Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-31

GENERAL NEWS.
+ The war among the New York
politicians still continues The
World newspaper 'gocs for" Tam
many considerable. 1t is the old case
of dog eat dog.
60 Jnr1Er, III, March o.
There is the greatest religious
revival now going on that was ever
known in this sitN Every place O!
business, every esRioOn and billiard
hall i'm the city closed last night at 9
O'Clock, 80 that all could attend
church. The whole city is awakened.
The Wyoming female Grand Jury
Hc,ns to have done its duty ~ well
and faithfully as any other Jury
would, notwithstanding all the cheap
wit that has been wasted On the
subject
The Democratic members Of the
Missouri; Legislature have adopted a
Resolution "That. in our opinion, it
is inexpesiient TO call Democratic
State Convention, or to nominate
candidates for State officers for the
ensuing November election
CINCINNATI. March %.
4 careful analysis Of fhe members
of the School Board, who will proba-
bly, be elected on the first Monday in
April, with three holding over, show
Bible %, and i-BibIe 10, doubt
Eil 4. f
The State Democratic Convention
Of Oregon has nominated jill. Slater
for Congress, and l.. +. Glover for
Governor.
Senator Revels was once excluded
from the Senate gallery on account
OF his color.
Congress has passed and the Presi-
IIent has signed the bill to provide
for the construction of a bridge over
.iie Mississippi at Davenport. The
bridge Is TO be for a single track rail-
road only, with wagon track below,
mud to cost not over milliondollars.
NEW YORK, March 26.
The servant girls have been as
fessed one dollar each per month to
build a Catholic cathedral, and have
struck for an increase OF wages.
Many are being discharged.
.s SAN FRANCTscO, March 26.
The fire which broke out at the
Gold Hill Mines about year ago is
still smouldering among the timbers
700 feet below the surface.
NEW ORLEANS, La, March 2G.
Pierre SOule died to-day, aged 60.
SPRISGFIELD, March q.
The New England Methodist Con-
ference voted 02 TO SO in favor Of lay
delegation. a
1t is reported that Kentucky still
holds a number of persons imprison-
I'd for offences committed against
fhc laws concerning slavery before
the war; and that one Of these per-
IONS has yet ten years to serve. The
statement looks a little dubi Gus. If
true, it is disgrace to the whole
country.
Miss l.. Barkalow was admitted to
the bar rs practicing lawyer ] a St.
Louis last Friday.
Only two more State electors are
to be held this Spring. Connecticut
will vote for State officers on Mon
day. April 4th. SO will Rhode island
on Wednesday, April 9Th. at"
WASHINGTON, March 90.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has
directed the Assistant Treasurer at
New York to sell, two. millions Of
III gold and purchase, two millions OF
bonds on account Of the Sinking
Fund in April, and in addition there
to purchase two millions Of bonds for
II Special Fund, making In all sale
Of two millions Of gold. and purchase
Of four millions Of bonds for the
month. sH :e1a1 fe"D ] iEy@ /"
Bishop Edward Thompson, of the
NJ. Il. Church, died Mt Wheeling on
tho I'D inst, Of typhoid pneumonia,
at the age Of go years. m ,g
It is officially announced that after
the first Of April, 1870, the capital Of
West Virginia will be at Charles
town, Kanawha County.
The largest Sunday school In the
world Is ut Stockport, England. 1t
las three hundred teachers and Ave
Thousand scholars. .s 49,
Capt. Williams, of the "Oneida,"
uas engaged tn be married to
yjllng lady In Maine, on his arrival
from the Japan cruise. Since the
first Of January HIS two children and
his intended Ylfe have died. When
bc !eft, Japan he bad not heard Of the
sad ne rvs, but supposed he was COM
ing home to meet them all in health
and happiness. ss9a5aia b f4a ST
...t 81, WAsIIISGToS, Mysrch "a.
] table has been officially prepared
vt th.. Treasury Office exhibiting the
f.n,e III would take tocancel the, en-
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