Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-01-27

rHE OTTUMWA COURIER
wrnSEspAY MORNING. JAN. 9Th, 1916
ear Read Jordan's new advertise o
ment and profit thereby. "
Hold your nosol Tho Woodruff is u
n he in Iowa on the 9Th and 7th Of =
February. =
T. P. Spilman's is the place to buy 81
your groceries, Hams, Breakfast Ba. "
con and Side Meat, &c. d3twl.
WANTEp.-A girl to work in email Z,
family. Address, ~
ioad2twl 20. Box SIG, City. o
Major Rankin, the old State Treas Q,
urer, and his family, are among the N
Grasshoppcr sufferers in Southern v
Kansas. II
Mr.. S. Parks, has the thanks of oil Pc y
destrians in the city for the neat and SUBJ u
s,autial iron railing around the cellar way
on Second street. Lii
T. p. Spilman's 10 the place to buy "
your Butter, Eggs, Chickens, Turkeys, CT
In fact everything in the produce line. c.
jan23datwl. !
BE-. Allen has rendered his resig- !.
nation - President Of the National :,
State Bank, OF Des Moines, and James p
Callahan has been elected in his u
place.
CoMpIrMENTARY..--A lady writes to
a gentleman friend in Burlington az 6
follows:
AZ want yon to send THE HAWK. Il
Ere often, Il fits the pantry shelves 30 I,
nice; save every one of them"
The County Auditor has received, n
ct last, census blanks, which Asses il
orr can have by calling ON him, or L
seading the number required, with 2.
o. Address. :
aPoundr parties arc the fashion In
Missouri. They 60 to seo the preach
Ell and all are required to bring o
pound Of butter, sugar, ETC., o they A
may 30 inclined. y
". r. Daum 10 receiving direct from Il
Boston, Fresh Goldfish, .Haddock, e
Nacksfel, Founders, and other fresh :
Sea nsh-bettsr than lake fish. Cod y
and Haddock only 10 cents per pound.
Wit.
The property belonging to the es- &
tate Of B. B. Phelps, win be sold at .
his late residence in COMPETING Town q
ship on Saturday, Feb 18th. There is .
over 1000 bushels Of grain to be sold.
Our farmer and city friends will find 9 :
our market report in the Daily and
Weekly COURIER to be 90 near correct =
- It is possible to get it, and may be
strictly relied on as tho ruling price G
this evening.
Hogs are now anil sale at from b,bO 70 q
$500, for the best, although we heard of '
one sale Of very heavy smooth being sold to q
ono Of our pork houses to-day for $6,l5.
The rnling price may be set down, howev. q
er, at about 1915, to sc for extra. Ii
A GRAVE JoKE.-A live produce
dealer this morning stopped funeral
procession to ask what kind of pro-
dnce the occupants of the wagons had !
to sell. There Is nothing like enter 4
prise in business. -Daily Jan 90. II
Charles Kimball, . stranger in
STANCE land, lost his baggage. The
Narshsl found Charles was 9 lost
shsee, aad the Mayor fined him $7.75
for being drunk and told him to leave !
town in FIFTEEN minutes, and he left
Poor Charlesl
A CHANaE.-The Directors Of the {
Wspsllo County Agricultural Society
have changed the date OF holding the {
Fair TO Tuesday, Sept. 2lst. This
change 10 made 20 that the time win {
not conflict with that of fairs to be hold
In the surroupdiug counties.
Farmers who have been keeping
over hogs for which they have re.
fused $3.50 per hundred, and feeding ,
so cent corn, are now in many in ,
stances, carting them to the city and
selling them to rendering establish
msuts for ~ cents per pound, many
Of them having died with cholera. |,
Eon SArr.-A lot Of second hand
Sleighs, Bugxies, Spring Wagons,
Harness, &C., will be sold very cheap
or will b exchanged for horses, or
coed notes, to make room for a new
stock in the spring. Call and SEQ the
goods, and get prices before buying.
dec.l Wit. Cox. LEWIS.
A subscriber has requested 10 TO
publish . lengthy article from the pen
Of Hon. Hiram Price, published In tho
Nsseern Reekly. on the subject OF
!, prohibition. We would be glad to
cotnply with his wish, bat the crowd
ed stste ofour columns, and Ito great
length, will prevent 10 from 40 doing.
Il should ssem that people would be
willing to pay > few cents pore for q
barnins oil that will not explode and
that con be burnt with - much safety
n - or Z tallOw candle. SanspAriel