Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-04-28
Miscellaneous.

The stamp of civilization-the
postal stamp.
The latest thing in front door
looks-night-keys.
"A Vermont gentleman hos recov.
cred 5000 for being hanged in ef-
Ggy.
Maple sugar prizes areawarded to
the best spoilers at Pulaski IN. "
contests.
Joseph Jefferson will Grip"
around in Europe this summer, aud
Tor two years to come.
1T is woman's duty to be four
weeks cleaning house no matter ii she
could do it in three days.
Plus TX, during his occupation OF
me Papal chair, has created ninety.
nine Cardinals, one-half Of whom he
has outlived.
An Eastern college professor tried
to make his wife live on diet of veg.
etabies, but abe played roots on him
aud went home to her mother.
Colonel John Hay, who perpetra.
ted "Little Brceches," has tried 10
make amends by composing . relig-
ious poem and naming it Blind Bar.
timeus.
"A Minuesota Sheriff carried q
bullet in his head ten years, and when
they removed it the other day he be.
came foolish. They are looking for
some ono to shoot him again.
"A million pounds of new spring
clip of California wool have been sold
at San Francisco, at from eighteen to
twenty-five cents, an average of one
to two cents per pound better than
last year.
"A lady named Mrs. Evans, tetwe
30 and 80 years of age, reading near
Jamestown, Chautauqua county, NY,
recently fred three shots at = young
man because she was afraid of him, he
being subject to fits.
A New York thief, ono day this
week, snatched $500 from under q
name arm, in a crowded street car,
and while tho owner and people
around were wondering at tho rob.
bers audacity, no escaped.
Specimens of Southern literature,
from the Scarcy (Ark.) Record: "Lei
every body bring or send their little
'nigs' to the hanging on Next Friday
and let them learn an important lesson
that of fearing to take the life OF
q fellow man.
Tho Hippophsgic Society of Paris
has offered medal and. 500 to tho
first person who opens horse. butch.
er-shop in London or New York
Balky horses should take note of this
advancement of the times, and guide
themselves-or let their drivers do II
accordingly.
Rev. VIM. Searls, Chaplain of the
Auburn, On. " Prison, in q lecture
at Skaneateles, stated that there were
about l, 400 convicts in that Institution
now, and that of this number 4S have
a good classical education, GIG q good
common school education. 2O5 read
and write, llG read only, lao no educa.
ton.
Milwaukee Ne,cs says: off mar.
ried men will attend the spelling
matches, they had better leave their
wives at home 1t isn't comfortable
to wall. home with her and have the
dear creature muttering ut every step,
"Im ashamed of your ignorance" and
off you can't spell 'agitate' I'll teach
you when ! get home" No; its dis.
heartening.
Postmaster General Jewell says be
never saw q snow storm while he " az
in Russia. The excessive moisture in
the air crystallizes during the long
winter nights, falling q frozen dew TO
the depth Of two or three inches,
which is easily swept up by the army
of laborers employed in the cities and
carried out to the open. country.
There, the silent accumulation of the
icy crystals still continuing, an i'm.
mense body forms, remaining fol
cessivc Than mat OF New England.
Mise Potter, of Niagara Falls, wa,
asked once!in Paris. if she knew much
about the Falls? Eyes," she replied
81 own them" This was substant tall
true, as most of the land on the Amer.
lean side, along the rapids and down
TO the cataract ITSELF was the property
of the Porter family. Recently ono
eighth OF. all he lands and premises on
Goat Island was cold by Jane Town
send 10 Elizabeth Porter for 1925,
and ono .eixt aanea. of tho pnysac proper.
y was soid q George NJ. Perth fol
$25, G62 80. Atthis rate Goat Island ID
worth aboat 100000.
The Postmaster Of MONTICELLO, Ga,
recently reformed the feat of reading
a letter without hearing its contents.
An old woman who had never been to
school got letter one day, and asked
the Postmaster to read it for her. She
did not want him to hear 1t, so 8 he
took a wad of cotton ont other pocket
and stuffed bis ears with it. She then
had him read the letter in a low voice,
and was perfectly satisfied that the
reader could not hear word OF it.
This is reported as late actual occur
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