Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-13

announces . change In the Michigan
Democratic State ticket, Crane, candidate
Ior Secretary Of State, and Loranger, for
Treasurer, having declined. Jonathan W.
Of st. Joseph county, has, BY
The State Central Committee, been made
candidate for Secretary, and Andrew J.
Bovine, Of Barry county. candidate Tor
Treasurer.
William 6myth, member Of Congress
from the Second Iowa District, died 1t his
at Marion, Linn county, on the
00th ult., Of Inflammation Of the bowels
He had been sick nearly three months.
The total receipts of the recent Illinois
State Fair were $20,O06.10.
Chief Justice Mexican, ut Salt Lake,
has decided that the Utah Legislature
cannot elect Prosecuting Attorney for
his court. This turns the Mormon At
tornsy Gene raj out Of court, and puts al
criminal cases into the hands OF the
United States Attorney.
The census OF Wisconsin, complete,
gives 8 total population Of 1,052,720-s
gain of 278, 100 since 1850.
The total population Of st. Louis il of.
flcially reported At S12,963. In 1866 1t
was 157,058.
The Democrats OF the First Missouri
District have nominated Erastus Wells
for reelection to Congress.
The Southern Commercial Convention
ss"D~.--~s-a L. OLE ~'--"ti nm the 4th. John
w. Garrett, Of Maryland, was chosen per.
manent President. Hon. Geo. II. Pendle-
ton delivered the reception address.
Tho South.
r. K. Franklin, Speaker of the House
of Representatives Of Mississippi, died
on the 28th, at his residence, near Jack
son, of disease of the liver.
The Georgia House, on the Goth,
passed the so-called Alderman Election
bill, postponing the election to thes20th
December, by vote Of 81 to 81. An ef-
fort on the 80th to reconsider failed-67
to 90.
A fearful food WAS recently ex-
perienced In the valleys of the Potomac,
the Shenandoah, the James and other
rivers in Virginia. Many lives were lost,
and great damage was done, buildings,
bridges and property being swept away.
Shenandoah City was entirely destroyed.
Thirty-fve lives were lost at Harper's
Ferry. 1t was the worst freshet known
in that part of the country for thirty.fvc
years.
Foreign Intelligence.
Gable news on the 28th is to the effect
that Strasbourg had cspitulated on the
2sth, yielding a. prisoners TO the Prus-
slams 451 officers and 1900 men. An
arnistice Of forty.eight hours was con-
cluded at Mezleres, on the Goth, for the
removal of the wounded. Advices by
balloon from Paris on tho 25th stSte that
perfect order existed in the city. The
Prussians had marched into Orleans, and
were in full possession Of the city. All
Democratic papers In France which were
suspended under tho empire, had re-
sumed publication. There was great re-
joicing throughout Germany over the
capture Of 6trasbourg. Reports had been
received at the War ONCE In London that
large number Of Russian troops were
massing on the Turkish frontier, and the
reports of complications between Russia
and Turkey had created considerable ex.
element in Poland. Rome 10 TO be for
mally inaugurated a. the capital Of the
new government Of Italy.
A London telegram Of the Goth says
the blockade Of the mouth Of the Elbe
had been renewed by the French aeet
The Berlin correspondent Of the New
York Tribune, under date Of tho s7th,
nays the popular appetite for conquest il
increasing, but Trustworthy accounts from
headquarters represent the King and Bis
mark both sincerely DESTROYS for peace"
Several attempts at revolutionary dis
tufbances In Rome have been promptly
suppressed BY tho determined attitude Of
tho Italian troops.
A London telegram Of the 80th says
there was no abatement in, the military
preparations Of Russia. The st. Peters
burg Journal CONCEAL organ) denies the
story Of the concentration Of Russian
troops on tho Turkish frontier, and adds
that the Russian policy 10 one OF peace
and justice. Theirs mission TO the Gear
had proved . failure, and he Vas received
only ct . private interview and - s pri.
vate individual.
The naturalization treaty with the
United States has been signed BY the Aus.
trian Government
A London dispatch Of the LIT says the
reports Of the fighting before Paris on
the 28th and 20th are false General
Bourbah had escaped from Metz.
Lissander. the asronaut, arrived In
Tours from Paris, ne balloon, on the 1st.
he Vas the bearer Of large Aumber Of
lsttera He says Paris II admirably do.
tended; more than 10000 soldiers were
behiad the wallA III ven armed and dis-
dplinsd. 9 Is