The Manitowoc tribune. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1866-1878, 1874-01-06


was about the streets of tha city !, r., -
~ ~ Depa'R. Il i true, f,r days. and On
friday night lie went to his Rome j.,
,idrieiii. she l)arufs accompanying Ii,,
lie retired with his wife ;,t The usn,l
n"ur. fhe acc 'noda'ine d s.nty wing In
an adIiifiDg ronin on ii sofa. In tho
in"fning Mr. tenet vas not % he fu.,rd
niuch to the chaarin 0f the D.nutv. -
ms Instance i'r"ves what [ stared at
me trsInni"u. II" Tani.naav snake i
hydra-hcaded d and Igee i only nne offhe
heads. t;arsy Geuet : friends !. 2 ,bs
fuisi ii1!ia, thieves, gamblers a..,i ulur,ler
! efS, whom he ,,trniS ia . mower
enough IN their hands to beat Mr.. Mat
thew L, Brennan, for re. .nam.n .tion. and
bad Harry st'F'. TO Sing Sing they would
have beaten him. Thereinra. thi, mr.
Jnred plnnderer his convicted thief. j.
pernil'ted To qsia'lv walk off, and the
coul - are set at ,letiapce.
" no are these fellows who ride g,
h.!diy nv. .r lie tax payers Of N,,w Y,,rk I?
Ho>ti7 l'i>h. The great mass -o. Irish
'-snlgranis who iand, have na more Am
'dra of an Intelligent exercise Of their
newly acquired rights ti,aa a Vnei.j,
mule has nt' the Greek alphabet. They
organize about eroggelie>, the Neei,er OF
the mil controls a hundred of them f,r
which he rece YES a small Office. H.. in
iurn, Is comtroled by leade. a little
higher up, whose power in he govern
nieht Is gEaged by The humber he can
CONTROL aud SO on up to the supreme
head
\ brief history of one of these fellows
Wi! throw little hghf on the way they
ii" II. An lri-hman, whom for he SAX.
- a name We Will call O Brien. though
that Was not his name. w,S. ten years
ago reporter on iliverp ,ol paper. lie
bad wife and tour children who were
kindly permitted TO care for themselves.
tor 1t was all Mr.. 0 Bren could d., to
keep himself in liquor and OF her laxnri..S.
An affair which amoun,ed 10 felony
brought Ma. O b. to Jail. from which by
tcchuicaiiiy he ESCAPED and made h:s
way 10 New York. Here ne found his
opportunity. He was Glib talker and
lost no time In putting hinse If al the
hea OF a fenian clccie. aud gett,ng con-
irol OF band OF 'repaytLorS." then his
course Was plain. B,~s Tweed Yecoy-
nlzed his merits and appointed bin
what W by. assistant couuc;i to the
commission frr c nd mining private pro
perry at a salary of 5000 Ter annum,
with M ailtesi >teaiingS YIN will r.
membrr that this iinposter had never
heen na'urailzei. w,> not IA citizen of the
United States, and had no more right to
ho'd an cifice or even vote, than the
writer would have IN Egypt Besides,
he was M lawyer But that made no
difference in New York.
Fnr the first time in three Years he re-
n'emhered hehad family. lie brought
over his oldest son, lal of eighteen
aud putting him ut wolt as d tyie-setter
IN daily paper, had hlm appointed as
bis 'chlef-clerk, at a salary ot $1,000
his two other sons were also given nIaces
at respectively $500 and $1,000 Mr.
y Bilen drawing the salaries Tor all oi
them-undc c>ervedls-tElev merely ap-
rearing to sign receipts each month. |,
was fortunate fnr the country that Mr..
o BrIen's other child was a eirl-el-e
she w"nld have been quartered on the
city. The mother and daughter were
nermltt"d to remain iu liverpool. where
they shifted a> best they could. the girl
as Il >hop-eiri, and Ito mother as
washer woman
Ii Is ne-diass to add that Mr.. O'Brien
Is one IT 30 slWeed sincerest mournerS.
but he rDourns not as enc without hope
John AlorrlSey will answer his purpose
Just as we'll as Tweed, for Mnrri<ey must
use the same material TO do the same
work. Mr.. . Brien and his three Sous
Will ali he on the CITY pay roll ere long
and trust them to make up for their Ell
forced abstinence.
Tanmany will be killed whenever the
decent men of the city take interest
enough IN politics 10 vote, and use the
'ntinence they possess They outnumber
the thieves and can oust them if they
will But they never will Catch a
New York merchant leaving his trade to
vote. or to do political work. Not he
He is To busy Ana so New York vii
continue TO he ridden by the thieves To
the end of the chapter.
There Is steady regular revival in
business In the metropolis. There never
should have been panic-inieed mi,
Fall anu Winter business snouiI nave
been splendid There was no cause for
the troubles that came upon the couptry
IN September. A parcel of gamblers.
like jaw Gould. old Daniel Drew, and
Nanderbi t, locked horns in struggle
over stocks. Down they went, and the
business men. fearing manic. did ex
ac'ly what was necessary to make one.
They shortened up. banks SUSPENDED.
decent men were deprived OF their re-
sources. and an evil that was feared be-
come real. Business Is rcSHminy because
confidence Is restored. Smith has drawn
out Of the hole into which he hid himself
IN September. and discovers that it ism,
much of shower after all He tin,iS that
people are going TO ear. drink and wear
the same as ever. and mnst have his
goods and so he gets his money out of
its hiding place. and rays Brown what
h" owes him. Brown ,ys Jones Jones
Thompson the mili thar stonred, re-
sumed. aid so it goes People wonder
fhHt they were ever frightened At all.
There Is nothing "hard" in the times.
here or anywhere else. The times
are all right. and business will be very
bii>k the remainder ef the winter.
But there was one curious feature
about it all During the worst of the
| i'a1ic, when ren believed that she coun
try had gone TO the dogs. and every man