Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1877-08-22

nous vote for Capt. w. H. G. Jaques
for Major of the 9Th regiment. Dem
mis- Hogan was elected I'd Lieutenant.
Miss Katie Jones, . Clay county
school teacher, aged 10, came to her
death last week from the effects Of
swallowing pin some three or four
AAyslf.yieus.
9About Two o'clock p. m, yesterday,
e. B. Webster's barn, in Highland
township, was struck by lightning
and burned up. A horse in the barn,
owned by Robert Finkle, was also
struck by the lightning and killed.
Another horse was stunned, but was
got eat aliva.
Yesterday afternoon Joseph Streby,
= stet-soe 81 Conrad Stocker, living
four miles south. of town, was killed
by bang Kicked in the head by a
mule. It seems that the boy had
been riding the mule dragging hay
to ths stack, and in climbing on got
on0 d NJ fsetsin the harness between
thS bkckbaud aid the names, which
frightened the mule and it ran away,
dragging the boy. After being drag
red some distance the mule kicked
him in the head, killing him instant-
ly.s
Frequently during the last two
or three years, we have given warn
ing that . serious and perhaps fatal
accident might occur at the Union
Depot from . complication of causes.
To-day at1oon, for time, it seemed
apparent that the time had come
The X. b D. M. passenger train stands
on the main track near the depot, the
Central ON the next side track and a
long freight train on the outside
track. The Central follows the X. 4
ID. n. passenger train out and runs
from the side track on to the main
line and then backs down to the de-
pot. This was the position of things
to-day at noon. The freight train
was cnt in two leaving . passage-way
for teams, the other trains standing
In their regular positions The X. &
ID. N. started out, the Central follow
ing. At about the same time the
freight train commenced to back up
ct . pretty rapid rate and an express
wagon passing through barely escap-
ed being caught in the passage way.
The section next the engine struck
the rear section with such force as to
send it back and it run into the Gen.
trail, striking the rear passenger car
about the middle. The conclusion
knocked the caboose of the X. & d.
II. of the track. Tho Central was
moving at the time and all the bat
ting ON the last half of the car was
knodksd on and the boards we'll scar
red. The rear corner of the X. & d.
NJ cabeose was broken of. The
da4ase was trifiing and the accident
stlsAst very fortunate and trifiing in
that II might have been SO very much
worse.
Issm Hoadx's Daily.
The Des Moines Register says, "the
evidence that Frank Carroll was
falsely accused continues to accumu.
late. Additional letters corroborat'
ing his innocence, were received in
the city Yesterday"
From yesterdays Daily.
A young man by the name of Glen
DENIM, . brakeman on Conductor
VIM. Smiths train was killed Al
'Thaycr,s on the C. B. &R. Railroad
lAsk tight. Mf. G. boarded in thil
city, but his parents live somewhere
- Illinoh. We have no particular
efthe accident.
. The idea ofjumping on and off O.
moving trains is still persisted in b,
some people. This morning bust
less man made . leap from X. y D
y. train 81 the foot Of College street
.ne clipped ana fell full length in the
rad, fortunately without hurting
himself. ,Hswill wait till the tran
Sseps next tine.
u.
The parlor concert given by tn
choir IT the Presbyterian Church
last evening, 81 the residence Of II. II
Warden, vas largely attended ant
the singing Of the choir showed tina
they are making great improvement
under the careful training of Prot
Lighton. The refreshments, furnish
ed by the ladies Of the church, wer'
excellent, and al present seemed t
enjoy the entertainment very much.
BAD FALL.-Yesterday evening
Frank Scollern and wife while rid
Ing along Second Street at the cross
ing Of Court, received fall which
was rather severe. They were sitting
On the middle seat of q three seatet
iatsa bpggy, and just after leaving
~ ssossing on the west side Of Cour
street the team started up and the,
fell over backward to the groun,
striking on their heads and shoulders
ESank was cut about the forehead an
faSs s0mewhat and was badly stunned
HE wife was mot hurt 80 much, al
though she received some sever
bruises. We understand they ar
both able to be around to-day.
MORTGAGE NorEs WANrED.-I hav
control Of 5000 with which vii
purchase long time notes secured b
mortgage. tdwtfl o. y. LADD.
Mr.. Dewitt yohnson, ono Of GU
old Ottumwa fl1snds, who has bee
visiting his brotker Irwin during th
past wssk, took his departure Tuel
dsy Of this week, for Denver CIT!
Colorado. where he hopes to benef
biz health BY sojourning awhile /
49, Ehtfe climate. -GYeat Ben
{R1a5 I1euo6ents
si14sssplofsd psdple wish u to sta,
that no person excepting the Con
mittes Of Arrangements consisting ,
6eni Alexander, j. Hamilton, n.