Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1908-07-25
POULTRY and
STOCK SHOW
ANNUAL EVENT AT WASHING
TON. IOWA, NOV. ITO BE
A SPLENDID ONE.

washington, July tine
date of the annual show of the
association has been fixed for Novenl-
Der II, to 20. The show last year was
the best in the state with the excep-
ton of the tri-city show, and this
year the committee proposes to ofer
some cash premiums that will make
the poultry breeders throughout the
state take notice. The annual cata-
log is in course of preparation n by
inquiring of President Parrish or
Secretary Bailey poultry fanciers, can
get all the information.
Sensation SaueIched.
A sensation of large proportions was
squelched by the sheriff and deputy
who went to. the basement of the
German church in the south part If
town to dig up a dead body, proported
to have been murdered and buries1
there. When it was found the hole il
the ground was a settled drain and
the weapons of the supposed murderer
were nothing but the parsons garden
tools. The kids of the south part of
town who started the rumor are now
laughing up their sleeves" and the
feminine sex is breathing with COM
posture.
Break Plate Glass Window.
A big plate glass window on the
u I'll iC roquol was plohsAi
during a conflict between two farm
| ers, Custer and McGraw, who paid
upwards of sixty dollars for a new
plate glass and a small fine imposed
by Mayor Cunningham.
Hanley Visited Bryan.
P. j. Hanley, a young attorney re-
siding here, a longtime friend Of w
]. Bryan's, stopped at Fairview er
route home from the Denver conven-
ton Inc was entertained at the homs
of the Commoner. Mr.. Hanley in
troduced Bryan at a Jeffersonian ban
quet given here a few years g an6
has kept the Democratic nominee ir
touch with the Iowa situation eve,
since. Through the Washington at
been boosted ever since it was
started. A story told by Mr.. Hanley
illustrates why Bryan is such a friend
of the common people. AS Mr.. Hanley
was leaving the Bryan home on {
street car he, by chance, struck UP ;
conversation with the street car con-
ductor, a young E~nglishman O
Il agree with you, Hanley, Bryan j.
the greatest mar on earth. On hi
last trip abroad he made a side trir
out to my mothers rural home, ant
do you know 1t did her old soul NOR.
good than I can tell you. Mothcl
made plumb pudding, an article o
diet of which I have always been yer.
fond since boyhood days, and say;
1t to Mr.. Bryan to carry to me. All
you know that man brought 1T all thu
way across the water and out here t.
Nebraska. purposely for me. Bryan
my friend. l tell you and I'll stay b.
him every time
Decision Helps Lucas Man.
The recent decision of the Inter
State Commerce Commission on feed
ing in transcit rates means much {
James Brockway, Of Lucas, a prosper
Gus young farmer of that vicinity
and one Of the directors of the low
Corn Belt Meat Producers associa
ton which brought suit against som
sixteen roads in the state. He. is
heavy dealer in sheep bringing il
several car loads from the wester
ranges, fattening them, and shippin
to Chicago market. 1t will save hir
upwards of five hundred dollars pc
shipment. and means much to the cat
tie industry in these parts also. Cliff
ford Thorns, a young attorney residin
here, fought he case single handed.
John Garrett and Will Cullett wer
brought before Squire Mccall
charged with selling intoxicatin
liquors. The former pleaded guilty al
the latter entered a plea Of not quilt,
The former vas fined $50 and cost
and the latter was bound over to tn
grand jury, his bond fixed at $500. j
Is claimed to be CARROTS first an
Cullett's second offenSe.