Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-01-16
FINDINGS.
The Japanese circumvent the wick.
cd flea with trap, instead Of with .
wet finger. .a

!! The japanese circumvent the wicl
cd tea with trap, instead Of with
: wet finger. -.
). The First Arkansas Cavalry. /
Little Rock, wouldn't turn out to r,
! ceive Blaine.
. The American ax 10 chopping tret
in England, whore once tie Shefiel
article haggled.
n American exhibitors are comm
J forward Handsomely for space in th
, Paris Exhibition. 6i
In Ireland every dog 10 registered
and the revenue derived from the to
goes to lessen local taxation.
il Randolph A. knight, . leading dr.
, goods merchant Of Des Moines, ha
filed petition In bankruptcy.
There 10 now an establishment Il
New York City devoted solely to tn
business ofhiring out dress coats
Printing type is made Of hardene,
glass in Paris. The glass types ar
said to last longer than the metallic.
| Donald G.. Mitchell advocates door
OF polished wood all over q house
with rugs in the center OF the rooms
Never spend your money bsfor,
you have 1t, This will save You from
many difficulties and some tempta'
tions. )"
Turkish soldiers recover from thai
wounds in . marvellous manner Il
many instances, owing to their strictly
temperate lives.
A writer in Appleton's Josumal
says: "Woman need much more CON.
ISOLATION in this world. Sometimes
they are in love-"
The next annual meeting Of the
State Horticultural Society will be
held at Des Moines ontho third Tues.
day In this month.
Hereafter NO person can vote in
Maine who has not paid . poll tax
within two years Of the time when
he offers his ballot.
Senator Plumb, of Kansas, has said
that 20 long % he occupies . seat he
will hot vote dollar for further i'm.
provements in Warrington.
The people Of California are to
vote at their next general election up
IPn the question Of continuing or pro-
hibiting Chinese immigration.
Mr.. James Andrews, of West Ha.
ven, Conn, pickeds number Of straw.
berries last Thursday, which were
grown and ripened in the open air.
The North American urges the
coming Legislatures to enact . law
making 1t q penal offense to point q
gun, pistol or revolver at any person.
Leading articles have. been pub
lished In the Mexican papers discuss-
ing the means Of defense against the
aggression of the "barbarians" Of the
United States.
John Maxwell, of Dutch Creek
township, Warrington county, com.
mitted suicide Christmas afternoon
by jumping into we'll during the alb
sence Of his wife.
Up in Vermont they are laughing
at . Woodford swain who got down
on his knees before his sweetheart
and read declaration Of love he had
carefully written.
An English clergy man says that the
chattering of the South African apes
10 . language, and that, IL he could
live long enough with them, he could
learn to understand and speak It.
Says the jefferson Bee: III il . sad
shame that 90 many young boys In
town are deprived Of . guardian, and
are permitted to 20 right along TO
the devil without any remonstrance.' ,
A Sioux City girl would have fall
len clear through . hole in . bridge
and been drowned, had 1t not been
for the opportune aid Of her hustle.
1t maintained her center Of gravity.
Every shoe-peg used in Europe il
made In Americs, and this II another
evidence that We are trying to follow
the advice Of good old Uncle Abe,
who used to say "Boys keep peggine
away"
Henry Hickey, the Boston boy
murderer, became demoralized by
reading Sensational stories. He
wanted to murder and hide in . cave
and prowl. Are not some of the pub
fishers responsible for this murder
A Hamilton county (O.) juryman
has brought suit against . Sheriff for
S. 600, his business having been in
jured to the amount Of $500 by his
absence and his confinement having
destroyed 5000 worth Of his health.
Sir Wilfred Lawson, the temper
ance member Of Parliament, says that
. jail chaplain once told him that in
his experience only one teetotaler waa
ever brought before him, and that
was man who thrashed his wife for
getting drunk.
Henry Atwood, of Nebraska, after
spending four months and all his
money in Warrington looking for .
clerkship, set out ON foot for the home
Of his farmer father, and, becoming
disheartened. shot himself by the
wayside In West Virginia.
John Holden, . surveyor, Of Perry
county, Miss, dug up . treasure OF
$35, 900 In coin. The money was bur.
led during the war by gueriiias, who
quarreled and killed each other Of;
leaving only general instructions %
to the neighboFhood whore II Wal
concealed.
At Q wedding in Webster county,
Nebraska, short time ago, K.e bride
formerly Of Chicago, was frightened
into convulsions by the unearthly
noise raised by the young hoodlumi
who gathered with shot. gums, revolv.
era, and horse-fddles, to ssrenadt
the happy pair.
Mrs. Belva Lockwood, lawyer, pre-.
sented to the District Court, Washing'
son, D. c., on Saturday, the spplics.
ton Of Levonia C. Dnndore FOR ap
pointment 40 constable. The court
was little startled, but, with great
presence Of mind, said Il would CON.
slider the application.
Robinson went up to his room tht
other afternoon, aud noticed tha
there was only one match remaining
in the box. "Now, II that shouldn'
burn tonight when I come in," solil.
oquized he, "what . fix should be
in" So he tried It to see II it w:s 4
good one. 1t was.
A benevolent lady of this city con
templates establishing q dressmakina
house where working women and
others who are not able to pay the
enormous price ordinarily asked fol
making woinen's garments can have
their clothes made stylishly for the
simple cost of the work. .-Indianapo
lis Herald.
In Robertson county, KY, . few
days ago, . man named Blankenship
who had been indicted as An accom-
plice in a-murder, went to . grave
yard, exhumed body, disfigured It
Get II afoat In the Licking river, and
then had the report spread that th.
corpse was his own, hoping thus L
get his bondsmen released.
There were only $4,000 arrivals O
Immigrants at New York during tn,
past year, falling of Of about 800,
Il NM