Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-08


From Daily Courier of Dec. 9th
Tho frame work Of the spiro OF the
new Congregational Church Is now
up. 1t is ll5 feet high.
No wonder DIR. Paul Caster has On
larged his mammoth hotel. lie has
had another girl baby come to atop
with him.
John Hwy to-day showed us two Cal
ifornia pears, which Austin IIammitt
had sent him, that weigh respectively,
2 lbs and 2 or, and 2 lis and 3 OF. lie
left one at home, that was decaying
that weighed 3 lba.
Judge J. G. Knapp was III the city
this morning on his way home from
Abba, where he has been holding
Court for about month. He inform:
us that he will now have a vacation
Of about month. The next Court
will be held in heosauqua.
Gabriel Carpenter, one Of the frs!
scttlcrs Of Cedar Rapids, was in The
city to-day visiting his aon pr. $ y
Carpenter. He expressed himself 81
being perfectly astonished at the won.
derfnl thrift every where exhibited II
Ottnmwa.
John McCue. q young man IN tht
Iemploy of the G. Il. Il q. II. r.. was
knocked down and an attempt made
to rob him, last night, on the corner
Of Main and Jefferson street. Weun
derstand that the man who commit
ted the deed was stranger in III,
city.
A man submitted a legal question
| to one Of our attorneys this morning
II seems that the man who asked til,
advice had bought a dead hog, an,
soon after paying for il. another maj
came along and claimed the hog, ami
| was told to go where the climate i
much hotter than in Florida. And
now, said he to the lawyer, what
lwant to know, is. who does The ho:
belong to.
A new time card on the X. & ID. NJ
takes effect tomorrow. From ii W
learn that the mail train, No. l. from
Keokuk, will arrive at IL 40 a. m
leave for Des Moines at IL 80 a. m.
mo. 3, Express, from Keokuk, will ar
rive at 10 80, and leave at IL 90 p. III.
No. 2, from Des Moincs, arrives at II
! d5 a. M. and leaves at L O'Clock m
No. 4, Express, arrives at 10 :i55 p. nj
and leaves at Ii .45 p. m.
| a Young man. down at the dcpo
to-day, was in deep distress. Ii
came up on the North Missouri iron
| ST. Louis this morning, and reporte,
THAT he had his pockets picked, on tn
train. Of about $1,000, He only ha
! Sl.25 left, but could not reach his DIES
ltlnation with that amount'of money
land sold some trinkcts for enough 1
carry him through. He looked YER
sad and il he gets home Ne will prof.
i ably stay there, or else carry III
money iii his stocking, hereafter.
The thieves have been rather quiz
In this city until lately, but from som
reason they are getting fearfully boil
Of late. The city Is full of vagran
of theWorst sort. from abroad, an
they appear 10 be getting in the
/ work pretty lively about now. Nigl
before last they went through Hind
shoe store, and last night they pal
i, Mr. Meek a visit and went throue
his stock Of goods systematicalf
They forced an entrance through
rear window, by breaking the glal
After they got inside they took the
time and examined every box .drawe
show case, and parcel OF goods in Il
house that appeared TO attract the
attention, and scattered things arouI
promiscuouslv Among other articl
missing this morning aretwo piee
> of gros grain silk, about 100 vart
sixty pairs of ladies kid gloves, o.
: piece of fine velvet, about 80 ware
: several pairs Of boots, all the hat trii
. mings in the house, such rs ostri
feathers, feather tips, sc.
This was a very bold affair, heean
Q from the appearance of ,hings ia !,
q store this morning. the thieves mi
f. have been in the house nearly an ho,
J, or until they completed their expic
: ations. We arc prepared to belle
It that our vigilant police force W
o detect some of these partiessane til
e soon.