Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-05-02
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1t costs Scott County $7,S42 annual
ly to care for. her insane.
Omaha Obituary.-Decea had .
nature as sensitive - sore thumb.
It costs 1900 to send : carload Of
fruit from California TO Boston.
The Davenport Gasssss calls the
Des 1oines Rsgistsr the "mild man-
nered bull dozer."
T. T. Duffy retires and J. L. Nc
Creery becomes city editor Of the Du-
buque Daily Times.
In to-day's paper We publish .
communication on the subject Of re-
ligious wars, viewed from . woman's
standpoint.
Every son Of the reigning family
Of Germany has to learn . trade
Kaiser Wilhelm il : glailer = Unser
Fritz is type sticker.
The Keokuk Constellation announces
the marriage, in that city, Of "blind
darkey 70 : lady Of color-weight
800, age TO-"
The fourth annual meeting Of the
Iowa State Bar Association, will oc-
cur ct Dos 1oines, on the 18th and
18th days Of Nay.
Chris. Slagle and Geo. Acheson, Of
Fairfield, have been partners in the
practice Of law for "a years. The
Oldest firm In Iowa, and perhaps In
the United States.
By An amendment Of the law rela-
ting to cemeteries, all certificates for
lots are hereafter to be recorded by
the Township Clerk, for which the
Clerk 10 entitled to 50 cents for each
certificate 20 recorded.
And now Jefferson county is going
to try the B. q II. railroad ON the
bond question. The sum Of 5000 10
claimed, aud il Jefferson has NO bet
ter success than Wapello, she will
wish she had lot the matter alone.
y. Burnaugh, Of Bladensburg, IL
now located ct Batavia, where he 10
10 engaged In the butter and hen
fruit business. He has subscribed for
the COURIER 20 that he may keep
posted.
A Kansas correspondent writes to
the Kansas City Iymes: "Dont DO
alarmed about indications from the
late rains. The grasshoppers stood
on their hind legs and drank the |
water % fast % It fell"
Our fellow citizen, Col. John 8. |
Wolf, and Senator Dows, Of Cedar
Rapids, have taken the contract to |
build . railroad twenty-five miles in |
length from Traer, on the Burlington
and Cedar Rapids railroad, to Grun-
dy Center, Grundu county. They |
agree to finish 1t by September Let
next, and We hope they may succeed
in making the job profitable.
Now 10 the time Of the year for
amateur agricultural editors to in |
dulge In advice suited to the season.
One In neighboring city, who has
window garden three feet long and
fifteen inches wide, says. 1T 10 time to
whitewash your hoe-handles, trim
your clothes lines, transplant your
coal scuttles, and bury your grind
stone, to..prevent it from freezing,
Yearling calves should be shod, and
hens nails pared at..once.
A week ago last Friday, as we are
informed by n. NJ. Gibbs, Joseph
Minnick, An old citizen Of Cass town
ship, while hauling goods from Chill
licothe to Happy Hollow was thrown
from the wagon by the wheel sudden-
ly dropping into deep rut was run
over and injured 40 that he lived
only two days. He was aged 81 years
and was IN industrious and respected
citizen.
About the checklist steal we have
heard of lately 10 one where . citizen
purchased . small tract Of land, with
. house on 1t In the suburbs. When
the former owner left for Kansas. he
stole the patent chimneys, such % are
made by Ladd b Langford, and ship
ped them to his new place Of resi-
dence. Like Mr.. Toodles' collins he
no doubt thought they would be
handy to have around the house
sometime.
A few days ago we incidentally