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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-03-19

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A. II. HAMILTON,( ra,..,.
n. III. WARDEN,
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THURSDAY MORNING, MARCH 10, 1874.
An HONEST CONFESSION.
The locality Of this honest confess
sion was in the so-called Anti-M onop.
oily County Convention held last month
in Hardin county Iowa, for the pur-
posc of choosing delegates to the go
called Anti Monopoly State Convcn-
ton held Feb. 18th, 1t Des Noines.
The parties more directly connected
with this honest confession were Col.
d. F. Ellsworth, Judge J. ID. Thsmp-
son, and the editor Of the Eldora Re
form Leader, Ill members Of the said
eo-called Anti. Monopoly County Con-
vention. A
The Immediate cause Of the coAfes-
sion was that when the list Of dele
gates was presented to the Cuavpation
for their adoption, the names of the !
said Col. Ellsworth and Judge Thomp.
son, were Of The number, which called
cd oat uotion for their rejection by
the sid editor q the Leader.
It il proper here to state 10 that our
readers may pnderstand thetrue sitaa-
tioa, that Col. Ellsworth and Judge
Thompson had been for many hong
years The wheel-horscs OF the Dem.
ocratic party Of Hardin county, had
from time immemorial been delegates
~ State Convsnfions Of shsi5 Ipasty,
and bad somewhat OF . Slate ss6uta-
ton ~ democratic. On tlse other henai.
the said editor wass wandering ~
publican after reform anosg thtss fel-
lows. s
This editor no doubt thought thai
sanding the asual old dembcrstacI
whselhesses Of democracy @ dslcastss
looked too much liks using the sane
old stsfeosyped plates for mo nsw leaf1
to BE turned, and he soaeAt u ~ {
new deal. leaving ont The Cal. md a.
Judge. Thereupon The muldfSn BE-.
gan 10 boil, Co. MIsWorsk sddSsssineI
the Csavsatio. d fUtlors:
11f4. CHAIR1An 81 ariee tos With.
draw my n.ma = ! csndidate non H.
iors ~ 49, - my fiery i9iesd
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-03-19

AsricWisNrn1 sCkfsSt6 xx1ys 1uae9VaoGs'
Much smoke has bssn aflost for
some months, about this Ststs Institu.
ton. On tho assembling of the ls&is-
lAtnre,a ita investisation was locked
uponAs J RAndoiA's box, out OF Shioh
thereswas p come, ! sweet morssl, fSt
the new so-oallsd; R6form party q
harp upon. Doubtless Il was the
sugar-pill, which settled the contest
for Speaker; the anti-monops think
ing they would have gay time show.
ing up the Republican party, by run
ming back over the conduit Of alhirs
In the Agricultural College, with 1
majority or the members or me Con-
mitsss non SheafdAdss Days ana Aays
have been spent 10 very careful and
liberal investigator, and the result
il, according to The Report 81 this snti.
moaop Committso, hat no OMc6r 1oe
Trustee Of The Collegs, - naAs any
dishonsst NM Of Ne fu1ds !; that the
College b not drifting Away nm IL
original purpose; that Us scyernnsat
efths College = rood, end Which they
ESPECIALLY com1snA. sas a ssstfs
1 Further, they as ma thAG ~ oficers
ffsQnsntly bstfoted non oas faad
ebr tho iass Of anothse, WIZ y strait
6ned clrcumstanloss, n III s0f which
cases, a. the Trustees rspiotesa he fact
70 the next General "A ssenbly, II ap-
proved The "a, " making mp tfs dsA-
cheney. The COMMITTEES, howstes, -
precautionary, censare shcA sact1on, -
using funds for unanthorised purposes.
Thcy state that they ~ divided upsa
the queatioa Of the renewal bfAths
Quoted Professors, and fAers1ers i've
40 conclusion np0a thasss63eot. | They
further ind that Il & qaits iikely that
ths property tur1sd Over 10 tks| etsss,
by Major Rankin, late 6tats TN&stfst,
70 provide for tie deeAiea4iou will,
very nearly, and posrbiy eatlJ IL
FquidAse the los. siss u a $3.50 :s;ss s,sxss
The above, IN 4 nut-sl,eil lie nc
unAtinous Report 10 ahs Uounnittee.
Tho bomb-s4sll hasi yos, ilsetslUtt, b6o
found, vtth winch u blow IS IL Rs-
publioan party, thrpuSA this Iisssssi~
gaeion, ooAtruaisl ~ our oppenodts.
IL iacs Il, e 10y ID sald sfithenlly
that n II 4 vnh III tnSk x bnf1atfta wnnas,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-03-19

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The daily gazette., 1874-12-03
Base Ball Gossip.

The Quickstep base ball club VI this
city, will trot out its present strong
team, next season, with additions and
Improvements. l is proposed 10 have
change pitcher and change catcher,
so that the nine need not suffer such n
serious disadvantage in case Lefferty
and Hindle become temporarily disa-
bled. The players will, in the main,
1t is very probable that A. T. Law
renee will organize strong nine in
this city, next season. The team will
be composed of new and old players,
and will doubtless prove sharp com
lpetitor for the State championship.
The A. T. Klett club will also enter
the lists next season, for the State
championship. There is excellent
material in this club. 1t is not cX.
pectcd that any State clubs of unusual
strength will be organized.
The Shibes have been awarded the
amateur champions OF Philadelphia
over the Pacitics.
Reading, next season, Is to have {
club that will present q strong frosat
Mack, late first baseman of the Phil
adelphia, is now playing second bas'
for the Lone Stars, of New Orleansl
Collins, lately of the Chicagos, is nov
the right fielder and change pitcher o.
the Robert L. Lees. the present cham
pions of New Orleans.
Zettlein, Glenn, Peters, Devin and
Hines, of the present Chicago team
have been re-engaged for next season
together with Higham, of the Mutuali
and Hastings of the Hartfords; White
and Blelaski, of the Baltimores, anG
Keerl, Of the Maple Leafs Uanadiar
champions.) Jimmy Wood will be tho
business manager.
| The st. Louis nine will be Miller
catcher Bradley, pitcher Dehlman
| Pete Donelly and Battin, on the bases
1 Pearce, short stop; with Cuthbert
Pike and either McMullen or Watt il
the out field, with Fleet as tenth man
Pearce will be the captain.
Mcbride, Clapp, Anson, Eller, Force
Hall, Fisher, McMullen and q verJ
promising amateur player are to worl
for the Athletics next season. A stroug
botting team. v
The Philadelphia club managers are
quietly at work getting up strong
nine for next season. Malone has beer
engaged, and will provo valuable &C
Aquistion.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03
Tho Rocking Chair In Smyrna.

throughout the whole wide Orient.
tho Mussulman idea of the proper pro
vince of woman, and the immodesty OF
Offering her unveiled face to the stare
of the stranger, is carried out, even
among the Greek Christians subject
| TO the Porte. In fact, with them the
(exch,s,on of the women from al - -,
Nniaces and their strict separation lroin
III male society, abroad or az ,Sn INNS Mus.
a ,e almost as absolute as Win me INC ~ FOO.
., smen. So that most attrac',Soh eh;ng iTa
tn Z. ot the European garden Is a laom nafss
ea M y. ,'s " 80 But passing from the caies s,'
az Iolnyrh. :, -cets, and looking through
WI widows @ ie, ,lously barred w,,n n,,antity i
Sra,tin ~ms gs we we Nay descry any guaaitth sither
ol feef or on the he h oor or lazily SWING
sqnab.,a y o.stward WI .I1 and forward in AMER
can rocking chairs, W h fc.. s,on in con.
quite an article of i'm pcrta. 20 the
seuuencc of their ada ph bility la
indolent habits of the female popL; :
tion. The rocking chair exactly suits
the far Syrniote, combin ing exercise
with little or no cxertion, and giving
movement without fatigue. Laziness
put into action peculiarly fits Their con
stitution and habits; and Hence the
rocking chair is the great American
institution" most cordially approved
of and patronized In ..Giaopr lsmu' =
Temple Bar. 4
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03
LINES OF TRAVEL.

WILMINGTON AND READING RAIL
On and attel Monday, Oct. 2Gth. 1874. trains
will rua as follows:-
Com. Northward Gaing Southwark
STATIONS.
No5 No 8. Mol. No.2. No.4. No.6.
n m %. m A. III. q. III. n, IN. p. IN
b.l5 30 go Wilmington 856 LOO 1.5o
6Oi $40 I'D 0hadd's Fords.l0 l2.0l 64S
10 425 s.sS Gainesville, 7.0) 10.52 549
b3i 43 onring1eid. 98 ~
6ll 10 ~ Birdsboro', SAD IA
64j ~ 81 Reading, o.OO 3.5o
CONNECTIONS:
Al WILMINGTON with trains on philadelphia
Wilmington AZ Baltimore 4. and Delaware RAIL
road; At Ch adds FORD with trains on Phila
delpnia AZ Baltimore Central Railtoad; ut
uultesvi,le with trains on Pennsyivantt n.
H., ami AZ Read ng with trains on Philadel-
phia h Reading. lebanon Valley, Enst Penna
aud Reading i Columbia and ths Berks
Il. COLLIN0S,
General Superintendent.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03
Industrial Items.

The South Chester Steel Works,
Chester county, Pa, which were idle
for long time, have been purchased
by John Roach and other capitalists,
for the purpose of a rolling mill. The
price paid was over 100000, Work on
tho necessary buildings has already
commenced.
The Carbon Iron Company have re-
duced the salaries of their officers
twenty-five per cent. This appears to
be very just considering the extent to
which the men have had their wages
lessened.
All of the track repairers of the
Lehigh Valley Railroad have had
their wages cut down from $1.40 to
$1.26 per day. .-..
The strike at the Troy Bessemer Steel
Works, N. T., which has lasted nearly
two months, has come to an end, the
employees having accepted the proposed
reduction of fifteen per cent. Work
was resumed last Tuesday, and it is
thought that this resumption will be
speedily initiated ut the other mills in
the same city.
Operations have now been fully
resumed at the Glen Rolling Mill, a
Allentown.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03
From the New York World.
WIN As,ses Resigned.

Some ill.informed persons have ex-
pressed wonder that General Adelbert
Ames, who, as Provisional Governor
OF mississippi, issued certificate to
himself as United States Senator,
should have resigned Ills seat in the
Senate to become carpet-bag Governor
of that State. But the fact is that
brilliant performance OF Governor
Ames certifying to Senator Ames was
all Of his record. He has done moth
ing and said nothing since, and cut a
most pitiful figure upon all occasions.
But, as Governor of Mississippi, he is
somebody and can do something. Few
who are not aware Of the circumstances
have any idea of the opportunities
there are for transacting large official
business in Mississippi. 1t is the last
refuge OF the carpet.bagger. South
Carolina, Florida, Arkansas and Lou
isiana are sucked as dry as q squeezed
orange Virginia, Tennessee, Ala
bama, Georgia and Texas are Demo
cratic. Mississippi is the last bank for
the carpet dagger to draw upon. Be-
sides, Mississippi has no debt. She
only owes about million and half
OF dollars, and her credit is proper
tionately good. This is not the fault
Of the carpet-baggers, to be sure.
There happened to be provision in
the constitution under which Missis-
sippi was reconstructed" which for
bade the State to contract any debt,
And here is good chance for General
Ames which We may be sure he will
not miss.
The opportunity for "pickings" in
Mississippi is enormous. The ex-
penses CT the Executive Department of
the State in 1855 were s4,45O, all told.
In 1871, according to State Auditor
Musgrove's report, they were s84, 800.
OF this, $500 was a ''secret service
fund.-" of which the Governor has alb.
solute disposal at his discretion.
Should not Governor Ames be wise in
choosing to be somebody in jackson
on fifty odd thousand a year, instead
of being nobody in Washington on six
thousand?
| Before the war the cost of, admins
| teliag tke State Government wai
$500, 600. 1t now exceeds 81 500, 600
Besides this, there are over So, ,OO0, ,OO(
taxes per annum levied for county bur
lposes. The Governor has the appoint
Ing OF all the officers who handle anG
administer this annual sum of 5000
OOO. Can any one feel surprised thai
General Ames should prefer O place
like this to a seat In silence and con
tempt In the United States Senate I. 4
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03
GENERAL NEWS.

Merchantilc failures In New York
continue.
1900, 900 acres of public lands were
sold last year.
The'nobility of Japan have reduced
their incomes.
The Legislatures of Ohio, and North
Carolina are in session.
The Police of PHILADELPHIA made g.
754 arrests during November.
A number of New Jersey Legislators
have gone on visit to Bermuda.
Italians throughout the country seem
to be all the time getting into trouble.
Mr.. Avery, U. s. Minister to China,
left Shanghao October ID, for Pek-
Ing.
A citizen of Philadelphia intends
giving christmas dinner to poor boys
and girls.
Takaki and Tomita are appointed Ja.
panese consuls for San Francisco and
New York.
The recent Paris election resulted in
the choice of go Republicans and 90
Monarchists,
Inc passenger railway punches have
proved to be useless in compelling con-
ductors to be honest.
An Englishman is about establishing
at Rancocas, N. J. the largest training
stable In the country,
The Pennsylvania Peace.Society is
opposed to the erection Of Notifications
along the Delaware.
Son Antonio, Texas, has a theatre
exclusively for cOlored people-no
white trash allowed in it.
President McMahon's message to the
French Assembly has caused serious
dilferences among the members.
The revenue cutter Hamilton is or
dered to cruise along the coast from
great Egg Harbor to Fort Manroe, for
! the relief of distressed vessels.
The Baltimore Academy of Music
has the largest chandelier in this coun.
try ~ feet In height; 18 feet diameter;
240burners weight, $500. pounds; cost,
49, 500. :,
| Reading, Pa, has organized its Board
of Managers of the Relief Society for
the season, who have resolved to dis.
tribute soup to the poor, on three days
Of the week.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
The Tax and Tariff BiII.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 2.-The Senate On
the last day of last session, postponed
until the first Monday in December the
further consideration of the Tax and Tar.
iff bill which had been passed by the
House; amended and passed by the Sem
ate, and adjusted by committee OF con-
ference. The House refused to accept
the report of the committee OF conference
and asked the Senate to appoint a new
committee; but as it was the last day OF
the session, Mr.. Sherman moved post
nonement until next Monday. Mean
while the Senate committee on Finance
and the House committee on Ways and
Means have reviewed the action OF the
two houses, and will present bill at an
early day as O substitute for that which
was last year tossed like shuttle-cock
from one end of the Capitol to the other.
The Senate will probably go into exeeu-
tive session soon after the reading OF the
Presldent's message ON Monday, when
The nominations Of Postmaster-Gener
Jewell and others who have been appoint
cd by the President during the recess
will be referred to the appropriate
committees.
The Civil Rights Bill.
In the House, General Butler can claim
the floor on the pending motion to recon-
slider q motion to recommlt Cne house
/ Civil Rights bill to the Judiciary Com
| mittee, Of which he is chairman. The
bill is almost identical with that intro.
duced last December by Midsummer, but
amended before it was finally passed Wy
fine Senate. The amended Senate Civil
Rights bill is also before the Honse.
| standing number two on the calendar,
and 1t will require dexterous parliamen. /.
tary mannuyring by the Democrats and
Conservative Republicans to staye of a
vote on one or the other of these Civil
Rights bills. lI.e
Tbe Unfinished Business Of Last
| session.
Thc calendars Of unfinished business
which were left as a legacy at the close
| of last session are unusually large, there
ba;no nearly $50 bills on the Senate cal
Iendar and 600 bills on tho House Caleni
ldar' of these at least one half are foi
the relief of private individuals, and. aa
naarlv all of these have been passed By
one House, desperate attempts will be
made TO secure their passage by the 9th
er' The chances of success for the great
, er part of these private bills, however
| are few. a
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03
CH ANGIE
IN
PRICES OF ICE.

so pounds daily, 40 cents each delivery 100
pounds daily. 10 cents each delivery; 500 lbs.
and UPWARDS, at DO cents per 100 pounds.
Aa-We guarantee to sell as low as any one
in this city.-G
PUSEY d RICE.
OppIces-4O6 Shipley, 4th and Poplar. 1916
Walnut Sts. apr7u
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03
Terrible scene In a school House

.@~s.s&s
During the recent storm the roof was
blown of the Wheatland, Lancaster
county, school house, breaking down
the calling and upper walls, and shat
tering the lower walls to their very
foundation, the teacher and scholars
narrowly escaping with their lives.
The wind blew a small door open in
the upper part Of the building, where.
upon the teacher, Miss Brackbill, fear.
ing it might blow of the roof. sent
one of the scholars to close the door.
Being unable TO do 80 alone--the wind
blowing n perfect gale-he called to
his assistance another, but before tho
lad had gotten fairly through he hatch
way, in his ascent, violent blast OF
wind came, taking with it the roof
one,half of which was carried to dis
lance of 40 feet from the base of tho
building. The teacher and scholar.
rushed franticallyto the door, but were
unable to get out on account of the
falling brick and stones. The excite
ment that prevailed may .be imagined
but not easily described, while anguish
and horror were depicted upon til,
countenances Of each of the twenty
two souls who were imprisoned within
the broken walls. The ceiling appear
to have fallen in such manner tha
the end next the door rested on tn
broken wall, the middle Of which wa
partially supported by the stove, there
by protecting the inmates, all of whom
escaped unhurt, with the exception O
the boys on the upper floor, who wer
buried in the debris, hut received NJ
serious injury
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03
rs To Parks

The Central Park, New York, has
cost ten millions of dollars. 1t REQUIRES
about one million annually to keep 1t
in proper condition and make the i'm.
provements naturally and regularly
called for.
Y But the park h not so well kept as il
used to be; visitors do not spare, as
formerly they did, the grass and
flowers; it is made uncomfortable by
rough persons and rude conduct.
Indeed, so alarming has become the
state of things, and so imminent is the
prospect of the desertion of the park
by ladies, and children, and invalids,
that the question is mooted-and very
seriously perhaps-whether after all il
had not better be turned into house
lots.--Gty ITEM.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03
tpoPt Of the City Treasurer for the
Month Of November. stil 20
OFFICE OF THE CITY TRRAsuRIR, iic J
No. 8 East Sixth Street, s
Wilmington, Del, Dec. i, 1874.

4
No. 8 East Sixth Street, <
Wilmington. DEL, Dec. ], 1874.
Editor Of Delayms Gaxefts ol ~ sItx4 =.
Respected Sir-<Y You will oblige me by
publishing the following account, for the
information Of the citizens, Of the finan-
cial transactions of the city for Noven-
ber. shall continue to publish them
hereafter in this manner on the first day
OF every month, and the information is
open to every editor who chooses to ap-
ply for it.
: The following were the receipts Of the
city for the month Of November, viz:
From bonds sold, (water loan, So. 400 90
City Iaxes............"..." 2,2o3 Os
School ................. Ga 23
" Auditor, (bill for paving,) COZ SO
Water Department. 1876 3S
" Chief Engineer, (Sur'ys,) SO 40
Total .........:..........,."...$ 27,O97 %
Received previously from Jan.
], 1874, to Oct. 81, 1874. ... 468,235 "a
Total receipts from January a
to November so. 0..............,... 495,333 sa
The sales of bonds from Jan.
to Oct. 81 was ................ 125,900
Add bonds sold in Nov. ..aa. 23,4OO
-----
Total of bonds sold from Jan.
to Nov. 80, 1884. .....,...... 1890
Bonded debt of the city on "
October 81. 3l.......................... S31 900
Add bonds sold November 8,4O0
Total bonded debt Of city On
November 80. ....................... 954,40O
The amount of the water loan
sold SO far is.,..............o is. $4,000
The balance the city had in
bank Nov. 30 was. ............... 52,4l3 20
For the information Of the citizens I
will state that hereafter shall refuse to
pay out any Of the water loan for any
other purpose than the construction OF
the Cold Spring Reservoir, which is the
name of the new water basin. The rea-
son / have done so before was because it
was the custom before entered the Of
fee, and it saved the city probably more
than the Treasurer's salary in discounts.
The city has generally in bank Of this
loan over $4,000. got a note for $20,-
900 discounted on Friday last for sixty
days, for which paid S213.33. Again,
there was no other money to pay the
orders Of Council, and the city notes and
bills would have had to have been disc
honored had l done otherwise. Under
| these circumstances did not fell at lib
I erty to take the responsibility Of refus-
T ing. Yours, &C., FRANCIS VINCENT,
Treasurer.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03

It costthe Government last year seven
millions of dollars in direct appropria-
tions for the Indians, and some careful
calculator has estimated that this sum,
together with what Orville Grant, the
Presidents brother, will make out OF
his new appointment, would be suffi.
cient to board all the redskins under
Governmental care, at a first.class no.
tel, the year round.
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03

ANOTHER OUTRAGE.-Someg gunners
visited the premises of Edward Sow.
den OF Mill Creek Hundred, last Satur-
day afternoon, and shot and carried off
six or eight ducks, aud wounded sever
al Others, nearly using up his entire
flock which he had kept for laying.
Sometime ago he disposed of twenty
pair, or the loss would still have been
greater,
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03

The Tehauntepec canal route be,
tween the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
has been reported by the Government
Engineer Corps to be preferable to all
others, with locks and without tun-
nels and possessing harbors on both
coasts .ig. ~
The daily gazette., 1874-12-03
ELPHIA, WILMINGTON q
BALTIMORE RAILROAD.
sEprEM8Ea 2srH.. Ia7a.

SEPTEMBER 23rH.. 1874.
Trains leave Wilmington as follows for
Pniladelph and intermedia'e stations;
so, $40, y 80. 1880. u. m; z 4,oJ. Nv S.oo
p. m. W 20,
1911, 1912. $40, D. M. ago
Baltimore and W. shin gton. 1882. j.lOO2
a. M; 1855. l.23, $40, ITO. p, IN.
Trains for delaware Division. leave TOT: an
New Castle, 500, 1910. u. NJ; l.Zo. oH'
Harrington and INTERN sdiate stations. 5 90.
10, 10. a. m; 6.i0, p. IN. m
Deimar and interme1iate stations. o0o
-''-'' " " SUNDAY TRAINS:
philadslphia anI iatermediate stations
400, $50. o. N.
Phiiadelp phis and New York. l.Sl, o. IN;
Baltimore and " ashington. l2.5'. 2O3. a
For further Information rass. ayers are re-
fsIred 1 % the time tables iiUslrd at the depot
II. f. KENNEY. superintendent