Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-11-17
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The attorneys, from abroad who
have been attending coultin this city
during the past week, generally re.
turned homo To-day.
J. D. Laid will commence killing
hogs for packing next Wednesday
He is paying for hogs from SC Is to
$3.50 Crane bought for him hum
dred mead yesterday.
Business on Market street was quite
lively this afternoon. Theman paint
cd to represent All Indian, the truck
peddlet, tho notion vender, and Shelf
Hale, each drew a large crowd and
chin mnsie wac plenty All day.
We noticed new engine passing
through the cityito day for y. Fritz.cf
Blakesburg. tits ilne piece Of ms
chinery and one that is credit 70 tho
Ottnmwa Iron Works. Peter Hir-
schaner furniahcd the other trim
mings.
John Underwood. formerly living
in Mahaska county, near Eddyville.
returned to day from California where
he has been for something near a year.
Uncle Johnny says the Des Moines
valley Is good enough for him, and
hereafter he will stay at homo.
Edward Payson Weston and OLGA
y,of Chicago, commence their 800
mile walk in Chicago on Monday, and
TO continue until the whole distance
shall have been accomplished. The
first out will receive purse Of $5,O 600.
What splentfidp low dhasers these idiots
would make if they would properly
apply themselves.
We learn that the dwelling house of
James Neif Highland Township,
burned yesterday afternoon together
with all its contents He had some
rrn-rrrrrr, rur now murn. we did not
learn The family were away from
home, aud Mr.. Nefr was working in
field some distance from the house
when the fire broke out, and, as
matter of course, nothing was saved.
We learned to-day of one of those
cases which always causes a feeling
of sympathy even for strangers.
Itseens, that afeW days ago, on
boark the G. i. y @. train No. 8, go
ing west, among other passengers
werca man, his wife and twor or
three OF their. children, who were re-
turning to Nebraska, from visit to
Que Of the eastern states The wife
and mother appeared to be rather un-
well, but nothing serious was sup
posed to be. the matter with her.
Everything passed along about as
usual until after the train had left
Abba. when Che woman appearing to
be worse, and the husband in hearing
some persons talking, learned that one
iofthe party was physician. The
gentleman approached DIR. Hinscy
and asked him if he would not be
kind enough TO come forward and
see his wife, who, he feared was seri-
ously i'll. The DIR. made hasty ex-
animation of the case, and informed
her husband that he had better stop
at the first station and obtain pre-
scription, which could not be filed on
the train, and at the same time madethe
prediction that the woman could live
but o gerry short time. However, the
woman was able to walk around the
train. although appearing very feeble.
The train kept on its way. and
when near Russell, a few miles this
side of Charlton, she left her seat.
walked to the water tank, took
drink Of water, returned to her seat,
set down, threw her head back. gasp
ed once and was dead.
II was a sorrowful time for her
family. W hen the train reached
Charlton the body was taken from
the train and Dr. Ifinsey, DIR. Lam
bert OF Abba. and perhaps others. vis-
tied an undertakcrs establishment in
Charlton and ordered coffin for her.
The husband and family remained
over until the next train west, when
they started on their way to their
home. about seventy-tive miles west
of Grand Island, Nebraska. The
stranger was profase in his thanks
for the Kindness Tic had received at
the hands Of strangers, and as
he was out of money The kindness
was doubly appreciated.
From the Daily of Monlay 1,th inc,