Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-11-18

hon. CnarleS Uudley OF WapellO
County, are named as probable cam
didates for Speaker Of the House;
Charles Aldrich, late of the Marshall :
town Times, is named for Chief Clerk
of the House, and Val. Mendel, of
the Abba Onion, for reelection as
Sergeant-at-Arm Of the Senate.
f;s, GENERAL NEWS.
The total loss in Chicago by fircs
during the month Of October was
sl7s, ,s6s, on which l44, 4,sO7 was In
s,ired.
WARRINGTON, Nov. II.
a statement OF the condition of the
Treasury shows that the balance Of
gold ON hand is one hundred and
fourteen million dollars. Theamount
of outstanding gold certificates is
thirty-twO millions, leaving u bal
ance of eighty-two millions in gold.
The balance Of greenbacks on hand
is eleven million dollars.
Maj. Gen. John T.. Wool died at
Troy, New York, on the morning of
the 10th inst. etf5a
The Indians in charge Of the Agen-
cy at MILESTONE, Dakota, having got
liquor in some way from the whites,
have been very drunk and trouble
some lately, so much SO that Captain
Poole, the Agent, requested more
troops to protect life and property
from their violence.
LONDON, Nov. 10.
The Central Fenian Amnesty Com
mittee ask Irishmen to abstain from
the use of tobacco until the Fenian
prisoners are released. Their object
in making this demand is to reduce
the revenue of the Government, and
at the same time provide means for
keeping upthe Amnesty agitatiOn.-
Whew! What peculiarly Irish way
of doing things! And how the Irish
men will stop using tobacco, to be
sure! 4
Berdan, the sharpshooter, of our
war, is in st. Petersburg, building an
immense armory for the emanufacture
of his breech-loading rifle, which has
been adopted by the Government as
the national arm. While that estab-
lishment is i'm progress, Colts ArmO-
ry at Hartford, CT, is almost wholly
employed in making the Berdan
rifle.
Gen. Jordan, Of the Revolutionary
army in Cuba, speaks In the highest
terms Of the negro troops under his
command.
Ex-Pres't Piercc's estate is esti-
mated at $4,000. saa
The Mormons are going to build a
500, 900 Temple in New York City
next year.
Official returns from the Ohio elcc-
ton show the Republican majority
ON Hayes for Governor at 1901.
Government officers are busily in
vestigating the immense frauds,
to nearly million Of
dollars, recently brought to light in
the New York Custom House.
=. The New York Daily News Dem
ocratic) says that an important meet
ing of leading merchants and import
ers was held In New York City last
evening, at which meeting
it was stated as sure and positive
that the Supreme Court would de-
eide against the constitutionality OF
the Legal Tender Act. Secs
ear BREsT, FRANCE, Nov. II.
The steamer Periere, which arrived
made the shortest passage
on record, being only eight days and
sixteen hOursand thirty-Ave minutes
from New York; 4 afa'5t"
The English Government ordered
a man-of-war to convoy the remains
Of George Peabody to America.
A big lawsuit is to be docketed In
Kentucky. One John Campbell, in
1888, owned 800 acres Of land which
now lies in the commercial centre Of
The city of Louisville. His heirs now
claim the propcrty-the value OF
which is estimated at 10000. 900.
Won't there be a good time there for
the lawyers? s,d
CINCINNATI, Nov. II.
The valuable estate Of BlantOn
Duncan, seized under the Conflscati0n
act for his participation In the rebel
lion, has been ordered to be released
by the Attorney General OF the
United States.
The steamer TELEGRAPH. which has
been preyiDg on American shipping
In the Gulf Of Mexico, was recently
purchased by a merchant Of Turks
Island, but the British Governor Of
Antigua hasannounced that she will,
be treated as a pirate
by the British Government. "28 1'
A New York dispatch Of the 18th
,ays that the U. s. steamer Albany
which sailed for st. Domingo on
Wednesday, carried three Commits.
sioners who go TO take possession Of
the. Bay Of Samana as an American
station. We doubt it. somewhat.