Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-11-10

The Millers Of Io~IM are to meet in
Mass Convention at Waterloo next
Wednesday, says the Gate Cty.
The Cedar Falls Gazette says that
Mrs. Gates has discharged the duties
Of County Superintendent Of Public
Schools with great ability and uni
vers;al satisfaction.
The State Reform School is now
full, having now 72inmates-69 boys
and 3 girls. Notice has been given
that no more pupils can be received.
The Opinion gives the number Of
children now IN the Soldiers Orph-
ans Home ut GlenwOOd us one hun
dred and six.
The Kansas Democrat, edited BY
Van Bennett-fOrmerlyO Of thia State,
IA some Democrats viii yet acknowl-
edge-was dressed In deep mourning
over the death Of Gen. Lee.
AS Adam remarked to Eve one
evening, "The course Of true love
never did run smooth" And 1t
didn't with Eli Killyon, n young
Swede Mt Des Moinrs. lie loved
Maggie Mcdonald, and she agreed
to he his wife; but finally, just be-
fore the wedding-day came round,
she changed her mind. Then ELI
went and took strychnine, and went
around to Maggie's house to die.
When he told her what he had done,
she was scared, repented, and told
him she had merely been trying to
test his love. So he took her advice,
and went around to a Doctor and had
the poison pumped out Of him. He
didn't debut what else happened,
tho Register Of that day don't tell.
The Commissioners are busy letting
contracts and otherwise going ahead
with the work for the new State
House.
Speaking Of the Agricultural Col.
lege Farm the Keyistcr says that "On
its face, in the fruit aud horticultural
departments especially, may be seen
already tho gOt,d effects OF Professor
Mathews improving hand, who gave
up the pleasures Of one Of the pleas
antest Of homes from Nh earnest de-
sire to make his knowledge and
experience more useful and beneficial
tn the State he loves SO well.n
In Black hawk County there IL a
Mrs. Shoen, who Is the mother of
three pairs VI twin girls, and, in all,
twelve boys and six girls,. all Of
whom arrived at nlanhOt,d and WO-
manhood except one twin boy that
died three days old. Mrs. ShOcn
still survives her husband, and had
ut one time seven boys In the army.
One pair Of twins went through the
war, nnd died soon after, within n
few hours OF each other, but thirty
miles apart. Mrs. Sheen deserves
pension.
A Calhoun County girl looked in
her brothers. shotgun and ut the
same time pulled her dress lOOxe
from the, trigger, where II had
caught. The COrOner's finding was
'death from internal carelessnes,."
The Crescent Rase Ball Club, Of
this city, aud the Marshall club Of
MaFshalitOwn, played u match game
Yesterday afternoon ut the Fair
Grounds for the State cham pionship,
The game WINS won by the Marshalls
by score of 40 to IA Register, Sd.
A man by the name Of O.Vaugin
was killed by jumping from train
In motion on the Valley road near
Kpkuk last Saturday - Cute CVy.
Tho editor OF tho Homestead gives
notice Of a meeting 10 be held at Des
Moines on the lst Of next month, to
organize n State Grunge Of the
Patrons Of Husbandry. 4a3
The Official vote OF Iowa Is to be
canvassed today.
The editors of the Ottumwa CbMier
in their last weeks issue very en-
phatically declare that they were not
In any matter parties 10 the printing
Of Republican tickets with Walden's
name omitted, for the late election.
The work was done ut their Office,
but without their knowledge or con-
sent, they claim.
Ormil Wilson, a switch-man on
the Is. & NJ. Railroad, was accident
ally crushed to death by the cars Al
burlington last Saturday evening".
Udarkeye.
Iowa City has voted tax in eil OF
the proposed Iowa fjouthwestern
Railroad; and ClintoT Up. ~ Clinton
County votes ON the same subject on
the 25th inst. B.
Jasper City wss visited by a
destructive firo oH the 20th ult., J..
which "lnsugled more than halt the
busir .ess portion Of the placs.. We
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