Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-07
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bank has failed for moro than week
past!
Missouri papers rejoice that "pos-
sums, paw-paws and persimmons
are ripe"
The X. s. d. M. railroad propose
to run another excursion train to
Dcs Moines on Thursday, tho 9Th inst.
wild turkeys and squirrels are un-
usually plenty, this Fall, and the hun
tors are bringing in good many to
sell.
The Abba Union notes the fact that
Judge Noble of that place had his
pocket picked of 5000 Mt Burlington
few days ago.
Des Moines has an incorporation
about six miles square, and the citi-
zens are moving Enow to incorporate
about the whole county.
The ssdollar of our daddies," is >
half dollar now, the House having
passed BlAnd's silver bill, and the Sem
ate, we hope will soon make It .
whole dollar.
Mrs. Mary B. Dcvol, 8 miles north
of Ottnmwa, will have an extensive
sale ofstock, and farm implements on
Saturday, the 18th day Of November.
Terms a credit OF IL months.
L. W. Kilby, in turning a pnlly at
Lamme's mill had finger caught by
a belt, and badly lacerated. He mar
rowly escaped being thrown down on
the engine below him. He will soon
be we'll again.
Mr.. s. L. Douglass, Of New York,
has rented the room formerly occu-
pied by Harris Bro. & Friedman and
about the 18th Of this month will
open there in the produce commits
sion business.
Tho Gate CITY says 1868 have Joined
the Red Ribbon Club, IT. the White
Ribbon, All the Blue.Ribon, total
2,242. It says it is tough on the beer
shops, but the cigar shops have an
increased trade.
w. r. Munroe, Of Agency town
shin. had a leg broken coming up SUI
gar creek hill. 1t seems that he was
walking by his team when q horse
stumbled and fell on him. So we are
informed by DR.. Lathrop.
The digging on the water power
and laying water mains, goes.on live
~. The water Is now. about all stop
ped from running through the west
dam and Mr.. Wiley will soon put it
in shape to resist the floods.
The Jury in the case OF Alverson
VS.. the X. Il d. NJ railroad for dam
age, have brought lin verdict of
$1,000 for the plaintiff We are in
formed that the claim sued for was
$1,000. The case will probably he
appealed.
j. l.. Taylor & Co. are contemplat.
ing the charging of their already
fine store room and otherwise inn
proving it very materially. :. They al
ready have the finest room in Iowa
but are determined to keep ahead of
all competition.
Henry N. Clement, formerly of
Eddyvillc, but now of San Francisco,
has an ably written, two-column ar
ticlc in the San Francisco Aryonaut,
on the Chinese qucation. He takes
the position that John Is detriment
to American labor.
Read the new advertisement Of M.
II. Wendt & Go. in this paper. They
manufacture most elegant cigar,
which are sold both wholesale and
retail. They have quito stock Of
books and stationery which they sell
ut the most moderate prices.
The Des Moines Register says, Eyes
terday farmers were in the CITY Offer
ing one dollar day and board to
corn huskers, but were unable to en-
gage any at that price. With the city
full of idle men, some one must be
too lazy to work, when such an offer
goes begging.
The Abba Plaindealer says: 1.-TWO
young men living near Blakeshurgh,
while running their horses, ON Tues
day night, collided with team com.
ing from an opposite direction. One
of the boys had his horse instantly
killed, and was himself badly injured
by the shock"
A lawyer, in Waverly, who can't
make living, has sued various par
ties in Bremen county for s565, 600
worth of character. 1t is not often
that lawyers have that amount of
character. 1t would puzzle an editor
to go more than 100000 worth
Cedar Falls Gazette.
AT the last term Of the U. s District
Court, at Des Moines, Kewson the
Madison county counterfeiter, plead
guilty and was sentenced to one year
in the penitentiary by Juage Love,
and Doyle the Boone county distiller,
received 6 months in the Boone coun-
~ Jail for keeping private "still."
DR.. Lathrop performed a very deli
cate surgical operation, at Marshall-
town, one day last week, removing a
large, cartilaginous tumor from un-
der the left ear of a lady at that
place. The operation, although diff
flcult, was cminently successful, and
the patient will undoubtedly recover.
In another column We give ro-
mantle story Of Sarah Summers alias
Cady's life as related to Gen. An.
kenny. A good many Of our citizens
who knew Sarah will be surprised to
learn that she practised medicine
here, and that she ever studied medi.
cine. Her husband's name was w
L. Cady, not Jeremiah, and was moro
Familiarity known as "Bill Cady, tht
Bill Poster"
The business Of the C. d. & @. rail
road, Saturday, amounted to GOO carr
or equivalent to $1,000 cars for 81
days, not including working trains
coal cars, or passenger trains. This
we take II, was . pretty good bust
] ness for these dull times. We hav'
our figures from a gentleman VIII,
always carries hatchet in his bel
and never chopped q cherry tree.
The Johnnie Wood, mentioned /,
an article elsewhere as lost in th.
Bad Lands, ON the Upper Missouri