Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20
JoTT11r0s.

California is having the hardest
kind of hard times.
Iowa inventive genius ground on,
48S patents during the year 1877.
James Elder, a prominent citizen Of
Monroe county. died Thursday morn
ing.
Tramps curse barbed wire fences
"Where's the chance to sit down 2
they Inquire.
Mrs. Martha Evans, sister Of Chris
tian Nosler of this city, died at Win
terset on the 7th inst, aged GO years
The Dollar of the "Dads" is already
making its appearance in circulation
We received one to-day coined in
1872.
Professor Little, State Geologist Of
Georgia, declares that gold deposit.
In North Georgia exceed those Of
California.
Delegate Cannon, Of Utah, says
that only the Lord can save Mormon
ism. IT this be 80, the Saints might
as well give 1t up.
We learn from the Advertiser that
the City Council of Eddyville refuses
to grant any more wine and beer Ii
censes, and has revoked the license
for Leggett's Opera House.
The voters of the city will do well
to heed the notice of the City Clerk
of the time for registration. Let
every voter see in person that his
name is on the registry, and then
there will be no trouble in voting.
John MorreA & Co., at their pack
ing house In this city Saturday, han
died one thousand hogs which in
creases the number packed to date to
81 600, which is not bad for such
weather as wo have had this winter,
The Daily Herald says that in Gin
ton "the tramps have . new dodge
they put on big blue ribbon land
when they call at a house for some
thing to eat nobody has the heart to
refuse poor reformed fellow you
know"
The Mayor of Eddyville has issued
q proclamation ordering . special
election on Monday, March 18th, to
decide the question of abandoning
their special charter and organizing
under the general incorporation laws
of the State.
The Detroit Free Press inquiries
'If women insist on taking chloro-
form before having q tooth pulled,
why call the dentist a murderer ?
Why can't female sit down, open
her mouth, utter ono yell and skip
down stairs like . MANI"
A New York physician, who has
been investigating the subject, has
made the discovery that mot one per-
son in three has lei j Of equal length,
and that there are nearly double the
number of left legs longer than they
need be, than there is of the right"
Geo. w. Rouse purchased on Thurs
day last, Of DR.. Comstock, for Nor
rell & Co., pork packers of Ottumws,
46 head of hogs,l and 12 months old,
that averaged 3OS lbs. This is the
best lot of young hogs yet sold in the
county, SO far as we have heard.
DR.. Winship favored us with pro.
gramme of the closing exercises OF
the graduating class at the Keokuk
Medical College, Feb. 14th. The ex.
ercises were very entertaining and a
decided success. We notice DR.
Thrall, of this city responded to .
toast upon the occasion. This col,
lege has now been for many years in
successful operation and is becoming
one of the noted schools of the West
The new arrangement by which
through cars and sleepers are TO b.
run from st. Louis to st. Paul with
out change via the st. L. X. G. &
Northern, Central and Milwaukee s
st. Paul roads, will 60 into effect in ,
very few days. The North Missouri
will put on an additional passenger
train making close connections will
the Central, and at present the ar
rangement is to run two trains day
each way, including Sunday.