The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1868-08-13
About Iowa

About IoV2. igow 1a9
Hon. Frank W. Palmer, talks 10y
atty, and Pc Cad Bryan Seymour
and BlAirism, before the people Of
the 5th Congressional District, for
their suffrages, from Asg. Nth, Boz
ginning at Alton, 10 Sspt. 18Th, ending
at Adel. yiiiiaa9ah Is saitsf ssylaifs
At the end Of the campaign, aid
after the people have got . lick At
him, Pc Cad wont have enough left
Of himself TO hold ! coroners inquest
over. 81. at sl,i n i,6j r9ds At.
Hon. Robert Sloan, the candidate
selectcd BY the RepubiioaS cohs5di
ton here,on tho 9TH, dorJudg6 " the
Circuit Court, composed of Van Bu-
rem, Davis and Wapello counties, i
. resident iof Z KsosAdquA and is ~,
puted All excellent law1y tel, and Z lciti.
zen Of most exemplary habits AID
character. He WAS most warmly
pressed by the delegation from his
county, containing in IL some Of the
best men ID Van Buren oo., which il
snficient endorsements Of NJ. Sloan's
fitness fr. the. position, in the absence
Of sny other rscommehdationsi ll2i
: s8ftto19 q 10 --.-.-99nn9 sid 10 500
The Copps hold their Judicial con-
ivention here next Tuesday, the, llth
inst, and It is highly probable that
3. L. Burton, of tAisi city will suffer
vicariously for the ! Johnies ras their
candidate n odi bsafo szsd "a
Burton u J good lawyer, and 4
clever gentleman, bnt his diabolical
politics, win enable Sloan TO lay, him
out colder than Julius Ceaser. osa D
3s8 kisR 7ess -.. grad st190itnstS
Hon. WIN, B. Allison, the able and
accomplished Representative i Con-
gress from the Sd District, returned
homo the 0ther day, and received .
splendid reception 1t the hands Of
his Dubuque friends, to whom be
made an eloquent speech. sqsf NJ 81
Special mail agent Deering, ex-
Mayor Graves, OF Dubuque, and di.
vers and sundry other individuals
too tedious to mention, are after Col.
Allison's old shoes. We predict they
viii al get distanccd, and that Ali.
son viii go back to tho 4lst Con-
gress. 7 assssal' l''s ''si''ia'sl'l'' Y. m Y |,
Frank Palmer and Tom Withrow,
are, with thelr respective better
halves, of on = run 70 Che terminus
Of tho Pacific Railroad. & sis'l
Hon. J.F. Wilson has returned to
his home at Fairfield, and i, We re-
gret to learn, in bsd health. i-ni i
Judge Loughridge left Washington
several days ago, for lows via New
England and the seaboafd. re- s'f,a
He will arrive here shortly, and
bc prepared to 90 for Johny Irish,
and for all tho other HJohnies'' in Z
lively manner on short notice. i1ri &
Senator Harlan and family left
Chicago yesterday, for his Iowa home
at Mt. Pleasant. He will 60 into the
campaign in q few days, after b1iei
breathing spell. Hehas been invited
to canvass tho Pacific States, provi-
ding Peter Melendy will let him off
which Peter shouldn't do, without
the Distinguished Senators health 70.
quires it. III. ,,a,g,.g4 ,da
: Ast#l +r8N3st+t ttsAfe 49, @tt* n
Capt. John N. Walker, Chairmas
Copperhead State Central Commit
tee, has invited Albert Pike who com
manded the Indians who scslped on
prisoners at Pcs Ridge to canvas
Iowa. a q IS l4aas y4ii ss3ta
Albert has announced that ! tril
to Iowa this summer WAS not abso
lutely necessary to his health, ant
has concluded TO stick 10 his vocation
ofproving Grant no General, ant
otherwise aiding the prisoner muS
dering, and scalping party, Of Hamp
ton, Forrest, Pike& Co. more efficient
ly at long range through his; irebe
Memphis BSllesin. ~ l'sasiidsq
ALTooNA.-This is the name Of
new town just laid out on the G. r
lis P. r. r. (Baby9 rosd) clever
miles west ofDes Noincs. iit'
| The Registers local. q with his ey
in . fine fit Of frenzy rolling" alread,
secs this incipient village, assabburl
Of the capitol, and says: lAai.s
"The day may come when rs cit,
people may 90 out their for coun
| try residence. The railroads. hav
expressed 4 willingness to sell seasol
passes so that . person can trave
back and forth at nearly street CO
rates. Who knows how many folk
will yet adopt the metropolitan styl
4 and keep their wives, children IN
homes, ID Altoona and be ia busines
in Des Moines." ''s'7a n 9'8 4
i By all Of which, we are informe
1 that vacant ground nearer than Gle,
on miles Of Des Moines is uncommot
~ scarce.
i aThe following is the record
Frank p. Blair's collegiatO exper
ence: ~ " 4
1--WE observe that the Norther
, papers claim that General Blair. Il
. Democratic nominee for the Viz
Presidency, is . graduate Of Primo
J ton College, N. J. This Is 90 error
: General Francis p is b graduated Il
} University Of North Carolina.-
. sITNorth Carolina Sentinel
J, Brother pell In in error aS well