The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1868-08-05
Stats HEW0.

The Muscatins JoMssallearns that twelve
new locomotives will shortly be aided to the
rolling stock Of the c. R. |. / P. r. r. Go.
The company now has about hundred loco
motives in use, worth on An average not less
than $l5, 900 each.
There il talk Of removing the railroad
machine shops from Davenport 70 Wilton.
There's 70 be big Republican meeting
1t Council Bluffs on the 18th. Henry O'Con-
nor and Thomas F. Withrow are the speak
era
Augustus Cesar Dodge has been speech
making TO the Concil Bluds Democracy. The
Nonpar;ei gives humorous report Of Angus
tus' effort.
The extent 70 which. farming in lows
pays is thus illustrated By Tie lows City ne
publican: "ln conversation WITH Hon. c. F.
Clarksou, Of Grundy county, while b was
hsse attending the meeting u The Board OF
Trstess Of the State University, hs related
the following incident Of farming in his coun-
~: An Englishman, not sccustoued to West
ern farming, came to Grundy county with sne
thousand dollars in money. He, under the
advics Of Mr.. Clarkson, purchased half
section Of land on tims for one thousand dol.
lars. With the money be brought with him
be purchased nine yoke Of oxen. with plows,
&c., and started three breaking teams, with
which hs broke his whole half section. he
then sold HE ssams and plovs for On advance
over cost sufficient to pay for al tho assist-
ancs hs had required, and still had his thous-
and dollars in his pocket, and his land ready
for wheat. In the spring be put his land in
10 wheat, without fencing. watched bis crop
until harvest, when 10 gathered and sold it
for tAirtes. thousand dollars, which was al
paid him at one time. The poor man wa
now in trouble. He had more money than
30 knew what to do With. This occurred
last year. This year be has Gil his land in
wheat again, and 10 promised another boun-
siial yield and large price for it. Thus man
with one thousand dollars capital 70 stat on.
in strange country, with whose ways be ID
unfamiliar, whose modes Of agriculture he
knew nothing, 10 in ons year overburdensd
with the amount Of his gain, and is in the
way Of becoming = wealthy 4 any man need
desire to be. Where else on earth are such
opportunities offered
= Tho Pslla Blade for this vsek is '.chuck''
full Of local news.
= General Scho6eld, the Secretary Of var,
has thrown the laboress in the Govsrsmsn,
works at Rock IslArd iato grand Torment,
BY ordering that under the eight hour Law the
| vorkmen shall have eight hours pay. The
Gasette gives the statement thus: 1.-TWO
weeks since, when General Rodmsnn received
| orders to put the hw in force among thoss
employed on The arsenal buildings, did mot
know whether the men under him we're To
draw their old wages or not. Accordingly he
wrote to the Secretary Of War, and requested
ruling for his guidance. On Saturday he
received reply. General Schoseld ssys that,
in his opinion. the Law never intended to give
ten hours pay for eight hours work, and that
until some definite clause il inserted into the
law BY Congress, regulating ths question Of
wages under il, 10 shall direct that the per-
aons who are engaged on works in which the
War Department is interested, shall receive
tho pay to which their wages entitle thcm, in
proportion 70 the hours they labor. 10 other
words, eight hours pay for eight hours work.
The Secretary tells General Rodman, howev-
Or, that if the Government employees on the
island desire 70 work ten hours q their form
q wage hey can do 70. When the news Of
this opinion W. spread among the ave humid
rcd mechanics and lsborsrs Who are employ
ID on the didbrspt works in progress on the
island, it created great deal Of fesling -
Many Of them aid If they had known this they
never would hsvs accepted the eight hour
system. Evesy oss Of thsm considered him
elf out swo hours wages sach day for two
weeks Thsrs vss some talk Of . strike
anoag TIE men, ~ ere informed, bot the az.
element will not e1lninats IN that hopeless
method 81 securing ~ desired end. The
following 6gsrss shsw The amount per dism
rsceived b ~ di1srsee glasses Of employees
% he island, under Tie old and nsv days
work:
lOh. b.
........ ...... $50 la
1aeoas........ .. 40 $50
CsHootoses,.s...s. LOO l. 70
o...... ....... 1.OO 10
......... ................ $50 1.00
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