Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29
THE 6CI66O R6.

ing early frosts.
Counterfeit gold eagles have been
found in New York.
Another workingmen,s leader
comes to the frOnt-Don Piatt.
Even in as wicked place as Mad
rid, Spain, lotteries are prohibited by
law.
The application Of soda Immediately
destroys the smarting pain of sun
burn.
The Russians, up TO August 9th, ac-
knowledge loss of IA, 459 killed and
wounded.
Indians never kiss each other, and
having seen few Indians, we cant
blame them.
Some one says, at is human to fall
into sin, dcvilish to remain in it, and
angelic to rise from it."
The Charleston C. e. NeWs seems
to be much worried by the threaten
ed emigration of the negroes to Lii
IBERIA.
A recent guest at a Washington ho-
tel has sued the proprietors for $lO,-
GOO on account of the ceiling falling
on him while in bed.
Queen Victoria's maids Of honor
are all scions ofnobility and receive
for their services $1,000 year, and
gift Of 5000 as a marriage portion.
A South African missionary wo-
man has come into the possession of
rough diamond worth a quarter of
million. She claims that prayer
found it.
A Texas newspaper asserts that the
census of 1880 will show a population
of 100000 in that State, which will
entitle it to eighteen representatives
in Congress.
Rabbi Wise, editor of the Israelite,
is said to have sent forth this chal-
lcnge: "We defy any Christian cler-
gyman or professor Of Hebrew to
write Hebrew letter."
Norristown Herald: "Stanley, the
African explorer, has not been heard
from for several months. His letters,
no doubt, have been interrupted by
the great railroad strike on the VIM
yimyim Branch of the Ujijijijiji line"
Saysthe Boston Globe: .Alexis has
been presented with a sword for
bravery. The full list of battles in
which he was engaged will be en-
graved on the point Of the weapon"
MIR. Horton, one of the owners of
of the AlgOna. Uowa) Republican,
has been bound over in the sum of
$500 to answer the charge OF marry.
ing without license. He thinks it
unnecessary to spend money foolish
ly.
He was making a call and they
were talking of literature. "Thc PHI
grim's Progress" she remarked, tai
ways seems to me painful. Ofcourse
you are familiar with Bunyan." He
said he had one ON each foot.
A Geneva IN. " man in one week
courted, married and had honey
moon; forged note; obtained q
horse by false pretenses borrowed
wagon and stole out of town with
out his wife: was arrested, brought
back and put in the lookup, where
he remains.
The Detroit Free Press says that
the Lelands were the first to place
napkins on the table for the use of
guests, and no one can appreciate
their feelings as they saw the little
wipers cast aside and heard men call
out: "We can't eat cloth-bring on
them Eaters"
The New York Suburban Nescs
tells OF q young man of Jamaica
Plains who woke up the other night
and saw q ghost in his room. Seiz-
ing his six-shooter no approached it
and found 1t was his collar which was
standing on the floor. He calls il a
case of collar In phantom.
The Postmaster General was called
out at the Bennington centennial. and
in response said: ~ do not accent il
as a personal compliment, but as an
indication of fraternal feeling on the
part Of our Northern friends to their
erring Southern brethren Now if
all who took part in the rebellion
would only acknowledge having
erred, there would be no difficulty
about the "fraternal feeling
There are more young American
men in the Pcnitentiaries in this coun-
try learning trades than there are
outside of them. The principal cause
Of this is that we are educating our
young men for gentlemen-tryine to
make lawyers, preachers. doctors and
clerks out of material that nature in
tended for blacksmiths, bricklayers.
carpenters. tailors and other honest
"hewers Of wood and drawers of wa
tea. Exchange.
General LIE Due, the Commissioner
of Agriculture, believes that there
can be a saving of more than 100000
GOO year to this country by the pro-
duction of sugar ct home that is now
imported from abroad. He is now in
correspondence with sugar planters
in the West and Southwest, who say
that they will do all in their power to
aid him in his efforts. They also
state that in the United States the
production of sugar can be greatly
Increased. Sixty million q year is
worth saving.
Maj. E. B. Woodward and Will
liam Edwards, Of Charlton, have
bought the Fairfield Democrat and
will hereafter conduct it. 1t is to be
hoped that transparent and unmiti-
gated old fraud and journalistic pi-
rate, NJ. M. Blakemore is forever and
ever dismissed from the profession
to which he never brought anything
but discredit. The new firm will
prove live one and we wish them
the most abundant success. Des
Holmes Leader,