The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-05-28
A BROKEN ENGAGEMENT.

Ana mere IS what the opening words
of each epistle said:
Dear Mr.. Smith," Dear Friend"
Dear john"
my darling four-leaf clover"
t'My ownest Jack" Dear John, .
Dear Sir" then
"Sir," and all was over
Within eight months we have re-
ceived enough emigrants from Eu-
rope to repeople Ireand.
The weather bureau has verified
the report that Galena, ILL.,, experienc-
ed, in February, fall of snow from
clear sky.
-Thirty-five men have been assas-
sinated in the Hargis-C Cockrell feud in
Kentucky to date and the end is not
yet. ''-
"A Des Moines jury has decided
that a mans life is worth $3,5e0. We
have seen fellows we would not give
that much for.
AS circus day approaches the de-
mand for sons and grand sons ap-
proaches. Every well regulated man
wants good excuse to go.
The number of irrigating bitches
and canals in operation in the United
States exceeds $4,000 and their COM
bined length is not less than $4,000
miles. .....
Dhrhn iS csp mi
straw: Two years ago the democrats
of Chlllicothe, Mo-, elected a mayor by
over 400. A few days ago a republican
mayor was elected by S15.
Many handsome hotels are being
erected in Cuba and the railroad faci-
lities are being wonderfully improved.
The island is destined to become a
popular winter resort for Americans.
Abba Union: Hotel Downing, Os-
kalcosa, is to be rebuilt, four stories
and basement, thoroughly equipped
and modern style. This is one of the
old landmarks among Iowa hotels and
has always been good one.
With tears in his eyes, the sultan
begs the powers to see that Bulgaria
keeps the Macedonians in order. This
reminds a contemporary of the small
boy who said: Mamma, make John
ny behave! Every timeI hit him he
hollers."
IF anyone thinks the republican
administration is going to falter in the
cleaning up of any crookedness in the
departments he is badly mistaken"
saiys the Burlington Hawkeye. "The
renovation will be well and thoroughly
done"
There has not been a mercantile
failure in Waterloo for several years
and the Courier takes part of the
credit to itself, claiming that the ex-
tensive advertising patronage freely
given by Waterloo business men fully
explains the gratifying state of affairs.
The Republican thinks Monte
duty it shall be to notify the engineer
at the electric light plant where it is
dark. What would the officer do then,
strike a match to see if the current
had been turned on?
"A dispatch from Salem, Oregon,
says: con the way to the depot the
President noticed an invalid child ly-
ing upon stretcher on the curbing.
He stopped his carriage, alighted and
kissed the little girl" A man with a
heart like that is more than President.
what is it?" the druggist sleepily
inquired from his bedroom window.
This ish drugstore, amt it?" said
the man who had rung the night bell.
Eyes. What do you want?"
want to look at your city directory
minute an shee where ive."-Phila.
delphia Ledger.
-"All kinds of injunctions are be-
ing issued in Omaha. The latest is an
order Of the court to compel woman
to quit gossiping about several Of her
neighbors. "It is queer" the Ottum-
wa Courier thinks, "the Judge did not
see the impossibility of such an order
being obeyed."
1t is still the Grand Army of the
Republic, but its numerical proper
tions are not so grand as formerly
says the Dubuque Times. Reports
to the encampment at Cedar Rapids
show that during the past year the
membership ofthe Iowa department
has declined from 1929 to 1885"
w. H. Kalbach is in possession oi
a couple of old Heralds, one dates
back to 1850 to the year of the birth
of the paper The other is from Vol
ume three. Both are relics of the
days that used to be and are much OF
a curiosity. The papers will be on ex
hibition number Of days in the Her
aid office windows.
Secretary Root gave a dinner tc
which General Miles wasn't invited
General Miles close friends, evidently
speaking with authority, declare the
General wouldn't have gone if he had