The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1867-04-04

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tss lyaists Taylor, Blake 4 OK
| Hinaey, Lewis & Coz are the whol
sslorp, and ". r. Cowan, and
UtScht, thS retailers.
~ Hdtdpdse Daggct 3 sEdgcrl.
Henry &Haw, (wholeaale add retail
=, WAshbgrne z. r. Wallace & Ca
Kramer 4 Miller. Ill ilIrnai1
agricultural MACHINERY. +The dea
ers arc N. Baker, d. Zollars & Co.
4 GvotAind. B. w. Belts is the Who'll,
salcr, and W. Goldsmith, G. SAKE
Arnold i& Co., Loevenhart & Bro
and J. d. Temple,, tho 1etailcss. tls
Gyocers Wholesale, J h Merri
& Co; rctail Gray, Baker h Co, /
g Giebrick, s, Gray, Lutz & Keilkof
D.iM. Harmon 4 Son, b. w. Towol
E. Moriarty, w. Lane, L.qAhwerda
Bonnifield, 4 Hobbiee T. Sullivan
Shreves 4 Young, ,R, Underwood, J
"A. Schworm, Davis & Twombly, J
r. Picklef, II. Cunningham, Grub
3 Ddmb0Gh. r. 4 el I - = <. - sal;..s-
4 Boots and Shoes Jobbsfs1 Bar
5ydt \ 90. ts4 haa 23ias ssE ,lsJfsf
j. AGts !l{.h. acd |, &, Gaps--e1 1obbsrs1, Y 8
q Jesotlera Nunaraakef h HUFF, G
". Bradenburg, las. Barker Ra
!; FHrnsture. Manufacturer and
wholesalof, Daniel Eaton; rotail deal
crs, Wilson & Brown. .,,...a
y leather and Findings. These arc
kept BY Chaplin 4 Cope. "a"
lCOnansisst0n MerchGnt.---N. Baker
4, Hotels. There lare three-rsthe H0
tel Depot, Z, G, Ballingall, proprietor
Ottumwa House, Eichelberger& Sons
De Soto House, George
Hedge, proprietor. ~ is = orc
iLGaoyers.-Stilcs &ge Hutchison
Hon. f. III, Reporter Sapreme
Court Maj. "A. 81. Hamilton, Estate
Senator Elect, c. 3. Fulton, Hen.
dershott & Burton, N. ,. Williams
8. I'M. SummSrs, Thos. Bigham, @. q
Blake w. Nv. Corcy, ]. r.: Hack
worth, -, w, Castor. 40 gs,8 sss9
Real Estate AGENTS -Bonni6eld 4
White, a. H. Hamilton, G. E. Full.
ton, Burton, Burton 8 Evans, A. w,
CASTOR. o.iGa Afs ssaA9 ztfss ts9t'
Insurance Agents. STILES 4 Hutch.
!son, J. II. Rogers, RI III, Warden,
a. w. CASTOR, W. A. Burton, John
Potter.
Physiciuns. Thrall 3 Son, ].
Hins6y 81 Lewis, A.
Hawkins, s. r. Mitchell, II IL Doug
Ass, D. ~. Stewart Vim. Il. QrE.l-
Dentists. -H B. Ssson, Johnston
] Postmaster. -. ii. Hedrick, Who
ont gcncralled IA, and
he P. o. Department quite as snc-
as ho had previously done
he Rebels in. Dixie 4 ~ - 4. .s'
{. .1vsus. DIAL = ]. "A. Milligan.
+ Eun6 s+mets. Il. %. Rand & Co,
Kaiser q Millnrd. ga5 7p5 t'es'i IN
! CoMe1t6oar.s. Extensive Q wholea
,aler, b. j Boulton, and F. @. Da,zm.
Narscrymen. Chapell 4 Williams.
PA0to9rdp hers. -Nunamaker x HUFF,
5ha wg & Stamper.' 800
I'm addition there is one foundry
now in'uperatlon andla lnrge one ID
Ia contemplation. There are also
Two Touring mills, one WOODEN mil |,
. planning mill, and two breweries
also. three cooper shops, manufactu-
ring all 1.-The eooperags needed at the
porlx hesso- eNd elsewhere, a brush
factory, and three livery stables, be-
sides the usual number af anan
shops. isaA So 49,
OF wagon fsctories there arc four,
and some Of them doa heavy busi-
ness. s. gkess ysrta g8sd h5
The pork house Of J. d. Ladd &
Co., does the heaviest business Of any
ID the interior Of the State. At the
commencement of tho war the frm
Of Ladd 3 Co., slaughtered FROM 40s-
900 TO so, 600 hogs IN . season. Last
year they:packed $4,000 hogs and
900 cattle.
.Baaks.--e)f these there are three
-the Ottumwa Bank, H g. Angle,
and Gen. Stonc, Cashier;
The 1st National and the Banking
House Of W.-B. Bonnifcld & Co.
81 AMOUNT or BUSINESS.
The total amount Of sbnsiness done
in Ottunwa is very large for . place
Of its size, and may be summed up
rs follows: Wholesale trade 81, ,000,-
BOO y retail dry goods trade $400, ,OO0i
retaif grocery trade $3.50, 900; hard,
ware200, 900; agricalturalimplements
e45, 900 packing business $3.50, 600
amounting 70 81, ,275, 900. If to this
we add the grain, wool and live stock
trade, the drug, jewelry, and other
business not specified above, we shall
have Is the grand total something
over y, ,5OO, 90 as the amount Of buai'
ness donc annually il this city Of =,
600 inhabitantA, Z
Water r Pososr Therel = qpite' I
fall ia the Des Moinss River at thii
point. affbrding an immense water
power for future capitalists to make
A race half . mile long
Rcross an extensive curve in the river
wonid afford. a sfallfof seven to nine
feet. a4atgstt 4i't1'