The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-03-17
From New York.

p. J. Mehan, editor of the Irish
American, who was shot on the night
Of February 28th, by DR.. Keenan,, is
in critical situation. 1t is not safe
to remove tho ball from his neck.
II. G. Meeker, President Of the
Union Colony, OF which Horace
Greeley is Treasurer, has returned
from trip west in search OF ioca
tion, aud reports 100000 acres of
land in Colorado, to be purchased at
one dollar per acre.
The Tribune publishes iokoho-
ma correspondence on the Oneida
disaster. The writer says the whis-
tie Of the Oneida was blown and
three guns fred. Still the Captain
OF the Bombay declares that he ne-
ther saw nor heard the signal, yet
the Steward Of the Bombay, on her
arrival at Yokohama, said the Onei-
da had been run into and cut to the
waters edge. But the worst Of the
story is the evidence OF British
Lieutenant, that Capt. Eyre told him
he had "cut the whole quarter oil
damned Yankee frigate, and served
her bloody right"
Capt. Eyre's own evidence Is to
the effect that the concussion WAS
too slight to be much regarded, and
his pilot told him that spit OF land
was near, and that there was no
danger, and that he was a good fif-
teen minutes looking after the ship.
The statements Of the Captains
clerk, Mr.. Shield, and Master Yates
agree. They say that the Oneida's
| whistle was blown tiercely, and that
if the Bombay had stopped or sent
out boats, nearly every man would
have been saved.
The Democrat has an account OF
ala accident which occurred on the
Erie r. r., near Wellsburg yester-
day. A train WAS thrown from the
track by q broken wheel. About
four minutes after an eastern bound
train came Salong, aud ran into the
wreck, throwing the locomotive, bag
/ gage and two cars off, hut injuring
no one.
When tho accident occurred to the
west bound train, many OF the pas
sengcrs left the cars and were there
by injured. In leaving the cars they
got down on the Eastern track, on
which came No. 2. The collision Of
this train with the wreck caused the
injuries. Helen Nj. and Grace Eaton,
daughters of Rev. J. &. Eaton, Of
Dos Moines, Iowa, had their legs
broken. Alex. Edwards. u brakes
man, was instantly killed.
-Later.-The elder Miss Eaton had
a knee but out Of joint and otherwise
injured, while the younger Miss
Eaton had her leg broken just below
the hip and the other was badly
fractured above the ankle joints.
Their father was with them, but was
uninjured. They are ct the kath-
burn House, Elmira, where every
thing is being done to alleviate their
sufferings.
| A special from Kansas City says
that Col. Jno. Wilder, editor of the
Journal of Commerce, was shot and
killed by q seoundrel named Hutchl-
son this morning at the court house.
Cause unknown. The murderer was
arrested.
Secretary Belknap has received .
dispatch from Texas announcing the
ratification of the Thirteenth, Four
teenth and Fifteenth Amendments
and that the Senator-elect, Hamilton
was the bearer OF the official ratifca-
tion thereof to Washington.
Gov. Austin, of Minnesota, vetoes
the female suffrage bill.
A st. Petersburg dispatch says
!, j. McLeary Brown has been oppoin-
ted provisional chief OF Chinese
Embassy, ciee Burlingame deceased