Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-17
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.


CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
/ Miscellaneous.
/ Foot Notes Shoemaker1 billA
| The Washington Life issues policies
or all approved plans.
Moments make The year, and trifies
/ Life.
-Paterna Acres-The old mans tooth
4ache.
=" Tasers at hullsail reads sign at
j Indianapolis at* 81
1. An extremely serious turn"-Thc
| twisting of ones neck.
a sign announcing 1.-THE Vacuum
Cnre," is hung out from the window Of an
eating house in London. f
| ! Chicago has $50 miles Of sidewalk
lighted at night by 1888 lamps
A turtle weighing 467 pounds was re-
Gently captured on Cooney Island beach.
| As literary class the bricklayers ex-
cel-thcy are always finishing stories.
Three newspapers folded in eight
t1icknesSes will, it is said, turn rifle bull
4 let
Provide for old age and infirmity by
1
| Company, Of Chicago.
1 The painter wasn't more than a mile
/ out of the way when he made the drug
gists sign read Physicians prescriptions
carefully confounded." -
Says Josh Billings of November:
The butterfly has hung up hi. fiddle,
No more can be heard In the marshes,
l{5 The mosquito filing his BILL"
The authorities Of South Bend, Ind,
have passed an ordinance against the play
4 ing Of ball within the city limits.
There are but nine counties in Illinois
which will be entitled, by their population,
| form separate senatorial districts.
The Post Office Department sold $780,
/ 81 900 worth of stamps and stamped en-
velopes and wrappers during the last fiscal
] year.
The number Of emigrants arriving at
New York during the quarter ending Sep
tember 3 was 51,197, Of whom 20, 11J were
males, and 22,022 females.
"A Mariposa California; farmer killed
b large rattle-snake and an immense black
rat, the other day, both occupying content
edly the same hole
Josh Billings says: "a man that
starts, on the day of his marriage, as a frst
Aeutemaa1 in his family, need never expect
! TO be promoted.
I Why Is an Italian exile returning to
| his native land, like man going to see his
son go up an apple tree? Because he is
| going to see his sunny cline
| "A steam engine weighing four ounces,
and which can be covered with tumbler,
but which ia capable of performing one
/ nd Init t, min ntn 10
hibition at Troy.
An old person, whose peculiarties of
preaching were proverbial, and who was
blessed with atemper of great mildness,
was one day told by parishoner that he
did not like his sermons 81 don't won
der at ii" said he, II don't like 'em my
| self"
There are at present in the Illinois
pcnitentiary 1885 convicts confined Is Of
whom are females; 35 Of the number are
sentenced for life. During the year 600
have been received, and corresponding
number discharged
! - 1t is bad breeding" says an English
| work, 'to abstain from taking the last
piece on a dish, because it implies con !.
tempt ON your part Tor the resources OF
your cntritaiIioI,. Are you ~ suppose for
moment that they have no more of the
same in the hOusey
The following will was filed recently
in the Surrogatc's Office at New York !:
Unto my beloved wife - -: All my
worldly goods have in store ] give my
beloved wife aud hers for evermore. give
all truly no limit fix. This is my will,
and she's my executrix."
Extract of letter from Laura to Lii
| lie II declare, dear, never gave the alb
surd creature the slightest encouragement.
did say, one evening, / thought the little
sandy covcs about Wobbleswick were
charming, especially one. The idea of his
thinking was abiding to him! etc. etc.
An indianapolis paper THUS sums up
/ the divorce market Brisk competition
among the lawyers has brought down the
4 price of divorces very low in this market.
| We quote: Common separation, $i5;
small alimony, S25; large alimony $50 to
| 1900. Thsro are but few of tile latter in
the market General business good and
increasing"
The Boston Journal gives the follow
! ing la report Of the earthquake when
the earthquake took place." said hus
4 hand to his wife, 4 felt my heart beat so
that | was frightened Yes replied
the dear cIsatur', it takes an earthquake
to make yulr heart beat And this couple
have celebrated their silver wedding!"
The following dangerous counterfeits
are announced rs being ia circulation :
i National Shpc and Leather Bank, New
York, pos Initiation, well done. The let
tering and ptpering is excellent and the
only feature to excite suspicion is the
rather dingytappcarance of the baptism Of
/ Pocahontas On the back Of the notes; Ma
tional Bank bf Commerce, New York city
los, imitation. The engraving on the
/ right and ldt ends Is coarse and blurred.
| Signed j. A. Stevens President; the genu.
inc are signed John A. Stevens, President.
! Incidents and Accidents.
Twenty-Five fatal baseball accidents
are reported for the past season.