The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1865-10-05

J. coming one Of the leading interests OF In
, State. The value of the growing crop. ,
present, will not fall short Of six million
of dollars. :3FE1
There is great emigration going O
from Canada to this country. A Montres
Journal says "the people are leaving / us h
ten of thousands" The emigration frorr
Europe is also on the increase. The far
that this is the great country really ~
iand Of the free and home of the brav
is being generally recognized Oh n'I'R'
The order Of the Blue Arrow. an orpani
zation of the Army Of the Tennessee. hold
ameeting Of all its members, at Chicago
on the 18th of November. .".ai'f si's -
The Virginia Episcopal Convention. ins
adjourned urn dat at Richmond, adopted a serie
Of resolutions fayoring q reunion with tn
Northern churches of that denomination
The Irish American journal in New
York refuses to support the, Democrats
state ticket. It calls it an insult to Irisl
ra's.U sa1 nj y'in1ugloa qaab Hrn
IIrWm. Hooper, Esq, of Cincinnati ha,
accepted the position of Treasurer of th.
state OF Ohio. vi b9jTingFs z'a@sgT iaHid
sEbuRNrra SwAMp.--A swamp in Tewks.
bury Mass., = has been on fire for some
time, and thecombustion having worked
into q peat-bed eighteen to twenty Inches
continues to advance. The roots IF trees
are burned off and they topple over add
ing fuelto the flame! Gangs of men have
been at work in varions places trying TO
check the fire, but'without success. .s1o.@
The Cedar Fails GAZETTE says that Arthur
Morrison OF, that city has been appointed
superintendent Of the Orphans Home in
Cedar Falls. The Home there is to be for
mally opened on Monday, October ID. '7a, =
b The Maquoketa Excelsior says that Al
exander II. johnson, a blacksmith, living
at Springbrook, " Jackson, county, died on
Saturday. the 18th, inst, from the effects of
strychnine, which, q jury declared, after
post mortem examination, had been ad.
ministereda by his wife, II No conjecture as
othe cause had been made public. A war
rant had been issued for Mrs. J. s arrest.
THE WEBSTER FAMILY. The only per-
son left TO perpetuate the family name Of
Daniel Webster is the grandson, Ashbtir-
ton Webster, who is q very promising
young man. nfISys n, sfba Ariar;roo,,3 49,,
Fletcher SSyebstero ,9aftd t,yyo q, 49,
daughter still living. Edward Webster,
Major, who died IN Mexico left no child
refi.' There are four other grandchildren
by his much be,o,ad II ,1io Z iha,.r;,., ~
maine of A ppletorng l,r4hisis o,ylo+,h as,r,
ily of DanieI Webster gibIN5 90 90 Ill |
wHH..rrt war W. =, 4 1,,,qnsl = 49, =. LmL j9son, ~
Hero and Jack used To ouard
Union prisoners ut Richmond and Ander-
have been bought bv George x K
Goodwin, Of Boston, for 81 400. ''|' ~ ''l
General scott nov, IN ~. y-,- -, -
bv yisi,o,,. .s so,,;,.'r s.. - ~
and as s,rai.h, -, - n'n,,
les. enc s....-s....,s'. .o,,..,., s.. - q"
said that in 1892 he haH f0fI0~ee mo
era (being then on official business for the
Goyernn,ent> over thousand miles in its |
,v.,kes and had never suffered from it, but
he did not care to run that risk again. 80
,s-t- -ggaa yW,- .bo5t4Las - m,.,e, :, w.
M i-N>''7tfN ~ SSa5 ,,,,, II
L,,t not
=, j, ~ !, ia montrositv
hi;.,h fIo,nr Io,,r tfrriend 20, Jewett of
A.. Cao,o,.;,,t 1.u sbows ne q coin of
tIa;ro T1,r.nt Of Svrocuse who reipned
T., - re ~ a6f hafore tho Christian Era. on
i.0'f ie >Se-S.S,T .,L. ...L, en-
A's - 80 -u :, ,ro r,o
- '"1,t, '....--., yll G.I,a;o,ss -
= I
NJ - -, = b'S- - "if'TT 1TfTTT T"Nn
o"s ooJ's HS" ~ .qu au.. p. .a.s aE"s l1T ..%
(. FIRE.--Two barns were destroyed by hre
yesterday afternoon in East ,Des MONIES.
One was owned by 1Hon. james WrishI,
Secretary Of State, whose loss amounts ito
aboat $500, insured for $i0o.li Inc 1other
was on the premises eccupiedp py 1onn d.
Miller. ESQ.,, who loses about SAW "a Darn
belonging to stephen BROOKS ESQ., was IN
imminent danger, BENG only aooo'tw
ty feet distant from the others' ana was
only saved by the indeiatisapie EFFORTS Oh
the friends who cameJ,t9 ieha adheipihe
hand. .Ihe nre Was t'se' resuit "if eApefr
lment of . lttteppoy MAO ~ahteo W iisht
match Ijl'st to see now II "ooia oufA si-'
State Register.T ads 81 t.fo J" 72da1"H
| Application was lately made to Justice
of the Peace, at Elmira New York, for
warrant against a Baptist minister by U
man whose wife he had baptized without
his knowledge. so ~ m9di saE7 l.iE "o
dish .ffzis--4 - - = ~ - .HF7H9't
A LINCOLN NATcH.--A certain rural
school teacher, who had read the adver
tisement of the indefatigable proprietor o