The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-11-19


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II They have six inches Of snow in 8
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40 ,e, o0 .. ~ NO. s''o a'
So,.o' majority.
The Wall street, democratic pani
has subsidized. Fancy ct scks are ver,
| much demorai;zed savmo.r .,ooL'
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1cn' NIKE Helian, IS about t
take up his residence at Hoboken
which is important Of true.
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measures 70 secure AID from Congress
to improve the Fox, and Wisconsin
rivers, 80 as to connect the Missisaip
| 81, and Lake Michigan. vas hald ~ .
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Ae.llll ol Iowa presided q
The following resolution is II,
most important action taken.
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tors and Representatives in Congress
from the several States be requested
and ccmrSs.a MI vie:mous tha ;n,n.n ~ unue..ake
early day; that a memorial be prepar.
cd setting forth the character Of the
PROPOSED Improvement g and statistics
.a.as prss;dss.. - of.h =. 70 " Plesen'ea 20 me
| deDartments and mamhs-. 49,. os =. Gu eue
gress; that the Governor Of M;nnes.
sofa, Iowa, Missouri, Illinois, Nebras-
ka. ana Wisconsin, are requested 70
ma,no,;a, u",so ;a .Olwssolng :. .s copies oI sucn
other at.tos .sL;, I ~ .ho. - suo
| in such memorial. and Law II before
their respective Legislatures with the
request that they adopt practical
that the President of th;s conven.;on'
| in his discretion NAV anno;nt = cnm-
mission to visit Wash;n rton ana nrro
the subiect ofthe ;mnro1emen, nnon
the attention of Congress- o"
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nePuohcans are now claiming 2O,-
600 majority. in Alabama.
The oueen dissolvad parl;.mar,
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yos.ola.
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or, .n'y AV'OoO 10 oleeoing hansas.
Plisoury, Republican, beats Les
enc citizens candidate for Congress
in the Charleston. 8. C.. Dist sevan.
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Inc census .. on'cago just taken
by the School Board, gives her 252,-
O64 souls.
The N. @. Times SAYS. 1900 men
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Officers intending to be present at
the Grand Army re. Union, at Chica-
20, on the 18th, and 10th, of next
month, are requested to advise the
local Secretaries ofsaid Societies, viz:
Gen G F Hotchkiss, tor the Army Of
the Cumberland; Gen w e Strong,
for the Army OF the Tennessee; Gen
X w Smith, for the Army Of the Ohio,
and Gen Z 5 Salmon for the Army of
Georgia.
Tho stenosrapher Of the sub Com
mittee of the Conpress;onal Commit.
tae on Retrenchment. sanorts ehat A.
to.dav's meetinc test;monv was o;v.
en to the effect chat tkes Collector of
Internal Revenue naid. last June the
ann of thirty thonsand dollars - ona
Doctor Birdsall as blaok mail ;n nro-
caad;nos cnmmencad hv NJ a Ia
knan snecial accent of the Traasnrv
Densrtment far whom Jndca FnlIe1.
ton Wa oonnsel. ma that arrsnro.
ments for the payment Of the money
were made, Judge Fullerton hcing
present in Birdsall's office and lately
passed concerning, and have repaid
3he ex-collector t23, 900 for money 80
extorted. The investigation il to be
resumed tomorrow.
General Fitzpatrick through General
Whitaker, Of Hartford, replies TO Gen
eral FORESTS denuncistion by reiter.
ating his own. General Shack elford.
Of New Haven, 70 whom . reply is
addressed, denies the truth OF kilpat
rick's charges against Forrest In the
Shiloh affair, and advises Whitaker
to address communication on the
subject to B Duke or N B Forrest.
The soldiers and sailors of Psssiac
county, n. ]. have made arrsncements
70 erect I monument to the memory
Of their comrades who died in the
battles. of the rebellion. General John
Cochrane delivers the oration upon
the occasion of lavinO tha corner
stone at Patterson. on the 25th inst.
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