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


tfs WaG6Angtoo NeWs,
,4a AWashingtoa dispatch of ~ It'll asyd
Opinions are being formed that Il n m
pcmdble to fdnd the national debt q
2 1ow@ rte q intsfeSs, ana ~ pro ect h
bssn Given up 1br Ills yer"
IS Custcms receipts lor week ending Feb
1uasy - ware e2,01Sl4s. ~.ytfi-pd -
The Senate, on the 18th, confirmed TIL
nomination Of Hon. William Strong, d
Psnnsylvanis, - 8 Justice Of the United
0tAtes Supreme Court. - t's.s ~
a Warrington Telegram Of the It'll
n.y.: "Ths Income TAX IL 70 be reduced
but not abolished. President Grant and
1he administration are favorable To. re-.
duCtion Of the tariff By twenty millions
and Of informal revenue BY thirty mil.
Hons" ael aii ~ .55JBl
Tho President sent the following nolmina
Mons 70 ths Senate ON the 9ist.: George
H. Hand, Of Dakota. Secretary Of Dskota
p. =. Batcheder, Of Nshrasks, Consul at
Londonderry. d,af oa1 81 ..,,t'fs
The United States Supreme Court, on
the 21st rendered decision In the caSe Of
Benz. H. Cheever ". B. Wilson and Anne
y. Worcester, which We brought IN the
District Of Columbia TO enforce the PRO.
visions In the matter of property rightsof 4
decree Of divorce granted In Indiana, the
Court holding the divorce to be valid by
the laws Of Indiana, and, that therefore,
nndsr the Constitution Of tho United
States, II must prevail In every other
portion OF the country. 4 pHiaiyius
iowa ll g9iyl -l3JlH pNi aff ,
Ihe East. gffj .iH Z
. Gold closed IN New York on the 23d
= 1172I. a., 4.ai ,stjr a5ti r 4
The extensive wooden mills Of John P.
Bruner, Philadelphia, were totally destroy
Cd by fire on the 18th. The mills were
valued 1t 4700, 900, and the stock on hand
~ $4,000. Seven hundred hands were
employed IN the mills. 4t, Iia3o 2
a 4 resolution for the payment of the
ante.wsr debt in coin passed the New
York Assembly on the 1sth--S5 TO %.
Jas. Flax, u, has withdrawn his libel
ssit against Ssm1 Bowles, of the Spring.
Held Rspa5gicon. ''.''i' '.'''
Mrs.. Elizabeth Cady Stanton was very
III In Now York city, on the 18th, from
severe attack Of pneumonia, and would
be compelled to give up her lecture en-
eagsments. e.i al faa s3.F,-
The Rhode Island Republican State
Convention will be held on the 10th OF
March. ''.' t..'i'
The O'Neill FenIans in New York city
ere said to be accommodating arms for an.
other raid on Cansds. aij =
Two thousand dollars In counterfeit
hys.cent nickeh were seized in Brooklyn
On the 10Th, and two arrests were made.
Commodore Stephen Champlin, the
lat surviving commanding of1cer In the
battle Of Lake Erie, and who commanded
~ Scorpion, on which vessel the first and
the last gun Of the engagement were fred,
died In Buffalo on the Goth. trrl
!, A destructive feshet occurred in the
Kennebeck river on the Goth, and large
amount Of property was damaged In
Augusta, Nc, and at other points. ?
y Hon. Joel Hininan, Chief Justice Of the
Supreme Court Of Connecticut, died at his
residence In Cheshire, on the 21st.
), MiAs Alice Cary was lying dangerously
~ at her residence In New York, on the
2lst. 49,, -, 49,. s1af t...ta# =
city have rendered the inequalities Of the
city 10 VIM. II. Seward, on his return to
the United States. ,H0efpu
The dwelling Of Joseph Green, at South
Chichester, N. H. was burned on the
night of the 10th, and the wife Of Mr..
Green perished. .., I
e The FLANNEL Mil Of Austin Il Taylor,
IA North Salem, N. H., was destroyed by
IRE on the 10th. Loss, 100000 lal
The Connecticut Democratic State Con-
vsntlon, which met ct New Haven on the
2Sd, nominated OK. Governor English for
Goveror; Julius Hotchkiss for Lieutenant
Governor; Thomas NJ. Walker Tor Secre-
tary of State; Seth J. Logan for Comp.
troller; and Charles N. Pond for Treas
uYer. efsl9b i,aHJiEt {Es,iR .Yl1{st
q NV OpA9BWub uHbss0Uy Web uOS0i kcAft
orally observed this year In New York
city, than ever before. Business was en-
tirely suspended.
~ aaeiiaoal The West aHa e 4
A thunder storm passed over Spring
field, Ill, on the evening of the 10th, and
two cons Of Rev. Mr.. Brent, pastor of the
colored Baptist Church, were killed by .
stroke Of lightning. They were aged IS
and i4ysaru, and were sitting by the Are
when struck. a7.ls 9g xiiWals baI40q 0,
i A boiler In the Union RsilwAy Car
Works, ST Louis, exploded on the nth,
killing John KingAn, engineer Patrick
Eweeny, Francis Collins, Daniel Shea.
Dominic Moran, Nathan Reed, Paul Re.
baux, and severely injuring several otherx
The Nebrasks Legislature netat Lin.
/ coin, on the nth. 1. Ii, &s2isS ,IgA =
An earthquake In. San Fmnoisco on the
nth caused the hotels and public, build,
ines 70 beyacated instanter, Considerable
Alarm w" created throughout the city,