Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-03-06

E. r. Kirk, Of Sioux Oty,s promi
nent merchant Of that place, failod las
week. Liabilities, $4,000; assets
$4,000. ~
Greencastle, Jasper county, has ID,
small pox, and it is widely spreading
owing 70 an entire lack Of precaution'
airy measures.
Seven sleigh loads Of ladies from Al,
den, recently visited Iowa Falls en-.
tirely without the assistance Of the
masculine brute.
Lyon county is already In debt to
the amount Of $4,000, though the
county IL hardly organized q yet, hav-
ing no county seat.
The Irish Catholics Of Iowa City
have purchased the old Trinity Epis-
copal church, and 1t Il now being fitted
up for Catholic worship.
The contract for building the bridge
oyer the Des Moines river at Keosau.
qua has been awarded to the Wrought
Iron Bridge Company, Of Canton,
Ohio.
A recruiting officer At Kcokuk Has
boon ordered to wear his uniform
while on duty, and TO add two inches
to the minimum stature Of army re-
cruits.
James Peel, living near Keokuk,
was, suddenly killed on Tuesday last.
He was removing . timber from :
house, when it clipped, knocking him
down, and caught his head against am
other timber, crushing it fiat.
Physiology must DO studied in our
schools hereafter, and after the first Of
September next no teachers certificate
can be granted by Superintendent to
parties who arc unable to pass exami.
nation In this study.
Records kept in Muscatine show that
during the last thirty weight years the
average length Of time tor which the
Mississippi has been closed by ice ct
that point 10 sixty days. It has
already been closed eighty days this
year.
Rev. Miss Chaplin, of Iowa City, il
SO nearly recovered from the illness
which has interfered thus far during
the winter with her parochial and
pulpit duties, u to be able to rssume
actively the cares Of her parish and the
work Of the pulpit.
A Poweshiek county man has been
arrested for the murder Of his wiSs,
and lodged in jail to await develop
ments, the most important OF which
was the appearance Of his wife, who
did not look much % though abe had
been dead i've months.
Young Seibert on trial for killing
the City Marshal Of Charles City, Iowa,
in saloon fracas last season, was last
Tuesday found guilty of murder in
the second degree. Seibert is . weak
minded boy of eighteen years, and
owes his downfall to whisky.
Riverton, Floyd county Iowa, il
exited over q domestic tragedy. A
man named Schultz died suddenly 4
short time ago, and an investigation
proved that he had been poisoned. His
wife and an unmarried brother, be.
tween whom an unlawful intimacy
has existed for some time, have been
arrested for completely in the afIAir.
The Iowa Falls woman who put 4
couple Of dozens eggS into her bed, 90
they shouldn't fraeze while she was
absent four or Ave days, and on her
returning home late at night bounced
into the same bed without thinkinl
what she had s.laid" there-bounced
out again in an cgg-ecrable condi.
ton.
More than year ago there came tc
Burlington, says the HaUk-sye, Z
young woman of great promise, and
excellent prosperity. The world wa,
bright before her, for she was intelli
gent and good, and had many friends
A.few short weeks ago she fell sick
and died. It was then revealed thu
the cause of her death was . previous
operation for abortion.
Cedar Falls is feastine on rcd h6
scandal case which has just come Of
in that thriving burg. A rooster b.
the name Of James Mansfield becam
infatuated over the good looks an,
plump form of Mrs. Jacobs and Will
Jacobs was away from home clears'
the house Of everything valuable an
left for parts unknown, taking Mrs ]
along with him and leaving . wife An
five children upon the charity Of ID
world.
i On Wednesday . terrible acciden
happened to :. Des msines miner. !
drill about four feet long and one inc
in diameter, sharpened y ono end, NJ
dropped from the mouth oftho shat
falling distence Of 126 feet, strikin
Beniamine Couch ON the back, ct u
} right Of the spine, Q short distans
above the hips, aud passing throug
his body and coming ont near the ~
, tum, lodging in tho body. At the n
} quest of Couch It was drawn out ,
his body by one Of his fellow-worl
Dcn. The wound was fearful ON
the drill tearing and decorating Il
} flesh terribly.
A Boston merchant having adve
. tised for porter, was called on u