Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-01-07

trout, VINO, whispering III Ills slccVc
from around the corner, says he "can't
see it."
Respectfully yours,
j. p. DoFELEMYERt
FROM OTTUMWA IOWA.
Prospects for the New Ycar-what
| 1874 has Brought Forth.
| Correspondent Of the Intcr-Occan
OTTUMwA, Iowa, Jan. LIST, 1875.
Ottumwa rang out the old year last
night with thanksgivings for the good
and prosperous year just past, and
with feasting and dancing IN remem.
brance thereof proclaimed the new
They rang in the new with prospects
brighter than any previous year in hel
history, Located as Ottumwa is. il
the Des Moines River Valley, in TIL
midst of the richest coal producing
territory of the State, and interscctet
. by four railways that give transporta
ton to all points of the compass, j
J has commanding position among tb
!, cities of the West. oov.
In justice to enterprise anddprovc-
q ment / mention the marker and fall
8 ment during the past spder the new
= that has been made Iowa's and OF
. management Of 0rays, now the Keo-
tumwa's first ZONES Railway. The
d kuk and DeSny purchased and took
present<the road early in August
q contrd placed q. II. Griggs as Sup
II lastendcnt, a gentleman of ability
, lad experience, who Immediately went
| to work to make improvements that
would insure safety, comfort. aud
quick time. So far, he has built new
depots at Prairie City, Pella, and Bo-
naparte, repaired Others, enlarged all
the stock yards, put in fifty.fiye miles
of new steel and iron track, rs, 600 ne "
ties, thirty-t hree miles new fence, four
new fIrst.class passenger coaches, two
new Pullman sleepers, adopted the
Miller platform and Westinghouse air
brake; also put on $50 new freight
cars, so this old and favorite route is
once more q first-class road and
equipped with first-class stock and
men.
AMONG THE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE crI,I
completed during the season 81
closed is 4x50 feet addition sne
popular Ballingall House, viii makes ne,
it now one of the largest hos ~ . WY
State: Mr.. r. G. BaIlinSf;s nas Jus.
completed and operate1;,h s eon"o;.u
new brick pork hous, win a capacldy
! to murder and me- Ahlo meat 'o
from # Iada Go, have erected an
other Of liz material, with capacity
for oo0 nc day. The johnson Ruffier
Co. WI make nearly all the rufflers
for ~ different sewing machines sold
in s1e United States, have Just added
new foundry to their already extern
isive business, and are now prepared
to do general foundry business.
Paul Caster, the man, devil, angel, or
whatever be is, has built another large
addition to his infirmary, that adds
prominence to this institution. This
man Caster calls himself doctor-a
faith doctor-and proclaims openly
and with emphasis that he has power
to- cure by laying on of hands
and that the power is al
direct gift of the Almighty; that his
rubbing and slapping is the cure for
all the diseases that flesh is heir to. 1t
is true Of Caster that the almighty dol
lar has found him and lavished its
fruits upon him at good round rate
for the past few years, and ! venture
to say that there il no other man in
Iowa making, sQ.s4He tnfB way he is q
good friend to himself and the CITY he
lives in, though he may do nothing
else.
AMONG THE NUMEROUS PROJECTS
on foot for the early part of this year
is one to inaugurate system of water
works for the better protection of the
city against fire. The most feasible
plan SO far proposed is one to dam the
Des Moines River mile and half
above the city, where fall and force
enough can be had that will transmit
copious supply of water to all parts
of the city.
Ottumwa folks are very anxious that
/ should tell your long list of subscribe
ers something about their city by way
of enumerating their schools, churches,
and the amount OF business done. I
with pleasure do 90, and will have
nothing to say in discouraging anyone
from casting his lot in one of the live.
Hest, best located, and wonderfully en-
terprising cities Of Iowa, provided her
good citizens will employ such means
as will remove quite all of their eighty
or ninety dram-shops, and numerous
other dens of vice that are foul blot
In, icfo nj La a. hov r..
ture prosperity.
Though city Of only 5000 people,
her dry goods business has amounted
to more than 81, 100000 the past year,
w. A. Jordan & Sons doing $25O,0OO,
w. c. Moss & Co, 100000, Lawrence
& Garner 100000 worth, and the re-
mainder divided among smaller deal
ers. The grocery trade foots up to
81 200, 600, andJ. II. Merrill does $40
worth of this. The drug business
amounts to 100000, and j. l.. Taylor
handles $500, 0GO of this.
The furniture and trade in other
branches are equally as large in pro-
portion, while the coal business is of
such excellent proportions that after
supplying the local demand large
duouuts nIe sulppeU W tuc uoEtutTu
part of the State and Nebraska and
Kansas. The different railways pay
out to their employees at this point
about $27, 900 per month.
Eleven church buildings are occu.
pied by as many religious bodies. The
two commodious public school build
ings, with twelve rooms each, employ
twenty-five teachers, who take care of
this interest with marked ability. An
academy answers for the higher school
purposes, and the Roman Catholic
community have here the Sisters of
Mercy Convent, one Of the most prom
inent schools of the kind in the West.
Bismarck is determined that at
the next Papal election there shall be
man made Pope who does not believe
in his own AVAILABILITY.
Several marriages which Brigham
Young was compelled to postpone on
account of sickness, will now be COM
summated. Oh, M0rmonism, who IL
nnuA1 IN fha tnu0h nnaa ~ tha aAfnfn