The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-05-24
Iowa News

Iowa News
| lhe Davenport Gazette announces the
return to his home i'm Iowa, of Hon. j. B.
Grinneil. for brief visit. He proposes to
attend the Sheep Shearing Festival, short
ly to come off at Oskaloosa.
| PAINFUL DEATH.-A man, SO wears of
age, a Mr.. Harty, resident of East Des
Moines, was slightly injured in one of his
hands two or three weeks ago. lie paid
no special attention TO the wound; and in
few days his hand began to swell toan
immoderate size, and threatened serious
consequences. The infiamation'exte tended
to his arm and shoulder; and it finally be-
came matter of necessity either for him
! to loose his arm or his life. He refused to
have the amputation performed; and on
Saturday last, modification set in, and
the suffering man died OH Sunday morn
ing.-,Stater Register.
Forty-seven letters, intended for Mar
shalitown, wentto Marshall Henry county
and, from there to the Dead Letter Office,
and finally got to their destination.
General Sherman was in Council Bluffs
last Tuesday, as we learn from the Bugls
He is on a tour of inspection, and will vs.
il the various military posts on the from
tier and return via st. Paul.
DIR. White, State Geo,-sist, is now ex--
amining the coal recons of Hardin nam-
ilton and Webste couaties. So says tne
Iowa City Pres .t.
The Fra~sress says there is moretriy
from N>~ton to Monroe than from e"
ton tc xeiiogg. Monroe is tho .fh'hus OF
:, Valley Road, and II -osg Oh the M. q
M. RR.-Registe-
From the state Register.
r.rUALFor long time we have
,,oo,, aas;--.s to secure a contributor who
in our great affection for
dogs. Gladly do we annouce the fact that
"A lady, whose literary aptitudes are obvi-
Gus in the appended communication, has
come to the rescue. Read what she has
written, and if you do not participate in
her aversion to an adopted puppy, and de-
fend her right to pull the nose Of her in
corrigible husband, you ought to ducked
in the Des Moines River and then kennel
ed until the day of judgment with an acre
of baying and blood-thirsty hounds:
May 18th, 1866.
DEAR LOCAL: If it were not unwoman-
~, should begin this communication in
the language of Mr.. Nasby-and say: II
am ii kittle full of cusses,'' but you know
it wouldn't be purity and wont say it,
though know when you hear of my griev
ance, you won't blame me for thinking it.
Last Saturday Mr.. Muggins-my husband
Obadiah Muggins-invited me to takea
ride with him. did SO. We went to the
house of an old friend and there he leftme,
to come for me on the Tuesday
following Well, "all is well that ends
WELL" but don't really know whether
that visit ended well or not; however, on
Tuesday. instead of coming for me, Oba-
diah sent boy to bring me home. was
dlsappointed-and as soon as l saw him
1 inquired why he did not come himself.
"Oh," said he, 81 was afraid to leave Jo-
sephine.''
..Josephine! Good heaves! Who is Jo-
sephine?''
Now Obadiah is very brave man, but
somehow he couldn't answer my question:;
however he looked very important and
soon went to his Office, returning in few
minntos with Josephine. now shortened to
Joe; and 10! little brown puppy! Igaz-
ed with sorrow upon it! My heart was
rent assurder! My soul was bowed down
with grief! But being like Uriah Heep,
Every ,umble," bore it all with meekness
and patience. Twas trying to collect my
scattered thoughts, when i heard a%loud
cry from the bapy-add Obadiah saying
very good naturedly, ofcourse)
"Arothusa Matilda, believe it would
do that child good to 'spat her a littleP"
"why, my DEAR" Iventured, '"hat has
she done?
"Oh she is crying because Joe bit her
little"
Iventured further to say, that Joe must
sleep in the barn, and accordingly she did
so. We went to bed but not to sleep, for I
cried till midnight with a mouthfnl ofach-
ing teeth. Husband thought had better
have "a little laudanum to quiet my
nerves a little" had but just got TO
sleep when l was aroused by succession
of the most hideOus yeiis ever heard. l
jumped up exelaiming "oh, my dear what
is thatg' -. gs..
That is poor Joe; she wants 70 come In
an she shaa do so!'
I gave ap again. and let ''poor' 'Joe'' come
in ana as a consequence, lost both bahy's
| so.As, one half of Billys drawers, large
yIece from Tommy's pants, and found Sal
/ lies best dress ruined, as we'll az my own
best CATERS. Iput her (Joe) out doors as
soon as 'got' and up, she straightway
went to the strawberry bed and scratched
out nv choicest vines. Please ask Mrs.
| Dobbs what shall do. (By the way
think the Dobbs's and Muggins's must bs
| in some way related.i
| Alas, alas! behold the glories Of this
blessed summer fade and set in that little
brown psppy! There, she Ia gnawing my
best Jessauine and must go and box her
ears.
Very respectfully,
Mrs. ARArHus, Ne. MuodINs.
PSI forgot to say that we have large
a. 81. NJ.