The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-04-03

Tom McCrackin of the Marshall Republi-
can ca lied in our absence the other day
and says this of u.s.
1.-THE gentlemanly foreman did the hand
some thing by US, taking us through what
we consider to be one of the best regulated OFF,
ces In the State. and from which one of the best
papers In the State emanates."
Oskaloosa has purchased silsby Steam Fire
Engine. What will they do with a fire engine six
miles from water.-0ttum,Oa Courier"
Well do better than you did last winter,
! when you cut through two feet of ice in
the river before you could get water We
have plenty of good wells.
L. HoFFMIRE lost seven head of cattle
last week and three more, Sunday, March
80, in six hours after taking sick. The
first symptoms were lsmeness in right fore
foot; also stiffness, not being able to rise.
The shoulders look as if they had been
bruised. The gall and heart much enlarged.
Who knows remedy?
CITY HALL-Logrenia the great conjur.
or opens at the above hall on Monday eve
next April 7th and remain six nights with
the trained birds, White Mice and Russian
Cat and will distribute one hundred pres
ents every night. Read the following from
the Des Moines Register of April I'd.
sLoGRENIA.-The entertainment by Logrenia at
Moors Hall last nightwas quite well attended
and in point of merit certainly surpassed any sim
The tricks and illusions were most of them new
and quite out of the line of etale absurdites which
They were most skillfully performed and des.
cribed, and explained in most humorous and
entertaining way He kept his audience con-
stantly entertained and amused, by succession
of surprises and laughable hits and explanations
The best part OF his programme, however was
the exhibition of trained animals. In one cage
were number Of birds of various kinds cat
and pair of white mice. The little birds were
taught TO fire gun, to ascend and descend lad
der. to walk tight rope, and to draw carriage
containing two others Enthusiastically dressed
asThe cat played the soldier while the little white
mice climbed the pole carrying the stars and
stripes. Altogether it was the most novel and
curious exhibition of the kind we have ever SEEM
and exhibits training of which we had not sup
posed these little creatures capable. The pres
ents distributed at the close of the evening were
the most valuable we have ever given at a
similar en- ertainment. An elegant lounge the
principal gift of the evening, was drawn by Mr..
Henry Everett. The other gifts consisted Of glass
ticles of value. The principal gift this evening
will be silver hunting cased watch, and all who
Wlsn al amusing evening b entertainment, with q
chance to make something neither by toilng or
spinning will do well to attend.
1.-THE Iowa STATE GRANGER is the name OF a
paper printed partly at Casey, and partly at some
place where they manufacture CUTS, Cor rather
brains) for newspapers. The Casey side is edited
by E. NJ Day, formerly of Pcweshiek county, ~
OSkdt0Osa Herald.
1--WE give place to the above not on account OF
its intrinsic worth or value, but that readers
may un derstand the taste and disposit ion of the
man who worded it, More than once have we
seen articles of this character from the same pen
and regard it as an intentional sur malicously
cast at those papers which have adopted the CO.
operative system, We have known individuals
to succeed well by attending strictly to their own
business" -Neao Sharon Star.
AS the gentleman stuck his shovel in
where there was no Sand for him, we sug-
gest he carefully peruse the last sentence
of his own article and make home ap-
plication of it.