Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-07-18
JoTTINGs.

DIR. Malonee is candidate for
in Keokuk county.
DIR. Mccullough has had two of his !
hildren die recently from the dysen-
cry.
Doc. McCue will be democratic ,
for sheriff. Doc. won't "get
here" Il
Sam PacKwood and Jacob Goudy
want the Democratic nomination for
sheriff.
WILDER II. Kelley has compromised
with his creditors by paying BIZ cts.
on the dollar.
Congressman Sampson delivered a
fine grafton at South English, Keo-
knk county, on the 4th.
The X. & D. M. railroad is now
passengers on the Saturday
train at three-fifths fare.
The Bible Society of Toronto have
sent 500 bibles to st. John. Better
have sent meat and bread.
One hundred English sparrows ia
ken to Nebraska, have all been killed
by the rigor of the climate.
W. r. Dickson, J. 1. Griffith. and
the irrepressible John v. Wingate,
all want to be the Democratic candi-
date for School Superintendent.
Some people get rich by taking adj
vantage Of the bankrupt law, but
down in Arkansas they get their lives
insured and 60 to stealing horses.
Eighteen thousand dollars Of notes
and bills, assets of B. F. Aliens es-
tate, were sold at auction by the as
signee for SIS.
There are 1900 pensioners in
Iowa and Nebraska, who draw their
money at Des Moines. This will make
business lively with Bro. Cue.
A liquor dealer in Des Moines sold
$40 packages of liquors in June, pre-
scribed for sick people! They must
have an epidemic up that way.
A Keokuker who comes from a
State where Canada thistles grow in
profusion, says that if they are mown
while in the blow it will kill them.
The monument to p. P. Bliss was
dedicated at Rome, Pa, Tuesday, in
the presence of O,OOO people. Moody
and Sankey took part in the exerci-
ses.
The regular annual pilgrimage to
Clear Lake has commenced, and the
Central Railroad is carrying large
numbers of excursionists to that
place.
The Gate City says the men in the
machine shops of the X. & D. M.
Railroad, at Keokuk, have had their
time cut down from ten to eight
hours per Oay.
Democratic candidates in the city
are wonderfully busy setting up The
delegations in the county convention
! which meets on the 2lst. A good
deal of fun may be looked for on thai
|, occasion.
The agricultural editor of the Stat
Register don't know what candlin!
eggs means. Get into dark room
hold your eggs up to lighted candle
and you can tell to certainty how
many are added.
The Chicago Journal figures tina
100000 American school-boys vii
, tear 100000 holes in their pant
during the summer vacation, and thi
lie in addition to stone-bruises, explo
sions, drownings, falls and collie.
p. Costello, through the State Reg
ister, implores saloon keepers not t
Y sell him any liquor as ''it,will end il
his ultimate ruin" If Mr.. Costell
: believes this he should be maj
: enough to refrain from its use Of hi
own accord.
The Gate City says: An involur
!, tary petition in bankruptcy has bee
fled against James Hamilton, of Ger
terville. There are five petitionin
creditors, three of whom reside /
e Appanoose county, one in Muscatin'
I and one in Keokuk.
y Of the lis delegates to the Demo
cratic county convention, Cente
township gets AZ or four more thai
one-third. This will probably insur
!, to Center township candidates ma
: jority of the nominations for the hes
offices.
The annual catalogue Of the Stat
> University has been issued.
shows this popular institution TO be j
a flourishing condition. Last yea
there were $50 students in attendant
e of which lO3 were in the Law depart
= ment and 70 in the Medical depart
n ment.
!. The Oskalooss Herald says, "twer
9 ty years ago James Ogden lost a watc
u while blowing on his farm west 9
< town. A short time since Will
q blowing in the same field he turne
,. up the same watch-not still running
10 but in fair condition considering il
g long exposure.
E. E. Bruce, of J. L. Taylor & Co
> is the right kind of man to build II
town. He takes, and sends away
friends abroad, every year, five COZ
les of the WEEKLY COURIER, and a
j. ways pays in advance for them. Sue
d friends of paper are duly apprec
It ated.
}. We are in receipt of the Premium
= List of The Mahaska county Agricu
!, tural Society, which is to be held A,
gust 28th to 3lst inclusive. Over
thousand dollars in premiums are o
fered for fast-going horses. The Ii
was printed at the Herald Office an
: is neat specimen of Typography.
10 Frank Beamish, democratic polit
% clan and ex-Sergeant-at arms of IL
d State Senate of Pennsylvania, h
d been convicted Of forgery and embe
a element and sentenced to four yea
in the Eastern Penitentiary. A tr
), mendous effort is being made to ha7
him pardoned, and make this kin
r Of crime respectable.
ell According to the Blade this Is P'
r, Ia style: "Young man, when yo
er girl seats herself in your lap with
q. book in her hand, and you have yo
:. arvnc rnun1 hor ror<ln xroicf ".