Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-09-15
State Items.

Storm Lake is excitsd over an ab-
duction case.
Only twenty Of the 800 editors in
the State attended the recent meeting
at Clear Lake.
The people OF Bloomfield got up 3
petition inviting Kendall's troupe to
visit that place.
Bleakmore, of the Fairfield Demo.
crat. promises to start . Daily In the
next twenty days.
Dubuque county, not " outstanding
some bad weathse had large atten-
dance at her fair and made it a success.
The Warren county Republicans
have nominated Miss Elizabeth s.
Cook, of Indianola, for Superintendent
of Schools.
Ames has preacher who devotes
The last Sunday evening of every
month to the answer fany questions
which may be put into the "Query
Box"
During the storm on Wednesday
night, Hawkeye creek In Burlington
was higher than it has been for years
and did damage to the amount of
about $4,000
Mrs. Crick, of Webster City, has
sned John Wagner, n saloon keeper of
that town, to recover $1,000 damages
resulting from selling her husband
beer when he was as full "a . moon.
Miss SaIlie Collier, a Boone young
lady, has been appointed one of the
teachers in the Pittsburg. Pa, Female
College. She has accepted and is
about leaving for her new field of
duties.
There ia little blind girl only IL
years old, in Lucas County, who ia a
remarkable poetical genius, composing
gems many of which have been pub
lished in some of tho standard
magazines.
Two horses were killed by lightning
last Thursday night on the Henderson
farm cast of Eldora. Ono belonged to
J. Il. and tho other to j. ID. Henderson.
This makes eight horses killed by fire
and lightning on that farm.
Christian Stiflin, who lives near
Dewit, Iowa, received frightful injur-
los last week by falling from load OF
hay among the horses feet, who be-
came frightened, drawing the wagon
over him, from the effects of which he
died u few days after.
Five bonts of the trestle work on
the Mississippi Valley Railroad bridge
across the mouth Of the Des MoiHes,
and also the south pier have been car
ried away by the flood. 1t IL now
hoped that tho company will be able
to save the structure.
A lion tanner connected with the In.
ternational Circus met with quite an
experience at Vinton one day last
week. During the performance he
stuck his head In the animals mouth,
whereupon the lion shut his jaws, in.
flicting injuries of serious character
ANoTHER.-Mrs. Kilburn, Of Fon.
tsnslle, lows, was burned to death or
last Monday, by the explosion OF q
kerosene lamp, which scattered the oil
over her clothes. She died In An hour
and half. The aged mother of Mrs. Kill
burn, died soon after, and the funeral
of both was preached on Wednesday
A boy named Shatfsr living near
Dyersyile, was struck by lightning In
the terrible storm Of last Thursday
evening and instantly killed. He Wal
on horseback in company with hi
brother riding home when the boil
descended. The other boy was para
lyzed and will hardly recover. Th,
horse was also killed.
The Davenport Gazette tells OF !,
singular love letter received by /
young lady of Columbus Junction no
long ago. II neither contained banl
note nor French enamel, but simply .
Jerusalem oyertaker, or in Other
words, a fine tooth comb. That lovsl
probably had lively remembrance o
late delicious interviews VITA sAiG
j young lady.