Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-07-30

THE OTTUMWA COURIER
THURSDAY MORNING. JuLY 30th, ls7s.
The totems have been pulled down
in the Autobiography camp. and "war
to the knife, and the knife to the hilt,'
has been proclaimed.
The only drawback, TO the complete
happiness OF the dozen or more doc
tors of this city is the fact that one
dozen small cucumbers cost 40cts, and
that the supply of green cornis not ad-
equate to meet one half the demands.
A new mail route has been establish
ed from this city to Unionyille, Iowa,
via Ormanville. Ash Grove and Oak
Springs. J. IL. Warren is tho contrac
tor, and the mail is to be carried once
a week, South on Friday aud back on
Saturday. The first mail on this new
route was taken out to-day.
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Last night about 10 O'Clock ~ tho
st. l. X. 9. & Northern train was
approaching this city horse got on
the track and ran before the engine
until he became fastened in q small
bridge by his front feet. The pr
lot struck the horse and literally cut
him in two. No damage done except
to the horse.
The Autobiography County Con.
vention is called for August 22nd
The primary meetings are to be held
on Saturday, August 18th. The fol.
lowing number of delegates arc assign
ed to the several townships: Center
%. Adams Z, Agency, 4, Columbia Z
Cass 4, Competine 8, Dahlonega
Green, Highland 8, Keokuk 2, Poll
8, Pleasant 5, Richland 4, Washington
6.
The city IL building o fence enclos
ing the ground in the rear and on the
east side of the City Hall that will be
legal one according to the Georgia
Judges decision, viz. !: 'horse high,
bull proof and pig tight" Tits under.
stood that offenders against city ordi.
nances will have the exquisite pleasure
of pounding rock in this enclosure,
when it is completed. M
The grading Of Court street is likely
to prove an expensive job TO the city
from the flooding Of cellars ON Main
street. by the late heavy rains. The
cellars of E. Washburn, J. Fl. Merrill
4 Co, Prugh + Son, Geo. M. Godfrey
and McCarroll & Co., all Of which had
valuable property in them, were seri.
ously damaged; and the question now
is who win be responsible for this
damage.
r. G. Ballingall has given the con.
tract for the brick and stone work Of
his new building to Sam Hendrix &
Co., the Carpenter work to Picket 4
Csrnes, and the Iron work to Duck.
worth & Harper. The house will BIZ
40 feet front, so feet deep. three stor'
les and basement, pressed brick front
and the work will commence immedi
ately.
The Centeryiile Citizen says Their,
win be no horse racing at the Appa
moose County Fair next fall. II tn
farmers display their usual energy an,
bring half bushel of wheat, corr
oats and potatoes, and perhaps tw'
cabbagcs and pumpkin, it might adj
there will be no fair too. Why don
our farmers take more interest i
county fairs, and make them success
Mr.. N. Baker tells rs that he was I
his farm on Bear Greek ~ miles fror
Ottumwa, day before yesterday, an
that the grasshoppers were thick, thu
they would average q hopper to ever
spear Of grass in lhis meadow. Whe
he was there they were eating tn
timothy heads off at . rapid rate. On
folks may expect next year to be pla
gued with these pests and should gov
ern themselves accordingly.
Abraham Stuber, Of Columbia town
ship, has brought us . bunch or whea
heads that are beauties. They are q
the Geneseo White and Red We've
varieties, and he thinks that twelv
acres of this wheat, which he raises
this season, will turn out twenty-fiv
bushels to the acre. Mr.. s. cultivate
230 acres of land, and has 80 acres O
timber, and thinks Wapello county il
good county to live in.
Walter r. Rowell, Of this city, hal
shown US ballot box, for the use OIL
Masonic lodges, that is the neates
thing We ever saw. tits in the Shape
of q holy bible, the lid inlaid with