Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-02-20
News and.other Items.

A word 10 the wise keep so.
Book keepers and chickens hare ~
scratch for a living.
The man who takes things essy--tis
city pick.poekct.
Why is bcggar like LAWYER; Be-
cause he S a solicitor.
~ eofIin.' said an irishmap. 'is the
house tina. a man lives in when he u
dead.
A planter advertises for sn oversecr
with an extra eye on the top OF his
head.
4 Portland Judge fined A man S2ltl
for offering TO kill his ncighbov fof
two cents.
The most profitable visitor to the
printing Office just now is the niau that
shuts the door.
4 Chicago hotel contains fifteen dis
tine; varieties OF ilr.ls, ii Prof. .Axassis
is 10 be believed.
There ia fumor that Mormon
agents are negotiating for large tracts
Of land In Mexico.
Only four uosea In Duluth hsvN not
been irostbittcn this winter, and they
belong to tea-kettles.
A healthy baby, slA weeks old, and
weighing three pounds, interests the
the gossips ut Macomb. Ill.
Madison, Wis, society bellies put q
healthful glow upon their cheeks By
rubbing them with brick.
The citizens Of Cairo are lulled to
sleep "by the soft notes OF the pistol
shot and shriek OF the victim.
China has new MstiOAal AAG. II
locke Ike an old bed-quilt, with lob
sters running around the edges.
Kansas is still shead. A Justice Of
that State got divorce from his " lie,
and then married her to his brother
fee %.
Up 70 the ed of January tho yellow
fever was raging violently in Rio
The number Of deaths averaged forty
forty per day.
Out ia Ncrnds. where lynch law ie
supreme aud It's execution u frequent
occurrence, they call It performance by
the ''string band
The average Massachusetts, girl don't
want any better facilities for Gliding
down hill, than Goldfish with a string
through the gilis
General Pope has notified Governor
Osborn that President Grant has or
lered the removal Of the tyuops from
the Cherokee neutral lands in kansss.
Chicago mince pies are easily dis
tinguished from the pastry Of other
cities, from the fact that cock-roacl,cs
are used In the place OF raisins III the
manufactNre.
A man named John Curry wae
killed by one Walter Dumppy, q , e.
loon near Deekervi,ie, Mich, on The
9th. The parties were both drunk.
Dnmppy is about % years Of age.
The committee OF the Georgia Leg
islature have s2reed to the report IN
favor oil raising 100000 BY lcvytnE
direct TAX ON the people 10 meet the
present obltgHt1ohs,
The Topeka (Kansas} hotsls arc a.
most equal TO those Of Chicago in their
charges. senator Pomeroy's bill for
ten days in Topeka is said 20 hAve heea
only $l4.5uo, and ,his did not include
e1tr1s.
They have new style Of collecting
taxes in Gsllatin county. KY, accord
Ing to the Warsaw Record. The Sher~
ifinpproaches the Delinquent with =
tar receipt IN one haud aud pistol in
the other.
The Philadelphia Convention 10 re-
model the Constitution OF Pennsylva-
mis-, 10 seriously discussing what kind
oftan oath shalt be administered 70
members Of the Legislature to prevent
.hem from giving or accepting bribeA
II costs = saloon iseper in Ohio ESQ
TO sell drink of kqnot to Q tnap who
is already fall, Or !" chuck op." A. .
salconist receives bnt ten ccnts for o
drink, he is consequently 40 80 ont,
besides the wear and tear ON the tum
bier.
The latest cure tor consumption IL
from Germany. aud eonsists Of raw
bsef and onions cut fine- II 10 also
said TO act as specific for love sick
ness, and win deve.op incipient long
ings for divorre IN any we'll regulated
family.
A company oil Chicaso bu6aio hunt
cts played sad havoc with = farmers
herd of beef cattle in kanssa recently.
nearly cvery Nimrod In the party hav-
Ing baggsd three or four nice fdt steers
before the owner came and spoilsd the
sport.
Anton Holme, convicted 10 81.
Louis About two weeks ago OF murder
ing his wife, was refused 0 now trial
yesterday BY Judge Prisnrn. Of the
Criminal Court, and the prisoner wAs
sentenced 70 be hanged on Thursday,
April q
Governor Carpenter, OF IOWA, has
issued i proclamation Offering re-
ward uf $500 tor the arrest and deliv-
cry Of Alva Chambers. murderer OF
Charles Kendall. The murder was
committed In Green county on the 18th
OF December. 1877.
! Thomas Lawrence, late vi Make Co.
| Virginia can lay no claim to orig
| inality OF method In committing sur
cile by chopping tree aud lying down
under !, as II fell, since his uncle Is cred
! tied with having rcsorted 10 that ey-
pedicnt some time ago.
| The ease OF Emma Coaer. = c0iored
woman of Quincy, H., against the
owners Of the steamer Merrill, tor
iorcibic election from The cabin OF fthss
boat last summcr, wac decided IT Keo-
knk. the Jury awarding the plaintiff
$40 damages. She sued fnr 5000
L Toledo. o., has water works tor lis
local public issue, and the papers ore
filled with dissertations OF .slCarncd
length aud laundering sound on tho
"Ilolly system.' stand pipes" ''direct
0pply. etc. and appeals for votes in
the right direction.
Il is stated that the phy sician ot
Senator sumner IL OF the opinion thss
/ ii he can he induced to keep from ex-
/ ctypp,sni and remain ayvax frnm Con