The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-02

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race:
"To have beaten f1ef1 whose plucl
had carried them 1900 miles to meas
ure oars with an English University
whose patience has surmountcd in
Vulnerable difficulties and disappoint
ment IN bodybuilding; whose endu
rance is almost unparalleled is for Ok
ford one of those happy triumphs il
which there is q peculiar honor tx
the victor without humiliation to The
vanquished."
N. Y. dispatches say:
The Harvard's are to be enthusi
astically received by tho N Y boa,
clubs.
The Fenian Congress adjourned
yesterday morning at 9 o. clock. Saw
age was reelected president and
Met Cory appointed chairmun of the
committee to audit books. 1t appears
both parties of the Fenian brother
hood are making efforts to get pos
session Of the funds in litigation be-
fore Judge McGunn.
An action has been brought by Mrs
O'Donnavon, (Rossa) for the recov.
cry of the sum of $4,000 in gold, al.
legged to be due her husband Jere.
miah, now confined in an English
prison, by Col. " Mahoney and others
The Tribune's London special,
speaking of the regetta and why they
were beaten, for many good reasons
In style, form, knowledge Of rowing,
diet, method of training, mode ofin.
struction, Harvard were utterly in
ferior to Oxford. Had the race been
won then the credit would have be.
iopged to Loring, the captain and
despot of tho crew; being lost, he
must equally bear the blame. As a
man Of extreme self.reliance. which
partially neutralizcd his high quail
tiles of intelligence, generous devo-
ton and real capacity, but experience
limited by knowledge of American
rowing, he persisted in adhering to
American methods.
Loring to the last believed rowing
could be taught inside boat. Har.
wards stroke was fatally quick and
irregular during the race. It varied
from As to 3S; varied often twice in
80 seconds, with coxswain. No living
crew could have pulled the stroke
with which Loring led off through
four miles; in fact tho crew was rowed
to stand still in less than two miles:
their power was gone; after that il
was only heroic courage and resolu-
ton that carried them through. and
system that exhausts q crew at the
end Of two miles in q four mic race,
can't be sound.
Chicago dispatches say:
Patrick Coulin, On Irish boarding
housekecper, IN Chicago, was shot and
killed last night, by his brother-in-law
Mike Pendergast. Coulin has been in
The habit of beating his wife, Pender.
casts sister, for which Pendergast
had often demonstrated. Friday night
Joulin again gave his wife . severe
,eating, the effect of which she still
lhows in her face. 1t is supposed
Pendergast killed him for this. He
has not been arrested.
Anew York special saws:
Dexter trottcd u mile, under tho
addlc, at the Fashion Course, Fri
lay, in 2:17a. The track was freshly
narrowed and the horse had to 70
vide to got a good track.
1t is understood the Fenian Con.
,ress think it inoxpedient to attack
canada at present. At tho session
saturday II proposition was read from
IN Italian desperate, offering to as
assinatc Prince Arthur whilo in
;anada. IL was voted down unani.
nously, the member offering it ex.
,lained that he did 80 at the request
ia constituent.
The boiler of the Phoenix Iron Co s
works. exploded yesterday morning,
filing 10 to 20 workmcn and iniurine
s many more. Five dead bodies
ave been taken from the ruins. The
Widest excitement prevails among
he wives and children of tho work
nen.
Special to the Register gives tho
GLOWING Republican ticket for John
on county.
For Representatives, Capt. A b
,orncll of Iowa City, and Capt.
'tcwrrt Of Penn township. !