Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-10

hid DIED, md TWO Others Wese aangefoasss
/ III. The people were panic stricken
!. Gov. Merrill. Of Iowa has offered re-
ward of $500 for the arrest Of the men who
! fosk William n. Lyon from the Jail in
Corydon. Wayne county, and lynchcd him,
on the night of the 18th.
Thomas Hoyne has declined the Demo
cratic nomination for Congress in the First
Illinois District John Wentworth Is
| candidate on an Independent ticket
Gov. <3hatfer OF Utah, died al Salt Lake
on the morning Of the Slst ult
Governor Baker, Of Indiana, has issued
/ a proclamation appointing nhursday. No
vambcr "a, % dsy Of thanksgiving
The annual convention OF the National
Woman Suffrage Association viii be held
IN Cleveland ON the 22d and 23d Of No
vember
Snow fen throughout the Territory OF
Montana October "A and 25 70 the depth
of six or eigh, inches on the mountains,
and from one to three inches ON the table
landa
Governor Morrill,, of Iowa has appointed
Thanksgiving Day on November "a
On the afternoon Of the lsi two maya
zines containing 1000 pounds Of nitro
glycerine exploded at Fsirport, near
gainesville. Ohio -Four persons were
blown 10 atoms. Their names were PAT
Scribner. two Malones, father and son, and
Ed Dxncan. This Is the second explo
sion of the kind ai Fairpor within two
months
The South.
/ In the Richmond, (Va) City Court, on
the 9th, ex Mayor George Chahoon was
convicted of uttering forgery, and his
punishment assessed 1T four years in State
i Prison.
! Complete census returns from Baltimore
show the population Of the city TO be 267,.
| $50.
| Complete returns Of the Marshal show
that the nineteen counties comprising
West Tennessee have q population Of $751;
3O2, against 3O4,311 in 1860.
A Wheeling, W. Va, dispatch of the Both
says incomplete returns from the recent
election indicate that the Democracy have
carried the State
General G. w. Lee, second son Of r. Z.
! Lee, and professor in the Military Institute,
has been elected to succeed his father as
President Of the Washington College. Pro-
fessor Pratt Of South Carolina, was elected
Professor Of Applied Chemistry. The name
Of the college has been changed TO the
Washington Lee University.
A Charleston, s. c., dispatch of the LIST
says official returns show that the Repub-
licans have elected their candidates for
Congress in all the districts of the State.
Bowen, white Republican, is beaten by DE
Large, colorcd Republican, as Representa-
tive of Charleston.
Captain Harrison, Commander Of the
North Atlantic Squadron, died at Key
West, on the LIST, Of pneumonia.
Foreign Intelligence.
A London Telegram of the Goth says the
French regard Englands last effort at me
diation with extreme distrnst. II was re-
ported on the Continent that Queen Victo-
ria had written to the King Of Prussia urg-
ing him to moderate his demands. The
Berlin PrOoincidl Correspondence, semi-ofli-
cial, says: "On the fact of al armistice
little hope IL to be founded, rs the French
refuse to recognize the hopelessncss Of
their cause. Delay in the bonbardment of
Paris Is due to the imperfect state Of our
preparations, not to political considcra-
TONS" A special of the Goth says great
annoyance and uneasiEess was caused in
the minds Of the English Ministry by the
guarded but absolute refusal Of Russia to
take any part In the recent English attempt
at negotiating peace.
The New York Hsralds Berlin letter,
dated Gath, says: "The uppennost feeling
In Berlin at the present, moment is an in
tense longing for peace, especially among
the lower classes, whose desire 10 enpha.
siscd more strongly day after day"
King William telegraphed to Queen Au
g,ista on the 9th that Bazaine and Metz
had that day capitulated with 10000
prisoners, including 10000 sick and
wounded. The army and garrison laid
down their arms In the afternoon, The
King pronounccs this one Of the most i'm
portant events Of the war.
There was rumor in New York on the
27th, attributed to private dispatches from
London, that Bazainc Is in league with the
Emperor, and, upon the conclusion of a
treaty with King William, will attempt to
use his released ARMY TO restore the empire
in the person either Of Napoleon III. OF
his son.
The Prussians investing verlun recently
sent q communication to the Mayor Of the
town demanding surrender. The Mayor
indignantly refused, inviting the Prussians,
II they thought the town was to become
an easy prey, TO come forward and take II.
Greece has recognized the French Re-
| public.
The Manchester, Eng, Guardian. of the
9th gives tho following terms Of peace
which were proposed by England, Russia
and Austria: First. no cessiOn of territory