Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-09-15

Butt. Of Cook, and Elmer Washburn OF
Madison, were nominsted for Prison
Commissioner.
The Republicans Of the First Ohio
Congressional District have nominated
Aaron r. Perry; and job Z Stevenson u
the Republican candidate in the Second
Ohio District The Democzsh have nom.
mated Byron @. Stowe in the Fith, an1
]. @. 6ufheriand in the Sixth Congree
sional Dikricts Of Michigan
The following ere the nominations
made by the recent r Republican State Con-
ven.ion Of Michigan: For Governor, q.
p n.ks~ss@a>f u-A-~ss sS-1ss'A ,
Lieutenant GS@srnor, Morgan Bates OF
Tnverss CITY, scsoninsted I; Secretary Of
Stsse, d. Striker, Hastings; State Treas
urer, Y. 81. Collier, OF Battle Greek; Au-
dito.. General ". Humphrey, Of Adrian.
renominsted Commissioner Of Land
ONCE, Captain c. A Edwards, Of Branch
county; Superintendent Of Public In
struction, 0. Easford, Of Olivet, renomi-
mated Attorney General, Dwight May,
Of Kalamazoo; Member State Board Of
Education, Witter j. Baxter, OF Jones
vile.
Between twenty and thirty thousand
Of the surviving volunteer Iowa soldiers
Sttended the recent reunion At Da
koines
AT Cincinnati, ON the I'd, the Red
Stockings defeated The Atlantics, Of
Brooklyn-l4 to3.
j. Allen Barber IL the Republican can
dicste In the Third Wisconsin Congress
SIGNAL District, and Joseph B. Rothschild
in the Fifth Ohio.
Chicago was visited by terrible fire
on the 4th. A new and magnificent block
OF buildings on the east side Of Wabash
avenue, between Washington and Msdi-
son streets, one Of the finest business struc-
turs in the city, erected about year ago,
Yves entirely destroyed, together with q
large portion Of the contents. The prin-
cipal occupants Of the buildings were J.
V. Farwell & Co., Lyon & Healy, Smith
g. Nixon, Latin, Butler & Co.. Kirkland,
Ordway e. Co. The loss on buildings and
contents is stated at $2,525 900; insurance,
81 1860, 900. 1t was believed on the morn
ing of the 9Th that from ten to twenty
persons engaged in rescuing goods from
the burning building were caught by the
falling walls and buried In the ruins.
J. w. Ketchell Is tine Republican candi-
date for Congress IN the Tenth Illinois
District. Milton Taylor is the Democrat
ic candidate in the First, and 8. r. Cary
In the Second Ohio Districts.
In an election at Davenport, Iowa, on
the 3D., John y. Hills, Republican, was
elected Mayor TO iii a vacancy.
The third game of the series between
the White Stockings, of Chicago, and the
Forest Citys, Of Rockford, was played in
Chicago on the 9Th. Result, In five in
nings, 10 for the White Stockings, TO 6 for
the Forest Citys. The Forest Citys, of
Cleveland, defeated the Atlantics, Of
Brooklyn, on the 5th--15 to 10.
Ole Bull was married at Madison, Wis,
on the 9th, to Miss Sarah Thorpe, young
est daughter of Senator Thorpe, of that
city.
A split occurred in the recent Re
publican State Convention of Missouri.
The Regulars nominated the following
ticket: Governor, Joseph NcCldrg !;
Lieutenant Governor, A. J. Harlsn /;
Secretary of State, John FL. Slower
Treasurer, Chauncey j. Filley; Auditor,
G.. A. Moser; Attorney General, w. A.
John. The Liberals nominated, for
Governor, b. Gratz Brown; Lieut.. Gov
crnor, J. j. Grsvelly; Secretary of State
Il. i. Wiegel; Treasurer, Saml f. Hays
Auditor, Dan. M. Draper; Attorney Gen.
eral, A. r. Baker. The platforms adopt
cd by the two factions are the same, ex-
cept that the Liberals" declare in favor
of removing all disqualifications from
the disfranchised people Of Missouri, and
comforting equal rights and privileges On
| oil classes"
The South.
According to the official returns the
ccnsusof Louisville, KY, foots up 100,020
80 900 to 10000 below tho estimate be-
fore the census was taken.
The Republicans of the Fourth Dis
trict of Louisiana have nominated Gen.
eral Jas. McClerry for Congress.
United States Judge Hugh l.. Bond, at
Baltimore, has recently decided that Fed.
eral courts do not properly have jurisdic.
ton in cases arising under the provisions
of the act for the enforcement of the Fiji
teenth Amendment, and that Congress
did not intend to interfere with each
States qualification Of Its voters, except
to remove those imposed by race, color,
or previous condition.
A few days ago party Of men rode up
to the residence of J. Glover, q planter
living In johnson county, Ark, and call
ing him to the door, shot and killed him.
His son-in.law, while attempting to e.
cape, was likewise killed. They then fred
volley into the house, dangerously
wounding Mrs. Glover and her little son,
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