Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-08-15
THE SCISSORS.

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II The Philadelphia Chronicle on
! nOunces the startling fact that lage
! beer is . prime remedy for nervous
Iness.
Communism has never taken an
|. hold in Holland, owing to tho arden
love of industry inspired In lite In
habitants.
Des Moines talks Of building q S45,
GOO city hall, and the city has Alread,
exceeded its constitutional debt limi
of s5OO,0O0 one hundred per cent.
a Dsnbury Nescs: "If . woman
could only take her pillow-shams ant
tides with her when she went visit
, ing she would enjoy herself better.
From the Tanceburg (Ky.) Courier
I'VE noticed, the other day, Q minis
ter of the gospel and . justice Of th,
peace engaged in tying q tin can to |
dogs tail"
Woman's rights folks ought to b,
! proud Of . Hartford business firm
that employs an equal number of mer
, and women clerks, and pays the wo
. men the larger salaries.
Give the boy Of the period q pail
OF low cut shoes and fancy stockings
large seal ring and revolver, and
the happiness and pride of new.
made bride will be as nothing com
pared to his.
War Rumors. = Artful assistant
Yes, mum, these are real Turkish
towels; can't get any more when
these are sold, mum. All the towel.
makers have been called out to fight
the Russians!
T The Haaok-Eue says: "The sound
OF the reaper is now heard in the
land, and fragments Of farm hands
are daily gathered up from the yell
low fields and carried to the house
for identification and interment."
Near Manchester three tramps
came across young boy whose
mouth they stuffed full of tobacco
and then taking his shirt off they tore
It into q bsndage which they tied
tightly over his mouth, and thus left
him.
A young mother, in this city, ex-
planning christening to her 5-year-o old
boy, told him that when he was
christened he "would be one of Gods
little lambs" "And will have hind
legs and baa z" eagerly asked the
o'y'-" 'e"''"gtom Eoe',y Eoen'ng.
JOHN FEELS HArpY.-A Portland
Chinaman became the father of an
American-born son, and as he dane
gu around, swinging MS pig-tail and
knocking over the opium jars, he ex-
eialneu 1rA An me me Melncan man, all samee.
ne neap asnlhg,on! NE sewing
nacnAne agent! Uo way! Whoop-
&c !-Ato0ny (Ore.) democrat.
| A singular accident ia renorted
from BLACK Hawk county A horse
stepped nnon the handle of a acvthe
careiess,v loft in tho f,a,d NV Nov
and the scvthe blade Was tbrown m
i'm such a manner a. =" rim onen ,he hp
animals belly, letting the bowels drop
OUT ON the ground. The horse walk
cd about two rods, biting and nib
ping the grass, and then laid down
ana died.
A novel race toot r,.co ,.st uaok
Two live stncE trains nnIisi ont fron,
Kansas civ an r;vsi rn.1s % for a 10 ., 90
to Chica0o nm a vs0er ~ Il ON
One train went hv tha Sopthvestern
and Rnc[ Isi.rd rosds sud the % ntha, :
by the Kansas C;tv and Nnrthern Nor i and
Ch;ca oo and AIton Tha forr,or wor
the race and tho monev M maE;rg = AN y
average time of 22H miles an hour.
| A little neoro bov IN p,attshuro
Mo. law dow5 nm the rs;,rosS traci
inst "a a fre;~ht train vas com;r 9
mn. The engineer wh;st,e1 down
brakes and reyersed the anw;ra. hv.
standers rushed to the scene' and III,
little ni0cer vas snatched "A ~
track lust i'm time to awe his life
| When asked what he meant by hi,
performance he rrinned tremendous
ly and replied: II does love to hea,
dem blow dc whistle 90 much /"
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u urunoy county, rev DAYS
house and demanded food which
was given him. Seeing that the far.
lmer's wife waa alone the miacresn,
choked her until she rave him wha,
money there was in the house. The
farmer soon after came in. And learn
ling what had taken nlace. seized hi,
shot gun and started in nnrsnit III
found the cowardlv rnhher in fhs
barn. and without anv narlev;n0 gave
him the contents Of both barrels. kill.
ing him instantlv.
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Inc county commissioners OF Law
renee county, IN wnlcn the city o.
Deadwooo Is located, nave adopted
Is overrun by Indians, and that as the
government has failed to give pro
lection, they (the commissioners) will
give "the sum of $3.50 for the body Of
each and every Indian, dead or alive
killed or captured, within the bound
aries of said county, upon satisfacto
ry proof being given that such In
dian was killed or captured within
said county BY the person claiming
such reward"
j Here ia a suroest;on from the Can.
of Good Hone That NAV narh.n ns <.
valuable to editors of newsnanars l.
small towns hmt vh;ch Ia not IiIei,
to he sdonted IN large - c;t;as III,
editor of the South fr;con Sta,
makes tho follow;n~ NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
aFrom and after to-day the arac
time Of nnhl;cation Of The Stor nil
he announced hv Tho hIov;nc ~
steam-whistle which has insf bee,
affixed to our boiler and steam-en
gine. Subscribers will thus be able
to know when the paper boys have
been dilatory in delivering the pa
pers at their residences"
| .
AN oiu gentleman IN Franklll
county town, VINO recently pecan.
tne reclpient OF MS nrst postal caro-
piaceu ms specs careiuiiy astrid'
nls nss1l organ anG eyed tne paste
ooaru closely. nat Is TINS tning
anyway ne nnaly demanded
Why, postai caro-, OF course, Wa
tns M ansWer; "A post-hoie cara
Aa. 10 slcn tnlng goo9 ior, It
IKE IKE 70 Anow ne was INFORMED
:nae = cnosp rate OF postage hao com
.nso vogue anu 10y &wriing,PaPer was .
"a Iiscoun.. nisst ~ All namea IN