Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-11-21

channel so as to temporarily stop the
work on tbs permanent dam. A few
days of frosty weather will make it
al right again.
Richard Butcher, Of Eddyvillc, was
attacked with paralysis Yesterday
morning., and from Henry Wilson we
learn that his condition is considered
very precarious. All of the left side
ofhis person 10 completely paralyzed,
and he has remained insensible for
the greater part Of the time during
tho last "a hours.
We were informed that the excite
ment at Dcs Moines over the Barrett
murder case seems to be increasing.
and that lynch law is openly talked
Of. The opinion seems to be that if
the trial should result in acqnittal,
there Is but little doubt that Graves.
Brown and Red, accused of the crime
would need an escort to be able TO
leave Des Molnes alive.
John Davis, locomotive engineer
on the Central, died at Marshalltown,
yesterday, very suddenly, OF dipthc-
ria. He left this city, Wednesday
last, IN his usual good health, and
nothing serious was apparent until
Thnrsdsy night when he grew rap
idly worse and died az above stated.
John Davis was an accomplished gem
tlcman, an excellent engineer. well
respected by his employers and all
his acquaintances. He leaves a wife
and one child to whom this will be
sad blow indeed.
The Circuit Court of this county,
October term, Judge Sloan presiding,
adjourned to-day, after fonr weeks
session. To complete the business
ON tho docket would have required
from three to four weeks more. On
~ the first days assignment on the
law docket was completed, it being
the fourth days assignment for the
term. Yesterday the attorneys, see
ing that there was no hope of getting
their cases to trial for long time be-
fore the Court, by agreement great
number Of cases were referred to be
tried by some attorney selected in
each particular case for that purpose.
Jumped the Came.
Three hat thinkers, two of whom So
licited work, while the other ironed
up the hats, put up at Mrs. McPher-
sons boarding house, on Wednesday.
They were highly moral young men,
said they were members Of the Meth
odist church, and their conduct was
unexceptional. One Of them said he
was q nephew of Senator Logan, OF
Illinois. AL went well with them
until about IL O'Clock last night,
when they lowered their baggage
ont Of the front window with rope
and then crawling quietly down
stairs, they shonldered their bag
gage and lit out for pastures new and
green. Mrs. Mcpherson did not
learn their names, but one of them
went by the name of Tyler, another
was called Boston. They we're fash
lily dressed, one of them being slen-
der, with small black side whiskers,
smother was red faced and heavy set.
smoothly shaven; the third was a
moderately heavy set man and has a
bare place on the side Of his head
Just abovo his left ear. 1t ia suppos-
ed that they headed for Des Moines
A gentleman here thought he recog.
nized ono OF them as man who scrv.
ed term in Missouri penitentiary
for 9rObbcry committed at the South
ern Hotel, in st. Louis. Landlords
and policemen will do well TO keel
an eye out for these gentry.
From Mondays Daily.
VIM. Scribncr, of Eddyville, is il
the city. He informs us that the con
dition of Mr.. Butcher is considered
very dangerous and that he is no bet