Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1874-01-15
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Over three hundred newspapers
Jailed in the United States during the
year 1873.
DIS MONIES has another newspaper.
weekly, called the State Record, with
the well known Orwig as editor.
Ex-PREs'r FnLMosw is MOI going to
" ashington to meet tho surviving
members OF his Cabinet
The testimony OF ST. Louis Atder-
msn should be preserved: Horses
is raider al dummies ihsn street
care"
Sec's BELkSAr presented the clergy
n,sn who tied the knot for him with
thre . donble eagle. iresh from the
mint.
.Josh Billings wauts to lecture in
Utiumwa for SlnN g. q. ID. and his
hash. Who wants 10 Try the sitew
business with Josh!
DIES MoINss is in clover. The hotels
are filed with members of the I.egis-
laturc and candidates for Legislative
offices.
BAzAINE is advised " foil ow the Gus
tomary course OF unapprccia,ed Fn.
yOpeans, and come IL America on a
occurring tour. Isl.
We received q pleasant call to-day
from Col. 8. A, Moore, of Bloomfield.
He il ON his way to Keosauqua to dc
liver his ssCottagc Home" lecture.
Mrs. GEN'l. SHERMAN has completed
= very graceful and touching memoir
OF her father, the late Thomas Ewing,
OF Ohio.
The grand jury OF Cook county, LII.
is now axamining the case OF ex-
Treasurer Gage. II isprobablc That an
indictment will be found.
Self-denial is the cardinal virtue OF
q Christian. The number OF Chris
sisns who deny themselves the pleas
ure OF sttending prayer-meetings is
much greater than the church gets
credit for. ~
TEg name OF the Moulton Tadepea :
dent has been changed to that Of the
Gr0agcr's AdCocdte, aud 1t is hence.
forth to be an organ 81 tho Grange ~
Southern Iowa. 4
Down In Van Buren, county The PEG.
pie sre circulating petition for tht
Legislature TO enact. that delinquent
taxes shall no. become due until the
5ret day Of June amer the levy. Ell
A Boston firm prints Its card on..a
small section Of the backs Of pOsta
cards and then sells tho caryls for 81
cents hundred, and tlie post Office
authorities have decided that i, is al
right. s.s4
In OifumWa fashionable young
lady dropped one Of her false eye
brOws in q church pew. nnd badl!
frightened a Young man next to her
who thought it was his moustaehe.--
OskaE00sG Hes1td.
That's so, and the yonng lady wa
from OskaIoosa.
j. A. r. HUI, OF the Bloo,ntielt
HepublsGaa. has gone to Des MnineI
and will rcmain there during the ses
aion of the Legislature If he 10 elected
Secretary of the Senate. He has iillet
that Office heretofore and gave miycr
sal satisfaction.
Tow BENTON left, two daughters be
sides Mrs. Fremont. One of these
Madame Roilea,,, is now living in Par
ia. her husband being in prison for bis
part in the III Paso Railroad affair !; Tho
s.hon, ~ S.n Er.,,;seo
The Abba iat0N says ~, hiicni'
former Revenue ctor.of TINS ai w..
trict. has adjusted ms acco MS VIII
the Treasury DepareMcnt no ~
Government owes Nun Sl4.. ne ~
was an efiieieat oiiiccr, and not "ni.
collected the rsSenue pronir.'s, ="
Hc pAi0 WEI " ibs lss ~
Al omaha man stands on this plat
form. 81 like nv wife 10 80 to pray
ar-roeetins. hut i don't like TO hav,
her VAIL homo with the brethren.
Therafor he wharkad one &c the breth
ran nver the hrad with nat ircn,S an
nert dsv vas aara 81 in the noaici
onurt I
Y.
THE keOkuk Board OF Trade nav
adopted resolutions strongly denonhs
ing the St Louis bridge as an obstrnS
ing 70 navigation, from aus low afchs
end absencc of draw-that y y an en-
that it is nuisance which shonld !
be abatcd. and at the bridge company
expense. &c. g4s
The Ottumwa FOUNDRY hhs coI
tract tor manufacturing TWO thou ,1s
Hamiitons Star Corn rheiIers ny
are SAID 10 De NOT oniy ine cheapes
but they are the pest sheiiers ~ US !,
Ihe OttumWa ronnuryH Hnuer :,
skillful management o. MT. Dagss !.
IL growing rapioiy IN favor WAn =
public. and IS dong q handsome pas
ness.
l.ha Iyes Moines Ec0istcy says. Il
Keokuk aud Dcs Moines railrouil u,
Zoo Rmr,;nuto5 q Quincy railroad
nnf fra;chis 1hronrh from Des Nom
e r,h;carn and from Chicago ia Is
Wc;ras ,v;thont hreakinv bulk :,
trsnsfar. They have arrensed for bi
;na shrnnoh tierehv avoidinr the d
Lag &c re1R;1lin0 ana fransfarrinu. q,
.-i,i rnn their CHICAGO business !
S,ttnmws makino = short ronte a,