Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-05-05

Bluffs and fed for partsunknOwn with
q woman of disreputable character,
was shot and killed few days ago
in bagnio In New Orleans. His
murderer killed him to get the wO-
man who had stolen him from his
wife. This Is a singular illustration
of villainy hripgfng its own reward.
The Grundy County Atlds speaks
OF one farmer In that section putting
out six thousand trees and another
twenty thousand. Good for them!
And whenever the great prairies of
Iowa are dotted with these home-
made groves, we will have a milder
climate. Whoever plants tree does
q good deed.
Ifthe Paine or the McCrary appor-
tiOnment bill passes Congress, Iowa
will have mt least eight members Of
Congress to elect next time.
The Iowa Wesleyan University
has received 800 telescope.
At Cedar Falls onSaturday barn
was burned near the railroad bridge.
The latter was saved by the persist
ent and heroic efforts of Peter Me-
lendy, who fought the fire until his
hands, face and ears were burned to
a blister. So says the Dubuque
Herald.
A Kansas correspondent concludes
a letter with this advice: 10 men
in Iowa, contemplating selling your
farms and coming to Southern
Kansas, l would say, II you value
the present comfort and future wei
fare Of yourselves and families, stay
where you are; don't come to Kansas.
The brilliant stories that are told OF
homes and fortunes so easily obtained
in Southern Kansas are told by men
who make money by telling them,
and not by the honest settler. When
you hear Of Kansas being great
fruit and stock country, don't believe
it. Fruit does but very little better
than in Iowa, and as q stock country,
Iowa is far in advance of it,"
"Nvarren County is Mt peace with
all the world, and IL on the platform
for female suffrage" saysthe Indian
ola Journal.
Two more children were poisoned
to death last week by eating wild
parsnips, in Clinton County.
Gen. j. l.. Geddes, Of Benton Co.,
was appointed on the 9th ult. to the
Profcssorship Of Military Instruction
and Tactics in the State Agricultural
College; as the Register is informed
hxaz private pnte frNgs that 4nstitu.
There are now 80 boys and 2 girls
in the State Reform School, says tho
Register.
Andrew Keesecker, who died at
Dubuque several days ago, was the
oldest printer in Iowa, and In May
of 1896 he set the first type for the
first printing ever done on the soil OF
Iowa.
Gen. Thomas III. Benton, jr., has
sold his property at MarshalltOwn,
and will soon take up permanent
residence in Illinois, to engage In
railroading.
A young man and woman were
recently married "out in the brush,
across an old fence" in Monroe Coun-
ty, as we learn from the Abba Spirit.
That's the first time VIC. eyer heard
OF such performances In human
beings.
Senator Campbell, of Jasper Co.,
publishes in the Republican full
record of all his official acts and votes
in the late General Assembly, with
the reasons, &c. 1t occupies nearly
three columns. This is q new idea
tous.
The Sigourney Nems OF Last week
says that the most destructive fire
that ever occurred In SigOnrncy was
on the Friday previous. Two or
three buildings were destroyed; but
the loss was comparatively small.
Hon. Stewart Goodrell, Y. s. Pen
sion Agent at Dies Moines, paid out
during the molth Of April, 32S, ,729.-
S. Register.
Mrs. John Swift, Of Des Moines,
aged about 35 years, slipped and fell
from chair on which she was stand
ing; and died within half an hour
from the effects OF the falI.--Same
authority.
The Polk County Republican
Nominating and Delegate-electine
Convention IL called for the Nth inst.
Rather early, we should think.
Cuculnbers have made their APP
pearance in Des Moines. Kather
early too.
Twelve miles north Of Dubuque r.
|, monastery Of "ChYistinn Brothers" !"
whose severe discipline enfOsees la