Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-06-27
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The Cedar Rapids Republican

The Cedar Rapids Republican asks
"Did you ever see negro tramp?"
The body of young Berry, lately
drowned at Des Moines has not been
recovered yet.
The Kramer Brewing Company are
meeting with very successful sales of
their excellent beer.
Pottawattamie county has q new
town laid out, to be called Poppleton.
All right, let her pop.
Two tramps lately outraged a
young girl near Ontario, Story coun-
| ty, Iowa. The villains escaped.
A rare chance! An old bachelor
at Keokuk offers to adopt female
infant of eighteen summers.
Drs. Seybert & Doan have moved
their Veterinary Hospital to DR.. Paul
Casters barn in Blake's addition.
The Inter-Ocean declares that ba-
bies arc becoming fashionable again
among pretty married women.
There are S66 patients in the two
insane asylums of this Statc-56O at
Mount Pleasant and BOG at 1ndepend-
encc.
Girls don't be afraid Of work. Ruth
CLEANED in the harvest fields, and got
just as good Boaz any of the neigh
Dor girls.-En.
Tama City is soon to have paper
mill which arises from the fact that
Tama City has her Water Power in
successful operation.
The new brick block on Main street
is beginning to loom up fast. Seven
new stores in one block will make a
pretty fair show these tight times.
There is no telling what honors
await man in this world. A form
er member Of the New York Legis-
lature is captain of a Kansas base
ball club.
Chiffon & Kendall are putting in a
foundation for A faxsced warehouse,
for Daggett & Harpcr's Oil Mill, that
looks as strong as the foundations
of tho earth itself.
TIE GRASS OF ELEVEN ACRES OF
Coon MEADOW for sale near the city.
Enquire of ELIZABETH HALE.
The New York Tribune solemnly
remarks that the speech of Samuel J.
Tilden, at the Manhattan club the
other night. was enough to draw
tears from paving stone.
The Bloomfield Guards and the
Lockridgc Guards have notified the
committee of arrangements that they
will certainly be here on the Fourth
and participate in the celebration.
The humblest can do something to-
ward making the local paper inter-
esting. If you cannot be defaulting
bank clerk, you can at least step on a
piece of orange peel and sprain your
ear.-Rome Sentinel.
Billy McPherson-our Billy--has
become half owner of the Mound
City (Mo.) Globe. 1t is a neat Cool
umn Weekly, and we hope Billy will
make big thing out Of 1t, as he is a
good fellow, generally.
A Justice of the Peace in Polk Co.,
tried case Of assault and battery on
Sunday, and the penalty for such
violation Of the Sabbath is imprison-
ment for not more one year. or fine
not exceeding $500. A smart man for
a Justice was he.
We are requested to announce that
Chillicothe will have an old-fashion-
ed Fourth Of July celebration. There
will be sumptuous dinner, music,
speeches, and all that sort of thing.
If you want to have an extra good
holiday and enjoy yourself hugely,
go Chillicothe.
The School Board have awarded
the contract for erecting two addi-
tional rooms to Douglass school house
to J. d. Fulton. Mr.. Fulton's bid
for the job was $3.50. The building
will be completed in time for the fall
term of school, and will be good
thing for people living in the upper
end of the district.
The East End drug store, located
on the corner Of Main and Union
street, was burglarized Saturday
night, of pocket-books, pen-knives,
perfumery, fish-hooks and lines, base
balls, ball-bats, and other notions to
the amount of SIS to 800. They eff
fected an entrance through side
window, and apparently took their
time to going through the place.
An Illinois clergyman is reported
to have said the other day at the lay
ing of the corner stone of new meet
ing-house, "If boys and girls do
their sparkling in church, say amen
to it. l have daughter whom l
cherish as the apple of my eye. When
she is Of suitable age l would rather
she would be courted in the house of
God than in theatre"
Messrs. Williamson u Finley, on
Main street, have ono of the hand