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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28

The Chicago Tribune has double
loaded editorial favoring the election
of Senator Morton as Vice President
pro tenn. The reasons given arc that
Ferry's senatorial term expires on the
Sd of March, and that although he
has been elected Senator, there would
be an intcrregnum from that day un-
til the 9Th of March before he (Ferry)
could be sworn i'm, even if the Senate
was to elect him again President pro
tenn. and acting Vice President.
The Tribune thinks that in view OF
democratic threats to carry the de.
cision Of the Presidential muddle past
the 9Th of March, for the purpose OF
forcing another presidential election
next November, it is of the utmost
Importance that there should not be
break in the authority of the acting
vice president, and that Senator Nor.
ton has the advantage Of holding
over, besides the universally conceded
merit of great courage ahd executive
ability.
We believe that the men of honor
and ability in the democratic party
who, for the most part, come from the
South, will continue to abide by the
action of the Electoral Board, which
is, to great extent, their own crea.
tion, and that the declaration OF
Hayes election, which is now appar.
entity inevitable, will be acquiesced
in with substantial unanimity.
Nevertheless, the suggestions Of IN,
Tribune, to have man of great abil
ity and undoubtcd nerve at the helm
about that time, should be accepted
by the Senate.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
Horrible Details Of a sh,p~reck.

BosToN, Feb. PA letter received
from Capt. Kane, of the schooner, +.
L. Mcdonald, dated Goree, West
Coast Of Africa, Jan. Oath, says, on his
outward passage from Boston, he fell
in with the wreck Of the British bark,
Marie, Capt. Grayson, having on
board two survivors of crew of
fourteen men, the others having per-
ished from exposure and famine.
The wreck was discovered in lati-
tude 80 deg. % min., and longitude
81 deg. 30 min, with the mast gone
and full of water. The two men
were taken on board the schooner,
but one died within four hours. From
the sole survivor it was ascertained
that the bark was bound from Deobo,
Georgia, to Belfast, Ireland; that she
sprung q leak in q gale and filled with
water, so it was impossible to save
any provisions or fresh water. The
lumber with which the ,cssel was
ladened prevented her from sinking.
but the weight of the masts turned
the vessel on her beams ends until the
masts broke away, when she righted
and the men re gained the deck. Hav
ing no food or water they soon began
to die of starvation, and as soon as
one died the rest subsisted upon the
dead body, and SO ON until only two
were left. The survivor, Jas. Nc
Laughlin, belongs to Belfast, Ireland,
and says only small portions of the
bodies could be eaten. No one was
killed, but the moment one died the
survivors cut the throat of the dead
man and drank his blood, then divid-
ed the heart and brains. 1t was
thirty-two days from the time Of the
disaster until the wreck was sighted
and during all that time tho crew had
not q drop of water or other food
than the bodies Of dead shipmatcs.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
Too Many Small Horses.

Perhaps it would be better cX-
pressed and more to the point to say
heavier horses are the need of the
times. Trotting horses, PAGERS, rum
ners, or any other gait are all right in
their places, but the majority of hors-
es arc for labor, and not for show
they are on duty as producers, and
are valuable in proportion as they
can do work; they are the motive
power on the farm, on the highway,
in the large towns and citics-as in
dispensable as bread and butter
Prices of large horses of all breeds
that are compactly built and con-
structed on good rules of proportion
rule high and pay well for handling.
"Plugs" and scrub stock are cheap,
and will be even less in price than
heretofore, as all who employ teams
are fast learning that heavy strong
team costs no more to keep than a
light, poor one, but even less, and can
do much more service. A farmer
should have at least one heavy, strong
team. He may own a small, light
span, but for plowing and general
uSC, thC uCuNs tCouu luat Is seluOlti
urged beyond fast walk on the road
and will take fourteen or sixteen
inch plow and 60 all day without any
evidence of weariness, is the one to
depend on. The market is full OF
semi-fast stock they do not command
a staple price, but depend wholly on
circumstances for their margin OF
profit, if any, that they yield. Pure
blooded Norman or Clydesdales may
not be the best tor their exclusive ma.
ture, but by crossing them with good
native western stock there can be
produced superior grade of horses
that will command good prices and
be in demand at all times.
Farmers should not be indifleren,
to this fact, and when they propose tt
raise colt, select from that stocl
which will insure a heavy horse; i
may cost more in the beginning, bu
will net larger returns in the end
Good horses, good cattle, good sheel
and hogs, are good deal the cheap
est.-F'acto,y and Farm.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
The democrats Of Florida have cap.

The democrats of Florida have cap
tured a carpet-bagger, one of the most
scaly and disreputable of the breed.
We refer to the individual, WI. Pur-
man, the renegade representative in
congress, who in order to retain his
contested seat said in speech in the
House the other day that the majori-
ty Of the popular vote of Florida was
for Tilden. The Florida Weekly Er-
press (dcm.), published in Pensacola,
Of the date of March Is, 1876, has two
items in regard to this Hon. recruit
to the democracy. One Of these items
under the head of "Mayor's Court
March ii, 1885, reads as follows:
.eW.J. Purman, Representative In
Congress, disorderly, fined $l0'
The other item, under the head Of
Distinguished Arrivals" reads thus
"The Hon. w. j. Pnrman, Repre-.
sentative in Congress, for West Flor
ida, and - -, arrived in thu
city this week. On Thursday morn
ing they were both fined $40 and cost
In the Mayor's Court for being drpnl
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
SouEAlS.

Henry Watterson, late major in the
Confederate army, and member OF
Congress from Louisville, writes a
long letter to his paper, the Courier
Journal, giving up the ghost. He
intimates that he was originally
against the Electoral Commission
plan, and in favor of insugurating
Tilden by his one hundred thousand
Kentuckians, but that the democrats
were given away by Mr.. Tilden's man
Hewitt, Of whom Mr.. Wattcrson
says:
Congress met, and Mr.. Hewitt, the
official head of the party, appeared
in the capitol befuddlcd with self
mystification and vanity. Precisely
what distinct plan, if any, this flighty,
incapable person may have had, the
world will never know or care to
know. Tho country saw him chiefly
as q b0b-o'-link scudding, cloud-like,
between the white house and the office
of the Associated Press. Presently,
certain among the representatives of
the people, somewhat slow and be-
lated class, grew restive. Such, the
official head Of the democratic party,
one hand upon his heart and the 9TH
er in his pocket silenced with the
patriotic ejaculation 81 had rather
see Hayes inauguratcd than shed one
drop of blood" Considering Justice
Blacks saying that either party stood
ready to surrender when satisfied that
the other meant to fight, the wisdom
no less than the patriotism, of Mr..
Hewitts epigram will be realized.
He concludes his wall as follows:
l am sure that 1 cannot see the
wisdom, or the blessing, in this pres
ent business; but, for my part, I
mean to accept it, as have accepted
many things, "on faith," faith in the
creative principle Of the universe,
faith in human nature, faith in the
future. I'earnestly advise everybody
to do the same; especially urging up
on democrats the good sense, as well
as the duty of doing these things, to-
wit:
l. Preserve the party organization
intact, without flaw or doubt.
2. Suppress violent thoughts and
extreme ejaculation, for anger never
mended any cause.
3. Treat Hayes like a gentleman
until he proves himself a usurpcr by
his acts.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
Eight to Seven.
ST Oukp f1laho. namncrat

Let us have fair counts to Z.
s to Z. In hoe signo Hayes gets in.
Let us have peace, by vote Of s to
Z.
No use counting any more. II is
to all round.
s to Z is q tremendous majority,
when the s are OH your side.
Bradley is q great man. Let him
not weary in we'll doing.
The tow-line covered itself with
glory yesterday by vote of to Z.
We hope no Democrat will be al
lowed to forget that the vote was to
The Republican party may now
very properly be called the party OF
eternal 8.
BY vote of 8 TO 7 the Democratic
party is beaten once more and for
ever.
sto z is a beautiful figure of speech
and will make first-class epitaph fol
the Democrats.
The Democrats want to jump the
game because they can't take the eight.
spot with the seven-spot.
"Would you walk into my parlor p
said the spider to the fly. The fly
walked in, and by vote of s to Z he
got hurt.
Even bar'l % money can't make
seven beat eight. 1t is sad epoch
in our country's history when such il
the case.
Col. Armstrong swore blue streal
at man yesterday for simply telling
him that he went to dinner at six and
ate to seven.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28

The Chicago Times howls fearful
ly about the commission. It uses
language in abuse of that body that
could only have had its origin. with a
man stepped in all the experience
which makes first class blackguard.
Tho mistake it makes is, that in its
rage it ovcrdoes the matter, and the
reader is disgusted after reading a
very few paragraphs of its diatribe.
The Chicago Ii,aes will bear for
many years, as it now does, wide
spread reputation, it is true, but it
will be as notorious among journals
of decent reputation as is Nero
among the Emperors of Rome. Ut
.tcrly void of reliability or honesty, it
is deplorable how many depraved
tastes there are which are satiated by
a constant reading of SO foul a jour-
nal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28

SAYLER, of Ohio, is the chairman of
the House committee sent to South
Carolina to investigate the vote of
that state. The committee was,
of course, democratic, and it made its
report to the House this week. They
give up that Hayes carried the state.
We give the following extract from
the report:
'Many mistakes and inaccuracies
were found in different returns.
Some of them were signed by one and
some by two managers, but if all the
returns affected by such irregulari-
ties were rejected, it would not
change the result. The result, by
asccrtaining the votes cast at all the
precincts and correcting the mistakes
made by the managers in the returns,
shows that Bowen received the low
est vote on the republican ticket, viz :
92,O93 votes, or S3l votes over Nc
Gowan, who received the largest vote
on the democratic ticket, viz: 81 ,262
votes.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
DIoappolntod.

NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-The President
having prohibited a parade yesterday,
Of the 30 called re-organized rifle and
sabre clubs, at Columbia, South Car
olina, they passed the day in gloom.
From the flag staff on the public
buildings, the stars and stripes float
ed at half mast, draped with black
Grape. Tho same insignia was OBJ
servable in many other portions OF
the city and business was generally
suspended and the city exhibited all
the quiet of sabbath day.
About four o'clock, p. m. when a
number assembled at public hall
to hear an address by a distinguish.
ed republican orator, on the life OF
Washington, as contrastcd with that Of
President Grant, this speaker intimat-
that the order from Washington pre-.
venting the parade, was not intended
to be put into execution until the mi.
litia companies were marching when
the United States soldiers were Il
have been ordered out.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28

The Senate committee in the Ore.
gon matter, ought now to summon
Sam. Tildcn to testify. We don't
suppose the country would have much
confidence in what the old man would
say, after the last years experience
with him, but then it might be inter-
csting to know how he would squirm
out Of the rascaliry he has been caught
in. If Hayes was implicated tithe
as much as Tilden is, he would long
ago have been summoned to Wash
ington before a democratic inquisi-
torial committee and been incarcer-
atcd in some sink hole beneath the
Capitol, if he had not danced right
lively to all questions asked, even to
giving an inventory of his wife's
wardrobe.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
Tilden's Varieties
"Burlelgh," in Boston Journal.


Whoever writes up the history of
Samuel j. Tilden for the last twenty
years will find materials for a spicy
volume. He has had finger in near
ly every mess that has been concocted
during that period. When the steal
ing was the most audacious from the
city treasury, the rulers were Boss
Tweed, Boss Connolly, Boss Sweeney,
Boss Genct and-Boss Tildcn. Tildcn
was by no means the fool of the
crowd. He was the chairman of the
New York State committee when
Griswold was counted out of the
governorship. Tilden was also an
original barn burner, and author OF
the Wilmot proviso. In 1S47 a club
to oppose the extension Of slavery IN
the territories was organized and met
on the corner of Eighth street and
Broadway. Tilden drew up a protest
| in the words of Jefferson, and put /,
| into the hands Of several members oi
Congress, that if one failed another
might catch the eye Of the Speaker
Tilden went to Washington to cngin,
Ger tho thing through and was success
full. Wilmot got the floor and made
himself immortal.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
Sherman's BlII.

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator
Shcrman's bill for tho resumption of
specie payment, reported from the
finance committee, authorizes the
Secretary of the Treasury to issue in
sum or sums not exceeding in tho
aggregate $lOO, 100000 in redemption
of an equal amount of U. 8. notes,
under the acts of February, 1862, July
1867, and March, 1868, coupon or reg
istercd bonds of the same description
and character as then authorized by
the acts of July, 1870 and January,
1871, redeemable in coin of present
value, at the pleasure of the United
States thirty years from date of their
issue, and bearing interest; interest
payable quarterly, in such coin at the
rate of four per cent. per annum.
Such bonds shall be in addition to the
loan authorized by the acts of July,
1870, and January, 1871. Not more
than $25, 100000 of such bonds in any
| ear, nor more than four millions in
any month shall be issued, and the
Treasury notes so redeemed shall not
be re-issued, but destroyed. No COM
mission whatever shall be paid for
negotiation of the bonds. The Sec.
retary of the Treasury is authorized
to issue in exchange for legal tender
notes of tho United States, silver coin
to an amount which, including the
amount heretofore authorized, to be
issued by the act Of April, 1916, Chap
ter 63, and by joint resolution of July
%, 1876, Chapter Is, shall not exceed
$4,000, 600, and legal tender notes so
received shall be destroyed and held
as a portion Of the sinking fund, the
interest to be computed thereon as in
the case of bonds redeemed. The
engraving and printing must not cost
centum of the amount of bonds issued,
and shall DO paid for out of any
available funds in the Treasury.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
4 REPUBLICAN Congressman, ex-
congratulations with Sena.

4 REPUBLICAN Congressman, ex.
changing congratulations with Sena-
tor Blaine last Sunday over the
fortunate result of the Electoral
Commission experiment, asked the
eK-Spcaker.if it was not about time
for him to regret that he had opposed
the passage of the bill creating the
Commission. "By no MEANS" re-
piled Mr.. Blaine, u still adhere to
my first impressions about the bill. A
much better plan of settlement would
have been to pass bin giving the
defeated candidate the right to bring
a quo warranto suit in the Supreme
Court, and requiring the Court to
decide the case within thirty days.
With such a law we could have gone
on in the old constitutional way to
open and count tho vote. The decis-
ion of the Court would have carried
far greater weight with the people
s4han will that of the Commission"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
Acompron1ise knected.

WAsHNGToN, Feb. 2O.-By mutual.
agreement the Senate Committee on
Privileges and Elections, and the COM
mittee on the Powers, Privileges and
Duties of the House in counting tho
electoral vote, have decided not to 60
into the examination of the papers
and accounts of the leaders of either
political party. In consequence of
this agreement, Ellis, president Of the
Third National Bank, of New York,
will not be required to produce an
abstract of the account of Samuel j.
Tildcn, at the Third National Bank,
for examination by the former COM
mittee, while Hon. Z. Chandler, chair
man of the National Republican
committee, will be excused from ap-
pearing before the latter committee
with his account-books, papers, etc.
This harmonious agreement of the
two committees was brought about
through the cxertion of Senator Bar
mum and Mr.. Ellis.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
The Democratic Party Dog is Dead.


The Democratic" party dog is dead.
The game is played out. If there
were any need of proof that the wan
dering minstrels of fading habit of
prejudice, who go about singing an
cient ditties to the glory of putrid
reminiscence, and styling themselves
a democratic party, are politically the
most contemplate humbugs that ex-
list on Gods green earth, the most
ample and over-abundant proof
would be the hopeless imbecility
shown by the representatives and
managers of that aggregation of hum
bugs, since the November election.
The controlling section in the pres
ent House of representatives is a body
of spoil-sceking politicians almost be-
meath contempt for the feeblcness and
political aimlessness. 1t is the weak
est, most pusillanimous and con-
tcmptiblc representative body ever
assembled at Washington. IL is an
aggregation of partisan odds and
ends !; a thing of "shrcds and patches :"
o combination of cross-road politi-
clans, confederate colonels, granger
idiots, partisan m0untebanks, and po-
litical charlatans of the lowest order.
There are few, very few, men of
brains, who, with experience. would
develop faculties Of craftsmanship !;
but their number is so small and their
inexperiencc SO great that their in
flucnce amounts to nothing in effect.
Some of thesc-notably Messrs. Hurd
and Walling,o of Ohio,and Mr.. Thomp-
son, of Massachusetts--de praise
for the manliness of their protest
against the perfectly infamous dirt
eating of the Bourbonic Bayard,
Herman, Hewitt, Randolph, Tucker
and the whole pha,anx of "rccon-
structcd" southern humbugs.
Let not those dcmagogucs flatter
themselves that 'the waiting game is
theirs" They have been playing the
waiting game these many years, with
results that have not been satisfacto-
ry. That game, too, is played out.
Let them not hug TO their fossil bo-
SONS the delusion that an "appeal to
the people" will be heard. They have
too often betrayed the confidence a
too credulous people have reposed in
them. They have too often forfeited
the popular trust they have asked for
and received. They may appeal to
the people; but the appeal will be in
vain. The democratic" party dog is
dead. The last change Of the nation
al administration which implies a
change in the ofiiceholding class has
been made.-Chicago Times (dem.)
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
j. NJ, HEDRICK & CO., PROPRIETORS.

and disorderly on the streets. They
visited, early on Wednesday evening,
the "Melodeon," one of the variety
places in the city, attending ball Civ
en- there. The beer girls, by their at
tention TO their wants, filed them up,
and visions of beauty and wine floatcd
before their beer-hazed imaginations
and they started out to see the sights Of
the city. Being little boozy and
somewhat noisy, Marshal Tourat in
vlted them to appear at the Mayors
court; and, as our mayor has little
State pride, he allowed them to
plead guilty without appearance, they
paying the aforementioned fine and
costs. Comment is unnecessary"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
FOREIGN.
Terrible Storm on the English
Coast
Twenty Vessels and their Crew
Lost.

New YORK, Feb. 2l.-A cable des-
patch states that thirty vessels, many
with their entire crews, have been
lost in a gale on the English coast, on
the 10Th. The area ST the storm was
exceptionally extensive. 1t embraced
the greater part of the British islands
and the whole of northern and CEN
trail France. The violence of the
storm was extraordinary. The force
of the gale has cnly been equalled du-
ring recent years, by that Of few
weeks ago.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-02-28
Small Farms Paw Best.

The insane desire possessing the
minds of majority of farmers is
more land aud larger farms. Not
content with as many acres as they
can till to advantage, or with econo-
my and profit, they watch and wait
until they can obtain another eighty
or add forty to their already too
large possessions. Enough is as good
as feast, and too mt ch is more than
a famine. Farms in our great West
are altogether too large, one reason
being because no long years of labor
are required to remove the forests
and prepare for the reception of seed ;
and the purchaser, instead of taking
eighty acres and doing the work
thoroughly, will buy half section
and only half perform anything he
may undertake. We are ready to
confess that the soil is rich, and will
do its part of the work well; but a
rich soil and bright sun, with rain,
dews, and genial climate, are not ali
that is required to show balance on
the profit side Of the farmers ledger.
A careful and practical gardener or
farmer from the Old Land, or even
New England, will make q handsome
income from the neglected spots on
the average. farm. What use is there
in owning 16O acres of land to use
only GO acres 2 and why pay interest
ON the extra hundred acres when less
than half of it will not only produce
all you obtain from the larger farm
and spare you hours of useless con-
Germ because the untitled portion is
not producing?
An illustration of how large farms
work failure to their owners, is be-
fore us now, in the instance of the
Sullivan farm of 10000 acres; if ii
has not swamped the owner it has
dragged him down until ruin was so
near that recovery was only possible
in dividing up and disposing of the
acres that were more than he could
make profitable.
There is point beyond which, in
farming as well as business, results
are obtained only by more than pro-
portionate expense. A merchant
may sell 100000 worth of goods at
fair profit, but the expense and extra
cost necessary to increase it to $780,
600 not unfrequently occasions actual
loss. A farmer may till farm Of
l6O acres and have fair balance left
each year, but when he adds the next
l6O acres he has put about his neck
an anchor that may draw him under.
Again, we say the farms are too
large on an average. More farmers
are what we need, not larger farms ;
do better the work that is undertake
en-; employ means that will take out
of the soil the most from the fewest
acres; use every foot Of ground you
own, and be content to put your
profits out at savings, and not into
more land that will burden you with
debt and put an end to gain.-Fdcto-
RI and Farm.