Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-08-13

A pretty Wisccnsin girl rides into
Lacrosse on q steer, and all the young
men want to own the craft that is 80
we'll stored.
"The Unsuitable demon of the car
coupling" 10 the name of fiend that
is claiming it's quantum of mangled
flesh In Illinois.
Last year In New York 1864
people were recipients of charitable
relief 26.000 Of them being perpetually
dependent.
The great theological question,
whether Baptist was ever afflicted
with hydrophobia, was still unsettled
at last accounts. !.
The tribe Of Usage Indians has been
reduced to a bob-tailed pony, a cross.
eyed squaw, and o Government agent
who is gradually stealing the squaw
blind.
When they tried to force Miss Gay,
OF Independence, Mo-, into marriage
against her will, che kicked the minis-
ters hat OF Knocked the young man
down, and rode OF on mnle, with
one foot on either side of him.
IA Norwich preacher" says the Bul-
tetin said Amen last Sunday after.
noon with 90 much emphasis that sew
cral loungers at the Main street drug.
store started breathlessly into the
street under the impression that an
alarm of fire had been raised.
Detroit Free Press: aThere are for
y girls In Quincy, Ill named Betsy,
but still, what sweeter sound can be
heard at even-side than the old-fash.
Toned mother calling out In the old
fashioned way Betsy, II you don't
git down ofn that fence I'll maui ye
to deathln
Ribbed glass for roofs and cellar
windows 10 comparatively recent In.
/ PRODUCTION. The Boston & Lowell
railroad station 10 rooted with 26 600
feet Of this glass, weighing three
pounds to the square foot; and the
Boston and Providence station has on
its roof $4,000 feet, weighing four
pounds to tho square foot. =
A gentleman who was on . journey
became deeply engaged Ia thought,
when q woman approached him and
said: Sir, can l. open that window 2"
He slowly drawled out: i suppose
you can 4 you bring your whole mind
TO it." She quickly retorted, None
Of your rAlaver. sir, for I'm darned
sick ct my stomach" ~
Two Confederate soldiers were talk
ing together, when one asked the 9TH
err "Where was you endurin' the war 2"
The other replied 81 was twenty.tour
months In the army, sir" "Yaas, wall,
where was you endurin' that time ~
II was twenty.three months In the
hospital" And where was you endur-
ing the other month ?" 81 was look.
ing for the hospital"
"Say, do ron know General Grant ?"
inquired 9 flve.yesr- old hopeful OF his
plsymates, ct Long Branch, the other
day. A little shamefacedly, several of
the boys anawerd in the negative, and
asked him the same question. .sKnow
him 2" was the instant and evidently
preconcer ted answer, Have just been
o 1uoVAou u0uub VIII ulM Uuu IOT
quite little timc he was lion among
the rest.
The boy who came into this Office
yesterday, sat down on boz, and
ike ona Se.,;sched - :sonss,sa I.s ~
return forr ,ccr hrsss t.cks The. 80. ~
stand;nv On ~ NV as wh , h. ,oor NJ
seat M nns.esnrs viii 4. sshsSN- -
nndars,snS q an. hna 90 -.ms ,hcss
sacks. Ne have nse for them Thss
hor Il osnec,sisv Ssvotsa - er.h.a nns
fiends ana shs tscks srs ienendssS
IN Tor .~cse.,n.stM n p;ao!..... 'u
a chicago reporter was kicked ont
n.y. ~ p".ies comm,ss,oner sna 'n,s y
him: sCommissiouer Reno '' VA. "a. ~
calm as 4 cucumber. He looked a
though he had break tasted upOn half