The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1869-09-16
Telegraphic Summary.
Waship eton dispatches saw

Washington dispatches say
Gen. Sherman's commission as Sec
rotary of War appoints him until the
end of tho next session of Congress.
The law does not prevent him hold
ing the two offices of General and
Secretary of War, but he must select
which salary he will accept.
The subscriptions to the Rawlins
Fund has now reached $41, 900.
| The railroad men held q meeting
to-day and appointed a committee to
collect subscriptions for the Avon
dale sufferers.
The National Executive Commit
tee of the Union League of America,
met to-day and took action in regard
to tho elections pending in Pennsyl-
vania, Mississippi and Texas.
Geo. III. Stuart, treasurer of the
relief fund for the Avondale sufferers,
has received over $4,000.
Cable dispatches say,
A letter in the Telegraph says that
Lord Byron did not meet Mrs. Leigh
from period before his marriage,
until after the separation from Lady
Byron.
A Paris letter published here to-
day, says the rumors of Napoleon's
] possible abdication foreshadow a not
improbable event. Ills sickness in
oapacitates him from business
Many think his sons majority, will
be proclaimed on his next birth
day.
The rumor that tho regency under
Scrrano Is to be extended, is gaining
ground in Spain. All parties favor
the proposition. 81
Six thousand troops are ready to
sail to Cuba, from Spain.
Nashville, Sept. II.
The funeral of Hon. John Bell
takes place tomorrow. A meeting
of the Nashville bar and citizens was
held to day and resolutions commen.
datory was passed The citizens
meeting was addressed by Henry s.
Foote, ex-President johnson and
others. Mr.. johnson spoke of Mr..
Bell as statesman and patriot, with
whom he had disagreed politically,
but to whom he was pleased to pay
tribute to his eminent worth and
unwayering honesty.
Memphis, Sept. II.
The Evening Pest the the eealy IR.spa..
lican paper here, suspended to-day,
Governor Sonter having withdrawn
tho state printing from it.
Dubuque, Iowa, Sept. IL.
A fire last night in Dunleith, Ills,
destroyed the fremont House, an old
unoccupied brick building, formerly
a hotel. The adjoining warehouse of
Cox 4 Coskery, and dwelling house.
Aggregate loss $4,000. The fire is
supposed to be the work of incendi-
airy.
| San Francisco, Sept. II.
The recount. is completed. Des-
crepancies in nearly every ward
Selby, Hannah, and Freeman are
elected beyond dispute. Selby's ma
iority one hundred and ten.
N. Y. dispatches of yesterday say:
Ayondale catastrophe was made
the subject Of many Sabbath dis
courses in the various churches yes
terday, and most Of the collections
were taken for the families of the suf-
| ferers.
The Cuban Junta, in appreciation
of Secretary Rawlin's strong sympa-
thy for tho Cuban cause, have pre-
sented Mrs. Rawlins with $4,000 III
bonds of the embryo republic, and a
hearty letter of coincidence.
Phila. dispatches say:
All the Democratic candidates for
city offices withdrew this morning,
and an entire new ticket, it is re-
ported, is to be selected.
The treasurer of the Avondale
Fund has received $17,500.
The Miners Union of Wilkesbarre,
Pa, unhesitatingly states that no one
believes the fire at Avondale mine
was the work of an incendiary. They
regard such report as a subtcrfuge
to turn the public mind from the res
possibility resting on tho railroad
company.
The late disaster at Avondale
leaves seventy-three widows and one
hundred and fifty four fatherless chill
dren. The number of the latter will
be increased to nearly two hundred.
The cash receipts by Treasurer
Gaylord is $40, 1905.
Portland, Midnight, Sept. 13.
One hundred towns give Cham
berlain 23,732; Smith 10000; Hinch-
burn 1855. This is almost half of
the State, and indicates total vote
of $4,000, of which Chamberlain
should have $4,000, Smith 80, 900 and
Hinchburn 5000, SO that Chamber
lain's majority should be about 5000
over all, against 1868 last year over
Pillsbury..
The total vote last year was 49,
1872.
The Republicans last year carried
fifteen of the sixteen counties. This
year they lose one or two. They
probobly elect 81 OF tho 81 Senators.
Keokuk, Iowa, Sep. II.
Weather rainy and cloudy, but the
State Fair opens promising notwith.
standing. The people Of Keokuk
have made excellent preparations,
and the grounds are very beautiful;
all that could be desired. The Hon.
Peter Melendy President of the So
ciety delivered and extended and ex-
cellent address. The fastest horses
are Joe Hooker and Lance, yet on
the ground.
Keokuk, Sept. IA.
The Sixteenth Annual Exhibition
Of tho Iowa State Agricultural Socie-
ty opened here to-day with a large
attendance of visitors, and an excel
lent show of stock and machinery.
The number of entries up to noon of
today, were over 1900. The rain of
yesterday has interfered with the ar
rivals of stock and articles for exhib-
ition, the road being in bad condi-
ton prospect of more rain.
last night, John English, driver
OF street sprinkler, drove his cart
over steep cmbankment, and was
instantly killed.
Philadelphia, Sept. II.
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