Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-10-02
JoTTIN0s.
Pumpkin pies are ripe.

Anew shade in dress goods is called
"lees Of wine."
The c, b. 4 Q. are putting in new
iron bridge across Skunk river at
Rome.
The Grand Lodge of Iowa Odd
Fellows meets at Davenport, Octo-
Der 10th.
Eighteen persons were divorced AT a
recent term of court in Charlton, Luz
cas- county.
Widows over fifty cannot marry
again in Portugal. In this country
widows never get over fifty.
The Abba Union says DR.. Clutch,
of Blakesburg purposes building a
fine residence at Abba, next summer
The Keoknk Constitution pertinent
lily suggests that what are wanted in
the public schools of this country are
principals, not men.
Why should the laboring man wasn't
to 20 back to an irredeemable and
deprecated paper currency2 Wages
are the last thing to rise, and the first
to fall.--Senator Allison.
A horse thief was caught in Benz
ton county last week, who though on
ly % years of age, said he had been in
the business ever since he was IL
years old.
The Great Eastern, it is said, hAa
been bought by company for use 81
q cattle boat to carry Texas meat tc
England. Her capacity WI be 2,2O(
head Of cattle and $3.50 sheep.
The 81. Louis Democrat says il
every contsst in that State between .
rebel and q Union man for nomina'
ltaon on the Democratic ticket the rel
Invariably comes out ahead. So h
does everywhere. Tell us something
! we don't know.-Dubuque Times.
A counterfeit standard dollar ha
appeared, which is SO close an imita
ltien that its spurious character cal
9 only be detected by very close inspec
ton. II is Of duller hue, and tri
!. fle lighter than the genuine-other
Z wise it is an excellent initiation.
IS This is how it is at keokuk, if W
"a are to believe the Constitution 81
j. every man on the streets should be ar
i rested and searched for conceale
y weapons, nine out of ten would b
found with box of quinine pills i
their pockets. The tenth man 10 load
= ed with blue mass in every barrel"
\ A couple of weeks since the North
wood Pioneer published an item
the effect that Nelson STAN wa
stricken speechless while defying tn
Almighty. The next week STAN vii
y tied the Pioneer Office, and the edito
of that sheet now vouches that h
can talk longer, louder and taste
than any speeches. man he ever saw
Weaver, in a recent speech in Ket
kuk county, after asking the price {
butter there, said if he were COW b
would clay out" The Sioux Cit
= Journal says he will DO laid out fal
y enough; he needn't bother himse
!, about that. He will not be able I
u pass himself off for COW, but til
= night after the election he may easil
pass himself of for an ass.
James Reynolds, of Eldora has e,
rs pended thousands Of dollars to cur
ot neuralgia in the stomach, but will
d out success. A few weeks age b
IN was thrown from buggy, and SUI
a. tanned severe injuries about the ABIDE
n men. The injury done the carriag
~ cost him thirty dollars, but nevs
k since has he been known to suflt
y from his old enemy, the neuralg
q, stomach.
B. Mahaska county democrats are rul
D. ming man for County Clerk VIII
J. was during the war prominel
member of the Knights of the Golde
Circle, and who once carried to
: meeting Of that body cake ornamel
ted with q copperhead snake. r,
publican greenbackers and soldier
u are asked to vote for him on the NOR
y grel ticket. Isn't that huge displa
i of cheek?
:. Delos Lapham is in hard luck agail
He has been shot once or twice wit
!, cannon, been blown up in CO,
: mine, has been run over by railroa
: train and now has met with anothe
:. accident. This time he got some {
= his fingers in the machinery abot
! Eaton's planning mill, the ends {
which were taken off very suddenl,
: He has been hurt SO much worse tn,
this last accident is not regarded 9
serious although he will be laid u
q for some time to come.