Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1876-04-05

From the Daily Of March %.
Messrs. Palmer & Ruekncr shipped

Messrs. Palmer Il Buekncr shipped
twelve car loads of Wapello county
cattle to Chicago yesterday evening.
Tom. Mulvany, of Eldon, and Lee
Sargent, had little iamboree in the
rear of the Court House to-day. and
Thomas got pair of black eyes and
into the spiders nest.
Mr.. Murphy the famous temper
ancc lecturer, left at noon for Farm
ington, where he is to hold series of
meetings. The Pennington folks
viii find him very pleasant. and an
eloquent and enthusiastic speaker.
Among the passengers at the depot
to-day wasa lady with two pair of
twins, the oldest pair apparently only
about four years old, and the youngest
pair only few months old. She
seemed to have her hands fun, but
was as happy as if she had whole
litter.
An officer having in charge two in
sane persons from Des Moines,
passed though the city to-day enroute
to the asylum at Mt. Pleasant. One
of the men appeared to be perfectly
wild, and had to be watched all the
while, chained as he was, to prevent
him from doing some person dam.
age.
Conductor Jim Servis informs us
that quite a destructive fire occurred
at Clifford, a small town between Ell.
dora and Union, on the Central Rail.
road, yesterday morning. The fire
caught in new building, occupied
as store room, which together with
the contents was entirely destroyed
The owner was young man JUS
starting in business, and every dol
lar he had in the world was burned
up in the fire.
We regret to learn that L. E. Dan
forth, of Eddyville, was seriously il
not fatally injured in that city las
night. 1t seems that he went to bee
in the third story of the Luck Hous,
at the usual time, and sometime il
the night fell from window to thu
ground. When picked up he was in
sensible, and we are informed tina
there is but little hope of his recov
cry. How he came to fall is no
known, but as he had been drinkin!
some during the evening, 1T is though
that perhaps he was somewhat intox
icated.
Yesterday morning Sylvester War
riner came to the city bemoaning tn
loss of his cattle, related the circum
stance to Marshal Davis and aske
his assistance. Davis started out O
tour of investigation, found a trai
and followed it all day, overtakin
the thief in Keokuk county.
James Martin the fellow who stol
the cattle is colored man, and wi
be remembered as the fellow VIII
had Sublette and some other shade al
rested for robbing him in saloo
down by the North Missouri depo
not long since. He is evidently
scamp of the worst sort, and stands
good show of rendering the Stat
some service.
PRICE OF BoLoGNA.-A West Grove
Davis county man was in the city yes
terday. He was hungry and had nc
the wherewith to appease his app
tite. Sauntering along on Main stree
he espied coil of about yard I
bologna hanging in front of Meyt
Heinrich's meat shop. The SINE
thereof was savory and overcame a
religious scruples of that West Groy
er, the prayers he said at his mother
knee, the admonitions of his fathe
to be honest if he was poor, were a
forgotten and he grabbed the "sa'
sige" and started on a run. Deput
Marshal Jones observed the fello,
running up Main street, though
something wrong and took him il
He was waltzed up before Daniel
who has come to judgment-and I'll
price Of that bologna was establishe
at $lO.O0per yard, and $4.25 for CO
of measuring. Rather high pri'
that for bologna. The impecuniol
West Grover now boards at the SIP
der's Nest at the rate of $685. pr
day, but don't take any more bologr
in his'n.