Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-28

HIM padder, and hear noting At al most
always nebber." ..~
The population * New York is esti-
mated al milliOb, vt there are only
shout J10, GOO real estate holders in the
city. This gives gO5 out of every 1000
persons occupying Mred'property.
The Boston Xedtod and Surgical
Journal has paper, translated from the
French. giving the result of two ex-
periments, which indicate that death by
the guillotine is complete and instanta-
neOus 84g
The Harvard Adcocate wants tc know
whether any Of the cases Of spontaneous
combustion can be accounted for on the
supposition that the victims were in the
habit Of drinking gunpowder tea.
An English writer thinks the Ameri-
can early potatoes VIII come TO IN end
to ripen about ten days earlier than any
other, the time between planting and
digging will soon be used up.
George Hunnewell, convict in Mas
sachusetts State Prison, who was sentenced
for life for arson, has been parsloned, after
serving twenty-five years Of his sentence.
Whisky caused him to get fire In the night
time TO his own home, and brother of
his persisted in the flames.
-Niggardly host (who has just fin.
ished carving turkey. "Will you have
small piece of the dark meat, or small
piece of the white meatw Hungry guest
(who is addicted to the habit of plain
speaking) Thank you; I'll take large
piece of both! lats s.55
"A young man who has tried until he
knows, tells us that II you 60 to call on
young lady, and she crochets diligently all
the evening, and only says Eyes" and mo-"
you can go away about nine or quarter
past without breaking any of the rules of
etiquette. "A st= iIh
The Supreme Court of Illinois has re-
Gently decided that widow, upon re-
nouncing the provisions made for her in
the will Of her husband, after the payment
of debts, is entitled to one-third of the
personal estate, and the fact that the hus-
band left children does not affect the right
of the widow in this respect.
The Milwaukee Sentinel exposes
swindling game practiced by sharper, In
which two cent pieces are followed out so
as to hold three cent pieces, and bets he
can turn two cent pieces into threes BY
dexterous manipulations tho greenhorn
is deceived, and consequently loses his
money.
An Indiana temperance orator leays
"The drains paid tor every year in In
diana amount to enough to erect 1,748
such buildings as the State University
eighteen in each county in the State. It
would endow $40 such universities. 1t
would pay the faculty and defray the ex-
penses of the institution for 2,444 years.
1t would defray the expenses of all the
students now in attendance for 240
years."
"A New Orleans paper reports that
one of the Louisiana State Senators was
given check by the friends of railroad
measure, to be cashed if he voted for the
bill and the bill passed. Opponents of
the bill gave him another check, to be
paid if he voted against the bill and the
bill was lost. He voted no, but the bill
was passed, and the Senator now looks
upon the transaction as an unlucky stroke |
Of business for him.
"A young lady met in company young !
gentleman who evidently had an ex-
cellent opinion of himself During con-
versation he introduced the subject of |
matrimony, and expatiated at length |
upon the kind of wife he expected to
marry that is, if ever he should take the
decisive step. The honored lady must be |
wealthy, beautiful, accomplished, amiable,
&c, &C. His listener quietly waited |
until he ended, and then completely con-
founded him by asking in the coolest |
possible manner, And pray, sir, what
have you to offer in return for all thisS"
The young man stammered, redeemed q
little, and walked away.