Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-07-07
Mayor Orr returned from Pennsyl-
vania on Saturday much improved in
health.

!. vania on Saturday much improved in
US health.
mi
as To show something Of the immense of
,at number OF people going to Burlington of
yesterday morning we only need to AN
say that twenty-one coach loads Of pas COZ
ry sengers passed through this city be-
tween five and seven o'clock Monday fol-
CO, morning. ev
er "H
- tendency to make people dry, and this ~,
city furnishes them with about ono -
I'd hundred and twenty.f five kegs OF beer -.
70. per day, to moisten their throau.
k" Still, with all this beer, and the grass
hoppcrs thrown in, the people out ou
~ there are not happy. -
1t ANOTHER Row.-There was dance vie
ny in tho city last night on east Main VIII
street, and 1t wound up with : row the
4. The windows were broken In, weath- ani
~ or boards broken, and tho house other gar
n. wise damaged. What there was about W.
the war or what they pounded each ane
other for, we don't either know or VIII
81 care. tlel
We are in receipt of quite volum- oc1
/" inous pamphlet containing the Sow. ant
: enth Annual Report of the Directors ane
a. Of the Board of Trade Of the city Of pas
"a Na-.rL Nav T.ro.v Wa are i.debt- ing
h ed to Major E. L. Joy for it, and find ~
10 that no is at present the President OF 80
the Board. The report contains, also, -
. Major joys inaugural address, very ~
be creditable paper indeed. wa
. New Hagerstown Academy, at Ha- 4
~ eerstown, Ohio, holds q reunion Of the
the teachers, pupils, and friends of that doc
institution August 18th and 18th, 1875. pre-
A. A cordial invitation in extended city
NJ This is very old institution around wa
which cluster the warm memories Of the
thousands and many notable names OF Int
to-day once gathered knowledge with RAJ
q. in its halls. fal
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q ALIENS CRED1ToRs.-Accordng to an and
y nouncement, the creditors Of Mr.. B. F. tan
= Allen, met before Judge Mitchell, Register wei
. in Bankruptcy, this morning and proceed- tor
ed to ballot for Assignee In Bankruptcy. ma
The polls have been open all day, and at 1
;. large number Of creditors have been in at GER
y tendance, Major Hoyt Sherman, Of this city, una
4 was the choice for Assignee. BY an almost BY
10 unanimous vote. The claims proved up by fou
IF the Cook Co., National Bank aggregate mel
$1,s9. 1884,, 2s.-State Leader. fine
u She tried to sit down in the street ::
l. car but wss pinned back 90 tight she p'0
. couldn't. Old lady peeped over her -
10 specs and asked her, 'How long have =,
% you been afflicted that way?" The =.
n young lady blushed and made 90
break" sitting down sideways, and we
holding her knees together so tight
:. that she looked as II she had on one ~ ~
legged pair of breeches. Old lady no
y ticed her sitting In this sidewise posi- .
~ ton, and whispered: "Bile I spose; o1'
y iva had 'em thar myself" Is
When Howe's circus was In this '
city they were short one elephant, eve
which had been left behind on account MIG
:. Of i'll health. 1t passed through this yer
city this morning on its way east, enc
whore It will join tho caravan at Free ate,
port, Illinois. The elephant has en- cho
tircly recovered, was worry play full, and for
and while here threw whole pail full saf,
= of water on some man standing gap- A
4 ing by, half drowning him, and spoil wa
!, ing his new hat. That fellow has fully mo
= resolved to go back on all menageries ter
hereafter. en-
D. Messrs. Burnham, Mckinley e Co, his
IT are removing their loan Office to Coun- W W,
Gil Bluffs. Having established large
"a business in Western Iowa and Nebras. Gas
b ka, they wish to get to point which Il.
4 will be more central for their business uel
h. and where money is more needed
10 than in this locality. Capital has be- l
!, come very abundant in Ottumwa. We kee
can commend Col. Tulleys, the man anS
ager, and his assistants, as gentlemen els
'e in every respect, and well worthy of not
the confidence Of the community to ,
It which they remove. 10.
~ PARTICULAR NOTICE. thl
l. NV books and accounts are now in the
70 the hands OF Esq, Lotspeich ana D. r. yar
:. Lewis, for collection. l must have . ma
settlement with those who owe me, -.
u without further delay. pio
g. apl 10 dwtf T. p. SPlLMAN. usr
ir WI
vi "A little zephyr" says the Burling lin
ton Haaukeye, ''struck Floyd county ,
the other day and nearly turned it up y
n side down. 1t blew John Barney's nj;
- house over with Mrs Barney and the :.