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Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
Some Mems wives.
Journal Of Comnerce,


II tell you what 1t is," said one of
Q small coterie Of wealthy men who
had met in the Office Of one Of their
number, "they may cay what they
please about the uselebsness of mod.
ern women, but my wife has done
Ter share In securing oLr success in
life. Everybody knows that her
family was aristocratic and exclusive
and al that and when married her
she had never done days work in
her lie but when w. 8 Co. failed,
and l had to commence at the foot Of
the Kill again, she discharged the SER
wants and chose ont neat little cot
tage, and did her own house keeping
until ] was better of again."
"And my wife, said . second, "was
an only daughter, saressed aud pet
ted to death; and every body said,
well, IL he will marry Q doll like that
he'll make the greatest mistake Of his
life : but when I came home the first
year Of our marriage sick with fever
shenursed me back to health, and new
er knew her to murmur because I
thought We couldn't afford any bet
ter style or more luxuries.
"Well, gentlemen" chimed in .
third, II married . smart, healthy,
pretty girl, but she was . regular blue
stocking. She adored Tennyson,
doated ON Byron, read Emerson, and
named the first baby Ralph Waldo
and the second Maud but l tell you
what 'tis," and the speakers eyes
grew suspiciously moist, "when we
laid little Maud In her last bed q
Auburn, my poor wife had NO re-
msmbrauce Of neglect or stinted
motherly care, and the little dresses
that still lie In the locked dra awer
ware Ill made by her own hands,"
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
Stick to the Farm.

Every year the country sends 10 the
city score, more or less, Of farmer
lads to become clerks, book-keepers
aRd prospective merchants. They
have generally been captivated by the
good clothes and apparently easy po-
sitions Of those whose places they
seek to fill behihd the counter or the
desk. They leave . business which
they do know for one to which they
arc entirely foreign. and in which the
failures have been in the ratio Of
ninety to ten. OF all pursuits mer-
chandizing, Judging from statistics, is
most hazardous. Des Moines busi-
ness men are probably as careful, en-.
terprising and thrifty as the same
class any where else, and yet the really
successful bear . very small proper
tion of those that fail. How many
Des Moines merchants that sold goods
here ten years ago are still in busi-
nessS How many have ceased to do
business through natural causes and
causes they could not control2 There's
more money for the average man in .
shovel.plow or garden rake than in
yard stick or q pair of grocer's
scales. You may make living by
selling calico; you can surely do 1t by
raising corn and cabbage.-State
Register.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
A Hint to Correspondents.

The following good advice to cor
respondents is given by the Sioux
City Journal, and is applicable to ell
localities:
The Journal likes to get the ne ws.
News is its especial forte. Therefore
it always has a welcome tor live
correspondent. Local happenings.
when they are fresh, briefly told, are
right in the Journals line, aud we
are always glad to have them report
ed to us. Ii will not hurt any COM
munity to get little into print in Q
decent way. The newspaper is the
great channel of popular information
in our day. 1t is the agent to which
people seeking new homes look for
reliable information. 1t is the index
to the enterprise, lie, energy, intelli-
gence, ETC., of our vai iious communi-
ties. People of whom you never
hear through the newspaper are to be
put down as . pretty listless sort Of
people. But there is one word we
desire right here to say to correspond
ents. Dc not make your letters q
cover for underhand attacks upon
your personal enemies, or an avenue
to vent your little personal spites. II
you do you wrong yourselves and
take mean advantage of the news
paper that gives you confidence.
Give the news with judicial fairness,
and it is the work of a good CORES
pondent to give just as little personal
opinion, good or bad, as he possibly
can in making up his record Of events.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
A Doubtful Story.

The following remarkable account
OF the death Of General Reno was
published ir the Washington Sunday
Herald Of yesterday:
"The night before the memorable
battle OF South Mountain, the Twen-
ty-thtrd Ohio volunteers, Colonel r.
b. Hayes, were encamped In . field
In which there were Q number OF
wheat stacks. The men were tired
and utilized the wheat in making
their beds, to the destru uction-neces
sarily- Of the wheat. General Reno,
passing that way in his rounds, dis
covered what they had done, and up.
braided them in NO measured terms
for their conduct In destroying pri-
vate property, using language that II
would be idle now to repeat; and II
was while he was thus engaged that q
Colonel-who 10 now Presideut OF
the United States-came up, attracted
by the loud tones, and announcing
himself - the colonel Of the regiment,
demanded to know the meaning OF
the language used. General Reno, in
terms more forcible than polite,
|d-ru6uhin,Gnd his d-d regiment,
snl elared that he held him respou.
,ei@0 tho conduct of his men.
II ext day, when the line was ad.
vanci on the enemy, General Reno
paced rough the Twenty.third
ohio 3 way to the front. Onty
ight ~. ishing VA. going on 4
hs tine. he GenersA had sNss'ls
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

the terminal points to run via Slgour
ney' yet the Milwaukee company car
find a splendid and profitable routt
ria Oskaloosa, and miss both Sigour
ney and Ottumwa. Should the NJ. 4
st. P. Co. purchase, as they may or
final sale, the Central Railroad o.
Iowa, then that portion ofthe Central
built to Abba might be utilized, run.
ming FROM the Muchikinock mines
to Abba, In the well-known project
Of that company to push Its line down
through Missouri and Kansas and on
to the Gulf.
We write this purely as the sugges-
tions Of our own mind, for we have
never heard q single mention from
any source, or even hint at the plr-
chase of the Central and our surmises
in that tconnection. It can be readily
observed from what we have said that
there Is no use talking about manifest
destiny and folding our arms. AS we
have, time and again, repeated thro'
our columns: to get something tor
nothing (which by the way individu-
and communities have a wonderfully
itching palm forl Is nine times out Of
ten ar injury rather than a benefit In
the outcome. Therefore IL Is, we will
simply say emphatically, that when
the proper time comes, 1t will be the
bounden duty aud greatly to the In
terest Of all peoples along the line of
the Cedar Rapids, Sigourney & Of
tumwa railroad, as surveyed, to put
their shoulders to the wheel heartily
and freely In aid Ut Its construction.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

3A0Ao0MUex ABOUT C0uxC000.
That they never forget to take up
collections.
That abort sermons are always most
effective.
That every one tries to be the last
one out when the services are over.
That no preacher ever forgets to
tell the story Of the prodigal son.
That the woman with . new bonnet
and the young man with high collar
always occupy front seats.
That the Squirt" with q pretty girl
has TO walk the whole length Of an
aisle before he gets . seat.
Thatthe smart bad boy always gets
red In the face when his father or big
sisters get up to tell their experience
That some good deacon always gets
mp, just before the collection, and says
something about the 'spoor heathen. /"
That the man who starts the hymns
on the old fashioned plan thinks all
the psalms should be sung to the same
tune.
That the "man of the world" who
helps TO sing the doxology imagines
be is taking an active interest In his
s0ups salvation.
That some people take more pride
In saying they "haven't been to church
In two years" than others In declar-
ing they shave not missed Sunday
seven years."
That the young man who hasn't
had q cent in the past two months
goes through every pocket while ths
contribution basket 10 going around
than asks the, ,man In the next seat i
he dkh chang1d V.-Reynolds/ VI eyalel
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

In the matter of the killing ofLove
by Tate in the corridors of the Court
House, indianapolis, Ind, few days
since, Judge Burns on the 25th inst,
took cognizAnce of the case as con-
tempt of court and fined Tate $40, 600.
Besides Tate is sued for 500, 900 dam
ages by the legal representatives Of
Love. and Is under indictment for
murder. Tate Is worth $4,000 and
the case attracts great attention in In
diana.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
Female Suffrage.

Capt. 8. II. Winsor, who lived sew.
eral years In Wyoming territory,
whore they have woman suffrage,
gives to . reporter of the Indianapo-
lis Journal his observations Of ita
practical working. He says: For
about two years after the law waa
passed nearly al the women In the
territory used to vote, my wife
among the rest. But after this expe.
rience the better class became dis
gusted with the operation OF the law
and quit voting. As an instance how
female citizcnship worked in one
case, l remember Q jury trial where
the defendant was charged with rape
and murder. The jury consisted OF
elk men and six women. After the
trial had progressed about two weeks
one Of the women was taken sick
The trial was postponed several days
on her account, but she was unable te
resume her duties, and . new Jury
was ordered, and new trial from the
beginning. During this same trial
knew Of three mechanics and hsrd.
working men whose wives were on
the jury, and who In consequence oi
that fact had to quit work and stay .,
nome and take care Of their children
As an instance Of the demoralizina
influence Of politics ON women, re.
member seeing . lady, the wife Of I
candidate for ONCE, standing ct tht
counter Of . beer saloon, drinking
beer with parcel Of colored men.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
Tho "x1g- Racket"-A Railroad
ID SwindlA.

For the benefit Of those who may
not have seen this neat operation an
explanation 10 given. The news agent
marks out some unsophisticated look
ing passenger In the "smoker" and
approaches him with several boxes
OF fies. Into one Of these boxes he
puts e2 bill, neatly folded. He
then puts the boxes behind him,
changes them about several times, and
offers the victim choice Of the boxes
for 81. Az the victim examines the
boxes he sees the corner OF the bill
sticking ont from under the cover OF
one of them and he caa hardly get his
dollar quick enough, and when he
buys the box he finds himself with a
bsx Of hgs worth fifteen cents and
the little corner of . tdn.cent shin,
plaster. The piece Of fshiu plaster Il
called the A0aoh, = ;an4 the trick Il
worked With bcSks g well Is ag.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
The rivs-Tosd Dragon.

The Chinese embassy promises Ia
be the social sensation of the winter.
Il 10 we'll manaed, fifteen or ighteen
In oil are on ito list, and came we'll
boxed. tits probably the only lega-
tton which ever came here with grave
doubts as to the capacity of Washing
ton markets, and no small share Of
the enormous truckloads Of baggage
they brought was made up Of Chi
nese delicacies. In their establish.
ments they have but two servants not
of Chinese birth. One of them, q wo.
man, 10 authority for the story that
the fret night one Of the Chinameu
spent in his bedroom here, he did
not discoverthat the bed clothes could
be folded down, and shivered all the
night through on the outside Of the
coverlid.
There 10 another and better story.
which has better authority. The
house they occupy was leased furnish.
ed, and when the legation took DOS.
session. the furniture in the parlors
was covered with whitc linen wraps.
There was great deaf Of talking
when this furniture was examined.
None of the Chinese liked it, and the
end was 1t was ordered away. White.
every one knows, probably, is the
Chinese mourning color. A furni.
ture dray was backed up to the door
OF the big house on + Street, in which
the legation lives, and fair share of
the furniture loaded upon il, when.
tipping over chair. the cover Slip
ped from II, and, the crimson silk
showed itself. The Cinnamon saw
II, and ordered the furniture unload.
ed. Tho covers were clipped of, and
no further objection exi ted.
They are . studious set, Nearly
every member Of the legation is stud.
ying English, aud the work Of &C.
quainting themselves with the insti.
tutions and workings of the govern
ment appears to DO systematically di-
vided among them. AT night every
room in the house is lighted to the
full extent Of its gas jets. No one
knows precisely why. Lately they
have put out their flag great ensign
Of orange yellow silk, with the i'm
perial fve.toed dragon in black.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
Longevity Of the Horse.

AT Rochester, In this county, there
died on the 18th of September the
oldest horse ON record for = number
Of years, He was the property of the
famous Daniel D. Bell, Of legal as
well as gold mine notoriety. He was
known by the name Of "Gumbo," and
in his day was . noted stallion. Many
citizens of Kingston and Of Ulster
county remember the animal as q
splendid horse when they were boys.
At the time Of his death he had at
tanned the ripe age of forty-five years
and six months He retained q re-
markabIe vitality to tho last and for
three-Qusrters of an hour before his
demise he stood upon his legs, proud
and majestic, as in his younger days.
He had long been the property of
Bell, who had driven him many thous-
ands Of miles in his lifetime. he hav-
ing owned him for q period Of TWEEN
ty-seven years and . half, since he
was eighteen years old. II anybody
can beat this, let him speak out
R0nd0ut, N. r, Courier.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
The Indianapolis woman Killer.

INDIANAPoLIs, Ind, Nov. 27.--Lou-
is Guetig, clerk of the Spencer House,
who last September shot Mary Nc
Glew, waiter-girlin in the same house,
was to-day convicted of murder in the
first degree and sentenced to death.
The case has been ON trial over q
week, and was given to the Jury at
half-past A this afternoon, who return.
ed . verdict after two hours retire.
ment. The defense was that of insan-
ity, caused by epileptic fits. The
charge Of Judge Heller was lengthy.
and strong for the protection of soci-
ETY. against lawless violence. But few
persons were in court when the YER
dict was returned. Guetig listened
quietly, but when he heard the fatal.
words Of death he turned livid, and
looked as though he would have q fit
then and there. He was taken at once
to Jail and declines to say q word to
any one. The murder was cold
biooded and dastardly, and the YER
dict is most righteous.
The Merrick wife.murder case will
be taken up next Monday.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
CuyiosilieS Of Crime.
From the New York Sun.

Motives for taking human life, as
learned from one days reading of
newspapers from various parts Of the
country, are varied and sometimes
curious. Davis was led by sudden
and uncomfortable rage to kill Rog.
ers with base ball club in the midst
Of game, in Kewanee, Ill. As little
premeditation was shown by Mont
gomery In South Adams, Mass. He
gave Ellis cider to drink, but quarrel
ed with him over game CT cards,
demanded ten cents for the cider and
shot him because he would not nav.
A sudden angry impulse, too, made
Sawper kill his brother in Decatur,
ILL.,, but he repented SO profoundly
and quickly that he took his own life
with the same weapon. The canse of
the quarrel betwe cen Colby and Liv-
ingston, in . Santa Cruz, Cal, hotel
was trivial. Living ston tho waiter
brought cold cup Of coffee to Colby,
who at once flew into q violent pas
sion and shot the offender dead. A
more reasonable disagreement be.
tween Wilson and Coleman in Gal
weston, Texas, was about the wife of
Wilson, who was killed in desper-
ate duel with knives. Greer and
Hankin also fought about . woman in
Forsyth, Ga, the former losing his
life. Farrell found provocation to
kill Conway, in st. Catharines, Cana
da, in the leaving open Of gate, by
which COW got on railroad track.
Several love tragedies are alike In
their chief characteristics, in each
case man killing q woman because
she would net leciprocate his passion ;
but Sturgeon, who killed Mis- Buffum
in Rock leland, ILL.,, was exceptional.
ly cruel. He chased her hslfa mile,
ana kept firing at her until she fell
dead with q mortal wound.
Sha Yung, in Utah, tied his faith
less mistress to tree and threw
knives at her, one Of the cuts bring
ing the torture to an end In death.
Jennie Coyle, in Dubuque, Iowa, did
not kill the lover who deserted her,
nor herself, but threw her baby into
well. Of murders for the sake OF
robbery examples are plenty in the
West, particularly shocking cases be-
ing those of q Chinaman hacked to
pieces in Quincy, ILL.,, miner shot
while defending his gold in Dayton,
CAL. and q clerk beaten to death by
burglars In Sedalia, Missouri. Three
hangings by lynchers presents no
novelty. Why Mrs. Coyman was
killed in bed in Austin, Texas, is Z
mystery, as she had no known ene-
mics and had nothing to be robbed
of,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
A New Use For Cards.
From tho Gold Hill News.

Quit In Bellville they started hotel
the other day, and, as Z matter of
course, It was necessary to number
the rooms. There was not . painter
In the town, and not 90 much - q
piece Of chalk could be found around
the house. At last . happy idea pos
sessed the landlord. Taking . pack
of cards and q paper Of tacks, he be-
gan with the ace and confined up to
the king, numbering the doors In =
novel an ] entirely original manner.
II II ever becomes necessary to make
additional mum bers for extra rooms,
the suit may be changed, and SO con-
tinued up to flfty-two, by which time
. painter may be imported for the
purpose Of extending the figures.-
Until then the clerk will be COMPEL.
cd to speak Of 1.-The man in No. trey
Of hearts" or "the lady in No. deuce
Of clubs." Necessity 10 the mother of
invention,
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
Law is suspended In that State. The
Is administered by the

Law IL suspended In that State. The
government Is administered by the
rife.
Another letter from South Carolina,
prlnted Ia the Tribune yesterday, de-
scribee the behavior of the sred-shirts'
on the day Of the election. The best
mem were well heeled' on that Occa.
sion, and the work of stuffing the bal
ing, shouting, drinking, swearing and
abuse OF the weak and ignorant by
which It Is the custom Of the South
efn gentlemen, now that the era of
peace and reconciliation has begun, to
vindicate his manhood. It Is impos-
sible to read this description of the
scenes In Hampton County, without
being fOrcibly reminded Of the per-
formances at Columbia two years ago,
when General Hampton and his
friends undertook to settle the legal
points at issue In the canvassing of
the votes by summoning "all the right
men" to sscOme to State Fair Ostensi.
bly," and to "bring rifles II they
could be concealed" while Col. Pei
ton and his secret agent were CORE
spending in cipher a6outthe purchase
OF four State Senators and s'couple
new negroes In the other House" "
The South Carolina method of deal
ing with political questions does not
change. 1t Is the same arrogant, Inn
perious, brutal and barbalo Gus method
to-day that It was all through the
slavery controversy and the great re-
bellion. To-day, as of old, 1.-THE coll
Ored people, even where they have
the numerical majority, cannot hold
their own against the superior intelli-
gence, means and courage Of the
whites" That Is the language of the
Charleston Netcs and Courier. What
that organ has In mind when it talks
about "means' and courage, the
now understands.
There Is no longer reason to be sur
prised at the phenomenal election
which, with no Imaginable cause for
q change in public sentiment, sudden
" wiped out the time-honored repub-
lican majorities In every county Of
South Carolina except Beaufort, and
rolled up enormous apparent votes
for the white mans ticket In localities
where the prepOnderance of the pop
ulation was senormouso on the otherside.
The democratic majorities polled-or
rather returned lin the negro counties
were SO vast as to be preposterOus.
Six thousand in Abbeville, 1000 In
5000 in Charleston, 5000 in
York, 2,5OO In Chester, $500 In Rich
land, 1000 In Edgedeld-these are
specimen majorities manufactured by
the shotgun or tissue-paper ballot.
And 1t must be remembered that
these monumental frauds, perpetrated
under the protection of rife clubs,
and protected now by q violent def
ance of the Federal authority, are the
means by which the "red-shirts' not
only subdue their own State, but COM
bat the lawful votes of honest men at
the North and propose to rule as, and
our money.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

CAPT. WM. B. THOMPSON, of Mich.
igan, has been appointed superinten.
dent Of railway mail service in place
Of Mr.. Vail, who resigned sometime
since. Thompson's chief competitor
was Capt. J. e. White, Of Chicago.
It is said the President favored White,
but Postmaster General Key prefer.
red Thompson. We are not acquaint-
ed with Thompson, but Capt. White
we know well, and all we have to say
4, that II Thompson possesses the ex-
oellent qualifications for the place that
Capt. White does, the duties of the
olnce will be well discharged beyond
q d0abt.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

SECRETARY SHERMAN Is going to
have printed some $2O, O,OO0, 600 of five
and ten thousand legal tender notes
for use after resumption. These are
to be issued for the convenience of
the treasury In handling large sums
and to take the place of coin certifi-
on<oa .;
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04
MIsERAOl GmEss.

The most wonderful and marvel
ous success, In cases where persons
are sick or pining away from . condi-
ton Of miserableness, that NO one
knows what ails them, (protitable pa
tients for doctors) Is obtained by the
use Of Hop Bttters. They begin to
cure from the flrst dose and keep It
up until perfect health and strength
10 restored. Whoever 10 afflicted In
this way need not suffer when they
can get Hop BitteFs. See Truths
and "Provcrbs" in another column.
Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-12-04

A Washington dispatch says &c. p.
Huntington, Of the Central Pacific
Railroad, says that the story printed
In the, Chicago Times, Of contem-
plated consolidation of the Union Pa
citic and Central Pacific Railroad cor
porations is entirely without founda-
ton. A dispatch received from
New York states that the President
of the Union Pacific Road has made
q similar statement"