Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1873-11-06
This and That.

Apples wholesale in Kcokuk at sl35
per bushel, and retail at 500.
Eight persons united with the
Presbyterian Church, yesterday.
We see that g. Samuels is getting in
second stock Of Fall goods. Samuels
is building up good trade.
A Mrs. Schultz was burned to death
at Jessnp,, in this State, on Saturday
last, by the overturning Of a lamp.
The big show at Vienna closed
finally, on Saturday, without ceremo-
MES Of any description.
Five hundred Cinnamon left San
Francisco, on Saturday, to return to
their native swamps in the Flowery
Kingdom.
Sunday School statistics wanted by
the State Secretary for Wapcllo conn-
ty, o. P. Light, at Agency City. Let
them be sent in promptly.
The st. Paul Dispatch says; "a few
lunatics can be found on the streets
trying to make believe they are enjoy
ing sleigh-ride.
The millennium ia near at hand. We
saw doctor sweeping his Office early
this morning. He was never known to
do the like before--not so early.
An exchange offers the following
seasonable and gratuitous advice:
Get your blankets; bank up your
houses; get married and go into
winter quarters feeling mighty com
Portable.
The SANDER case OF Forsyth vs.
Johnston is still dragging its slow
length along in the Circuit Court, and
will make nice bill of expense for
1--WE the taxpayers" to foot one of
these days.
A boy named Turner, about ten
years old, was thrown from freight
train ON the Central Road at Oska.
loosa, yesterday, while playing with
the brakes, and run over. One leg
was crushed to Jelly. No blame
is attached to the train employees.
A special from Alton, Iowa, reports
the drowning of three boys, about
fifteen years of age, named Willie
Racquet, Leroy KeatiAg and Clarence
Hammer, sons of citizens of that
place. They were skating on the res
ervoir and broke through, the ice not
being frozen enough.
A fashion writer, in view of the
fact that the ladies propose to wear
cavalier boots turned down just above
the ankles, says that with hats jaunti-
ly turned up on one side, knapsack
hanging at the side, dagger stuck in
the belt, and turned-over boot-legs
they will present quite a brigandish
appearance.
J. W. & A. G. Higgins run out of
their Coal Bank, in October, near 700
car loads of coal. They expect to run
out in November 1000 car loads.
They have good thing In the shape
of a full six foot vein, most excellent
In quality aud inexhaustible in quan-
tity.
s. Park & Son have received car
load of splendid Michigan Cider and
Apples. eve know whereof we af.
firm" when we say the cider an APP
Piles are splondid, for tiscy treAtod thia
Office to liberal sample of each, See
their advertisement in another place.
In Bonhomme county, Dakota, a few
days since, Bohemian, named Son.
chin, and his son, were engaged in Dig
ging well. The young man was in
the we'll at work, when the bottom fell
out, and he disappeared into the bow.
els of the earth. Efforts have been
made to sound the cavity, but thus far
the report 10 that no bottom has been
| found.
| Ii was demonstrated at the District
Court at Davenport, the other day,
that, while the attempt TO snatch a
pocket-book by q half-starved boy re-
quired the confinement of the offender
for one year in the penitentiary as
punishment, the deliberate and need
less shooting OF man through the
heart was sufficiently punished by a
fine of 800.
II. H. Davis, residing four miles
north of town, came in last nigh,
to meet some friends on the night
train, when his horses became scared
at the train, ran away, and broke the
buggy all to pieces. He did not find
his team until to-day. They had be.
come entangled in the woods near Mr.
DanA's, where they were found by
Z. B. Hcndershott, and taken to Mr..
Dana's.
Il We are glad TO see that our Publ
, Library is becoming very popular, AM
, that it is fayorite resort of a grea
many of our young people. TIL
Library has lately received lot Q
, new books, of the latest and best pull
locations, and we think il would b
wise for great many more of on
citizens to become subscribers. 1t onl
costs "a per annum, or $l.25 for thre
months, and there is no more accept.
: BILE or appropriate present for yor
: children than years subscription
It Try it.
- Levi Skinner, of Green TOWNSHIP
:. was sitting in front of the door of h
: house on Sunday evening, when l
: discovered flock of wild turke,
:. leisurely proceeding by. Levi resor
! cd to strategy, and crept along in the