Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-10

The remains Of George Peabody were
conveyed from the British ship Monarch
to the City Hall, At Portland, Me-. on the
Goth ult. with suitable public honors, and
the streets were crowded. although the
weather was unhvorAble
FL StcvSnA an ex-gAngcr, has been
arrested in New York for making alleged
fraudulent certancAtes. He was bailed In
ts.ooo.
The Connecticut Democratic State Com
mistcc has dcsignated the aad Of February
a. the day Of meeting Of the State Con.
veHtion.
Early On the morning Of the Sist ult.,
keroeense lamp exploded in the house Of
Nichohs Bliss II Buffalo, N. Y, setting
FIRE 10 the furniture In the bedroom cccu.
pied by that family, oonsisting Of Biiss,
his wife and two children All were
burned in dreadful manner One child
died Immediately after the flames were
extinguished. The other was in . very
critical condition. Bliss and his wife
would probably recover, but they VIII be
very much disfgurcd.
Arrangements are making for holding q
National Convention at Pittsburgh, Pa,
early in March, for the purpose Of secur.
ing an amendment Of the Federal Consti-
tuition recognizing God and the Holy
Scriptures
The anal rites At Portland, Ne, In
hoaor OF George Peabody, took place on
the Isl after which, with appropriate
ceremonies, the remains were escorted "a
the cara, which left at O'Clock for the
town Of Peabody, Mass, where they Ar.
rived in the evening, and were deposited
in the library room of the Peabody Insti-
tute The principal buildings, pa.tsca.
iarly the institute, were festooned with
Grape.
Funeral services over the late Gen. Jo-
scph A. Mower took place a' New London,
Conn, on the lst
Seventy six new cases Of . new cpl
dcmic, the relApsing fever. were reported
TO the New York Beard Of Health on the
sist uit No death from the disease had
been up TO that time reported.
The New Jersey Assembly, on the LIST.
rejected the Fifteenth Amendment. by q
vote Of 81 to %.
The Vermont State Female Suffrage
Convention was held in Montpelier on
the ID, and Was largely attended. The
meeting il said TO be the commencement
Of lively canvass designed to be carried
on in the State prior to the election Of
delegates to the Constitutional Conven-
ton, to be held in May.
h west
The Iowa House passed . bill on the
9th, striking the word white" from the
code relating to qualifications for prac-
ticing law. The Joint resolution ratifying
the Fifteenth Amendment Was adopted
by both branches Of the Legislature.
An expedition left Fort Shaw on the
18Th, against certain tribes OF Indians
who had been stealing and numbering,
and IL 10 reported that on the Esd 1t sur
prised . camp OF thirty lodges and killed
al but six or eight
The expedition Of Col. Eugene Baker
against certain troublesome hands Of In
dams in Montana has proved complete
success There were I1s Indians killed,
~ lodges burned, winter supplies destroy.
ed, and 400 horses captured I; and the Fed.
cral loss Ia reported ~ only one killed
and one injured by falling from his horse.
The passenger train which left Omaha
for California on the eth ult ran of the
track two miles west Of Aspen Station
Six cars were thrown from the track. Two
passengers named n O'SnllivAn, former
" An Alderman Of Chicago. and August
Of New York, were killed. Seve-
RAJ were injured
Two hundred and ninety-three chests Of
tea were shipped overland from Califor-
MIA during the week ending January %,
and the officers OF. the Union Pacific road
have advices that one thousand chests
more are TO follow.
A dispatch, signed ay Ha.ses Cooke,
WhS sent HUH NhtC1&rp On INC o4St Uais tS
his wife in New York city. saving; Il
have len for parts unknown. Ycu win
never see me again"
On the frs, Of January there were i.ao+
convicts in the. Illinois PenitentiAiy at
Joliet $40 of whom were received during
the year. Gov. Palmer issued los par
dons in 1854. and $50 applications for
pardon were refused
The Kansas House Of Representatives,
hy 66 to q, asks Congress to initiate the
Sixteenth Amendment-womAn suffrage
Reports were received in ST Paul, on
the evening of the sist ult, that General
Rien. Chief Of the insurgents, had been
Arrested by the Hudson Bay Company
eight niles this side Of Fort Garry, and
taken 70 the Fort This Is in accordance
with previous intimatim that the CON-
paay would scon resume sway IN Rupess's
Land, but accounts Of the matter were
mcAgre and contradictory.