Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-09-11
GLEANINGS.

i WAS kllleu near LtaD, la
!, week ;ae iy iIgq 6ar Yi9erg II "a
The postotficc department declar
: that snakes and soap are unnfailah
! matter. 2'ipi 4s'' ng'f3t'tl t.'t, {.
: There. are Estimated to! be 600
. travelling statesmen in, tho Unit
: States. 5s9aa{i auns .5aiLg
Philadelphia business men regal
/, the outlook for the fall trade as vel
tbright. ,1ls
bdPolitical meetings in Mississippi Al
suspended out Of respect to theD ye
, low fever. gHl ~ s9asFS 9ssItn.1 [tl
The prisoners in "a Connecticut ia
are solidly in favor Of a reform 4
the seryice,1 Ing II1eL odt ~.
Victor Hugo's definition Or par,
disc @The parents always young ali
the children always little" .fHafT'H4'
W. Brass isMore praised in Africa tha
! tgold. .otA Chicago drummer woul
bbrripg $3.50 by dead weight. r
,IoacA large assembly of .Pennsylyani
tramps resolved that they would tax
trade dollars until further notice. ~
i Itis better to. be, poor and bare
footed than to Inherit a fortune wit
snakes in your boots. ". 70. Picdt
/ yNne. 'U9D 9ftt 1851 bra ,f'5cF9fn
The Picayunnee he believes that doctor: aiocItboar:
may differ as tol'he nature of "a die
case anthyet agree as to the price Of /,
vlsit.-GD .astGbiDrg5 1i9Kt bGs sao5
lbaAn Englishman does not readii,
eat, of a. new dish. The sta rvin,
Shropshire miliiners sreluctantl yacept
oflta''' ,.ultT srssirt) Us[ sd1 Z.
The wsntof money makes the. may
or go-into bankruptcy. Witness I'd,
mayor of Pittsburg, whose sliabilitiei
are about 500 O0O.. ~ >. 'l.@ I.
3 Itis easy eAough to organize q Ire
for m 2party3'fAn you need is one old
played-out political hack and two la,
boring men who are tired Of work d
The London police have had theii
wages raised TO w so per week, and
they are now prep ared to club any
thing which stands on legs. ssl slsdi1 3
gi Frahcis Murphy has been Joined ii
his tefnperBucG WORK by his brother
diin,aii they win hereafter btaf the
country in aidohble red-ribbon act
Five hund red and forty-eight Cath
olic Journalistic, throughout Europe
intend to take part in . press pilgrim
age on the anniversary Of the Pope.
exaltat,on.9t4 g9dl EaJ N3nz Yiu
"A Belgian murderer has been sen!
fenced to death at the Brabant as
sizes, and further condemned to pay
5,00o francs to the widow Of the mar
ln!5I he Im"rldereu. l'1il.lelet gli,, lait 59hs
- Theladies at the watering placel
neveriBwore stockings when they
went in bathing until a few ole
maids, with stone. bruises on their
heels, set the fashionsft1 iiTR Ei9d sa
An excursion train 10 England, on
Saturday. colfided with treigh
train, switching of from the mair
track. Eight persons were killed
and 80 severely injured, an -
The Insurance Convention, al Prov.
idence, recently, appointed d commit
tee to consider whether further legis
lation is necessary concerning for
eign fire cOufpanies,- and denounced
The management OF receivers OF lift
companies, Harvey charhcterizing i
as damnsbie in Missouri. Adjourned
to St. Louis. H' 3ts Nl's ..-s!
The Socialists prefer to hang
around the cities, drinking beer and
I'cursing industrious people, to max
ing an honest living by labor Their
'labor"i agitation is agita,ionto abol.
ish all labor which they detest, and
they certainly deserve no sympath,
at the hands of any honest citizen.-
Louisville Goaifes'-.J ou,mol ,1e2-si3l
ri A coroner of KilbarrYr Ireland, al
en- inquest on man killed by q mad
Ibulb said sternly TO- the owner of tht
beast:l II must ask YOU 10 part with
the. animal.9 Snip him. He il not I'll
to- hsve about the places If you sci
him here you will likely have SONS
more 1rishmcnlkilletl.l Ship. him, and
ifhe istoikill any person let it be an
EngiishMansj OIL! nj y1aisuSs nif
AT Gloucester, Eng thersi were re-.
Gently found a Roman leaden coffin
containing 9 perfect skeleton, the base
Of a Roman pillar, with q diameter
including the nouIdings, of over foui
feet, and the foundation stone of, the
east gate Of the city in Roman times
Tho leaden co.fin is tho fret found n
Gloucester Of which there is an,
Trustworthy record. ,cl4u ts4it b.loo,l
The skeletons of sixteen Indian.
that died at Camp McClcllan, Daven.
port, during the war, were recently
exhumed and sold for S25 apiece
The object is to put them together
and display them in mediesl college
The Indians were buried there abou
fourteen years ago. and were prison
ers confined at Camp Met Clel Ian fol
being concerned. in, the massacres il
Minnesota, about the frat part of tn,
WaEl ahi 10 unisms'n slt ~ ag5W 81
tsThe Hartford Religious Herd1d
say g that the town Of Somers, Conn.
has for twenty years taken the res
possibility OF all aburials within 1t,
isitnits, and has supplied to all, ricl
And poor, highland Tow alike, q sex
ton, hcnrse and grave for the cost o
"a. The Herald inquiries IL 1t would
not he well to have all burials ii
towns and cities conducted con thi.
conaiderate and Christian principle
OF equality and economy 1S ~. .
iG Says the Dead wood I'd. ID 1imes
"There is a soldieri in thia camp wht
is . strange fish. He has been in III,
army, SO far as any one knows, all hi
life, and yet he is rich. Never lest
than $4,000 is stored away In BIZ
clothing. Dan, of the bank salOoI
knows him. aut-vays that while sta
toned at Fort Benton, M. r.. I YEA
or two ago. the paymaster was una
bio to pay off the troOpe, when thi
remarkable "boy' IN blue" stepped nj
and loaned the officer An cunt suffi
cient to pay the whole regiment ls
The 25th annual session of III,
Grand Lodgs Of I. o. q. T, OF Iowa
was held in Waterloo on the 9th q
August. The report OF Grand Score
tary Brandt showed the present mem
bership to be lOS73, an increase .
564 since last year. The total loss D
membership during the year was 5, III
OF whom 2,37S were suspended, Is
expelled. The total number of Nom
bers received during the year wa
5.73l. The number Of lodges now ii
existence is 2l7, . gain during tn
year of23. .,,f.
Tho Hero of Grenada. gt
Memphis Correspondence Chicago Tribune
II was a sad sight which l encoun
tered 4 few nights ago.. The rumbl
of . vehicle over the cobble stones o
the deserted street surprised me.
stepped out to- il, aud recognized
LAngstafi, of-the H0wards, walking
beside tho dark Ambulance, tor sucl
it was. ,3H
| "WhO was it =. asked.
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