Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-11
Here and There.

ficle, Is now with US. IL
TnK lire engine was moved into its
new quarters last evening.
An exchange calls blackwell. ISL
and "Tweed's 81. Helena"
Gen. lledrick is of to-day ON bus |
mess trip 10 Yankton. Dakota Terri
tory.
The Oskaloosa Daughters OF Re-
becca gave a festival that Melted about
$500.
..cconDN" Ia a correspondent OF
The Chicago Joma"l. Wapcilo county
has twenty Oranges.
lfyou want 10 know where 10 buy |
or .ell 10 the best advantages read the |
advertisements,
The Mississippi river is now inches
below The low water mark of 1854, |
and is still falling.
Id. A. Layton, Representative elect
from Lee County, was Frustrated last
week by a stroke OF paralysis.
CEolr is prevailing IN our city 10
considerable extent, and parents cam
not DC TOO careful with their children.
II man does not get plenty Of
good things 10 ear, il will not be the
fault Of our grocers. They ccrtsinls
offer to sell their goods cl,csp enough
The Iowa City Press man bent on
agricultural items solicited something
from the pen OF leading farmer He
got handsome sucking porker.
The First Annual Exhibition Of the
Iowa State Ponltry Association is to
be held at Cedar Rapids. December
lG, Ii. Is, and 49,
AARON MELtcK. OF Eddyvill has
set up in the restaurant business in
the basement room under Utcchts
Drug store.
Our good friend Wilson Harlan, OF
Centre township, came in to-day and
Tor the twenty-fouih time renewed his
annual subscription 10 the WEEKLY
DTTUMwA COURIER.
CANNED FRUrT.-Eyerybody will
do we'll to read the advertisement Of
W. G. Moss & Co., in regard to Canned
Fruit. Now is your chance TO buy
these goods at panic prices.
THF Ha,ckegc says: "Jas. j. I.add
TO-, are progressing finely with
their packing. The establishment is
in full blast now and makes way with
shout GOO hogs daily
THK engine house in the City Hall
IL now completed and ready for the
reception Of the steam engine. The
Fire Company certainly cannot com
plain Of their quarters nov.
Capt. Henry, Of the Keosauqua Re-
publican, has been appointed to n
clerkship Ia the War Department At
Washington. to which place he started
last Wednesday.
Grasshopper parties are the latest
notion of Charles City,--parties. the
proceeds Of which go to the inhabi-
rants Of the northwestern counties
whose substances WIS dcvonrca by
srasshoppers.
Rock Island merchants have theil
goods shipped to Davenport and then
transfer them back over the river
This il done in order to evado the
Illinois freight tariff, which is much
above that of other States.
The keota Piaindeuler says tina
profitable employment aud the opei
doors of the Grange have abolished
every excuse for women being shift
less! How does that editor obtai,
the information that the women arr
shift-less, we'd like 10 know.
s PApER FoR You've PEorJ.E.-Th
Youths Companion, 81 Boston, is on
Of the most judicious and enterprisini
sheets ia the country. Among its con
tributors are such writer's az DIR. +. |
Hayes. Edward Egeieston. Louisa NJ
Davis Ii should be in every family
Mrs. Ives has removed her Bool
Store and Circulating Library to tn,
First National Bank building, second
door on Market street from the corn
er, where she will be pleased to see al
her old patrons and good many new
ones. decJ-dwlt
WHEN the sidewalks are icy, as the,
are now, everybody should seattle
ashes over the walks in front 0
their business places or residences. II
fact we believe people ought 10 b
compelled by law Ia do so. 1t woul
prevent many serious accidents Il
pedestrians.
A Sioux City servant girl threw
small box of gunpowder i'll an asl
pan. The neighbors congregated to
gether and put out the fire. and tn
girl was placed in charge OF sur
geon. She will recover, but she won
try to harmonic guDpowler will
red-hot Goals any more. She il con
WINGED that the thing can't be did.
FISH CUITURE.-June 4. Vent
Esq, Secretary OF the 'Ottumwa Fish
Cnlturist Association has addressed
printed circulars to all parts of Iowa
requesting cooperation in securing
appropriate legislation, aud request
ing petitioners TO address their com
municatiOns 10 Senator Merrill OF
Representative Dixon. of this county
who will present them 10 their re
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