Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-06-13
JoTTINes.

JOTTINGS.
Burglars arc making night lively at
Keokuk.
Have you got your rs to go and
see 4 paws baby clefant?
Spring chicken thieves are numer-
Gus. Get out your shotguns.
The man who lost some tablccloths
can find where they are by calling at
this office and paying for this notice.
Nick Baker, Seth Richards and Mrs.
Dainty, will commence building on
the burnt district this week if the
weather continues fair.
The raid of preachers on Ottumwa,
is little too early for the spring
chicken crop, and they'll have to
worry through on hens that have got
through setting.
Mary Gadelman, of Hancock Co.,
Ills, ona visit to Union county, Ia,
committed suicide near Creston, on
Saturday morning. Cause, mclan-
choly.
The cherry crop will be failure
this year, and tho woodpeckers are
talking about getting up an indigna-
ton meeting to call tho Republican
party to account for it.
City Marshal Hoefer, of Burling-
ton, has had two indictments found
against him for Oppression in Office"
Officer Clark has also been indicted
for receiving money improperly.
A. 7. Holly, to whom we were in
indebted last year, for our finest wa
termelons, informs us that the crop
this year promises to be very short.
AS strange as it may seem, he says
the weather is little too wet.
We are informed by Mr.. Lively
that in many places in the country
the corn looks well, although very
many people are not done planting.
The prospect is not particularly fiat
tering, however.
From Rev. Mr.. Stonakcr, of Eddy
vile, we learn that burglars went
through the Clipper House and also
the johnson House, last night, secur-
ing considerable quantity of plum
der. The event created considerable
excitement, but no arrests were made.
DIR. A. G. Field, Of Des Moines,
was appointed as committee from
Iowa, on State Medicine and Public
Hygiene. and DR.. s. B. Thrall, of this
city, on the committee on Neurology,
by the National Medical Convention,
at Chicago, which is well-dcserved
compliment to those physicians.
The Hawk-Eye is after a railroad
upcrintcndent who purposely and
"toolishly" misstated facts in relation
to recent accident. Like our neigh
Dor down the road we should like to
know where the advantage is in COW
ering up or CLOSING over the facts in
the case of an accident.
J.J. Hadfield on Saturday bought
of John f. Moore, of Richland town
ship, this county, between 5000 and
1000 pounds of wool. Itincludes Mr..
Moore's clip of last and the present
year. Mr.. Moore lives some three
miles west of Kirkville, and had
formerly sold his wool at Oskaloosa.
Mort Heath mourns the loss of his
chickens, disappeared in the night at
the hands of thieves. A fancy game
cock, and lot of Bantam hens were
in the lot. Mort says but little about
the matter, although it would not be
well for the thief to be caught prowl-
ing about his premises after night.
The annual meeting of the Keokuk
& Des Moines Railway Company was
held in Keokuk on the Sth. Israel
Corse and w. C. Nicol, of New York,
and o. S. Hale, of Keokuk, were
elected Directors. The annual report
of the Company for the year ending
March 31st, 1877, shows the gross
earnings to have been 1851 1929, and
the net earnings $lS7,443. This is a
decrease of$l59,340 in the former and
$50, 800 in the latter.