Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1869-11-25

| The last number OF the lndian0ls
Journal "goes fors the people OF De-
Moines in the most emphatic Ian
guage, because OF their .'selfishness'
IN the matter Of the projected Rail
road between those two places.
The Court House Of Palo Alto Co
Is brick building one story high
dimensions 3Ox4O feet; and there il
not another house within three miles
of it. Rather queer!
Joseph Wolf, a railroad contractor,
was shot from an ambush and severe.
Iy wounded one night last week, and
robbed of $1,000, near Bloomfield.
The three rufiians who did it were
persons to whom he had refused
work. They have mot been captured.
BURLINGTON, Iowa, Nov. 10.
The Mississippi Valley Tobacco
Works Of this city, owned by Smith,
Scott & Co., was burned this morning.
Machinery and stock valued at about
$4,000. Insurance about $40, 900.
A pressman in the Register Office
at Des Moines got finger smashed
in job press last Saturday, on ac-
count of trepidation caused by visit
from Warren County girl. Well,
we pity him; but we used to think,
when living in Indianola, years ago,
that Warren County girls We're able
to cause worse smashing than that.
The Register gives some items
about the State Penitentiary. That
Institution has been enlarged by the
addition Of 1O4 cells, and slate-roofed
all over, as well as otherwise repaired
and protected. There are now 23O
convict inmates, none Of whom are
females.
There was an immense meeting at
Muscatine on the evening of the 10th
inst, to consider the subject of rail-
road.bond Indebtedness. Resolutions
were adopted, having tone of. pro-
test against paying tax for payment
of such debt. Atty Genl O'Connor,
in his speech, said he proposed to
pay all his other taxesand leave that
unpaid; and he urged that the people
should not pay the railroad-bond tax
until compelled to. A Committee
was appointed to call a Convention
of the Counties of Lee, Des Moines,
Henry, Louisa, Washington, Powe-
slliek, Iowa, johnson, Cedar, Musca-
tine, and such other Counties as are
in the railroad-bond in
debtedness, to meet at Muscatine on
Wednesday, the 18th of next month,
to consider about united action in
regard to the matter.
Mrs. Clark, the supposed murderer
Of her children at Edenville, still
drowsy and semi-uncOn-
,cious. Notwithstanding her con-
Iession Of the deed, many people still
suppose the murder was committed
BY some other person.
A supposed murderer was hung by
4 mob of Lynchers in Fremont Co. a
few days ago. Since then, the man
whom hewas supposed tohave killed
has nearly recovered.
The young man arrested at Indian
ola about the 5th of Nov, charged
with the seduction of his sister-in-
law, has been discharged from custo-
dy, not being the man wanted in
that particularcase. The trial ended
on Saturday evening, after linger-
ing session Of two weeks.-Register.
The Temperance Standard has the
following item:-"It is reported that
Mr.. Jarvis, the former editor of the
True Radical, the whisky organ for
a long time published at Davenport,
has become a convert to the princi-
pies of total abstinence and legal
prohibition, and has joined the Sons
of Temperance, at Davenport"
Mr.. Russell Shaw, a highly-re-
spected young man, was killed on
Monday Of last week, near Centre
vile, Appanoose County, by the
caving in of coal bank. We learn
from the Citizen.
Lieut.. Gov. Walden (elect) has
gone to Ohio ON q visit.
A detachment of SO recruits for the
regular army, on the way to Fort
Rice, arrived at Sioux City on the
18th, says the Journal, and a large
portion of them got drunk, quarrel
some and rowdyish generally, max
ing great disturbance in the town
during their stay.
If we understand the Bulletin cor
rectly, it has at Council Bluffs 81 sub
scribers, who have promised to sim
crease and multiply" We don't
exact any such rash promises from
Our subscribers.
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