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

! OMAHA, Oct. g.
The extensively published state
ment that the Nebraska Legislature
ratified the 18th Amendment last
March Is incorrect; that body adj
iourned without action in February.
Gov. Butler will probably call an
extra session.
CINCINNATI, Oct. %.
At three o'clock yesterday morn
ing a meteor passed over Dayton,
going northeast, with a brilliant long
train, a rumbling sound, and a sui
! phurous smell. At the same hour
an enormous meteor passed east over
Forrest Station, on the ID. & NJ.
Railway. 1t resembleda a locomotive
headlight, with a long train and a
booming roar. 1t shook houses,
broke windows, and walked the peO-
pie up with three heavy explosions.
WASHINGTON, Oct. %.
Secretary Boutwell, and Secretary
Fish today stated to Mr.. c. G. Wash
burn member of Congress and broth
er of Il. B. Washburn, present L. S..
II
| that the latter asked for tifteenthOu-
sand dollars for the extra expenses
of the Legation, is entirely without
foundation.
i NEW YORK, Oct. q.
i At q session of the American Social
Science Association today, Professor
! Bacon, of Yale College, read Il paper
on vaccination as an element of pub
lie health, taking the ground that
the Government ought to facilitate
l in every possible way the vaccina.
ton of everybody, by tho establish.
ment of a bureau of vaccination, anu
i'm other ways. Charles Francis
Adams, Lr., read paper on the elec-
! tion of the President of the United
States, advocating the election by
the popular vote, instead of by
Electors. a5.
It will he remembered that some
months ago there were in the papers
numerous paragraphs about the al
! legged ill-treatment Of two American
citizens, Messrs. Bliss and Master
man, by the Dictator Lopez Of Para
/ quay. a Congressional Sub-COm-
mittee has just been inquiring into
the matter; and the testimony so far
obtained shows no foundation for the
old reports whatever.
Judging from telegraphic dispatch
es, the tobacco crop in most of the
Southern States Is shorter than usual
this year.
A serious accident occurred on'the
l.. =. Railroad near Evanstown sta
ton last Thursday. A train ran OIL
the track, and another train ran into
it. -Four persons were killed, and
several others wounded.
The steamer Stonewall was de-
stroyed by fire at Neely's landing
ON the Mississippi, 125 miles below
st. Louis, on the evening Of the 9th
ult. Cause.-The caught in some
hay from a candle by the light OF
which some deck passengers were
playing cards. OF 252 passengers
and crew on board, only3O are known
to be saved. The catastrophe was
most appalling.
/ WAsHINGTON, Oct. 20.
The Department of Agriculture
| has lust issued preliminary report
of the condition Of the crops. 1t
says the great Agricultural lesson OF
the season inculcates the necessity OF
draining and thorough culture. II
is not an cxaggeratiOn to estimate
the reduction this season, from the
! alternate drowning and scOrching
of the farm crops, ut two hundred
million dollars.
Wild game, such as deer, elk, bear,
antelope, mountain sheep, ducks,
geese, grouse, sage hens, rabbits, &C.,
Is exceedingly abundant along the
Pacific Railroad, in Wyoming Ter
ritory.
| Judging from the votes OF the
Presbyteries thus far, it is morally
certain that the union Of the o. s.
and N. S. Presbyterian Den0mina-
tions will be effected.
i They had a very heavy snow-storm
at Buffalo, New York, on the 9th
ult.; so that the street railroads had
1 to use snow-plows. IIurrah for
i Iowa-where we haven't had any
I SHOW yet this season!
Woman's rights have triumphed
| in one European capital; even in
! Austria, noted for its rigid adherence
to ancient usages. The municipal
body OF Vienna had decided that sew
I en- thousand women inhabiting the
/ town, paying its taxes, and other.
/ wise complying with all legal con.
ditions, shall be permitted the right
4 OF an elective vote. The most curl.
i GUS part of the affair is the compare.
/, lively speaking utter uncOncern Of
! the male population Of Vienna.
| The nickel five-cent pieces are to
be redeemed at Designated Deposit
aries, when presented in sums not
less than 500.