Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-13
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Secretary. Sherman favors rsstora-
ton Of the tea and coffee tax.
Fort Dodge elected Greenback
Mayor, Henry'Platt, y..l72.majority.
L. H. Small, convicted Of murder
in Tama county, has been granted q
new;trial. n
Marshalltown paid 5lh mills tax
in 1877, just 20 mills more that Ottum-
wa people paid.
During the first four days Of Drews
lectures ct Iowa City 1900 persons
signed the pledge.
We'd like to lay wager that It can
rain easier in this latitude than any
other place in tho known world.
Marehalltown saved $6.513. 80 In in
surance, by having water-works, last
year, saying nothing of additional Sc
curity from fire.
We understand that the packing
house Of John Morrell 4 Co. have
killed and packed between twenty
two and twenty-three thousand hogs
up to this date.
Ten tons Of silver passed through
Council Bluffs toward the Philadel-
phia mint, the other day. A bag
gage car was used for transporting
the precious stuff.
1t cost Marshalltown $25,727 last
year for school and school-house tax
es. The average expense Of each
scholar per anuum was e2S.28, which
is q pretty high rate.
The Hawkeye Gays Burlington has
LAG licensed saloons. We are glad
that it has 'fessed up. According to
population that is more than twice IS
many as Ottumwa has.
DR.. J. w. York, one Of our Eddy
Vile boys, has received the appoint
ment from Government - physician
to the Pawnee Indian agency, Indian
territory, At $1,000 per year.-Eddy-
ville Advertiser.
Doc McCue has quit the pork
house for the present, and will turn
his attention to the Robaugh Little
Giant Pump. Doc will make the
pump business hum when he gets
fairly into the harness again.
G. A. Calhoun, of Keokuk, has been
arrested charged with the murder Of
an architect named Lourie, whom he
pushed off If q school building some
five months ago. Lourie died on
Thursday last from his injuries.
Marshall county poor farm sold last
week $SOl.90 worth Of hogs. There
were 43, which averaged SIS lbs, and
aggregated 1926 lbs. How many
hogs has Wapello county poor farm
sold this season?
J. B. Glenn and John Ellis, late
bankers Of Bloomfield, now residents
Of Kansas, have been indicted by the
Grand Jury of Davis county. A re-
QUESTION on the Governor of Kansas
for their arrest has been issued by
Governor Gear.
Mr.. Sloan, agent for the North
Missouri railroad in this city, in.
forms us that their passenger bust
ness has increased more than half
since the Inauguration Of the new
through line. Every train has an in
creased patronage.
John A. Pallister, for nearly five
years with the Boulton Bros, is fixing
up the Norris building formerly &C.
cupied by Cook & McCue, for cam
dy mandatory. John is an indus
trious, good boy, and we have the
greatest faith in his success. He will
be ready for business in few days.
d. T. Corrie, the celebrated lectur-
er and cartoonist, has been secured to
give an entertainment at Lewis Opera
House, on Friday evening. He has
recently appeared at Des Moines and
other cities in our state, and draws
immense audiences. The press every
where gives his entertainments the
highest praise. Admission only Is
cents reserved seats 81 cents.