Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-12-11
STATE ITEMS.


Whooping cough is prevalent ct
Cedar Rapids.
Burlington has outraged itself in the
capture Of burglar.
Oskaloosa has sent thirty-three tons
of coal to the suffering homesteaders.
Farley run out quarrelsome citizen
with the rogue's march the other even
Ing.
Keokuk's Board of Trade il organ
lied under State law, and in full oper-
alton.
Tha ely -aG=-D-.-8E.,;res has. nur.
chased one hundred tons of coal for
the homesteaders.
Cresco has organized series of grid
die cake sociables, which are both pop.
ular aud profitable.
Jackson county dedicated q new
court house, Thanksgiving day, at Ma
quoketa.
Davenport letter carriers, in No
vember, delivered l4,139 letters and
collected 1854.
The Dubuque Savings Bank has
been proved to have been insolvent
for two years before the crash came.
Cedar Rapids has Q female convict
who spends her time In writing relig-
ious poetry.
Des Moines spiritualists declare
against the Woodruff free-love dogma,
aud for proper legal marriages.
Three straight drinks Of McGrsgor
whisky smashed two buggies, broke
two heads good deal, and cost about
$500.
Judge Meservey, Of Fort Dodge
spent his Thanksgiving In soliciting
donations Of coal to send to the suf-
fering settlers of Northwestern Iowa.
Dubuque 10 generous toward the
suffering homesteaders. 1t has con-
tributed over $1,000 in goods and
money.
At a recent commercial caucus, It
was found that Davenport has 784
business houses; Dubuque 664; and
Burlington 562.
From the Grinnell Herald we learn
that they have an enterprise In that
city In the shape Of glove making and
tanning for the same. The past sea-
con they haye tanned 1000 goat skins.
Burlington has inauguratsd . night
school for the winter. It has about
forty pupils, from seven to thirty-hve
years of age-among them several
ladies.
Kcmpf, . brewer ct Dubuque, want
ed the council to pay him $270 for
coal burnt during the fire which des-
troyed his brewery, alleging negli-
gence on the part Of the fire depart.
ment. He did not get 1t.
A firm in Clinton requests its debt
ors to pay up in tho following words |:
"awud ov ywo waunt luny INQUIRE him
fermathim which ov cwoarse youe
duvyoust drought hintow thea stwoor-
hoff" Who could refuse such an
elegant invitation.
The new code provides that the
Lieutenant Governor shall receive
only the pay of q Senator, and that
the Speaker of the House shall not be
paid any moro than his salary - .
Representative--only this aud nothing
more.
H. NJ. Belvel, who was . candidate
before the last Legislature for Ser.
geant.at-Arms--as Republican thec--
is the anti-monopoly candidate now.
He Is connected with the Wayne
County Ne0s.
The Da Has Gazette says: Highway
robbers and horse thieves are becOm.
ing altogether too numerous In these
parts. One night last week two ruf.
fans stopped DR.. Campbell while he
was nearing De Soto and demanded
his money. Having only ten cents
about him they indignantly refused "a
accept that, and ordered him to pass
on. Last Monday night some ono on.
tered the stable of Lewis Jolly and
took therefrom dark sorrel horse
and saddle.
The Keosauqua Republican has 4
story of q plucky woman: "Mrs. Ben
nett, who lives about half mile above
town, killed q deer with an axe last
Saturday. Some hunters with theil
dogs had been chasing the animal for Z
couple Of days. In its flight the deer
ran into Mr.. Bennett's yard, where
the dogs caught II. No one else beine
ut home, Mrs. Bennett ran out with a.
axe and knocked 1t in the head and
had venison for supper.
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