Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-08-28
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Burlington is inviting its numcrou
dead-beats to Ego East" Glad of il
We won't then have them here.
Spirit Lakers gfowl because Clea
Lake claims to be the Saratoga o
Iowa.
Watermelons are abundant in mar
ket and sell by the wagon load al from
S6 to 81 per hundred.
Anamosa feels so proud over ito nay,
penitentiary that it got up picnic 70,
the convicts
MT. Pleasant slowly gathers wrait
over the number of its beer saloons.
A Vinton man is nursing his throat
He cut it from ear to ear with oock.
ct knife.
The attention of travellers ia invited
to the advertisement of Barnum's Ho.
tel, to be found in to-day's paper.
Charley Aldrich is the New York
correspondent of the Chicago inter.
Ocean.
A newly married TT. Madison man
has been arrested for trying to kill bis
wife.
The Universities hold State Con-
vention at Mitchellville on the 4th of
September.
The farmers in the neighborhood OF
Pella are selling off their cattle be-
cause water ISIS scarce.
President Mcmahon has shown his
love for liberty and Republic by the
suppression Of twenty Repu blican
newspapers.
We don't hear yet from the Iowa
Central folk about that excursion train
to the Friends yearly meeting at Os-
kaloosa. Amt we to have it
A good many Of the ever faithful
Democracy say they wont swallow
the mongrel ticket nominated Satur.
day,
Among the delegates to the Repub-
lican Convention, we see the names of
several heretofore staunch Demo-
Gratis.
The new code does not require a
of voters in towns of less
than 5000 population.
Thirty thousand dollars is the
amount the B. & M. railroad 10 ex
pending here on their stock Yards.
They are going to be nice thing.
Iron is being laid on tho Burling-
ton, Cedar Rapids s. Minnesota Rail-
road in Fayette county at the rate of
one mile per day.
FouNp,--On the day of the exhibi.
ton of Lent's Circus, on Second street,
a chiid's hat, which the owner can have
by calling at this Office and paying tor
this notice.
We see enc of the Grasshopper can
didates in town to-day on general
hand shaking expedition He'll have
to do an immense sight of pun D
handle work between now and cleo.
ton, and all for nothing
Dan Eaton has got his plate glass
set in the front of his building. They
measure feet Ii inches by IL feet 8
and are splendid. They were import
ed especially for his building,
Mccullough & Lilburn are driving
the butter and egg business lively for
the season. Their institution is good
one for farmers and country mer.
chants.
Rev. W. L. Brown has gone to Bos-
ton. Mass. He Is called there on &C.
count of the serious illness of his faith.
er. There will be no services at the
Baptist church in consequence of his
absence, until further notice.
VIM. Long, who superintendent thu
construction of the road bridge across
the Des Moines river, died quite sud
denly at his home in Fairfield, on las,
Sunday, of disease resembling chol.
era.
Some effort should be made to clear
up the melon debris on the Streets
Otherwise the King of Bellyaches will
be upon US. viii our good liberia
city government either see to it a
once, or let the hogs out to our relief
j. Holman & Co., Of the Baltimor
Clothing House, are filing their stor
plum full of good clothing, and ar
making rapid sales of it. If you al
in search of good goods at low prices
you can't strike better place than th
Baltimore Clothing House.
Everybody should remember this
the County Fair commences on tn
18th of September and that II contin
ues for six days. We hope the Me
chanics of Ottumwa will take an il
terest in it and all have something o
exhibition. Premium Lists are to
had of the Secretary j. l.. Randel.
Geo. Boulton, Of Boulton & Brc
wholesale Confectioners, starts east o
Monday to look up sll the novelties
the candy line, and will purchase 8
immense stock for their wholesa
Fall trade. There Is no better, or mo
reliable house to trade with than
J. Boulton Il Bro.
Henry Tate, engineer on the b.
M. railroad, lost his pocket-book la
February. Tate advertised in Il
CouaIER his loss, which finally sccon
handed, reached the finder who reside
| In Illinois, and last week Tate got b
pocket.book, with all its contents, il