Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-28
CLIPPINGS.

Large quantities Of figs are dried in
California.
There are $40 deserted farm houses
in Windham county, Vt.
Postage stamps are manufa ,turea
at about cne cent per hundred.
Modern marriages, says cotempo-
German experimenters assert thar
a silver spoon wears out in 24S years.
Tslmage says that 'sthe cylinder
Of the printing press is the front
wheel of the Lords chariot /"
An Illinois farmer boy, who has
tried ii, says: ssIt is hard work to
ride pig, its name is SO short
The war correspondents in Bnlga-
ria are having q magnificent time.
Most of them get hanged as spies.
The more the costume of the girl
of the period resembles mans coat
and vest, the happier the wcarer
thereof.
Lasditch is the name of town in
Russia. jeff Davis should be sent
there as Consul.-Nosristoscn { Pa.)
Herald. s.
The Eldorado (Kan.) Press tells of
q castor bean plant which is thirteen
feet high and branches like an elm
tree.
The Society of Friends have dis
pensed with one Of their CUSTOMS
The men and their families now oc-
eupy seats together in church.
Ben Butler piously and resignedly
remarks that the Lord never intend
ed that he should understand the
Presidents civil service policy. #
A hopeful minister says he has no
doubt that the time will come when
the members of a church choir will be-
have just as we'll as other folks.
Mrs. Belle Lynch. . woman editor
of Ukiah, CAL, has been twice whip-
ped in public by man, for printing
gossip about her neighbors in her
newspaper.
When wheat goes up ten cents
bushel, flour gets the news in 3 half
minute by telegraph. But when
wheat goes down, -four gets the news
by slow mail.
Some people always laugh when
they're mad. The monarch Of Persia.
for instance, smiles whenever he wish
es to eyince his Shah-grin.-Nesc
York Commercial.
The German Government has dis
continued the manufacture of car
tridges for its army, at home, and
given the contract for supplying the
same to American firms.
Governor Pillsbury runs ahead OF
his ticket in Minnesota, and his ma
|jority is over 1000. The Republi-
can majority in the Legislatures is:
Senate, 10; House, 20.
! An American tourist says that
San Domingo revolution consists Of
"a few yells, three or four hoots, some
one accidentally wounded, and Come
home, darling is forgiven"
When tight lacing has been prac-
ticed through several years, q per-
manent dent or hollow is produced
In the liver, which may be seen very
plainly after the woman il dead and
the liver dissected.
The MArshalltown Times says -
Mrs. Willard is recovering from an
Operation made by DIR. Walters and
DR.. Lathrop of Ottumwa, assisted by
Drs. Mcbride and Roberts Of FIBER
, Gus TUDOR of the neck.
, Actual peroration Of a Nebraska
, lawyer: "Let the harmless ass crop
the thistle Of the valley; let the sa-
gaciOus goat browse upon the noun
tain's brow; but, gentlemen Of the
: jury. aver that John Grundy is not
guilty." What that lawyer wanted
to be let to crop the thistle Of the val
ley for is puxzler.
Tho young woman who, being en-
gagged. sighed in sentimental rhythm,
"Oh, for some new found name by
which to call him !" married her low
Ter about six weeks ago, and has now
decided to call him Old Deeswax.
The Georgia negro has NO more
faith in banks. lie lays all his money
ont In clothing and hair-oil, aud the
news of q bank suspension causes
him to exclaim, "Bust away wild ye,
but you can't hurt desc lavender
breeches !"
Il With the present minting facilities
of the United States, only 10000, 600
, silver dollars can be coined in year,
1 and at this rate it would take nearly
/ three years to produce enough to
take the place Of the 81 and 50 green
backs alone.
g TIE Long Island fox-hunters re-
d Gently started tame fox, there being
i no hope of their ever overtaking .
# wild ono. The fox, however, went
Into q farm house and fell asleep,
- leaving tho sshunters" to tear about
., and wonder what had become Of
10 him.