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

AvVW A9C1uAps
Linn county has eleven newspapers.
Masquerade sociables arc tho rage
at Columbus Junction.
An Abba man was assessed fifty |
dollars for choking the city marshal.
The Sunday.school at Atlantic has
contributed sos to the Nebraska suf-
fcrere..
keokuk people take New York Clip.
pers 10 church and perase them during
service. -,
The Turner Fair, just closed at Bur-
lington, enriched the society nearly
three thousand dollars.
Lyman Moore, aged 81, got lost on
the prairie near Rockford, on the S.h,
and the day following was found
dead.
The ninth annual meeting of the
State Horticultural Society, is to be
held at Burlington, January 10Th, Goth,
and 2lst.
A two year old child, in Polk coun-
ty. fell into bed. of lime and was ter.
ribly burned. 1t will probably
lose both eyes.
The Chicago Journal wants to know
What better right had the Des Moines
mob Of $50 to murder Howard than he
had to kill johnson?
The proper authorities at the Capt.
tai have decided that Charlton, Lucas
county, Is entitled to incorporate a. .
city of the second 'clAas.
A bloomfield maiden brought suit
for $1,000 for breach Of promise against
q young man Of that place, but for as
cash the case was compromised.
Three boys were ecufiling over re-
volver at Manchester, the other day
when 1t Was discharged and ono them,
named Colorney, was shot and killed.
The collection of fowls at Dubu.
que Poultry exhibition 10 the largest
and best ever seen In the West
and the managers of the association
are battered.
A farmer living near Centerville
named Ceader, has left . family of
three small children, and gone south
to winter, taking Miss Matilda Darah
with him.
A few nights since some dastardly
wretch fired q school house In Jordan
Township, Nonons County. and the
structure was burned to the ground.
Loss $500.
The Spangler girl-who, with her
mother tried to kill Byron Wright, be-
cause he wouldn't marry her-has
been ordered to the State Prison by a
Cedar Rapids Judge.
On Thursday last, . three year old
child of an emigrant named W. w.
Wood, was literally roasted at Harlan,
In Winnebago County, her clothing in
some manner catching fire.
4 David Leroy, the Manchester bank.
or, has been arrested ON the charge OF
receiving money under false pretenses,
for taking what was offered by dcpos-
itors after he knew he must fail.
The little five year old son of Mr..
Van Gucher, living In jackson county
was burned to death one day last
week. g-lt was left alone in the house
with . fire convenient to play with
! A correspondeht Of the Burlington
| Hdsck-Eye complains that the dis
charged prison conyictS urn A.. ss..r
. place of employment, in order tha,
they might not be compelled to resorl
again to stealing: =
I Robert Graves has made . full con
fession of the murder OF MIRA Ella
Barrett, in August, to prisoner in the
Des Moines jail. His confession hal
been verified by finding the stolen ar.
ticles where he hid them.
I The Board of Trustees of the Insane
Hospital at Independence have re.elec.
ted all Of the old officers. DR.. Butter.
field, the Assistant Physician, having
rendered his resignation, DIR. Hall, o,
Fayette comfy, was elected in his
place.
| The large Touring mill known as the
Gilmore Mill'' at Rockford, Iowa, wal
destroyed by fire last Saturday night
This is said to have been one Of the
largest and finest mills in the State
the loss 1t !. reported will foot up
about $4,000. .'.-''.
/ A change in the McGregor Post
Office 10 announced to take effect by
the resignation Of the present incum-
bent on the LIST Of April. Prominent
among the applicants for the expected
vacancy are II. G. Van Leuven. late
| special agent Of the Post Office Depart
ment, and Willis L. Osborne, editor Of
the Mctregor News. +
i Mr.. Nathaniel Weston, who lives
three miles south Of Council Bluff,
while going home, and between the
hours Of 5 and 6 O'Clock In the evening
was wsylaid by three men, one Of
whom shot Mr.. Weston, the ball strik-
Ing one of his temples, and inAicting
IN ugly wound, from the effects Of
which he has since been confined to
| his bed.
i Rev. Dr.. Lauge, pastor Of the Nus.
catine German Lutheran Church, has
been arrested On charge Of forgery,
which 1t d alleged hs committed years
ago In Germany. Heis now under
arrest In New York city. He de-