The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-25
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Telegraphic Summary.
Fire.

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| Bur ington, Iowa, Nov. Is, SO.
special to the Courier
The Mississippi Valley Tobacco
works of this city owned by Smith,
Scott 4 Co, burned this evening.
The fire was discovered about q
o'clock, and is supposed to have orig
mated from the furnace of fue. Stock
and machinery valued at about SO,
600. Insurance about $4,000.
| A small portion of the manufac-
tured stock was saved.
Fire department out in full force,
| and saved the adjoining buildings.
| b.
Louisville dispatches OF the 18th
says:
At the meeting OF the society of
the Army OF the Tennessee, to-day,
Gen. W. T. Sherman was elected
President for the ensuing year, Gen.
G. NJ. Dodge 1st Vice President, Gen
| A. Hickenlooper, Corresponding Sec
rotary, Col. Il. NJ. Dayton, Recording
Secretary, Gen. W. +. Force, Treas
urer. The committee on the place of
holding the noxt meeting, reported
in favor of Cincinnati, in October
next. A stirring effort was made to
take the meeting to Toledo, but the
report of the committee was finally
adopted.
A committee was appointed to
memorable Congress for the appro-
priation of sufficient number ofcan.
non, captured by Gen. McPherson's
command, to cast his statue.
Resolutions OF regret and condo
lence, relative to the death Of Gen.
Rawlins, were adopted.
Gen. Sherman, upon taking the
Chair, made brief but very happy re-
marks, congratulating the Society on
the interest which the members main.
tanned in it.
A committee was appointed to take
| steps towards erecting Rawlins'
| monument.
A resolution was offered by Gen.
Dodge, to appoint committee to
| raise tunds-$5O, ,000-for General
Rawli,Is' family.
After passing the usual votes of
thanks, the Society adjourned until
evening.
At the evening session General
Noyes delivered the Annual Address
which. though quite lengthy, was re-
coived with repeated applause.
Col. John NJ. Brown followed with
the Annual Ora,ion TO the Society OF
Cavalry Of the West, but was over
come by the heat of the room, and
| was obliged to retire before finishing
his address.
| General Eli j. Parker then deliv-
cred an eloquent and touching eulogy
upon General Rawlins, after which
the Society adjourned stne die.
| The Banquet at the Gait House in
the evening was an elegant and sump-
tuous affair, and passed off very pleas
| antly.
State FAIRS at Macon, Georgia,
and Jackson, Mississippi, are now
; being held and are proving highly
successful, many distin ,uished visit
ors from the North being in attend
anco at both.
A dispatch from Macon says; 1t
Is estimated that $4,000 people were
on the Fair Grounds yesterday. Gen.
Wade Hampton delivered the ad-
dress. He expressed the belief that
the South will, in short time, re-
gain her former prosperity, thought
negro labor was better than any 9th
| cr class; counselled the cultivation of
more patriarchial relations with the
freedmen, and wanted their moral
and intellectual status improved.
In response to the welcome of Mr..
Toucey, President Of the Associa-
ton, Judge Woodward, Of Pennsyl-
vania, and General Capron, Of the
Agricultural Bureau, also addressed
the people and were cordially cheer
ed.
Lieut.. w. w. Daugherty, Of the
regular army, on furIough visiting
| his friends here, shot and killed Jo-
| seph Vankorne, at the Sherman
House in this city, (Kokomo, Ind.)
at noon to-day, for alleged SANDER
GUS assertions in regard to Daugher-
| ty's sisters, which charges, when
called upon by Daugherty, he re-
fused to deny, or to recall the asser.
tions. Daughcrty was arrested and
is now in Jail The affair caused
great excitement, us both parties are
connected with the first families of
this city.
The trial OF Stevens for the mur-
der of Jno. Reeves some eighteen
months since, terminated, in the
criminal court to-day, at Terre Haute
in verdict of guilty and the SEN
tence of the prisoner to death. The
murder was one of the most cold
blooded ever committed: Stevens
escaped from Jail shortly after the
murder and was arrested only three
weeks since in the interior of Iowa.
| San Francisco dispatches say:
Vincent collier. who arrived here
| this morning from Alaska and Brit
ish Columbia, brings petition sign
ed by number Of prominent citizens
Of Victoria addressed to President
Grant, praying for the annexation
Of British Columbia to the United
Statos, and a similar petition to be
forwarded to Queen Victoria The
documents are strongly worded, and
set forth with great force the issols
ted and helpless condition of the col
ony, and the imperative necessity for
forming political alliance with the
| United States.
| Washington dispatches say The
receipts from customs and internal
revenue SO far during November
have been large, and indicate that
the December statement Of the pub
| lie debt will show fartherreductio
o. ton millions.
| The amount OF coin in the treasu-
Try now is one hundred and eight
millions.
| ChiefJ Justice Chase, in the Supreme
Court today, announced that all
cases hereafter continued at this
term shall be placed at the foot of
| the calendar, unless otherwise spec
Tally ordered by the Court. 1t is un-
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