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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25

New YORK CRY is the city Of
Tweed; the city Of Five Points degra-
dation; tho city where the common
school fund, under Democratic rule,
has been prostituted to the support of
sectarian schools; the city where crime
ran riot, and for years not an official
could be found who was not purchase
bic; where not judge sat upon the
bench who would do justice; where at
last the almost superhuman efforts Of
good men have finally placed some
virtue on the bench by calling in the
aid Of the State; where, since our
memory running not to the contrary,
Democracy lso-callcd) has dourished
and still fiourishes; where, as the Re-
publican najorities In the balance
Of the State increased, illegal voting
by the thousands was resorted to to
'counterbalance that Republican ma
jority, 80 that when in the rural
districts the Republican ticket led its
competitor by from twenty-five to
tlfty thousand, 1t was still overthrown !;
where and from whence will come the
biggest majority, according to the
number Of voters. for the great reform
party Of the Chicago Times, Tribune,
ct ais, if it shall ever see general
election. This Gibraltar Of Democ-
racy has some officers which, in these
times OF such sore complaint from our
opponents about salaries, we wish to
refer them to. The pay of the Sheriff
of New York is $250,O00 per annum
that Of the Clerk, 100000; Of the
Register, 500, 900; Surrogate sl00, 600
Chamberlain, $50, 1000; and Judges o.
the Courts, $4,000. The reader car
make comparisons of these salaries
with those so much talked of now, anl
draw their own conclusions. For In
stance, think Of SO, 600 for Judge o
the Supreme Court Of the Unitet
States, and $1,000 for Judge of
State Court In the city of New York
Do not infer that We arc making al
argument for high salaries, but simpl!
calling attention to the practice Q
Democracy where that article bloom
best; In fact, the very Wall street o
Democracy for the nation.
| Again, we wish to call your atten
| ton to what we have already sal,
above, thatif there ever is an allianc
against the Republicans of ell the or
position, this same old Democrat
hive will roll up from thirty to sixt
thousand for that grand millenial part
ut reform.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25

AT the Congressional transportati on
meeting, held in the Hall Of Represen
tatives on Saturday, q couple Of Iowa
members are reported as follows:
Mr.. Loughridge, of Iowa, was glad
to see so many members here from I'll
Mississippi Valley. No one questio
interested their constituents 90 mu
as cheap transportation. They we
too apt to forget that there was an
other section than their own. TIL
South at one time forgot that there
was q North, and the North that there
was South. Tho East was beginning
to find ont that there was . West-a
West which las power In Congress,
and now comes with renewed strength.
The West had the power to obtain re
dress If they would but unite. He
wished to take in the whole country
and obtain such improvements as
would be Of national benefit. The cost
was nothing in this matter. His con.
stituents were farmers and therefore
must1have an outlet for their surplus
| produce.
Mr.. Wilson, of Iowa, said the East
was as much interested as the West In
such improvements, and he was salts.
fed that the Western members were 9
unit, and must support these measures
which would benefit the agricultural
interests. The question was now how
far Congress should go!
4 3
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25

From the years 1886 to the present
time, 10000 patents have been granted
by the United States. Itnow requires
100 examiners and 400 clerks to per-
form the duties Of the bureau, and the
fees for the past year amounted to
$7Ol, ,627, while the expenses were only
$509, ,45O. The number of failures to
realize a competence from inventions is
nearly equal to that Of the applicants
for patents. Only about one.half ever
make enough to pay expenses A very
few, comparatively, make fortune
from their brains.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25

fATEN1Ss
Thomas Jefferson once said that
"there should be no patent for thing
no one could afford to do without af.
ter it was known" Mr.. JefTer-
sons ideas in regard to this
matter we regard as little
too radical, hut the extent to which
inventors are protected at this day
frequently having their patents ex-
tended from Z to Ia, and from Ia to
q years--and thus putting millions Of
money into the hands Of spectators
is wholly unjustifable and should
have a check put upon it. No patent,
however valuable, should run over 10
years. That time, if the article is oi
any value, would sufficiently remu.
nerate the inventor, or his assignee
and 1t then should become the proper.
ty of the public.
II our farmers really want to breal
down monopoly that is iilching NOR,
money from their pockets than any
other one thing, let them strike for al
amendment TO our patent laws tha
will limit the length ofa patent to th'
time we have indicated.
| What brought this subject NOR
| forcibly to our minds is the fact tha
| yesterday an agent OF the association
of Plow Manufacturers Of Illinois
who claim the exclusive right to man
ufacture cultivators, called on the firn
| of Keister, Wsrden s. Porter in on
| city, and extracted from them larg
sum by way Of royalty for manufac
turing cultivators sold this season, an
demands three dollars and half fo
every cultivatcr manufactured by ther
In the future. tits estimated that /
Iowa and Illinois alone 100000 wi
be thus filched from the pockets Of th
small manufacturers, and in the On
every dollar of this must como out {
the pockets Of the buyers Of these al
ticles--the farmers. Therefore we 50
to farmers, agitate this question Of Q,
tending patents until Justice is don
and wealthy corporations can n
longer lord it over small manufac
!, turera and thus kill off our home ma,
ufacturss.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25
.s0NR GlRLR,.

DIR. Dio Lewis lectured about "Our
Girls" in Philadelphia last week.
There seemed, he said, to be something
in the climate of America which pro.
duces higher and rarer higher type
of beauty, more clearly outlined fea-
lures and expressive eyes than are
found anywhere else in the world. 1t
was undoubtedly the fact, however,
that American women have been de-
generating in vital energy of late,
more particularly within the past five
years, and have less animal strength
and not 30 good health generally as
formerly. He ascribes this to the
"intense life which has generally been
led by women, since the war, especi-
ally As general thing they are tall
er, and Of what are called ';finer
FORMS" by the majority Of them-Dr.
Warner, Of Boston, says five-siNth OF
them in that city-are afflicted with
curvature of the spine, which, howev-
er, is hid by the dressmaker's art, and
it has been found that the lungs are
small, the chest flat. These peculiari-
ties of the American woman are chief
ly due to her carriage and dress. lie
advised that every young woman
make 1t rule when in the house, to
walk an hour day with weight
say bag of beans laughterl upon
her head. and she would thus easily
acquire an erect position, which would
throw her chest forward and give her
graceful attitude. He believed that
in the matter of dress women were
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25

TIE State Grange of Iowa resolved
in favor OF abolishing the Office Of
County Superintendent of common
schools. -
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25

THE bill on tho salary question, re-
ported with the minority report of the
Hon. s.. A. Kasson, Of Iowa, and the
Hon. II. J. Jewett, of Ohio, we have
just seen in the State Journal. We
are certainly very favorably impressed
with IT'S provisions. We think it COW
ers the difficulty fully. In regard to
the extent Of the reductions of the in
cidental allowances to the President,
we of course cannot speak adviscdly !;
but the principle upon which it is
founded we unhesitatingly say is right.
So far as we have seen, the bill does
not materially differ from the one now
pending before the House, and which
will probably pass, except that it does
not touch the expenditures at the
White House. This, however, can be
attended to just as well In the appro.
priations for this purpose.
Since the above was written news
comes of the passage of far different
bill, of which we shall speak hereafter.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25

II Is proposed BY the authorities OF
the Washington and Lee University,
in Virginia, to get q. chair endowed
from each State with $4,000. The
Missourians have already subscribed
nearly $50, 900 fsr The chair Of applied
chemistry /; the iKentnckiana $4,000
for the chariot history and political
economy /; the LouisiAhians ~, 900 for
the chair Of modern languages the
Texans $35, 900 for the chair Of applied
mathematics; the virginians s25, 900
for their chair, and each Of these States
will complete its endowment to
$5OO00. The University now has an
endowment of $500, 1000, and an aggfel'
gate capital Of more than ha1f 4 mil
lion dollars.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25

THE report of the Hon. John Russell,
State Auditor, shows that the State
receives large amount of fees from
Insurance Companies. The report
says; " 1t will be seen that the amount
of fees collected by the Auditor aud
paid into the State Treasury for the
two fiscal years, was $31, ,09l.32, sum
larger than all the salaries paid to the
State officers. BY reference to the
Auditors Report for 1871 1t will be
seen that the estimate then made Of
the amount likely to be received dur
Ing the two years, was $32, 900 Co.,
This amount would have been more
than realized If soms changes had not
been made in the lava of other States,
regulating the fees of Insurance Com
panies.
It always affords US pleasure to
speak in the highest terms of the
ability and honesty of Mr.. Russell,
than whom the State never had a more
efficient officer or one Of more sterling
integrity.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25

The House has passed the bill re-
pealing the bankrupt law. To this
bill there is also attached provision
that all cases pending at Its passage
shall be closed out under the law, but
with reduction of fifty per cent. In
fees. This reduction of fees comes
very late, and ought to have been pass
ed long ago. The fee bill of an ordi-
nary bankrupt case has beon sufficient
to swamp any moderate fortune. The
fact Is, these fees have been SO enor-
nous as to constitute burning shame
on the statute book.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25

The authorities of the State Of Me-
braska levied taxes upon the Union
Pacific railroad. The Company re-
sisted their payment and being beaten
In the Nebraska State Courts, appealed
to the Supreme Court Of the United
States. The latter Court affirmed the
decision of the State Courts and the
law is thus established by the highest
tribunal in the country, that States
have the right to tax the property Of
such roads. Justice Strong delivered
the opinion of the Court. Justices
Bradley, of New Jersey, and Field, of
California, dissented from the opinion
on the ground that the tax on
corporation created by the natiena
government was AN unlawful interfer-
ence with an instrumentality created
by the national government in carry
Ing out the objects and powers con-
ferrcd on it by the constitution and
that the right OF State to tax cor
-ees~4ion created by Congress, involved
the right to destroy it by excessive
taxation.
Justices Bradley aud Field are gen.
orally recognized as leaning to the
side Of the railroads.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25

Total receipts. =
Sept 16, paid note at bank for
last years. claims
Sept. 19, II. I'll. Prime on pre-.
MUM ....s.........
Sept. 20, A. Ingles last years
premium.
Slant On M DnrNn t,Ol3ce
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25
Il eport Of the Treasures Of the wapei
10 County Agricultural Society.
RECEIPTS.
Entrance fees to col.

iect.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-12-01
SYMPTOMS OF CArARRH.

Obstruction of nasal passages, discharge
falling into throat, sometimes profuse, wa
terry aerid, OF thick and tenacious, mucous,
puIulent, bloody, putrid, offensive, etc. In
Others a dryness, weak or inhamed eyes,
ringing in ears, deafness, alterations, scahs
from ulcers, voice altered, nasal twang,
offensive breath, impaired smell and taste,
etc. Few only OF above symptoms likely
to be present III any case at one time.
To cure-take DIR. Pierce's Golden Med
zeal Discovery earnestly, to correct the
blood and system, which are always at
fault, also to act specifically, as it does,
upon the diseased glands and lining mem
brane Of the nose and its communicating
chambers. The more | see OF this odious
disease, the more positive is my belief that
if we would make treatment perfectly sue
ceSstW in curing tive mast tSe constitution
al treatment to act through the bloodas we'll
as a soothing and healing local application
DR. Sage Catarrh Remedy, when used
warm and applied with DR. pierce's Nasal
/ Ducne, effects cure upon common sense,
rational and scientific principles, by its
mild, soothing and healing properties, to
which the disease gradually yields, when
| the system has been put in perfect order
( by the use of the Golden Medical Discov-
| cry This is the only perfectly safe. scien-
/ tifu aud successful mode of acting upon and
healing it.
! So successful has the above mode OF
| treatment proven that the proprietor offers
/ $500 reward for a case he cannot cure. Al
the means sold by druggists r. Y Pierce
] Nj D. Proprietor Buffalo, n Y
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-12-01

CONG NORTH. LEAVE. ARRIVE.
Express and Mall ..........SN A. n. $50 p. N,
Accommodation .....,.....43Up N. 1000 A. N.
Connects az Rock Island with all diverging lines
Al Fulton with the &. n n, W. X. r. for Clinton
and Omaha, west, and Chicago, east.
Al frecport with the l. G. K. X. & c. 4 n. ".
r. X
At Bcioit, v..Ston and Racine with the c. &
n W Il r.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-12-01
Pernicious Purgatives.

The brilliant idea Of half a century ago that the
weak and ailing could be bled, bill tered and sail
waited into condition of health and vigor is hap
PLY exploded; but violent and prolonged purga-
ton is still, to some extent, in vogue. We have
imposters who are daring enough to offer to
the world, as tones and restoratives, the most de
structive cathartics, unmodiaed by single stimu-
lating. soothing or restorative element. Compare
the operation of one Of these terrible nostrums with
that u Hostetter's Stomach Bitters in which are
combined the three great curative elements-a
tonic. an Alternative, and an aperient The former
completely paralyzes the vital forces 30 that ma
ter sustains the strength OF the patient while it
restores the suspended functions OF the seerefiye
organs and relieves the bowels without violence
or pain. II T. simply choice between restoration
and pFostration,
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-12-01
How they Live at the Harper.

Few, if any hotels in the United States
set tablewhch will average so well, ev-
cry day, as the Harper House, in this city.
We cant spare space for the whole bin of
fare, the soups, fish, meats, vegetables,
relieves, entrees, relishes, pastry, dessert.
wines, etc. bul We give three heads in the
regular bill for yesterday, as follows:
BO1LEp.-Ham. Leg Of mutton withcaper sauce,
Corucd beef, with turnip- Beef Tongue. Chicken,
with salt pork and egg sauce. Bacon with cabbage.
Roast. Loiu OF mutton. Turkey, with cranb rry
sauce Leg of veal stuffed Ribs OF beef Beef.
Ham, with champagne zaucc. Ribs Of fresh pork,
with apple sancc.
GAME-Roastcd coon with enrrent Jelly Wild
turkey with cranberry sauce Mallard uuck. with
celery sauce. Prairie chicken. roasted, with brown
dripa Broilcd hare, on toast. steward sauce, Wild
goose, with apple sauce, Saddle OF vension, with
Jelly. Game pot pie, In Kentucky style,
With a regular bill of fare under thir-
team different headings of which the above
three are fair sample, there don't seem
to be anySreason why person can't find
something IN make meal of at that house.
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-12-01
The City Lock-Up.

Marshal Kimball, thinking something
might be saved to the city treasury in the
way of jail fees for poor, unfortunate
creatures found wandering around town at
late hours of night, with nosplace to rest,
had room prepared in Buford's Block,
with benches to lie on, for such persons.
1t was partitioned off in the room occu-
pied as police headquarters, so that no ad
ditional expense for rent was incurred.
Often at night poor creatures are found,
sometimes drunk, but most generally en-
tirely sober. not cent of money, unable to
pay fine, aud no place to 60. To put
such maa in Jail gives the sheriff two
days fees, (if locked up before midnightl
which the city must pay. To put the poor
vagrant into the city lookup costs nothing,
and gives him chance 10 get out of town
the next day. The room was opened in
October, and seventeen such persons were
thus taken care of that month, but no reg
lister of names was kept At the beginning
of last month the Marshal kept a register
of persons confined in the city lock up, as
follows:
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-12-01
Rost Island Arsenal,

The force of employees has been reduced
to avery small number and very little
work will be done before another appropri-
alton becomes available, next July.
During the past year two workshops and
the forging shops were completed; the
foundation dug for fourth building; the
water power dam completed; the magazine
completed; the soldiers barracks complet-
ed; the officers quarters completed; and
the walls built for the new guard house
and engine house.
The estimates for the coming year were
forwarded to the War Department some
time ago They include the completion of
the two new shops, and the commencement
of another building designed for rolling
mill
Also, the erection of an office building,
on the corner opposite the new guard
house, to be Of stone, two stories high and
about 5Oxl00 feet in area.
Also, the erection of permanent brick
stables near where the present stables fol
work horses are located
Besides the funds necessary for build
ings, considerable money is necessary fol
the general improvement of the grounds
for water pipes for repairs on the reser
voir; for work on the dam, and for pro
posed improvements on the bridge. 1t i
, designed to cover the bridge with copper
to provide heavier machinery for working
the draw, and also to supply it with brake
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-12-01
suppose you Try Your Luekl

John Elkins & Co are jewellers in Racine
wealthy and of high standing. John FL
kins is one of the first men in that city.
Last year he was a member of the legis-
lation. He is an old resident, and man
of property and character For few
years past, during the holidays, he has had
a little scheme on which his friends try
their luck Everything is managed square
and fair Every scheme has been a success.
And if you happen to draw any article you
do not want or need you can exchange it
for anything in his large store Of jewelry,
and fancy articles 1t is fair, square
thing, no skullduegery about it. No mat
ter whether you are present or not--the
business is managed honestly and fairly.
1t is simply case Of luck, and if you have
the lucky number you get what your tick
ct draws. Mr.. T.. BreUnert. at the Har-
per House drug Store, is the sole agent for
tickets in this city. The scheme will be
be found, in full, 10 our advertising col
umns
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-12-01
Letter From Alderman VIM. Bell.

IDAHO SPRINGs. Col. Nov. 81. 1873.
To the Editor OF The Rock Island rgus:
| suppose you were informed that, some
six weeks ago, | received a serious, and
almost fatal injury Such was the fact
| Thought for some time my chances for
shuffiing off this mortal coil were good hut,
thanks to Providence and good constitu-
ton, am still in the land of the living
| laid on my back FIVE weeks, with
a broken collar bone, two ribs, and other
internal injuries. / am now able to walk
around little, and trust in few days tn
be able to start on my Journey towards the
rising sun.
This is Thanksgiving. and though | love
Colorado, nothing in this world would give
me more real pleasure than to be with my
old friends in Rock Island on this occasion.
God bless them. | hope they are enjoying
themselves to-day better than ] am. |
confess | feel lonely and to some extent
homesick | shall probably not go direct
To Rock Island ! think | shall first go to
Toledo. then 10 Chicago, see my children
gather up my scattered family and get to
Rock Island sometime before the Holidays,
as ] am bound to be with my old friends at
that time, or make grand mistake in my
calculations.
Times in Colorado are much as they are
elsewhere, money is scarce, but | dom
think there will be much destitution or
suffering in the Territory, as all can get
employment atsomething like living wages,
and provisions are plentiful and (for Col
orado) cheap. We have had most beau
tiful fall-warm and pleasant On the 25th
the ladies of the place were out playing
croquet, but to FIJI the usual programme OF
Thanksgiving, last night and to- day It's
showing, but quite moderately. l had the
pleasure few days ago of meeting our old
and mutual friend, John Warner, and, al
Though was in feeble health, it done me
a great deal of good to shake his friendly
hand, have pleasant chat, and-tdke a
little something with him
will not extend this letter as it is my
right shoulder that is broken. Excuse
pencil writing and trembling hand, will
report again when | reach Toledo. Re
specially yours,
| WILLIAM BELL, alias UNCLE BILLY
?. Start for God S country to-mor-
| row
The Rock Island daily Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1872-1873, 1873-12-01
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For the cure of Weak Stomach, and
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This wine includes the most agreeable
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