Ottumwa weekly courier., 1878-07-31
JoTTINGs.
Old John Robinson is coming into
Iowa with his big show.

AeOkuk mas the creQlt Oh DelnS inc
hottest place in the United States on
Friday night, July 10th.
Eleven masons laid on an average
$4,000 brick each, per week, SO far
this Summer. Leader
Don't advertise. Some burglar
might find you had big stock OF
goods, and would come and break in
to your store.
The President of the Board of
Health of New Orleans reports twen-
ty-three cases of yellow fever to date !;
thirteen deaths and ten convalescent.
The Keokuk Gate City says: It is
estimated that the corn crop of this
section has been cut short at least
one-third by the recen, hot dry wealth
er.
"Will | not make fine angel 2"
said conceited fellow with uncom-
monty large ears. mo-" replied the
lady, II think your wings are too
high.
The third annual meeting of the
Sabbath School Assembly of the
Northwest commences at Clear Lake,
Wednesday evening, August 14th,
and will continue ten days.
The millers are receiving great
deal of new wheat in small grists,and
pronounce it of the very best quality.
turning out as much flour rs any
wheat ever did in this country.
The New York Herald glanees at
the expenses of the Indian service.
and says: "We could save money by
bringing our warrior wards East
and boarding them at fi,st-class hotels
all the year round"
John Sayler has brought us sam
pie of his White Russian wheat. He
sowed three, bushels and harvested
l66 dozen of good sized sheaves. He
thinks he will have from 80 to 30
bushels to the acre.
A Nebraska man was rushing
around town, yesterday, offering
$l.25 per day for $50 men to go to
that State to work on a railroad, and
the tramps Immediately had news
that they were wanted east.
The demand for laborers at fair
wages, is greater throughout the
country than the supply, and yet the
Sam Carey blatherskite organs are
preaching that there are more men
who are unable to get work than
there are able-bodied laborers in the
country.
The HaWkeye says: Messrs. Pond
e. Co., of this city, have been hand
ling number Of eggs lately, and du
ring the two weeks ending yesterday
evening, have found in the boxes re-
ceived by them, H,Sl5 dozen OF eggs
in which the process of Matching had
been commenced.
The Muscatine Journal says: Will
ton is excited over first class sensa-
ton, q scandal case involving a grass
widow and one or two men of social
prominence. The arrival into this
world of sorrow ofa fatherlcss "waif'
Friday, precipitated some remarkable
disclosures.
A little SIX year old girl in Keo-
kuk, named Brown, fell into a well
twenty feet deep, but had presence of
mind enough to grab butter bucket
which was hanging down in thewcll
and was pulled out.
MoRAL.-lf you have children hang
your butter in the well.
And now Seth Green says the fish
in Lake George are being killed of
by consumption. He says the dis
ease which produced the mortality is
confined to the perch family and its
kindred tribes. 1t is fungus growth
upon the gills, and resembles pulmon-
airy consumption. What next?
A heart broken parent writes to
the Marshalltown Times: "Our
daughters name was Susen, mother
called her Sue, and l call her Betzie,
but she was good girl, 5 feet s inch
es high, and was fat, she never. mar
ried, and was l6 years old, poor girl
shc died and was taken sick about
two weeks ago; my heart is broken
and mother feels bad; give her a
good write up"
Those newspapers which are too
proud or too obstinate to retract any
unjust or improper language which
they have admitted to their columns
should profit by the example of a
far west exchange, which gives notice
as follows: eff any subscriber finds
line in his paper which he does not
like and cannot agree with, if he will
bring his paper to the Office and point
out the offending line the editor will
take his scissors and cut it ont for
him."
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