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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
A Story Of Real Lie.

Mr.. Marooney is foreman in q
foundry, and gets a salary of thirty
dollars . week. With this salary the
family ought to get along well and
save money, but they did not. Mr.
Marooney has cousin, a shoemaker
who only gets fifteen dollarsa week,
yet sails right along in lightning ex.
press, while Marooney comes lu % Der.
ing along like freight with q ho,
box.
"How do you manage 1t, Jack" he
would frequently ask, "to get alon
the way you do? Here you actually
keep your family and save money on
fifteen dollars week, while it takes
every cent I make to live, and l ge,
double the pay !"
ooh, j don't manage ii at all" says
Jack, 'just take my money home to
the old woman every Saturday night
and she takes her five dollars to run
the house with and puts the rest
away
"Do you give her all the money p
asked Mr.. Marooney, musingly.
"Oh, no, not quite; I keep q little
for tobacco during the week, and a
trifle 10 keep me from being lone
some. II keep it all in my pocket
would spend it sure, but Mary keeps
it tight and safe"
Mr.. Marooney talked it over with
his wife that night, and they conclud-
cd to try Jacks plan. The following
Saturday night he brought home his
thirty dollars, and keeping, and she
promised to do her level bes,
to set the table on five. The
first week she squeezed through
somehow and along with six and
half. Mr.. Marooney was quite
pleased, and began laying awake
at night thinking about what kind OF
q house he would build. He thought
a plain rustic cottage, with Q bay
window would be about right. The
next week the expenses footed up
five dollars and eighty cente, and
Marooney changed his dcsign for q
future residence from frame to brick.
The next week she brought it down
thirty cents more, and he added a
wing with washsshousc. Then che
made super-human struggle, and
came within two shillings OF the gosl
for which she had been striving. Mr..
Marooney decided ON an iron
fence in front of his residence.
The next week she To-,
ground, slipped and cane ont a, the
six dollar post. Mr.. Marooney
thought neat paiing fence was good
enough for anybody, but when the
ensuing week she CT me in with flying
colors and struck the five dollar mark
in both eyes, Mr.. Marooney had the
iron railing reinsta.ed and granite
steps running upto the door. The mex,
week she took the money she had
saved, went and bought her q love of
. hat, too cute for anything, q black
silk dress, and chernb of q cloak ,ha:
made the woman next door cry with
envy till her nose got sore, and Mr..
Marooney came to the conclusion tha,
it didn't pay to livein ones property,
keeping up repairs, insurance, etc,
and the worry and stew aud dread OF
fire and earthquakes more than cnun.
terbalanced any tritling advan,a ges
there might be,
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e,va ~ a,.,1,nu+on

BURLINGTON, Dec. AT 8 30 p. n.
. fire was discovered In the Missis-
sippi Valley Tobacco Works. This
large factory 10 owned by Smith,
Cook & Co., and located in the center
Of the business part Of the city, and
pays an annual tax Of $4,000 TO the
government. The entire building
and the bulk Of its contents were con-
sumed. The Holly water works
kept the fire from spreading to the
adjoining buildinga, though ct first Il
was feared that all the business por-
tion of the city was doomed. The
loss on the building 10 estimated at
$lO,O 600; ON machinery and stock $40
600; all covered by insurance.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11

CHICAGO, Dec. 5.-The scrapers and
cutters Of the Chicago Packing aad
Provision Co., . large concern which
comprises several Of the most impof.
tant frms doing business at the stock
yards struck this morning TO the NUM-
Der Of about 150, for an increase; Of
wages from $2.75 to So per day. AZ
the company refuses to accede their
demands some 1900 Of their other
employees are idle. It 10 NOT impos-
sible that the strike may extend to
other houses and greatly impede
packing opertaions. @ ssil.,s =
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DrsT1ucrtyE PRArRiR r1nr.

DEADwooD. D. T., Dec. 3.-An sx-
tensive and destructive prairie IRE
originated below Crook City, sweep
Ing in An easterly direction, IL burn
Ing up hay which had been cut and
stacked for the military post q Bear
Butte. The military headquarters
narrowly escaped destruction. Many
ranches were burned. to the ground.
Sturgis City, which lie7 in the path
Of the flames, was saved by light
fall Of rain which stopped the fires
progress.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
PARLIAMENT CONVENED.

LONDON, Dec. 5.-Parliament con.
vened to-day. The .Quesn's speech,
read in the House Of Lords, was unu.
sually short. Her Majesty regretted
being compelled to summon Parlia.
ment earlier than usual, but the &C.
ton of tho Ameer Of Afghanistau
compelled the sending of On expedi
tion into his territory and the easlies
opportunity had been taken 10 cal
Parliament together and making to /
the communication required bylaw
The papers on the subject will b
laid before Parliament.
Assurances from all foreiGau Poy1
ars are friendly and thera
l-~.ra. ~ - : :, y, =
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nEMoc RATiC "FooLiNc.

DEMOCRATIC fOOLsNN.
It will not be claimed by any one
that the New York Herald is a repub'
lican paper. There is special signia'
canoe, therefore, in the following ad.
vice, which that journal gives, edito'
rally to the democracy:
If we were the confidential advisers
Of the democratic party, we should
urge them to '.stop fooling." They
cannot afford to 60 on playing at pol
itics and playing so badly as they do.
The country would, on the whole, we
believe, like to see the democrats once
more In power, for the present elec-
tion shows that 1t does not love the
republicans. It sees all their faults;
but 1t Is q sensible country, and 1t is
waiting patiently for the democrats
to show that they possess q little COM
mon sense before 1t puts them in pos
session of the Federal Administration.
At the present rate we. should think q
democratic President probable about
the wear 1852.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11

are freely exchanged. The value ofa
show like the present one in progress
| Is chiefly In the effect it has In bring
ing together from all parts of the
country, persons interested In the
same questions and allow them to
study what others are doing. The
Hall is crowded every day with sight
seers; but many Of the visitors taste,
examine and make notes, with pro-
fessional acumen. One of the strik-
ing facts revealed by the show Is the
success of the factory .system.of che csc
making. American and Canadian
cheese made in factories are driving
English cheddars out of the market" /"
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neetructlxef flre.

DETROIT, Dec. A fre ;at East
Saginaw this morning, destroyed the
saw mill, drill house, salt block and
1000 barrels Of salt owned by A. r.
Brewer, and the saw mill Of Tuttle q
Pease; also two million feet Of lum-
Der owned by John +. Owen and two
hundred thousand fest owned by J.
+. Rust & Co., which was stored on
the O wens dock. Brewer's loss 10
$50, ,0C0; insured for $33,O0O. Tuttls
3 Pease's loss $4,000; insured for 81
600. Owens loss 920, 600; insured for
$4,000. Rust Il Co.'s g, 600, uninsur-
cd. The origin Of the 1lre 10 suppos-
ed to be incendiary. -1
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
BAD state Of A7alrs At chicago.


CHICAGO, Dec. 6.-The strike at the
Stock Yards continues and this morn
ing Armour b Co., learning that their
men proposed to quit work summari-
ly discharged them and hired others.
There are 5000 hogs on sale At the
yards and the Stock Yards Transit
Company have notified all the rail-
roads to take NO moro hogs ct place
of consignment until further notice,
there being NO room for them. Al
the present unprecedentedly low
price for proYisons, packers do not
care to engage more heavily in busi-.
ness than necessary, and there 10 no
probability Of the strikers' getting
terms from them. It 10 reported that
the men ere only waiting for advance
from employers to 60 back ct the old
prices. &
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
the TRUE iNWARDMEss OF THE
STRUGGLE.

We clip the following from Ions
article in the Columbus Independent
q leading democratic paper Of Missis
sippi, The question is stated so as t.
be clearly understood, and the doc
trine advanced is in keeping with lht
practices of the South. Inasmuch al
the democratic press and the weak
kneed organs deny much that is here
in admitted, they will do well to read
an honest confession Of the intention
of the democracy of the South. The
Independent says:
The fact that there Ia an '.irrepress
ible conflict" between the white anc
black races is so pronounced, that 6
wise policy must reckon it as al i'm,
portant factor In all political calcula
| tions.
Ii there ia one who doubts that the
negro, as 9 politician, has any other
feeling than hatred to the white man
or any other endeavor than his defeat
humiliation and ruin, he reads the
lesson taught by the late election with
the simple confidence OF a child o,
tho obdurate tenacity of q fool.
Negroes have eagerly permitted
themselves to be organized wherever
white men could be found to organize
| them.
They permitted themselves to b.
organized against the democrati,
party.
The question for consideration, and
il 10 pressing for decision, is: How II
the negro's political influence to be
des,royed2
We must learn some system Of In
timidation by which negroes will bt
kept away from the polls and arrange
some cunningly devisad Returning :
Board scheme whereby we may pro
tect ourselves through the ballot box
or we must take action for tho po
iiticel Acknowledgement Of the negro
| race.
But we are told that It is impracti
cable to disfrsnchise the negro.
Let rs try. When we have made
an honest effort to secure this relief
If we fail, we will be no longer re.
sponsible for the consequences.
The above is full confession oftht
controlling element of the South. Il
is just what they are determined Il
accomplish, and just what this natior
mnst crush out 1t any cost, let tha
cost be what 1t may.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
the FACTIONS.
NATIONALS.

WAsHINaToN, D. G., Dec. 2.-The
members of the Central Executive
Committee Of the National party have
issued an address to the people Of the
United States reviewing the rise al nd
progress of the party, predicting con.
tinued success, and the rapid spread
of its principles, and expressing con-
fidcnce that the party will elect
its candidate for the presidency in
1880, with msjorities in Congress and
in nearly all tho State Legislatures.
The address denounces the action
of the banks, speaking through the
Clearing House Association Of New
York, and says the contest is not be-
tween the republican and democratic
parties. 1t 10 between the money
power and the people I; between bank
bills based on untaxed bonds and q
Government legal-tender currency.
and tho people have NO chance what.
ever of ever securing their emanci.
patton from Industrial thralldom. eli.
ther through the party of money pow.
or, the republican party, or its ally.
the democratic party.
An appeal 10 made for orgsniza.
tions In the interest Of tho National
party in every school district, city,
town and ward.
THE GREENBACKERs
held meeting this evening with clos.
ed doors. They claim sixteen mem.
Der: In tho next Congress, who will
act independently, not joining either
party In caucus, and this number, o.
the balance Of power, will enable
them to decide the Speaker ership and
claim the Clerkship and Chsirman.
ship Of important committees. They
say either Wing, OF Ohio, Kelley OF
Wright, Of Pennsylvania, would be
acceptable to them 80 Speaker, and
their preferences are for : democrat
They propose TO maintain in Wash.
ington an Office for the distribution
Of political information, but not, a
has been stated, intend 10 start here 1
greenback organ.
The following resolution was adop
ted at the Conference tonight:
Resolved, That tho National party
SO far as It 10 represented by this con
ference, denopneg xhe resumption o,
specie pay nts as fraud and dcln,
sian I'M kicable 10 this or any
~ CIV 1 country yet II persist
- -. "a ~ Secretary Of the Treasu
ont We ms hat 1t shall be 80 carried
ali .ao % TO 3 hual In it, operations i,
demne.t enforced for the a
stiopt \ bank not;
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
BOILER EXPLOSION.

COLUMBUS, O., Dec. 5.-A large
boiler used at Hayden's rolling mill
exploded this afternoon while q num-
Der Of workmen were standing around
it. The explosion killed Richard Ber-
~, aged 16, his head being blown
from his body. Richard Freeman,
aged Is, was go badly scalded that he
died in few minutes. VIM. Lewis,
aged II, is probably fatally injured.
Geo. Bell had his head cut open " q
piece of the boiler, but may recover.
John Train0r was terribly scalded;
Mick Mccarthy, furnace boy, was also
badly injured. The boiler was quar-
ter-inch iron, 80 feet long, and had
been used some years. It Is claimed
that there were three gauges of water
in 1t and no reason can be given for
the disaster. The explosion was at
the steam drum. A 2O-foot section
was thrown through some frame
across q wide street and
through ten.inch brick wall, and a
nally struck q large apple tree In q
yard about 800 feet from the starting
point. All the min buildings In the
Of the boiler house are
wrecks. A farmer named Newman
who was unloading scrap iron near
the boiler house, was thrown some
distance by the explosion, had both
legs broken and was otherwise severe.
" cut by flying missiles.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11

Mr.. Whitelaw Reid says the negroes
In one precinct voted for the demo-
Gratis at the muzzle of democratic re-
volvers. Mr.. Reid is exceedingly
young In the business. He has yet to
learn that the average negro will not
vote when there are guns in sight.
Atlanta (Ga.) Constitution ( (Dent.)
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11

The "red ragn with Nationals and
Democratic Greenbackers, for the
present, is the national banks. That
means this and nothing more, viz
To defeat, II possible, successful re-
sumption. June 8oth, 1864, 1t became
necessary, In order to maintain its
aredlAAt all, for the nation to limit Its
greenback circulation, which 1t did,
to four hundred millions. This pass
ed into solemn compact on the part
of the government with Its creditors.
The nation was enabled to do this by
means Of the national issues
which 1t had provided for. These
bank bills were to be redeemed in
greenbacks as is now provided for.
In that way the nation arranged for
say about 70O,000,00O OF permanent
paper currency for the use OF the coun-
try, which has stood the test of time
and given the very best of satisfac-
tion, that has ever been attained in
the United States, by currency-the
whole people have been pre-eminent-
ly served and pleased with it. Thus
was sufficient surrency provided for
and yet by Its character the govern
ment is In the situation of having
at no time q greater sum than $4OO,-
100000 redeemable In specie, because
the greenbacks were alone redeema-
able In coin, the bank notes being re-
deemable In the legal tenders. II
was an ingenious and convenient ar
arrangement to bridge the chasm of in.
solvency at the time Of great nation.
ii peril, and was then an absolute ne.
ceasity. It has been OF no less emf.
nsnt service ever since to enable the
nation 70 tloat large amount Of cur.
rency and at the same time gradually,
a. we have for now near fourteen
years past, come on down to a coin ba.
sis-reach resumption.
The hour for resumption is now al
hand and this same plan, constructed
fourteen years ago to tide US along, Ii
imperatively needed to cross the Ru.
bicon Of resumption with.
With sS47.oOo, 600 of coin demnnd
notes out, we are abundantly able tc
meet the ordeal Of resumption and
maintain It successfully, but change
one-half the currency or the nation
at this time, viz: bank notes. redeem.
able tn ereenbacks, into an additional
issue Of greenbacks, (which is uncon.
situtionai,) or into treasury notes
during the coming year-and then We
should have to meet the crisis OF re.
sumption with say 500, 600, 600 81 coiu
demand notes outstanding. Is It no,
a. plain as tho meridian sun Of 3
cloudless day, that such q decided
change In our financial system Ii the
midst Of e struggle for resumption,
would be the very acme Of folly? Il
will not Be done; there are neithe,
fools nor demagogues enough to effect
such . thing. y is very evident Ia.
dYed that II the so-called democratic
srty can AampeS Seapmntiop.. .delss
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
EVEN the N. Y. Sua comedies this
much as to South Carolina;

EVEN the N. 4. ISNH comedies thte
much as to South Carolina:
The testimony proves beyond . rea-
sonable doubt that frauds OF great
extent were committed by the South
Carolina democrats at the polls ON the
9TH of November. In that state there
may be, and probably Is, . legitimate
democratic majority ON fair vote.
The avowed object of the late cam
paign was to swell this majority to
the largest numbers possible by any
means, and TO wipe out Of existence
forever to hope, heart and organiza-
tion Of the republican party In that
state. That is what Wade Hampton
calls '.redeeming South Carolina" !"
He gave the key note early In the can
vase, when he boasted that every con.
gressional district would be carried.
His red-coated riders bore the in.
structions into every township and
hamlet. The ballot-box suffers con.
summated the work ON election day
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
Poisoned BY Vitrloi In Iowa oounty.

VeOVOO ~ vsSssOs sUsO OV0USy.
MUscATINE, Dec. 3.-Sunday eve
ming three farmer boys, living near
Little City, Iowa county, named Me-
Call, Wade and Hartzek, found q
bottle Of horse liniment composed OF
vitriol and vinegar In barn, and
supposing 1t to be liquor drank the
contents. Hartzek and Wade were
saved by the prompt use OF emetics.
Mccall not making his intense suffer
ings known until too late died in great
agony last night.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
THE Legislature of South Carolina

The Legislature of South Carolina
is composed of eight republicans and
$50 democrats. In the House there
are three republicans and l2l demo-
Gratis. Last year the House stood six
tyrepublicans to sixty-four democrats.
The bulldozers and ballot -box-stuffers
made the difference. Wade Hamp-
ton, for Governor, polled 119, $50 votes;
all other candidates, 2l3. Those fig
ures, in a state which gave over 1O0,-
600 republican votes two years ago,
speak for themselves.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11
Paaca Rastoraea

CiNcISNArI, Dec. 4.-Advices from
Breathitt county, Kentucky, indicate
that quiet has been again restored.
Notwithstanding the desperate efforts
on the part Of friends Of Jason Little
the murderer to release him, Sheriff
Higgins succeeded In delivering him
to the jailor Of Madison county, where
he was ordered for safe keeping By
Judge Randall. Gov. McCrary has
Issued instructions for . special term
Of court in jackson, IS soon as practi-
cable, to indite and punish all parties
who participated in the late disturb
ances, and also ordered McCrayS
Guards to be ready to march to the
aid of court If necessary.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11

lit. make 1t a rough road, defeat it,
they see in such result, curses for
the republican party, its unpopularity
before the people; to this end then
this party that forced the.nation down
into the dark valley ofrebellion by Its
nativeinherent tcussedness, cannotnow
be expected to yield other fruit than
Its record shows 1t has yielded here
tofore. 1t may be expected therefore,
that for party purposes this old DEM
ocratic party will recklessly and wick
edly lead the country TO financial dis
aster, IL thereby they can make 1t a
successful partisan measure. It isnot
too much to say also, that the dema-
gogue renegade republicans, in their
mad, break-neck race after Office and
power, that has already led them into
alliance with the democrats, will join,
too, with their new partners In any
folly and wickedness that may seem
to win votes and power.
It is fair to presume that the bank
ing system Of the country is not such
that it cannot be improved; 1t doubt
less can be, but 1t is no time now for
any radical innovations. We shall
be ready to discuss radical changes
upon their merits at proper time.
One thing is very certain, however,
that a political currency, dependent
for Its volume upon the action of Con-
gress at each session, and to be dis
cussed from the stump each campaign,
no sensible people will ever adopt; 1t
would be the greatest destroyer of the
prosperity of the country that could
be devised. The volume of currency
should be regulated and controlled by
the demands of trade, and for this
purpose left in the hands Of the peo-
pie and not delivered over into the
hands of their agents In Congress,
and SO be controlled by the demagog-
ical promises ofthe blatant Office seek
or who promises anything from the
stump to win.
The people themselves bold in their
hands the tides of trade; the people
make them; the people know the ne
of the trade they create as no
else does or can, and they are
surely the proper place to lodge the
arbiter of what the volume of curren-
cy shall be, and by this method alone
will the currency be regulated by the
real demands of trade.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-11

THE general opinion obtains that
Blaine's resolution for the investiga.
ton Of wrongs committed in the late
election, will give rise to a spirited
debate In the Senate. Let 1t come-it
is q fruitful theme, as it pertains to
. to the fundamental principles of the
republican fact, whether we have a
government "by the people'' or not,
and whether the democratic party is
willing we should have such gov
ernment. The more fully the SUBJ
ject is discussed the better.
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for peace, especially with the Indian
race. Army officers who have been
IN charge Of Indian agencies ,.have
been very faithful and efficient /;
their duties, were, however, In con.
neciion with an unsettled state Of
affairs, and not with . view Of civilix-
ing the Indians.
The Secretary advised placing the
Indtans on reservations under mar
tial law, and Of increasing the num-
Der Of the Indian. police force from
40 to 1000 or l,200. This force was
very. reliable and had rendered good
Dervico.