Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-12-26

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Tho girl. now call autograph al
buns .shim-books."
The stack to the Waterworks hous,
IL looming up skyward.
Some OF the women seem detcrmin
ed to carry their muffs even If they
freeze atrying.
The farmers now come to town OF
two wheels. They report mo bot
tom" to the roads.
| Here are your April showers ant
we are informed that May flowers Ar
plenty ON the hill sides. Is
Miss Rosa Lee has resigned hel
position in the public schools ant
Miss Mary Ross has been elected t
succeed her.
The way the roads are now It takei
4 four horse team to pull an empty
wagon with . good chance Of getting
stuck at that. e
The latest furbelows, says a fashion
item, are fur anklets. Fashions il
furs can't get furbelow that. Norris
toion Herald.
The city authorities ought to Gel
out some buoys ON Market street Il
indicate that there is no bottom Il
some Of the mud holes.
Girls, whose opinion about sucf
things is always valuable, say tina
there is too much collar and too little
head to young men IN the presen
fashions to suit their tastes.
The Rochester Democrat says
"When full heart and and an empty
pocket book come in contact on 1
holiday shopping excursion, the un
avoidable meet the inevitable"
Mr.. Jacob Kicker, Of Washington
township, johnson county, this yeal
gathered geo bushels Of corn from 6}
acres. The piece Of land ID question
had been q sheep pasture for sever
or eight years. -.s
An inventive genius in town is ex'
perimenting ON . sandbox TO be car
ried by pedestrians who have 4
mount heavy grades or on our side
walks. He proposes to arrange it sc
that It will work something after Thu
style Of . skirtlifter.
The Dayton, (Ohio,) Journal say
that now they have got TO making
MISREPRESENTATION kids for women
and every dear one must have them
or sulk. A five button kid reaches t
the elbows, hence we imagine that I
twenty-five button kid must reach t.
the ears.
The Des M0ines Leader says
Thomas Eastman, young man Of
culture and with pedigree, wal
sentenced to be confined in the county
jail for AZ days, on charge of va
grancy, by Judge Hammer this morn.
ing. Whisky and cards are Toms
temptation"
The following should be renem.
bered by those who make use Of coal
oil. A single kerosene lamp turned
down SO as to burn low win poison
all the air Of . chamber. long before
morning. A lamp should be allow ed
to burn brightly or be extinguished
especially so in the chamber Of the
sick.
While in Ottnmwa, the other day
we dropped into the CouRIER Office
and found everybody up to their
eyes in business. By the way, if al
you folks who like to read the CoUR.
Ter every morning would subscribe
for the daily, the list would be con-
siderably increased. Try itsthret
months. Eddyville Adsestises.
| We have received copy Of thu
Cheyenne Weekly Sun, of which oul
old friend and Washington CORES.
pondent, J. P. c. Poulton (PotomacJ
is associate editor. tits q very hand
some sheet but can't make quite &C
big q spread as the COURIER, although
the price is $3.50 per annum.
table On tie St. Louis K. 3. i n. Kkif
road is as follows: Mail and Express
arrives every day at IL :45 a. m. &C
commodation $50 p. m. Leaves
Mail and Express 4:40p. M; accom-
modxtion S AS q. m. There 10 an ex
press train every day, Sundays in
cluded.
JUGGED.-B. Denever was arrested
Saturday, 18th inst, for grand larce
my, being charged with stealing
watch from Mr.. Luck. He had hi
preliminary examination before Esq
Benedict, Monday, and was boun'
over to court in the snm of $l5(
Not being able to procure bail, Mar
lshal Hall took him to Ottumwa til
same day for safe keeping. Th
watch was found, the prisoner maxim
known to Marshal Hall its hidin
place. --EddyriHe Anvertiser.
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