Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-07
This and That.

The Duchess Of Lancaster, who il bet
ter known As Queen Victoria, received last
year from her duchy the substantial income
Of $1,000 In ls47 thispppsrty brought
her about $3.50, 900. s. rs.
Ex-senator Pomeroy's trial is again the
subject Of conversation In Kansas. It is
said that it will begin some time in June,
but a general impression prevails that it
Will neser begin ii al. +
"A Vermont preacher who asked bis cons
gregation to pray for the editor Of Che 10.
cai pepper, has. had 1 bill sent to him for
thirteen years. subscription to that paper
and $500 worth Of religious notices.
(" Talk about the severe mental labor Of
men" says Bertha, :" il takes moro hard
study to discover which 70 the front Of q
new spring hat than would win case in
the Supreme Court against Railroad"
/ It y estimated that the damage to crops
alone BY the lower Mississippi overflow
will not b lsss than three millions Of dol.
Lars, md to his ID 10 b addsd the destruc-
ton q livestock, buildings, fsnces, etc. !.
Lake freights bid fair to be lower this
season than ever before. Corn is now con-
tracted from Chicago to Buffalo, in, sailing
vessels at 4 cents per bushel. The present
rate from Buffalo to New York is ten cents
per pushed.
One of the good laws upon our Iowa stat
ute books provides that. il any person
!" max uppp tAs wAlls Or any part II .
school houSe, chsich % any other pnblic
building. he shall b fined not more than
$10O, or imprisonment not moro than thir-
ty days."
Senator Wright, Of Iowa, has prepared
. new pension bill, which abolishes the fee
Of thirty cents for each voucher. This
generally reduces the profits of tho pension
agencies. It would reduce the Chicago
Pension Agency fsoha from $l1 900 y 81
600, the regular salary. H N
TIE fiieods Of woman suffrage ia Mich
igan will hold State Convention ON the
9Th Of Nay. Ths laat Legislature passed
; resolve that the question Of woman suf-
frage should % subainsd % tha people 1t
the next election, ana ~ woman sutFisghta
want to Orgaaise fort Vigorous cAmpaisn.
In the matter Of the long pending con-
troversy IS to whether Omaha. on tho Ne
brasks hide, 81 Council Bluds % the los
side Of d. Missouri river, ID legally the
eastern sssminus Of the Pacific Railroad,
the House Committee on tbs Prolific Rail-
road, in Congress, has rsposted in favor q
the claim OF Council Bluffs.
The editors of the Chicago IS1bwne,
Cincinnati CoSssersiaa, louisville Josrx-
al, and Springfield Rspu5lscan. are hold
ing a secret session at Boston, for the pur-
pose of furnishing brains and leadership"
for new political party. There has not
been a conclave freighted with such prom
inence since Satan held audience on GER
tain high mountain. ~
The discussion in the House on the ap.
propriation bills, dsvelopes the fact that
the committee on Civil Service Reform, Of
which the Hon. Stephen w. Kellogg. Of
Connecticut, is chairman, have been eff
GENTLY at work during the session, and that
that their labors are resulting in large re.
trenchments Ia the Executive Departments
Of the Government. AZ n Fl ss
In communication TO the Postofice
Committee Of the House Of Representatives
advocating the payment Of postage on all
newspapers, the Postmaster General pre-
sents some Interesting statistics. He shows
that the receipts from postage on newspa-
pcrs during the fiscal year Of 1s69-70
should havs bssn e ao6. 641, whereas ths
actual recspts from nswspapsra and a
other printed matter were only $6S5, 726.
Calculating the annual increass in newspa-
PSI circolieion 70 have bsen Is Y per cent,
thsre wGeduring tie PEEK year 6671 newsps
| pafs putlinhodsin Tho United States, with
| the aggregate circulation Of ], 6O6, 646. 20
copies, Of which sol. 889, les went through
the mails. The receipts from postage on
them should have been q, o16, 740, i1lteed
of which there was resolved. only 4l.071.
99s, showing . los Of 4l,648,7o or one
and halt times the amount collected dur
ine the 6sdal ysar 186o-70. There VA
collected "a, 9o4 ,002 psstags On leltbr1
| which rare In total hulk anual Ia lao cal