The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-11-11
THE LATEST NEWS.
Telegraphic Summary.
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GOLD ! ~.
The vote on the adoption oi the
constabulary act, and anti-liquor law
is very light and it will be defeated
BY q largo majoritv, in New Hamp-
shire.
Austin. Republican candidate for
Governor OF Minnesota, seems to
have been very unpopular, running
behind his ticket in every county
heard from with one or two excep-
tions. So far he is 302 behind Otis
(dcm. and if elected at all it win be
by a few hundred votes. The bal
ance of the Republican State Ticket
is elected by several thousandmajor-
ity. - I
The Democrats have gained twelve
Representatives and six Senators, re-
ducing the Republican majority in
the Legislature to six in each House.
The trustees of the Peabody Insti-
tute directed that building to be clos
ed until the remains of Mr. Peabody
arrived. The institute is to be APP
propriately draped and other arrange
ments made for the funeral. The re-
mains are expected early in Decem-
Der.
Toledo, Nov.9.
A fire occurred at Kendallyi'le, Ind
last night, originating in tailoring
establishment, which destroyed
property to an aggregate value of
$50, 600, on which there was $4,000
insurance.
Troy, N. Y, Nov. 8.
Gen. Wool was not quite as COM
Portable last night as he bad been dur
ing the preceding forty-cight hours.
He takes scarcely any nourishmcnt
and is very week.
New York, Nov. 6.
The steamer Alaska, from Aspin.
wall, brings Valparaiso dates to Oct.
Sd, and Lima dates to Oct. 14th.
There had been no earthquake or
tidal wave up to those dates, and
people were returnil g from the high
lands to their homes.
Volcano Pierce, in the interior of
Columbia, has had violent eruption,
and two or three villages are report
cd destroyed, with all their inhabits
ants. Soon alter the eruption the
river at the town of Polan, fifteen
miles from the volcano, rose quite
high, and quantities of lava foated
by, thickly sJrewn with dead bodies
OF people. The next day the river
was quito dry.
The death Of Mr.. Peabody occurred
SO late, halt-past eleven, that the fact
could not be widely published until
to-day. His death is universally re-
GREETED. Flags are halfmast, the
buildings are draped in various parts
Of the city, and other evidences Of
mourning, attest the public sorrow.
The stable and box mandatory
OF Elisha Delano in Duxbury, Mass,
together with four horses, hay and
grain were consumed by fire last
night. Loss $4,000.
Thos. Mclaughlin, Frank Mulvey
and John Flanagan have been ar
rested, each charged with attempt
to poison the trotting horse French
man, owned by the Messrs. Porter,
and valued at $4,000.
Troy, Nov. 6.
Bon. Crissey, a worthless fellow on
tered tho house of Mrs. Dodge, in
Stephentown in this county yester-
day, and attempted to ravish her,
when she seized on axe and split his
head open killing him instantly.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 6.
While workmen were engaged in
cxcavating a tuivert this morning,
the earth gave way, burying three
of them. Two were taken out alive,
but the other was deed.
Saratoga. N. Y, Now 8.
Superintendent Brown, of the Pal
mer Falls Wooden Factory, at Cor
NTH, was last evening shot dead by
the Waterman, who mistook him for
burglar.
Omaha, Nov. 9.
A dispatch from Helena, Montana,
of the 7th, says a fire broke out
about 2 o'clock p. M, today, in the
Varieties theatre. The whole build
ing was in flames when discovered,
and nothing was saved. The fire
spread across the street and consum-
ed seven private dwellings,. Total
loss, $50, 900. The wind was blow
ing q gale at the time, but fortunate.
ly toward the hills and the town was
saved.
Cleveland, Nov.8.
On Sunday q freight train ON the
Sandusky, Mansfield & Newark Rail
road, was thrown from the track
near Mt. Vernon, Ohio, badly smash
ing the engine aud ten cars. The
conductor was so badly injured that
he lived but an hour. The fremaa
was severely injured; the engineer
slightly.
Jackson, Nov. 8.
The canvass between Judge Dent
and Gen. Alcorn Gle ed temporarily
by mutual consent. Judge Dent
goes to Washington on professional
business, and Gen. Alcorn to bis
home to attend to private affairs.
As you come up the bluff you are
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