Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-02-05

TIE WTUNWAaOOURIER ]
THURSDAY .MonxrNe FER. j. 1874
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THE WEEKLY COURIER.
liz issued every Thursday, aud will
be delivered any place in the city by
the Carrier for $3.50 per year IN AD-
VANCE. Subscriptions may he paid to
G. F. Knight or At the office.
TIE old settlers OF Louisa county are
10 have reunion At Wspello on tho
2lst Of February.
NussRarM has q new clerk. He.
weighs about 10 be-, and is the smiling
"inlage Of his dad
The Hon. Jacob &. Vale, late Anti
Monopoly candidate for Governor, 10
quite in ofspiusl disease. ="
TITS Total amount expended On tie
Rapids Improvement At KeolSuk TO
June soth, 1873, 10 $s,asl,0 M
Col. s. d. CARPENTER has returned
from visit TO Ohio. HelwAs present
at The inauguration Of 3ye ancfente
William Allen, ''as Govesnor of Ohio.
READ tho new advsstlecanent or La
Force 4 Morse. They have ! GOOD
deal Of real essAte for sale, and offer
Aome great bargains.
Judge D. A. Richardson, Of Abba,
has become insans again, and has
been sent TO the Nj Pleasant Lunstic
Asylum. T
The Charlton Leader says it IL ru.
mored that Pete Baliipgall, of Ottum
VA, will take possession Of the depot
hotel and eating house At that place.
G. ". Blake \ Co.'S hardware Istoro
at Charlton waa burglarized on Toes
day night. Two overeoats, a lot OF
pocket knives and ss In cash 'scome up
missing.% IN
We regret to learn OF the death, a
Denver, Colorado, Of George IsoAand,
son Of Col LoAand, Of Oskalooss.
DR.. Craig was rcueminaAed By ac-
clamation in the joint Republican con.
cussf for Warden Of The state PeSiten4
tiary. This il Ill right.
Governor Allen, Of Ohio, hes asked
the Legislature to permit him to stamp
Official documents instsad OF siguipa
them, because of the palsied condition
Of biz hands. -
Mies Annie B. hmtgk. No has been
elected Assistant Postmaster by ths
Legislature is = sister-in.law oe b. q
Beamsn, Esq, Of Independent, Wan
Buren, county. ~ .s.r
lGessrs. Usnen 81 afcWElliams have
atarted anew anction and commissioa
house in the 'roon6 fotms9ay occupied
By }. r. Young 4 Bro, on Second
street. 80
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Do you 60 to Sabbath School, my
lad ?" kindly asked city missionary
Of . DEPRIVED little burlington urchin
Nary" answered The innocent child
but I've got fghtin' cock that car
walk ovcr any bird in this town thai
wears gaffs.'
Notwithstanding the severity Of The
season, and the great slaughter Of dry
goods by Jordan Sons, waiter 1eels
very grand eyer . now boy baby .,
bis house, and this afternoon he WA
rushing around and seillnS 6alf6o At I
fearful sAerif0, On aocount 81 thil
nine pound Incident. @ /.
.
The Fairfield Ledger says: "a. F
B. Hagey, OF Batavia, u now greAtl,
afflicted. He raves constantly and /
takes, during his worst ccnyulsiens
several men to keep him In bed Il
Is feared that be has hydrophobiA a,
many years ago he was bitten hy 4
hog afflicted with this disease.
The State Medical Society adjourn.
cd yesterday evening. The represen.
tstves from Ottumwa were DIS. Hin,
sey, Douglass, Foster, Williamson and
Thrall. The npxt meeting will b,
held In May, 1875. Dr.. TArall vas 70
elected Secretary. DR.. Clcayer, o
Keoknk, was elected President for An,
ensuiDg yesr.
The following list Of wedding cole
brations win be of interest 70 ali: =
Three days, sugar; sixty days, vinegar
first anniversary, iron; lfth, wooden
tenth, tin fifteenth, crystal twentieth
china; twenty-iifth, silver; THIRTEEN
cotton; Sortieth, wooden; forty-ash
silk +; fiftioth, golden, and ssventy-flfth
diamond.
The Mnscatine Journal says: Coun-
terfeit currency ia creeping into circu.
lstion throughout the State and 1
sharp lookout should be kept ON ~
change received Especially bewars
Of spurious fifty cont postal currency
The country il said to b flooded