Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-02-20
From Wednesdays Daily.
R0olnAav Killed

Was notified to-day of an accident
which happened at Dcs Moines this
Afternoon, whereby Lycurgus COL
burn, switch engineer in the Des
Moines yard, will lose his life.
Colburn was backing up with his
engine and ten cars, and was crossing
a bridge in the city. At the west tend
Of the bridgea csr Of ice tools was
to be thrown Off to the ID. Il FIT. ID.
transfer, and before the engine had
crossed clear over, Colburn jumped
of, and while the train was in motion
went in between the cars to pull pin,
and, it is supposed, stepped between
the ties and fell across the track, the
cars passing over and mangling his
body badly.
No one was near at the time except
Brown, the yard master, who was at
the switch, who summoned assistance
and had the injured man carried to
to his residence. The surgeon who
was called to attend him, says there is
nc hope of his recovery. Colbun is
son .in-law of Mrs. Robert Nourse, of
this city.-Keokuk Constitution.
A car load of garden seeds was re-
ceived at the c. B. & @. depot, to-
day. The car contained $50 boxes,
consigned to ll3 different persons.
VIM. A. Winsell, one of the CouRI-
ER's frat and best friends, was in to
see US to-day. Aside from his annual
contributions to our exchequer, we
are always glad to see him.
At ! meeting Of the creditors Of the
bankrupt firm Of T. P. Moody & Co.,
of Ottumwa, held in Keokuk yester-
day, T. p. Spilman, of Ottumws, was
appointed assignee. W. w. Cory
represented Moody & Co., c. Man.
ming, the creditors.
Chambers & McElroy, attorneys
received notice, yesterday, that The
application for pension of Mrs. Cliff
ton, widow of the late Captain w. II
Clifton, was allowed. The pension i
allowed from the date of the Cap
tain's death in 1874, and the first pay
ment will amount to over $500.
DISTRICT CoURT.-The case of tn
State vs. Jacob Shuey, larceny, wa
concluded to-day, and this afternoon
the jury brought in verdict of gull
ty, as charged.
This man Shuey picked man
pocket of property to the value o
e25, some weeks since, in salool
down town, and before night was i,
jail, with the result above stated
Sentence has not yet been passed.
From Thursdays Daily.
Mrs. Lucy Shelton, wife Of Rev. O
G. Shelton, died at her home in Amist
johnson county, Sunday of last week
of cancer.
Jim Servis has just returnd iron
Texas. He informs us that for gen
uine thrift, and everything else tina
goes to make life pleasant and peopl
happy, Iowa can take the lead owe
any number of such states as Texas
II. A. Gangs returned from De
Moines, last night. He says that from
the best authority he could get, tn
wine and beer clause will be strickel
from the statutes, placing the manu-
facture of those beverages on tn
same basis with whisky and alcoho
There is strong pressure brought t
bear, and as the bill was ready for tn
third reading this morning, there
but little doubt but that it will pas
by very fair majority. The move
ment is favored, SO he says, by bot
parties, license men and all. W
shall see in few days probably whs
will become of it.
From Fridays Daily.
w. II. Baker, Of Plattsmouth, an,
LATE Garner, of Omaha, called to-day
on their way to their old home a
Agency City.
w. D. McCue, to-day, presente
his bond, as Deputy Sheriff, whic
was approved by the proper authori
ties, and he was sworn in.
Mr.. P. d. Winship, of this city,
one of the class that graduated fror
Keokuk Medical College, last eve
ming. The class numbered lis, whic
augurs that there is not likely to be
scarcity of doctors in this section yer
soon.
FIRE.
In the Wapello county Jail, at pres
'ent, there are several persons who
while they are under sentence an
awaiting trial, seem to take particu
lar pains 10 get out, Two or thre
times they have sawed off bars, an
once or twice came near effecting a
escape. Last night the worst pill i
the box, q man named Woods, bro
here from Bloomfield, undertook
create new diversion and set fire I
. straw mattress. He was laying O.
the floor in the cell and paid no al
tention to the smoke which finall
aroused the other occupants an
they set up such howl 6
never was heard before in tn
old sBastile. By the tim
the fire was put out the inmat,
of the cell were nearly suffocated.-
The damage was trifling confine
merely to the bedding.
The democrats of Burlington hay
nominated the following "straigl
out" ticket for city officers:
Mayor, George Robertson.
Police Judge, Henry 0. Browning
4 City Solicitor, ID. M. Hammack.
Auditor, w. E. Woodward.
Treasurer, w. w. Wightman.
Marshal, r. Fennimore.
Assessor, NJ. E. Duffey.
Sunday Trains.
The following are the dates for Ii
year 1873 of the Sunday expires
trains over the c. B. & @. r. II. NJ
lgoes west at IL o'clock p. m. and N