Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-29

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A fellow was around town this
morning begging "a clean shirt. He
said o conductor had promised him
free ride and he wanted to go in style
w. B. Wycoff is fixing 10 move the
Briscoe grocery stock into the build
ing. on Court street next to Lawrence
-~E Carriers and DIR. Orr will remove
his drug store to the corner vacated
by Briscoe. ATF
j. H. Windsor, of Windsor & CO.,
the boss pork packers Of Des Moines,
was in'the city over night, visiting
his relative, Alderman John I'll.
Moore Mr.. Uniforms us that his
house packed $4,000 hogs during Hast
year, aud that Des Moines is growing
rapidly. = = - W. ~ -
Alot of geaceless scamps from ten
to fifteen years of age, raided gen.
tlemans watermelon patch in the
suburbs Of city yesterday, and With
the characteristic meanness of the ave.
rage watermelon thief, plugged all
the green ones, and then pulled up
and stacked the vines. The proprie-
tor Of the place was away from home,
but his wife tracked the whelps from
the watermelon patch to the river
where she found them all in q swim
ming. That woman was a strategist
who had,stadied in the school Of the
most eminent masters, consequently
she immediately took possession Of
theclOthes of1thsyouAg rAacaiAepd at
onco bscams master Of the situatien.
From her eommanding .positfon'on
~ bank of the riyer, fortified With
the toggery Of ~ young scalawags,
she delivered TO them . severe lecture
which bfooSht men Is the most ab-
jet terms, sad there wasn'f ., cstash
Of hull head that had 4 dry eye for q
mile either up or down thesfixsr.
After compelling them to give their
names, and that Of their parents, and
securinga pledge from them to join
the party of Reform, she gave them
their clothes and they departed to
their homes duly impressed with the
gravity of their offences.
We shall publish their names in full
tive hear Of any more trouble from
them. - -.
From Fridays Daily. s.sz.
Nor yGUILTY.-We learn that the
Jury in the case of John Brown ar
raigned for numbering Major G. H..
Fletcher, at Keosauqua, this afternoon
returned . yeI.ict of notsgnilty.
The Harvard Base BAH club, on
their return, last night, were greeted
by lively serenade from brigade
of boys, each blowing tin horn
and collectively making the town
howl with their discordant music.
The boys, however, took the racket
in good part.
This morning while some butchers
were driving COW, hobblcd and
with her head tied down. through the
streets, she got mad and dry. She |
waltzed into Barney Gallagher's sa-
loon, took q drink, stopped at Morey's
tobacco store and took cigar. She
also favored the "Black-hawk" sa-
loon with call, left q souvenir Of her
visit, and called at Lilburl's to learn
the price of,butter and eggs. While
she was in the houses she had every
thing pretty much her own way, but
was recaptured before any damage
was done except to Barney's map of
ireland.
Some thief or Thieves broke into
the residence of Robert Fellows, last
night. A Miss Bogen, from Roches-
ter, New York, is visiting at Mr.. Eel
lows and had packed her trunk to be
ready to start to-day, for her eastern
home and left LISTING. in the, rear
parlor Of tho house. The Mhole fam.
lily slept up stairs, and heard nothing
of the thieves below. This morning
they found an entrance had been eff
fected sat > rear window on the
srouid floor, tho muskctoc bar cover
ing the window, having bean burned
nearly up. The trunk was left un-
, locked, it was opened and rummag ed
through and through, some of the
things having been carried out doors.
A secretary belonging to Mr.. Fellows
had also been thoroughly rummaged.
On examination nothing was founu
missing but the meerschapp PIPE Of