Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-11-27
Here and There.

Iolhftts bftuA iit'tN IA ttS NiiNSG'
marke, thsu wheat,
The Baltimore Clothing Honse il
getting more new goods.
The Gas ComVau, are putting dow II
pipe FOR the new City ifnll.
The HuTkeps 81, j. ID. I.add will
be ready to commence packing pork
10 Burlington mex. week
Massina, the wife murderer ia The
eastern part OF the State has been SEN f,
fenced To penitentisry for itt.
Rear Admiral Scott. who soon sSi.s |
for Cuban waters, is 4 native of Nir-
sinia. and has had naval experience
Of forty five years,
The Des Moines j"u.a"i thinks the
employers of the De- Mcinr> Valley
railroad will find ont who thev belong
to when the cour, settles the title of
the road.
That new sidewalk. along side Of the
First National Bank building, is very
crest improvement over the old one,
snd win hc duly appreciated by pc.
destrians.
John 5. Walker is to-day raising the
frame for new 'wo-s,ory dwelling.
II ia situated on the lat st1ioining his
present residence
Five out OF nine Of the leading bust
ness houses in Manchester, lows, are
managed by ladies. II il suggested
that the name OF the place he changed
to Womanchester.
Wells on the hill sides Ia this city
are beginning to tail, and the water
haulera are doug good business in
consequence thereof. We never saw
IS dry fall as We have had this year.
We understand tha. the stockhold.
ers in the Lamar swindle are all about
to become "bloated bondholders." l,
will cost them about 20 per cent to en
10Y the privilege. CbeSp enough.
Under the law, Dcs Mo,nes has be
come a first-class city. The msrshs
Of the city viii be elected. The Nav
or will appoin, the Cher Of Police an,
the police force.
The First Nstionsl Bank i, improv
Ing its banking house by having
rear entrance made and heavy wal
built around its vault to make i
"sure pop fife-proof
A special dispatch from Des Moine
to the St. Louis Eiobe SAYS that .Iiu
Better, the ahsconding editor AM
postmaster. who ran away with Mis-
Fish about year sgo. has returned I,
bis family at Peila,
Day before yesterday Wednesday
O,OOhogs went into Chicago, large
number than ever Went ia before /,
one day. The market there seems I,
be rather weak, bat Lively tells US tina
he lie still buying and paying 500
gross for all the hogs he can get.
Luke O'Brien has bought the DIR
Cowan farm, 20 miles south of town,
snd will reside on it. In order to l;vcu
up the winter evenings he haa anb,
scribed for the COURIER, rs all sensible
people do who want 10 keep posted.
s.f. Baker, who is just in from
North Platte, Nebraska, gave US cal
to-day 10 renew his subscription Mr.
i, still owns his fine farm III this coun-
~, bnt is engaged personally in tn,
csttle trade in Nebraska.
VIM. NJ. Maservey. an old citizen ot
ostnmwa, but now OF Maryville, Mo-,
gave "a call to-day. Hs SAYS he
wonld not have known Uttu,nwa il il
had not been for the old Pnmroy cor.
ner and the old Oitumwa House, such
has been its growth in the six year,
since he was here.
Mrs. Rhea, who has been mission
airy in Persia, for fifteen Years. adj
dressed large congregation at III,
Presbyterian church last evening. A
missionary society was aiterward:
formed with Mrs. J. +. Sterrit TO,
President; Mrs, q. f. Knight. Vice.
Prest. Mrs. ". u Armstrong. Treas.
Mrs W. F.. Chambers. Sec'y.
Frank Hsiton, Of tho Nj. Pleasant
journal says that he will send lis pa
per to subscribers for 81 in advance
snd If the subscriber don's like his
paper he can write him = letter. and
he'll read it and keep sending the ps.
per as long as il is paid for. That
ought To induce rush of cash sub.
scribera.
We are informed by W. NJ. Maservy
that u man named Jacob Norrirk wa,
shot and killed by man named Hen
ry Alexander. at Mary Vile, No, yes
terday. They had difficulty sbou
the division of some Texas cattle
when Alexander and Norriek quarrel.
ed, and the result is AS above stated.
War can only be declared by Con,
gress. The administration will gathe,
the facts In regard TO the vifginiu.
and lay them before Congress i, re.
mains for tina, body 10 adjust the diff.
fIcnl' affair. The session Of Congress
is so near At hand that there is 10 need
Of action before its regular session.
la 1912 tho theory of national pro.
lection of our eitizcus and aliens in
the service OF the government on the
high seas. was thus stated by Daniel
Webster: -.fu every regularly dozen.