Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-11-13
Here and There.
Joe LOOMS is building handsome
addition to his fine residence.


Mrs. i. f. Amos has leased thu
Amos House, of Eddyvillc, to Geo
Gibson of that place.
The Daum Bros have reduced the
price Of bread to 5 cts per loaf. This
sis good news for the public generally
Robert Fellows and wife have re.
turned from their summer visit to New
York State.
See notice of cheap lots to sell in
Hinsey & Hedrick's addition. Now is
the time to buy yourself q homo.
VIM. tangent has erected nice
two story brick dwelling in Blakcs
addition.
Judging by the returns made TO tho
State Auditor, Iowa's hog crop this
year will amount to about 100000
head.
There is a piece Of sidewalk at the
corner of Court and Second streets
that the Street Commissioner or prop
erty owner should repair.
els the Colonel herc?" shouted a
man sticking his head into Kansas
City street car. Gle is" answered
thirteen men, as they rose up.
ALI. Wellman has built very nice
story-and-a-half dwelling on Mill
street. It occupies the site of his
former residence.
Bernard HoAman's Ottumwa Steam
Brewery has been repaired, repainted
and generally fixed up until it is now
a very nice looking building. 1t will
commence brewing this week.
Notice the advertisement of Smith
& Cooper, pawnbrokers and general
dealers in second hand goods. They
are live men and you will do well to
consult them before buying or selling.
Ottumwa is to be well supplied
with apples this winter. There has
been about 1000 barrels shipped here
from Michigan and Illinois, so far,
this fall.
M. Heinrich Il Co. to-day bought of
Geo. Monroe 20 hogs that weighed
gross 1920 lbs, or an average of 3G6
lbs. each. The price paid was $500
gross.
John Irish calls the editor of the
State Register "lazzarioni, liar, puppy,
bully, black-guard, and flap-doodler,"
all this because the Register said
that Irish was supporting Bonham
,Democrat) Of Clarke county, for
Speaker.
The City Hall brick work was fin
ished to the square last night, and it
now ready to receive the roof timbers.
Chiffon & Kendall have displayed a
good deal Of energy and good man.
agement in pushing forward the work
On this fine building.
P. G. Ballingall has the frame Of
his pony pork house up. He will
have boiler of large dimensions,
tank, &C., for rendering hogs, and in
its way it will be complete establish
ment.
The Postmaster General has decid-
I'd that postal cards may not be tend
sred in payment of unpaid or short
unpaid mail matter, and that to affix
printed matter, as slip from news
paper, to postal card, whether with
Dr. without writing on the same, is to
make the card liable to letter postage.
The Burlington Haackeye tells how
an old gent who stopped at the Law
renee House, in that city, last week,
could not be fooled into turning off
The gas in his bedroom, as he was
enjoined to do, and SO he
blew it out. The consequence was, it
took doctor all hour to resuscitate
him.
We ought to establish an intelligence
office. Every day we are visited by
one or more persons who want to
know if we have, or know of any one
who has, house to rent. If people
who have houses to rent would invest
fifty cents or q dollar in advertising
them they might make money thereby.
Our charge for local advertisements is
only ten cents per line.
A patient who called upon spirit
ual medium, in an Illinois town, the
other day, for advice about tho rheu-
matism, was somewhat startled on be-
ing told that the disease would soon
leave his left leg-startled because that
to be patent army leg, pre-
scented to him by grateful country.
Make Money fast and honorable $12.50
per day, or $75 per week, by at once apply
ing for territorial right, (Which are given
free to agents,) to sell the best, strongest,
most useful AMI rapid selling Sewing
Machine, and Patent Button Hole Worker
ever used or recommended by families, or
buy one for your'own use; it is only IS.
Sen tfree everywhere by express. Address
for particulars. JEROME B. HUDSON & Co.,
Cor. Greenwich & Cortland SITS, N. Y,
Sept. II w6m
Hover, of the Market Street Gallery,
can still be found at his old stand, and
as usual making the very best Pho
tographs in this State. Parties desir-
ing to secure their own shadows ere
the substance fades" will do well to
call on Hover and let him make fol