The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-02

@oVU,UVV-IaiiS upon Ino cOntfac
OTIS.
The most of the prisoners VIII
were released on the occasion of tn
fire, have been recaptured.
| Orders for lumber for 40O house
were day before yesterday issued b.
the shelter committed.
The board are preparing plans an
specifications for the rebuilding {
the other burned bridges.
The relief committee will receiv
1000 loaves of bread daily from Cir
| cinnati.
The total subscriptions made il
Europe to the 21st Of October, 10
Chicago relief, amount to e616, 100.
Mayor Mason has ordered the dir
charge fall workmen upon tn
public improvements Of Chicago.
The worst puzzled persons in CHI
cago are the publishers of . new cit,
directory, which was in press whei
the fire occurred.
Since the Chicago fire the police o
that city have succeeded in recover
ing $4O0, 900 worth of property stol
On Saturday last 100 new cooking
stoves went West, throught Detroit
80 K % Gn.a. wa I'm sIo .,p.oy y
H.m;itou $50 20 tha oSyb s,1;a..a ama, sma.
w WV so 'o'''
Several rooms In the east room o
the courthouse are being put in
oruer lor temporary occupation by
.ne climlnal court states attorney
ana clerks . omces.
The contract for rebuilding the
Van Buren, street bridge was let to
sIa aou !, vii .lso I ha s oon, M mlo.o,, pv;u w,
in s;rtv davs '''' "''"
A merchant in Moline wrote u
Chicago firm thus briefly and to the
point: "You are unfortunate; | am
fnr v'. co,Isn,;ou aa =" ;, my no'eS 'l0"od'a'eiy
- ~
The catafalque used for the re-
mains Of Lincoln while the body
stopped here, after the assassination,
on its way to Springfield, was burn
0d in the cOurt hpuSa
The intense heat on the beach
drove many men and women into
the Lake, and there they stood,
throwing water over each others
clothing to prevent ignition.
The so,,ow;r, sohoo,ho,sos rou.
burned Jones. Kinyie FranI,;n ,' =
Ogden, Pearson, Elm, La Sale, and
north branch. Their aggregate
value was S5O2,6OO.
uho a.. - r.,
~ ho.u.: . .no ..ss ~n Gn uioPS leh on
h-ora on. 81. HSy n,;ia " os .aSs ,:as ren
Strono man an hraoad | and 81 shaJ 49, 90.
and . loud dry of "Thank Gcd, it
rains T. rent the murky air.
The hoard of nnhl;o works "a 90
inc forward with CONTRACTS for oda;
t;ons to the nol;oa stations ~
schnol. .houses which had heen stow a"e
ned bv the Ere also Win tho 1so cop-
tracts for ran;nn Was. Randoi,,h .o wi
Larraoee streets.
The contract for rehn;,d;,a f1..L
street BRIDGE was yastardoS lst 90
Massrs FoS l. Howsrd hv IL. h,s,,d ~
of nnhl;o worLs tn s,;un,o.ad a
nr;ca Is gao 0n0 .,d ~. npa.nsa,
thai II shall no oomn,a.ad
within s;vtv aars s'e'
The city OF Hartford, CT, suffered
more in consequence OF the Chicago
- II ~" @ ;.anie IT'LL, Th: GAooP. 'he purn-
~ o,sy nsei. lnls 10 owing 10 the
.'nunso ~ Insurance. interests which
.he nar',ora companies haa atstake,
aao "hich were seriously anected.
WAGES in Cb;caoo ara "a so,lowS
Common laborers are reosivin, si75
to so per dav' an advance Of 3sc 10
SOC per dav :: teamsters a. ner d.v
and an advance Of 5(,c. and carneD
Lers AZ to AZ 25 ner day an .avanaa
,f 5Oc There ;s amnI., smniovnaan,
Ior aIl des;r;no vorL e'
capped with a child. a silver , caIs I
basket and a valuable narIor time
niece She snl;c;tad Id So
|iebtlv laden exnressman' Ne drava
her three blocks for tho olocL ~,
her down and har,a;nad tor t ina
basket and hayinr got both ls,, har
in the streets IN ner;sbs AZ last ~
counts he was not bnng DvIyame
7ymes
saw a man on Monday night
,ooh,us ,n.ehliy ana seriously at his
p'ocA " nvo-s.ory stores on Waser
!. .ne" wr,'ning ana roaring 10
cd him. His gaze was riveted. l
pitied him heartily for Judged that
he was on the verge of despair. At
last | venturcd to approach and break
his reverie. "Well, Blake, what are
you thinking OF ?" said /. "Ah-h I"
said he, with smile, II was think
ing that the rats must be catching
h-i"-[Chicago Correspondence.
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