Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-04
Here and There.

Dressed ponl,ry i abundant in mar
ket.
Houses are still going ap In Ottum-
va. 4 new one has iust hceu COM
menced IN Bakers Addition.
The Sigourncy E.ws says eighty
tbree dwelling houses have been built
IN that place in the Issi Two years.
Thanksgiving was pretty generally
observed by all our citizens, and to-
day everybody has il in their head that
II is Monday.
Don't come on sunday might've
got boil" said postal card. received
at Chicago The other day. and signed
"angie,,.
Burlington merchants evidently APP
preciste the merits OF newspaper adj
yeriising. They have lillcd the col
nmns of the Har6eye to Overlooking
and compelled it to issue supplement.
Col. 4. f.. McCracken. has become
sole proprietor OF The Marshalltown
Repubttcan. one Of the well printed
and well edited sheets which ia ALWAYS
welcome at the CouR.EG office.
). Il. Nisley, an extensive distiiler at
Camanche, Iowa, together with three
Of bis principal employees, have been
arrested for frauds against the Revenue
Department.
). 4. Caldwell, OF Eddyvil,e. pro-
poses to close out his stock OF dry
goods, boots, shoes and groceries at a
remarkably low rate,
The go much talked of hard times
does not prevent people coming Ia
town and trading largely as usual
The city was jam iuli of people, to-
day, and trade never was better than
now.
a great many people who do not
Keep cows aud have 10 bur milk have
taken to drinking cider. Cider is
worth only % cents, by the barrel, per
gallon, while milk has gone up ID p
cents.
Our old friend, t;eo. II. Barton. has
accepted the position OF Clerk ant
general business man at the Casio,
House. They could not lhava secured
a better man for the place.
We are sorry to hear that DIR. j. c
Hin sey is confined TO his room wit
fracture Of the sibia, or the larger bon
OF his leg. A wagon collided wit
his buggy The other day and tire,
him to the ground. His partner, ID,
Lathrop. informs rs that the accder
Will probably keep Dir. Hinsey il
doors for an indefinite length of Tim.
Young America is always practical
and this truth is finely illustrated j
the following: 4 youth OF Salisbur,
seven years old, and his Young sistel
saw rat hasten into a hole ia the bar
floor. Said he, isis, the Bible say
watch and pray. You pray while
watch the hole, and IN swat lin
acfoss the snoot when he comes out.
The Sigourney News has this to sa'
OF our city;
"The "American Iron Works" a
Ouumwa are turning oat fine engine
lions Of the State; besides doing
large amount of other work in iro
and brass. Fifteen men ara thus en-
ployed, while the same company run
the "Ruff1er Factory" giving employ
employment to fully 100 men, but thi
does not include one-half Of the nun
Der employed in manufacturing in o
tumwa. Taking the one hundred me
employed in The Iron works" for
basis, and we get the key to Ottum
was prosperity as follows: On
mandatory employing 100 men wi
support an additional 800 people. On
hundred families disburse annual
on the average, $500 each, or S75V
In the aggregate. This money
drawn in from the outside where II
manufactured goods are consume,
and the interest Of this $4,000 ut to
per cent. is $500. These hundre
families. too, require hundred hou
es, thousands of pounds Of agricultul
nj produce, and thousands of yard
of cotton and Wooden goods. thu
giving health and impetus to ever
branch Of industry.