Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-03-12
This and That.

The roads are in worse condition
than We have seen them since 1858.
A good many emigrants are alreSds'
going west on tho B. 3 N. Railroad.
Keokuk slaughtered from Nov. l
1879, to March l, 1874 62,ss6 hogs.
The gross earnings Of the C. B. "a.
R. r. for 1873 were $l1, 4O5, 223 50, ex-
penses ss,434, 1877 81. A good showing
for this popular road. IA
Rock Island, Ill, on Monday, elect
ed Republican Mayor by 162 majori-i
ty, and i've Republican aldsfsAan out
of six. Last year It went Dsmocratic.
A Harrison county farmer who hae
been married only seven weeks, has
had to buy = wig. He Offers to bet
that his wife can pull hair faster than
q wild cat. RI
In the Woodruff, Clafin and blood
libel case In New York, Yesterday, ap-
plication for reduction Of bail was
refused and the trio was taken to the
T0ombs. i ssa44e
Daum b Burket have the neatcstl
Confectionery Store in the city. They
propose to keep all the delicacies of
the season, receiving them fresh by
Express every day.
A Lucas county woman, who called
herself Lucinda Wright, got $40 out
fit Of j. w. Braden 4 Co. on forged
order. Braden wants to secssthal
woman again. 4 q
FRANK WARDEN goes TO Chicago
this evening to purchase second stool
Of goods for the early spring traae !,
C. G. Warden Il Son ara having an uii
usually good trade this spring.
Mr.. s. b. Evans, editor OF the Den
ocrat, requests us to say that he vii
issne Daily paper on the lst Of May
instead Of the LIT Of June. as announ
eed in our paper yesterday.
The Undertaking house Of r.
Coane Il Co., on Green street. in ID
rear Of Moore s. Goodall's, will ope
ont on Monday, whoa people, ~
obtain all necessary articles i'm thel
Line at fair prices. ii
It is reported that the fashionabl
Young ladies now: practice with dam
bells in order to acquire suficier
strength Of wrist 10 manage the lare
Spanish fans now comine into geners
nse. ssyssssf w ]
February caDe in pa Sunday An
went ont on Saturday, thus being CON
posed Of four weeks, and each day Q
the week occurs an even pumher o
times. This win occur but twice sgail
in the present century lin 1855 an
1891. 80
aHollo, sGueers,p said 4 nan to q
acquaintance, crossing Main street
"what are yon up tor
"Cp to my knees in mud.n
"But who arc you looking for r.
"Why, I'm looking to see II tn
Street Commissioner Is buried in an,
of these crossings ygsKaa
Abba has the promise of 2 ney
brick block containing four stor
rooms, this season with q largo publ
hall in second story.-M. W. Fall 4
Monroe county has sold six head {
blooded cattle to 60 to Mills count,
The brought 81 ,040, IS we learn fror
the Union.
The st. Louis Democrat seems /
think that the real estate market
enlivened in northern cities by reaso
OF many now seeking this kind Of q
investment rather than IN railroad
We have not observed that real esta
is lively in these parts. It may ! !
further east, but certainly not in. Il
West. -sss4
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6sssen
SoME mischevous fellow: Hast nigh
launched q dry good, boxsioWhf II
area way 10 Frank Greene barbe
shop and bnrsted nearly all the glal
out Of tho door. Not satis6sd<wil
this, be went inside and stove + n
door Of . glass case, containing shal
Ing cups, etc. II the Individual = d
tected. il NAV not prove 60 funny .