Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-24

HtIed. 70 ssst wls:dslsatsd- l3i-end thst Of
IL majority, giving ths sat 70 Van WICK, was
adoptsd-ysas, ii9 nays. Dr.. Adjourned.
CURRENT PARAGRAPHS.
MlscellanoOus.
The payments in the Warrington are
never greater than they are the first year.
Song of the man going to have .
tooth drawn" How happy could be
with ether"
1T 10 said that little cake dipped In
sherry wine win restore the lost voice Of
. canary bird.
Somebody wants 70 know how many
carly birds participated In the Diet OF
Worms.
DIR. Chaplin says that every young
lady ought TO Jump ct tho chance Of mar
rying mechanic.
Why IL tho animal upon which the
Arrief operates like the 6rxier himself
Because he's . horse, sure.
Rhode Island will hereafter elect her
members Of Congress on the Tuesday
next altar the nrst Monday in November.
The Utah Geutiles assert that no sin.
cere female advocate Of polygamy can be
found In the Territory who u not old
enough to be . grandmother.
He that forecasts what may happen
shall never be surprised; It's too late to
begin to arm when the enemy Ii In our
quarters. Horal-Insure your life in the
Washington.
Foreign letters received ct the New
York Postofice during the past year,
$751; O4; amount of money received on
them, az, 086; number Of letters sent
abroad, 5,6S6,asS; amount received. t7lS,-
"A Springfield firm, which advertised
for bookkeeper, receivedsa beautifully
written answer from young man who
ayerred that he was lyons" TO bookkeep-
Is, sadthought that he would prove
4 attice iactsry."
"A soldiers widow In Leavenworth
lately employed claim agent to collect
the 500 bounty due her husband. She
then had to hire another lawyer to collect
the money Of the claim agent, and third
to collect what WAS left, Of the second.
She finally got 427, the balance Of the
500 going TO the three lawyers.
-Found-The hinge ofa Christmas box.
A paddock belonging TO chain Of cir
cumstancea. A key, (akeleton) conjectured
to appertain to dead lock. The socket
Of q thunderbolt. The handle of On
election-screw. IF tho above are not
claimed within few days. they will be
sold for old iron.
--One Of the convicts Of the Michigan
State Prison, . few days ago, getting tired
Of working. laid his nnesrs under the
trip hammer Ana had them mashed 70
shfeds. He had I'VE months 70 serve. This
y The second time that such IN cot Of selE.
mutilAtion, Tor the aame reason, has oc-
.carred IN the PenitentiAry.
Tho captain Of one OF our tes ships
had some rare china cohee-cupA and some
having got broken which he was unable
70 get matched, he was induced, while on
ono Of his trips 70 China, TO have them
matched there: He save the order, and
VA astonished to have handed him . set Of
cupA (ae sinasof the cup left, with : small
chip broken Oh tho rim Of each, and
colored q II they had been broken or
Clipped and used some time.
"A Clergyman once preached . very
long sermon from the text Thou art
weighed IN the balance and found want
Ing" Alter liseening IN hour, some Of
the congregation began 70 retire, greatly
nno - hs st1nrsd s 81 - ss s Ana IA
THAT = right gentlemen, - fha . Jon
are weighed pas out" After that remark
every one remained, . light wsights" and
while the Maine Legislature was
vacillatiAg over the question Of attending
the Peabody funeral, : respsceAhae mem.
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