Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
JoTTIN0s.

enth District of Ohio.
s. M. L.'s poetry would not do her
credit we're we to publish it, there
fore che will excuse it's non-appear.
ance.
Jim Betzer's idea of piety: ANY
man who can swap horses and catch
fish and not lie about it, is just as
pious as men ever get in this world"
The Briggs & Bros. Seed Farm, in
Clinton county, Iowa, has not proved
success, and is now being disman-
tied by a receiver, into whose hands
il has fallen.
The Board of Trustees of Simpson
College, at Indianola, have accepted
the resignation of DIR. Alexander
Burns as President and elected Rev.
T. s. Berry to the place.
The pioneer settlers of Van Buren,
county will hold their annual reun-
ion in Court House Square, Keosau-
qua, on Wednesday, August 2lst, and
they will have . good time, as they
always do.
The State Millers' Association held
its semi.annual meeting at Oskaloosa
lately. q. A. Bryant, of Agency
City, was appointed one of a commit
tee of three to report on the cause of
explosions from -four dust.
Counterfeit silver quarters, bearing
the datc of 1877, are in circulation.
They are 80 well executed that experts
have been deceived by them. The
only noticeable defect is in their ring.
Beware of the cheats.
A Kentucky man named Greaves
proposes to build q railroad around
the world by way of Alaska and
Ksmschatka. He ought to run it
through "Symmes Hole" as that is q
Kentucky patent right.
The Fairfield Ledger says: "Wm.
Rowland, of this city, last week sold
his fine chesnut trotting horse "Jim
Brawliar' to parties in Ottumwa for
an even $1,000. This animal showed
indications of speed, and the purcha-
sers may consider themselves fortu-
nate in his possession"
VIM. Sheets, q well-to-do farmer
living near Libertyville, Jefferson
county, was swindled out of $40 by q
sharper selling patent hollow wire
clothes lines, quite recently, and the
Ledger reads him good lesson about
it. When will farmers learn to be-
ware of such swindlers?
The case of Ed. Dufield, late route
agent between Abba and Knoxville,
and who was charged with robbing
the mails, came up in the United
States Court at Keokuk, last week.
Dufiield was not present, and his
counsel entered . plea of "guilty,'
and . fine of $500 was imposed.
The Des Moines correspondent Of
the Chicago Journal says: professor
Danforth "Queen Esther" cantats
concert manager, skipped out Of Shell
Rock the other night to avoid the re-
suit Of disclosures made by one Of
the young ladies who sung at his con
certs, of his lascivious conduct"
An exchange says: "Should any
body offer you 500 note of the Mer
chants National bank, of Now Bed
ford, Mass, or ofthe Second Nation
al bank, of Wilkesbarre, Pa, in ex
change for goods, don't take it. There
are we'll executed counterfeits o.
these notes afloat in this western coun
try.
Recently, near Dubuque, lightning
struck the Jacob staff OF tow boa1
and split it half way down. Tie
"proud bird of freedom which sur
mounted it was knocked of into tht
river and drowned. The deck hands
thought the day of Judgment had
come, sure. Such q case was never
heard of before.
At Dubuqe, on Monday, Frank
Hecker q 10 year old boy was drown
ed. On Saturday evening a villain
tried to drag a l6 year old girl into an
ally 10 outrage her and on Monday
Frank O. Udall accider tally severed
. main artery in his arm with q PEN
knife and came near bleeding to
death.
Sigourney ReUieaD: The Demo-
Gratis of the district will be at Ottum-
wa in such force that there will be
no difficulty in holding Democratic
Convention. The Judicial Conven-
tion at Oskaloosa will be properly
attended to, and any democrat who
has the least taint Of this foul con-
spiracy against the democratic party,
on his garments, will be retired.
Rev. Joab M. Haley. a United
Brethren minister, formerly resi-
dent of Washington, was placed in
Fairfield Jail, Monday, charged with
the forcible seduction of girl named
Baker, aged about IL years, who was
a lamb of his flock. An indictment
was found by the grand jury some
time ago, but Haley could not be
found until last week, when he was
arrested at Mitchelville, Kan.
The State Register says: "Our cor
respondent from Stuart reports this
morning that in that region, as else
where, the farmers are unable to get
harvest hands At $3.50 q day and
board. The suffering working men
who are starving to death, because of
want of work are too busy holding
greenback meetings in towns, to go
out in the country and work at this
good wages. This exposes the fraud
of that cry.
Quite an interesting wedding took
place at Mt. Pleasant, Monday, the
contracting parties being Miss Nellie
j. DUNCAN, of that city, and Rev. A.
I. Jefreys, of Boston, recent grad
uate of the Boston Theological
School. The ceremony was perform
ed by Rev. 3. S. Murphy, assisted by
Rev. D. s. Tappen. The happy couple
left for New York, from whence they
will 60 to Antifogasta, Bolivia, South
America, as missionaries for the M.
4. Church.
Free whisky weaver.
Monroe Mirror.
Gen. Weaver has gone entirely back
on his temperance principles lately,
and is In favor of the government
remittiDg the tax on whisky and to-
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