Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-22
THR UrTUMWA COURIER
-lsur ~ Des,y OF Dec 18th.
Allen Johnston, of THE city, has se
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I7sum IN Dssy OF nee Ism
Allen tohnston, OF ihis city. has Sc
cured = patent on tuck msrkers.
lesmg Dana, who was injured hyll
The saw in the planning mill yesterday,
WAS worse hurt than nj first supposed.
The surgeons found il necessary to
san,ra,alc the thumb and the two first
singers between the second aud third
ioints.
VIVA. Farmer. who lives few
miiaa North, was IN the city last
night, and was struck across tho side
Of the head with club Of soino sort,
which produced conclusion OF the
brain. II was feared At one time that
he wonld die. but we learn that he 10
much better to-day Snd will recover.
4, Mixen. James Neulcn and a young
fellow by the namo Of Hays. arrested
for demolishing Tho Last Chance
have had trial, were found guilty.
and each sentenced to psy zine OF
twenty-five dollsrs and costs. They
did not have that amount of money,
and now they repose in the Spiders
Neat.
Onc Of the hotels in this city has in
Its cMp]oy in the capacity OF porter.
sable son of Ham. who. by the way.
is rs mischieyous rs u kitten. He Is
constantly playing his pranks or his
acquaintances whenever the oppor-
sunity Offers. and sometimes they are
not well relishcd. In the employ of
4 the hotel there is also Il yonng man
whose duty appears 10 be 10 attend
10 an eating house near by. during
the night. This morning. between
two and three o'clock. the porter
made mn his mind 10 have little fun
al the expense Of the bisc,iit-heaver.
and slyly made his way into the eat.
ing house. where he found the clerk
fast asleep. The opportunity was roo
favorable To be lost The porter
grabbed him by the shoulders. gave
him u vigorous shake. and at the
same time gave veil that would have
done credit to Sioux Indian. then
lodged behind the counter to see the
ton. The bssh-slinger. thus sudden
~ awakened. gave jump that
: wonld have been no discredit to a
kangaroo. but got glimpse. Of the
porterfs head RS hc lodged. He said
nothing. but quietly reached over the
bar. caught ~ long bottle by thc neck
and proceeded to welt the intruder
oyer the head. The lick wasa severe
ane. and not only cut cash in the
porter.s head. hu, laid him out as
limp as a ,lishclofl.
by fins time the clerk had cooled
"A y little. and when he turned mp the
light. he found his good natnred mis-.
chieyous friend stunned and bleeding
having previously supposed him to
be a burglar. lie vigorously applied
himself 10 resnscitating his victim
and begging him for Gods sake moi
TO die jus. .thcn; 10 consider the stu.
ation, but to put ii of TO some future
occasion: and, besides said .he. II
Eadidn't know ii was you.''
After tumbling him around. rolling
him over a barrel. and holding bot.
tie of pepper sauce to his nose. the
porter evinced signs of retusning con-
sciousness. When he had sufficiently
recovered to take in the situation.
,Iohnny appologizcd. and reiterated
what he had previously said that he
did not know who il was. or he would
moi have struck SO hard. Too much
pity made George mad, and throw
ing himself back on his dignity, said /:
Now. you look heah, chile why
!. didn't you look 10 you struck an
4 broke dat bottle: 70 God. dat story
am a little too thin, an il 1t had been
. white man. you'd done killed him.
snah. No noah dat foolishness. chile.
or dis nigga'll broke you in two. 10
tsod.''
The scalp was pulled together and
one Of the attaches sewed the wool
together. and put him to bed with a
hot brick 10 his feet. By daylight he
was all right again. but the probabil.
tiles are that he will leave of joking
with Johnny in the future.