Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-04-25
JoTr1Nas.

4 Harrison County, Iowa, lost 1000
hogs by cholera last year
The annual state Sabbath-schoo
conventions will convene at Ottumw'
on the 18th of June next.--Ha,cheye
In three States. there is but ON
printer in the penitentiary, and he TO
stealing meat and bread. Poor blu
honest. 81
An exchange says the way to keel
tho Sheriff from advertising and sell
. ing your goods, is to advertise ant
sell them yourself.
Sugars of all descriptions have ia
ken big rise in the last few days, al
on account of the Russo Turkish war
What next? 4
\ The supreme court just held a
Davenport has directed that divorc,
cases must hereafter be tried in opcr
court, and not before referees.
The Iowa City Republican wants
an early State Convention, so that i
may give an expression to Iowa.
views on the policy of the Admins
ltration.
i A mammoth new union depot is te
be built in Chicago on Canal stree
between Van Buren, ard Madison
It Isl 70 cost, s30O, 900.
| Fifty-one car. loads Of cattle for the
east were brought into the city to.
day by the G. b. & @. from the west
Thirty car loads were unloadcd and
fed in this city.
When Cinnamon part they say
"Chin-chin,' which means good bye
That is just the way with our girls
they chin chin about half an hour be-
fore they can get apart.
/ Every one.eo the Cabinet have
great big mouths noses and ears
says Mary Clcmmer Ames. Well,
amt 1t always supposed the Cabinet
noses great deal.
10. Kiser has bought a half interest
In the insurance agency of Jas. Haw-
ley and will enter the Office at once.
10 is good business man and the
new firm will be very strong one.
The store and warehouse of Stiles
E. Forsha, of Glenwood, No., were
destroyed by fire on Sunday last
supposed to have been caused by
some young boys smoking cigars on
some hay bales near the building.
What is more disgusting than wait
ing for train when it is behind time.
Monroe Times.
To see lot of fellows knocked in
to eternity by train that tries to
get ahead of time.
The Abba Union says: conductor
ID. Freel, of the A., X. & d., has been
promoted to the position of Road
Master of the middle division of the
c., B. & Q. He is an employee of long
and faithful service and deserves this
recognition of his merits"
The Straits of Mackinaw are now
open and all is activity on the lakes.
There will no doubt be an immense
shipment Of breadstuffs East and this
will give employment to thousands
of idle men who now infest Chicago,
Milwaukee, Detroit, Toledo, Ceve-
land and other Western cities.
/ Shick & Co. received to-day an or
der for nine hundred barrels, from
| Oskaloosa. They make headings and
slaves by machinery and turn out
Egood barrels for thirty cents each.
Their saw mill and cooper shop is a
busy institution. They have logs
enough on hand to run them twelve
months.
New GooDs.-The attention of cur
readers is invited to the advertise.
ment of c. G. Warden 4 Son. They
have splendid stock Of New Goods
which they propose to sell rs low as
any other house can sell the same
quality of goods. Call and see then
goods before you buy.
The X. & d. NJ. railroad is having
! quite an Increase of business at pres.
ent, more particularly stock and
grain. Their shipments through thu
city to-day were twenty car loads O
cattle besides several car loads O
grain. They will have another larg'
lot tonight.
The democracy OF this city fred
few rounds to-day in glorifica
ton of the success of Nichols in Lon
isiana. They thought their laugl
ought to come in somewhere, ant
where else so appropriate, as whel
the White League of Louisiana hav
unlawfully got possession of tn
State.