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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

THE Rev. Mr.. Reed, Rector Of ST
Paups Church, Dos Moines, Iowa, has
publicly from his pulpit attacked our
system Of common schools, and has
aroused storm OF indignation about
him. Following HIS first effort in con.
demnation Of sending children to the
public schools, he next undertook an
explanation on Wednesday evenine
We cannot refrain from giving ! NOR.
tion OF that explanation - II appeared
in the State Register Of the llsh in.t
The Rev. gentleman said:
"My first duty 10 to my God, the
second to my country. / was sent
here, and am entrusted with the relig.
ious care of you and your children. I
90 not believe that my whole duty is
done towards yon In one hours time
on sunday. | am to watch over you
during tho week. / am como to help
You form tho character OF your chill.
dren. 1t has been ofton In INV mind
how can l do most to do that dntv
faithfully. Now, In the public achoois
III over the country, religion must
nsesssarily be kept out Insvsr Ssjd
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
Two ways of Describlng q Husband. .
A married lady, compelled to show
her letters to her husband, sent the fol-
lowing to Q friend:

Icannot be satisfied, my dearest friend,
blest as am In the matrimonial state,
unless pour into your friendly bosom,
which was always In unison with mine,
the various sensations which swell
with the liyeliest emotions Of pleasure,
my almost burning heart. My dear
husband Is the most amiable Of men.
have been married seven weeks, and
have never found the least reason to
repent the act, - my husband is
in person and manner unlike the
ugly, cross. disagrecablc and Jealous
men, who think by combining TO secure.
A wife 1t Is his maxim 10 treat as ..
bosom friend and companion, not as .
menial. slave, or plaything the woman
Of his choice party.
he says, should always obey implicitly,
but yield to each other In turns.
An ancient maiden aunt, near seventy,
cheerful, venerable and kind old lady,
Is staying with us---she is the de-
light of both young and old; she Is ci-
vii to all the neighhorhood around,
generous and charitable 70 the poor
Ny husband likes nothing better
than he does me; he hatters ne more
than the glass and his intoxication
(for 60 ! call the excess of his love)
makes me blush for the unworthiness
Of its object wish was deserving
of the man whose name I bear. 70
say all In one w0rd--a and to
crown the whole---myf former love
is now my own husband, my fondness
Is returned, and ] might have had
prince, without the felicity l find in
him. Adieui BE you a. blest a. I'm un-
able to wish that could be more
haDpy
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
The Child Marderer.

Sheriff Isaac Damewood, of Page
county, passed through the city, this
morning, having in charge John
Klughc, the man that beat his little
child to death, some time ago, because
she did not progress in her school
studies a. fast as he thought che should.
He was sentenced to imprisonment
for life in the penitentiary at TT. Mad
ison. Klnghe was the possessor of q
very violent temper, and Is slowly dy-
ing Of remorse, hecause of tho deed
committed in one Of his fits of rage.
From being strong and hearty man
at tho time of his arrest, he has dwin.
died down to skeleton proportions
and is growing both deaf and blind.
Tho officer thinks that he will die be-
fore the close of the year.-BHrliagton
Gazette.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
OHIO.

CINCINNATI, March l0.-The Gazette's
Nashville, Indiana, special says: The
boiler In Nelson Shortridge's saw mill
Q miles north Of that place, exploded
this morning with terrific violence.
killing Alfred Joyce, tho engineer,
and Oscer lIinchman, boy IL years
old, and injuring James Hinchmsn,
Jerry Widenor and James kimball.
The boiler was blown into number
Of pieces, and in all directions. One
piece struck log house 200 yards dis
tant, nearly demolishing 1t.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

In the absence of the usual Congress
sional gossip, the wise ones are now
revamping the Presidents cabinet for
him. They say Mat. Carpenter is to
be Attorney General, and tho present
incumbent, Williams, 10 to 60 as Min
lister 10 st. Petersburg. OF course the
retailers of this news are not expected
to know anything about 1t.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
Tho Harm Yard.

Tho barn yard may be taken as the
index of the character OF the farmer.
AS is the barn-yard 80 is the farm and
the farmer. It ia we'll that all Of us
should remember that in this case it is
no figure ofspeech to say that ''s:raws
show which way the wind blows" The
arrangement Of the barn-yard is not
for show altogether. The profits Of the
farm depend to a great extent upon it.
1t is in the yard and the barn that the
produce Of the farm that ia not sold
outright Is conSertnd into heaf, 4FAark.
mutton, wool, or milk and butter, arti-
cles that may be more profitably sold.
It is in the yard also that the manure
is made and kept The barn and barn
yare are the manufactory OF the farm,
and If they are net arranged with q
view to economy, large waste results
that reduces the farmers profit. The
majority of farmers in this country
from necessity begin business with
email meane, and do the best they can
with the materials they possess. u
Tho excellence of farm buildings
ials of which they are built as as H'Snc III s1o
use made Of those materials. Useful
buildings may be made of logs or prai.
rie sod or poles and coarse hay, and
these, by skillfnl arrangement, may be
made to servo as useful purpose as
dressed lumber and paint, or pressed
bricks. The main points are warmth,
dryness and ventilation; for food is
wasted when an animal shivers in its
stable or when its breath is injured by
damp. filth or bad air. Afarmer who
is thoughtful about such small things
as this (although this is more impor.
tant than 1t appearso may be taken to
be careful, thrifty man who. by and
by, will be able to build : barn with
ell the modern improvements and to
bnllditproperly, too. The old proverb.
stake care of the small thugs and
the large ones will take care of them.
selves,v is applicable to matters about
farms and barn-yards especially.
When the small things are well watch
edlarge ones are not forgotten.-Amer-
scan Agrtc0ltwist.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

dcir;ment OF other and vastly more
important business. The proceedings
in Congress during tic last session
especially the proceedings Of politi-
! cal characier--r rcsembied first clsss
Kilkenny ~; nsht mere tban any thing
else. T'he ae.nai depressed condition
OF the country demanded that tho at
ten,on OF Congress should havo been
aircm.to questions ofyilsl Importance,
surh as the Cheap Transportation
scheme, the revival of commerce aud
the manufacturing interests, the rcr,,.
lation Of Railroad Tariffs and Tele-
graph lines, Sc. by which the pro-
ducing masses could be protected in
some way from the greedy avarira of
the powerful monied ..aonopo;ies
which are grinding the fsees Of the
people.
The prospect j. thst the next Con.
gress win do no better. and it may do
worse. A democratic msjority in the
House and Republican majority in
the Senate may produce q perfect
dead lock ia legislation, which will be
detrimental TO the best interests of the
country. IA few days ago /
heard the irresponsible Democratic
champion, aSonsep Cox, boastingly
hurling it in the teeth of the Republi.
can members that during the next ses.
sion they s(the Democracy could pre-.
vent the passage Of any laws il they
could not pass any themselves. This
presages correctly, no doubt the
"dog.in.t the .manger" policy which the
Democrats have mapped out for their
course during the next session. Should
such thing occur, it would be some.
thing like the predicament that Daniel
Webster, and q certain goat once got
themselves into. The story goes H
win not youch for its truth that, years
ago when Webster was In ConSrcss,
an unruiy bntting goat used to roam
ct large through the streets Of Wash
ington. Webster in passing along the
avenue one day, came in contact with
this goat which gave him terrible
butt. Mr.. Webster, as means OF pro-
lection, caught him by tho horns, and
being afraid to let him go for fear he
would renew the attack, continued to
hold him until the, Situation became
painfully monotonous.r A boy at
length coming along, and comprehend,
ing the dilemma said, "Don't you know
what to do Mr.. Webster 2" Mr.. Web
ster answered that he gave mp the con
undrum. The boy then told him the
best way to gel tout Of the scrapa was
to let the goat so and rnn like :he dew.
il. ,---s .-2s5,, K ,-,.. 70
Now, in the event that Congress
should, get into dilcmma, similar to
Webster and tho goat, 1 am seriously
at loss to tell you, readers, which
party | would regard as Mr.. Webster
and which the goat, and as tho con-
nundrum grows perplexing, / will let
go the horns and run like the d..
HAwKErE. 4
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

By q special 10 the State Register we
learn that the Hon.J. "A. Young, 90 many
years an honored resident of Makaska
county, Iowa, died, at Seneca, Kansas,
on the 9th instant. Mr.. Young was
for several times treasurer OF Mahaska
county, and twice elected therefrom TO
the State Senate. About . year ago
he moved to Kansas. We met him
here in our city some two month ago
in apparently good health. Mr.. Young
was . gentleman OF remarkable purity
and worth and possessed of good
sound judgment, which made him .
very popular citizen.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

"a IA young lady in . neighboring
vIIage accepted an invitation from
young gentleman to ride, and when
tne young gentleman came with his
horse and buggy the lady found II inn.
possible to get In, so cloaely had she
adhered to tho prevailing fishion Of
drawing her dress tightly about bsr
She asked to be excused, and going Ia.
to the house, let ont two or three reofs
In her dress, when she WAS enabled TO
Get Into the buggy.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
WASHINGTON.

I WASHINGTON, March 11.-General
Sheridan left Washington to-day, re-
turning to New Orleans by way of
Chicago. His conduct in the late
troubles of that city was approved Of
by the President. When the pending
Louisiana compromise shall have been
fully consumated, portion of the
troops will bo withdrawn from New
Orleans.
Late private dispatches from New
Orleans show that while q few ultra
politicians on both sides. are not in
clined to settlement on the proposed
basis, large majority of the people,
including many merchants and plant
ers, are Willing for peace on almost
any terms, as their material interests
are seriously injured by continual po-
litical commotion.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Pres.
ident to-day signed the commissions
ofOrth, minister to Austria Maynard,
minister to Turkey, and Lawrence end
Dodge, Centennial Commissioners for
Arkansas.
WASHINGTON, March ll.-General
Sheldon has been appointed assistant
counsel for the United States before
the court of commissions on Alabama
claims, and will proceed to New
Orleans and take charge of the busi-
ness Of that part of the country.
The Republican Senator'S held a
caucus to-day and a ballot resulted in
the election Of johnson l.. French
present Sergeant.at-arms.
WASHINGTON, March 1.-The Sec
retary of the treasury will this after
afternoon call in $30OOO,OOO of bonds
on account of the sinking fund.
WASHINGTON, March 1l.-Gen. Au-
ger goes to New Orleans to succeed
Gen. Emery; Gen. Ord to San. An
tonic, Texas, to succeed Gen. Anger;
Gen. Crook to the Department OF the
Platte to succeed Gen. Ord; General
Kounts takes command in Arizona.
These changes indicate the retirement
of Gen. Emery.
+ The Senate Committee on Foreign
Relations this afternoon reported the
Hawaiian reciprocity treaty, with an
amendment providing that permission
shall not be given to any other nation
to acquire any other naval or coasting
stations in those Islands, and recon-.
mended its ratification.
The War Department will soon is.
sue an order extending the military
department of the Missouri to the
northern boundry line of Texas.
General Emery has orders to pro-
coed to Washington after being re.
lieved by Gen. Anger.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
Pork Statistics.

CHICAGO, March 1.-THE Daily Com
naercial Bullet,,s, tomorrow, will give
the animal report OF the packing OF
Chicago: Number of hogs packed
during regular season, 69D,3is
against l,520, ,O23 las season. Average
net weight this season, PA 26-l00
pounds, against 2l6 4T-l0O last year.
Total number Of hogs packed during
the year ending March ls1 2,l36, ,7l6.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

A bill has been introduced into the
New York Legislature to make y law
full for husband and wife to testify ~
cases where either is o party. This Is
a move to enable Mrs. Tilton to testify
in the Beecher case.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

Godlove 8 Orth, of Indiana, goe-
"a our Minister to Vienna. Horace
Maynard, OF Tennessee, goes to Con
stantinoplo, and not W. G. Donnan o.
Iowa, as first announced.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

THE NEW HAMPsAIRE GUN.
The Granite State has opened the
campaign, and victory perches upon
the Republican banner. The Demo
Gratis elected their Governor in 1871,
his plurality being s07. In 1872 the
Republicans rallied under Ezrkiel A.
Straw, and he was chosen Governor
by majority Of l,l49. In 1873 Straw
was again chosen by majority Of only
228. Last year, 1874, tho Democracy
carried the State, electing Weston
Democrat Governor by . plurality OF
LASS. The Democrats also carried the
Legislature by . largo majority. The
delegation in Congress in the vote Of
1873 stood two Republicans and one
Democrat.
It is evident now from the returns
that we have carried the Legislature
against the immense advantage the
Democrats had by their gerrymander-
ing the districts, and this insures us
the Governor while one Republican
and one Democratic Congressman 10
elected, and one In doubt.
The election is but . precursor Of
what we expected, showing the return
Of the old energy and vigor Of tho lie.
publican party. 1t Is true that the re-
suit is not all that it onght to be, nor
ell It will be In the elections to come.
While the Southern people exhibited
q disposition to honestly accept the
issues Of the war and the settlement
made under the constitutional amend
ments-while they made loud pro.
fessions of good faith, there seemed to
be much disposition on the part Of
many Republicans to have somewhat
of confidence in them, and then arose
feeling of division among Republi-
cans upon other issues. As q conse-
quence of all this,the old incentive did
not exist to call ont the full Republican
vote. We feel even that for two years
past, and especially during the last
fall ectiona, the Republican vote was
not out to the polls into hundreds Of
thousands and other tens of thousands
Of Republicans were throwing away
their votes upon side Issues through.
out the whole country.
Eighty odd rebel ex-military officers
and ex-civil officers Of the late Confed-
crate government, elected to the 44th
Congress, the old rebel insolence
hurled from the floor of the United
States Senate defiantly announcing
that Phil. Sheridan was not fit to
breathe the free air of the country
the chatting for Sheridan's blood in
New Orleans-the murder Of thous.
ands Of white and colored men In
Louisiana and other States for political
opinions sake plant tool which
the Democratic party made Of itself,
just - of old, for Southern pro slavery
Democracy-all these things and
many others we have not mentioned,
have aroused the fears of Republicans,
and they aock again around the old
standard. We are confident the devil.
try Of this same old Democratic party is
again calling down upou II the ven
geance Of an outraged people, and
that from this on, the elections will
show tho effects Of the aroused, ira
duced, and mighty old Republican
party, whose deeds have made The
most glorious history Of this century.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

NEW HAMPsIRE

CONCORD, March l0-Returps from
232 towns and wards give Cheney,
Republican GIG majority over Roberts.
Tho net republican gain over last year
is 2,S69. The remaining towns last
year gave q Democratic majority O!
seven hundred aud ninety. The Dom.
ocrats claim the House by fifteen to
twenty. Tho Republicans claim thir.
teen majority.
In the First Congregational Distric,
the election Of Jones, Democrat, IL
conceded. Blair, Republican, ID elect.
ed Ia the Third, and the Second is still
doubtful, and confidently claimed by
both parties.
CoScoRD, March 1O-Returns from
oil but s towns have been received.
Two hundred and flfty.nine towns and
wards sgive Cheney, Republican, 80,
III Roberts, Democrat, 80, ,6S8 White,
temperance, and scattering, 67S. This
is a net Republican gain OF s,S27.
Cheney's minority, 595. Last years
figures on those eight towns would
mako Cheney's minority GA.
Jones and Bell, Dcmocrats,arc elected
in the First and Second Congressional
Districts, and Blair, Republicau, in the
Third District.
The Republicans have majority In
tho House. The Senate stands 5 Re-
publicaus and Democrats.
III N.l5.s LATER. ~
There 10 no election OF Governor,
and the election will devolye on the
Legislature, which will elect Cheney.
The vote In the State IL said to have
been the largest ever polled.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

Zachariah Walker very prominent
and highly esteemed citizen Of Van
Ruren county died recently.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
Z E II M 3:
sO PER YEAR IN ADVANCE.

The Hon. Thomas w. Forty, o.
Michigan, has been chosen President.
pyo tenn, Of the Senate.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

Easter Sunday comes on the 2Sth Of
March.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

WASHINGTON, March 1.-THE Pres.
tdent to-day signed the commissions
ofOrth, minister to Austria; Maynard,
minister to Turkey, and Lawrence end
Dodge, Centennial Commissioners for
ArkAnsas.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

tor Flanagan, Republican. Withers,
Of Va, q Democrat and ex.rebel, fills
the place OF Mr.. Lewis, Rep. Jones,
of Florida, also q Democrat and ex-
rebel, succeeds Mr.. Guilbert, q Repub.
lican. The Senators who were re-
elected and are their own successors,
are Bayard, of Del, Edmnnds of VT,
Hamlin Of Maine, and Thurman, Of
Ohio. When General burnside and
Andy johnson entered the Senate
Chamber there was loud applause in
the galleries, and the desks of johnson
and Dawes were ornamented with fine
boquets. Gen. Burnside was an OBJ.
jcct of great attraction, and soldiers OF
the old "Ninth Corps" recognized the
old familiar form.
Andrew johnson entered the Senate
chamber leaning upon the arm of q
prOtcge and namesako Reverdy john
son, and his entrance caused quite q
sensation. It is supposed that Andy
will give oil his support and influence
to the Democratic party, and yet who
can tell?
Hc has "swung around the circle''
and turned 80 many political summer.
saults during his eventful career, that
doubt whether it would be entirely
safe for the Democratic party to place
too much confidence In his future no.
litical course. Who knows that he
will MT be anorting around again
vi hin the next two or three years
with the "Constitution" in his hat en-
deavoring to snake treason odious, p
aad that the Democrats Of his State
will not hang him In efiigy as they did
ct Memphis In 1861? You know we
can't most always sometimes general
~ tell just what man will do, or
what hc will turn ont to bc until he IL
safely slowed away under the sod, and
beyond all hopes OF . resurrection. s
The 43d Congress was remarkable
onc-remarkable, moro for what II
failed to do. than for what
was really accomplished. Much
valuable time was wasted In
] In fruitlsss invesugstlous, to the great
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-04-02
The Democratic Party.

The error made last Fall in disbanding
tho Democratic party of this State, to which
wo objected at the tinlo, is now very appa-
rent. There is now no Democratic State
Central Committee in Louisiana-no organ
with which the National Democratic Com
mitteee can correspond. There is a Peoples
party committeo,it is true; but the National
Democracy, lately so victorious, will hard
ly recognize any organization unless in
full accord with tho Democratic party.
We suggest, in view of tho preparations
necessary for tho contest for President,
already begun, that the Democrats of this
State re-organizo tho party ut once, by
II State convention which shall meet to
select n Democratic State Central Committed
and prepare for tho campaign of 1876. This
matter is of vital Importance.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-04-02
The Railroad.

1t is expected that Maj. Green, Receiver,
will take possession of tho Railroad some
time next week. He was in New Orleans a
few days ago arranging his bond and COM
pletins his plans for assuming control of
the road. What changes he will make in
tho management of the road, or in the en-
pIoyees, we have no knowledge, but it is
not unlikely that some changes will be
made. Maj. GreeII is skilled engineer, Il
railroad man of experience and Possesses
splendid administrative ability. Acting
without dictation or restraint, no will, we
are satisfied, conduct tho affairs of the Rail
road in n way to command tho applause OF
all having business with tho road. We arc
still unadvised as to the time when the road
will DO sold,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1875-04-02
PinclllDslclk Speaks.

Upon his return homo last week, Pinch
back was greeted with a formal reception
upon which occasion he delivered u speoTh
which is thus spoken of by tho Picayune:
Pinchback made mistake Thursday
night, when he elected to be calm, philoso-
phic and lofty III tho treatment of tho situa-
lion. Pinchback's forte is clearly not the
serene and Statesmanlike. In attempting
that sort of thing he is simply tame. In
seeking to demonstrate his comparative
martyrtlom he falls into feeble caricature.
The truth is that Pinchback only succeeds
as an agitator, noisy impctuous deInag-
ogue, hurting invoctive at every head and
rocking with disclosure. People expected
him to tell what he thought ola Radical
Senate which rejected Radical Senator
for no visible reason but that of his color;
which Endorsed the measures whereby he
camc to DO accredited, and yet renowned
tho only practical result of those measures
presented for consideration. And Pinch
back, instead of doing this, in the fiery and
indignant fashion warranted by the cir
cunistattces, and consistent with his turn
of speech, drivelcd through an hour or so
of spiritless generality, and tapered Off
without abusing anybody making Il
single display of truc,lence. This is not
what tho public looks for i'll Pinch, neither
is it the style OF oratory in which hc spe
ciaffy doth shine. Another season Of such
practices and Pinchbacll will degenerate
! into II domestic work animal, IL soporitic
n n