Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-11-04


IOWA NEWS.
Judge Beck disseated from the
majority Opinion Of the Supreme
Court on the Railroad Bond question;
and the Gate city has been publish.
ing his dissenting Opinion.
The last number of Ha,per's Week.
ly contains the portrait, of Gen. Bel.
knap, the new Sec'y of War; where
upon the Gatc Cty, which ought to
know, says that the portrait don't
resemble him the least particle in
any way. Does not the Gate city
know that there is seldom a picture
of any person or landscape published
in any of the illustrated papers which
bears much resemblance to the actual
fact?
The Doctor from Boone County
who was last seen Mt the State Fair
at Keokuk, and then mysteriously
disappeared, has not been heard Of
since, and there has been no clue
found to the mystery.
The total number of public patient.
i'm the Iowa State Insane Asylum, IL
$50. The cost for keeping them du'
ring the quarter, board, clothing
treatment, and cash advance on theil
discharge, was $40, ,2SO.4S.
A company has been organized al
Montana, called the "Des Moines
River Railroad Company" to con
struct q Railroad from Des Moine'
by way of Montana up the river tt
Fort Dodge. The action of the ID. v
Railroad Company, in avoiding the
latter city, has doubtless had some
thing to do with this movement.
A woman living in Davenport
went out from home little distance,
one day last week, and securely fast
ened all her doors, leaving her little
four-year-old boy alone In the house
While she was gone the house caught
fire, and was burned to the ground
and the child was burned to death In
it.
The Mitchell County Press says
that Miss Julie G. Addington, the
new Superintendent Of Schools In
that County, is an efficient and capa'
BILE Teacher, with many years expe'
rience. She had nothing to do with
her election except to reluctantly
permit the use Of her name on the
ticket. The vote was Il tie--G33 fol
her, and the same for Mr.. Browne on
the other ticket. They cast lots, ac'
cording to law; and Miss Addington
won.
The Register says that the late Fail
Of the Central Iowa District was the
best, financially, that has been held
since the organization Of the Society.
Same paper has been showna two.
pound nuggetof copper ore found near
Vandalia, Jasper County.
And same paper very sensibly
urges that the immense potato crop
of Iowa, now worth almost nothing
per bushel, should be dug, boiled,
and used to fattcn stock.
Hon. NJ. A. Dashiell reports to the
same paper that the State Reform
School, near Salem, Henry County,
is in the best possible condition, with
81 inmates.
The Iowa City Press says that on
23d "a lady, daughter Of Mr.. Wag-
ner, living east Of this city, was
subppnaed to testify in a case in the
District Court. The day was cold
and bIustery, and she wrapped her
infant up SO closely that or reaching
the Court House 1t was found to be
dead"
Unless we mistake the meaning OF
paragraph in the Hawkeye, the
Railroad from Burlington to Ke0kuk
is now completed and in running
order.
Some of the Pastors In Des Moines
announce thesubjects Of their Sunday
discourses, or at least allow them tc
be announced, in the daily papers
beforehand. One of them has for his
theme:-"Uniyersalism Gone te
Seed!"
The Register figures up that Gov
Merrill's majority In Iowa this year
will be over 80, 900! It Is up to near
ly those figures already. with foul
(Republican) Counties yet to hear
from. Hurrah for Iowa!
The Ottumwa Cb,uier has an out.
side article with this heading:
"Miscegenation--A Deceased F. F
". AIarries Colored Woman!''
Well, verify, that must be miscegen'
alton Indeed. sf,4 is
The 1iadisonian says that Jacob
Reichard, the Court House Contract.