The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1870-01-06
Tlgraphic Summary.
Louisville. Dec.

Louisville, Dec. ~.
! Geo. Nolan, a retail grocer, com
mitted suicide this morn, by jump.
/ ing into the river. Cause intemper-
| ancc.
| Pork packing, this season, closed
two months earlier than last year
Total number Of hogs packed, 1885,
00O--an increase OF 10000 over last
year.
George ID. Prentice continues crit
ically i'll with rheumatism OF he
heart.
Boston, Dec 20.
The Hon. Geo. Z. Boutwell,, Secre-
tary CT the Treasury, lecturcd before
the Mercantile Library Association
this evening on the transition period
of the United States. After a review
Of the causes and results Of the late
war, the speaker referred TO the sys-
tenn Of public instruction, which has
been opened in the south. He said II
the country rema ned at peace and
there was no indication to the contra
~, the Public Debt would soon be
considerably reduced and its final
liquidation not very remote. He con-
tradicted the prevalent idea that the
Americans, as nation, were grasp
ing and anxious foa the extension Of
their territory, stating that within
the past twenty five years the Gov
ernment had repeatedly rejected prot.
fered territory. lie instanced Mexico,
which was once in the possession Of
U. S. troops, but the Government ac-
cepted only few outlying States and
paid for them l,bcrally. The Sand
wich Islands, he had occasion to
kno Y, had been rendered years ago,
and other islands have from time TO
time been offered and rejected.
Washington, Dec. 29.
The Committe on Appropriations
was ia session today. No other
committee met.
There are now about fifty Senators
and sixty Representatives in WASH
ington.
The public debt statement will not
be published till next Monday. The
present indications are that there
will not be decrease of over three
millions, the receipts from customs
and internal revenue having been
comparatively light. Those from the
latter to-day, were only s32O,5o0.
London, Dec. 20.
A Suez letter to Ners says that
work on the Canal has been stopped,
but the passage is still hazardous for
vessels drawing more than twenty
four feet
The 1t,nsS correspondent at Rome
writes that the Pnpat influence over
the Ecumenicai Goaneii is visibly
growing weaker
Cleveland, o.! Dec. %.
Alta meeting OF the stockholders
Of the Lake Shore 4 Michigan South.
ern r. r. Co. to-day to consider the
question of consolidation with the
Toledo, Wabash l. Western K. r.,
only q small informal vote was cast.
The consolidation is rejected, having
been practically abandoned somo
weeks ago.
Chicago, Dec. %.
The Times Washington special says
that Joseph Holt is talked OF in con-
nection with the appointment to the
Supreme Bench in place Of Hoar, not
confirmed. Tue Georgians will pre-
sent the name OF Judge Erskine, of
that State.
The TritaAes special says II move
ment has been started in Washing.
ton to raise considerable amount OF
money for the family of Mr.. Stanton.
President Grant heads the list with
! one thousand dollars.
New York, Dec. -.
Terms have been arranged by
| means OF cable dispatches for a race
across the Atlantic, between S. q.
Benefits, Jr., yacht, Dauntless, aud
Mr. Asbury's English yacht, Cambrea
| for a plate Of $3.50, to start July 4th.
ST Louis, Dee. 20.
250 Chinese passed through this
| city last night on their way 10 New
Orleans in charge Of Gen ] q Walk
er, contractor on the Central Texas
RR., who brought them from Cali
fornia, on his own account. Their
contract with him is, expenses paid
from San Francisco to Texas and re-
turn and $50 and board per month
for 3 years.
New York, Dec. %.
A special says Senator Pratt, OF
Indiana. will to-day or tomorrow
send his resignation to the Governor,
to take effect on the 10th proH., and
that he will return home. Declining
health and distaste for the position
are the reasons assigned for his re
signing.
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