Des Moines courier. ([Ottumwa] Iowa) 1848-1854, 1853-11-24
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gThe taxeA in Fayeae county. In
diana, average sis per voter.
~An old proverb says: "Talent
shakes the bush. Tact catches the bird"
VThe Dispafch. of Keolsuk. adyo-
Gates changing the name of that city to
De SoTo.
HA large quantity of wild land was
recently sold in Jackson. CO., at an aver
age of 30 per acre.
DThe Rot has destroyed the largest
portion of the Potatoe crop in Hardin
county, Ohio, this season.
DThe total debt of the United
States, due between 1856 and 1867, is
S6l ,056, ,I39. ....
V The man who sfell into raptures''
with pretty girl, was taken oui with
consldeia aole difficulty.
SCARCE ARTIcLEs.-Sincerit. in pat
riotism, friend ship without interest, love
without deceit, charity without ostenta-
ton.
TENNEssEE.-Debrill, Whig, has been
elected State Printer by the Legislature
OF Tennessee. There were twenty mine
ballotings. ...
wThe Linn County Register says
that the citizens of Marion offer bonus
OF $4,000 to any person who will build
steam Touring mill at Marion.
IOn one of the branches of the
Colorado, in Texas, falls have been dis
covered 100 feet in altitude, and nearly
100 feet wide. The water falls perpen..
dlcularly in one unbroken sheet.
Fifty dollar bills on the Rock Is
land Bank, altered from fyes, are in cir
culaIior.-They are neatly executed.
and calculated to deceive. The Bank
has issued no bills of this denomination.
ty Pliny informs US tha. Rome was
500 yeas withou! physicians. Her ru-
lers forbade the practice Of medicine, and
banlshed Its professors. II is stated the
health of Rome was never better than
during that period. .
The ABJURoRs.-A new moral reform
organization has been formed at Buring-
ton, with the above title, They not
only abjure the use of intoxicating
drinks IN toto, but of profane language.
gambling, debauchery, &c.
FAT the exhibition and fair of the,
Mechanics Institute. in Boston, last
week, miniature steam engine was
shown, made entirely of glass. Il was
put IN operation by an alcohol lamp, and
every part could be clearly seem
II Charley Grab took field to plant
at halves. At harvest time the owner
came for his share of the produce; but
the wag told him very coolly that he
was sorry there was nothing for him, as
the land did not yield but half crop,
which he had taken for his half.
New kEoKuK PAcKET.-The ST.
Louis Republican gives minute des-
cription of the superb new packet now
being bull, for the Keokuk trade. From
all accounts, it will eclipse anything that
floats, in speed, comfort and beauty.
II is TO be called the "Wesierner.
ES The proprielors of the Cumber.
land Iron Works. on the Cumberland
river, Tenn, have engaged the services
OF twenty Chinese coolies, as iron
workers. They are expected to arrive
shortly at Cincinnati, from whence. thew
will be forwarded to their destination.
1t is stated that the Chinese are very
expert in working iron.
70 Joshua Show, OF New Jersey, the
original inventor OF the percussion cap,
has Invented cannon primer, one that
is waterproof, rapid, sure, so strong
that it will ignite charge through the
vent thirty inches distance. enveloped in
ten cylinders of flannel, and perfectly
secured from explosion until the signal
is given.
70 The Washington Union says, the
Presidents house has been thoroughly
repaired and renovated during the past
summer. and is now nearly completed.
Ii is now warmed by hot air brought in
contact with pipes of hot water in the
basement, thus avoiding the dampness
hitherto SO much complained Of in tha,
eGifice.
BJ. b. Holmes, confined in the
Nashville, Tenn, Jail, for robbery, made
saw of his razor, sawed off an iron bar
attached to his beds.ead. dug through a
stone wall four feet thick, made rome
OF his bedding, with which he let him
self down to the ground, distance of
forty feet, and then decamped. He was
subsequently, recap.ured.
DELIRiuM TREMENs.-Twenty or thir-
" years ago, say our best physicians.
no such disease as mania pofu, or
delirlum tremens, was known. The dis.
ease is caused principally by the poison
Gus drugs with which all wines and lio-
uors OF the present day are SO abundan,ly
dosed. What hardlhood to dare 10
touch those doubly poisoned poisons.
SOUTHERN CoMPLIMENTs.-The fol-
lowing is little ahead Of any thing we
have seen in the editorial line: