Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-02-23

The Unitarian Church at Brook
field. Mass. has decided unanimously
to substitute water for wine NJ the
communion.
The 81. Louis Rcpebl,coa wants to
gaze ON fashionable lady who
wonldn, bankrupt her husband for
tho sake of new dress cloak.
In a London tEng.) Court certain
tain High Church obseryancc>, such
rs the use of the crnciiiS, the stations
Of the cross. solitary commnnion.c .ctr..
were declared illegal.
\ British army is said To bc NOV
ing on Belochistan, a country joining
India. and about the .izc Of Texas.
which now lies between the Anglo
Asian frontier and that OF Persia. l,
is admirably adapted for purposes Of
defense.
The question. Where do the pins
go! seems to be in n fair way to be
answered. At least, VIC know that a
talented citizen who sat down on one
yesterday seemed TO have no difficulty
in deciding where ii had gone, but
put his hand on the place at once and
spoke about Norrich Bulletin.
A lady of Rockville, Connecticut,
received a note the other day. asking
! il 4 few friends could have surprise
party at her house. She said ycs. and
took up her carpets and made ample
preparations. The evening came and
passed with not even caller. Thar
where the surprise came III.
'.No more popular Speaker ever sat
in the Speakers chair than Hon. John
II. Gear" says Judge Thayer, editor
Of the Clinton Age, and now mem-
ber OF the House. "IIc is impartiality
personifcd. lie is thoroughly post
cd in the duties Of his Office, and ex-
pedites business at a wonderful rate
\ certain man walked all over the
city yesterday trying to find a Phila-
dclphia directory. A friend asked
the cause OF his anxiety and was told
that he wanted to see if he knew any
body in that city, and if so where be
lived. in order that he might make
him nice long visit next summer.
And he is not the only man who is
Aoohtb5 up 'H't Hiiit'a' f'Y Stt""'
The Chicago JoufWal has dispatch
from Washington, in which Col. Fred
Grant is made 10 say in conversation
with several other gentlemen on the
third term question: III anybody
thinks there is any third term TO him
:, tFathel) he i mistaken. Father
don't want to be President any more.
and won't accept the nomination ii
the Cincinnati Convention offers il 10
him
The san Francisco Examiner OBJ
jeets TO new school reader. because
II contains Buchanan Reads poem,
.'Sheridan's Ride" which. it says. is
designed TO hold mp 10 the admira-
ton OF the young and rising genera
. ton one of the wors, characters who
has ever figured in the military an
| mails OF our country. Where's Phil
An observer saith: THE Pbiladel-
phia I.c",lcr has The mildest cdito.
: rials in the world and vet il keeps
Mt the head Of its first cdito.
!, rial column picture representing
two infuriatcd male horses about t.
fly together and kick each other 10
; death. while fcrocious eagle i.
spreading himself Just above Them
and screaming defiance,
To remove stump> ii.om "A Held. al
that is necessary is To have one al
| more shcct-iron chimneys. some fonl
] or five feet high. Set fire TO the stumi
= and place the chimney over il. 50 a:
TO give the requisite amount ..
: draught at the bottom. Ii will draw
like stove, and the stump will soer
t be consumed. With several >ucl
: chimness, OF different sizes. the re
moval of such stumps may he accom-
: plishcd at merely nominal labor ant
D expense.
= In the middle of representation
4 of East Lynne,' at the thcatcr a
!, Cambridge, lately, the company, Lee
o by one OF the actresses. struck on ac
8 count OF not having received thci
I salaries. The manager ,hcrcupol
i came forward and summarily threw
o the lady head foremost into ihc or
G chestra pit. But this did not mcnt
!, matters, and the audience had to ht
!. dismissed, receiving their meme
G back az the door.
i Mr.. Banning, of Ohio. is worn To
/ skeleton, nearly, by his consnmin!
!. anxiety TO know the exact number o
/ araught horses and mules used 10 Ia
/ army, where they were bought, AM
i what they cost. As means of obtain
n ing this intensely interesting informa
i ton was denied him by the unsyn
n pathetic House OF Representatives
he will perhaps content himself wit
4 the estimate Of the number Of donkey
n In Congress. Any Credit Mobilierii
o or Pacific Nail subsidy-grabber ca
4 tell him at least the average, ifnot II
I. specific price, Of that kind Of stock
4 Chicago Times.
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