Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-14

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} Dss 1foines has two lady law stn
dents.
DR.. TiflAny's Lecture comes OF Nov
%, Ut Main street Church.
Fat hogs are coming in pretty live
", and win make money more plenty
Dubuque has the credit Of the Ars
boy to break his leg ccasting, this win
ter.
A question for debating societies
Glow often should ! fellow visit hi
girl In one week :"
!; Cedar Rapids proposes to stake III
lAwl on the solo project Of starting 4
6Oo-horss-power shos:factory.
The foundation for the Water
Works pumping station 10 being piled
up rapidly by Fox 4 Hendrix.
j John T. Sherman has sold his In.
terest in the Poweshisk Democrat "a
| Mr.. Boydston and retires from that
paper.
i J. D. Ladd has been employed ~
general purchasing agent for Nor
rell's packing house. Evidently :
good selection.
It'll the fashion among ladies now
to paste piece Of black court plaster
ON their cheeks. Tattooing will be
next In in order.
It has cost Marion county 80 79l.59
to prosecute her criminals during the
past year. The county received
about Il, 0OO in flnes.
John Stevens And his bro-in-law,
French, good and reliable men, have
succeeded Turner & Stevens in the
Agricultural Implement business.
In Marshalltown when they suspi-
cion man has any money on his per-
son they knock him down : cellar
way and coolly 60 through his pock-
ets.
Mrs. Mark Foley, Of Keokuk, 10 the
last victim to kerosene. Was filing
. lighted lamp a. usual, 10 severely
burned, but may recover the Gate
CITY says.
In the case Of John s. Walker VI.
the City Of Ottumwa for alleged
damage to his property, by the grade
on Fourth street, the jury gave a YER
dict for the city.
c. c. Warden & Son report that
they have had better trade, this Fall,
than for three years past. Five
clerks, very frequently, can hardly
wait upon their customers.
Milton Wright, Of Wapello County,
IL here visiting his cousin, J. B.
Wright. Mr.. Wright is one of the
pioneer citizens Of this State having
lived here 80 years. -Centerpale C,ti-
zen.
T. j. Potter, Superintendent, in
forms ne that they are now moving
1900 car loads of old corn TO Chicago
from west Of this city. That il about
], 100000 bushels. Only think Of
what pile of corn.
Treasurer Asbnry has received the
Tax receipts for 1877, but lie not
ready to receive and receipt for taxes.
The receipts were printed At the Cou-
rier job Rooms and can't be excelled
for neatness or Quality of material.
The First National Bank Of Du-
buque. has surrendered ito commits
sion as . Government Depository,
and taken up its security - such. It
has also enlarged its circulation an
other A5,O0O, making 10000 In all.
Fred Douglass lectured one hum
dred ana twenty minutes in Balti-
more and announced that he had just
reached his subject, and the audience
left and said they would send their
delivery wagons for the subject next
day.
The northwestern counties have suf-
fered from the usual number of prai-
RE fires this fall. The other day in
Sac county the court adjourned and
Judge, Sheriff and jury engaged in
the laudablc work Of stopping the
ravages Of one Of these prairie fires.
Now that the city Of Burlington
has contracted for $4,000 worth Of
Holly Water Works various CORES.
pondents Of the HascAeye are show
ing that that system is not near SO
good % many others. Burlington has
bought her waterworks Sight un-
seen" while ours is contracted for "no
cure NO pay"
We learn that good many pota-
toes that were In the ground during
the late freeze are badly frosted. In
consequence Of this, potatoes have
gone up about 10 cts. per bushel and
the men that were smart enough to
have their potatoes dug and safely
housed before the freeze will make .
good thing of them. 1t was ever
thus.
90 q IN no
for
Rent
Cars, Screens, Scales, and all complete.
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