Ottumwa weekly courier. (Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa) 1872-1899, 1878-08-14

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MoRNINe, Aue. IA, 1878. ,
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.
Erom Wednesdays Daily.
Nicholas Wierengen, a car cleaner,
was run over in the yard Of the X. 4
ID. NJ, at Keokuk, yesterday, and
nearly cut in two. He was cleaning
the trucks of train on side track
when an engine pushing a train of
cara accidentally jammed against the
train he was under, causing the acct
dent.
On the 9th inst Henry Ward Beech
or lectured at Oskaloosa. The Stand
ard says that the house was not near
full. Mr.. Beecher passed through
this place yesterday afternoon, and
quite crowd assem- bled at the depot
to see him. He Occurred last night to
= thin audience At Mt. Pleasant, and
to-day went west on the B. & M. to
lecture at Charlton this evening.
Beecher evidently is not intensely adj
mired in Iowa.
FIRE.
About IL As this q. M, fire broke
out in one-story frame dwelling, on
Mill street, just opposite the Wooden
Factory, and before the Hose Com
pany could reach there, it was half
burned up. The building belonged
to the Hawley estate, and was occu-
pied by Phillip kibler and Matthew
Watts. These parties succeeded in
saving all their household property.
The building was insured in Hawley
& Kisers Agency, and was worth
$500 to $500. The fire caught from .
defective fiue. The Hose companies
turned out in good time, but owing
to there being only three or four men
to man each hose cart, and having
three-fourths Of a mile to run in the
hot sun, they were too late to accom-
plish any practical good. They, how
ever, coupled on to the hydrant oppo-
site Bowen & Co.'S. Mill, and we're in
short metre throwing big stream Of
water, and soon deadened out the
fire.
This 10 the first fire we have had
since the water works were availa
BILE for use. and it demonstrated clear
~ its great value, but if houses ART
to be burned up before the fire appsr
atus can be got to them what is tn,
use Of having water works?
From Thursday's Daily.
State Supt. Won Coelln delivered
very instructive and practical ad
dress at the City Hall, last evening
to the teachers Of Wspello county,
Prof. Won Coelln is an able and indie
fatigsble worker in the cause of edu
cation, and is accomplishing mucl
for the cause in Iowa.
Wiley Rutherford, who has been il
the Reform School for nearly yeal
with the exception Of the time h
was at liberty, after breaking Out
was brought back here to-day for an
other trial, with q view of sendin,
him to the penitentiary. It is sail
that he is perfectly incorrigible, refus
ing to submit to the rules Of the schoo
whenever he could avoid it. We ar
informed that the punishments hav,
been borne with an indifference tina
was perfectly astonishing. Ifanothe
jury pronounce against him, he viii
probably find an abiding place wher
he will adhere to rules without chew
ing many words.
Burglary.
The Board of Trade saloon was bro
ken into last night, 500 or GOO cigars
some bottled liquor, and small sum @
money taken. An entrance was effec
ted by breaking open the back doc
after which they took their time to tn
business on hand. 1t lie said that
man who has been clerking there, i
also missing, but whether his disap
pearance proves anything we canno
now say.
An Army supper.
Col. Ballingall gave the attendant
OF the Military Convention, regula
army supper at the Depot Hotel, lat
evening. The table was laid with ii
plates, tin cups, cheap knife an
fork and an iron spoon. The fir
course was coffee without cream, ser
ond course hard tack, third and la
course SOW belly. Tho table was bri
liantly lighted with tallow dip
Those who did not founder on tn
rich viands provided were afterwar
the participants of real banquet go
ten up in Peters best style, which, Z
everybody knows, was the best til
country could afford. We under
stand that they had jolly tim
There was only one thing wron
about the army supper. they ought I
have eaten it out in the weeds on tn
base ball ground, and by way of We
riety had the fire company throw
good stream Of water over them i
Imitation of . good sized rain.
then would have been true to natur
From Fridays DAILY.
Col. S. s. Moore, of Birmingham
aged 80, died last Saturday and vi
buried on Sunday.
j. III. Van Zant, near Agency Cit
had one or two stacks Of wheat burr
ed by lightning yesterday afternoo
during the storm.
jas. Coombs, of Indiana, who b
been visiting his brother, w. 4
Coombs, in this city, for short tim
left this morning tor Kansas. Tn
is his first visit to the city for tWent
years. and he was almost as much gu
prised at the growth and improv'
ment of this city as. the Burlingtc
Gazette. He don't seem to unde
stand the cause, but is wonderful
pleased.
The latest song il,