Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1875-12-22

and Second streets, also one story
and basement dwelling short dis
lance above the residence of General
Hedrick on Second street.
We understand that III. L. Water
man, Jas Hawley. Major Mahon, w.
b. Goodall, Frank Warden, +. G. Bal
ilngall, w. G, Moss, Jr., and perhaps
others loft tho city this evening Al
80 for st. Lonis for the purpose Of
attending tho formal opening Of the
new Chamber OF Commerce.
The Rev. MIR. Schreiner passed
through the city to-day on his way
to mdianola to assist in the dedica-
ton of the Odd Fellows new hall in
that place.
The case of the State VS.. Jas.
Jacques and VIM. Wyant, on trial ut
Keosauqua for the last. two or three
weeks, charged with robbery, has
been concluded. They were held to
answer to the District Court soon to
commence in Van Buren, County.
We understand that our friends of
the md Methodist Church raised
about $4,000 yesterday to apply on
the Indebtedness on tho church build
ing. There still remains to be raised
abont $l.400 which will clear them
from all debt. The crowd in attend
ance yesterday, both morning and
evening, was very large, and listened
with marked attention to the able SER
mons delivered by Bishop Andrews.
The church was not dedicated but
will be some time soon Of which due
announcement will be made.
FIRE.--This morning at 3 o'clock
we were aroused from bed by the
shrill cry of SFire,' repeated very
rapidly by a Juvenile voice, which
finally ended with the cry OF "Al
Barnes house is on fire. We hastily
donncd our clothes, clntched up a
bucket of water and fastened down
there and found ii to be too true. AL
had demolished window and was
carrying out furniture, bedding, &c.,
az ia "a US ha aa,,Il I;,aeolf ,,.;ra
and child and Freddie Barnes were in
the house and were awakened in al
most a stranglcd condition by the
smoke. The fire caught from de-
fective flue, and although it had gone
from the cellar to the roof, by the
well directed ofierts of n few neigh
bors, and the use Of a ladder and wa
ter from q cistcrn close at hand, in ten
it was fully under control.
The loss will be lightperhaps the total
damage to house and furniture will
be 500, and it is fully insured in the
Agency of NJ. j. Burns, who was on
the ground early this morning to
and adjust il. Had the fire
been discovered fifteen minutes later
the house would have been total
loss.
Saturday evening about o'clock,
a negro by the name ofJo. Green, was
charged with shooting a.
white man by the name of Alex.
Eikanberry. The origin of the diff
Guilty seems TO be about as follows:
Mrs. Elizabeth LAWYER and her
(white women,) had been
up in the city making some purchases.
and when turning the corner of Main
and Union streets, on their way home,
Mrs. Lawyer was assaulted by the
negro, who made some indecent pro-
posals to her and laid hands on her
person. She commenced to scream,
and the negro drew his pistol on her
to stop the noise, but help seemed to
be near. Eikenberry came running
to her assistance from the opposite
corner of the street, and when he had
got close enough To make the aim
sure, the negro turned and fired, the
ball taking effect in the side of the
neck. cutting cash about two inches
long, just missing the angular vein.
The negro seemed to realize his sitna-
tion and ran to his boarding place in
one of the negro hnts below the North
Missouri Railroad bridge, where he
was found in a few moments after
and arrested by Vannamap and Tom
Orcutt. When found he was in bed
and pretended To be asleep. but that
dodge was little too gauzy and he
was marched Otto Jail. The Swcdc
is not dangerously hurt and will be
all right again in few days, proba-
bly,. Ii was a very narrow escape
for him. and he probably owes his
life to the fact that his neck was near
ly bullet proof. The negro will have
a preliminary examination some time
soon, and if the facts, rs given above,
are substantiatcd. he win probably
stand good show TO take an carly
train for Fort Madison,
From the Daily OF Dee, 2lsD.