Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-05-14

Queen Victoria completes her Doth
year during the present month.
The Misses Greeley are occupying
the old homestead ct Chappaqua.
The House has defeated the 5000, !.
600 appropriation for the Centennial.
The Hon. f. b. Washburn, Minister
to France, declines the offer of Secre-
tary Of The Treasury.
BY the inaudation u tho Mississippi
the cation product of the ysaf will be
reduced thres or four hundred thous-
and bales.
A young lady ct Cairo played .
game Of euchre with : young man to
SO II she should marry him. OF
course he won. - -. Hssss sss,ss
THE people of Michigan will vote
upon woman suffrage next fall, and
the best lady spsaksrs are preparing
IOFi t08 c80vo08A #asf&sS II &
One hundred and thirty-flve fine
wooded sheep were lately shipped from
Pittsford, VT, to Washington Terri
tory, . distance Of 1000. sa
A Colorado paper says that men out
there will ride fifteen miles to "spsrkr
a girl Sunday night but the women
out there will ride double that distance
10 see man hung. ati $50 X
PLACE AUX pANrs. There are 8.
All, 7Sl unmarried women in England
above the age of fifteen who are enc
gagged in specific occupations, and are
earning money thereby. ss.ts
The grange store started last fall At
Winona, Wisconsin, has failed. Liza
bilities, $4,000, with no assets; and 3
slmilar one at Owatona closed mp after
aioss 81 neArly $4,000.
Anti-nonop wirs-pullers- Demo
cratic editors who have been strug-
glers FOR once sver since their reckless
sympathiss plunged the nation into .
long and bloody war.
THE Dubuque Tlnsss mentions very
1latteringly the name Of jobs 8 Run-
nells, Of Des Moines,, ~ . candidate
for Supreme Court Reporter before
the Republican Convention.
Nesmith, Of Oregon, gave the mule
Averyclsar md unique status whom
y alluded y = y ''ons Of those ussfal
animals that HAS no prids Of ancestry,
and NO hope Of posterity."
BosBs complains that his wife 10 an
She blows him mp every
day, and makes him circulate until he
feels that hs IL beyond ~
Louisville Corsmsreial.
Tho conduct Of the Federal officers
u Mobils, ID tsndssfng flowers desk
lhs graves of thsa Contsderats dad, y
sverywhers spoken Of in terms Of the
highest admiration In the South.
A shrewd old gentleman once said to
bis daughter: 'Bs sure, my dat you
never marry . poor man but rstnsm.
Der that the poorest man In the world
Il cine that has money and nothing
slse."s lk5 fg8s fIEFE
In abest aaSthss month more he
boy Of the period Who runs away
from school and goes In swimming,
viii b. sssA On Ne sammy eide Of The
barn waiting for his hair to get dry 70
that he can fool lie methsr. 10 e
ALMOST svsry railway a. ths STATS
IL infested nkh thres -sard monte naa
who seem to be driving 8 thriving
business in pickisg Mp gresnhorns
who suppose they can boz gambler
at his Own game. kk
THr highest amount of psnsioa paid
b. the Uaited States Govsrnmsat i
$50 to the widow Of General Jacob
once General-in- Chief OF the
army, and the lowest 81 month for
the loss q : flngsr. 80 s
Mesars. Brooks and Baxter are
of and pew-holders in the
same Methodist Church In Little
Rock. 1t would be interesting to hear
them relate their respective expert
ences in class-meeting.i
There arc over flfty female physi-
practice In New York city.
Their income ranges from $1,000 TO
$4,000. Their practice 10 restricted
to women and childrsn. and they are
successful in the healin art.
If Brahmin dies, his widow dons
. garb either all white or red. Az
these ladies Of Bombay marry whom
sevsn OF eight years Of age, they are
not untrequsntly widows at ten, after
which tAsy Ore forced 70 Fslnain ain.
Gle and do thu drudgsry Of the house
hold. = VI 8A .f
An Arkansas Journal cries outin de-
spair: aOhs that u thirst 5os ones
wsrs qusnchsd, and that The down
troddsn people Of Arkasas could p
permitted T. goysrn thsnsslves, sslsct
tA&lr sssvsnAs nd sttsnd to their own
sdair, without diesasion from would.
be leaders who think only Of them
selves. "
According to late ds61fon 81
Judge Drummond, the mere verbal
rsqusst V hase 1re Yslicy Esnsvsd,
10 invalid, unless the premium = paid
upon the rsnswal. This q anattss 81
great fstsrsst % business men, lor tn
custom Of authorizing : renewal, y
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