Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-11-08
ODDS AND ENDS.


Fifteen thousand centennial medals |
of bronze have been awarded.
There are 3,Gi7 public libraries in
the United States, with 12.27G.9G4 VOL
umcs.
The amount of gold received at
Cheyenne from the Black Hills, is
largely on the increase.
A California detective has inside
S25, 600 out of contract to discover
silver stolen from the mines.
Ingersoll SAYS that the Democrats
are spending all their time between
drinks in finding faul, with his thcol-
ogy.
Two deaf mutcs discussed politics in
New York city, the other evening,
before an audience composed almost
exclusively of persons who had new
CT heard a sound in their lives.
Two men went to see circus in
Healdsburg, CAL, the other day, and.
when Ada Belmont appeared on the
trSpeze, recognized sister they
hadn't seen since she was eight years
old, in 1856. and took her home with
them.
As q stcrn-whcel steamboat was
passing up the Ohio liver, the other
day, a little girl who was standing on
the hotel stoop ran into the house to
her mother. calling out, "Mother,
mother, come out and see this steam
boat-its got hustle On.'
The other day at Iowa City the
Circuit Court tried the case of Clark
VS.. darlington, in which Mrs. Clark
sued darlington for 5000, the
amount of damage her character had
suffered by SANDER, the jury directed
him to pay one dollar and leave the
other 1899 to be charged.
A lady suggests in the Nevada Ter
ritoyidl Enterprise, that policemen be
armed with cords instead of clubs.
She says that "a cord or rope could
BIO thrown over an Offenders head or
shoulders, pinioning his arms, and
thus preventing any resistance on his
part
A man was playing dice in saloon
in Knoxville, CAL, when the funeral
procession of his wife came by. He
went to the door, waved his hat. hur-
rahed, and returned to his game
That night he was almost killed by a
m oh, but unfortunately survived pop.
ular indignation. .fa
This from the New York MdI
There was once Mayor of certain
borough who was staunch teetotal.
Ter. He attended the festivities pro.
NOTED by a ncighboring borough
and some ono who knew him well
put glass of milk punch close to his
plate. The Mayor saw the glass
could not resist it; he took It up,
quaffed it off, and setit down. saying
"Lord, what cow
To settle a disputed question as te
the predominence of blue eyes ant
fair hair in Germany, the -Prussiar
government recently took census o.
the schools. Over 4, 0O0O0 of the chill
dren were examined, and it wa
found that 1927 per cent. had blu,
and 24.3l per cent. brown eyes; I.
per cent. had blonde hair, &c per cent
, brown, and l.2l per cent. black.
| Said the Cincinnati Enquirer, on,
of the leading democratic papers o
this country, speaking of Samuel J
Tilden: at could not but be that
man educated in cunning, in hypocri
sy, in iniquity, nominated in corrup
ton and shameless cffrontery, ever
though his millions could elect him
would give us the most corrupt ad
ministration the country has eve
known"
The Dixon Ull.) Sun call Mr.. Shaw
the editor of Il rival paper, q blonde
AS Shaw's hair is black. he couldn
see the point, and called the Sun ma
fool. The SIN then turned to tn
dictionary, and found that the wor,
. "blonde" meant eight headed fel
low y This rather gets Shaw by tn
top-knot, but he is looking around
and will probably knock the othe
fellow down with a figurativc sledg
hammer yet.
Ono of the most wonderful cities il
the world is Bankok, the capital o
Siam, Farther India. On either sid
of the majestic stream, moored in reg
ular streets and alleys, extending a
far as the eye can reach, arc upward
of 10000 neat little houses, each on,
floating on a compact raft of bamboo
and the whole intermediate space O
the river is one dense mass of ships
.innks and boats of every cOnccivabl
shape, color and size.
4 The depot-master of the ChcsaDcak,
and Ohio Railroad, at StauntOn, Va.
is sorry that he elected colorct
woman from the railroad waiting
room few weeks since. He is sorr,
because the United States Circui
Court has tried him under the Civil
Rights bill and sent him TO prison TO
a months meditation on Fundamental
human equality. This is the first con
viction under this bill in "Old Virgin
n.y." and shows that the soul of Joh1
Brown is still marching on.
"Brutus Dlinkenbcrry," said tina
gcntleman's wife. drawing a pape
from her pocket in the privacy Of tn
chamber on Sunday morning, ..Brutu
Blinkenberry, I've counted, and on
of the last thirty days you have com
home intoxicated twenty-scycl
nights: what do you think Of your
self?' Blinkenberry groaned. aWel
what arc you grooming about now I?
"Thcm three nights" replied Blinken
berry, with an expression of horribl
suflcring.-GOld HHl (Ner.) Neacs.
] The following story is from Evans
vile, Ind: A couple of years ago,
young man in despair because tn
girl he loved had given her heart I,
another man, sat down under tire
and shot his life out. The girl mar
ried, and now her husband has dis
appeared in such way as to lead hi
friends to believe that he has drown
ed himself. Disappointment in bust
ness has wrought ruin in his min,
that the love of the woman could no
restore.
A tutor Of one of the Oxford Col
leges, who limped in has walk wa
some years after accosted by wei
known politician, who asked him i
he was not the chaplain Of the colleg,
at such time, naming the year. Th'
doctor replied that he was. The in
terrogator observed, 81 know you b,
your limp" "Well," said the doctor
lit seems my limping made deepel
impression than my preaching "Al
DOCTOR" was the reply with read,
;. wit, ''it is the highest compliment W,
can pay a minister, to say that he il
known by his walk rather than b,
his conversation.-Rocing Sketch.
Dig a Well Near Your Barn.
One of my neighbors has Just beer
digging well in his barn yard, Tht
L dinninu mud CLAIMING n1.cA LII, 49,