Ottumwa weekly courier., 1877-05-09
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4 The ncxt State Fair occurs at &c.
dar Rapids on September l7th, 18th,
10th, Goth and 2lst.
| Now that Parson Brownlow is dead
and out of the way, the Cincinnati
Enquire, says he was "vulgar, rasp-
ing howler."
1t is said that the spring style Of
the common hand-organ has only one
stop. 1t begins in the morning and
stops at tnight.
/ VIM. Brown, of Bloomfield, is open.
ling drug store in the room former.
lily occupied by J. Prugh & Co., on
Main st. His advertisement will ap-
pear in due time.
Prof. Tice predicts dry Summer,
and advises farmers to plow deep and
get in their crops as early as possible.
Yes they will plow deep if they
find any dry ground.
i Marshalltown has an association OF
ladies who 60 round urging merchants
to close their stores of 8 o'clock, so as
to give the clerks q chance to 60 out
and swing on the front gates.
| The West Union Gazette claims to
have seen quit claim deed, signed
by a Fayette county farmer, by which
he sells all interest in his daughter
Mary Jane to Clayton county man.
The wretch who murdered Capt.
Maxwell and son, formerly of Iowa,
near Trinidad, recently, has been
tried, convicted and sentenced to be
hung next Tuesday, the 9Th inst.
The Philadelphia papers are agita-
ting for the introduction of "thc
needle in the public schools" The
boys who practice with bent pins
have been preparing the way for this
innovation.
During the intense excitement in
the Chicago grain market, last week,
a bursted grain operator pledged his
watch for margin and retired with
$4,000 in his pockets few hours
later.
The Ottumwa Musical Association
will give their third concert in the
course, Thursday evening, May 10th.
This will be the best concert of all,
and we believe will be the best pat
ronized.
An Englishman who had visited
America was asked what he thought
of the average American. The an
swer was: "The average American is
man .whosesidea of greatest happi-
ness is to be always voting for somc-
body"
Our enterprising friend, s. IL.
Worcester, will on Monday next,
break ground for two story brick
building 70 feet deep, opposite his
present place of business. 1t will be q
handsome structure, with all the
modern improvements, cornice, and
all that sort Of thing.
The readers of both the Daily and
Weekly COURIER are requested to
read carefully the advertisements of
the Moss Bros. w. G. has charge Of
the Grocery department in person
and is giving wonderful bargains.
Their goods are first-class, prices are
very low, and purchases delivered
promptly. Give them call.
A correspondent of the Western
Farm Journal says: While travelling
about five hundred miles over the
Burlington and Missouri River Rail-
road, last week, l saw more new
dwellings, stores, barns, bridges,
schoolhouses and churches than in a
trip Of eight thousand miles through
Texas, Arkansas, Kansas, Colorado
and other. States during the last year.
1t seems that this, country has no
blasted monopoly on wet weather
this year. Accounts all agree that in
England the crops are hopelessly de-
stroyed by the inccssant rains, and
that in Rouma ania and that neighbor-
hood, military movements are almost
entirely suspended by the rains and
consequent floods.
There will be great rejoicing at the
downfall of the gigantic sewing
machine monopolies. All attempts
of the sewing machine patentces 10
secure combinations of their patents
at Washington have failed, and a
number of the most valuable of these
patents come to an end this week or
next. The sewing machine corpora
tions have worked faithfully for the
prolongation of their restrictive
rights, but the renewal of the patent
of the last and one of the most i'm
portant inventions extant-the four
motion feed-has been denied.