Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-10-30
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) Dubuque, greatly to her credit, raise,
$l075.O0 Saturday night and sent it t
) the Memphis sufferers.
Judge Love was In the city owe
Sunday. He goes back to Des Moline
to-day. where his United States Dis
trict Court lie in session.
| Professor Samuel Colvis, of Dubu
que, has been appointed to the chat
of National Sciences at the State Uni
versity to succeed Professor White.
| Nussbaum has stacks and piles o
goods, and Is selling cords of them
If you don't believe IT you so and se
for yourself,
The fire bell was elevated to its pc
sition in the hose tower yesterday eve
ming, 1t is to be hoped that when
rings now it can be heard more thai
two squares.
W. E. Chambers is repairing tn,
property next to Thos, Goodall, which
he purchased some time since, and viii
occupy it as residence.
Moriarty s. Mclaughlin have one o
the neatest and best supplied grocery
houses in the city. They are selling
lots of goods, and give great bargains
see their local ad. in another column
The Harmony cotton mills at Co
hoes, the largest of the kind in the
world closed saturday night indefi-
nitely. 1t is probable that the wooden
manufacturers will soon follow.
The Newburgh steam mills, of New.
burg, N. Y, owned by Gamer u Co,
of New York, stopped Thursday.
Four hundred persons were thrown
out of employment.
The Iowa State Journal, of Des
Moines, is in luck. Mr.. r. G. Orwig,
of malodorous Swamp Land notoriety,
announces that he is not connected
with that paper.
E. H. T. Brady who will be recollec.
ted az one Of the heroes in an ax-han-
die war here with one Greene, several
years ago, was stricken with insanity
at Des Moines the other day, and sent
to his home at Keokuk.
These high, cold winds and the put.
ting up Of stoves and building therein
rousing fires, makes this season of the
year unusually prolific Of fires. Let rs
beware, then, and exercise great eau.
ton.
Good Fall apples are being sold by
the middle men for $500 per barrel.
What are farmers about, that they do
not raise all the apples that can be
consumed in Wapsllo county, and
stop the shipping of this indispensable
article from Illinois and Michigan
Edward Welsh, an employee of the
Toledo, Wabash & Western r r !,
walked of the railroad bridge at Keo-
kuk on Saturday night and was
drowned. At the time of the accident
the draw was open. His body was
recovered Sunday morning.
In Golden, Col, an editor wrote
some advice to . newly>married friend,
and was foolish enough to print it.
After bis wife had looked over proof
Of the advice" the editor felt COM
PEELED to add this postscript: "Have
your hair cut close to the skin"
Psake, opdyke 9 Co., the third
largest dry goods house In America,
and which sells extensively in Ottum-
wa to Jordan Bros, and many others
OF our leading western merchants,
we're cramped by the panic, but they
announce their resumption to-day.
Nine drunks ON Saturday night and
Sunday, Melted the city $40, and cost
the individuals $40. Some of them
were old citizens of the county, whose
names we will not mention here, but
If they are caught in like scrape
again, we shall most likely give their
names to the public.
Saturday night another attempt to
burn down Burlington originated, and
as usual the attempt came from a
saloon.
Fortunately the fire was put out
without serious loss. We regret that
we cannot announce the hanging of
the incipient incendiary.
Thackeray tells of woman beg
ging aims from him, who, when she
saw him put his hand in his pocket
cried out, "May the blessing Of God
follow yon all your life!" But, whom
he only pulled out his snutf-box i'm.
mediately added, Sand never over
take vel"
"Be brief, gentlemen" is the good
advice given to clergymen by the Con.
oregationalist, the editor of which tells
OF q minister who prayed forty min
utes at funeral. "Forty minutes, y
says the editor, lis a long while. Not
Solomon in all his glory would have
prayed at this length, had he dedicated
q hundred temples"
The fellows who chunksd his
postal card into an envelope, and found
1t $50 handy" has been around, and
deposited In the post ONCE letter.
with the Endorsement under the ad.
dress: "Let her slide p. M, she's oil
hunk inside air one Of them post.hole
keerds."
They have had wedding in high
life At Lawrence. Kan. The loca
serbia says: 'sThs beautiful daughter
Of Mr. Lovepu& the accomplished and
geutlsmsniy wagon.maker, Of thil
vicinity, WAS united In wedlock te
George Bssrstat, the talented artist