Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05


selves in fat and then sprinkle thenl-
selves with yellow sand D
The mercury stood five degrees be-
low zero outside when Jones feeling
| by remarked: 81 wouldn't turn a
dog away to night. Brown. Would
you = "W--wclLno." replied Brown.
hesitatingly. Eat least if il was
worth anything"
Not satisfied with having lately
been consumed by fire. Virginia City.
Nevada. Is now having war. the
contending adycrsaries being two
rival parties OF Cinnamon. There
have been several lively battles re-
Gently. with lists of killed and wounds
cd.
st. Louis had great deal of fun
Christmas day: one boy shot another:
another boy got stabbed by boot
black; one woman carved another
with a razor another woman hewed
up man with Ratchet; and one
man fattened out another man with n
1 club.
A Washington dispatch says that
some very startling disclosures re-
spccting pension frauds in the West
may be looked for shortly the Pension
Office being nearly ready to make ar
rests. The names and number of
/ parties suspected are withheld until
the chain of evidence Is fully COM
| pletcd.
Mr.. Levi Taylor, Of Indianola, has
built the smallest steam engine on
record. 1t is so small that thimble
| will cover il, its weight one penny
weight, six grains. Its complete and
symmetrical, and when steam is APP
piled. runs smoothly and sings sweet
ly. They talk of sending II to the
| Centennial.
A Kentucky man brought home a
barrel of hard cider. His wife, on
the sly. inserted a straw in the bung-
hole, and imbibcd copiously. Two
hours later she was screaming that
there were about fourteen thousand
snakes in her stockings And Ken
lucky woman's stockings will hold
i just about that many snakes.
Judge Myrick. of San Francisco,
has admitted to probate will in pen
Gil on two pages of memorandum
book, to which the tcstatrix had at
tachcd no signature. holding that the
fact of its being written in such Il
! book was presumptivc evidence of
. its being the draft ola will intended
} to be executed IN Il more regular
form.
i Two Allentown Qa.) thieves went
to a mans pen and took therefrom a
. fine fat hog. Drivin. it to their wag-
on. u short distance. they were unable
: to get piggy into the vehicle One
of them returned 10 the mans house
! and got him TO help them. When he
discovered, neXf morning. how he
had been trickcd. his language was
Very emphatic.
; People up town have been consid.
| crablt disturbed by the appearance
Hof a couple OF men, one of whom
| gripds out atiiiction from a hand or.
, gan, while the other goes around Inc
: back way and tries the kitchen win.
/ dows and the side doors. People liv.
ing in secluded spots are learning to
/ play the accordion as q means of de-
fence Norrfch Baiietin.
The Shellsburg Record SAYS tina,
: ono. Boydston, editor OF the Case,
: Clarion, lately attempted TO outrage
j the person of Miss Mary Smith. iii,
D IL year-old daughter of DIR. j. Smith
: whom he was attending homo from /;
) dance. He was foiled by the girl.
: desperate resistance. The father went
out Cunning after HoydstGn. who
$ has fled TO parts unknown.
II is said of "Good-night precinct.
: Anderson county. Kentucky. thai
when Van Buren, made his secont
: race for the Presidency every vote il
the precinct was cast for him. and ths
:. good people sworc he was elected
and had the p0ll-books to show il
They still go to the polls regularl,
aud cast the unanimous suffrage d
the district for Van Buren and Hume
The Hon, George Bancroft told !
reporter Of the Philadelphia Item
, recently, that the coming Ccntcnnia
Exhibition would in every respect ex
eel any International exhibition ever
: before given. lie thinks it will drive
!. away hard times and encourage i'm.
r migration TO an astonishing extent
/ Mr.. Bancroft thinks the next Presi.
dental campaign will be the mos
exciting one Of our history.
/, 4 Detroitcr who didn't cXactl,
know how to get letter registered
sent some money away the other day
and he wrote on the envelope. Reg.
istcred with a TWO dollar bill inside
Fearing that this was not strong
r enough, one of his friends wrote ON
i tho envelope. ..l'll swear that saw
Jim put two dollars In this" The
man who fools wifi that letter will
get into trouble.
The Bmghampton (N. y RepubE.
can Is responsible for The following
,, "Dnring a recent examination of a
class of youngsters in one of the Che.
mung county schools the teacher
asked: What is a monarchy Z and il
was Immediately answered by 4
bright little S-year-old hoy, "A coun.
Il try governed by a King Who
would rule If the King should die 7
The Queen. And if The Queen
sronld die. who then would he ruler !:
The Jack >" ss.
A Detroitcr got home al midnight
the other night, with black eye and
a booty step, and as his wife met him
at the head of the stairs she exclaim-
cd: why. You've been fighting !.
'Ies'm, he meekly replied. as he
leaned on the rail. And some one
has BACKED one of your eyes !" she
continued. as the tears came. Don't
cry, zharling," he said in = caayipg
voice, rs he put his hand on her head
"'fi hadn't had a chance to run he'd
have BACKED boff of em - Det,oil
Free Press.
The Philadelphia Catholic Total
, Abstinence Union has resolved TO dis
pense with the usual parade on st.
Patriek's day, next March. but.
instead. "out of love for Amer
lean liberty. and desire to rem
der 10 the one hundredth anniversary
OF American independence all the
honor due the occasion, great efforts
, will be made to make the next amnu-
al parade. on the 18th of July next, a
memorable one in the history OF the
, organization" 2 4
Brigham Young expects to die
His life and conduct would not seem
to indicate such an expectation. but
such is the case. The reason that it is
known the old polygamist expects
some day to bid adieu to his drove of
wives, is because he has begun to
build the tomb which is TO hold his
corporal parts when his spirit has
gone to Judgment. This tomb. now
under process of construction near
J Salt Lake, also seems topoint to the
Prophets intention not to rum away
land die on the Sandwich Islands or
in Australia, but to remain and obey
Natures stcrncst decree in the terri
tory of Utah. This burial place OF
the head Saint and his f:lvorite
wives, as planned by himself..is 10 be
ten square rods of soil. enclosed by a
massive stone wall of considerable
height. The sepulcher is to bca gem
,linc mausoleum, and will be early
an Ife,r ,ltlx.. a