Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-07-30
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Let your motto be Liberty or death
and II It comes to the pinch, take the
most Of II in liberty. m rr sa
!" Unnamed by the loss OF her hus-
land, is the now style Of Indicating
sswidows grief. ~ t9s
Norristown, Pa, rents out its Jail to
minstrel troups, lecturers and any one
else who wants t.. gss,s ~
Chewing gum II 20 cheap 1t Water-
bury, Conn, that female seminary II
TO be established there.
The foreigu trade OF Boston has de-
clined $6,863, $50 TINS fsr this ysar, 8
conpArsd With last year. 4 s9s 5fll3
Tho New FORK Asssy Ones last
year pa1sed through the lsboratofy
over forty tons Of gold. s9ss7
The Isthnus OF Paaana Railroad Il
hid upon tios of ligauU vsto, wl6cA
eost from q, 30 " u apjsss.;i aans
The latest Desnoesatie shfbbolsth
~Ffee Tfsde, Home fule, Hard Mon
~, d-PAn, and Aard.xp
New regulatioas To- rexistered lst-I
tsrs win b issusd b. the RoetofRcs
Department In day Or two. aas
An Ohio lady, Nrs. =. b Carson,
h SuperlntenAsne " the Toledo,
Wabash and Wessssn Railroad. r1iss
According to the census, there axe
only two men In America Who Aake .
speciality OF the manufaeture Of hand
organs.
Refusal On the part ef . Louisville
husband 70 push the baby-wagon On
esudays b to bs made gvosnd for .
divorce. 4a3
Woman's rights ars gradually being
recognized everywhere. In st. Leuis
female conyicts are made 70 blast and
pound rocks. ss
During he Lest fiscal year there Wa
IN issue Of 136, ,0l6, 500 ssauApod envel.
opes, an excess over the preceding
gear Of d, 800 $50.
Rev. Henry Boehm, The patriarch
Of American Nethodism, was 100
years old June 8. He has beon .
preacher % years. i.4ssf
"A Memphis man has sworn 4 terri.
bic oath to kill an average Of one doc
tor per week for the next year. Turn
about 10 fair play.
A stout old woman In, Detroit got
mad, lately, because . photographer
wouldn't let her fan herself while she
had her picture taken.
Boston has ! debt OF sbout $50O O0O,-
600. though It owed only $4,000, 600 IN
1857. Cause, too much hankcring IT.
ter annexation and glory. l'ss3 s
Children are made 10 walk in the
right path in Dstroit ia Fourteen wos
men attended . doG.liGht In that city,
the other day, with thsir babies.
Behold how great . fire little
spark kfndleth. A deadly feud In IL
linois, that has cost several people
their lives, originated about fifteen
bushels OF oats. --.. y,
| Business men everywhere say, that
their July bills are being paid, this
year, more promptly than usnal-the
most encouraging sign yet for trim
trade in the fall.
The trade of tanner seems, for
some reason or another, to conduce to
political prominence. Our good Presi-
dent and our new Postmaster General
are shining examples OF this.
The renowned London surgeon,
Sir Henry Thompson, intends coming
to the United States this summer. He
will visit California, but will not reach
the Yosemite before August.
The noble roosterl His paternal-in-
stincts have been peculiarly utilized, il
10 said, az Cape May, where one OF the
Shanghai sort submitted to harness
and to act ~ the steed Of = baby's
wagon.
ave got 'em," shouted . Nississip-
| pi boatman recently, when Arst the
comet broke upon his sight. SNAKES
I've had before, and now the stars
have got tails on 'sm. Tn . dead
man p o ggFs a.E
We often hear Of people who are
too poor to marry: but . California
couple, who had been engaged for
some time, married becauas they could
not AFFORD to keep separate rooms In .
boarding house. 49,
Tho old report Of the coming mar
riage, in the fAil, ef Lisutenant Coloasl
Fred Grant, con Of President Grant,
TO Mics Cooks, daughtsr Of sx-Govsr-
nor Cooke, II revived In society circles
1t Washingtoa.
Money II highly appreciated n Dsl-
Aware. A rssident Of that Stats, who
was charged with arson, exclaimed :
she burn that widows barn I Heaven
forbidl No, air, wouldn't do such .
thing for ID cents r ...s,gy
i Miss NcHenry, Of 81. etsphen'u
Church, Philadelphla, sete noble *
ample to women who wiah 20 bo Oi
MS in the world. She he's raised $780,
COO for three church homes which
care for 600 children.
u Jenes, Of Nevada, II at Long Branch,
He has team Of four A0rseas AVID 4
!; bsilliaut--eomplexion.. Joasa handles
J the ribbons with great success, end
J supplies IN . measure, The loss Of Jim
J Fisk.-NeU York HsrGld "a .sas
aWhat do you know OF The chasae.
| ter Of this man Z" was asked . witnss,
} 1t police court tho othes day. "WhAI
? do Ikuow OF his charactsr7 7 ! know 4
. to b unbleachAble your honor" he ( o
4 piled With much emphAsis.
In Bloomvills, Ohio, the saloon MAJ
who . few evenings ago, BY the ngh
Iof bonfire, standing on the head Of ,
: liquor barrel, declared he had cold hi
g last glass, has just opened "fresl
stock Of beer, wines, and liquors..
81 Detroit Frse Prsss: Turn, for |,
. | moment, from The Beeceer scandal, ami
: ponder over the fact that the footprint
: or : Chicago lady On tho prairie neal
. Michigan City, got crowd Of mel
J, ont to hunt for . stray elephant
III "Straw jswelryS 70 somethiug nsw
8 It comes from Niagara ; 4 san s. pui
0 chased from those Initiating Modes
Il who intsst that locality. The eas1ina
e | are small baakets, se1r1, An9gers, etc
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