Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-12-08

Inc secretary OF the treasury LAS ui'
rocted the Assistant Treasurer in New
York to sell 81 ,0OO,O00 gold each Wednes.
day, and purchase 100000 in bonds
each Thursday, during the month Of De
cember. The aggregate Of gold sold vii
b $s,00O,00O, and bonds purchased IS,
100000. s4
Since the LIST Of July last upward of S0t
manned soldiers have applied for ths
benefit of the act Of Congress making
provision for artificial limbs or for money
Communication.
The East.
Gold closed in New York on the 30th al
HOY.
The steamer City Of Bridgeton arrived
II Philadelphia, from Bridgeton, N. j., on
the night of the 21st, and some Of the pas
sengcrs remained on board. Early next
morning the steamer was burned, and il
was feared some Of the passengers lost
their lives.
A countcrfeiters' den at Hunters Point,
New York, was captured on the night OF
the e1st, with over $4,000 in partly fin
ished greenbacks.
The official returns show that General
Woodford received exactly 10000 votes in
B. Lawrence county, N. Y.
Seven hundred workmen were discharg-
I'd from the Brooklyn Navy Yard on the
Esd.
The official canvass of the votes in New
York city shows Hoffman's majority to be
E,lS7; Halls majority, A,A7. Total vote
ON the State ticket, 121, 1853
The New York canals are to be closed
on Thursday, Dec 8.
Weston has failed, at New York, to ac-
complish the feat Of walking 400 miles in
i've days. lie broke down on the 27lst
mile
The safe Of the City Treasurer of
Hoboken, N. j., was robbed on the night
of the 25th Of bonds to the amount of
$4,000 and shout $1,000 Of other securi-
Ties.
A Dover, n. H.. letter, received in New
York on the Goth, says John p. Hale, late
Minister to Spain, was rapidly failing, and
could not live much longer.
Charles G. Fairman, editor of the Elmra
IN. w. Daily Advertiser, recently celc-
brated the twenty-fifth anniversary of his
editorial life, and received silver service
from his friends. l.-
The number Of immigrants arriving at
MI Irr hn lea
November %, was 1868. Over 1.714,0OO
Irish immigrants have arrived in that city
since 1S47.
Preparations are being made for re-
taking the census of New York city.
Lucius n. Sawyer, q colored man, has
been tried and convicted in tho United
States Court at New York city, for regis
tering three times in the Eighth ward.
This was tho first jury trial in that dis
trict under the new United States Elec.
sion law.
Two hundred workmcn at tho Ports
mouth IN. H) Navy Yard were discharg.
I'd ON the 30th ult. About four hundred
were still employed.
General =. s. +. Beauregard sailed from
New York for France on the 30th.
rg The West. +
At Evansville, Ind, on the 2lst, three
steamers the Norman, Pine Bluff and
City Of Evansville--were destroyed By Ere.
A Mrs. Ward, q passenger on the Norman,
from Newburg to Rileys Landing, to Join
her husband, became hewildercd, and fail
Ing to follow the chamberlnaid, who sought
10 save her, she was burned to death Her
remains were recovered. ;fye
The first annual. meeting of the Ameri-
can Woman's Suffrage Association was
opened At Cleveland, Ohio, on the ed.
Fifty one delegates, representing twelve
States, were present. i fie{i4 35't
For Congressman.at-La Large in Illinois,
John A. Logan, Republican, received 168,-
808 votes VIM. 3. Anderson, Democrat,
144,l90. For State Treasurer, Il. N. Bates,
Republican, received 187,007; Charles
Ridgely, Democrat, IA, 458. ei p
Tho boiler of a Touring mill at Terre
Haute, Ind, exploded on the Esd, killing
m old gentleman named David Derry, and
injuring his grandson so that he died soon
after. The engineer was seriously in.
jared.
Metropolitan Hotel, Chicago, was dam.
aged by fire ON the. night of the 22d, to
tho extent Of about $4,000, including loss
ON furniture. In trying to escape from
the building several Of the inmates were
quite severely injured, and the porter of
the hotel, Moses Hansen, lost his life by
HalEocation. = S.
The executive committee Of the Red
Stocking Baseball Club. of Cincinnati,
have Issued a circular to the members, an
nouncing their determination not to en-
ploy professional nine for 1871.
A special dispatch received In New York
ON the 05th says the next Legislature OF
Nevada will consist according TO latest
advices, Of twelve Republicans and eleven
Democrats In the Senate, with twenty Re.