Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-07-17
state News.


The Burlington sieve factory has
been removed to st. Louis. |
Mitchell county farmers offer from
50 to "a per day for haryesters.
Flying kites is favorite pastime /
with industrious citizens of Lyons.
Fairfield is putting on city airs--a
boot-black has appeared on its streets.
Miss Bell, of Cass, demands $4,000
of Keen Helmer becauses he refuses to
ring her.
Camel coal has been discovered near
Iowa Falls, but not, as vet, in paying
quantities.
John DAILY, farmer on the Wapsie,
had five cattle killed by lightning. one
day last week.
An Abba woman proved her patriot
ism by presenting her husband with
son on the Fourth.
The image Of man carved by cleo
tricity adorns tree in Walnut town
ship. Polk comfy.
Harlan. in Shelby county, is to have
a Republican paper. A. J. Mourning
conducts the enterprise.
The Des Moines postoffice is now
without supply of postal cards, the
last one being disposed of.
A reunion OF the soldiers OF the
Mexican war now in Iowa, will be
held in Des Moiues this fall.
Rev. A. A. f. Taylor, formerly of
dubuque, has been elected President
Of Wooster University, in Ohio.
The. patriotic citizens Of Marshall
town owe the baud of that place for
services on the 4th Of July, 1871.
1t is useless to deny any longer the
existence Of ghosts. Mt. Pleasant has
one of them, and its. name is Will
liam. IS
| The first term of the college year
Of the Iowa Agricultural College end
cd July 10. The second term begins
July Ii.
The U. p. church in Washington
county is accommodating members
for belonging to the Patrons of Hns.
bandry.
! Railway mail service has been ex-
tended on the Burlington & Sonthwes.
tern Railway from Cincinnati, Iowa,to
Unionville, Mo.
| A citizen of Plymouth; ON going to
his kitchen to kindle the morning fire,
found huge rattlesnake In full enjoy
ment Of the situation.
The comptroller Of the currency has
authorized the organization of the Far
mer's National Bank Of Marshaltown.
with a capital Of $4,000. =
Mrs. Dale, Of Centerville, went out
walking recently and next was found
by the Notwithstanding been sum
struck. She died on the third day.
Mrs. Baker, of Des Moines, has
spent two years stitching 6,AO bits
of rag together to make q bed quilt
and could buy better one fos q v.
In match game of base ball played
at Iowa City, between the Modocs, Of
Fairfield and the Iowa Citys, recently,
the latter won the game by score OF
45 TOT. ,'s
Peter Melendy, U. s. Marshal, has
captured five counterfeiters in the wes-
tern part Of the State. A part Of the
same gang has been operating at Cedar
Rapids.
Addison Smith, three miles south
west of Delhi, has a semi-carnivorous
sheep. Whenever il can find 3 young
duck II seizes II, and without more ado
bites Off its head.
At West Union, last week, a servant
girl in the employ Of DR.. Bassett un-
dertook to light fire with kerosene.
Her face and arms were literally
roasted tiu the flesh dropped of.
A charivari party, at Eldora, was
treated to lemonade and cake by the
r. -
happy % recipients. The cake and
lemonade was loaded with ipecac, and
happy time ensued.
Cornell College military department
is TO have $50 Springfield, breech- load
ing "cadet rifles two six-pound
bronze guns with caissons, l50 set of
cadet announcements, swords, belts, etc.
At Red Rock, recently, some chit
dren who had been LETT alone in q
house, attempted to I'll lighted lamp
with kerosene, and Fife Robertson, II
years old, was burned so badly that she
died. ss /,
The junior Fleming, under arrest at
Des MONIES for robbing the mails at
Rising Sun, has been bailed out by nu-
merous friends at the latter place, who
have strong faith in his entire inno-
cence Of the charge against him.
A Burlington man, Mr.. Chss. Wach-
sDlutb, has sold fine collection of
fossils to Harvard College. They con-
sist of $1,000 specimens, the gathering
Of which occupied Is years. He re-
ceives $4,000 for the collection. 92tts
Pella emptied forty kegs of beer on
the Fourth. The Blade estimates that
40 kegs would make 5000 glasses
which at 3 cents glass would amount
to $3.50. 1t calculates that $3.50 worth
of ice cream was consumed ut the
same time.
"Cool Herbert" the former variety
show man Of Des Moines, has been
nOun6e6 nv hia wiEn Mary II Tau