Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-06
FINDINGS.
The Brooklyn Union wants = la,
passed to punish lying.

FINDINGS.
The Brooklyn Union wants law
passed to punish lying.
Astonished Englishman - Hof
course there's a hcl. Wat would the
halphabet be without he'll?
Mrs. Tilton is said to be SO serious
" ill, that her friends will not be sur
prised to hear of her death at any
time.
"The man who can afford to take q
daily newspaper, and does not, is too
stupid to live in this country says
the Louisville Courier-Journal.
A new paper has been started in
Council Bluffs, called the Daily Econ
omist. at is to be published every
evening as long as it lives" says an old
Iowa paper.
Sing:
The Queen of England has fleet
Ola hundred ships with men:
She sailed them to the Dardanellee, |
And sailed them back again.
4 The extension of the Central
Branch Of the Union Pacific Railroad
to Concordia, Kan, one hundred and
forty.seven miles from the Missouri
river, has been completed.
There is one thing calculated to de.
velop all the latent pedestrian ability
q woman has in her, and that 10 to be
caught out in shower with her
Sunday bonnet on, and no umbrella.
Upright Legislator - "What, sir +!
You take me for one who can be
bribed2 You insult my sense Of hon
or-but in case I really svere sxch a
man how much would you give me-"
A New Jersey man has brought ac-
ton against . railroad company
claiming $4,000 for the loss Of bis
wife. Astonishing, isn't it, what q
post-mortem value these wives A.
sumo.
Worcester Pres: Shack Nasty
Jim, the once famous Nodoc, has
raised 1900 bushels Of corn, and
wants to learn the process of prepar-
ing it so that it may be eaten out Of .
flask.
Did you ever notice how one wo.
man of subtle speech can disturb
whole neighborhood. She will have
ten families at loggerheads, and at
the same time draw all their secrets
to her own ears.
The Saginaw (Mich.) Courier states
that from statistics 90 far obtained it
appears that the country enters upon
the season of 1878 with . stock of
manufactured lumber fully 500, O0O, 600
less than last year.
Several exchanges are giving direc.
tons chow to dress" The most sen.
sible way is to stay In bed till the fire
is started, and then take your clothes
under your arm and trot out to the
dining room stove.
| 1t was at tho battle Of Edge Hill
that Sir Jacob Ashley made his re-
markablc prayer: "Oh, Lord Thou
knowest how busy must be this day
if forget Thee, do not Thou forget
me. March on, boys"
The Germans Of Texas are very
numerous, numbering not less than
100000 souls. In large sections Of
the country in West Texas the Ger.
man language is exclusively used in
the schools and churches.
. Three hundred men witnessed q
fight between ten dogs and bear il
: Sharpsburg, Ky. The battle lasted
two hours and half, and then wal
drawn, for the bear attacked horse
and there was stampede Of the spec
tators.
"Ah!" said hungry man at oul
boarding house, grabbing the celery
: Jar as he sat down to table, "this eel
cry looks handsome" GLAND som,
over this way then, will you," said tn,
, other hungry man on the opposit,
, side Of the table.
A BIG SUIT AGAINST LIQUOR SELL
ERs.-Mrs. r. /. Jackson, of Marshall
town, has begun suit for damage
against five saloon keepers and on
druggist in that city for selling liquo
to her husband. She claims $500
from each one of them.
A meddlesome old woman wa
sneering at young mothers awk
wardncss with her infant, and said
~ declare woman never ought I,
have baby unless she knows how t,
hold it ~ "Nor q tongue either,
!, quietly responded the young mother
"Pay the bill2 said a gentleman
who is well known to collectors o
the prince of procrastinators, ~ shoe
be happy to do so; but this DAM
. weather has caused my money-draw
er to swell, and cannot get at m
funds. Come the first dry day."
Chief Justice Shaffer, Of Utah, ha
filed a charge in the Interior Depart
ment against Governor Emery, o
that Territory, to the effect that tn
Governor is on too intimate social re
lations with Mormon families. ant
that his influence is injured on sccoun
: Of such relations.
At bedtime Little W lille was sayinI
his usual prayer at his mothers knee
. and, having got a. far IS III ] shoul'
die before I wake" hesitated
"Well! what next ?" asked his moth
!, er.
"Well, s'pcse the next thing woul
be funeral"
Fl Although the attempt to defeat tn
!. cigar-maker's strike by importation
, of Chinese workmen failed In New
o York, the strike itself has collapse,
after a four-month's struggle, and q
, enormous waste Of money. The mel
!. generally are seeking work at tn
. manufacturers terms.
The Lyons (Mich.) Herald has sus
t pended. The editor In his valedie
]. tory says the net income of his pape
during the seven weeks Of its exil
}. tence was $l4, and that his persons
expenses during that time have bee
: exactly IS cents a week. He think
!. it would take still further economy I
4 run Oh. and can't see where 1t woul
be possible to "cut under" any more
!, 1t is q practice on some Of our rail
roads to allow clergymen to ride 70
q half fare. Recently q minister re
: ceived a clergyman's half fare travel
ing card, as they are called, aud wrot
! TO the Superintendent asking "if b
!. could not embrace his wife also.
> The Superintendent replied that b
thought likely he could, but did nc
q like to say positively until he ha
: seen his wife, IS he was little fal
tidious in his tastes.
8 The area Of the Ottoman empire
:. only about one-tenth Of that Of Rui
sia, and the population only one-thir
land about half that of the Unite
States. There are in European Tur
. key 1000 600 Turks, II, 600, 900 Sclavei
and 100000 Greeks. In religio
. there are about 100000 Mohamme
dams, half of whom are not Turk
, but descendants of those who embrat
4 ed Islam to save their estates froI
confiscation.
|. The Iron and Steel Bulletin DE-
q clares that the United States protef
tive tariff policy is not iDjuring on
foreign trade, but that both our 81
ports and imports are rapidly In
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