Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-11-24

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From the Daily Of Nov. 18TH
Five hundred extra copies OF the
Weekly COURIER have been sold this
week, and the demand for them seems
undated. u W.
Z The klnOxvilic party of excursion
ists about one hundred strong took
breakfast At the Depot Hotel in the
city this morning.
J. II. Young & Bro. have removed
into the new block ON the corner Of
Court AID End streets. They have q
mica room and o. nice stock OF new
goods. gaH a 81
The impudcnce Of man pcddIing ice
in . civilized country when the Their
m0meter is down almost to zero is
inexcusable. That 10 the, business
Dug Black was following tlis morn
ing.
G. A. Burchcr, one OF tho COURIER
subscribers in Highland township, has
recently lost GO fat hogs from Cholera,
worth about 500 One OF his neigh-
bors has Alsolosta large number from
the same disease.
This morning little runaway on
Jefferson street caused few school
children to move along a little more
rapidly than usual hut mo damage
was done TO them, the team, or the
wagon.
Among the many other improve
ments in and about the Caster House
that new maehincry for furnishing
hot water In every room In the hotel
is not the least. The boiler was manu-
featured by Peter Hirschauer, and
like everything of the kind manufac-
tnred by him is No. l.
We understand that Ben Hammct
yesterday, while working over At the
Last Chance" low dive in Pick
wick, . resort for the worst sort Of
thisves, pimps and prostitutes,
was set upon by some person and
pretty badly used UP. What il was
all about We do not know, but learn
that he was quite seriously hurt.
A double brick block was built in
Ottumwa this week in one day, in
sured the next forenoon, occupied by
= candy and fruit store aud shoe shop
in the afternoon, and already has got
to be no curiosity. The wonders OF
building after Me Chicago fire, in this
ipssancx, arc entirely eclipsed. -
Dur Young friend. II. X. Burkct
has been appointed agent for the
American Express Co. ut Crcston.
Henry is a good man fer this import
ant position. EtS Il
The barrel manu(acturv of Mcssrs
Shick g. Co. Of this city is crowded
with business. To-day they are ship
ping car load to New Sharon, Ma
-haska county. and have several large
orders ahead. Thus tits With all the
manufacturing interests OF OHumwa.
Crowded with business and more
coming. sset
Elder Lee aud Hon. J. I. Young,
OF tho First Prcsbytcria Church, Des
Moines, returned from spccia. scs-
sion of Presbytery held at Charlton
ySstprley stpcousislor the. nlattero /
uniting tbs Central and First Prcsby-
terrain Churches Of Des Moiue.. The
nnios waslhspPily accomplished.
There was newspaper man from
abroad i,ptllc city Yesterday snd found
so much that was new to him that be
forgot be- was going West with the !
train jdst then pulling out, until his
attention was called to the fact By !
some sffiend nthis elbow. The train
started Off at about the rate OF Ave
miles ~ hour and the pencil shower at
the rate Of six. lie chased that train
from the Union Depot TO Green street,
and w0nld have been chasing il yet,
had not some sympathizipg fellow
palled the bcll-rope.
The monte men hsyc removed their
operations to tho stock yards below
the'clty. aAt that place yesterday
young goslin from somewhere in Mis-
souri, invested Ten dollsrs, and before
he got backto the city took In the
knife game TO the amount Of two dol
lars. Another fellow went 10 saloon /
down on the road and looked at
Charley Ross. The fellows managing
the show charged Missouri ten dollars
admission fee.
This time he was all the way from
Abba I: he wore store clothes, aud lad
his wallet well filled; lie looked intel
iigcnt. and had read the papers. but
its the ''old, old story. He was grit
~ and confident, and handed ont his
money without shade Of regret sand
no wonder, for well he knew that he
was dealing with G. Sax 4 Bro, the
popular Ciothiers. WHO sell nicer