Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-02-24
MISCELLANEOUS.

"A touching obituary: "Hc knew
J tho value of an editors time and never
trespassed long upon it." Peace tc
his ashes
II "A Nevada man who had seven
homely daughters got paper to hin,
that he had seven kegs filed with gold
In his cellar, and every girl was mar
ried in five months.
-"I'm going to where won't hav,
to cook beans I, was the farewell sen
tence of An Ohio woman who left thi
vale OF tears few days since.
/ WIN. Gorham, Of Iowa, put crap
on his door when his COW died, ant
whom the boys laughed at him he sho
some shot into their little legs.
| Gen. Trumbull is looking for ths
proof-rcader of q certain Western pa
per. The General was announced te
deliver q lecture ON "Irish Pratiee,
when 1t should have been "Irish Or
ators."
| "A man must not keep his hat or
at places of amusement, because j,
will Inconvenience those behind him,
but q lady can pile the tower of Babel
| on her head II she choose and no one
dsres to object.
| General James Longstreet hal
abandoned Louisiana and the fortunel
Of the kellogg party, and bought d
farm in White county, Ga, where he
proposes to engage largely In sheep
| raising.
rhn nsr>. ~ -, %ho ~~A..hourA-
sufferers Of the West are now being
enrolled and classified like an army
list, for the just distribution Of the
rations and clothing lately appropriat-
ed by Congress.
Money IL getting 10 be fearful
close, and now is the time toss mp .
penny and decide once for all whether
You will give up your pew or your
cigars. II the copper doesn't turn to
suit you, keep on until 1t does.
"A woman in Watertown, Wis,
last week actually gave birth to five
wee.kits Of infautile humanity, weigh.
ing in all only ten pounds. Two
wero dead : at birth, and the other
three died shortly sfterwsrd.
An economical tourist has written
pamphlet on, "Where to 20 when
you haven't much money" Il will be
read with interest, for we don't know
Of any good place to 20 to In this
world under such circumstances.
Old Parson Brownlow, Of Tenn.
essee, whose term az United States
Senator will expire March 4, an.
nounces that he will ct that time re-
sumo editorial control Of the Knox.
villc Whig. Hc intends to die in the
harness.
The Erie Railway Company 10
presenting another claim against the
Jim Fisk estate, and as it is for the con-
siderable sum Of about $3,0OOO 600, IL
would seem that the "Prince of Erie"
was chiefly rich in unscttled ac-
counts.
"A shoemaker was taken up for
bigamy and brought before the sitting
magistrate. (which wife," askcd q
bystsnder, 4will he be obliged to
takep Brown, always ready with
joke, replied, "He's . cobbler. and, OF
course. must stick to his last"
The Presbyteria people have
purchased site for seaside resort
for themselves at Cape May. A large
hotel to to be built, and Sea Grove is
to be its name. We presume it is near
enough the water to cause them to be
"sprinkled" little occasionally.
Captain Ead's offers to build the
jetties at the mouth OF the Mississippi
for 81 ,00,O00, for some reason does not
find favor with the Senate Committee
who prefer to conduct the work as q
Governmentundert with Captain
Eads to superintend at q salary Of $lO,-
600.
"A peculiar libel case is to be tried
before the Chester county (Pa.) courts.
a Mr.. William Bemer posted notice
on MS property torbiaAinH q neighhor
named Lewis II. Hammond or his
family from trespassing on his grounds.
Hammond retaliated by q similar pro.
hibition Of Bemer from his grounds,
adding the words Gas have only four
turkeys left" and therein lies the al.
legged libel.
I'm the village of Spcrenbcrg, about
twenty miles from Berlin, Prussia. is
the deepest wcll that has ever been
sunk. 1t was bored by the authorities
IN order to obtain supply Of rock salt.
The diameter varies from sixteen feet
TO thirteen inches salt was reached ct
depth Of $50 feet, boring was contin.
ued until depth OF 4,194 feet was att
tanned, the bores being still in the sal
deposit, which has @ thickness of over
a907 feet. The work has occupied