Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-03-01

the neck OF pretty girl.
Nearly all the students in the Col.
lcgc Of New Jersey, at Princeton. have
embraced religion.
Don Carlos is advised by the Pope
to "givc up," and let little Alfonso
have the Spanish crown.
4 Grasshoppcrs have thus early made
their appearance in the vineyards Of
independence. Missouri.
Professor + + White. Of Columbus.
O., has been elected President of Par
due University in Indiana.
Mother Stewart acknowledges that
she liked TO have "thrown up her im-
mortal SOUL going across the ocean.
The Grand Jury Of Dubuque coun-
! ty have Inemoralized the Legislature
for re-cstablishmcnt ofthe death pen
atty.
Rev. Charles E. McIlvaine. son of
the late Bishop of Ohio, died OF pneu-
tmonia at Towanda. Penn, OF the .2d
inst.
Tho Centennial Branch Post Office
to be established on the Exposition
grounds will he opened on ,hc l,t of
March.
Jersey City has population of
10000, and 3 per cent Of the popnia-
ton are panpcrs. or ono in every
twenty.
"Pnt The whisky matter inside
shouts the editor to the foreman.
Amt that where | always pui it,
replies the foreman.
The Lancaster Gazette heads Il list
Of two dozen marriage licenses as
follows: Hard times-4orty EIGHT
HeaFts that heat as Twcnty-fonr.
A funny sight away OF in ST.
Petersburg is a tall, aw-boned
Yankee selling tho "baby jumper"
Tho Russian mothers ore afraid of il.
Take the world right through. and
ibrcc-quarters Of the humans do not
earn their bread and clothes. This is
what makes II 50 tough for the other
quarter.
They are experimenting with new
kind OF gas in Copenhagen made
from rosin. The mon who took part
in the initial experiment expect 10
leave the hospital in few days.
Upon the death of n Danbury wo-
man, who was chronic borrower.
an nnfeeling neighbor observed:
"Shc won't be buried there a week
before she'll be calling on the other
tenants for their flowers
A romantic Brooklyn girl saws of
her handsome pastor: II know he is
n good man because a. sit in church
and listen to his words and watch
his beautiful smile. | can think OF
nothing hut heaven and the angels"
A young man ut Nashville killed
himself because he could not get an
other mans wife. 1t is terrible to
love somebody and see her washing
windows for another man.-Detrot
Free Press.
Charles IIeberman, banker of
Jersey CITY. in,imatcd that Miss Allen
Young lady OF that town. was a
thief--Ihat she had taken money from
his till. and now the court has intim-
ated that he pay her 81 ,0xs for SANDER.
Serves him right
Willie was sayin. his usual PRAYER
NJ his mothers knee at he'd time, aud
having got as far as ':If l should die
before ! wake" hesitated. well.
what next" asked his mother.
.Why, mamma. suppose the next
thing would be the funeral
IL turns ont that among the few in
rcntions OF women Is "fine.cut" chew
ing tobacco. Mrs. Miller. of New
York. was thr woman, and 1926 the
time when she received her patent.
What do the ladies think Of This p
And what do they think Of her.
A Texas farmer named Wade saws
he canghta rabbit on his place the oil
er day having on It's head seven horns.
But before we believe this story we
want to know how many horns Wade
had in his own head when he looked
at the animal.-NogTistowa Herald.
Louisa Hosford, Of Clarendon. VI,
died few days ago after an illness
of sixty years, caused by internal in
jnries produced by fall when she
was 9 years old. During the time
she suffered intensely, and could
never digest food without the aid of
medicine.
Some one, some time ago. seeing
two or three eminent lawyers gather
ed together on spot supposed TO be
likely to be chosen a. the site of the
new law courts, said that they had
met there to view the ground where
they must shortly iie.-.iVn-Gqli-
,fofaia.
The other night seedy. care-wo
individual seated himself on horse
block in front OF this establishment.
and burying his face in his red hands
moaned: Money air tight-mighty
tight. Doggcd ef money hain't been
tight right along fur nigh onto three
years. She's maxim mernoperly Of
the business, shore. Now eff could
ketch up with money I'd go on a
tight with her, but, as Spokeshire
says aye, thar's the ratification
Tie difference between me and money
air these; when ! get sight they lock
me up--when they lock money up
she gets tight. That's the way ii
stands. shore. -Froaltia. Kg.. Po-
tEint