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

Cleveland, Ohio IL famous as the
place Of incubation for now parties
preceding q Presidential election
March llth, new egg was laid at that
city by representatives from twelve
States, according to the report The
names figuring are of littlo note 1t is
usual 10 have paraded in al such cases,
the name of one or more broken down
or disappointed man of some national
repute. In this respect this recent af.
fair has not kept pace in respectability
with its predecessors. Ills a. much
the tactics of the Democratic party to
bring about Just such side parties in
the North IS auxilliaries to it, as it IL to
murder aud intimidate blacks and
white Republicans South, in order 10
carry Southern States, or to facilitate
the work of repesters at the polls in
New York City, in order to override
the vote OF The rural districts of New
York State. This third party NOV,
Is simply Democracy in disguise. Il
seems to have bcen still born and
though ii provided for a future meet.
ing ct st. Louis, Missouri, it will NOT
probably got breath long enough Ia
make the journey.
We suppose that the selection Of st,
Louis for future meeting, oontem.
plates an alliance with Schurz, Ifso
however, 1t will have to bury it's paper
money theory, unless Schurx makes
use Of bic usual chameleon principle
adjuster.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
TELEGRAPHIC.
CONGRESSIONAL.
The Senate i'm Extra Session.
WASHINGTON, March u.

WASHINGTON, March L..
After transacting some miscellane-
GUS business, the Senate resumed con
slderation of the Pinchback resolution
MI Christiancy then took the floor
Lilo read his speech, which was mainly
legal argument against the admission
OF Pinchback. DO said to him III,
whole process of tho formal. on of the
Louisiana State Government seemed
to be circular, beginning where 1t end
cd, and ending where It begun, and
with whatever velocity it might be
made to revolve, it would never step
forward from the point where it start
ed. 1t lef. this Kellogg Government.
which assumed to elect Senators to
Congress, just whcrc and what it was
In its origin-n0t Legislature or
Government of tho State OF Louisiana,
but body set up, installed and kept
in power aud imposed upon the State
by tue executive department OF the
Federal Government.
However he believed tho President
had no wish to usurp power not right
fully his, and he sympathized with him
in his effort to prevent murders in
cold blood and to protect an unfortun-
alto class of persons in the South, and
1t was not strange that he erred, not
having before him all the evidence be-.
fore the Senate now. He did as all
wise and generous hearted statesmen
would do. lie waited for Congress to
take 1t of his hands. Congress has
neglected to act on his repeated re-
quest for legislation.
After several Senators, including
Christiancy had made speeches on the
question, the Senate went into execu-
tive session and soon after adjourned.
WASHINGTON, March Ii.
The resolution for Pinchback's ad-
mission to the Senate was called up.
After reading the Journal Edmunds
ofiVermont, moved to amend the res
olution by inserting, not before ad.
mitted, go it would read
Resolved, That p. B. s. Pinchb back be
not admitted as Senator from Louisi.
ana.
The question being on the amend
ment Edmunds said it was the under.
standing that the vote should not bt
taken to-day and he moved not there
fore ask the Senate to vote now.
Thurman, Of Ohio, then took The
floor and spoke opposing the admis'
sion of tho applicant.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
An Honest Democratic confession

An Honest Democratic confession.
Every great party has mission in
its day and generation and sometimes
the mission changes, to suit changed
circumstances. 1t was the mission of
the Republican party to prevent the
extension Of slavery into the territor-
les Of the United States-to .preyenA
the nation -As@~SASaA % ssAevery an
'n0miuaiiy FREQ country. 1t became
it's mission to preserve the union
against an attempt to dissolve it by
force of Arms. 1t next became its
mission to abolish slavery throughout
the union, making the country free
in fact a. well az in name. Finally it
became its mission to garner the
fruits OF victory"-a mission suffici.
emily general and comprehensive to
survive tho shocks of time and the
mutations of human affairs to tho far.
Their end of the Christian era. It is
tho way Of parties in power to enlarge
and generalizc their missions as they
wax old, and begin to wonder what
will become Of them when they die.
So likewise the democratic party is
party with great and mutable mis-
sion. Its mission once was to fight
for hard money, and free trade, and
national honesty. But that was long
ago,-when Fernando Wood, George
II. Pendletou, and Dan VOORHEES, were
playing mumble-the.peg. Then it's
mission was to fight for slavery and
the epoils of office /; next to oppose the
war for tho union; next to grow furi.
Gus and vicious over the arming and
freeing OF tho negroes: next to fight
to the last ditch against the enfran-
chisement of the freedmen and final.
~ to damn the "nigger" vehcmcntly,
and oppose everything proposed by
the Republicans, irrespective of Its
merits. Chicago Times, 14tA inst.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
THE BLACK HILLS.


Three impecunious adventures are
In Chicago working up the Black Hills
excitement, and tho Inter Ocean seems
to haye been captured and pressed In
to the service % the special organ Of
the enterprise. In the mean time the
people Of Sioux City, who expect to
greatly profit In the Quitting line, arc
sounding the loud timbrel, and gen.
efally kicking up 3 terrible noise to at.
tract the people to the New Eldorado
via Sioux City.
It will be well enough to rccolleci
before starting out on the Black Hills
goose chase, tho fact that tho State
Geologist Of Minnesota, who went
with tho Custer expedition, states that
no gold was found in tho Black Hills
A very active and intelligent Young
stad-ohacer, who was with tho expe.
dition, told the writer Of this, immedi.
ately after its return, that gold va,
not found st any point in sufficient
quantities to justify working for II, By
any member Of tho Custer party.
We recognize the fact that the reports
are conflicting, but to . man up tree,
the testimony Of the disinterested
scientist Of Minnesota ought to ont.
weigh that Of regiment Of dead beats
around Sioux City and other places
having hash and whiskcy to soil TO
kbs deluded gold hunters.
Again, this Blaek Hills country 81
selemnjy ~ aside By sst Of Congress
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

The PfesaAcnt's wife.
The Washington correspondent Of
the Chicago 1ribxas says:
The Presidents wife IL . pattern wo.
man, and always calls to my mind the
lines Of Wardsworth when sec her |:
"A creature not too fright nor good
For human natures daily food,
For transient SORROW. simple, Eilee.
Praises. blame, love, kisses, tears and Smiles"
The seven years which have passed
over her official life have left her
the same whole souled, unaffected,
kindly sympathetic. plain, unpre-
tentious woman, who won the heart of
the young man, Ulysses, many years
ago. Her conversational powers arc
not great, and che always strikes me
40 woman who cares very little for
extensive reading. and less for politic-
al cabals; but she surrounds herself
with such q comfortable atmosphere
of domesticity that one fcels like
telling her all about ONES refractory
servants, and about baby'a last
tooth, and incumbent on NOV.
ing into ones new house, and ell
the various ills and pleasures falling
to tho lot Of humanity 10 general
feeling assured that she will listen
with real interest, and soothe ones
distress, or rejoice In ones good It'd
inRs. No matter who shall be our
next lady President, be she - beauti-
full 20 Venus, - wiso 80 Minerva, or
% stately as Juno, she can never occu-
py that niche in the peoples heart
where the memory Of the goodness
and simplicity and purity ofMrs. Pres.
ident Grant shall be tendcrly on.
shrined, as q model wife, devoted
mother-a woman In the world and
fiattered by it, but utterly unspoiled
by 1t.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
"A farmer, having buried his wife,

"A farmer, having buried his wife,
waited upon the grave-digger, who
had performed the necessary duties,
to pay his fees. Being Of q niggardly
disposition, he cndeavorcd to get the
knight of the spade to abate his charg-
90. Tho patience of the latter becom-
ing exhausted, no grasped his spade
impulsiyely. aud with an angry look,
exclaimed: "Doon wi another shillin'
or-up she comesI" This had the de-
sired effect.
The following is q summer episode,
- evolved by little johnny: "Last sum-
MGR our dog Towser was lynn in the
sun trine to sleep, but the flies was
that bad he couldn't, cos he had to
cetch EN-. and bime by . bee lit on his
head, and was w0rkin' about like the
dog was hisn. Towser he hcl hb he'd
still, and when the bee WAS close to his
nose Towser winked ct me, like he sed
you see what this duffer is . dom he
thinks Pm Q lilly OF the valley which
isn't open yet, but you just wait till I
blossom and you will see sum fun |;
and sure enuf, Towser opened his
mouth very slo 90 az not to Triton the
bee. and the Doe went inside Towser's
mouth. Then Towssr he shet bis eyer
dreamy, and his mouth too, and had
begun to make peaceae smile when
the bee stung him, and you never sec
. lilly ofssthe vally ack 20 In al your
life"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
ILLINOIS.

CHICAGO, March 16-The Times to-
morrow will announce that Mrs. Parry,
who has been giving spirit manifestations
at No. $50 West Madison street, in this
city, was exposed this evening. This wo.
man has been holding seances for several
months past and has attracted the attention
Of number Of scientific gentlemen, inter-
ested in the subject, and who have been in
vostigating it. Tonight, at the close
Of one sitting, a lady, having examine
ed her, discovered about her person o lot Of
pieces Of rubber, which, being inflated,
would assume the form of masks, arms, etc
Mrs. Parry was highly indignant at the
expose, and abused her audience in the
most profane manner.
There will be grand reunion Of all veto.
rams Of the war, May 18th, 18th and 14th,
in this city, under the auspices of the Grand
Army Of the Republic. Preparations are
10 progress to make this 70. union on the
graudest scale.
A mysterious case Of poisoning occurred
on the West Side last night, in house &C.
cupied by the family Of Theodore Malinski,
q Polish shoemaker. The family retired as
usual. At midnight the child awoke it's
parents with it's cries. and the mother got 1t
some tea. On returning to bed she made
the remark that she was sick. Ate O'Clock
this morning Malinski, on awakening, found
his wife and the three year old child Con-
stance dead, and the other three children
very sick. It seems that he made no effort
to apprise the neighbors or officers Of the
state Of affairs.
On policemen this evening going into the
house, which is most squalid ia its sur-
Youndinga, they found him sitting Oh the
table eating bread. Malinski raid he was
feeling badly and was unable to leave the
house. He was arrested and locked up on
suspicion. The three remaining children
are almost dead. Malinski processes limo.
cence and his neighbors give him character
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

to the Sioux Indians o. q reservation,
and the whole power of the Govern
mentis pledged to keep of interlopers.
Before going on this expedition it il
we'll enough to consider that Sherman,
Sheridan and Custer, with all the avail.
able forces of the U. s. army, must
be confronted, and that If the expedit-
ion should manage to slip by the mill
tary, it will be an illegal action, and
the miners, If they once become estab-
lished in the Black Hills, then win be
liable to be ouated at any time by gu.
perior force. Even ii gold exists in
| the Black Hills in paying quantities
which ia at best debatable proposit.
ion. nine mon out of ten who 60 there
would make moro money by staying
at home and working in the black rict
inexaustible soil Of Iowa.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
MISSOURI.

ST. LOUIS, March 16.-Russo, one OF
the Italians arrested yesterday o
Belleville, Illinois, for numbering
Francisco Palermo in this city last
week, made statement to the Chief
of Police that he and four other men
were waiting in lumber yard for
Palermo who had threatened to kill
them. Palermo saw them and drew
two revolvers and fired on them. The
fire was returned. Russo then ran
away, and claims not to know If other
shots were fired.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

That fattens him. He willis right
down dow e cnes, = 1ee,df.nn.r.l r-As &
And there's Briggs. Soon after his
marriage dashing young widow
wrote to him asking certain questions
about the estate of her husband, and
as he hadn't time to write he called at
her house to make explanations. Some
one going by saw the shadow of his
bald head on the curtain, and the
shadow of her head close to it, and
Mrs. Briggs soon got the news. l
knew Briggs was innocent, but he
might as well have been guilty. His
wife holds that thing over him like q
thousand ponnd weight. II he hap.
pens to say it 10 dark evening. or q
lovely evening, or anything of the sort,
she turns up her nose and replies:
eyes, it's good evening for you to
go over and SEQ the widow y
And there's Bingham. He held his
umbrella over school ma'am for half
mile one rainy day, and his wife has
never lot him carry an umbrella since.
She'd rather spoil . seven dollar hat,
than give him another chance to play
the beau.
And there's q skeleton IN tho closet
Of tho Jackson family. She found q
letter in his pocket ono day signed
"Kit c." and although he held up his
right hand and swoTe that It was Kit
Carson. and that the ssTllink often of
me" should read "Drink often with
me-" his wife couldn't get over it. To
this day, ifhe is ont after shutdown,
she 10 ut the door to meet him and
say:
allow dare you come into this house
after meeting that vile wretch"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
which seems inconsistent with the crime OF
which he is suspected

CHICAGO, March ia Tribune
special from Peoria says the incoming
ram on the Toledo, Peoria g. Warsaw
lsaiiroao was ditchcd at II so this
n.norning' -FOUR miles from elias ford
STATION. Inc coaches were tumbled
down an embankment, and an infant
named Burgess, whose parents reside
IN Canton, was thrown through A
window and had his head crushed by
a car falling on it. TIA brother was
seriously aud number Of passengers
less severely hurt.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

The following article we clip from
the Des Moines Leader (Democratic).
We arc glad to see one Democratic
paper that has snap enough in It to
come out on the right side:
A communication from the Rev.
Father Sassel, of the German Catholic
Church in this city, appeared in the
Leader of last evening which closed
with these somewhat remarkable
words: "Say therefore the greatest
shame instead of gem In the crown OF
free America ia the public schools"
We cannot believe that this expression
will meet with favor even among the
members of Father Sassel's hocE. II
10 90 contrary to all ideas of free gov
ernment, 90 antag0nistic to the princi-
ples Of civil liberty, and 30 fraught
with danger to the entire social fabric.
Take away the free schools of America
and the foundation Of her greatness is
undermined, her glory 10 destroyed,
and from the proud eminence she now
occupies In tho galaxy of nations, she
sinks to the borders of heathend0m.
No, Father Sassel, your own country.
men will not support you in this glsr.
ingly, ungrateful and unjust state.
ment. When you attack the public
schools you strike at tho heart and
home ofevery family in the land. They
form the basis Of our national great
ness, and In them every true American
sees the only real safeguard Of our re-
publican institutions. You may sweep
from the land every vestige of ritual.
ism, consign to the darkness Of obliv.
Ion al forms and creeds, and our coun.
try yet remains-our citizens ana our
children may be 'tas heather, but they
will stu b. free, but take away our
public schools and you condemn to an
ign0minious death the noblest ambi-
tions and highest best aspirations
which find place in the breasts of free
men.
That such . day will eyer dawn In
America, NO true citizen can believe,
and certainly such . consumation,
none will desire. Tho bare contem.
plstion of such . possibility makes the
heart grow sick. It CAN NEVER BE
while this Republic exists and Ameri.
can citIzens ore MEN.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
Indian Caps1ves.

The story OF the massacre Of part Of
the Germaine family at Smoky hill Kas
Sept. IL, 1874 by band Of Cheyenne In
dams, and the captivity Of those who
were no. killed, outdoes in horror anything
ever invented in fiction. The names of the
murdered ones were John Germaine and
wife, and three children, Stephen, James
and Rebecca. Those captured were nam.
ed Lucy, Adelaide, Caroline and Elizabeth,
The former two were recaptured by the
soldiers in January. The latter have on.
ly just been obtained and brought to the
agency at Wichita, after enduring every
species Of torment and indignity known te
savage devils-forlorn and haggard in phys.
ical appearance, and mentally on the verge
Of insanity. Caroline, the elder of the two
recently released sisters, is young lady Of
fine intellectual accomplishments, who still
retains the traces of natural beauty. She
is medium-sized, slender young woman
Of the blonde type, with light hair and deep
expressive blue eyes, but the most pitiable
spectacle of intensified mental and physical
suffering that ever human eyes gazed upon.
Since her body has been In the possession
Of the most lecherous monsters on earth
she is onlyssa wreck of her former self. She
is now enciente, and may not be able tc
leave Fort Leavenworth for her home al
Blue Ridge. Ga. before her confinement
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
LOUISIANA.

New ORLEANS, March IL. The Reg.
ular Stockingburg and Demconiby
Packet, B. Hart, which loft here at 1
o'clock p. m, yesterday, is reported
sunk last night thirty miles above here,
at the foot Of Island One Hundred and
Two. The cause was the running
against drift wood. Hardy Hendrew,
the clerk, jumped overheard and
drowned. Ten or fifteen negro deck
passengers are supposed to be lost
The boat and cargo are probably to
tai loss,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

The latest intelligence from tho "spirit
land" per medium" line, is, that riug
surrounds the earth thirty, miles from the
surface, and quite number of miles high,
into which. disemsodied spirits enterl after
death. This is really discouraging. We
had INDUCED tn, hope that if we did not
see the end Of this s'ring" business in this
world, we certainly should in the next
Turner'S Fails Reporter.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17

Elk Senator Pomcroy, of Kansas, is in
possession OF that 81 600 which the great
and good canoi late for reelection 80 gu.
orously left lying around loose to help start
new national bank. The Attorney Gen.
eral OF Kansas has decided that there is nc
authority for the retention of the money by
the State. and that it must be retained t.
Mr.. Pomeroy, less the amount used up al
costs in the bribery prosecution.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
FOREIGN.

ROME, March 13.-The Voce De
Verita says that the Pope confers .
Cardinals hat on Archbishop McClos-
key, not only on account of the per-
sonal merits OF that prelate, but be.
cause the Holy See is DESTROYS of hon.
oring the Catholics of America, and OF
marking the progress of Catholicism
in the United States.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-17
AGRICULTURAL.

SOW CLOVER SEED EARLY.
Do not delay securing supply OF
clover seed, and then SOW it immedi-
ately. 1t is useless now to wait for a
decline in tho price. If you would
have the plants get a good start, the
the seed must DO sown early.
Now, at any time when there
is light fall Of snow Is
the best time to SOW it. It some.
times happens, but not often, that after
the seed is germinated, q heavy frost,
the sun and drying winds will kill the
tender plants. If sown early, the
.ses-..sr.s =. ssa..s x..s.. e.As- VIII ss-r
readily, as the spring rains VIII soften
the ground so that the clover roots
can penetrate it deep enough to get 1t
we'll established before the hot dry
weather sets in.
The following preparation Of the
seed previous to sowing is highly rec
commended to us by one of the best
farmers in the State, and is worth try
ing: Put the seed into tub and wet
the whole thoroughly without floating
1t, and mix IL with twenty five pounds
Of dry land plaster (gypsum), or suffl-
cient to dry il and SOW the usual
quantity of seed per acre. The i'm
portance of securing a good start
Of clover can hardly be over es.
timated. Therefore, SOW the seed
early-the earlier the better.-Rural
World.
TO RAISE ONIONS
the ground should be thoroughly
plowed, made very mellow, and rolled.
It should be made rich with we'll rot
ted barn.yard manure, and rood ashes
make good additional fertilizer
Thirty two-horse loads per acre would
not be too much manure for . good
crop. Five pounds of seed per acre
may DO drilled in rows nine inches
apart with o hand seed drill. The
ground must be kept very clean from
weeds and mellow with the hoe. A
hoe with prongcd blade 10 made spe-
cially for this work. The onions may
be grown as close in tho row as they
will stand. They may be grown years
upon the same ground II plenty of
manure 10 given them, with increasing
profit.
A GOOD REMEDY FOR CALLS.
A good application for . gall of any
kind, whether 1t be on q horse an OK,
or 4 man, 10 prepared and used as fol-
lows: Thoroughly mix olive-oil, one
ounce, and carbolic acid, one drachm.
Wash tho parts clean three times q
day, and apply the ointment to the ul.
Ger. 1t frequently happens that
horses feet become bruised or injured
causing lameness. For injuries of
this kind, as well as for split hoof,
great relief is afforded by standing the
animal on wet blue clay--even COM
mon earth is better than hard plank
floors, "a merciful man 10 mcrciful
to bis beasts"