Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-03-24
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N.Y. fof Davenport, ve' 6sIlss8s llaE
closed business andlEwoundnnp;itS
affairs. IL was reported; to, stD 'thc
heaviest Assurance raco4pefations!in
the State. All Its risks were REIN
sured IN a achicago Company, I've
CLEAN from the Register, Of the417th
inst. 4g,sisa.q 49,
vtNlr. Anlhs' West has in Page. Co.
ione Held OF l,2Oo acres, which he is
breaking up this Spring. io-ioA,asas
Mr.. James Haineyy, tank -man, at
Kesho Station, ,ats the, end Of the d.
n. Railroad, while going from one
pointf to another only 200 yards
away during the terrible STORM last
week Tuesday, got bewildered and
was frozen to death. s. His bodywa
found next morning, half a mile
from the tank. So says Special to
the Register. sr ses.43t X;
At Ottumwa the other day, nice
young man put sheet around him
| to scare Dutchman. The TeutOEic
gentleman says, II shust jump off
my wagon, and vip der gOst all the
time. l would vip him ii he was u
whole graveyard" Some one asked
the young man what allied his blhck
eye, and he said he had received bad
news from Germany. go
The Burlington Hdmxeye, one of
the oldest, solidest and best news
papers in the State, has lately put Oh
an entire new dress (of type,) ana
now rejoices in its good looks. Sue
cess to ii ever! 2ai
Charlton DemOG'at says that great
excitement was lately caused in. that
vicinity by the sudden disappearance
of one w. j. Davis, of English Tp.,
Lucas County. Itappoars that Davis
had been guilty of a gross outrage on
the person Of a young girl living at
his house; and warrant was out for
his arrest when he "skedaddled."
Newton, Jasper County, has; voted
in favor of issuing $4,000 bonds to
put up new School building, says
the Free Press. 50
The Journal says there is a first
rate opportunity at lndianola for
some man to put up q WoOlen Fac
tory. stsd
From the Republican we learn that
sENSt6tf3 w. COVE i Of sNlOnyezuflIM.
went under the waves with the ILL
fated Oneida.
The Register says, in answer to
many inquiries, that the Capitol
Appropriation bill will be called up
for final action at an early day, and
that throughout the State there is
strong feeling in favor of the bill.
The Sioux City Times gives the
particulars Of u row at Sioux roint,
on the 10th inst. A few young men,
being drunk, went into the School
ho,lse there and tried to break up
the School. A melee ensued, In the
course OF which the teacher shot one
of the rowdies, SO that death must
cnsue. Whether the teacher was
blamable or not, does not appear.
| a son OF Francis Gilmore, Of Mus
catine, has Just sold 4 patent i'm
provenent Of Il pIOw invented by
him, for six thousand dollars. 1Ai
Some ten years ago, Mr.. Parsons,
Of Keok uk, be4ueathed at his death
property to the value Of about $780,
COO for an Endowment Fund for nn
Iowa Presbyterian College. Histwo
sons propose to make the amornt up
to slcO,0Ol'; and other PARTIES will
add $4,000. The location of the
College was TO be fixed by a Commit
toe meeting at keOkuk last week;
but the subject was then postpone d
for a month, 10 give all competing
points chance. Dcs Moincs, Mar
sbulitown md tcdur RuPits bid
highest; and doubtless cne OF those
points will secure the College.
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