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The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
IOWA
Iewa's New Capitel--xayins Of the
Corncr Stone.
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DEs MoINEs, Nov. 30.
The corner stone OF Iowa's new
capitol was laid at one o'clock this
afternoon. Over one half of the
members OF the next Legislature, with
State officers, large number of fex-
State officials and distinguished visi
tors from this and other States we're
present. Owing TO the extreme cold
weather, the procession was not as
large as had been expected. The
line was formed at ten this morning,
under tho supervision of Gen. N. b,
Baker, chief marshal and consisted
Of the Zouave light artillery. with
ten pound battery, Olmsted zouaves,
Rescue and Excelsior Fire compan.
les and the Hook and Ladder com,
panies with their engines, trucks
and FIRE accoutrements; carriages
containing State officers, members of
the Legislature and press; visitors
from abroad and citizens. The stone
cutters association and the United
Sons Of Erin, were the only societies
that participated. The procession
passed through the principal streets
to the Hall Of Representatives In the
old capitol, where an introductory
address was delivered by Hon. JAS.
+. Wilson, of Fairfield.
Gov. Merrill then delivered an In
teresting historical address, and J.
B. Grinnell read an ode written for
the occasion, by Prof. Hardy, Of
Iowa College. After the proceedings
at the hall were over, the audience
proceeded to the new capitol grounds
in the order of the procession. A
mesalic boz containing large num-
ber of articles intended to represent
the present status of Iowa nnd its
past record, were placed in its proper
position and the corner stone, which
is beautiful specimen OF Iowa gran.
ite, from Buchanan county. was then
placed in position. A national salute
was then fred by the Zouave light
artillery, which ended the ceremo-
MES, which passed off without acci.
dent, and the cold weather alone
prevented one ofthe largest occasions
Of the kind in the history Of the
Western States.
At noon to-day, Mr.. Phelps, pro.
prietor Of the Turkish bath house, of
this place, tried to burn his estab-
liehment and fred it in four different
places, but the flames were extin-
guished with but little damage to the
building. The DR., is supposed TO
have become insane, as he was in the
building when the FIRE was discover
cd, and was making no effort to es-
cape. He was badly burned about
| the breast, face aud arms.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Congress meets Monday week
. Legislature Of Iowa on Monday
Ia Of January.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

The Swedish Consul at Havana has
been banished from Cuba for oonni-
vance with insurgents.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Cyrus W. Field 10 going to Rome
attend . conyention Of the princi-
j telegraph companies Of the world,
hich isto be held 10 that city next
l1nth. NJ. Field Is pushing forward
b scheme Of telegraph around the
Forld, the only link yet TO be furn.
he'd being tbat between San Fran.
|sco and China, by way of the Sand.
Fich Islabds. aisi9
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Work OF laying stone on tho State
Capitol has been suspended until
next spring.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Alton has been holding grand ard
successful mush and milk festivals.
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In the st. Louis Times Of the lTtip
We find tbc following felativeto the
obove named road which has re-
Gently goty clear Of ita legal and
financial embarrassments in st.
Louis:
"Sinee the rcliet of the North
Missonrirailroad from the embarrass-
.mcnt OF the suit commenced against
il by. the county, the company have
commenced active measures to place
the road on q footing to enable il to
handle satisfactorily its rapidly in
creasing traffic. -Four hundred new
freight cars haso been ordered, two
hundred OF which are being built in
Cincinnati, one hundred at Hannibal,
Missouri, and the remaining one
hundred at the Missouri car works
id this city. Five new locomotives
havcbec ordered from Schenectady,
New York, and several new first
class passenger coaches from VIII
mington, Delaware. The company's
machine shops are also at work 10
their utmost capacity in making
other extensive additions to the
rolling stock. Plans have also bser
drawn for the erection OF new and
commodious freight depot, TO be
fifteen hundred feet in length, and
situated in the neighborhood Of their
present passenger depot. This action
on the part of the new directory is
convincing proof of their intentios
to make the road what it ought 70 be
IA powerful adjunct TO the enor,
nous increasing trade Of st. Louis
with the North and Northwest, aud
is satisfactory evinenee Of the wis.,.
dom of the action OF the County
court in setting the late difficulty in
wise spirit Of Morality" vsa
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Cedar Rapids has bought a hand
Ire engine.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Beveridge's official majority 10 ILL.,,
is 1887.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

Gov. Palmer is seriously i'll with
measles.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30

No hre-water is vended in Clay
county.
The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1871-11-30
|Ihe Csu6a job 9spaItIRsat,
oRDElss soLIClTEne=
EompIets y It'll new -
''rsxPEs AND 1sREssEs.

.4 PRINTING Of ALL KINDS, &,
eseessed @ I 4 d des3 Ssyie, s EAsissn ! W priees : and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-30
The Meeting Last Night.

= The meeting called by Col. Philip last night IN
consider the improvement bill was yery resnect
ably attended, but, as was shown by the ONLY
test vote OF the evening, was about evenly
divided, standing 2 in favor Of the Sill To a.
against IL. The speeches made by Messrs. Phflin
and Riddle in opposition to the bill were verv
good specimens Of lawyer-like pleading, but no
better than the arguments they made some
months ago on the other side OF the question
and in favor OF District government empow-
cred to carry out just such a com .-ebensivs
system Of improvements as Is now proposed
Mr.. Durant, being new here, shot rather villa
and peppered some OF Mr.. Philips fayorite idaas
after the most cruel fashion, quite unvittjno,v
No other citizen of any prominence smoke
against the bill, and il was noticed that va-v
few were present OF those whose names an
peared on the call. OF those announced A. vics
presidents and secretaries but small pronor-
tiOn were present OF course the placing of
names on call, or a list of officers without
authority, Is frequently q mere matter of form
but in this case, when the object was To conxay
the idea that the parties whose names were Tina
used sympathi1ed with the objects of the meet
ing, the act STRIKES Us as reprehensible.
As regards the meeting we think it wen that :.
has been held; as afording anopportunity for the
presentation Of all possible objections to the bin
and in the strongest light possible. These OBJ
Jections have now been made. but IL they have
any weight we have no resort but to fan hack
upon our old profigste, systemless, municipal
style Of expenditure and patchwork improve
ments. Under the old order of things the four
or five millions Of dollars asked in this bin vopld
be frittered away without sppreciable results.
The Board Of Public Works present. a general
plan Of improvements, accompanied by an esti-
mate, as all Improvement plans should be ac-
companied- 1t Is safe to say that under the Old
municipal rule a comprehensive system OF
this Kind would have cost ten times the amonnt
OF these estimates. II the bill Is detective. or
lacks proper guards, let it be amended, but we
protest against drifting back helpessly to the old
spendthrift, patchwork system
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-30

Persons leaving the city for the summer or
any portion Of it may have THE ST Az sent to
their address for such time as they desire, at the
rate Of fifty cents per month. Orders, accom-
panied ~ the money, should be sent to the bust
ness S6ce of the paper.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-30

Every day the belief is becoming mora cana-
rally entertained that our detective system. n
not actually an auxiliary to crime, Is little mora
or less than a sort Of diplomatic agency betveen
thieves and their victims, aiding the side which
pays best In other words, it Is prettyclear that
the so-called detectives are cognizant Of nearly
AL the thefts and burglaries committed, espe-
cially in the larger cities, and that the crirnj-
mails are only delivered up to justice when their
victims are content to pay larger price for the
return Of stolen property than the thieves them
selves are willing to pay for immunity from Ar
rest-the detectives being Handsomely evard-
ed, rs matter Of course, in either case
That there are honorable and striking excep-
tons to this rule il true; but il Is eouallv trns
that the rule Is a. stated; 1t least the general
circumstances attending the Investigation of the
subject are 30 damaging a. to lead the majority
Of people to believe that 1t Is true. In New
York, for instance, the charge is openly made
that conspiracy exists st police hesdauartsrs in
that city, with ramiAcseions s1tsnding into the
courts the plain il not svoved object OF which Ia
to secure a percentage of the proceeds of crime
The nemes Of high officials in the yarioua
branches of the city government sre freely used
In this connection, and, a. evidenceof tie truth
OF the charges, casO ere cited where a police
judge regularly COLLECTS at the Office of the suh-
treasury the Interest on over s1oo, OD In United
States bonds registered in his name; where a
veil-knOwn detective is knOvn 10 have laid nm
fortune Of about efD, 100, during a few wears
service, at a salary OF 81 30 Per annum; where
Superintendent OF police entsred the service not
many years since as q roundsman, at si5 per
week, and died not long ago worth nearly q
quarter Of q million; and where many others In
like positions ars credited With fortunes nearly
n large, and acquired quiA a. myussriously.
These facts, which are a discoura4ing a
startling, should turn the attention or lseisla-
lures and courts 70 tie subject, for the purpose
OF determining whether tho abuse cannot In
Some way be shorn Of fts most vicious features,
IL its complete eradication be not possible. The
evil was st It's worse during the war, when IL
might perhaps have been, to some extent, "A
least, tolerated - Q necessity; but now that the
exceptional conditions OF that pgiod have passed.
away, there Is no longer an excuss for perpetu-
nting IN fun force Q system which ssts itself ND
for remedy, but which Is really about q dam
gerous - the disease 10 pretends TO cure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-30
SHELF GOODS

SHELF GOODS
In great variety and we name In part:
BALM OF LIFB-Prof Oook's-A Luxury
CHOw-CH0w-Oross q acknowledgement.
PICCAL1LLI-Oross Blackwell s-Importsd.
CAULIFL0wHR-CrosseA Blackwell s-Imporssd.
MIXED PICKLES ditto Imported.
WHITE ONIONS ditto -Importsd
GHkRkINS- ditto Imported.
GHBRKINS-J. T. acknowledgement.
HOw-CH0W-J. T. Morton 's-Imported.
PECCALILLI-J. r. Mortons-Imported.
GHEBKINSIround bottles, large and SMALL n
II. Leveness q Oo.-American.
OLIvEs-Imported and American.
WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE-Imported.
CATsUP-Fun assortment.
OILs-Imported and American.
LEIBYS EXTRACT OF BEBF.
AARMALADEs.
CONDENSED MLK-Eagie and Monumental
brands.
DAT MEAL-scotch and Canadian.
HrCKINT SANDWICH MEATS for PIc-Nios-
Ham, Tongue, Lobster, &C.. &c.
Also, CANNED OYsTERS-Very fine, convenient
for Pic Mics.
HuOKINs PARKER HOUSE SOUPS
TOMATO,
BEEF,
MOCK TURTLE.
&C., &C., &C., &c. &C.
MUSTARD.
All the celebrated imported brands.
RAIsINs, NUTS, ETC,
Lorins Bros LAYER RAIsISs,
Clemeptap
"Black Basket" I"
Dehesaas, very fine and large,
ALMONDS-Soft Shell,
ALMONDS-Paper Shell,
wALNUTSIFrench,
wALNUTS-haples, very fine,
PECANs,
PEANUTS,
FILBERTS,
PRATTs ASTRAL OIL,
PURE CIDER VINEGAR,
CHOICE DRIED BEEF.
In fact, We make . speciality Of the
FAMILY TRADE
and make II our study to furnish tho esyy best of
everything in the way Of family supplies generally
Our facilities for buying and freghting unsur.
passed, and We guarantee to sell low any other
house in the city, also TO give tia artcle-qxalify
| and sxassity-as represented, or MONEY RRPuNnxp.
ELPHONzO Y0UNGs 4 CO.,
GROCERS,
MASONIC TEMPLE,
l. NINTH srRxEr,
Opposite Patent Once.
ELPHoHzo YoUsGs. WIN. Il. SEARS.
] jeoo-n
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-30

MOLASSES.
NEW ORLEANS-Genune.
PORT RICO-very Fine.
ENGLISH ISLAND and several other grades which,
can only Be appreciated by examining
price and quality.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-30

As will be seen by the above list our stock COM
prises sixteen different varieties, of which we have
slsrge supply now on hand, and are constantly re-
cevng fresh invoices, and facilities fer obtain
ing end receiving the same such that we have
no hestancy in asserting that able to compete
fully with any house this side of New York.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-30
rFoFFICE OF THE METROPOLITAN

hF0FFICE OF THE METROPOLITAN
ny RAILROAD COMPANY, CORNER OF NEw
1okk AVENUE AND nth STREET, June ~ lEl-
Notice hereby given that the Directors of this com
pany nave declared div idsnd of dollar per share
It's capital stock, which will be paid at this Office
the LIST Of July.
And notice e also given that the payment of the
semi annual interest the bonds Of the company to
become due IN September next, win be anticipated
snd PAID alss free OF government tax, and after
SATURDAY, the lst Of Jgl8nsor
VIM. W. MOORE, Sec. and Treas. je20-St
rFCLOsING EXERCISES.
TOWARD UNIVERSITY
LAW DEPARTMENT.
VIII take place FRIDAY June 9th ISI Att O'Clock
E; M ct the Chapel, Howard University Building,
Washington, ID. @. The exercises will consist OF
Orstions, Essays, Debates and Addresses by mem n
pefs OF the Junior class of the Law Department The
public are invited to attend -
JeA-H J. M LANGSToN, Dean Law Faculty
nFREAD THE FOLLOWING LETTER FROM
Wy Sister In charge Of 81. AIMS Infant Asylum:
NY h1tSeT-Dear sir: am grateful for the kind
festival held on Anaostan Island June sth and sb'
aud can do to extend the patronage of the
Island shsli be happy TO do, as the very best Of
order was observed on this occasion.
2nssp fs5aai I,ylus jsn ni IS CHARGE
This beautiful and quiet Pleasure Resort will ba
lei LOT and Festivals the reasonable
terms. On July 4fh steamers will convey visitors
from the most convenient wharyes in Washington
and Georgetown to and from the Island. -
Apply 70 III. A KAISER
~ Greene street Georeetown.
geI-uy4 and on the Island.
n~PRVNCIpA TNR
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-30

Parson Beechsr's wonderful dog ssory 10 stfn
travelling. Whenever q preacher does undertake
whopper or this SORT, he can beat any layman
going.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1871-06-30

SOAPS.
NEW YORK CITY"-Babbitts
I" BEsTf-Babbitt's.
SOAP P0WDDR-Babbitt's
NEW YORK CITY"-C. B. JEWELS.
"LAUNDRY"LC. b. JEWELS.
"ORIINTAL"-C. b. JEWELS
"CHDMICAL OLIvE"-C. B. JEWELS.
" TALLOW'eKeys.
"ELECTRIC'-Dobbins'.
"PRIZE MEDAL"-Myrtle Soap Co.,N.Y.
As also q large assortment Of Colgate & Co. 5, and
other TOILET SOAPS. ~ 49, -.
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COFFEE.

SYRUPs.
SILVER DRIPS-Stewarts.
WHITE DRIPs-Stewarts.
WHITE DRIPs-Moller's Diamond Brand.
AMBER DRIPS.
GOLDEN SYRUP.
MERCHANTS SYRUP.
All at exceedingly Low Rates.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-06
/" A Remarkable story

From the Richmond VAL Dispatch.I
A correspondent Observer" in your
issue of the 2lst inst, details A Re
markable Story" of James Barton,
wounded at the first battle Of Manassas.
OF the personal history of this soldier |
know nothing, but the surgical history of
his case is so remarkable that it is wor-
thy of being put ON record. The wound
was received on Sunday-the day of the
battle. On Monday he was received at
Bellevue Hospital. On examining the
head bullet seemed to have opened the
scalp along the forehead. and glanced,
piercing the lid of his cap. He showed
us his cap, with the bullet-hole through
it. The SURGEON on the battlefield be-
lieving the scalp only wounded, had
closed it with stitch and adhesive plas-
ter. No bad symptoms appeared until
the following Friday, and, as your CORE
spondent says he was permitted to go to
private family mr. John Nettles') as
an out-patient and to walk the streets.
On Friday the writer of this was sum-
moned to see him, and found him in
stupor, though he could be aroused and
his mind was clear. He was at once
removed to the hospital. This stupor
gradually increased, aud in rather less
than week he died.
A post-mortem examination made by
the writer revealed the true nature Of
the wound. The ball entering obliquely,
had come in contact with the outer table
of the skull, which had split it in half,
one portion of which had passed through
n 4 r Al Il he tba,. is.n,,
had buried itself three or four inches in
the substance OF the brain-not, as your
correspondent says, between the skull
and the lining membrane Of the brain.
This case is remarkable from the nature
of the wound, which was entirely OBJ
scure and deceptive, and more remark
able from the fact that man had
walked about for four days with half a
musket bali buried in his brain, without
! bad symptom.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-06
LATEST TELEGRAMS.
Specials 80 the Ledger.
AMKRrcIS PRESS ASSOCIATION. VIA 9. P. = A.
TKLKeRkPH COMPANY.
NEW YORK.
Meeting of the Orangemen-Enort'
10 save the Life of Gen. Cavada.

Meeting OF the OrhnE ehn cn hOEsn
10 save the Life of Gen. Cavada.
NEW York, July Ga meeting OF
Orangemen was held last night for the
purpose of deciding as to whether the
society should or should not parade on
the 18th of July The proceedings were
conducted with closed doors, but 10
transpired that majority of those pres
ent were in favor of parading.
Several well known citizens OF thus
city and Philadelphia are using their
best efforts to save the life of General
Frederick Cavada, the Cuban General
who was captured on the Sd inst by a
Spanish gunboat when attempting to
leave Cuba. General Cavada was for
merlv Lieutenant Colonel of. the One
Hundred and Fourteenth Pennsylvania
Volunteers, and afterward became Briga-
der General A prominent gentleman
has gone to Long Branch to request
President Grant to direct Secretary Fish
to intercede for General Cavada. 1t IS
thought the President will exert his
good Offices and save the life OF good
soldier, who for a long time has been a
HELPLESS invalid.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-06
WILL AND NO WILL.

The Little Rock Gazette gives the
public an entertaining account of the
Governorship of Arkansas. 1t says:
90. A. Hadley is nOminally the Gov
ernor of Arkansas-yet he has no more
to do with the general management Of
the affairs of State than a clerk in the
executive Office. If an appointment is
TO be made, Senator Clayton is con-
suited, and whatever he DEGREES is done.
If the public printing of a county is to
be given away, Clayton directs to whom
it shall GO If some member of the
party desires something of the Govern
ment. and is refused by the acting Gov
ernor, he appeals to Clayton and if the
latter decides in his favor, the acting
Governor knocks under as quietly as a
lamb" Why does not Hadley break
loose and be Governor HIMSELF Has
the man no ambition2 We do not know
a better illustration of extremes than,
according to the Gazette, these men af-
ford. One is all will, and the other no
will at all.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-06
FEARFUL TRAGEDY.
A Roy whipped aud Roasted 20
Death by hts Fatber-fhe Latter
Lyuebed nv CitiKens,

WABzK4, I'LL, July 5.-This ordinarily
quiet community is just now terribly ex-
cited over a fearful tragedy. The par
tieulars are as follows:
Martin Miarad, an Irishman, residing
near Gilman, In this county, one who
has heretofore borne good reputation,
except as to his violent temper, was
brought to this place on Saturday after
noon and lodged in jail, on the charge OF
whipping to death his son, a lad of eleven
years of age. He was charged on the
statement Of his wife and other children,
that he whipped the boy terribly with
black whip. after having laid him naked
on a hot stove and roasted him. The
boy died in his sick mothers bedroom
Immediately after the whipping, which
took place in June The crime was
committed in the evening and the brutal
father buried the body in the hedge, and
next day went to Getmore and posted
up notice Offering sixty dollars reward
for any information which would lead TO
the recovery Of his runaway boy. This
was intended as a blind, but it had a con-
trary effect, arousing the suspicious OF
his neighbors that he had killed the boy.
These suspicious were fully confirmed
on seach being made and the roasted
and bruised body being found buried
four feet deep in a secluded part OF
Miarads premises. The murderer was
at once arrested and taken to Onarga.
The citizens threatened to lynch him,
but the officers, In order to save him
brought him here. AT seven O'Clock
this morning he was taken from the jail
and hung by an infatuated mob Of three
hundred armed men, followed by one
thousand men, women and children
Miarad gave the Masonic signal Of dis
tress, which was not responded to, when
he denounced the craft. He was al
lowed an opportunity to speak and pray
and confessed his guilt in an address tC
the crowd. He refused the benefit o.
prayer by Protestant clergyman. and
begged for mercy.
Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1871-07-06
TELEGRApHIC ITEMS.


CINCINNATI, July GA large number
of accidents from the careless use OF
fireworks occurred in this city on the
Fourth.
At New Richmond, Ohio, on the even
ing of the Fourth, a man named G. w.
Gray insulted some women publicly.
Joseph Housk interfered, and was struck
by Gray, whereupon Housk shot him
three times, killing him instantly.
DAyroN, ONO, July GA number Of
accidents occurred here on the 4th,
William Murcher, of Xenia, was shot
through the hand bysa pistol. A lad
named Connels had his left hand fear
fully torn from similar weapon, and a
number of persons were injured by tor
pedoes exploding prematurely.
G. M. Spriggs, lawyer and nephew
of the late c. l.. yallandigham, has been
appointed administrator of the estate
of the deceased
Mrs. Vallandigham's health is improv-
Ing.
FoRr WAYNE, md, July 6.-The fune-
raj of Bishop Luera, on the 4th, was at
tended by upward Of two hundred priests
from this and adjoining States. High
Pontifcal Mass was celebrated and a
sermon preached by Archbishop Pur-
cell, of Cincinnati.
BELvIDERE, ILL, July GA young
girl named Mary Keith, employed in
Judge Boisos' family, while using kero-
sene to kindle the fire, was so badly
burned that her recovery is doubtful.
The can burst, enveloping her in flames,
and nearly cooked her flesh before help
reached her.