Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-01-05
From the Daily Of Dec. ~.

January will have five Sundays and
the year 1876 will have So of them.
The ministers ought to ask for higher
wages.
Good. smooth. well curried butter
win be taken in exchange for SUBJ
scriptions," says the Brunswick (Mo.)
NecS.
Jos. Green has been held by Esq.
Riordan to answer 10 the District
Court In the sum of $1,000 bail. in de-
fault OF which he remains in Jail.
job Wccsc. the trunk thief. examin-
cd at Dcs Moines, was held to await
the meeting Of the next Grand Jury.
His bail bond was fixed at $500 dol
lars.
We have heard of several persons
who intend to .swear Off tomorrow.
We hope they will stick to it, even if
il requires the purchase of a bottle Of
Standings glue.
The packing house of Ballingall,
Cook Il Co., commenced slaughtering
hogs this afternoon, and after killing
what they have on hand, will close
again until the weather changes.
The deaf and dumb man spoken Of
in these columns yesterday as having
been struck by Central train, near
Grinnell, died last night about eleven
o'clock. from the effect of his injur-
les.
In Bloomfield, when the boys want
TO have some fun, they get drunk and
demclish a barber shop. They don't
do that way here. They get drunk,
go to Jail. and work off their exhu-
bcrance of spirits on the rock pile.
An scystcr war" has been inaugnr-
atcd at Des Moines. and prices are
quoted there thus:
Select, reduced to. .....,.,. 80 cents
Medium, reduced to. ..s... 20 cents
Good, reduced to- ....... 10 cents
The State Teachers Association in
convention at Burlington appointed
five delegates to represent Iowa in
the National Convention of teachers
TO convene at Baltimore next summer.
The following educators were elected
delegates:
Prof. Crosby. Davenport !: President
King, Mt. Vernon: Wilson Palmer,
Ottumwa: Prof. Parker. Iowa Uni
versity President Magoun, Grinnell.
The Burlington Gazette says:
Rev. J. III. Bandy (colored) was ar
raigncd before Squire Wilcox. charged
with stealing a shovel. The property
was not found and he was discharged,
Bro. Bandy had better have stayed
where he was known and respected
j The Juvenile Cotillion Club had a
very pleasant party at Major Mahon's
last evening. and Notwithstanding the
heavy rain il was largely attended,
The parents of the members of the
Club provided for them very nice
supper which was highly enjoyed by
all present. Schwabkey's band. OF
course. discoursed excellent music and
they all returned to their homes by
midnight well pleased that they had
been there.
J. Last night ahout9 O'clock. jaime,
Denslow. baggagemaB on the c. b. 4
e.. train No. l. going west, whc,
near Lockridge station, few mile
east of Fairfield, started from the bag
gage ear TO go back into the passengc
coach. but by some means fell off th'
platform. lie was not missed unit
the train reached Fairfield. where
general search of the car proved hin
TO be missing. The train was sen
back TO look for Denslow. and he wa,
!, found nv the side of the road. badl,
! bruised, but fortunately no bone,
were broken. He was brought up Il
Fairfield, aud from there sent TO hi,
home in Burlington, by train No. "a
His injuries arc such as TO lay him up
for while, but he viii probably he
! all right again in few days.
Tue Golfer DAN SUBMERGED
This season has been II fearful hard
one for the building of our water
power. Last night the rain poured
down all night. and though Sears and
hands worked all night with great
energy, their efforts to save the Golfer
dam were Of no avail. With such an
unexpected food against them ii was
impossible to prevail. and the water
broke through the Golfer dam. which
was holding depth of about fifteen
I feet. and rushing down. tore OUT about
two-thirds Of the piling. 1t seems that
a gorge of ice formed Mt the head of
Turkey Island. which threw the hcav-
lest body of water over on 10 the
west side upon the Golfer dam. The
wafer is not running over the dam on
this side of the island. bat is rushing
with great force through the west
channel. and pouring over the REM
Nant of the Golfer dam about four
feet deep. This is a very serious loss
to the contractors. and also Il great
disappointment to our people and
some parties who are preparing to use
the power. We regret this unfortu-
nate result greatly. We feel 10 SYM
| patl,izc with Sears Il Son.. and our
people now have an opportunity to
show substantial sympathy by paying
up their subscriptions. and we most
earnestly hope they will not fail to
do so. The Company is indebted to
the contractors several thousand dol
lars. We cannot, of course. give any
definite estimate as to when the work
can he completed. because it is i'm
possible to prognosticatc with any
degree of certainty about the wealth
er. which has been SO unusual and
remarkable this season.
j a Correction
1 Eds. COURIER IL am sorry that
some personal friend has so far de-
cciycd Daddy Ives, rs TO cause him
to inherently think that nc is greater
than Henry Clay. In order to assist
the public in the way of discoyerin.
the fact that he is distinguished
will here quote. correctly. the extract
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