The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-06-03
[From Saturdays daily, May 20.
GREAT RAILROAD MEETING.
400 PERSONS IN ATTEN.
DANCE.
Unbounded Enthusiasm.

A very large and enthusiastic Rail-
road meeting was held at the Depot be-
tween the hours of 2 and 8 o'clock
this morning, there being in the
neighborhood Of 400 persons present,
about 100 of whom were ladies. This
turn out, during such storm, and
the wading through mud almost bot
tomless, proves co nclusively that our
people arc in earnest on the railroad
question.
The meeting was not, however,
called to order on time, ewing to the
non-arrival of President Engine and
Secretary Train (not George Francis)
and there being no others present
competent to fill their places, great
confusion ensuod, which lasted from
2 until about 8 o'clock this morning.
The amount of stock taken wasin the
neighborhood Of $500, with the loss
ofsix hours sleep, and $500 to clean
the mud off OF boots, shoes, CATERS,
clothing, &C., for which certificates
in shares of 81 each had been issued
by Messrs. Scott, Waring l. Co., un-
der orders from headquarters, issued
at Wooden Shoe City.
This meeting was to have ad-
journed from Ottumwa to Des Moines
uia. Pella, over tho D. V. Road, for
the purpose Of taking forcible possess
sion of the Capitol building and re.
moving itfrom that city to Ottumwa,
in order that the rext Legislature
might have reasonable excuse to
vote $10,OOo,OOO for the erection Of
q new Capitol building, that
the pockets of the different rings
might be filed, and attention diver
ted, while we secured all the rail.
ways in embryo in the State, which
would eventul!y "draw" us the Capt..
tol from that suburban village. But
the bowels of Messrs. Engine and
Train were moved with compass
sion-when they comprehended the
danger our citizens would be exposed
to should they enter the Capitol a,
Des Moines; the walls of which are
tottoring and crumbling, aud liable
to fall at any moment, and should
they have transported them there
and such a catastrophe have befaller
them as that of being buried beneath
the ruins of that "unstately pile
they might have been held response
BILE, and viewing it in this light, it i,
probably for the best that the meet
ing adjourned sine die.
The firm that issued the stock will
buy it up again at 100 conts on th,
dollar, and the city of Ottumwa viii
furnish its Porter to clean boots
shoes, CATERS, &C., free of charge, i
application be made at once to tn,
Mayor, Marshall or Deputy Clerk of
the Circuit Court.
T. S.-We are in receipt of the fol
lowing special:
YEDDo, JAPAN, May 20, 1869.
Publishers Courier The news O
your great railroad meeting thil
morning has just been received. Ny
self and Empire sympathize will
your citizens who were so sadly dis
appointed in failing to secure seats
in Hog cars to reach Des Moines, and
for the loss Of six hours sleep, and
therefore declare, in accodance with
the powers in me vested by the Pope
of Shagahi, that ali persons atten
dant upon said meeting, shall be ex
cused from attending their various
places of worship during the forenoon
of tomorrow, in order that they may
sleep and dream over the beauties O.
excursions in general.
In testimony whereof I have Sc,
the great seal of the Tycoon and af
fixed my Royal signature.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES,
Mickado