Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-12
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IRkiR Hti.ts and ordered them discontinued.
IL sabscrlbcrS move 10 other places without M
orming the publisher. and the newspapers are
sent 10 the former direciion. THEY ARE THEN RE-
sroSSiHLI.
Fnom the Daily Of Al rils 9Th
Grimes shipped twcnty-six of his
best road wagons ont west to-day.
Geo. Il. Norris. brother of the cdi-
Tor of the Tiadicator, has returned TO
Ottmawa, and will probably remain
here as citizen.
Seventy-fivc car loads OF cattle for
Chicago passed through the city this
morning, of which the X. Il ID. M.
had iifty-threc. The poor farmers of
Iowa never have anything to sell.
The Iowa State renitentiary Com
missioncrs contracted the convict la
bor to Huiskamp Bros. of Fort Mad
ison, on Saturday, at 46 cents day
per head. They will manufacture
boots and shoes, and will employ
from Go to 100 hands.
The men arrested in Sax Bros
store were brought out for trial this
afternoon. They waived examination
and were sent back to the pen in de-
fault of Sl,O00 bail. One gave the
name of David johnson and the other
George Hart.
The Iowa City Press says that on
Saturday night cattle train stopped
at the depot at that place, leaving the
caboose right over the Maiden Lane
bridge. 4 drover who was sleeping
in the caboose. woke up and conclud-
ed he would take advantage of the
stop to go out and punch up his
steers, stepping from the platform he
stepped right off of the side of the
bridge and fell % feet breaking both
legs and otherwise sustaining injuries
which endanger his life.
From the Daily of April6
Grimes shipped twenty-eight new
lumber wagons to Kansas City to-
day.
Council Bluffs polled 1872 votes at
the city election last Monday, and
Council Bluffs claims TO have 1900
inhabitants?
The Presbytery Of Iowa, in session
at Fairfield, Yesterday elected the fol-
lowing delegates to the General As
scmbly to convene in Brooklyn, n.
V, on May 18th, 1876:
Mlnisters-Rev. II. 3. Knight, of
Ottumwa, and Rev. j. G. Patterson,
TT. Madison.
Elders-Wm. Harper, of kossuth,
and Geo. b. Smythe, of kcokuk.
We are informed by Chas. Bach
man, that Trask Bros. jewelry store,
nj Terre Haute. Ind, was rifled of
several thousand dollars worth of
jewelry and silverwarc on Saturday
night. The Trasks used to do bust
ness here and were succeeded by Mr..
Bachman. They offer $500 reward for
the return of the stolen goods.
FIRE. About fifteen minutes after
o'clock to-day the barn of Esquire
Riordan, on Jefferson street, was dis
covered to be on fire. The alarm was
raised, but TO late too save it,. Ii was
entirely consumed in very short
time. Loss about $500. No one
knows how il was set OH fire, though
it is supposed that some children
might have been playing in il with
matches.
His name is Harrison Wylie and he
is q hearty, well fed colored man OF
about % years of age. Her name il
Susan Simonds, her age is about til.
same as Harrison's and her color full
ly as deep as his. Harrison loved
Susan. and Susan loved Harrison
She says they .loved not wisely but
TOO WELL" and as unpleasant conse.
quences were likely to ensue, Susar
swore out a warrant and had Harri.
son arrested on the charge of seduc
ton. lie was arrested yesterday
evening and lodged in Jail. The tria
was set for IL o'clock this a. M. bu
from some reason the case was pu,
over until tomorrow. In the mean
time friends of the parties extended
the Olive branch. Harrison was stub
born. He did not like the idea of be
ing forced TO do anything, while Su
san was willing and anxious to hay,
the matter settled in the name
proposed. About two o'clock to-da,
Harrison relented.
The tidings were carried to tn
faithful and loving Susan, who in
few moments was in the Mayors of
flee ready to fulfil her part of til
contract.
All this while Harrison was in jai
meditating over the matter, but wa
ready to leave. When he arrived at III
City Hall he again changed his mine
but C. d. Hendershott, assisted b
other friends of the party, prevaile
upon him to consent to the ceremon!
This seemed the best way out of tn
unpleasant situation, and the Mayo
married them. As soon as the cere
mony was over. Harrison gave sid
long glance at his bride, and mad
for the door as fast as possible. Su
san followed as fast as she could, Blu
by the time she reached the foot @
the stairs Harrison was out ofsigf
and gone, from her perhaps forevel
From the Daily of the 7th,
Ottumwa Lodge No. l6, A. L. & 4
NJ, at its regular communication las
night, elected the following officer
for the ensuing ssyear:
w. A. McGrew, w. NJ.
r. L. Tilton, S. w.
w. B. Goodall, j. W..
J. M. Kiser, Treasurer.
p. G. Daum, Secretary.
John G. II. Vance, a young man al
rested not long since, charged wit
an attempt to poison his mother,
widow lady living in Monroe count.
had preliminary examination 9
Abba and was bound over to til
District Court i'm the sum of $l5O(
yesterday. He was taken throug
this city to-day on his way to th
Oskaloosa jail for safe keeping. H
is quitca young man and il seems i'm
possible that he should be guilty q
such n crime.
Good looks do q great deal for
man, but Shepherd thinks the qualit.
of his Plows and other Implements
and his extremely low prices is wha
n. 4.