The weekly Oskaloosa herald. [volume] (Oskaloosa, Iowa) 1855-1885, 1873-07-17

his INSANITY.
The old Burtis House at Daven-
port is well nigh an abandoned insti-
tuition. The last meal was taken in
its dining room on Monday last.
Frank Wells, editor of the Creston
Independent, who had an arm cut off
last Thursday, in railroad accident,
has since died from the effect of his
injuries.
A gas leak in Mt. Pleasant par
lor has broken up love match.
Before they discovered what it was
the couple quarreled about which
one had the bad breath.
The Independent says that the
wife of Conductor johnson at Cres'
ton was severely scalded, few
days ago, by an enraged Swedish
man throwing upon her pailful OF
scaldlng hot water.
A girl residing near Keokuk was
married not long ago, and imme-
diately sold her piano, bought sew
ing machine and made suit OF
clothes for her husband and two
calico dresses for herself. and now
fourteen young men are assiduously
counting her unmarried sister.
An OK was killed by lightning in
Taylor county last week, and the
Argus says that the parties who skin
ned him say that there was not
a piece of bone left in his body an
inch long. They could tie his legs
up before they skinned him, in knots
as easily as they could an inch rope.
The Muscatine Journal says
"Mr. G. Kusel, about sixty years
old. living near Wilton, had a leg
broken and was generally bruised on
the Sd by his team running away and
throwing him from wagon.
Lent's circus at Muscatine was fol-
lowed by crowd of robbers, who
robbed promiscuonsly all who fell
in their way.
The editor ofthe Lyons Mirror thus
handsomely explains little matter
"The seven young ladies who accuse
us of personalities in that little squib
about d. rning stockings aud playing
croquet, are each tremblingly assured
that she is not the one alluded to-
in fact, we have not see game Of
croquet played this year, and we
never, necer, NEVER saw hole in
any lady's stocking"
A Council Bluffs despatch of the
18th says :: A sad accident occurred
here this afternoon that has thrown
deep gloom over the entire city. A
boy named Richard Strayer, aged Is
years, while carelessly handling
pistol discharged its contents into
the brain of Richard Zimmerman,
an eight year old playmate. The
unfortunate victim is still living, but
his chances of recovery are consider
ed very doubtful.
A man named Buck, who had been
to Nashua, on the fourth to the cele.
bration, went home drunk. With
his wife and child in the wagon he
made the horses run away, and the
result was a crash. His little boy was
killed. The Post says of the father:
"He cannot take a more righteous
step than to come forward like man
and help to prosecute to the fullest
extent of the law, the man who fur
nished him the liquid poison that
crazed his brain, transformed him
into brute and murdered his boy"
A Baptist preacher, at Eldora was
charivaried three nights in succession.
On the third night the Ledger says
the doors flew open and the parson
and his wife stood there like minis.
tering angels, one supporting buck
ct full of lemonade, the other
basket of cake. The serenaders
were happy. They ate, and they
drank, but the bright dream did not
last. One after another was taken
with a deadly sickness, at the stom-
ach, followed with vomiting. The
The preacher and his bride were
mu,h concerned, full of sorrow and
sympathy Tor the sufferers who were
vomiting with groaus that cannot be
uttered much less printed, in every
corner OF the farm yard. Ipecac
took the music out of the boys.
The Register says; while Des
Moines and nearly all Iowa cities and
towns have many idle men, complain.
ing that they can get no work, the
farmers of the. State are unable to
get hands. A large farmer in the
northern part of the State, under the
date of the 10th, in private note
says 81 have spent three days in
trying to hire hand to work on the
farm-at corn-plowing without sue.
cess. l have seventy five acres of
grain to cut, and but one hand. /
have offered three dollars day, but
even that fails to bring me hands.
They are not to be had. l do not
expect to be able to cut and save all
my grain" In other localities the
report is the same. Still men hang
around town and grumble that no
work is to be had, while they can 60
out in the country and engage for
harvest at three dollars day and
board. 1t is expensive to feel any
pity for the sorrows of such q man.
LAYING BY CORN.
The introduction of the two. wheel.
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