Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
NEWS ITEMS.

q A leg-ist, named Frank Johnson, !
trying to walk 1,9O0 miles in 100
5 consecutive hours, down in Louisvill
, and has now completed his l,O57 mil
with a fair prospect Of keeping tn
thing up until he accOmplishes hi
D grand design.
"This insurance business is
} fraud |" broke out man as he cam
rushing into Chicago insurance Of
flee, the other day. And then he con
tinued, by way ofexplanation "IIer
J. I've been paying you fellers none
off and on for seven years and hahn
D died yet.
On Wednesday o quarrel occurre,
) between two brothers near Gillespie
Macoupin county, ILL.,, concerning tn
sale ofsome hogs, when James Isel
: struck his brother William over tn
!. head with fence steak, breaking hi
: skull, from which, injuries he sool
after died. James has been arrested
A New Hampshire man told sto
ry about flock of crows three mile
) long and so thick you could not Sc,
the sun through It. ssDon't believ,
it," was the reply. "Wa'al," said tn,
narrator, s'you're n stranger, and
don't want to quarrel with you; so
to please you, I'll take off quarter o
a mile In the thinnest part"
Owing to the large apple-crop il
Michigan this year, new business
has been started. Good fruit can b,
bought for ten cents per bushel, fol
which, converted into jelly, a gooG
market Is found, both at home and il
Europe. Largo shipments have beer
made to foreign markets of the prod
net Of this new industry.
il While passing a house in Virgins
] two drummers observed a very pc
Iculiar chimney unfinished, and at
1 tracing their attention, they asked q
flaxcn-haired youth standing near the
house If it "drawed well, whereupon
the aforesaid youth replied: "Yes, j,
draws the attention Of all the fools
that pass by"
i A complete apparatus for produc.
ing all the spiritual manifestations OF
the age can now be purchased fol
the reasonable sum of 81. There is a
great margin in this business, since
the manipulation of the machinery can
turn out hundred communications
from the spirit world in an hour, and
sell them to the hair-brained descen.
dants Of the Darwinian theory al
el.D apiece.
The Office of the Sioux City, Iowa
/ Courier, q German newspaper, pub
lished by the Hon. Charles Schroeder
was entered by vandals on Wednes.
day night and completely wrecked
The cases and forms were broken to
pieces, and all the type in the office
emptied in a heap in the middle OF
the door. There is no trace of the
party who committed the outrage
though officers are making every eff.
fort to discover the miscreants. Mr.
Schroeder's loss is about 81, 500.
"John,H inquired dominic OF q
hopeful pupil. "what is a mailer Z" g
man who makes nails rer lied the
hopeful quite readily. Every good.
Now what is q tailor?" "One who
makes tails" was the equally quics
reply. "Oh, you blockhead !" said
the dominic, biting his lips "a man
who makes tails did you ever y Te
BIO sure" qnoth the hopeful; ''if the
tailor didn't put tails to the coats ht
made, they would all be jackets
"Eh .--eh well, to be sure! ! did
not think of that
! The BARRIERS of New York City arc
engaged in fierce warfare. At many
shops shaving is done for five cents
and some of these liberal BARRIERS not
only shave for that sum, but throw in
free cigar. Others offer shave and
a glass Of beer for five cents. "a
|, fashionable hair cut and q good ci
gar" for ten cents Is advertised in on
quarter. OF course the BARRIERS wht
believe in the dignity Of their calling
and scorn to tempt custom by sucl
suicidal means, are in an uproar.
SMALL Hoos PREFERRED.-Wallact
, Monthly says: "Hogs that will
weigh 500 pounds are sold at a les
price than those of $50 or 800 pounds
. The market in England has long fav
] ored light weights. London is chief
, ~ supplied with pigs of less than 20
pounds weight. And this tendenc.
: of the market to pigs, well fatted, bu
of small weight, is just what the far
mer should encourage, for it is exact
ly in the line of his interest. II cost
} moro to mako the second hundre,
: pounds of a pig than the first, an,
still more to make tho third hnndrct
pounds and SO every pound adde,
{ becomes more expensive.
PROSPECTIVE COUNTY SEAT WAR;
The railroad which they are about I
build into Grundy county is about +
! bring on lively time over the count
: seat question. Mr.. Bailey and Mi
: Marble, who own large farms mort
of the Center, are about to enter int
an arrangement with parties in Mar
!. }shalltown, who propose to lay off
= now town two and half miles mort
Z of Grundy Center, with view I
r moving the county scat to that poin
This will not be likely to suit tn
: views Of the residents Of the Center
: and some, after working hard for tn
! road, may have hard work to preyer
!. the town from moving away.-Cedd
y Falls Gazette.
Jessie June writes to her fello,
i women: "Doubling the votes woul
= only double the trouble. What won
en- can do Is to lend all their effort
r towards achieving pecuniary indt
t pendence. This will reduce the pol
ulation and put an end to ill-assorte
| marriages quicker than anything els
Women, young or old, who ca
4 make from one to five thousand do
d lars per year by their own efforts, d
not care to rush into matrimon,
?, They are happy they have homes {
8 their own making; they have onl
1t themselves to please, and they ca
y save or spend their money as the
please-a powerful induccment to r.
II main single to those who would !
h made poor by marriage
A report comes from st. Albert, {
r the farthest western boundary
the Canadian Northwest Territor
h that the inhabitants are in fearf
l. state of destitution. Two years az
$ several hundred families of Frent
d. half breeds landed there and tormt
,r q colony. A hail-storm in July d
m stroyed the crops, leaving nothiI
ii growing, hence their complete dest
tuition. Low water prevents the HUI
II son Bay Company's steamer from &C
70 ting near the settlement. Flour
sold at $50 per bag. This settleme
in IL four hundred miles from Carolto
m the nearest place east. The inhal
r. tants have sent q petition to the Go
crnment asking for aid.
p Lucy Hooper, writing from Pal
" to tho World, tells how the Ex-El
- press Engcnic's claims to beauty W
established. As a young girl at 4
Court Of Madrid she wore the flov
ing drapery fashionable at that tin
n. and which was unfavorablc to I
- display of her exquisite figure. O
- day she fell into lake, and was tax
hc out insensiblc. Tho then wet dr.
al chung to her, and her reputation
ra faultlessness Of form was never aft
=. wards questioned. The same writ
4 save: ITO her great credit BIO 1t stat