The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-07-21
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Hnliadcipnia, fenn. apsc0ndeQ ,fo;
Gently, taking with thiml$600o0!n /.
ID Tho Davenports& 81 Paul Railroad
has put their, gtirst engine upon the
track, and are now running feut
several milos ffomdD dDaveupors! aeisst
e8 TheFronch Minister. Provost Pati.
dal, has SON othingd to sAYiito our
President and arrived ih Move York
yesterday, whence hoi posthastcd II
Washington .4is,i espa,s Taas,l t,,a ,s,4sl'' 9li
Tho railroad fight still rages East,
and the Eric and Pennsylvania Ccf:
trail again reduced their froights
yesterday. The tariff from New
York to Chicago is now 80 cents per
hundred, which is alrsduction, of
.32 cents On the last reduction. ylos
a Eest asH "a Elou}34. 53dti1 10 4
;I The Conservator says that Canada
thistlcs are now grown, and going
to seed in the public square, at oska.
loosa. There is penalty attached
to permitting this. Put it in forco,
Porte ,e+y,..... s.,-a.,,,sr.. 49, 3;
Miss Whoeler, from Chicago, has
taken thelplace Of A. r. Frame. oper.
ator on tho Atlantic and Pacific tele.
graph line. She is said to bo an OK.
pert at tho business, in which she has
becn engaged for number Of years,
A few weeks ago in Burlington,
q little son Of Mr.. John Fox, while
at play with a school-matc, was
seriously injured in tho head by a
brick thrown by the latter. Ho had
been an intense sufferer ever since,
till last Tuesday, whom he diod from
its effect. '.t< @ as'a 'ss5 5'i#s
MORE TELEdRAPH.-It now appears
that the great massacre of Christians
at Pekin, China, was a hoax, as tele-
grams from thero a day after say
nothing about it. The other day,
we said "confound such lying" and
now we say confound such telegraph.
ic lies! not because we would have
been pleased to have such awful news
confirmed, but that we would much
rather have the plain truth told, SO
that we could rely upon some few
things, anyhow.
The Kansas City Times tells O
horrid story on q merchant Of that
city, who got on the same train with
an unsophisticated, beautiful country
girl who was coming to that city to
attend school, and winning her con
fidcnco took her to a notorious house
of in-fame, where they secretly live
tho man having wifo and family
in the same place. Toallay suspicion
she attends school regularly every
day, and behaves herself in tho mos,
amiable manncr. No names are
given, but they will! be if the beast
oo.,x:,,,n, L e, boll:olx ixx-o,.l> 4st
Tho Constitution of Kcokuk, this
morning, tolls tho following sad news
zone of those frightful accidents
that makes tho blood run chill to
contemplate, occurred at Montrose
on yesterday. About o dozen meI
were engaged at work about the
wheel-house Of the steamer North
western, which was lying at the
wharf, and a ladder upon which they
were standing, gave way, precipita-
ting them all into the river. Three
of them sank and never made their
appearance again, while q fourth
after struggling in the water for .
short time, was also drowned. Two
of tho unfortunate men were
dock passengers, and tho other two
were employees Of the boat. w
failed to learn any Of their names.
Iowa county instructs her delegates
for tho Hon. VIM. Loughridge fol
Congress. She hold her convention
July 9th. We take from the Pro
gressiue Republican portion of it,
editorial remarks IN regard to tn,
action OF the convention in choosing
tho Congressional delegates. n
As will be seen by the proceeding
OF the convention, the delegates wer'
nearly unanimous in their preference
tor Judge Loughridge to represen
us in the next Congress. Ofthe town
ships represented in the convention
only one voted solid against him, an,
gentlemen present claimed that tn
delegates did not really represent til,
sentiment Of the peoploof their town
ship. Troy township was divided
two of the delegates supporting Clarl
while the other ono supported tn
popular candidate. Stones name wa
not mentioned, Notwithstanding hi
friends from other counties had beel
distributing circulars throughout til
southern part of tho county for tn
purpose OF influencing the action q
the delegates. 4
| Peto the indomitable is on the wa
path toward Sigourney. We eli
from tho Neacs.:
1 NEW STAGE LINE. Pete Ballingal
known tar and near as stage coac
and hotel man in whose make up OF
terprise and go-aheadativeness al
the predominant traits, has put tr
| weekly line Of coaches on the roa
between Sigourney and Ottumwa.-
| This will be great accommodation I
the travelling public. He designs
avoid night trips and viii arrive {
| Ottumwa SO that travellers can tax
a train for almost any direction will
out delay. Should the patronae
justify it, he will convert the line il
to a daily, or at least run light wa;
: on for freight between trips. Howe
er, the public will be fully advise
when definite arrangements ha,
been determined upon. In the mea