Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-01-31
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nv NSW ioih "SupNkG IIIusbFutc'
the wonderful operations Of Mr.
Brown, the Iowa mind-reader, al
present in the east.
A Mr.. Dikus, living in Wayne
county, a few miles below Freedom
has hog that weighs ! 100 pounds
"What would you do. madam, il
you were a gentlemen" "Sir, what
would you do if you were one"
Susan B. Anthony will be IN Wash
ington during the electoral count
and things must go right.
The Oldest active preacher in the
Methodist Episcopal Church, South,
is Rev. DIR. Lavick Pierce. lie is 90.
Geo. Day, of Corydon, had his hand
shot off the other day, while out hunt
ing turkeys, by the accidental dis
charge of his gun.
An old Scotch woman recommend
cd preacher who arrived at the
kirk wet through to get at once into
the pulpit: "Yc'll be dry enough
there
The aggregate amount of flour pro-
duced each year in America is over
45,00O,O0O barrels, requiring in the
neighborhood of 95O,OOO,OOO slaves
for packages.
A candlc-box placed on pole set
where two roads cross. and two
miles from human habitation, consti-
tutes the postofiice Of West Bclknap,
Clay county, Texas.
Hdrper's Weekly believes Repub.
licans who are disposed to regard the
situation rs patriots and not as parti.
sans, are the very last people in the
world to be frightened by threats.
Excuse me, madam, but should
like to ask why you look at me sc
savagely," said a gentleman to lady
at party. ooh beg pardon, sir
l took you for my husband
Rev. Washington GLADDEN. of tho
North Church, in Springfield, Mass.
has voluntarily reduced his salary
from $500 to $4,000 lie took this
way to GLADDEN. the hearts of his pa.
rishoners.
The Mrs. Myra Clark Gains proper
ty suits arc again up before the Uni
ted States Court in New Orleans
These suits have reached the yenera
BILE age Of 40 years.
at isn't the fault of the COUNT tina
we have these hard times" said til,
old philosopher, as he clliseled ava,
at a mortisc, sit is the fault of Til;
men who spend their time backin:
up to hot stove to get warm, instead
of stirring around and warming NJ
to their work."
4 One of the reycngcs brought abou
by Times whirligig was seen in Full
ton street yesterday, when a cclcbrat
ed patent medicine man, whose wealth
was once held to be as fabulous q
Monte Christo's, was vainly soliciting
a quarter in order to buy drink
| ". Y. Tribune.
| Alleged wrong-doing by Martin
Kelsey has been examined by tn,
Grand Jury of Jones county OH tn,
suggestion of Gov. Kirkwood to thu
District Attorney. The Grand Jury
composed principally of political ant
personal opponents of Mr.. Kelsey
unanimously acquit him of tn
charges made.
| A young American prima donna
says the Brooklyn argus, who tool
lessons in Milan q few years ago ant
returned TO this country disguise,
with the tyranny of Italian must
teachers, has been engaged as sub
stitutc for steam whistle in a Low
ell boot factory.
At a hole in the ice baptismal scrv
ice in the Schuylkill river, near Greer
Tree, Pa, last Sunday, one fcmal
subject tainted away from the cole
and exposure, and another, with tn
pastor, was swept away by the cur
rent and carried under the ice of tn
river, from whence the two were res
cued by the perilous efforts of tw
gentlemen who plunged into tn
the stream. Both ladies have sine
been confined to their beds. We re
frain from comment on this matter
not desiring to be voted Pagan
J Chicago Journal.