The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-07-01

| he tTFcaJ ltaStcIii is ~ HniicS8ou
of Brcst.
Office Sup't of Indian Affairs,
Lawrence, Kan, 9th month 9th day.
Hon. j.. $. Farker:-A party from
Gen. Hays. arrived at Ellsworth, on
the 18th inst, and will return to-
morrow, taking down tine Agent,
Darlington TO the Cheyenne reserva-
ton. They report no danger from
hostile Indians as none were scon
coming up.
Two men were killed twelve miles
north OF Saiina at Minneapolis, near
Solomon on the 18th. Several lEdi-
ans were seen south Of the Railroad
on the 14th inst.
(Signed) ENocn IoAG S"p't.
J. T. Harper succeeds Gen, Nc
Cook to the collcctorship sth Illinois
District.
S. NJ. ButterfeId is assistant Treas
urcr OF New York.
The Republican State Convention
at Harrisburg yesterday rcnominated
Gen, Geary for Gov. on the first bal
lot by 122 to 1872. Judge Williams
wasnnanimously nominated for Judge
Supreme Court.
III the Ohio Republican State Con.
vcntion yesterday, Senator Sherman
presided, and the following ticket was
nominated:
For Governor, Il b Hayes; Lieut..
Gov, } G Lee; Treasurer, s S War
ner; Supreme Judge, Luther Day;
Attorney General, L B Bond of Nor
gan; Board of Publia Works, Richard
r Porter, of Stark.
Watermelons End peaches have ar
rived in the Memphis market at fab
ulous prices
The ii'ergcr trial is progressing
slowly at Jackson. Witnesses have
-bced examined by the defense to
prove that 1orgcr has given at times
evidences of insanity.
Gen. Meade accepts tho invitation
to perform the ceremony ofunvciling
the monument on the lst OF July,
with appropriate remarks. The Bal
timore National Union Singing As
sociation will be in attendance.
Katalasc has been appointed Rus
sian Minister to Washington. lie
has been instructed to present thclm-
pcror's congratulations to President
Grant.
N. Y. dispatches say
The Star announces that $. s. Co.
nan: managing editor .! the Times,
will succeed Mr.. Raymond, us cditcr-
in-chief.
,ihs Methodisis have returns from
iiue hundred and seventy,six chu CHI
cS whi..h cast 23,6l5 votes in favor
and S6ls against the lay delegations.
Three hundred churches gave afiir-
nation, altd one hundred and nine
churches negative maioritics.
Intelligence has been received by
a commercial house in this city that
arehellion had broken out ut Arrago,
Poto Rico.--lt was deemed iormible,
and news OF the event had been re.
ceived at different points of the is
land aud caused profound cxcito-
meut.
Washington dispatches say:
The following named persons have
been appointed cadets to the U. s
Military Academy at large for 1870.
Joseph + 5 Crane, Ohio. son Of the
late brcvet Lieut.. Cor. James s.
Crane, u. S. Army, recently murder
cd at Jackson; Barnard NJ Bierne,
son Of the Ia c Surgeon Bicrnc, U s
A; l. Morris, N Y, son Of Col. Nor
ris, killed at Cold Iarbor, Virginia,
during the late war; James NJ John
son, Of Pennsylvania, son of the late
Lieutenant.Colonel Chas. +. John.
son, Robt Page, Wainwright, OF New
York, son oi the late Commodore
Wainwright, United States Navy
John NJ. Robinson, son of John G.
Robinson, United States Army; Chas.
NJ. O'Connor, Iowa, son of Major
Henry O'Connor, United States Vol
untecrs John l.. Cline, OHIO, drum
mer boy in the Army of the Cumbcr-
land IL. b. Fcbiger. son of Captain
Febiger, United States Navy, Nathan
iel d. Pendletcn, who rendered i'm
portant service TO the army of Gen
eral Sheridan in tho Shenandoah
Valley.
Gen. Sickles was among the callers
on the President yesterday.
Mr.. John Cochrane has been ap-
pointed Collector Of Internal Reve-
nue. for the 9th district of New York. :
The commission OF James l. Crane,
for Postmaster at Springfield, ILL.,,
was signed yesterday.
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