The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-03-29
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Great Fire in Cincinnati.
Destruction Of Pixies Opera House.

Destruction Of Pixies Opera Ho,se.
13- s-@ !, 5.5a. 1-sa' Cincinnati, March %.
Pixies Opera House is entirely in ruins.
A portion of the front has fallen into 4th
street, and the entire rear and side walls
have fallen out. H., NJ = Z. p
The Engineers Office, with all its oon-
tents, is completely destroyed. s.iNi "a .
The fire spread, across Baker street to
Adams Express stables and several other
buildings on Third street, but is now well
subdued. am ,igers s'ag n9fp uaas aa.aaiq
The total loss will reach two million dolE
lars. - --.s. .s...l 20.
Mr.. Pixies loss Is estimated at one mill
lion dollars. j Insured in $4,000 only
But little property saved The actors lost
all theiI wardrpbes. e3,,.sl3,,..-, ~ ~.
The Express G mpany saved only their
valuable packages. u - i.sgai ,as-sa.gt 81.
Among the sufferers are Carroll Il Co.,
book publishers; Wheeler g. Wilson sew
ing machine agency; Chester Il Co., music
store. Strawbridge s. Geilash, lithograph-
ers; Bryant, Stratten q Dehues, commer-
cial college; EIarpel's mercantile printing
office; Holiday, boots and shoes; Helmes
q Son, paper hangers; Baldwin, pianos;
Niblott & Atkins, saloon; Langley, cigar
deaaer, and the Buckeye billiard saloon.
The fire broke ont about half an hour af-
ter the audience had been dismissed. Its
origin has not yet been fully ascertained,
although the suppostion is that it was oc-
casioned by an explosion of gas. The fire
spread so rapidly that i'm five minutes after
the explosion occurred the whole building
was in flames. .@a."l " . 7a0t .4-~# trg IS
The event has somewhat dampened the
spirits of the community. aH s:gh1 ~
THE Enquirer Company loses about SlO0-
600. Adams Express Company lost goods
valued at $3.50, 600. .s.11s Is r.s5 ..asr .tg "
Peters & Co. lost their entire stock of
music and Instruments, together with
plates for printing sheet music, which Mr..
Peters had been gath ering for thelast forty
years. .|'' = t'.afll. - @slsy-h E#ls.
Business on Fourth street, between Wal
nut and Vine. is entirely suspended to-
day. and intense feeling of awe prevails
throughout the city over the terrible dis
aster. --..o...s...aE ..s..
Ike Cook, Of Chicago, who was sued by
the Auditor Of the Postoflice, fora balance
due the Department from himas Postmas-
ter mt that city in 1852, has paid mp the a.
mount of $500, and the case das been dis
missed. .- 20 ~, "".."-. ~ at5ft
Comptroller Clarke states that twenty
seven million dollars of the 10-40 loan, was
not issued. That recently, however, $685.
500 have been quarterly issued of this old
loan, and at six per cent. interest. L. .'
Another contribution, amounting To
nearly one thousand in value. from the
Birmingham, England, Freedmen's Asso-
citation, has Just been received by General
Howard, and will be appropriated to the
use of the destitute colored people in the
South. b. .. .....tlL4 tHis.s aaar
aa..t !. Washington, March 81.
The bill TO equalize bounties, introduced
by MIR. Julian to-day, and referred to the
Committee Oh Military Affairs, provides
| for the payment to every soldier or sailor
who served during the late war. and who
has been, or may he, fonorably discharged
Il bounty of 81 dollars for every month of
service rendered, provided thatin case OF
discharge on account of wounds received
in action, the full bounty shall be paid for
the term of service for which the enlist
ment was made. No bounty is to be paid
To any soldier or sailor who was a prisoner
Of war at the time OF his enlistment, or
who had heeR discharged at his own re-
quest, unless for the purpose of re-enliSt-
ment, or TO accept promotion, nor to any
sailor whose prize money shall exceed the
amount of bounty he would be entitled
to. -.ratF easF.r.rt " ,sE s...-. r4
The Senate to-day confirmed the follow
ing nominations: .s..s....-
4 q -
lister resident AT the Hiawiian Islands, and
TO be Minister. -.s. ...g
Hiram Il. Hawkins, OF Nevada, to be
Consul ut Tumble. ...s
Ciias. 4. Leas, mt Funchal. r
Andrew j. Stevens, Of Iowa, Consul at
Surymis. rsr
William M. Jones, of New York at
Clifton, G. w.
o. NJ. Spencer, of Iowa, at Geneva.
Saml II. Campbell, at Bayone.
Sam'l A. Gregg, OF Tennessee, at Kings
ton, Jamaica. .,.a
John c. Walker, OF Tennessee, at st.
Thomas. .rI.srF
L. p. Smith, of n. y, to be Commits
sioner of Immigration. .'''
Lewis Blodgett, Appraiser at the port of
Philadelphia. -----.
Wm. III. Barnhardt. of Oregon, to be In
dian Agent in the Territory of Washing
ton.
isaac X. Coleman, or lnu., TO be agent
for the Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians.
Luther Il. Webb, of Wis.,, agent for the
Chippeways of Lake Superior.
Franklin III. Heart, of Utah, to be Supt.
Of Indian affairs for the Territory of Utah.
Thos. Murphy to be Supt. of Indian af-
fairs for the central Superintendency.
Il. B. Taylor, of Nebraska, to be Supt.
of Indian affairs for the northern Super
intendency.
Joseph II. Hanson,sof Dakota Territory.
to be Agent for the Indians on the Upper
Wisconsin River.
Chancey Fl. Norris, of Nebraska, to be
Agent for Grand River.
b. J.. Fairfield, of California, to be Agt.
for the Mound yallev Indians.
Jacob l.. Houghton, of New Mexico, to
be associate Justice of New Mexico.
New York, March "a. /
A Toronto special states that the rumor
gains strength that 10000 moro men will
soon he called ont by the Government.
At Montreal yesterday, a policeman fired
on some persons, thinking they were Fem
ians.s Nobody hurt, though there is now
downright panic. The feeling is thatthe
Fenian danger is not over. Some demon
stration is looked for from across the line,
before long, and in consequence the volun-
teering and drilling .are uninterrupted
Great enthusiasm is manifested by the peo-
pie. es- ~ @A%-es3s -
Orders have just been given to some few
y,a y, int ha liStr -.