Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-27
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clone has struck the saloons In that
place.
One hundred million dollars worth
of property was destroyed by fire in
1877.
Mr.. Boutecou has enrolled 2,l3l in
his blue ribbon army at Mt. Pleasant,
and has gone to Centervillc.
| William Piper, aged Is, and an old
resident and we'll known in Monroe
county, died in Abba on the 18th
inst.
There were 10, 425, 5O2 barrels Of coal
oil exported from the U. S. in 1877,
an increase of about 1900, 600 barrels
over 1876.
There were 1886 patients in the Hos
pital for the Insane at Independence
the first Of this month, two more wo-
men than men.
Phoebe Cozzens says there are no
dollars Of our mammies" talked
about, for the daddies kept them all
to themselves.
A Washington woman has applied
to be appointed constable, despair
ing of catching man in any other
way.-Danbary Neacs.
Tice has brought suit against Jacob
s. Merrell at st. Louis for $4,000 for
infringing upon his copyright in pub.
fishing the probabilities.
Mrs. .Pitman was the first woman
ever cremated in America. For thu
good of society it is hoped that she
will be the last.-Gate CITY.
l Bertha Won Hillern says she "h.tes
lawfully to have women kiss her,
u Well, say, Bertha, don't you want to
appoint receiver ?-Burdette.
| At q church festival at Memory,
Taylor county, Iowa, last week, a
| vote for the prettiest girl ended in q
fight, fists and knives being freely
used.
l We are indebted to Theo. Eyestone,
of Martinsburg, for number of new
subscribers for the WEEKLY COURIER.
Our list at that place is growing rap
idly.
EIGHT TO SEVEN AGA1N.-By vote
of s to Z the Catholic societies of Bal
timore have concluded to dispense
with the usual st. Patrick's Day Pa
!, rade..
i A gentleman just down from Des
Moines says that o placard, displayed
from the windows of almost every
saloon reads: "Remember Your
Pledge"
i August Schaefer, of South Bend
Ind, died on the 18th, Of trichina
Three more of his family are expect
ed to die, the direct result of eatina
raw pork.
The large brewery of J. B. Schmid,
; & Bro, at Elkader, was destroyed by
/, fire on the 10Th. Loss unknown; bu,
the brewery was one of the best In
Northern Iowa.
;, The Republicans of Oskaloosa hav,
nominated the following ticket fol
city officers: Mayor, T. G. Phillips
Treasurer, VIM. A. Lindley Solici.
ter, Ben Mccoy.
j Levi Mccoy, of Monroe county, i.
boarding at our Jail until he can ex.
plain how he dealt so extensively IL
cattle and horses in that country thai
belonged to other men.
| We give in to-days paper an excel.
lent article from the Cincinnati Time.
headed "Annie Kellogg's Crime
We most heartily commend its peru.
sal to all our readers.
The gross earnings of the Chicago
Burlington and Quincy road for 1877
were $l2,279,2O2, against $l2,OO3, 95(
last year. The directory has declared
q four per cent. dividend out of the
six per cent. earnings of the last siz
months.
| A Western paper tells us: "The
man who orders his paper stopped,
because there appears IN it something
he cannot indorse, at once registers
himself deadhead, and reads the
paper with closer attention than ever
at the expense of some one else"
At Des Moines the other evening q
report on the water works was read
at the meeting of the common coun-
Gil, and after it was read, one of the
aldermen, who was drunk, yelled out
that "it was all - liep They.
will try to relieve him from further
duty.
The Peoria Transcript says that Col.
Robt. G. Ingersoll has advertised his
house and that of his deceased father
iu-law, in Peoria, for sale, and that
he is going to Washington, ID. e., to
reside and enter the practice of the
law there with his brother, Hon. E.
G. Ingersoll.
The New York school janitors' SAL
aries have been increased from 1925
to 1926 q year, while the salaries of
the teachers have been reduced from
$3.50 to $500. The Graphic gives the
reason. 1t is because he (the janitor)
runs the primary meetings, while she
(the teacher) only runs the primary
schools.
House and Lot for Sale.
will cell, or trade for farm, my.
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