Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-03-28
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Headquarters for clothing is al
Nusbaum's. tt
"Forest Tar" Preparations, are
pure preparations of Tar-effective,
but harmless.
The Burlington Gazette says the
widow Of Major G. II. Fletcher is moi
dead, but quite i'll.
It is time you were setting blue
glass in your hen house II yon expect
to have blue eggs for Easter.
For Druggists Sundries, Motions,
and Toilet articles, the popular re-
sort is Williamson & Nnley's.
The secd-wheat market IL quite &C
tive yet, although fully tho usual
breadth is already sown.
Nusbaum keeps q full line ofShirts,
Overalls and Undertaking cheaper
than any other house in town.
The blue birds have put in their
second appearances for the season, and
this time we hope they have come to
stay.
The Mayor Of Ccnterville has or
dered the barber shops cosed on Sum
day, and the Citizen says that the
order caused some tall cussin'.
Capt. SamI r. Snyder has bought
out the flour and feed store Of John
Gray, next door west Of the P~ostofico,
on Second street.
j. M. Finkbonc, . prominent DEM
ocrat Of Hardin county, announces in
tho Eldora Ledger that hereafter he is
q Republican. The Tilden campaign
sickened him.
The State Senate Of New York have
refused to confirm the nomination Of
George b. Mcclellan for Supcrin-
tendent Of Public Works, on the
ground that, as an engineer, he has
proved to be q failure.
Messrs. Williamson & Finley, on
Main street, have one of the hand
soonest Drug Stores in the city. It is
q model Of neatness and every pre-
scription is carefully compounded by
an experienced hand. d&w1te.
We understand that Stephen Green
ahot and killed a bald eagle ON Appa-
moose Island yesterday that measured
seven feet from tip to tip. Of the
wings. There were three in compa-
ny but only the inc was killed.
Wall Paper, Of every shade. style,
pattern, and quality at prices that are
perfectly irresistible. House cleaning
time is at hand and remember that
Williamson & Finley's is headquar-
tiers for Wall Paper. d&w
Mr.. Porter, our new Mayor, takes
to the duties of his new position very
kindly and can give q man a SEN
tence to ten days on tho stone pile
with as much nonchalance as though
he had held the position for forty
years.
1t cost Oskaloosa $14,S93.3l to run
q city government the past year.
The city's indebtedness is GAG, 1858.
Resources-cash, &3.4sO.57; property,
$4O,SlAO8, consisting in part of a $685.
600 hole In the ground, yclept an
"Artesian Well"
J. Fl. Better and j. w. Jarnagin
have started, at Monroe, a very hand
some eight column, republican paper,
called the Monroe Weekly Times. It
is bright as a new dollar and chock-
full of the latest news. Success to
the Times.
The circulation Of the Daily and
Weekly COURIER is steadily increas-
ing, in spite of the hard times, in this
and adjoining counties.
Business men who want good adj
vertising at reasonable rates, should
give us a call.
Iowa has 9,454 ungraded and 4O5
graded school. Benton county stands
at the head of the list Of the counties
in the number of schools, having Ito
ungraded and Z graded. The num-
Der of teachers in the State is 1862.
OF these 1880 are males, and 1892
females. The average monthly wages
paid is $47.27 to male and $28 o. to
female teachers.
The Maxwell reported murdered
near Trinidad, Colorado, in our dis
patches yesterday, as hailing from
Stuart, Iowa, is probably Capt. Max
we'll, formerly in the legislature from
Dallas county. We don't want to be
understood az v%ouching for this state
ment, as we once enormously pub
lished the drowning Of this same
Capt. Maxwell, in Pugets Sound.
New goods in endless profusion,
latest >stylcs, and Of every variety at
the Panic Storein the new Richards
Block. The Messrs. Robinson Bros.
& Co., have the finest store in the
city, and their stock embraces every
article required in this country. For
handsome dress goods the ladies will
find exactly what they want at Rob-
inson Bros. s. Co. wilt
C. +. W. Bachman has on hand
which he wishes to sell at cost Q lot
Of furniture upholstered at Chicago.
This furniture is fully equal to the
best usually sold of eastern manu-