Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-12

Warped rye" is the new name 70
cro0Eod whisky y tf.E III.

| warped rye is the new name fo
"crooked whisky"
| The bears in Montana are hiberna
Iting under six feet of snow.
| Ohio's public Indebtedness. includ
ling State and local, now amounts !,
| $3S, ,0S5,6T6.
1 The national debt was increased il
the amount of $l,9l5,O62 during tn,
month of December just past.
The New Jersey cranberry patche,
are assessed at $613, ,993, 1876. And
this, we note. accounts for her beins
such a "saucy" little State.
An Englishman has been found
guilty of manslaughtcr because he
preferred prayer to physicians for q
sick daughter. The girl died. and the
father is to be punished for neglect
Within twenty years there have
been l60. .29S,00 acres of land granted
to railroads-elual to the aggregate
area Of al New England, New
York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Ohio and Indiana,
l.
Whazzer mazzer me n indignant
lay inquired the fellow sitting ON the
cnrbstone, blinking at the officer as ii
the light hurt his eyes. 'sWhazzer
mazzer me ? Juzzer same ole thing,
hyp'dermic lection whizzy.'
"She may wear q sealskin cloak
said one woman of another. rs they
passed on the street, "bnt that doesn't
keep her from having a red nose y
And the speaker seemed to gain a
world of satisfaction at the thought.
There were two Chinese shops at
Rowland Flat, Sierra county, CAL. a
few days ago, but one of the mer-
chants placed a tcn-pound cartridge
under the establishment of. his rival.
and now enjoys monopoly of the
trade.
The Mayor of Brainard. Mimi. has
been sent TO jail for whipping his
wife. What must be the feelings of
that woman when she reflects that
her poor husband is made to suffer
such humiliation merely for whip
ping her.
The following Il said to be never
failing cure for warts. Take small
piece of raw beef. soak il all night i'm
vinegar, cut as much from il as viii
cover the wart and tie it on il IL the
excresence is on the forehead. fasten
it on with a strip of sticking plaster
Ii may be- removed during the day
and put on every night. Inpne fort
night, II IS claimed, il win peel of.
The same prescription il is said, viii
cure corns. also.
The Old Settlers of Buffalo have
an admirable custom OF holding an
nually a festival, al which the old
folks gather together and enjoy them
selves tea-drinking, gossipine and re-
counting the good old days that are
no more. The young people are adj
mltted 10 4 share of the festivities, and
several generations mingle in the
honest aud ioyous re-union,
"Say, pap" said John Henrv's
hopeful, Tie other day, wasn't it the
prince of whales thar swallowed ,Jo-
nah z And John paitei his head
and gave him a nickle, and told him
he might some day be an Alderman;
and then As he put on his slippers and
found II small chestnut burr i'm each
toe, he took that hoy over his knee
and wreStied with him. - Giactaaati
Times. he
ln his lecture In Kcnoslla, on ''1he
Gil] You Love-" Brother IIuntly says:
'.ile should love her and let his love
for he be known. Jfa woman is
loved she wants il to be known to the
world. Unless the girls dumb. and
has lost both hands by a Kerosene ex-
plosion. she is apt TO relieve the
young man of all trouble in giving
his proposal publicity, especially il
there is another girl who tries to get
him.---H Hti,eattk,ee Sentinel.