The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-05-11

Hall J. D. Madden, McLaaahau Il
Ross, J. P. Young, and J. w. Scott,
groceries; Miss Stiles 4 Miss Collins,
millinery w. Wright, merchant
tailor. and X G. johnson, Jewelcr.-
The total losais estimated at $50, 900.
Insured for about 962, 900, principal
~ in the following companies Re-
public, Illinois Mutual, Teutonia, Lo-
rillard, international, Security, Au-
rora, Cleveland, Homo, Etna, Lon
don, Liverpool and Globe, Lycoming,
Alamania, North America, Lamar,
Hartford, and Pacific, Of California.
For short time fears were enter.
talnod of the destruction of tho en-
tire business part Of the city, but q
fortunate change of wind assisted in
staying tho progress of tho fire.
LONDON. May 8,
The Times special from Paris says
the federals yesterday recaptured .
barricade in the Au Peyrount. The
commandment Of tho nationals was
shot during the fight by cure. n
The News' special from Versailles
reports great concentration Of
troops in NouiIly, and says an attack
is anticipated.
A circular from Picard orders q
street watch to be kept on the move
ments of the Bonapartists.
Prince De La Tour D'Auvergne is
reported as dead.
The elections in Lyons passed of
quietly.
A special from Versailles says it ID
officially reported that Bismarck will
come to Compeigne to hold an inter.
view with Theirs.
Its positively denied that the
difficulty between the central com.
mittee and the commune has been
healed.
A dispatch from Versailles says
the instruction in Algeria defies the
efforts of tho authorities, and il
spreading to all parts Of the Prov.
ince.
VERSAILLES, May 9.
Clamart has become 80 unhealthy
from the prescnceof unburied bodies
that the Versailles troops have been
obliged to evacuate the place.
The Versailles army continues to
hold the approaches to the Bois dc
Boulogne.
The battery at Montretout com.
| menced firing upon the insurgents
position at Point du Jour and else.
where.
VERSAILLES, May g.
Fort fssy has been captured and
is now in the possession Of the Yer.
sailles forces.
BERLIN, May 9.
The Reichstag, to-day, Is in com
mittee debating the bill for the in.
corporation Of Alsace and Lorraine
into the German Empire. One arti
Gle of the bill which grants imme
diate German citizenship to Alsatiani
and Lorrainers, has already been
adopted.
AUBURN, N. Y, May 9.
| Three children were burned tC
death in this city, yesterday after
noon. They were at play in an out
house. where there was a barrel o.
fireworks, which exploded. It il
presumed that they, with matches
set fire to tho barrel. Two Of the
children were, probably, instantly
killed. The third fingered some
hours. The youngest child, aged
four years, was the son of Mitchell
A. Glider. The others were the
children Of McCarty, of Capitol st.,
where the accident occurred. A lady,
named Higgins, after visiting the
scene of the disaster, was so shocked
by the horrible sight that she died at
ten O'Clock tho same evening.
KANKAKEE, ILL. may 8. !.
There was another Ere here last
night. Six wooden buildings wef1
burned on East avenue, owned by ].
+. Kleine and J. L.. Deirking, and
occupied by Ms. Thompson, drug
store; J. Hermann, meat market; J.
t. Kleine, clothing store; J. u. DER.
king, dry goods and groceries; VIM.
Carsten, barber shop, and tho busi.
moss Office of the Kankakee Stone and
Limo Company Loss and insurance
not ascertained. Not much was
| saved.
COUNCIL BLUFFS, May 9.
A fro, early this morning, burned
Sanderson l. Lacy's restaurant and
barber shop adjoining. Loss about
81, 500; insured.