Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-09-12
THE SCISSORS.
Arkansas owes $lS,256,l1s.

Cedar Rapids has new directory
by which, according to the Republi-
can, the population of the city is TO-
l63.
Seven hundred and ninety-two
persons have lately pleaded guilty at
Atlanta, Ga, to the charge of illicit
distilling.
1t is now made apparent, by con-
trast, that the speeches Of President
Grant, if short, were really good ones. i
Irarcler.
The Amana Society, in Iowa coun-
ty, own $4,000 acres of land in one
body, on which they have invested in
improvements nearly 100000.
The Lowell Courier says the Com
misssioners appointed by tho last
Maine Legislature have recently COM
menced cod-ifying their fish laws.
1t is estimated that the cauliflower
crop on Long Island this season will
amount to 10000 barrels, and very
large area is planted with cabbage. "a
The Rochester Democrat Says -
"The strike cost New Jersey $lSO,O0O. 4
The State will have to be enlarged
to accommodate its enormous debt"
A Spanish proverb says: s'Thc
man who, on his wedding day, starts
as Lieutenant in the family will new
er get promoted" He must be Cap
tain then, if ever.
Among the inmates of the Virginia
Penitentiary are man and woman
who stole 500 from the htter's moth
er upon which to get married and set
up housekeeping.
1t is proposed in Indiana to change
the marriage service so as.it will read
"Who dare take this woman ?" And
the bridegroom shall answer 81 dare"
st Louis Times. sf5g,. *
eve find," said coroner's jury out
west, "that Bill Thompson came 10
his death by holding five aces when
Jack Smith held four. And we find
that nine aces are too many for one
pack"
More miles of railway have been
opened for traffic in England and
more passengers and freight carried
during the past year than in any pre-
vious year, according to the London
Times,
"Musing on the infinite, eh?" said
a facetious chap to melancholy look
ing individual who was walking
along the roadside with bowed head
and serious countcnance. swell, yes;
same thing-thinking Of my debts" ."
Another Democratic editor has bid
goodbye to journalism in Iowa.
Frank McClintock, OF the Fayette
County Union, throws up the sponge,
he says, for the "waAt Of money and
check" to run moss-back paper in
Iowa.
Rather pleasant to meet half doz-
en- good.looking girls arm in arm,
taking up all the sidewalk, and be
Obliged to walk down in the gutter
on one side, or run over an old wo-
man with a basket Of cabbages on the
other.
The humorist of the New York
Times sagely remarks: mo wise man
argues with a scientific person. The
latter can always--oErrwhelm him
with unsayory scientific terms, to the
use of which no self-respecting man
can descend"
The great want in New York is'
ciyility in trade. Stewart, a short
time before he died, said that one Of
the great plaques of his life was to
find salesman who would be civil
to poor people who wanted few
needles and some tape.
whereby double house may be bnilt
so that you can hear all that is said
next door without the people in the
adjoining house hearing word that
,, is uttered on yonr side, will have no
reason to complain of stagna,ion in
business.
There would be more sympathy for
the Washington female correspond
ent il it were known how much she
has to suffer when she is rising to cx-
plain what it was about a Senator's
; wife "who has red hair, one eye,
D freckles, and a wart on her nose, go
3 irresistibly beautiful and admired
No little annoyance has been exper-
fenced by Governor Vance, of North
: Carolina, in consequence OF some per.
) sons circulating story that the Gov.
z ernor would give IS and a chroma tO
every boy named after him. Appli
cations for chromos and currency
have grown alarmingly numerous.
A Springfield Mass cigar dealer
!, went oil to dinner, the other day, and
left his inexperienced daughter t.
Q tend store. On his return he found
she had sold about 500 cigars, which
s enormous sale she explained by say
G ing she asked cent apiece for them
: as they were about the size of a sticl
. q of candy.
ri 1t is said that young democrat
! from one Of the southern counties o.
# the State, may be from Ottumwa
n called for postal card at the new
: stand in the postoffice, and after writ
q ing his message called for one cen
5. stamp to pay the postage thereon
. How is that for democratic dill
% gate'-MdrshaU Times.
The absolutely latest mammoth es
,e tate in Europe awaiting American
y heirs is the Van Fleet estate, left b.
y, an honest Dutchman hundred year
re ago to be divided among his descen
Is dants of the third and fourth gener
y alton. Amount, Sl2,OO0O0O. Heir
@ settled in New York. Ohio, Michiga
i Iowa and California. "
l "Far be it from us to doubt I'll
o, word of q brother editor" says IL
IN La Crosse San. "Wc believe thel
,r all TO be truthful men but, when tn
ut Durand Times says that the water
&. so low at the mouth of the Chippew
ID river that catfish have to employ mu
n turtles to tow them over the bar, "
a. feel as though the editor must b
he away, and some local minister film
Of his place"
ls- George c. Bcnham, OF Louisian;
writes to the Cincinnati Gazette tina
there is land in the South snlicrin
for the want Of labor, and urge
~ workingmeD to seek employmen
iiy there. To reach the spot he suggest
he that laborers get on planks am
nv paddle their way down the Missis
ho sippi, stopping of at cornficlds 70
he supplies. Better men than rioter
las have done it, and he guarantees tina
cc a good living will be found by an
mt man who takes his advice.
u Nermontcrs claim a wonderful lax
:, - at the top of Prospect Mountain, nea
- Addison. This remarkable pond
- about three-quarters of an acre in e,
nh tent. Excepta small space in the ccl
: ter, il is covered with thick mos
p strong enough for people to walk NJ
"a on. Poles are pushed through Il
u. moss at any point, but none have y
~ touched bottom. There are lar,
-, trees growing upon il, and peop
- walk across in safety.
The Treasury officials at Washin
;lc ton believe that a rigid enforceme
NO of the new order shortly tn be issu
- directing custom officers to open G
.rr cry piece of baggage belonging
Vi passengers from foreign co,,ntri
ses landing in the United States w