Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-07-03
JoTTINGs.


by which it wants somebody to faith
err.
The Baker monument is to be I'M
yelled at Des Moines on the Fourth
of July.
The Democrats of Council Bluffs
(Sth) district have nominated J. H.
Neatly for Congress.
Fifteen one-armed or one-legged
heroes were delegates to the State
Republican Convention.
f. P. Campbell, of Mt. Pleasant,
has formed law partnership with
w. A. Fast, of Eddyville.
We have in our office stock of
clover ak feet high. 1t was grown
on Gen. Hedrick's place. Who can
top it?
Colonel Robert NJ. Douglas, son Of
Illinois Little Giant" was on Tues
day re-appointed United States Mar
shall of North Carolina.
Pat Breen and Danny Council,
boys aged and s years, were drown
ed in slough at Dubuque on Tues
day, while playing on a raft.
The Osceola Sentinel says that G.
w. Holland, formerly Of this city, has
formed law partnership with Hen
ry Stivers, prominent lawyer of
that place.
Jefferson county proposes to build
suitable house in which to put its
incurable insane. What does the
Wapello County Supervisors intend
to do in regard to this ma tier?
If the new chairman of the State
Central Committee, Frank Hatton,
doesn't set on foot lively canvass in
Iowa this fall, we shall never again
venture on prophecy.--Dubuq,te Times
James Harker, living out just east
of the City Cemetery, favs1 us
with.a box of the very finest raspber.
ries we have seen this season. He
has kind unknown to us and the
largest we ever saw.
The Cincinnati BREAKFAST Table
says that an Indiana preacher made
use of the expression, "the iconoclas-
tic segregate of sin" last Sunday, and
has already received call to Con.
gregational church in Boston.
i VIM. Evans, living south Of town
is certain that he has the most prolific
ewes in Davis county. From 46 Of
them he has this season raised 6t
lambs. If any one can tell bigger
wool story than that, let HIM begin q
once.-Bloomfeld Democrat.
A countryman passing along MAR
/ street, yesterday, observed the sign
: "Cash paid for raw furs." Turning
: around to his companion he said
"See here, Jim, when they pay casf
. for raw furs, what will they pay TO
cooked ones."-Dubuque Times.
;. A Keokuk man who had sevel
! homely daughters, for box of ci
! gars got Eichelberger, of the Consti
. tuition, to publish rumor that he wa
, q desperate old miser who had sever
, barrels of gold buried in his celia,
, and all the daughters were msrrie'
off in four months from date.
ii Henry Ward Beecher is to lectur
I in Mt. Pleasant on the 9th day o
August. An excursion train will ru
run down from Ottumwa and bac
! same night. Fare round trip, $1.7(
tickets $l.00, supper 30 cents. Who'll
expense of trip $500. Tickets will b
on sale with George Warden at al
early date.
A reporter of the Gate City has in
terviewed Hugh Riddle. Presiden
Of the Chicago, r. [. & P. Railroad
at Chicago, in relation to the inten
ton of that corporation as regard
the future management of the X.
D. M. road. Mr.. Riddle was entire
ly noncommittal and the result of th
interview was very unsatisfactory t
y the representative eff Keokuk.
Z A music teacher of this city was il
]. Center Grove, Monday, and capture,
! q very pretty little animal ther,
which he proceeded to bring home
He carried him as far as West Du
! buque, when he dropped him into g
creek, because, as he said, she smell
like HI" You can't get within for
ty rods Of that music teacher now
Dubuque Times.
A. c. Leighton has another house
on wheels which is being moved t,
the outskirts of the city to give plac
to new one on Second street. Mr.
!, Leighton is doing his full shar
towards improving the city this sum
mer, and we feel warranted in com
I mending his example to other peopl
twho have the interest of the city a
r heart. Shove back your old building
| and put new ones in their place.