Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-03-20

cept the baby brother, only about
three years old, saw the death strug-
gle, and nothing was known of the
disaster until the mother missed her
child and found him dead in the posi-
ton above described, about thirty
minutes after he left the house.
The child was particularly bright
little fellow, and his sad end created
great sorrow in the town whore he
was born. The body was brought to
this city for burial, to-day noon.
From 1hursdsy's Daily.
Messrs. Porter Bros. & Hackworth
are having a very large trade. this
Spring. Yesterday they sent q carload
Of goods into Kansas and Nebraska,
and also received quite large order
from Prussia for fine harness TRIM
mings, etc. This is, perhaps. the first
order ever received for goods to be
sent to Europe from Ottumwa, ex-
cept, perhaps, sewing machine at
tachments.
Ed. Daggett, of the Oakland Dairy,
yesterday was SO unfortunate as to
have one of his hands terribly bitten
by . dog. It seems that dog be-
longing to . neighbor got into Dag
gets barn where he keeps dog of his
own, and the two entered into e fight.
Ed. caught one Of the dogs by the
collar, and in separating them had
his hand badly hurt. DIR. Thrall was
called and dressed the wound which
IL very painful but not necessarily
dangerous.
This evening, about o'clock, a
man by the name of Ed. Walton, a
teamster in the employ of I. E. Muir.
way found lying by the side of the
track of the e. B. e @. railroad, near
the Oil Mil, with large cash cut in
his head, When picked up he was
insensible and SO far he has been un.
able to give good account Of the
accident. The probability is that he
undertook TO climb on a morning
freight train and was thrown down
with the result above stated. DIR.
Williams was called, who sewed up
the wound and, we understand, gave
the opinion that the skull was moi
fractured and that his recovery is only
question Of time.
Frank Fielder left for Mexico, Mo.
this afternoon. The Chicago and
Alton railroad has let SO miles OF
their branch road from that place
west toward Kansas City, and Col.
John s. Wolf, of this city, has Ia
mile contract of grading, while Frank
Fielder and Tom Sumner, has the
bridging and John j. Fox the stone
work. S. A. Swiggctt and E. W.
Belts, will furnish the supplies for
the Ottumwa contractors, and all
these parties will be absent from the
city more OF less all summer. We
hope that all these parties have struck
bonanza.
From Fridays Daily.
Ed. Walton, the man injured and
found lying by the c. B. & @. rail-
road near the Oil Mill, is much better
to-day, but the strangest thing about
the matter is that he don't know any
thing about how the accident hap
pened.
We learn thatFrank McElhaney, a
brakeman, was caught between the
deadwoods in coupling cars in this
city last night aud pretty severely
squeezed. 1t is said that he lives in
Keokuk when at home, and was max
inga coupling to assist friend.
Gov. Gear and lady gave recep-
tion at Des Moines last evening, and
the Register says it was "unques-
tienably entitled to the distinction of
being the most brilliant social affair
of the winter, in Des Moines. All
who we're present will remember it
with pleasure and wish for its re-
turn"
Frank r. Coffin, Of Boise City,
Idaho, called to-day. He is on his
way east to buy stock of goods. He
says he was showed in five days and
half at Laramie. Some four hun
dred passengers were detained at that
point and as usual with travellers on
the U. p. road, they represented most
al the nationalities of the world
They were jolly crowd and some of
them not q little boisterous.
The Ottumwa Turnverein propose
to have meeting at their hall, Sun
day night, to which all the members
Of the society and Germans generally
are invited for the purpose Of taking
into consideration the adyisability of
building o new hali.on their lot OPP
posite the City Hall. The building
~ contemplated at present will be
5Oxl24. two stories high. The first
story to be IL feet high and the sec.
ond "a feet. The building is to be oil
brick and the hall to be furnished il
good style.
Peter SmitI is in trouble again, ane
this SINE it seems to stick to him.
He was walking over some barrel
to-day, and stepped on the head Of
barrel containing coal tar. The heat
was loose and down went Peter Z
the bottom and up TO his neck in thu
tar. He was sorry looking spec
taclc when he got out, and there hi
stood, clawing tar out of his hair ane
swearing in twenty-three difleren
languages. He has been soaking in
coal oil and sandpapcrin- himself ey.
er since and thinks he will reach his
natural complexion by bed time to.
night.
VIM. Rider, who was hurt on the
railroad, has arrived home, and tho
quite seriously bruised, will be all
right again soon. Our report last
night was not strictly accurate. HI
bad got through with his stock, ane
from loss OF sleep and WEAKNESS hat
fallen asleep, and he thinks he got nj
in his sleep and stepped on to tn
platform of the rear car, when jol
In the rough road threw him from tn
car, and he fell distance OF perhap
lifteen feet, striking the ground witt
great force. It is wonder his inju