The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1872-06-27

Quiet, unpbtrusfvc gcltility finds q
place besides the rough, boisterous and
loud. Few refined ladies have lent
their beniilcent inhucncc TO the mi.
ming regions, The following, which is
supposed ohaye occurred at a party
given III ono Of the mountain towns.
will illustrate the state Of things,
xsunadtis pe,sosds young lady and
young ge1tlemari. &
Young GENT. The assembly here
this evening, Miss fare1cseds The
anticipations Of our host. .
Young lady. "Hay, what yer say p
Young gent (voicc a key higher)
" The assembly here this evefSAig fai
exceeds our hosts anticipations.s
Young lady, Tin wonderment,
|" What yer say?s as3 s
Young gent, Slightly ruffied), '.Thcre
is a dm big crowd here tonight
Miss.
Young lady, (brightening up), !. Yes.
sir-ee-bob, you bet there is"
There is much TO be said, pro. and
con, about the advantages Of life in
Colorado aside from considerations OF
health. Upon this field will not en-
ter further than to say that for {: man
Of average health and limited means
the chances are as good in Iowa az
here. To the capitalist the territory
offers the Establishments Of rich invest
ments and regular discount Of two
per cent month for money.
Tomorrow morning small party
starts for the mines about Boulder
City, Central, Georgetown and Carl
bou. Returning thence in week, !
am off for California the Yosemite,
the big trees of Calaveras, the vine.
yards Of Napa and Sonoma valleys
the orange groves OF Los Angeles.
Z. #. }
The 0rand Tssnk q. \. Accident,
In Saturdays issue our dispatches
gave the outlines of q terrible railroad
accident on the Grand Trunk rnilroad
between Toronto and Montreal. Be.
low we give additional particulars Of
the accident; q.
So far nine persons have died and
over sixty afe badly scalded. The
engineer was killed and fireman very
badly injured. The sufferers are prin.
cipally second class passengers.
The suffering and appearance Of the
wounded are ffightfll. The killed
and wounded arc all second class pas.
sengers, the first class escaped unin.
jured. The sight was one to battle
description. The terrible cries Of tn
sufferers rent the ears of the lockers
on, who made every possible effort ID
grant their requests for water, and
their condition under the influence Of
their injuries was fearful to witness
whilst prayers and cries Of Fremont.
ton of approaching dissolution were
here and there heard. After the in
iured arrived here, some of them pass.
cd away, happy relief being afford
ed from their terrible agOnies.
The express and baggage car was
forced past the broken engine without
injuring the express messenger o,
baggageman, but the smoking car was
telescOped with the second class ear.
The latter in going forward knocked
the safety valve of the boiler and ne.
manned on top OF the engine, allowing
the steam to fill the second class cal
which was crowded with passengers
Sixty-fve men and women were fear.
fully scalded and othesWlgeiniured,
SIX Of WhOM ,~di0d on Nke spot. and
their bodies brought to Bellevfil. -Four
moro have since died and others are
dying every hour. Not more than
one third OF the injured will live. The
dead and dying are stretched on mat
tresses Oh the floor of the freight shed,
so much disfigured as to be anrecogni-
fable, 54s -