Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-04-16


change.
A woman at Des Moines WAS 70
greedy that IL yards Of calico fos u
dollar, did not satisfy her, - shs stole
a part Of q bolt and was detected 81 Il.
All Of the wholesale liquor Asalers
In Davenport have removed their
stocks out Of the city and away from
the danger Of having them sliced.
Henry Clay Dean, in speech at
Charlton last Monday night, endorsed
the women's temperance crusads. HE
reasons for his position wsrs two
hours long.
THE Des Moines Rsgister classes
news from Oskaloosa and Ottumwa
under the head Of ''Suburban." That
is decidedly rich.
Gov. Carpenter win appoint : com.
mission Of five to attend Ia. the alIAlrs
Of the State Of Iowa, At the Centennial
Exhibition.
MARK MILLER, Western Horticul-
tural editor Of the American Hosticwl-
tufst, died at HE residence near Dss
Moines yesterday evening.
That was = sensihls old chap in Del
aware who, dying ~ otAsr day said :
"Don't write any poetry about me, and
don't fool rouud about . monument' =
IA Quincy boy c6sFysd . sl1mP VII
blasting powder, attached Z faas q
blow il up, and got On the fsncs 10 -
the fun. There wasn't enough len 81
him for the coroner - sit On.
The new parasols for this ssason are
just ont. They arc heavy, have loa.
ded knob on the handle, and are equal.
" eiicacious q : protector against the
sun, mad dog or runaway horse.
All the idle little boys, and Z good
many big boys, will hays = good Time
for ! week OF two reading and stndy'
ing the immsnse Circns bills posted al
a. the foot 81 Market Street
The editor Of ths Ksoeanqua Rspu6
lcaa has been elected Aldefmas, On,
says that already his body feel
crampsd in the psnt up Wristbands b
has hitherto worn.n Once win swell
some people wonderfully.
The Simess twins were Baptists
"But,' says the Presbyseriaa, asup
pose one had been . disbslievsr, hoy
could the other have been immersed?
But another says they were mot Bar
tists they were United Brethren.
i As . member Of the Richmond, Ind
Temperance League was about 70 On
| gage 70 prayer. ~ : saloon, the PR
| prietor presented . bill against her 20
| for forty drinks. She paid The bill
s4-took : receipt, and said: "No,
friend, ] shall indict thee on fort
charges OF selling to my son, who Il
min0r.p
The principal of the Dies Moline
, high school 10 wrestling with The mel
. sles. The Iater-O Ocean remsrks thI
that shows the evil results of putin
OF Till tomorrow that which might b
done to-day, and If he had had hI
measles like . good little boy, whe
he ought to hsve had them, he woul
not be laid up now.
i The Mississippi Legislature adjourn
ed sine de on the 9th inst, after pact
ing bill requiring the majority Q
males over twenty. ons, and female
over eighteen, ID city, town or towu
ship, 70 sign petition for license
sell liquor, before such license shall B
issued. The Governor immediatcl
thereafter signed the bill.
A wonderful religions awakening
: reported at Cedar Falls, lows, und,
the direction of Rev. 81. W. Brow
Evangelist. The Baptist Church hl
been crowded day and night for tw
weeks. Over 200 have professsd fait
In Christ. Forty-6ve have alread
} united with che Bsptist church, and
: large number with the Presbyterial
IL These items Of Agency City news q
r from the Ind4psadess:
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