Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-03-24


John Mahin, an eminent lrishman
OF MuscAtinc, was ono OF the orators
on st. Patricks day in the morning.
Bill Fielder has traded his house on
Upper Second street for farm. He
expects to be horny handed waller In
due time.
Passenger travel is particularly
large for tho time Of year. Railroad
men inform us 1t has mover bcen 80
large before.
Garden Seeds.
At A Wellmau s. Cos, You VIII
find all tho best varieties OF Garden
Seeds. milo oto Ztw.
The difficulty about admitting John
Mitchell, the great Irish agitator' to
the British Parliament has been ap.
pealcd 10 higher court. He 10 dead.
The assessed valuation Of the G. B
8 @. Road in Iowa for 1874 80 made
nv the Executive Council, 10 IS 600 per
nile; of the K s. D. M, $500.
WANrEp-Abou Fifty Tons Of good
Wheat or Rye Straw. Highest market
price paid McCuLLouoH & LILBuRN
Richard Butcher one Of the Oldest and
most substantial citizens Of Wapello county,
who has been spending the winter in Cali
fornia, has returned to his home in Eddy
vile.
For specimen Of scientific profanity,
unadulterated, just repeat three or four Of
the first verses Of "Beautiful Snow" to
Central r. r. man. The result will sur
prise You.
The elite OF Cedar Rapids arc In
dulging in the fun Of spelling schools.
Miss 8. E. Graham, teacher Of one
of the schools, proved to be the cham
pion spellcr.
Eleven brick blocks are now laid
out for erection in Ottumwa, this
summer. Such growth as Ottumwa
will have this season, has never been
known in any previous season.
Call at Wellman & Co.'S, for garden
seeds from the best gardens In New
York, Michigan, Illinois and Iowa.
milo DIET w.t..
A car load of No. l Moline Plows
lust arrived at, and for sale at Shop
herds Ranch, cheap. Farmers II you
want good plow buy the Moline. 4
We have received communication
from slower hog thief Democrat"
which is very interesting, and would
publish It If we could read It. But -
we, nor "any other man" can make
head nor tail Of it, It must 60 into the
wastc basket.
A. usual, our brick makers are
caught with shortage" of brick.
The demand for brick in tho spring
will be immense, and there Is mot ten
per cent. of the supply on hand that
the market will demand. Why don't
some man with capital sufficient, On.
gage in the business here, who would
be able to hold over winter, enough to
supply all reasonable demands?
G. L. BENJAMIN & Co., General
Agents and publishers of Standard
subscription Books and Bibles have
opened branch in this city. There
headquarters are at Fon du Lac, Wis.
cousin, but Mr.. Thomas Prothero will
represent the firm in our city. He
comes highly recommended and we
wish them success in business. Sec
advertisement IN thls paper.
WANTED. About so tons Of good
wheat or rye straw. Highest market
price paid.
MCCULLOUGH & LILDURN.
PERsoNAL-Mr. Sampson, the
tailor for many years . resident Of
Ottumwa, hut who has been In Nash
vile, Tenn, for some ten years, 10
again back to Ottum "a and this time
to stay. He informs us that is brother.
in-law, David Sands, the owner Of the
Sands Building on Main street, died
in Denver, recently. Mr.. Sands sold
goods here for many years and his
death will be heard Of with regret by
many old settlers.
NOTICE.
A reasonable reward will be paid
for the recovery of the body of VIM.
Bowen, lately drowned At Ottumwa.
Call on or address A. Stuber Dudley
Iowa. me- d&w.
This is tho way the editor of the
Moulton Record goes for the man who
stole his ''porick:
"Thc fellow who stole, borrowed or
appropriated young swine, the prop
erty of the writer, 10 hereby informed
that no may keep the same. We won't
charge him anything we are getting
our pay as We go along anticipating
the trouble he will have at the bar Of
Judgment in explaining why he was 90
hard up as to steal from an editor"
Shepherd cannot be undersold in i'm.
plements of any kind, for he buys
largely on time and sells largely for
cash, and therefore can beat the jews
on low prices and good goods. At
Stockholders and all others interest
ed, should take notice Of the new call
for meeting to elect officers OF the
Water Power Company, in to-days
paper. The time set for tho previous