The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-10-07
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e.. Oskaloosa, Iowa, Sept. %.
If special tothe Register,
r The Mahaska County Fair is u d,
e, cided success. Over two thOdsAh
o entries have been made, and book
not yet closed. Honesty" "Jo
l. Hooker" and others are here. Ifth
a weather to-day is good, it will be th
), greatest Fair over held here.
n SECOND DAY.
vi Oskaloosa, Sept. %.
On the second day OF the Mahask,
;. County Fair there were two thous
. l and five hundred entries made. III
!. crowd is estimated at fifteen thoue
and. Weather fine. There is a grea
show of cattle, horses and hogs, anG
. . magnificent display Of vegetables
The Fine Art Hall is filed to over
flowing. CRoNEY.
Chicago dispatches say:
IL Matilda Frederickson, a good look.
ing Norwegian girl, made two at
tsmpts TO commit suicide yesterday,
by jumping into the river, but was
prevented. She had been accused or
stealing clothing from her employer.
aud found guilty, and made the At.
tempt at Madison Street bridge, while
being conveyed to Jail.
A carpenter named Christian OLE
son, fell from the fifth floor Of u bull.
ding being erected ut the corner Of
Washington street and Wabash Az
enue, yesterday. He fell distance
OF seventy feet, killing himself instan.
tly. He leaves wife and civht
children.
| A Washington special says the
Chairman IF the Republican State
Central Committee Of Pennsylvania
is there. He regards the State Ger.
tain for Geary.
N. 7. dispatches say: ss
1t is stated that John Covode and
Senator Wilson visited the President
yesterday and urged him IN view OF
the doubtfnlncss Of Gcary's election
to visit Pennsylvania again. A Fair
will be held at Allentown, which they
urged him to attend. Tho President
replied that be would try to 90. Mr..
Covode then visited Secretary Cox
and obtained promise from him
that the clerks in his Department
should be allowed to go home and
vote without being dockcd.
The Republican State Convention
OF N. T., met yesterday, and nomina-
ted the following ticket:
After adopting resolutions endor.
sing the National Republican plat.
form and the present Administrations,
and approving o'a recognition of the
Cuban belligerency, the New York
State Republican Convention noml-
mated the following ticket:
Secretary of State--Geo. William
Curtis.
COmptroller-Thomas Hillhonse.
State Enyineer--Gen Jno. G,
RobinsOii.
Trcasnrer-Thomas s. Chaifeld.
Attorney Generai-Mnrtin /.
Townsend.
State Prison in~pector--Daniel d,
Conover.
Court OF Appeals-Woodruff and
Mason.
Sigel declined the nomination on
account ofill health.
An injunction has been granted
by Judge Clarke, in the case of the
Erie against the Union Bank, re-
straining them from selling certain
stocks of the Cleveland l. Pittsburg
or the Toledo 4 Wabash II. r.
The State Department promises
Mr.. Simmonds every facility to OBJ,
tain redress for injuries inflicted by
the Spanish officials in Cuba
indianapolis, Oct |.
A terrible accident occurred at the
State Fair this p. NJ. The boiler of
Sniker 4 Co, of this city, exploded 4
few minutes before four O'clock
There was an immense crowd on the
ground at the time OF the accident,
and it Is difficult to got particulars.-
II is known twelve persons were In
stantly killed. The number Of woun-
ded will probably reach one hundred.
LATER.-'rhe accident at the fuir
grounds this afternoon is the most
heartrending that has ever occur.
rod in this vicinity, and cast a gloom
over the entire city The explosion
OCCURRED fnur minutes before clock.
when the grounds ). .erc crowded with
visitors. The boiler was attached IT,
n saw mill of Messrs. Sniker l. Co.,
ot this city, and just as il was firing
up tor est Of speed with another
saving machine. So far as can be
ascertaincd tonight there were nine.
teen persons killed. The excitement
is 10 great it is difficult to obtain n
correct list OF the woundcd, but it is
thought the number reaches nearly
one hundred. AM inquest will be
held tomorrow. Many Of the bod
les are horribly mutilated and burned.
1t was impossible for friends to rec.
ognize the dead A little babe was
killed in its fathers arms, while the
father escaped without injury.
Governor Baker was on the ground
at the time Of the explosion. A por
tion Of the boiler passed over his head
and struck his coachman, few feet
in his rear, injuring him severely.
N. Y. dispatches say:
The steamship Euterpe was seized
yesterday by the United States Mar.
shall, she having on board thirty Par
rott guns, three thousand solid shot
and several tons Of shell, believed to
DO intended for the thirty Spanish
gunbosts now being finished here
The Euterpe was to sail this morning
and await at sea the gunboats some
night this week.
The iron-clad Dictator and steam
trigate Secern are ut the Navy Yard
coaling and getting ready for depar-
ture to the Cuban coast, whence they
have been ordered.
Geo. w. Curtis declines the Rcpub.
lican nomination Tor Secretary OF
State of New York.
Tho liabilities OF Lockwood i Co.,
are set down at from $50, ,O00,O 600 to
s35, 900, 900.
John Swinton, editor OF the Iimes,
has resigned.
Lawrence Graham, complainant
| against Reddy, the blacksmith, who
| went away TO Canada, has returned