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The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-04-11

WALL PAPER Mcssrs. Harper &
Co. are in receipt of a large stock of
wall paper of the most superb and
varied patterns. They are able to sell
at remarkably low figures. Call and
examine their stock.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-04-11

A Boot ARTS SIT is universally
conceded that Henry Flindt is one of
the finest bootmakers Albany ever had.
His work never fails to give satisfae-
ton and his prices never fail to please.
We call attention to his.business card
elsewhere.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-04-11

A COOP DAYB BUsINEss.-Wm.
Peters, the enterprising wagon and car
riage manufacturer of Albany, last
Tuesday sold two express wagons and
one "mud" wagon, and contracted for
the manufacture of another wagon for
Portland gentleman. tits right that
Portland should come here for its
wagons we expect to furnish it in
almost everything after awhile. Mr.
Peters expects to manufacture. wag-
ons during this season. Mr. Magrat
does his painting.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1873-04-11

THAT FAIR'AND FESTIVAL, given by
the young ladies of the Erodelphian
Society of Albany College last Friday
night was a grand success. The hall
was crowded with the elite and fashion
of cur city, and the fair and witching
young ladies enticed everybody to buy
until their purses were drained to the
"bed-rock," and then sent them home
expanding under the joyous exhilira-
ton of their witching smiles of ap-
proval. By the diplomacy of these
young ladies they reaped a handsome
harvest of dollars which will go tow
ards furnishing their society rooms in
comfortable and appropriate fashion.
We believe the enterprise netted SAB.
We tender our heartiest acknowledg-
ments to the young hdies for the pres
ent Of large and delicious cake pre-
pared Iy some one5pf their fair number
who is particularly felicitous in the art
of pastry.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

tion and acknowledged ability--men
who are qualified by enlightened
minds and hearts to Judge mercifally
yet justly Of the crimes of their fellow
men, sitting in the jury.
No! Ii there be lunatic al large
an ignoramus who does not know
enough to read the papers. and whose
mind would topple from Its balance If
he gave it the weight OF an opinion
the man is sure to be selected as being
benighted enough to sit in Judgment
upon the lunatic under arrest.
Why should not jurymen be elected
to office the same as judges, and not
only hold their Office for a length Of
time, but also be required to be well
qualified to fill IL.
They should be versed in law, 10
know what constitutes violation Of
the law in physiology, to know how
accountable man is by temperament
for his acts, whether he reallys.is coD,pos
mentis or not and in morals, that a
mans education and surroundings may
also be considered in judging his deed.
Surely the mind of man who sits
in Judgment upon his fellow man
should be of the broadest intelligence.
Ii such was the case, we should no
longer behold the pitiable spectacle of
twelve owl-like jurors sitting quietly
TO be hoodwinked and blinded BY
Keen and wiley lawyers, whom long
practice has skilled in the knowledge
of the human heart.
Another convenient mantle Of the
same sort as the insanity cloak is that
of Inonomania
A woman poisons one, two, half
dozen victims; but, poor thing, how
could she help it? Can you not see
that she is a monomaniac and not re-
sponsihle for such ecccntricities of
character as these.
She has an Irresistible penehaat for
poisons; q mania that way which inn
pels her to try certain physcal physio-
logical experiments upon unsuspecfing
victims. And, If they happen to die
under tho rather trying experiments,
why how can awoman possessed with
a mania be supposed TO help 1t, and be
held accountable
And SO her poisoned victims sleep
unavenged in their graves, while she
turns her thoughts TO fields and pas
lures new, and endeavors to invent
some new way of making a cup of tea
in which no tartar emetie can be dis
covered.
so rampant are the lunatics of the
present day that it is scarcely safe for
the most peaceable citizen to walk
through the streets or ride In the cars.
For who knows, in the early morning
when he sets forth upon the days du-
ties, but that the night shall flnd him
the victim to some madman's caprice.
Who knows but that the knife or
the bullet may be buried in his heart
by some ofthese so-called lunatics
Then, by all means, Ii lunatics are to
roam unmolested abroad, If murder is
to run riot in our very midst, why, let
some asylum ofsafety be provided for
the sane.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30
Uaeful lnforInn,.ou,

To lay oil a square acre of ground
measure 200 feet on each side, and YOU
will have square acre to an inch
An acre contains 4.S40 square rods.
A square mile contains $40 acres.
MEASURE OF DISTANCE.
A mile is l,560 yards, or i, 5,2S0 feet in
length.
A fathom is six feet.
A league is three miles.
A Sabbath days journey is I,15l
yards. This is Is yards less than two.
thirds of mile
A days Journey is 333ts miles.
A cube IL two teet.
A hand lhorse measurc) is inches.
A palm is three inches.
A pace is three feet.
BARRkL MEASURE.
A barrel of four weighs laI pounds.
A barrel OF pork 200 pounds.
A barrel OF rice 500 pounds.
A keg OF powder 25 pounds.
A hrkin of butter 56 pounds.
A tub Of butter 81 pounds.
VARIOUS WEIGHTS AND MEASURES.
A ton orIoMnd timber Is ~ feet: ol
squared timber "a feet.
A liquid ton..is 252 gallons.
A box Of l6xl5ts inches and eight
inches deep contains = bushei.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

An exchange speaks Of Mr.. Trum.
bull ~ "the oldest Senator in continu-
ous service" This 10 not correct. Mr..
Trumbull took his seat as the success.
or Of the Hon. james Shields, on the
4th OF March, 1856, and ON the ap-
preaching zth Of March, he will have
served eighteen consecutive years., Mr.
Sumner entered the Senate In 1861, as
the succcssor Of Daniel Webster, and
has held his seat ever since. If he
shall live to serve out his present term
he will have served twenty -four years.
Mr.. Wilson entered the Senate in 1856
about . month before Mr.. Trumbull,
to oil q vacancy 0ccasioned by the RES
ignation of Edward Everett, and has
since been three times elected by the
Legislature of Massachusetts,. Mr..
Cameron may fairly be called the
father Of the Senate. He Is not only
the oldest man in the body, bnt his en-.
trance to it dates farther back than that
of any other Senator. He was elected
in l845 for the term ending In lS49. He
was then supssceded, but regained his
seat in 1857 for the term ending In
1863. He resigned in 1861 to enter
the Cabinet of Mr.. Lincoln, and again
In 1867 he was reelected. The Penn
sylvsnia Legislature has Just chosen
him for the fourth time. He will be
eighty years old when his term expires
in 1879 NO. Dem.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

JENNA JACKSON.

81
4 gust OF wind blew sharp and stout.
She was alone without fellah;
saw her tack ana veef about,
And struggle with an umbrella,
IL ediied round those knotfy charms,
q saw her teet, I'm only human.}
rushed and caught her In nv arms
Delicious wall. that breezy woman.
tOh thank YOU STR for this relief
thought was a,ont 10 blow np."
said ], .'That umbrellas reef.
or Miss, or Madame, all will go up
She did II, as ] Isaw the name
Jemima Jackson on the lining,
Date, eighteen thirty. which the same
Would made her forty and deciihing.
read her age as In . book.
The faded blue spoke OF the bygone,
The handle with its curious crook.
And also the dogs head with All eye gone.
Jeniimas face was IN 4 veil.
Although her ways were frank aud open;
As home saw her through the gale,
she chatfed aud was loosely spoken.
said !, "What are you shutting fsr -
Said she, "fhere's Something burning stsau
ger"
And then thought Of my cigar
dropped when snasching her trout danger.
Then peerinx round in anxious thought,
quickly saw the art OF man were
Mockery, since the danes had caught
The news department OF her psnnier.
worked and shouted out of breath.
And jerked away her loose adjustabies,
But wind and fire are strong as death.
When on tie rampage In comhustlbies.
80 mp JemiIna jackson went -
A prey to fashion snd to folly;
No insufance-no, not a cent
Which makes II rstber melancholy.
J. p. IRvINK.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

The St. Louis Democrat in speaking
Of the investigation in the Missouri
Legislature, as to money being used
to elect Bogy, says:
"The first sworn duty Of Demo.
crat In this State is to put wax in his
esrs and q bandage OH his eyes when
thers's anything wrong going on with
In the party lines. Then when the In
vestigation is ordered he solemnly
swears that he neither saw nor heard
anything, so help him God"
And Missouri is not the only place
whSrs Democrats put wax In their
ears and bandages over their eyes.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30
chr,.ti.. Muscle.

LIT a little lift little.
Ne'ghoor, lend helping hand
Ia that heavy laden brother.
Who for weakness scarce can stand,
What 10 thee with thy strong muscle,
seems light and easy load,
Z 10 TO him pondrous burden,
Cumbering bic pilgrim road.
Lift Q little. lift a little
Effort gives one added strength:
Thst which staggefs him when rising,
Thou can'st hold At arms full length.
Not his fanit that be ID feeble,
Not thy praise that thou art strong:
II In god thsf make lives to differ,
Some from wsiling, some from song.
IAft little lift Iittle
Many they who need thine aid:
AAny lying on the roadside,
Meath niisfortune's dreary shade
Pass not BY like priest and Levite,
Heedlsss Of thy fellow-man;
But with heart and arms extended,
Be the Good Samaritan.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30
state News.

Burlington has new cslaboose.
Sioux City calls small pox varioloid.
The individual deposits in Mt. Pleas
ant banks foot up $4,000.
Samuel CLANCY, a Port Louisa far
mer, has been sent to the Insane asy-
lnm.
j. b. spadord, all extensive general
merchant of Tama City, has failed.
The artistic talent of Beutonsport ia
cropping out in the shape of an ANA
teur minstrel troupe.
The Council Bluffs ch,istiaa 4deo-'
cate, q religious monthly, has begun
its second year, under favorable cir
cumstances. 'A's' !
Muscatine averages one.or TWO se-
rioas rnnaways per day, which, with
the whooping cough and ague, fur
nishcs employment for its reporters
and plenty oi'amusemen, 10 the public
at large.
Near Caloma, Marion county. tho
other night, party OF Young persons
returning from spelling school saw
burning dwelling and fastened 10 il
just in time to save tho live. OF TOUR
persons asleep IN the building. The
house and contents were totally con-
sumed.
Recently stabbing aaray occurred
in Loyds SALOON in Cedar Falls, which
well nigh proved fisal, to one OF the
parties concerned. Ex-Dcputy l.. s.
Marshal Etz-Roy Sessions and Henry
Hazlett, had dispute In the bsr-room
over a trifiing matter, while under the
influence of liquor, during which Ses-
stone stabbed Haxlett in the neck with
a knife, inflicting a deep and horrible
wound, and but for the speedy \ arrival
OF DR.. Pierce, who bandaged II up aud
stopped the fow of blood, would have
resulted in his death.
The snow blockade has caused the
accumulation or 10000 bushels or
grain and two thousand hogs at Cedar
Rapids awaiting shipment. 4
Tho little Quaker village OF New
Sharon, in Mahaska county. have in
|corporatea the town, a mile square,
and raised the license for the sale OF
liquors to eleven hundred dollars.
Up to this time s460,s66 has been
expended on the Insane Asylum at Nj
Pleasant.
A company has been organized to
build narrow gauge railroad from
Davenport to Eldora. .s,...
A project is being discussed for the
creation ofa new county, by taking
slice offof Clinton and Jackson coan-
ties. -.
The German residents of Davenport
have raised s2,S0l for the relief Of suf-
fercrs in Germany in the late inunda-i
tions. SAP $40
A quarterly conference OF the church
OF the Latter-D Day Saints viii, be held
at the Court House in Glcnwood, Feb
ruary 9Th. t
~ Independence. last Thursday
evening, the friends OF Rev. VIM. l..
Hunter, gave him donation aggfe-
eating s206, whereofsl6s was cash.
An endowment Of 100000 for the
female. department of Grinnell Col
lege, at Grinnell, is sough. 10 be raised
BY inducing each woman in the State
TO contribute a centper day for Tho
next five years.
Already since the beginning of Jan
uary, has been reported the wreck Of
sixteen ships, twenty steamers, four
teen barks, twelve brigs and twenty
nine schonners,
An Iowa man cannot remember
where he hid a coffee-po, full Of ail,
ver, during the war, and has scratched
nearly every hair out Of his head think
ing about il.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30
r. r. TARUY.-From . tabular state
ment In the xatsy-O -Oosaa, we give the
following through rates on freight
from New York to points IN Iowa:

By this tsble, It win b. seem that
Ottumwa gets lower rates Of freight
from New York, than any other point
In the interior Of Iowa, and that Of
course enables our merchants TO sell
on a little less margin than other places
who pay more.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

The q. 8. Senate has passed the
bill abolshing the Franking Priv
alege, by 8 vote Of 2S to Is. II takes
eject on the lat Of July, next. Now
lot the House pass this bill az soon
~ It can be reached, and wipe out this
disgrace to the country.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

Tho Banking Committee OF tho
House at Washington have reported
favorably upon the bill repeating the
usury clause Of the law relating to
National Banks. The bill, If enacted
into law, will enable banks to make
just such contract regarding interest
- they choose.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

~ soon 40 the arrangements can be
perfscted, the Signal Service Office is to
furnish reports oftho weather to every
post ofaca having daily mail. Frames
ars also to be furnished and post-mas-
tsrs instructed to display the reports
70 the public generally.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30
"a.

Oakes Ames In his testimony before
the Credit Mobilier investigation com.
mittee, comes In direct conflict with
Schuyler Colfax, General Garfield and
Senator Allison, In the matter Of
veracity.
Ames says that he pai6. G 1lfax :
dividend Of $780, ON Credit Nobilisr
stock, and Colfax sAys that hs cannot
remember ofsSVer receiving dollar
Of It.
In regard to Garfield, he says that
he paid him sS29 on the same account
besides using dividends to pay for ten
shares Of stock, which he says were
thus purchased by Garfield. To this,
General Garfield replies that the stor j
is wholly false; that he never auth or,
ised Ames to purchase stock for aim
and that he positively declined t o take
stock. Garfield says however. that he
did borrow some $500 Of Arass, which
hs has paid back to him.
Allison % 70 that when he conclud.
ed not to b old Union Pacific Stock,
he gave Al mes . check for the amount
due Ames In making the return Of
stock; to tbds Ames says, that the sum
paid was In. the adjustment Of an en-
tirely dife rent matter, viz: some
transaction he had with Allison, In
Iowa, and not on account Of stock.
Mr.. Ames runs . tilt on the ques.
ton Of veracaty with others, but these
are perhaps the most distinguished
cases. Ono thing 10 certain, that Ames
is badly mixed up In tho matter Of
selling these Stocks TO members Of
Congress. i.unning kind Of broker.
age business, according to his own
story, and therefore, on account Of his
engaging In this calling Of doubtful
propriety, to the extent and manner
he admits, he may be the least bit
afflicted with that disability known -
an impediment to veracity.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30
The Dubuque Times 10 rantanker-
ously savage on the present General
Assembly; It says:

The Dubuque Times 10 rantanker-
ously savage on the present General
Assembly; It says:
"In our judgment this Fourteenth
General Assembly, will 60 down to
posterity as the most conspiciously in.
competent and extravagant legislative
body that has ever sat In the State Of
Iowa."
ut has weighted The party friends
of the majority of ito members with
q burden that will be hard to bear, and
may sink them unless they decline to
carry 1t. For one we don't propose to
attempt to carry the load"
Now the Times did not formerly
think so badly Of tho Fourteenth Gem
eral Assembly. We recollsct when
the House last Winter curtailed . very
heavy expense in Topping oif papers to
the members and strove to cut OF tens
Of thousands more of expenditure, by
repeating or ct least greatly modifying
the Act providing for the publication
of the laws in newspapers, the Timer
did not second the efforts made in this
direction, but rather opposed such ac-
tion. More than this, its Des Moines
correspondent was permitted through
its columns, to bitterly and unwsrran-
tably assail those tmembers who urged
such retrenchment We remember
that the COURIER was the only daily
paper in the State which sustained
this move to cut down expenses
squarely.
The extra session has now accom-
plished the reform, and It may be
in so doing, have been rather too radi-
cal, yet not more 80 than might have
been expected, since large number of
the newspapers Of the State, 80 wan
tonly and 20 mercilessly scored those
members last Winter, who honestly
and candidly urged their view Of the
measure at that time. We hope that
the Tinsss has not gotten In its III hu-
NOR now, because Of the triumphant
success Of the men It abused last Win
ter.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

The Omaha Republican records the
fact that only fourteen steamers on the
Missouri River touched at that place
in tbs season of1872, against fifty-sev-
en- in 1870, and fifty-nine In 1863. This
shows a fearful falling OF in river
Transportation.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30
A correspondent Of the 81. Louis
Democrat writing from New York

says
1t Is believed that negotiations are
well under way for Q lease Of tho Cen.
tral Railroad OF Iowa, by the St. Louis
Kansas City & Northern Railroad Co.
The January Coupons Of tho Central,
/ see are advertised to BE- paid, not at
the Company's ofice, but ct the.of.
fee Of W. B. Ehattuck b Co, bankers.
If the company have given up their
Office in this city, the rumor Of lease
is probably correct. The earnings Of
the road for the last year - reported
from month to month, make very
favorable exhibit, and under the man
agement- Of . corporation Ike the st.
Louis, Kansas City q Northern, with
headquarters at st. Louis, both lines
will be only fulfilling their manifest
destiny"
If this be true, and the st. Louis,
Kansas City & Northern would build
the road from here to Eddyville, six
teen miles, II would be one of the tin-
est and best paying roads in the west.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

Blair was the nrst to bolt the Repub-
lican ranks and Trumbull followed
suit The same order has been OBJ
served in their being kicked out Of the
q. 8. Senate.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

Railroad Investigations are In order
and the little squinting Of q cat In .
meal tub in connection with the Du.
buque & Sioux City railroad, and its
connection with the Union Pacific, has
awakened a desire for an investigation
in that direction. The grand old Re-
publican party always seeks to purify
itself, and IL there be wrong, let It be
laid bare to the full blaze Of MONDAY.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

The IecAuologist advises all who
paint their houses to have il done late
in Autumn or during the Winter, and
the reason given Is that paint then en-
pieyed will endure twice as long as
when applied in early summer. or in
hot weather In the cold season it
dries slowly aud becomes hard. like \
glazed surface, not easily affected sf-
terward by the weather, or worn off
by the beating OF storms. But in very
hot weather the oil in the paint soaks
into the wood at once, as into sponge.
leaving the lead nearly. dry and nearly
ready to crumble Of. This last difacul-
ty, however, might be guarded against,
though at an increased expense. by,
hrst going over The surface with raw
oil. BY painting in cold weather. one
annoyance might certainly be escaped.
namely. the collection OF sman Hies in
the fresh paint.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

There are 5l,0l7 water wheels In op-
ssation In America, and Niagara Falls
would run ten times that many II util-
izAd.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

General Joe Shelby is much disgu ust-
ed by the defeat OF Frank Blair, jr.,
and proclaims his intention to "go on
the other side, with the progressive,
the liberal, Republican party
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

The p. O. Department has decided
that neither firms, families nor compa-
nice can combine to rent and use the
same post-office box.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-01-30

A. the Investigations 90 forward,
such 40 that of the Credit Mobilier, the
Union Pacific Company and the sena-
tor Caldwell Investigation, evidence
appears overwhelmingly conclusive
that railroad companies ,neddle large
y with the government of the country
by subsidizing it's officials.
This Il nothing new to the people of
the country; it has appeared plain for
many years, from the little local town
election up to the highest and most
exalted elections in the Nation. We
have had it here at home at our very
doors, in small matters, and our State,
within about year past, was cursed
with its balefnl influence.
Another thing is apparent, viz: that
those who were most corrupt, either
on the part Of the companies or as re-
cipients Of their bonnties, unable to
parry the shafts against themselves,
turn their whole attention, cuttle-
Ash like, TO beciouding their own deeds
Of easy virtue, by pouncing upon men
who have retained largely the public
confidence, and attempting to show
that these men are passengers in the
same boat with themselves. This is a
very common. method OF defense
among thieves and rascals generally ;
their brass and impudence Is so mighty,
that, though they have been proven
beyond question to have acted dishon-
sstiy, yet like the breed Of hypocrites
and scamps have done since the world
began, they unblushingly pirate Of hon.
esty and misrepresent men of good
name In order to drag them down also.
In the meantime, amid the intermin-
able broil now raging among those
who have been corrupting the current
Of public affairs by bribery, the people
are being educated in their misdeeds,
and the storm that is brewing about
tho heads of great corporations of the
country, chief among which are rail-
roads, win, we earnestly hope and
trust, bring them to mcrited punish
ment aud the most rigid surveillance
in the future.
If we mistake not too, those who
are now crying most Justify ssstop
thief" and whose pockets are lined
with tens of thousands of ill-gotlen
gains will be unable to so direct pub.
lie attention to their betters' alleged
shortcomings as to prevent the public
from scrutinizing their misdceds. The
biggest rascals in the country are usu.
ally the shrewdest defenders of their
rascality, because unscrupulous in the
'he means 70 do ii, and they are also
the first and the loudest in malignant
ATTACKS upon those whose native hon.
esty and exalted talents have been
check upon their inisdeeds.