Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-02-19
This and THAT,


The champion cat of Marshaltown
weighs eleven and half pounds,
For the fourth time in his life, Mr..
Streator Of Wiota, has broken his leg.
ExpERlrscE viii teach any man that
1t Is advantageous to patroni2c those
who advertise in newspapers.
Miss Shears is the appropriate name
of o Marshalltown dressmakcr. What
RI editor she would make,
Hon. Thos. Rogers, one Of the foun,,
ers of Dubuque. died in that city a few
days since, aged 66 years.
One packing firm alone in Chicago,
has slaughtered AGO. 7o hogs since the
LIST day Of November.
The Gate City wants . poem on the
beautiful mud Poetry grindera
win please take notice.
Mccullough & Lilburn have pur-
chased and set up in their store q
- 4
splendid Howe platform scale.
A Muscatine boy ran under plank
sidewalk, while coasting, and fractured
a leg and got most Of the flesh torn of
of \.
The Ksokuk library, has received
valuable dona&ions OF public docu-
mcnts nom Washington. They are
worth - high q two cents a pound.
Large qusAtitiss Of crystal ice, cut
from the Dss Moines river, At this
place, Il being shipped over the ct.
Louis, X. g. 4 Northern railroad to
st. Louis.
Mrs Redeem Of Maquoketa, has at
last been Divorced. She made six
applications heretofore, but her hus-
band always promised to behave HIM
self, and 'scoaxed her ont of it,"
A Danvilie lady, nearly 80 years Of
age, arrived at Burlington, but having
forgotten the name of the place she
wanted to 60 to, had TO return to Dam
willie.
CoL. JOHN 8. WoLF, Of this city, has
been awarded the contract on seven
miles Of the Cincinnati Southern Rail-
road, which hassbeen let through Ken
lucky, and is to run to Chattanoopa.
Tennessee.
ANY quantity Of 81 counterfeit Ma
6onsl Bank Notes are in circulation
throughout the country. They are all
upon New York banks, and are liable
TO deceive people who are not good
judges Of money.
The Mt. Pleasant Joarnal is devel-
cping . Credit obilier in the defnact
IL. N. G. Railroad, and now cries out
s5hall an outraged people longer keep
quietf' After twenty years of silence
on the subject, we should decidedly
say No.
AS q distributor of "cold pizen,
Mr.. CLARK, Of Claremont, il an unqual-
lied success. He put some out one
night last week to kill wolves, and
was enraptured at daybreak to find in
one pile, q very fine watch dog and six
Berkshire hogs, all dead.
The employees of the st. Louis, X
G. & Northern Railroad, formed Lii
brary Association In June last, with
headquarters at Moberly. They solic-
1t contributions Of books, magazines,
and papers. Donations may be left
with June A. Wentz, who will for
ward them free Of charge.
The Des Moines Register says the
good things at Governor Carpenters
reception displayed the culinary skill
Of Mrs. Carpenter" Which is very
like the man who always stopped at
the Astor House when be went to New
York, "because Mrs. Aston was such
. good cook"
1 A man who can navigate tho hill
sides nowadays, and preserve per-
pendicular, position without being
tempted 10 profanity, has the patience
Of Job. We never saw ~ much slip
perry, disagreeable walking, in one
winter, ~ we have had this winter.
]. B. King has made arrangements
to move his paper from Moulton to
Bloomfield, where 1t will be published
as an organ Of the Changers, and CALI
cd the Advocate. He has been guar
anteed . circulation Of LOCO copies.
He win remove in . week or two.
King IS jolly good fellow, and We
wish him financial success.
A dispatch from New York says
that the principal through lines to the
West have adopted uniform scale of
classification for freight. The elssaifica-
ton has reference to bulk and cost Of
goods. High-priced and bulky light
goods will be charged high rates, and
ow-priced heavy goods low figures
The rate to Chicago is: First-class, 81,
second, 80 cents third, Is; fourth, 60;
special, 45.
Oskaloosa is to have Josh Billings
Feb. 18th, and Susan B. Anthony
March Sd. The artesian well 10 down
CTS feet into the bowels Of the ssyearth.' y
A fire bell weighing 1900 pounds has
been contracted for; the fire company
have new homemade hose cart that
cast $75 less than an imported one, and
is great deal nicer, which is an argu-
mont in favor Of buying at home-nll
OF which we learn from the Herald.
Uncle Ben. Randall sold to Smith
Tharp, Friday, nine head Of fat cat
Ito /; one at 5 cents, three ut 6 cents, four
at ~ cents, and one ct cents per h