Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-10-21
GENERAL NEWS.

Miss MILDLY Morgan, an irish lady
with particular penchant for horses
and other domestic animals, is now
the cattlc-markct reporter for the
New York Times.
DR.. Livingstone, the great English
Explorer of Africa, reports that he
has discovered the true sources of the
river Nile. He was III good health
at the date of his letter-July 8.
President BaeZ, of st. Domingo, il
reported to be negotiating for the sale
of the Bay Of Samana to the United
States.
Revenue officers in Virginia report
that they have succeeded in breaking
up II large number of Illicit distill-
cries.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Oct. 10.
The lock-up in the village Of Char
lotte burned this morning. Two
prisoners, confined therein, perished
III the flames. ,,.,ss.. ss,s.s
s,CIIt 4 EIx1I4iJ II4Av s..s, 4 os, Wv. ~.
Last night the signal tower of the
Mine Hill Railroad burned. The
Watchman, owen Fecney, and his
two children, perished in the llames.
A. sister-in.laW of Feeney escaped by
leaping from n window.
Private letters from Havana report
that on the 9th inst. Il battle was
fought near Guaiaruro, between the
Spanish forces, under Na!mazeda,
and two divisions of the insurgents,
under Jordan and Queseda, which,
after seven hours fighting, resulted
i'm the defeat OF the Spaniards. The
loss on both sides is very heavy.
The Spanish papers are silent in re-
gard to this.
More "Big Tree Groves" have been
discovered in California. They are
giant red woods Of the species famous
| i'm CaIaveras and Mariposa, and are
! found on the head-Waters OF the
| I'ulare and San joaquin rivers. One
of these groves is said tocontain trees
/ measuring over one hundred feet in
| circumference; and even these are
reported to be excelled by those in
another grove. The new groves are
about forty miles eastward from
Nisalia.
The Galesburgh, Illinois, Free
Press of the 9th inst. tells how Ger
man hod-carricr in that town had
Just received an official letter from
Austria, informing him that he had
just inherited his rich uncle's estate
and the title Of Baron. And the
paper tells how everybody noticed
the "noble and commanding appear.
ance" of the h0d-carrier--as soon az
he became rich and Baron.
At Vinconnes, Ind, few days
ago, a mother was trying to force her
| child to take dose Of pills, and in
| its struggles against swallowing
them one Of them entered its wind.
pipe, and it died in a few moments
The death Of Franklin Pierce leaves
but two ex-Presidents alive-Fill
more and .Johnson--and neither o.
them was elected President.
/ The most outspoken expression o.
opinion on the subject Of polygamy
which any American statesman has
yet dared to make in the midst Of its
defenders and votarics, has beer
made in Salt Lake City by Vice.
President Colfax. If such manly
speech could be followed by equally
bold and comprehensive action, the
plague-spot on heGreat Basin nigh
the sooner disappear.-New York
| Tribune.
The Philadelphia Court OF Com
mon Pleas has pronounced decision
on the contested municipal election
case of last year, detailing the frauds
by which the Democratic candidates
were foisted in, and ousting the
present incumbents Of City offices
in favor Of the Republicans wht
| were legally elected.
A scven-foot vein of workable Goa
has been struck on the line of thu
Kansas Pacific Railroad, IS miles
east Of Denver.
Utah Territory petitions to b
admitted as a State. Well; but LEI
1.-THE Polygainy he lcf fout.