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

DIy give the OcmOcIalS t"o VI sicc iS1'
in the Assembly.
The Illinois Legislature, ION official
count, will stand: In the Senate, 30 Ke
pubAcans and IS Democrats. The House
95 Republicans, rs Democrats, and indie
pendents.
A San Francisco dispatch Of the 2eth
says the Republicans of Nevada elect the
Secretary Of State, Comptroller, Surveyor
General, Superintendent Of Public lnstr'lc-
ton, and State Minenlogist.
A National Capital Removal Associa-
ton was organized in st. Louis on the
2Sth. go s...,..-..ss,-4,- (.
A Los Angeles telegram, received in San
Francisco on the 2sth, says the latest re-
turns from Arizona give Bradley, Demo
crat, majority for Congress.
John Armstrong and Charles Jolly, the
alleged murderers of the Lapine family,
near Potosi, Mo-, were taken to st. Louis
on the 2Sth, for safe keeping against the
infatuated citizens of Washington county,
who attempted to lynch them On the 9th.
The Northwestern Women's Suffrage
Association met at Detroit on the goth.
A tabular statement in the report Of the
Secretary of State Of Wisconsin shows a
population in the State of 1,052 $50, 542,-
720 being males. There are 1925 colored
persons. The number Of dwellings is
2O0,668. There were 1882 deaths in the
State last year.
Moses X. Armstrong, Democrat, has
been awarded certificate as Delegate to
Congress from Dakota. Burleigh will
probably contest the seat on the ground of
illegal voting. The official count was for
Armstrong, Democrat, 1893; Burleigh, Re-
publican, 1,1O2; SPHINX, Republican, 1908.
Geo. w. Kellogg is elected Territorial
Auditor; Thos. J. Sloan, Treasurer; }. w.
Turner Superintendent Of Public Institu-
tions-all Democrats.
Simon p. Stout has been appointed post
master at Wayne, Ohio.
Four hundred workmen were discharged
from Mare Island Navy Yard, Cal, on the
Goth ult., ON account Of exhaustion Of the
The South.
The North Carolina Legislature organ
lied on the 21st. Hon. T. J. Jarvis, Of
Tyrcll, was elected Speaker. All the offices
are filled by Democrats. The Governors
message was read.
The authorities in Virginia have
counted out Judge Alex. II. Rivcs, the
Republican candidate for Congress in the
Fifth District. Judge Riycs will contest
the seat
The New Orleans courts have taken the
school question in hand, and under their
orders the State Superintendent has di-
rectcd the admission Of whites and blacks
Unfortunately in the public schools.
The Tallahassee Sentinel, of the 10Th,
says: "The Florida Senate stands twelve
Republicans to eleven Democrats, with
one still in doubt, and the House twenty
eight Republicans to twenty-onc Demo
Gratis, with four yet to be decided"
A New Orleans dispatch of the Goth
says: The whites arrested at Donaldson
vile, charged with the murder of Lawes
and Schoenberg, have been discharged, and
the principal witnesses (colorcd) have been
arrested for perjury, and A. J. Smith,
Parish Judge elect, for subornation Of
perjury. ,F
A collision between two freight trains on
the Louisville, Cincinnati d Lexington
Railroad, occurred near Lagrange, Ky,
on the 9th, by which the engineer, james
Cavens, and fireman, Sam. Bonte, were
killed. A number of drovers ac-
stock were badly wounded.
A Montgomery, Ala, dispatch of the
9th says: The city is full of excitement,
and the wheels of tho State Government
are entirely blocked. Smith and Bingham
still claim to be Governor and Treasurer,
respectively, and each retain possession Of
their Offices. Smith has obtained num-
Der Of troops from the commanding officer
here, and they are posted in front Of the
entrance to the Executive rooms and
Treasurer's Office" a
Dispatches from Jackson, Miss, contra
dict the report of the trial and sentence of
Yerger. His case does not come up until
January.
A meeting held in Montgomery, Ala,
on tho night a the 28th to express indig-
nation at the course of w. Ii. Smith and
Arthur Bingham, in refusing to vacate the
offices of Governor and Treasurer was
largely attended. All the speeches were
made by Republicans. Resolutions were
adopted expressing the indignation and
Of the people at the course
taken by Smith and Bingham.
4 M. A. King, Democrat, is elected for the
term in the Forty first Congress,
from the Raleigh, On. co. District, beating
J. w. Holden 438 votes. 'tt 1871
AT noon on the 3Oth ult., In joint meet
ing Of the North Carolina Legislature ex.
Gov. r. b. Vance was elected United
States Senator. The vote stood Vance, o.;
Abbott, 43.
f Foreign intelligence.
News from Paris, by balloon, up to mid
night on the 21st represents the city as
hecOminp antirelv tranuuil The sunnlv