Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-05-29
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Wood can now be bought on the
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Inc cause OF the burning OF the no.
tel at Lemars was the bursting Of a
kerosene lamp.
The Dubuque Times says ex-gov-
ernor Stone will not be candidate
for Congress in this District.
Friday the Senate confrmed
the appointment of John B. Miller,
Register of the Land Office at Ida
no.
At Centerville, two COWS broke into
q yard ate some tiger lilies and died.
Now if the stock law il not enforced
60 to raising tiger lilies.
The boys will be glad to know that
they can go fishing next Saturday
without fear of the law. AT that
time the prohibition expires.
The young Miss Williams, who
was conspicuous figure in the late
Red Oak scandal case, has been sent
to the State Reform School.
The Kramer Brewing Company are
shipping about three car loads OF
beer to the northern part of the state
per month. Pretty good business.
The Des Moines Ne,cs says: at is
reported in commercial circles that the
heavy dry goods house of Greenbaum
Schroeder Il Co., of Burlington. has
failed"
The Baltimore Gazette wants Mr.. !
Montgomery Blair to "wipe the per-
SEPARATION from his anxious brow, pull
down his vest, and sit peacefully down
in the back row.
Henry Mole, the train dispatcher
at Boone, by whose forgetfulness the
two trains were allowed to rush to-
gether and which resulted in the
death of fireman Chevy, is raving
maniac.
Utica Republican: The President
having tried to conciliate the demo-
Gratis, he thinks of trying to cooper
ate with the republicans. Why didn't
he think of doing the latter in the be-
ginning?
Bishop McCoskry has returned TO
Detroit, and will resume the duties
of HE position. II is intimated that
the scandal mongers who have as
sailed his good name will be dealt
with legally.
The Clinton Herald says: "Strsnge
to relate but nevertheless true, the
Central Railroad Of Iowa has never
had an accident in which any of its
passengers have had q limb broken
or were killed"
The st. Joe Herald says: "a cir
Gus clown in this city recently got off
a new joke, whereupon the manage
ment discharged him. alleging that
he had violated one of the sacred
rules of the profession
On Friday last Mr.. E. B. Winner of
Allerton, was engaged in boring for
a we'll when the rigging above the
anger fell, falling directly on his
head, inflicting wound from which
he died in about one hour.
Messrs. Kiser 4 Pie-son will COM
mence the erection of their Oatmeal
Mill as coon as the County Surveyor
stakes off their ground. There will
be no time wasted and we expect to
see the building under way, next
week.
Council Bluffs is posted with no.
tees reading, 'Tramps, tramps are
wanted to leave or they will be ar
rested. BY order of the city mar
shall" The tramps say they always
did despise folks who are SO ALFRED
particular about small things.
Mrs, Z. A. Beavers, of Villisca, went
of lecturing, and Mr.. Beavers stayed
at home, and-well, old Beavers is q
bad, bad man when his wife goes off
lecturing. The young woman has
gone to the hospital and Beavers has
left home, too.
The VIM. Kramer Brewing Compa-
ny are very proud Of their water
works. From common stand pipe
in their building they are enabled
to throw water twenty feet above the
top of the smoke stack on the outside
of their building.
The Des Moines stockholders Of the |
Republic Life Insurance Company
have employed au attorney to pro-
coed to Chicago and ascertain what
steps could be taken for releasing
them from further swindling.
We are informed that Dickerson,
Clark and Young, who stole old man
Dickerson's team on the 18th inst,
have been arrested at Kansas City.
with the team in their possession, and
now Ounce Wood is likely to have
three more regular boarders for .
while.
The Des Moines Register says: at
is expected that Hon. II. c. Cald we'll,
U. S. District Judge for Arkansas,
will come to Des Moines and hold the
court for several weeks. This will
give parties litigant in this court
time to try their cases at the pres
ent term, and will help to unload the
docket"
An Illinois man came across to Sto-
ry county and began proceedings for
divorce, but relented, stopped pro-
ceedings, got sick, his wife came and
attended him faithfully, he died and
she found that the court had gone on
and divorced them six months before
without either of them knowing it.
Early potatoes of good size and
fine cabbage are among the eatables
now in market, and yesterday we
saw another man who wouldn't sell
his potatoes last Fall, because he
could get only 40 cents for them, beg
ging some grocer to give him Is cts
bushel for load Of fine peach
blows.
The Insane Commissioner of this
city held session and adjudged
Sven Vending insane and ordered
him sent to the Asylum at Mt. Pleas
ant. He is the man who had orders
from the high court of Heaven to kill
every man over SO years of age, and
made the attempt on the G. B. 4 @.
track walker . few nights ago.
Money to Loan.
Cash in bank, no commission, le-
gal interest. long time. Addraaa !.