Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-06-04
This and That.


last year.
The public debt Of the United States
was decreased during May, 4456, 1898. |
The Masonic Lodge of Inaepend-
ence lost $4,000 by the fire; no insur-
ance.
One divorce to every nineteen. mar.
riages, was the proportionin Vermont
last year.
The Muscatine Journal has purchas-
ed n building, and viii soon live in
its own house.
TIME by rail now between St. Louis
and New York, is thirty-six hours and
twenty-six minutes.
QuITE number of Norwegian FAM
lilies have recently settled on The Iowa
River, near Otisville.
A MARRIED woman in Michigan is
suing another for debt the first case
of the kind in the State.
YANKEE ROBINSON put up the first
show tent ever pitched in Des Moines,
and that was twenty years ago,
In Scotland the salaries OF ccrtifi-
Gated teachers, male and female, are.
respectively $500 and $500 per year.
A Boston woman has entered upon
crusade against nude statuary and
has ordered Venus in oyerskirt and
po,onaise. s
+ DR.. Charles Beardsly, late OF the
Hasokeye, contradicts the snpposition
that he intends to go upon the Journal
at Des Moines.
A MISSISSIPPI man has recovered
$25, 600 from the Southern Railroad on
account OF the death Of his wife from
an accident on the road.
Hon. Henry Wilson, Vice President
of the United States, will preside at
the old abolitionists' re nnion, com.
mcncing in Chicago ON June g..
The Muscatine journal puts in a
cordial word in favor ofthc nomina-
ton of DIR. Saunders, Of Davenport,
for Clerk CT the Supreme Court.
Il IT is announced that j. NJ. Weart, Of
Independence, chairman Of the Anti
Monopoly State Central Committee,
will be candidate before the conven-
ton ofthat party for Supreme Court
Reporter. s h
A STORM resembling a cyclone
passed over st. Louis, Tuesday after
noon, doing much damage. The ship
ping suffered most, many steamers
being seriously injured. The damage
will probably amount to fifteen thous-
and dollars.
E THE first criminal trial for violating
the Railroad law of Wisconsin occur
red at Milwaukee May 30. The
station agent of the Chicago and
Northwestern Railroad having been
arrested for charging more than the
legal rate for tickets, was found guilty
and fined ST.
Krupp, the great gun man, carries
on business In the style of a King.
Recently he invited proposals tor a
loan of $6,0O00Oo. Offers were sent
in amounting to over $30000,00O
which signifies that the people of En-
rope have faith in the future demand
for artillery. SOS
The Episcopal Convention meets at
Milwaukee Tuesday, June l6. Owing
to, the fact that a Bishop is to be elect.
aa-ale. ssss,a, { ssrrn. i,.tanast q;
manifested in the approaching day
The opinion seems to be that DeKo
ven win be elected by the clergymeu
and defeated by the laymen.
| CAPTAIN Hall, OF the Polaris, the
gallant explorer, who died al his post
of duty, has not been forgotten by
Congress. A bill passed the House
providing for the relief of his widow,
land it is hoped that no unnecessary
delay will Occur in carrying out tht
liberal provisions of the bill.
l The Vinton Eagle contains a letter
under date of May 10th from the Hon
John A. Kasson written to Andy Fit
He distinctly syawsthat the charge
against him that he is about to deser,
the Republican party is untrue. Ht
does, however, disclose quite com.
planning disposition towards the Ad'
ministration.
The Norristown Herald says: "a
loving wife IN Bridgeport wants di.
vorcc. She recently found pieces Of
ostrich plume in her husbands beard
of an entirely different shade from
that on her own hat. He explained
| that bits Of ostrich feather sprinkled
on the beard is the very latest style in
New York, and 1t is not his fault thai
the shade is different from her own
THERE have, been three White House
| weddings since 1920. In the Greer
Room, Miss Maria Monroe, daughter
| Of President Monroe, to Samuel L
Gouverneur, of New York. The sec
| ond was Miss Lizzie Tyler. daughter
| OF President Tyler, to William Wal
| Ter, of Virginia, 1s43. in the Eas
Room. By coincidence, the eldes
/, son of the couple married the young
| est sister of Mrs. Jefferson Davis, a
the Executive Mansion, in Richmond
during the rebellion. The third wal
that of Miss Nellie Grant. ]a
An exchange says very good thing
| as follows: son the largo farms in
Iowa there are necessarily large
number of hands, but the owners
whilst they are thus pushing on tht
work, must be careful that they ARK
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