Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-12-24

Mt. Pleasant wants credit for 4.065 |
inhabitants.
"Good Man Gone to Roost,' waa the
heading in \ Western papers obituary. |
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The season has arrived to Kill! mince
pies. and make the "drug" trade more
lively.
Mr.. Zangs, and also John o. Briscoe,
have each built handsome iron fences
in front of their residences lately.
Engaged couples are scare now-a-
days, the summer crop has al mar
riea oil and the winter crop is not yet |
ripe.
A rells chap stopping al the Aborn
House. Des Moines, refused 3 plate Of
macsroni soup, thinking it was billed
worms"
One OF the Muscatine county chnrn
swindlers has been arrested al Quincy, |
and will be brought TO Iowa for trial
and punishment.
The ice dealers OF Des Moipcs arc
now filling their ice housea. It will
have to grow considerably colder be.
fore any ice can he put mp in Ottum.
wa.
A citizen suggests this a. the easiest
way to build water works: Have the
street Committee dig the race, aud the
citizens will pnt in the dams free OF
cost.
Numbers of Bloomfield people 60 to
Memphis, Mo-, Of Sundays, to consult
the spirits. Some of them take materi.
allied spirits, and others spirits .fru.
nenti, in theirn.
At two festivals recently held At
Batavia in aid Of the grasshopper suf.
ferers, about $50 was realized. There
are mighty good people living in and
around Batavia.
The Des Moines papers acknowl.
edge that the hanging of Howard Was
an outrageous deed, but lay tho blame
on people who do not live in the city.
That is little too thin.
Obituary literature receives the fol-
lowing contribution from the death
column" of the Philadelphia Ledger:
Put away the welt-worn cradle
Marked by Jimmy . little thumbs
Put it in the garrett corner
Till another little angel comes.
ARgEsrEp.- Deputy Sheriff Slaughter,
last Friday, arrested Eden Lowe on charge
OF the shooting Of young Resnsr on Mon.
day night. The information was filed be-
fore Esq. Fetzer, and he will probably have
his examination Tomorrow. 81
Rev. Thomas X. Beecher says that
at . Horncllsville hotel. the other day,
he was addressed by a waiter ~ fol-.
lows: "Bifstek hammerlam chops
teercofy dwishum fridegs." He is
anxious to know the native tongue Of
that waiter.
BEwARE.-You should always look
before you leap-T. T. Spilman's IL
the place to buy your Groceries--es-
pecially that Kirkville cheese, the best
in the market, I'M. Randei 10 always
ready to welcome you and see that
you are waited upon. We are mot to
be undersold. dlS-2tdltw.
According to the Gate CITY this il
how it 10 at Keoknk: "The yousg
man who started ont at the beginnins
Of the season with the determination
ofattending all the church festivals
that might be given, has gone into
bankruptcy and pawned his watch ia
pay his doctor bill. They were TOO
many for him.
Those who regard life and property
as worth saving, should give heed to
the kind of oil they burn in their lamps.
Sanspariel oil is Kerosine, o. Coal oil,
of very high fire test, greatly refined
and purified and is considered quite
as safe as lard oil. Price 50 cents per
gallon. For sale by !. l.. Taylor + Co.
and other dealers. Oct. 18th dswBm
An enormous Christmas dinner il
planned in Chicago. The Exposition
building will be arranged with tables
and seats for ten thousand persOns,
and it il believed that the city will
haye as many as that who would like
to eat a holiday meal. but otherwise
couldn't.
A Missouri "druggist' lately visited
our city with an Introduction, TO a
large drug house, in which he was
rated "A. L." The head of the honse
investigated him as to his "!ine Of
trade" "Well.'' said Missouri. II
keep few patent medicinse, some
cheese and..crackers, but principally
whisky." That's good description Of
a Missouri drug store.
BY letter received to-day from
Lieut. S. X. Mahon, who is stationed
at Jackson, Mississippi, we learn that
great many Republicans have Ned
from yicksburg TO Jackson for refuge
Up to December 18th, Lieut.. NJ, says
it 10 estimated that 200 colored gneu
have been killed in vicksburg And
vicinity.
One Of our exchanges t.Alks about
the "transit of Venice" Win il pleasa
inform us where THAT famous city
with all its canals, gondolas, ETC., haa
been transit-ed to: The same pa.
per in speaking of the debris Of an
nld hOuse. remarks that ifit had the