Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-02-12
TEE 0T1'UMWA COURIER
THrRspAY MORNING Fer. IL. 1874.
LENT begins February 18th.

THURSDAY MORNING FEB. IL, 1874.
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LENT begins February 18th.
A public test of the Davenport |
Water Works was made on Monday,
with very satisfactory results.
TrF SHOWS, like the COURIER, are
now issued daily in Ottumwa, with the |
snows little ahead on Sundays.
Seetbe advertisement of Cullen 4 Randcl, |!
Groeers, on Second street, opposite the Post
Office They propose to give bargains and |
people will do we'll to call and see them
before they buy.
Hair-cuttiug is one dollar in Pres.
colt, Arizona, by licensed BARRIERS.
The Apaches charge nothing and
make clean cut. ~
Coffee is higher in gold than ever
known In the country before, but
burnt beans is cheerful food and
cheap as ever.
MIR. GoLpFNRERG, OF the Baltimore
Clothing House. has gone East to
mske arrangements for manufacturing
a large stock OF spring clothing for his
popular house.
According to his best recollection
Governor Allen, of Ohio, was born in
North Carolina. hut it was go " long,
long ago." that he is not positive
about 1t.
The Abba Union says: :.We learn
that some swindlcrs are around in this
county selling cloth and taking notes.
Several have been swindled." Look
ont for them in Wspello county, farm
ers. Sssss
Tue City Council Of: Burlington
having hiled on the G. BIS @. r., is
Row investigating to see whether b.
c. r. 4 NJ. Railroad, is complying
with its contracts about machine shops.
etc.
WIN. Huston, of Batavia, has year.
ling bull calf that has five legs. / The
fifth leg is on the left hind quarter,
and has two splits in the hoof instead
Of one, as ia customary with well reg
ulated bovines. IL is hearty and IL o,
an average size of calves of its age.
The Fairfield Tadus.rial Era says
Fairfield, can produce to the square
yard more young men who part theil
hair in the middle, wear canes and
daily air themselves in front of bar.
rooms than most cities of its size.. y
The Oskaioosa Herald says: ]" The
committee for relief Of the Nofth-
western sufferers, sent last Saturday,
from this city, 1900 lbs -four, 22O0 lbs
cornmeal. $50 MS pork, 50 bushels
wheat. same of corn and oats. boxes
good clothing. $50 in cash, etc.
j. B. GrinnelI, who has been wait
ing for something 70 turn UP " las con.
Guided ii wouldnt, and has gone 70
building the Abba & Knoxville rail-
road again. 1t will be finished about
the time Grinnell is elected to Con,
gress again
Mrs. Ben BoULToN recovered hel
lost shawl by doing 80 cents worth O
advertising. As the old lady in Abb,
said in class meeting, of contentment
which she illustrated by cow chew
Ing her cnd. and contemplating it
sweetness, Ego thou and do likewise
A Des Moines newspaper man wa
recently elected Supcrintcndt OF Sun
day School. He only served one Sun
day, but then he made things lively b
telling his flock that the bcsetting sil
of the Pharisees was gluttony. 4
proof of the statement he referred t
the fact that they strained at gnats an
swallowed camcls.' ss
shepherds Ventura CALI Signal hs
the following, OF a former citizen q
Ottumwa: Eugene Fawcett. of SAINT,
Barbara, has associated himself will
Col. j. O'Erien, late State Senator d
Indiana, in the law business. w
doubt not the firm will prove astron
one. MIR. Fawcett was one Of Iowa
most promising lawyers
These items are from the Des Nome
Register 90
The Polk County Patrons arc tall
ing of a 100000 bushel elevator at d.
Moines. and also of Farmers Tnst
rance Company.
The necessary documents for the /.
gal establishment of the north half o
the old Dcs Moines Valley Railroad
were fled with the County Auditc
yesterday. 1t is called the Des Moins
& Fort Dodge Railroad. John A. E
Lott and c. G. Nourse are the De
M0ines Directors.
OwISe to the inclemency of th
weather last evening. the Presbyteria
social was not largely attended, BIZ
those who did go had merry time.-
The dance, however, in the third stor
over Moore & Coodall9 drug stor
was proof against wind and weathe
and the screeching fiddle and lou
calls of "balance ALL" rung out owe
The city, squares away, in lively COZ
trast with the cracked voice of G rimt
epizootic shop bell. Fridays Daily.
Personal. 3sE$
Mr.. q. N. Smith, formerly Of Com
petine Township in this County, an,
who served faithfully during the wal
in Crocker's 18th Iowa Regiment cam
in this morning from Northern lows
Mr.. Smith is one Of the pioneers il
the region devastated by grasshopper