Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-06-30

BR1aHAN YoUEa, having become tire
Of the many false reports circulating about
him. saws that he il aged sixty-nine, and
has sixteen wives and forty nine children
only. :.
In Russia, women having certain
amount of property have right TO vote,
though It must be exercised ~ proxy,
male relative or friend representing them
ct the election.
A FRENCH society Of hundred per-
sons have each, BY special agreement. be-
queAthed their bodies to the dissecting
room to forward the progress OF the
science Of anatomy.
A PARIS workman, drinking with .
companion, offered to bet that he could
kill him with q single blow Of his fist.
The bet was accepted, the blow dealt and
the man fell dead.
A wxALrHY New York lady has .
mania for stealing parasolA not to use, but
to give them pet names and hang them
In . hall bedroom, which she has made q
perfect museum of these articles.
An English sailor boy, not yet fourteen,
shot and killed another lad, on the levee
at New Orleans, q few days ago. The
young desperate had to pull the trigger
several times before his pistol went Of
UsURY laws have been abolished In
Maine Parties can lend and borrow at
such rate of interest as they may ex-
press in writing. Where there is no agree
ment in writing, 8 per cent. Is the legal
interest.
CALIFORNIA has one and one-half per
cent. of the population of the nation; in
the number Of her inhabitants she is the
twenty fourth State, but In amount paid
- income-tax she ranks fourth.
SosfI thoughtful individual that rather
likes figures says the liquor used in the
United States would Ill canal four feet
deep, fourteen feet wide, and one hundred
and twenty miles In length" M r.
LONDON pickpockets have habit of en-
gaging jugglers, and fre-eaters to begin
their performances in crowded thorough
fares, and thus attract crowds on whom
the light fingered gentry can operate.
J. II. McMIcKLE, ESQ, of Crawford
county, is said to be the Oldest acting JUS
tice OF the Peace in the State Of Indiana,
and has been acting in that capacity for
forty-three years, and Is still hale and
hearty.
lHk mOntyeu value VI WIG Coal Iai0cO
in England is twenty one million pounds
sterling. To win this amount from the
earth requires twenty five hundred collier.
les, and gives employment to three hun
dred thousand persons.
BISHOP THOMPSON says that there are
now SO missionary societies and 10000
missionaries in the field; the Word Of God
is preached in $4,000 localities in the
heathen world; $5,0O0,000 is annually
collected to sustain them; 49,, 900 converts
are enrolled in Africa and $4,000 in
Asia. tae
THE Agricultural Society of England
is composed Of some of the cleverest and
most important men in the Kingdom. 1t
now consists of IA life governors, IA an
nual governors, 1911 life members, 1894
annual members and Is honorary mem
bers, making total Of 5,43S.
IT is related that as some friends of
Campbell, the author OF Hohenlinden,
were leaving his room after late supper,
one Of the number had the misfortune to
fall down a long flight of stairs. The
poet, alarmed by the noise, opened the
door and inquired, "What's thst!" "'Tis
l, sir, rolling rapidly" was the immediate
response.