Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-28
This and That.

This and That.
The wheat dealers In Oregon are to
try the experiment Of shipping wheat
direct from Astoria to Liverpool.
Times are reported dull at Salt Lake
City. The mines are doing well, and
many Of the Gentiles are leaving.
The proposition to introduce ladies
as railroad conductors IL trowned
upon in view Of the fact that theil
trains are always behind.
CONGRESSMAN Conger, who has just
been married, has been granted twenty
days leave Of absence. iccan proba
bly, get over It In that time.
A Young man ID San jose wondered
Il he could get billiard ball into hia
mouth. He succeeded, but it took
three doctors 70 get It out.
Fifteen thousand copies OF the flrst
volume Of the Life Of Chas. Dickens
have been sold In England 0fVol. ILL.,,
twelve Thousand.
Aiiions ana millions oi caterpillars'
according 70 the salt Lake Nsscs, are
Matching on the trees in Utah, and
threaten to destroy the fruit crop.
Hannibal Hamlin has been contin-
uously in Office since 1886. In these
thirty years Of public life not single
whisper Or even suspicion has been
Dreamed against this stout old states
msn.
TEE marriage license Issued by the
CLERK OF tho court 1t Warrington 10 to
Algefnon Charles Frederick Hartoris,
Of War.Asn HOUSE, Pltchneid-H HAMS,
I..na. mo Ellen Wensnah Hrsns'
~ "ssninssos.
1r. Nicholas Fish, whose lomina-
don for Secretary OF Legation ct Bar
lin was announced recently. j. = con
OF the Secretary OF State. The nonf-
nasion y said 90 have been made IN
sne is1 oHucr oi Pfomotion.
UP to the lst Of May, the estimate
is, Kansas since last fall has lost A,S3l
head Of cattle, valued at about $780,
600. The losses are attributed to scar
city Of hay and corn, neglect, expos
ure andIen unusuaily backward spring.
Tho Charlton Leader wants General
Tuttle to be the Anti Monop candidate
for Congress In that District and is
confident that he win bs elected.
II IL Z mistake about his being. sue.
cessful. Iowa is not cotton raising
otate.
IT IL announced that Senator McIn-
tyre, Of Page county, has gone over to
tho Anti Honops. This Il little sim
guisr, - the Senator while in Office
has been . trusted friend Of the rail-
roads In their repeated fights against
legislative contr0l.-Hasckeye
~. T. I. Jones Of Washington
County Il announced - Republican
candioate for CLERK OF the State Su-
prone Court. He has been for ten
years Past Clerk Of the District Cour'
OF nus county and his illness and char
acter arc highly spoken OF.
. Mail accounta frnu soufhvesteru
parts OF Afinnesota represent that the
xround n litsr.l,v el;vs vith vonrs
erasshoppers, which have already COM
menced eating the Vegetation. II they
remain the prospects Of q crop are
hopeless.
Vice President Wilson has decided
not 70 amend the snmmer n C,al;forni,
for his health. b.tt - try the Vankeaha
snr,ngs - w;.con,in from tha vater.
a. vhieh Jndoe Ch.es f.,t A.. !. a.
tained rel,.s .1ter - .,,.c. ~ ;,,ne.,
similar 10 that of the Vic. Pres
ident.
TAe Weseern Farm Journal, ana
Ioca Hosssssad. says in a:recent issue,
italicisiDg - below:
The National Grange, At its last ses-
sion, established the following rule
for the government Of subordinate
Oranges in al the States and Terrific
ries: ae
"1o Be eligible 70 membership in tAe
order, the candidate must 6e:cngages'
:" 09Tscasfnra9 p'ssaes
The Washington Star tells of another
method Of cremation, which is to
place the dead body In an iron rctort
surrounded BY quick lime. By this
process tho sasss evolved are sxosed.
ins'y riea IN ammoais, which may De
condensed ana rendered valuAble N
-" nu-tns Ieaaeum IN snis insfasoe
WAl = soas o'ack-aseisi u 'ne maA-
ossSsofs ef sugar
Attorney Cen. Sloan of Wisco.ein
~ anulisd - tha aonr.r,a ro.rt y
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