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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

BARNEY CAULFIELD, Democratic
member of Congress from Chicago, :
very ofiicious and egotistical chap
got into Blaine's vice on Tuesday last
Barney not only got squeezed himself
but he took his party along with him,
and the pressure got to be SO severe
in very few moments that the party
crawfshed with a will, and backed
square out. Barney from the Judi
ciary Committee introduced bill
making il a misdemeanor for any
person in the employ of the govern
ment to solicit or contribute funds
for election purposes or to canvass in
any election. Blaine wanted to know
if it included members of Congress,
and Barney said no. Blaine said that
he thought they oughtto be included,
and Barney invited him to offer such
an amendment which Blaine imme-
diately attempted to do, but Barney
suddenly changed his mind and went
square back ON his offer to admit the
amendment, and then came Blaine's
Heimmediately moved
to reconsider the vote by which
the main question was ordered, for
the purpose of offering his amend
mont to include Senators and Repre-
This caught the Demo-
cratic side of the House on the hip,
and Barney seeing the dilemma, and
that he was about to make an ass of
if Blaine's motion was passed,
out that he would yield for
Blaine's amendment now that he
could not help it. But the regular or
der was called and the vote taken,
and only four Democrats had the
pluck to vote against the motion to
reconsider, and so Blaine gained an
orther splendid triumph.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29
FROM KANSAS.

WICHITA, Kansas, March 19, 1876.
Editors CouyTer.-To-day we are
having spring and winter thoroughly
mixed while it is showing and thaw.
ing, the lark is warbling his spring
songs over the fields as ifnature had
not disturbed his coming. This is oul
first snow, to amount to anything
this winter; amounting perhaps to
two or three inches of snow fall. We
have had more winter weather with
in the last two months than we have
had during the winter season. Emf
grafton still continues to pour in,
Iowa sending her portion with the
balance. saw gentleman, yester-
day, from Monroe county, Iowa, also
one Mr.. Pratt from Van Buren, coun.
ty. They both seemed to be well
pleased with the country, and will
locate some where in the Arkansas
valley. Two things seems to attract
the attention of our Iowa friends on
arriving in this section of the coun-
try. First, is the grand appearance
of our roads, having no hills and des-
titute of mud. The next thing that
presents itself, and perhaps more
forcibly than anything else, is the APP
pearance of our county seat, Wichita
and the magnitude of her trade.
believe l am perfectly safe in saying,
that, according to her age, she does
more business than any town i'm the
southwest. Our markets still remain
OH an equilibrium with the markets
elsewhere. Wheat from 81 l0@l Is;
corn 22@23 cts. oats 23@2 "a cts. hogs,
dressed, 81 OO@7 30. The winter
wheat through this section is looking
well, and far excels the prospect at
this time las year.
Yours respectfully,
II. nj. DoFFI.EMYRE.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

PENDLETON sank in the mire up to
his arm-pits under the disclosures of
his connection with the Kentucky
Central Railroad claim, Tom Hen
bricks is in a terrible sweat over the
water stock swindle at his home in
indianapolis, and now comes Sammy
Tilden, of New York, and a suit is
brought against him and others, in
volving something over 100000. The
claim is made against Tildcn, New
York's Democratic candidate for the
Presidency, on account of 1884, 600 in
bonds of the st. Louis, Alton & Terra
Haute Railroad company, said to have
been taken and appropriated by Til
den, Charles Butler, and Russell
Sage. Mr.. Griswold, who was Presi.
ent of said road, tells the whole story
II appears from his statement that the
bonds spoken of were found to be q
surplus In q reorganization and con-
solldation Of the company, and were
ordered destroyed, but they after.
ward turned mp, having been sold
by Mr.. Tilden and his confederatcs
Griswold tells a very dark story, in.
deed, and claims that the present suit
is instituted at the instance of Tilden
really to attract attention from fNrth-
er investigation, and will, at con.
venient season in the future, dismiss
the suit when its public notoriety
shall have died out.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

Four Hen Killed and Tel
wounded.
The Boiler Blown Ode e-FOurtll
Of q Mile.

LARAMIE CRY, Wy, March 23-Ears
ly this morning boiler in the Union
Pacific Company's rolling mill at this
place exploded, completely wrecking
the south half of the mill, killing four
men instantly and seriously wound
ing ten others. The boiler was car
ried through stone wall of the mill
and out quarter of mile on the
prairie.
The following were killed: Rich
ard Reilly, Harry Miner, JAS. Powers
and VIM. Wardell.
Seriously wounded James Craven
Geo. Shannessy, Robert Mclean, VIM
A. Thomas and four others were
slightly wounded.
LATER.-One of the wounded
Michael Buckley, has since died, and
two more will probably die. Every
one of the killed had families here in
Laramie, The damage is estimated
at $4,000.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

On Monday afternoon, as the south
ern bound passenger train of the
Missouri, Kansas ~ Texas Railroad
was dashing down the road, about
onc-quarter of mile from Evans.
Vile, Hank Chappell, the engineer
saw, not one hundred yards ahead, y
large tree lying across the track. The
train was running at full speed, and
instant death seemed the only result
The air brake was put on, the lever
reversed, and Chappell stood at his
post, never flinching, as the engine
dashed into the obstruction. The
train had slackened to about twelve
miles an hour, but the force witt
which it struck was terrible in its re
suits. The locomotive reared up
was stripped ofits wheels, and hurle6
to one side. On came the tender ant
the baggage car, both being tossed
into the ditch. The passenger coaches
were left standing on the track, safe
with their human freight uninjnred
Out of the wreck crawled Chappell
aud Ben. Hill, the fireman, both un
harmed. Jim Doyle, the "old reli
able" conductor, cared for the boys
and quieted the frightened passen
gers. Division Superintendent j. J
Frey was soon on tho ground witt
his wrecking train, and in . brie
time trains were passing.
1t was miraculous escape for tn
whole train, and to Hank Chappell
the brave engineer, is the credit due
He faced death like Spartan, AM
went into the wreck with his hand o.
the lever.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

By some means unknown to AT
torney General Pierrepont his letter
written to the u. s. District At
torneys at st. Louis, Chicago ant
Milwaukee some days preceding tht
trial of General Babcock, got into thu
possession of the press and was pub
lished. General Babcock has recently
risen to explain about this, as fol.
lows:
II found a copy Of the letter lying
open upon my desk at the Executive
Mansion. do not know how or by
whom it came there. 1t was without
any envelope or direction to anybody.
1t was not marked official or confiden-
tial. There was nothing to show that
it was intended for the President, and
he informs me that he never saw 1t.
The copy appears to have been made
in the Attorney Generals office. Find
ing this copy open and without direc-
ton upon iny desk, / presumed it
was put there for my inspection and
use, and accordingly 1 placed it in the
hands of my counsel for such action
as they might think proper in regard
to it.
Evidently somebody in the Office of
the Attorney General or some one
having access to it played false.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

A CORRESPONDENTS of the Cincinnati
Gazette in writing to that paper from
indianapolis, Ind, gives long inter-
view Of his with Gen. McGinnis, of the
latter city, touching what is claimed to
be crooked in water stock transactions
of Tom Hendricks, Indiana's Dem.
ocratic candidate for President. Gen
McGinnis gives full details, and
finally the colloquy between the cor.
respondent and the General ends
thus:
Cor.-"How much did Gov. Hen
bricks make out of the transaction
according to your figures? 2"
Gen. McG.-"Well, in the frs
place, he got $4,000 worth of stool
for nothing; then $4,000 for securing
the payment of interest on the bonds
which he afterwards bought himself
then $500 for his share of the com
mission paid to the Ring Directors
for selling the bonds to themselves
then, of the 100000 worth of bonds
he got $4,000 for 1880, making il
all 81, ,450 worth of stock and bonds
for which he paid $l7, 7,5OO.'
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

A VOTE in the House at Washington
on the Goth inst, disclosed the fact
that there is a close division on the
question of repeating the resumption
bill. The vote came up on motion
to suspend the rules, SO as to take up
at once a bill for a repeal of the law,
The vote-lO9 for, and los against
was certainly hewing pretty close,
The suspension requiring a two.
thirds vote, the motion was lost
Some seventy-five members did not
vote, SO that it is yet difficult to tell
the exact status of the House upon
this question.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

GEN. ROBERT e. ScHENcK, late min
ister to Great Britain, is in Washing
ton, and is about to enter vigorously
into defense of himself in regard to
the Emma Mine embroglio. 1t is a
very common thing nowadays to
jump at the guilt of party. but VIC
are decidedly in favor of giving Gen
Schenck respectful and fair hearing
in this matter, and we incline strong.
ly to the view that while it would
have been better that he should not
occupying the position he did, enter
into this matter, yet we question very
much the idea, that any intentional
wrong can be ascribed to him in wha
he did. We think the most that car
be charged to his account is indiscre
ton.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

THE classification of the votes on
the motion to suspend the rules to gel
before the House at Washington bill
to repeal the resumption act, is as fol-
lows: of the 100 yeas, forty were
from the West and fifty-seyen from
the South, and among them eleven
Republicans. OF the los nays, sixty
two were Republicans, and of these
forty-six were from New England
and New York.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29
JAPANESE oARpExrxss.

| How They Make BETTER J0lDato by tn
| Eye Than Our NIechAnics Cam " ish
the square-Their work On the
Centennfal Grends 1T Philadel
phis.
The Japanese carpenters at worE
on the Centennial grounds at Phila.
delphia draw crowds of curiosity.
Hunters. Mr.. Stillson, of the World
has been to see them and tells us what
he saw. To keep all at a distance q
fence-guard has been set around the
japanese building. An old boss
Philadelphia carpenter, whom Mr.
Stillson saw leaning over the fence
Thursday afternoon, said in answer
to question whether any one could
go inside, 20, no they had to put up
this concern to keep out just such
men as me. They've got tools in
there that American carpenters cant
hold a candle to, and they found out
that some folks around here wasn't
above stealing. But the tools ain't
half as ingenious as their ways OF
handlin' 'em. I've watched that fell
low up there now for half day, and
I've never seen him use rule or a
measuring rod. Did if he don't
measure everything with his eye.
See him nOw-see him saw off that
connection between those two posts ;
see how quick he saws it in two with
that little fine tool of his. Now look
at him put it up. There--it fits to q
hairs breadth, and yet he did it with
his eye! Now notice the other little
cuss yOnder. He's fixin' one dove
tail to fit into another; he hain't
touched anything in the shape of a
rule since he began, and you'll see
he'll make them two joints set as
if they were melted into each other.
Hi didn't l tell you so? l can see
like microscope you can't get your
finger nail in the crack The wood
they use is mostly kind of red cedar,
straighter, whittier and coarser grained
than ours not so red, and without the
odor of American cedar. Another
kind of wood is as fine as lockwood,
but harder, and has large, broad,
ornamental grain. The roof tiles are
made of a clay mixture of their own.
Each tile weighs about as much as
one of our bricks. These tiles are of
COHseIuCllOH COllN
on zone side, the other side slightly
convoluted, tapping under and into
the conyolution of its neighbor, so
that the tiles are jointed sidewise by
the device of their own construction.
The correspondent did not see that
they were knitted together up and
down the roof by any joint or catch,
but they oycrlapped one another, as
American shingles do, and were fas-
tened to the roof by deep underlay-
ing of waterproof cement. He re-
marked to the old carpenter that such
a roof must be very heavy. Heavy!
Yes indeed. That there roof must
weigh nigh onto two tons. But just
see how beautifully they contrive to
support it without letting it seem to
be heavy, and without seeming to
make any fuss. See how light all the
timber gear is; yet how well the up
rights are distributed, and how we'll
placed the slender braces are. III
didn't tell you, you'd never think that
roof was SO heavy When they get
the building finished and painted
you'll think of the roof as the lightest
part of it, and the whole thingll seem
as if you could take it up on your
back and carry it away"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

BEN. BUTLER was before the Clym-
er Committee on the 2lst inst, and he
testified to many suspicious circum.
stances going to show that Pendleton
paid Mrs. Bowers, now Mrs. Belknap
$4,000 of the $4,000 fees he got out
of the Kentucky Central r. r. claim
Buffers testimony points to the pay.
ment of said sum of $4,000 through q
check, which Pendieton endorsed, ,and
the proceeds of which was paid to the
then Mrs. Bowers, in New York city
His testimony goes to show that there
were persons who knew of this trans
action who have very recently lef
New York, giving out that they were
going to New Orleans.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

The Charlotte IN. Co. Observer tells
the following: "A darkey in that
place approached a citizen the other
day, and asked il it would be a very
great sacrifice ON his part to accept an
Office. Fur continued the darkey,
we niggers want somebody for May
or what'll let de cows run loose,
whatll let dc bar-rOoms stay open on
Sunday, and whatll let de gamblers
raise hell every night If dey wants to,
and you Is just de man we wants.
Onr friend uncovered himself and
bowed his grateful acknowledgment
of the compliment"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

As a debater and ever ready, mast.
erly parliamentarian, in our opinion
James G. Blaine never had all equal
on the floor of the House of Repre-.
sentatives. His wonderful adroitness
in parliamentary tactics and his bold
ringing powerful speeches during this
session have marked him pre-eminent-
ly throughout the entire country as,
perhaps, the most noted statesman OF
the nation of his years.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

SINCE Gentleman George, than
whom there was none more promi
nent in the Democratic party, has
been caught with an $50, 600 or $50, ,0O(
swag the Democratic journals are as
mute as mummies on the subject
When Belknap went down, Republic.
an journals invariably demanded the
most complete investigation and mer.
tied punishment in his case. Have we
heard anything of this kind from
Democratic journals in regard to
PendletOn? Not word Of it.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

THE U. s. Supreme Court has de.
cided the law of California touching
the right Of emmigration into that
state by the Chinese, unconstitutional.
This law forbid the Chinese coming
in, and this decision of the highest
tribunal in the land has wonderfully
stirred up the ire of the denizens OF
the Golden State. CalifOrnians are
down heavy on the Chinese, and we
really guess there are some very
strong reasons fol-. it still no State has
the right to regulate matters of immi-
grafton into this country.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

THERE is Democratic member OF
Congress by the name of Schumacher,
whose righteous soul was sore vexed
about the Belknap corruption, and
who voted for the impeachment OF
the Secretary. This man is the same
to whom was traced 100000 of the
Pacific Mail bribery fund, year ago.
He votes steadily with the Democrats,
and their virtuous souls don't object
to be cheek by jowl with him.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29
MInERS VS.. INDIANS,


FT. LARAMIE, March 22.--News was
brought in last night by party from
Custar City Of fight between the
miners and Indians on Deadwood
Creek, 60 miles north of Custer. The
miners attacked the Indians and
killed l3. The Indians had been rum
ming of stock. More trouble is ex-
pected.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

THAT mule case i'm which Secretary
Bristow got $1,000 for arguing be-
fore the Court of Claims at Washing
ton, presents some singular features,
The contract was made with L. T.
Taylor by Henry Howland, Captain
and acting quartermaster, for LOCO
mules at certain prices, on the 9th Of
March, 1865. The mules were to be
delivered in six weeks. The point of
law raised in the case was that the
contract was illegal, inasmuch as the
letting ofsuch contract was not ad-
vertised as required by law where
the exigencies of the case do not re-
quirc immediate action, and as the
contractor was given six weeks to
comply with it, it would seem as
though it was not case of such exi-
gency as to warrant the making of
it without first properly advertising.
The members of the court trying this
case were Chief Justice Drake, of st.
Louis, and Messrs. Mott, Peck and
Milligan. The three latter members
of the court found for the claimant,
Drake dissenting and filing his writ
ten opinion. 1t does not seem as
though Bristow, who was then pri-
vate citizen, did anything wrong or
anything out of the line of duty as an
attorney. Since, however, Judge
Drake was SO decidedly against the
claim, and the judges allowing it re-
marked that it was not free from
doubt, it is singular that it was not
appealed to the Supreme Court. The
sum was so large and so dispropor-
toned to reasonable view of what
we might expect the contractors to
lose, that there is very suspicious
look to it all round. 1t is singular
that mules which the government
agreed to pay $lGO head for, should
only bring $42 per head when the
government upon the collapse of the
rebellion, refused to take them.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29

NINETY THOUSAND dollars has al
ready been applied for to add to the
contingent expenses on account Of
investigating committees. This is
likely to be qnadrupled before the
session is over.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29
A Chimese Helen and the war She
C0u&00

During the inquest in the cause of
the death of Gee Wy Fung the other
evening, says the Virginia New
Chronicle, Sam Sing made remarks
to the effect that woman was at the
bottom of the war in Chinatown and
the sole cause of it. Sam had a cousin
who was married to a Chinese maid
en-, beauteous in form and feature,
but tiend at heart. She was born
i'm China in the year 1858, and mar
ried her husband in the little village
of Sing Po. She was the daughter OF
wealthy rag-pickers and though they
were bitterly opposed to the mesalli-
ance, marriage became in few short
months thing of necessity, and to
escape from the reproaches and scorn
of her relatives the fair aristocrat and
her husband emigrated to America,
and arrived at Virginia City about
four years ago. Unfortunately for
the domestic peace of the couple, Hop
Sing exercised his destinations upon
the Young wife, and allured by the
fine figure, classic features and nu-
merous accomplishments of the chief
of the Hop Sing faction, the oblique-
eyed beauty consented to abandon
her liege lord for the wicked Hop
Sing. This was step fraught with
great danger. Old Sam Sing was
willing to defend his cousin even by
sacrificing the life of the unfaithful
wife. The cousin himself was a
young man who had many friends
ready and willing to defend him in
any action he might take under the
circumstances. All these considera.
tions deferred old Hop Sing from
openly taking the woman into the
house, and, according to Sam Sing
the willy Celestial determined tc
adopt King David's plan, and have
his tobacco-hued Uriah assassinateG
as the speediest and safest way out OF
the difficulty. The poor young hus.
band was accordingly set upon and
brutally murdered by Hop Sing
hired assassin in cellar on the corner
of Union and Istreets, receiving eigh
stabs in vital portions of the body
His wife mourned in good style for ;
week, and then retired into Hol
Sings harem as his most favored
companion. Sam Sing immediatel.
inaugurated war of revenge ant
killed three of Hop Sings men. Hol
Sing retaliated by slicing two San
Singers, and thus the vendetta ha
been kept up among them to tn
present day. But the way of tn
transgressor is hard. New rivals es
tranged the affections Of the giftet
Hop Sing from the unfaithful wife
and about two years ago she was dan
gerously scalded, losing one eye, s.
that now no one can recognize in tn
haggard, Scared, blind and miser
able creature who hangs over fire il
Hop Sings palace on l street tn
beautiful woman who three years ag
occasioned by her folly the Chimes
war in Virginia.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29
J. N. HEDRICK CO., PROPRIETORs.

A MONUMENT to the late Vice Pres
ident Wilson by the regular army is
proposed. Company d, Sixteenth In
fantry, stationed at Humboldt Tenn,
has raised $50 for the purpose.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-29
MISCELLANY,


1.Rsss9 OSSs
Dumping got little cat
With claws upon its toes,
And every little while there Is
A scratch on Dumpling's nose.
And Dumpling says the reason why
She gets such scratches there,
She takes Miss Kitty in her lap
And tries to comb her hair.
Which Kitty does not like as well
As come might think she would.
And so she sptts and claws around
And growls and isn't good.
And Dumping tries her best to get
Kits hair all combtd in rows,
And Kitty tries her best TO get
A digat Dampling's nose.
And 30 when Dumpling's done, you see
Kits hair is just as 'twas,
But there's an awful scratch right on
The tip of Dumpling's nose.