Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-10-20

i've years ago, with little more than
enough money to pay steerage passage.
"A very bad counterfeit on the late
issue Of 6fty cent notes, with vignette
Of Stanton, has made its appearance. It
id Autograph, and 1t is fair imitation
Of the genuine note. The paper Is greasy.
and the back printing of the note Is much
narrower than the front, giving margin
to the back larger than that Of the face.
The ink and paper are also poor imits-
tons.
4 Returns from twenty-nine counties of
Texas show q population Of 81, 948, against
4O,a6l in the year 1860. II TO this IL added
the reported population Of Houston city,
and Of Chambers and Galveston coup-
ties, except Galveston city, there IL .
population Of 70 SIC in these thirty one
counties and parts Of counties, against A.
6se for The aams tsrritoEy- In thu gear
1890, being gain Of 66 per cent. .v.s
The Norwich Bulletin says: "A gen.
boring town, and not feeling well, VEN
i
| Before swallowing, he sw . fly IN the
tumbler, and incautiously inserted his
finger to remove the insect But sh ! hor.
rOf Of hOrrorei the fiery liquid took OF
his flnger.nail, and It was floating before
his eyes on the suTfacei What became
of the fly ID not stated, but it IL very prob
able that it perished." 4
"a writer in LippineoHs Nagosins no.
| tees the tact that in Florida there are
many lakes which have holes in the bot.
tom, and underground communication, 20
that they will sometimes shrink away to
q mere cupful, leaving many square miles
Of surface uncovered, and then again ill
up from below and spread out over their
former area. Some of them have outlets
in the ocean, far from shore, bursting up
d perpetual spring Of fresh water in the
very midst Of the briny sadness of the
sea. 54
| The Aurora Boreslis was visible on
the night of September 20 all across the
American continent, from New York to
San Francisco, ard interfered seriously
with the working of the telegraph wires.
The display was nowhere more brilliant
than throughout California. A dispatch
| from Visalia says: g. At times when the
Sierra Nevadas were In the foreground, 1t
presented the appearance OF a chain OF
volcanoes belching forth masses Of Grim
son flame. Crowds gathered on the streets
observing IT.; some quite alarmed" 75
when the excellent Mr.. Joe Meek,
the Oregon trapper, went to Washington
as Territorial messenger, his good looks
| and relationship to President Polk made
him great favorite with the ladies. While
promenading, one evening, q lady inquired
whether he had ever been married. "Yes,"
said Joe, che had wife and six children"
ooh, "a I" continued his friend, ''And isn't
Mrs. Meek afraid of the Indians"
"Afraid of the Indians" replied the from
tiersman, ~ reckon not; why, shes an
Indian herselfr' 1
| Horeisn Gossip.
Postage on newspapers in Great Brit
ain Is TO be reduced from Two cents to
one cent M
Queen Emma, Of the Sandwich Isl-
snds, relict of Kamehameha I'LL, died on
the Goth of September.
The cabbage crops failure in Cana.
do this season. Csterpilars have almost
totally destroyed it. gagE 47..
Fl The Masonic fraternity Of England
have contributed seventy thousand pounds
sterling for the relief Of families Of Ger
man soldierA ~ So df n ~
"A boy was recently admitted to .
London hospital who had utterly lost his
eyesie ht from o wound received while
playing at civilian Tel" i'l $3.50
The herrings ON the Scotch coast are
30 plentiful this year that the salt and
barrels for curing them are for the pres
ent exhausted.
Portsmouth, in England, the seat of
the principal Government Dockyard, has
population Of 10000, and public
house to every 124 inhabitants-being 966
In all ~ n {aiiaGi .tsi fai} 1ffffU}
~. B. Lawes states that the wheat
crop of England for 1870 may be esti-
mated at from 80 to 81 bushels per acre,
weighing 81 pounds to the bushel. He
estimates the area IN wheat at 937,275
acres.
Five hundred houses were destroyed
In 6trasbourg by the bombardment, and
the number Of persons rendered house
less Is ten thousand. Subscriptions for
their relief are general throughout Ger
many. 's4 2tffl# at3
+-There were not as many Germans in
France as people have generally supposed.
According to the "Statiasque de la
France Of 1855. there were, inclusive Of
Austrians, 1O6, 608 Germans In all France,
and of these, 3O,656 lived In Paris. .
"A great many boys between the ages
Of 10 and is are missing in the different
cities OF Germany. In Berlin alone 40
have thus mysteriously disappeared.
They have run away to join the army,
and probably most Of them are now at the
front. t III, .u@aH b 3c1 Itjide
The English Cabinet, il Is reported,
believes that the Chinese government is
making preparations for q general war on
foreigners, and that England must join
with France in exacting full repsration
for these outrages, and fresh security. 1t
10 believed that Russia will act with the
Western powers In this matter. il 4
The Shah Of Persia is about to pay q
visit to the Sultan Of Turkey, and the
latter is preparing to give his regal
brother right royal reception. The visit
will have something Of . religious aspect,