Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-25
Here and. There.

1HE State " fooster Society Ia hay.
ing successful anuaa! meeting al
Cedar Rapids.
Six thousand ponds OF butter is
the amount which McCailouph & Lii.
burn received in one day last week.
OSr OF the thousand Blenders that
have been arrested i now keeping a
toy shop in onr city.
JOEL THOMAS wants to buy 100
Horses aud Mules, al Pcck's Livery
Stable. Onumws.
SHOOT your prairie chickens before
January Let: after that The law says.
yon mustn't.
PASSENGER trains Oh the Il Il NJ and
= b \ q Railroad now run from Gales.
burg TO Ottumwa. which are now lii
vision stations on these roads.
The Iowa Legislature will convene
ut Des Moines on Monday, Jan. 18th.
The pay of each member IS $3.50 for the
session, with mileage.
When an Indiana young lady feels
her stockings slipping down. she steps
into store and asks for a pair q
'shank baude.n
Here is the latest obituary cfusion j:
'.On little James too briei career
me curtain sadly drops,
she waltzed away to Para,lis,.
from eating celery tops"
YOUNG lady, Tuesday night at the
postoffice ''If don't get a letter by
this mail, want 10 know what he was
doing Sunday. flats all :
The section men of the Des Moines
Valley road are raising funds by SUBJ
acription for the support of widow
OF Dan Ryan, Road Master.
CHRIS. NosIER has sold his farm to
man named Harris. from Henry coun.
ty. for $1,000. There were about 200
acres of it. Mr.. Nosler now will be a
citizen Of our city.
"A william goat attacked Burling-
ton lady, and got his horns so badly
entangled in female paraphernalia that
1t took several mon to extricate Il from
IFS perilous position.
NICK BAKER is paying rs cents for
corn, q to 20 cents for oats, IS to &c
for spring wheat, aud as high as $l.2E
for fall wheat These prices certainly
10 not indicate such very hard iime,
with onr farmer friends
SOME infamous scamp, from Sain
Louis, Is distributing indecent circu
lars, enclosed in envelopes. in door
yards OF our city. If caught nj il. Ii,
should be strung mp ia the neares
lamp post,
FROM the L'eM0cfnt We lean that J
NJ. Peck. Sr., and j. NJ. Randall rep
resented this county i'll the Stall,
Grange recently in session al De,
Moines.
Two old bachelors in this city, VIII,
never enjoyed the luxury of sparkin.
. girl they loved, seem TO take inten ),
satisfaction in watching ladies, as the,
alight from the ears, at the depot.
kiss each other.
A big brother walked into the Prin
cipsl of the Omaha High School Jus
for hitting his sister over the bacl
with pointer. and the Principal Is s.
sore now that he's neither pointer no
setter.
a LEARNED doctor ia this State ha
given bis opinion that tight iacinp is
public benefit, inasmuch az its tcndcu
cy is to kill off all the foolish girl
and leave the wise uaes 10 grow int
women.
The defence OF a Connecticut wife
slayer is that he simcd at Tie cat an,
shot his wife. The law does no
oblise man to be a good marksman
aad. moreover, the ball would onl,
have been wasted on the cat. for tina
has nine lives.
ONE of the best things ia use is
Lamp sold by Cherrie & Tindel. Til
for coal oil and is non-cxpl0sive,
makes light equal to, il not create
than an eight foot gas burner, and ca
be proven by actnal demonstratio
If You don't believe il ask The pos!
Office.
PERsoNAL.-We received pleasan
call this morning from G.. w. Crea
vath. of the Grinnell Herald. W
learn from him that Col. s. F. Cooper
formerly Of the 40th Iowa INIT. LA
became associated with him in the edi
torial department. We welcome th
Col. 10 the profession and wish him
pleasant and profitable career
TRE Fairfield Lcdger saws wv
are informed that o Grange newspa
per is to be started in Fairfield
Messrs. Isaac L. Flint. OF Wapell
county, and j. b. Kent. of this county
are to be the editors. Mr.. Kent ha
been printer for 30years. The pros
pectuses, printed at Eden. or 4 sh
land Crossing, are out.
The Jewish Festival OF Hsnukal
commenced Monday and continues til
Dec. 18th, and is observed by the He
brews generally. 1t is the anniversar,
OF the dedication Of the Temple bull
by Judas Macabee. Monday, one can
die is lighted in the Tabernacles
Tuesday, two; Wednesday, three, anl
so on. increasing each day till the enc
OF the Feast, next week Friday.
The Supreme Court III the case o
!. Supervisors of keokuk county ys
First National of Sigourney has rem
dered n decision that bunk stool
should be assessed for taxtion at tn
same per cent on its actual value q
other property. Other property wa
assessed the year in question on ba
sis OF 20 per cent. Of its true value
hence the Court held that bank stool
should be assessed on the same basis
Be careful where you pile YOU
wood. The Hancock .SsgaQl say tha
Henry Martin, of Emmett county, ha
recovered a $1l 900 Judgment agains
lngham & Smith, bankers, Of Aigona
for damages sustained by reason of hi
horses becoming frightened and run
ming away, throwing him from a sleisl
and breaking his leg-the cause o
which was pile of wood in tho street.
OF Algona. The using of the publ,
highway for wood yard has thu,
proved rather expensive for Messrs.
rs.
A LADY al literary propen site,
writes Cincinnati editor threaten
ing letter as follows: an wager q
bet that there is not q fashionahlc Uir