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

81 CIty sVBtCtJV.---- -u&yOE, J6M0k
|Hawlsy;U Clerk, Dr. s.. b. THraii.
Marshall, 4 Ia NfilIigan, Councilmen,
Major, "A. Fl. Hamilton, DrHaB.
Sissop, p. g. Daum. r. J. Williams,
W. B. Armstrong, +. Riorlan,s C. G,
Peters, 3. G. Hinsey, J. W. Carpen-
|ter-all Republicans but the Marshal
and r. Riordan. Republican major
ity on Mayor, 81. 4 i1a u ais
ii Schools. The pride Of Ottninwa il
its noble school; building and fine
school. The building IL erected on
tho highest ground q plat Of 4 ! acres
having beeh1 reserved there for school
purposes. Tho bhiIding is o brick
structure three stories high, well ar
ranged and well seated, and capable
OF accommodating from 300 70 800
pupils. II cost $50, 900, and il the
first promincnt,object to strike the
eye as sou approach the city. indi-
eating to the stranger that Ottumwa
places education first and highest on
her list ofcnterprises. The school is
probably surpassed by none in the
interior of the State, being admira,
bly, conducted, by Professor L. l
Hastings and his able corps Of assis-
tants. DR.. g. C. Warden, who has
for some timo been President Of the
Schools Board, takesspeciaf interest
in the school. visiting tsseyeraltimos
1nprouenaents.-No truer indica.
tions of the faith of q people in the
future oftheir town eau be found,
than. the erection of brick block and
the making Of other substantial inn
proponents. Between one hundred
and two hundred buildings wore
erected IN Ottufiiwa last JeasuH, f1z-
cluding the Episcopal and Presby-
terinn churches, and a good brick
block with four basinsss fronts.
This Godletitutes afcpArk If Union
Block, which hasseven buiness fronts
in all, and is fino enough for any
purpose or place.. Tho value ofithe
buildings erected last year ia not far
from $3.50, 900. And among them I
must not fail to notice the erection
of fine hotel building BY p. G. Bal
lingalL nm the main business street.
Its built of brick, sndwhen COM
pletod will have few supsriors in the
State. Indeed, ifhe succeeds in cOnas
plotting il, according to the plan up
on which he started lit will be one OF
thsiplsasantest hotelslin the coun-
try. s&4oaplq en9 f'a g8ss Tssa5'
Contemplated lDspro oesScnss. -Tay-
lor, Blake s Co, have lot 1.-The fo0n-
tract for building the finest block IN
the city the present S6as6n. 1t is TO
have : front 81 feet, andsa dopth ! 10,
and will be an ornament TO the place.
Mr.. knight is making an effort to
obtain the necessary mnchinery for
. paper mill which he hopes 70 build
this yoara Il satis e~ssf'i ss'
IL 9ftalr ei' Press. Y VI .5
Courisr.-This, was started ~ .
Wing organ in 1848 by Street& War
den, and was the most western, paper
in the United .Statee. Mr.. Norris
succeeded them in 1857 and was for
many years editor and publisher, un-
til the middle Of last year, when N.
b. Masselman, VIM. H. Caldwell and
VIM. 6. Holden, became the editors
and publishers. A daily Was coon
started, and, although tho stowr. is
: small ono in which t0 publish it
they still keep il MP and contiAae to
improve III The citizens give it, =
better support than would be expec-
ted In q town Of that sixe. The
4 Courier is . sound radical paper, and
has the full confidence of the party.
The young mon who took hold oft
have recently made, some additions
to their job department, being deter
mipsd to keep Ally up with the
7 z Mercury M H. This i aiso . daily and
weekly paper, being the Democratic
organ Of the, county, II was origi-
nally started years ago by Honder,
ehott & Baker under tho name Of
Democratic Republic, !, g. ID. sR Boyd
took il id 1865 and changed ita name
70 Lcn2Qcf2klG tSt6tE3NSQH, unucF MuIEll
|namc ]. III. D. Street, who sueeseded
BOYD. conducted it awhile, and was
succeeded BY Hondershott \ Burton,
who ia turn were succeeded BIZ Bur
ton Il Evans, tho present proprietors,
who called it the Nercury, by which
name IL is now known. In c0nnec.
[tion With the AercAry. the proprieto tors
|also print thc Ottnmwa. MontAlN Nd,
vertiser; published BY +. y Day. The
first numberof 1 900 copies was tl
|be issued. ION the 18th inst sss
DUsINEss, AND HUsINEss aakNs Il
Dry Good. The firms who do Z
Wholesale business, either exclNeively
[orin part, arc Lswrencs . Chambers
|T.i Dcyin &sGop, M0ss q, Co. II w
t&J Hawley, Richards 4 Halss haa .
II The retailerssare Peters b Co, =
Loomis,L g. Meek, @. g. Warden
Lively 81 L0wiss 81 n Sheflsrs Tis
ldale, Nuddsd Coz, Potts BFesa y
lAN. & Al Hagglns, JsS.i Walker
aS. CLANCY Bros. aassa eea
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