thousand! of cues ancoeia fully treated. Full dlrecuoot for preparation ami use, and all necessary advlae and instruc tion for successful treatment at your own home, will bo received by you by return mall, fr** of cliarge, by addrettlng Dr. JOHW ft. BfTRNETT, 107 Icffsraen Mitel, apllwly I.UIISVILLE,KV. NEW ADVERTISE9LENTS «. r. a. 00.. t». m. JACKSON'S BEST Sweet Navy Chewing Tobacco wMfrwtiMed the prise at the CentMinUl Exposition for its fine chewing tjaallilea, tbe ex cellence nnd lasting i^hswter ol ltii ew*eteales »1 favoring. If you want the beat tobacco ever made ask your grocer for ttila* lid see tfett each plug u *r our blue atripe trademark with words Jac kson's Beet on It. Sold wholeesle by all job bers. Seu] for sample to C. A. Jackaoa A Co., Manufacturers, Petersburg, Va. A GREAT QFFERfi HOLIDAYS »V(. trill during ttiate Bard Tlmti aad tfet B*i da e dispose of liKI New PIAN.. 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Attorney at Law. ]aljS8-dAwtf A. C. STICK. E. A. BOB IXSON, Nor AIT PVBiir. 8TECK & ROBINSON Attorneys -at Uwt All basiaeti Intrnstcd to oar ear* will 1M promptly mm to. OWIOI—iMraar Court sal Ssaoad ttrtela, ovtr Bns oa' ftoeary, Ottumwa, la. MarMw P. H. KIORDAN, Attorney -at-law* •MART PDBUO AID RIAL KTlTI AftOT, All. soltanMoat and lead botlastt Ofeoa ia Mrs r. A. Fnlton'a bondtac, WllaUt flMoaa-taaa atoee, awot* K., Diasslii MOfla, dJwW B. W. SUMMERS, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. Wtn (raeHN la all ma A Govts, treat, bannia attna* CHAMBER* TTO Porter Bros. & Hackworth Is th* place to bur— SADDLES, HARNESS Collar*, Whip*, Horse Blankets, PlattariBi Hair Be., at the Tan lowest prlo.s. P. 8. Repairing don.on short notloa. Ra&aa bar the plaee—Corner Oourt and Slain street*. Harness Shop—tear of main building. delSdaw FINE LOTS. Low Prices lOH GTIHB. Iduta al LitoOi la Ota hay of the andeMgaed. win bat little moai down-the balaaoe oa Xj03sT Q- TIMB some of th* most I I aad Duairaue BUILDING LOTS Ut th* Olty. HOT* Lou la the Bottom mic*eat*a •OBahooi and lb* Burtnaes part of th* Oil*, ati Hat Aera Pnpertf oa th* Bin*. MMhaniosfc Labtriag M.ot Will Bad this IMIr beat opportnntty for timing CHEAP HOMES 'WSIa Farfaos. Oall aad I wtll show yoa ih atearar* iwtt. 0** tS-dA* DAJtlBt* (OLLSI Mf and ORGANS are th* BettKade, warranted for 6 yean, llluttrated Catalogue mailed. Great Inducement! to the trade. PIAN OS, octave, 1140 7H-OCta?e, llio. ROANS. 2 stops, tlx Stops, |63 7 a lops, |65 S stops, 170 IU atops, 12 a topi, SS0 la perfect onur, not uied a year Sheet Mutic at half price. HOR ACK WATERS a SON'S, Kaaaftetami aad Dealert, F.att 14th Street, New York. AGENTS WANTED! U Tb* Wapasg Lias 1* s*r*a aoass fulets* any other rout® ftom Keokuk to Indianapolis Clnolanati, Fort Wayne, Toledo, Detroit, Cltve land, Buffalo, New Tot*, aad BoMoa. rullmaa't Bl*ap«n aad slagaat Day (oa*htsan na Unit la TtMt aad Cterdaad wl«MMl «h*af% «can**tlng with throagh oat jto Nnr Tork aad Bo* toa. n* waaiaa is squippad with t(s iaurorcd AatoauU* Air Brake gad must OeapienT Tit waektslatt with stseirsUs aad is aegaewtedreJ ID ho the beet in tk* Wtal. Ail for TtokM* via Saekak aad the Wahae A. L. HOPKINS, H. o. TOWN8DNN, deal Manager, Oea'i:Pat*,r A llek Toledo, Ohio. Agt,To(«do, Ohio CMS. W. B. CRUMFTOX, jwiNotttwWB Psgt'r A«t Mmtmn. o. W^'TDETECTIVES OF EUROPE AND ABBKIOA, Or Lift la tk* S*ci*t Same*, A Thlt book wm tell E. MCELROY, & WRITS-AX-LAW, A saoosssoia te HaaU toa a Ofeaabon. OtBae oa Mala tweet, op pot ls Btclunan't a tore, omaia, a. W. Iowa apS-dwsl BBIGGH, ATTOHH KT^aad OITIOIAL) Short-Hand Beporter, O flesia th* Comt Benrr, 4-SSTStWtt B. B.'tnui, B. L. Vrmoa. iSTILES & BURTON. A TTOHincTS-AT-LAW Offlos oa KaikHBS OT*r Abel* grooMT, Oltamwa aovsm 4vg WILLIAM MoNETT, Attobkbt-Union AT Bnudiac, W. H. C. JAQUES, a TTOBHIY-AT-LAW aad LOAHBBOI OtBo* over First MaUoasl Bank, OMasnra, Iowa. de*U7»-4w JOHN B. ENNI8, a VNUKTST*lilV, sad Rotarr Pub Bl li«. Offlos—Corner of Main and Market SM orer Bnala' Drag Store, Ottumwa. Ia S-21 w masticAi. Dr. J. W. Stewart Tr*aUOaae*n, Tamora, Hcert, or an} kind ot Sores, tueoesafully. Kttff Juinta, Paral/tla, Iro» IJ, Bpiaal Diseases, anl all Chroatc Mj traatmeat it Medio*) and MafQMlo Power ooabined. I will car* yoa it 70a rannsTai. E. ROGERS, D. D. S, DEHTIHT. Spent al car* and a'tentloa paid to all Nona Vraah Oat alwayt na haas tor At •xtraotloa ot teetk. orrM» otar Qeo. Baw Mm, ottanwa, io*ra. Julyltdwtf L. D. fellows. The recipe will sent free of charge, to all who de M0OLA3HON, Engineer. SHOLLENBARGEB, BrMder aad thlpper of Poland and China O S Bailor C«„ «kl*( Tfco 1 art large aad Sat tpotted la color with Ion* body, ataott l«n« broad atralcht back. Map tldet with bearj ksni sad tkooldtts. drooplnf tars, and flat style. An? oae wa&Unff plgaof tbt (miss Pol aad aad Cltaa stock tkooM addrott •as at Soawrrfllt. BsfartoJ. M. Htdriek,of tkispaper. Hide, Tallow, Pur And Wool House ..or.. 8ILBBSIAN & BRO Mearly OppMire the PMUflee. Th« Highest Price* Paid for ihe above Article*. Branch Howe* Hampthlre Si Wt ara MlltM Immm. can bo oared. Mr Term* are raatoaabi*. Coaaaltatioa Pro* Botldene* aadofllo* on tie corner ot Saooad aad Green Street#, Ottomwt, iowt. oeldAwOm H. W. ROBERTS, Homsooathio Physician and Surgeont OA** o**t tfc* taraAMoaal Baas. as* a a. a 41 Mir.a, Tie 1 taadar, lieltM Al BpMlal attaatloa |lT*a 0 due and Mr. •MA. rIMM Oo.'t Rartwiit faly »-d*wtf. ABAHITF.CTS AND BdlLDMS. BEN. J. BABTLETT, N«.| 90«r*orth Sl.,s Art Black. -flalaaa, leva rrespon Jenca Solicited. H. McOLABBON County Borreyor. McGlashon & Bro SDBTETOBlMMIREBB, Offloe in Ktcbar.ta Block, first ttalrway wt* from Xarktt Street. County o» C'ty Surveying doae promptly, A r^ord win be kept of mi Sarrays aaad* ia a le«al saner s-l»dawSai ad *atl*fa*tIoi guaranteed. Highest ralla bl* market prloe* paid for Wheat at al tlmt Our Motto la—If ot to be Excelled. aaar swtf. 200 Men Wanted To engage^ ia Selling DR. Family Medicines! Kxclutlre territory gtren, cither in Miuourl, lawa, Nebraska or Mlaa«*ota. Uood *g*ata can make from 125 to two per month, on a capital of ftom $100 to fSOO. Special iMnoemeats offered to cash buytn. Qood, honorably mea only detlrtd. IS We Jal* 10-wl at 11 it. Quincy,.111. deeflOW-wly Ottumwa Carbonated Havana, t«-. OBinslT n.llES at kal or Mot of tke tame capaciiy. Tk* welsh mncl l**t,are**«liy tetap, ar**afer,more donlMt tad better than brick iuet Thoti at a distaao* from bilok, aaad aad lima, ean take onf torn*, set it up aad at« ltlnlatt tun* than they oaa haul aad band]* on* load of brick. WjfcST* al*o th* tett and otoapsst WEU TVBINC1 aad Inm rise. Oall at our shop, naar Schick's ttw mill, npp*f •adot thit city aodtae wtf LAKQ FORD LADD. nwnumrai! H. N. HAOOT, nnumnnun, It now bttttr pre eared to do all kinds of Con trsctlac and BaUdior Harln* added a*w Ma chinery i oaa exeoatemoresfBoiently aad prompt ly aad fl*e batter prleet than *rer before In *0 yean' axperkace a* Coa tractor. Tfcese Osatestplatlnc BiiMlig WlUflftdtt to their taterest to call and («t price* of both lumber andwotk. Alto ctn furnitk Fill! (Ill SDBClCBtlOm For r**ldenee*. Keep ready-made MSB, Di®0«B aad M.MDB, aad a (eaeral as aortmeat of BOILBIIISS, Etc. General Job Wot k Done Promptly. Mill oa Corner Saeond aad Washington Streets, Ottumwa, Iowa. MOwtf KIRKYILLE HILLS KirkTille, Iowa. A. MOP A CO., MANUFACTUREB8 OF Flour, Meal & Mill Feed AND Dealer** In Grain. AU floor warrant*! a* reprcaaatad and WB 7 Foe farther parileulari call on or addresa: FALOON, CASTLE DRUB STORE. ORB BOW r«5elTing and opening, ta th* room former tTMoujiM by A. Woilman a Co an entirely new MEDICINE8, PAIKT8.0IL8, STATIONERY. AKD. FANCY ARTICLES. S.S'SA.'j.'iS Prescription* eanftUlT aad aromntlT e 8-K dlm i pouniled. Proprietor oj Green St. Elevator. And Healer la WA00V8, PLOWS. Grain, S«od, gut and 0.m»i Ae beet tend* of Winter* Iprlag Wheat Hear. Haj* aad Mia T1HUTBY, OlOVU, SALT aad CKMBltT Ottankwa, lowa aoUwy OTTUMWA St—m Boiler Works Maaaflartaier ot Steam Boilers Lard & .Watei Tanka. Heaters, Smoke Staoks & Iron Jails. PRKt HIB8CHAUEB, Pr«fv«tr Works,laaianthaM.,Mar B. A If. Defot, OTTUMWA, will sell on **i*etloa of cel ebrated oaa**la Great Britain, Ita***. Garaaar. Italy, Spain, Busts. Mead, igypt and Anurtoi' A r*T*iatloa of th* moat reaowaad daiaotiret *f th* Glob* for th* past 2S y*ara. It traoa* out th* monaoted Beak Bobber, Sclent! So Tatar**, Lot. tery MM DISIA8BSCUR1D New paths mart*d out by that plainest of al| book»-^"Plaln Counterfeit Money Sharks aad Swiadlw* of ill This book diMieset som* of *tane**od**P U"Pl*»tofu» ever recorded hy pea ori faiely UIosrrat»l wiuiftf pags*. ^pahds .,...3986 chief orpeacl). Th* book It paV hill pan *agraTtags. nrtrna attaalshiag* wheatll other books Agent* eresMetta, to**U. UlAMTCfTA""" U*a and Woman to caa ff AN I Ell T*H ASK YOUR TINNER Of Hsidwsre dealt* for Ihe K«W 8TABTI)ABO Enameled Preserving Kettle* Madeealy bribe llaaSart lsaaia*ta» *W 15-WlJ for thlt famous book. st MtRhrtt 2? -I- -i— «^Ba .4.jj,. Wa offv Fxtra ladae*at*BH aad psy Freight ntitrgiJ on books. For t*rm* addrau th* J. B. Bit MR, Fab. O*. flartfotd, CoaR. ftp as dAwi»o* invite tbe attention of qnlrles by (Why! am tale with all the prlaolpal daal*r* In tb* otty of Ottamwa. Strict Atlnura Paid ta Custom Grinding. Maintains ita acknowledged standard of Mechanical -Excellence, Minimum of Friction, Maximum of bnrabiUty, Kaee of action, and Maoafftment and Range of Work. I CO., bbiswtf Bax aos, Ollasiws, law FOR I sura Villi Of IOWA. e. IS, 1ST1 —wl* A Ml Pan Kir Ssli. ii OotkSB Qoets, WstefcM and JewMr repaired la ROBIHSON BROS. & CO. Goods and Lowtr than ever I are now receirlng New Goods almost dally, rattei to the Fall and Witner Trader DRESS GOODS, ft large assortment In all grade* and prloes Doota JkB hot! our stock of tbeae goods Is larger than «rer before and we are confident W9 ean offer great inducement! to purchaser! Flannels, Jeans, Catalmeree Wa terproofs, Hosiery, Blankets, Yarns, etc., mneh below last year's prleei Gar* mantown Yarns, Zephys, Mottoes, etc., In great rariety. All kinds of Olovae Tery eheap, Table Linens, Muslins, Prints, Cheviot, Shirtings, etc. We aT ways hare on band a full line of these goods at lowest cath prices Notions, we are headquarters on these goods. We always hare had the reputation of selling more goods for ono dollar than any other Dry Goods city, and we mean to keep it by oontinuingto gire oor. customers better ba(r» gains than tbey can get elsewhere. .1 '1 Robinson Bron. ft Co., Proprietor*. Btehards Block ^o. 12, West MalnSt. WEMTEBlf BRAWCW Sgar Factory at Piqua, Ohio, KIEFEB, Proprietor* -n W. I. BUCHANAN, lew Block. East Vain Street. Ottawa. Iowa- sua WHOLBSA LEI (ha trade lo oar oan offer INDUCEMENTS that will be to your Intererst mall, promptly attended to. dec 8 '77 dl wlf IO COOK NEW YORK STORE FtIom yt' BOONIn tin »i.i i.-o'M 1 Maaaegefe CIGARS, Line of Goods, Guaranteed to be tbe beat Pomp for all purposes in the markil. Offloe at No. 00 waltam. How easy it runs.' and think wo ORDEBS or ALL GOODS GUARANTEED. w. r,Mecca COOK & McCOE, Manafacturersaiid General Age&ta FOR Tbe Robaugh Little Oiaat Lift and Force Pump! Main Street, Ottumwa, Iowa. Johnston Rnffler Co., Dealer* in all.flnt-ciaa* SEWING MACHINES but a Specialty of Ute Light Running DOMESTIC. Old Machine* take* la exchante as part pay t*r Oa nBWBeRBkllO N- PRICES THE NEX.T SO DAYS. -sam- Twenty yards good Prints for ft, and «ks rery best makes,. 16 yards for $1, Boots and Shoes, Dry Goods of slldiscrip tions, Dress Ooodj^ 'Millinery, etc.. at a coma ponding Great Bednction. HARRIS BE08 A FRIKPlfsy CHAS. BACHMAN, Wholesale and Retail and dents' and Ladies' Sold & Sllrer VatclM 1 American Swls^ to graat£yariey. ENTIRELY New STYLES *r JEWELRY nonamwa* r^. SOLID SILVER WARE Mannfactnrta*Company. TaWe Spoct«. TeaBpoeas, ftork*,s.ttJLkai*ee -j— »a PLATED Taa •*«*, I** lets, cake te T«k*t(, Cicton, Bottsr Dish**, Card •Mieitai. THE COURIER JOB OFFICE XakM a Spaoialty of ALL KIND8 OF JOB PBQp j2r0% Gotten np In the latest stylo,, on mammoth for a very reuonable prfee. txaeuatf la gv«4 it li ui n j* .i? 1 .a&l. 1j in bump i