Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-11-13
Here and There.

Our farmers are nearly all getting
their corn into crib. in good order
Our city is growing highly moral, /
and the MAYORS court is almost de-
serted.
j. II, Field, Esq, has been appoint !
ed assignee OF s +. Fuller. Sec notice |
in this paper.
Levi Skinner was in town to-day,
again, selling wild turkeys. He says
he can kill ttsu~ur three cvory day.
\ Muscatinc man predicts two
weeks more of Indian Summer. Hope
he is true prophet.
s'Peter," don't sell them ounces
short of II dollar peek were the
dying words Of an Indiana woman.
II. y. Macoy is putting up dwelling
houses here and there over the city. d,
lightning speed.
The 81. Louis, X. {. 4 Northern II.
f., is carrying south large amount
Of corn. oats and potatoes
Are you improving this fine wealth.
er: Remember the bleak, cold winds
and snow are near at hand.
A bachelor residing in Tonganoxie,
Kansas, offers $1,000 reward to any
lady who can beat him cooking,
Potatoes from Is to 80 cents bush.
el, turnips 80 cents, is a pretty round
price for these vegetables in this mar
ket.
Richiand township people are spen-
ding their Indian summer days in large
numbers in the city just now. Their
headquarters is at the Court House.
| Walter Jordan's new residence now
has the roof on. Rees will now have
a nice winter job of doing the inside
carpenter work.
Among the freight passing Omaha
yesterday, from the Pacific coast,
}were fortyfour cars of tea. four of silk
and two of seal skins,
Il The sneak thieves here become 50
? bold that they enter peoples houses in
: broad daylight. Is there no way To
: rid our city of these pests.
Il The Register says: ''Severai of the
saloon keepers in Dcs Moiues have
. gone 10 see their uncle during the sit.
ting OF the Grand Jury, and left dis.
. played in their windows placarl
/. marked CLOSED"
4 new Quadrille Club has been
formed by the young men in our city.
II is called the T.. L. b. Clnb-which
translated, means Early TO Bed We
acknowledge the compliment of an
honorary membership.
i. ! J. W. LaForcc returned from Mis-
. souri, last evening. He leased an iron
ore bank, which LaForce & Morse own
there, 10 parties for 30 cts ton: and
works for the reduction of the ore will
be erected on il immediately.
, \ Galesburg lady. on making pur.
, chase at a dry-goods store, directed
the parcel 10 the residence of Judge
so-and-so. 1t was ascertaincd that her
husband was sitting as an election
Judge that day.
An awful warning is conveyed in
, the statement that girl Of Woodvale
q Pennsylvania, recently broke her
arm while trying TO turn II soulersaurt,
Ii is 10 be hoped that this pernicious
practice among young ladies, viii, in
time, be checked.
II Milton Wright, OF Washington Tp.,
sold load of pumpkins to an Eldon
store-keeper, last week. and lady
+ there bought one Of them to make
pies OF. When she cut the pumpkin,
which was perfectly solid, she found a
+. seed inside of it sprontcd. The sprout
: was foot long.
= Burlington has young man who
on retiring TO his bedroom rather late
one night, mistook streak Of moon
light on the floor for his feather
couch. and unceremoniously launched
into it. giving the rest of The inmates
Of The house fearful fright of a house
. 70 HIM oyar tha;r bno5a
Our democratic eolored fellow-citi-
zen, Albert Sappington. came up TO-
day from the county Poor Farm on a
visit to the city. Since the death of
Bin Foster from too much bad whis-
, key, we believe Albert is the last gen.
!. tlemaa of his color in these parts who
votes the democratic ticket.
The anniversary Of the great fire at
Boston is TO be celebrated next Nom
day, in that city. The burnt district is
magnificently rebuilt, the streets
widened and improved at immense
S cost, and this portion of the city is
! now regarded as near iirr-proof as it
} can well be
4 petition has been presented to the
City Council praying them to allow
the city fire bell to be RING at II and
7oclock of Sabbath and O'Clock on
Wednesday evening, for the purpose
of securing uniform time of meeting
3 10y the different Churches. Not bad
: idea.
Who OF orr Nimrods was it that
went hunting across the river and
overshot his wild game, making sad
havoc with John Molumbys geese !?
John would like to know. Two geese
were killed outright aud three wound
ed. Walk mp to the captains desk
and pay for those geese at dollar a
head and all will be quiet
The Dallas comfy f,19ryye Uiyas nm