Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-10-31

hold Z reunion ut Des Moines on tn
llth Of November.
The Iowa Fine Stock Association
will meet 1t Marshalltown on Decem
Der 18th and 10th, 1877.
The North Missouri railroad 1
shipping wood into this city by tht
car load something new.
The new o. 8. Senator from Mis-
souri, will be known - "The-man
that uses-hcap- -cuss-words."
Geo. B. Dauy herty will be in the
hog business, this Fall and Winter
and will buy oil the hogs he can got
We understand that Wiley & Co.
the Water Power Company, have
bought Turkey Island Of Tom Bed.
well.
Fred. Smith and Bart. Hardy will
buy hogs in partnership, this Fall and
Winter, and will pay the full market
price.
Az UsuAr.--McDonald, who left
Des Moines with $l66 Of tho Fire.
mems money, took . "frail sister,
along with him.
DrRr FLyING.-The pipes for the
watsr-works are arriving and the
contractors are already at work dig
ging the trenches.
During . domestic difficulty at Du-
buque, on the 22d, one John Collaa
shot and killed his brother-in-l Jaw,
Geo. Woodwork.
Eighty-seven vessels laden with
two and . half million bushels OF
grain arrived ct Buffalo, New York,
in one day last week.
The city street bus line e flourish
ing. It il equal to q line ofstreet cars
and just 40 regular SO far Nc time 10
concerned. Patronize 1t.
The Central Railroad il bringing
down large quantities Of lumber
from Minnesota, . good deal of
which goes a. far south as Moberly,
Mo.
People going through Burlington
will need to keep one hand on their
pocketbooks. The Hasckeye says pick
pockets are doing . hig business at
the depot there.
Two car loads Of pipe for water
mains has arrived In the city and
doubtless will soon be followed by
the balance necessary for the city wa
tor works improvements.
State Fish Commissioner Shaw has
received 100000 salmon eggs and
put them in the Matching house. A
large quantity of lake trout will
shortly be put to "set."
J. H. Reynolds, for twenty years
or such a matter the efficient Deputy
Warden Of the Fort Madison peniten-
tiary, Is prominently mentioned as
candidate for tho Wardenship.
Ten towns in this State have, or
soon will have, water works-Ana-
mosa, Cedar Rapids, Clinton, Du-
buque, Davenport, Des Moines, Mar
shalltown, Muscatine, Msrengo and
Ottumwa.
Down ut Quincy they sentence va
grants to $50 days Imprisonment in
the county Jail. Glad to hear It. That
will cause all the Migrants to hasten
to Quincy where they can get quar-
tiers al winter.
Hon. William Cornell, Of Portland,
Oregon, 10 In the city visiting his
cousin, Samuel Park. Mr.. Cornell Is
. member of the Legislature from
Multanomah county, in which Port
land 10 situated.
The medical department OF the
Iowa State University opened last
Wednesday with an attendance Of
over ninety, Of which the new HON.
eopathic department has fifteen.-
There are six ladies In the class.
The Supreme Court Of the United
States refused the supersedeas grant
ed by Justice Hunt in the case of the
Central Railroad Of Iowa. which is a
defeat of the Cate party, and leaves
the road in the hands of the Receiver,
j. B. Grinnell.
John w. Miller, the second hand
man, ON Second street, has squash
raised in his garden this season, that
weighs Ill lbs. It is 6 feet l inch in
circumference. There were 8 squash
% on the vine, the least Of which
weighed 40 lbs.
Physicians highly recommend the
use Of DIR. Marshall's Lung Syrup for
Coughs or Colds Of long standing
and Pulmonary complaints generally.
1t always cures in an incredibly short
time. Call on your druggist and get
. bottle. Only Is cents. Sold by J.
L. Taylor Il Co.
There are now 3SS males and six
females confined in the Fort Madison
penitentiary, The health Of the con-
victs 10 excellent none ct all in the
hospital. The female convicts are
employed ct making clothing for the
inmates of the institution.
"Now by st. Paul the work goes
bravely on" Messrs. Daggett h Har-
per, the extensive Flax seed Washers
and Linseed Oil manufactures are a.
ready At work making preparations
to use the Water Power - soon Il
Messrs. Wiley 4 Co. are ready to lei
1t on, which will be before long, II
Jupiter Pluvius win only permit.
The Sioux City Daily Journal hal
been enlarged to eight columns
Sioux City, though not much ovel
half as large - Ottumwa, Is . livs
town and has . stirring cot Of bust.
mess men who advertise extensively
and profit thereby. Twenty-Five col
umns Of advertisements il good
thing for the Journal. We congratu
lste this wide awake and exceIlen
paper on it, prosperity.
ot Stands Like This.
On our shelves and counters LAY
$4,000 worth Of Winter Clothing
making the most complete assortmen
ever seen in the county,
AND NOW THEY MUST BE SOLD,
AND soLD THEY WILL BIZ, and II 70,
buy your Winter Clothing bsfor,
you get our prices YOU'LL WISH 70,
HADN'T, THAr's ALL. G. Sax b BRo.
The Boss Clothieri