Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-07-21

The Iowa City Republican oflast
week, In speaking of the Congresion-
al contest in this District, remarT:-
"Twenty-nine votes are instr kedI
against Ioughridge. We sut0se
there is no question but Johns0 III
be against him, which will Ike
thirty-six."
The Charlton Democrat say Nat
the Ottumwa C6rprAead Is 4. 4ge /
libel upon the party" gT1 1s'l
The Losca Homesfead Of ld ~. ~
gives list Of County Fair to t6Sdd
in Iowa this year, but oinits Natioi
County. Why? @ q aiIad'I
A fire at Acklcy, on the morning
Of the 18th inst, destroyed the Craw.
ford House. Loss $4,000; insured
$1,000.
Charley O'Connor, a cadet at West
Point, and son Of our Attorney Gen-
eraI, made a successful run Of the
gauntlet ut the recent examinations
OF the L. s. Military Academy. As
IS out Of 50 failed, Charley's success
Is complimentary to him.
The Iowa Board Of Immigration
have commissioned the following
named agents for the countries coup
led with their names: Louis A. Ochs
Of Scott County, To Germany; Martin
y. Cfausen OF Mitchell County, ~
Scandinavia; DanfOrd Eddy 81 Gay
states; Ed. r. Edgington o; Lucas
County, to the British Islands Rev.
Peter Havermans Of Troy, n. ", to
Belgium. But two Of theseagents
are any expense to the State. The
others are paid by Iowa railroads.
Register, 18th inst.
The Haggerty murder, up In the
north part Of the State, a year VI so
ago, created a great excitement, a
man named Thompson had cortin-
ued criminal intimacy with Mrs.
Haggerty, a soldiers widow, and
finally murdered her and her three
children. The case came to TRIAL a
short time ago, in Fayette Comfy.
The jury were out five hours, and
returned a verdict Of gnllty. An
appeal Is to be taken, on the question
Of jurisdiction--as tn whistler ythe
crime was committed in this state,
or in Wisconsin where they have no
capital punishment. IL, 30
IowA NEWS. "--Amopg the Iowa
News in the Chicago Post Of the 18th
inst. we find the following:
Hon. VIM. Loughridge has carried
the Republican Primaries for re-
election to Congress in the Fourth
District.
Mr.. l.oughridge hasn't done any.
thing Of the kind yet.
Mr.. Lucius Snow, Of Monroe Co.,
has ninety-six stands OF bees, says the
Union. There must be some sweet.
ness in his family.
Same paper says that Mr.. Esterly,
MeMiHpHAa M}e|iXh st ssc G,I's e. fee sss
and prepaid, to Abba, to be sold for
the benefit Of the First Congregation
al Church there. hs
The Treasurer Of Buena Vista Co.
has been robbed Of ~ 500 OF County
funds. The County has no safe; and
the Treasurer kept the monies at his
house. $500 reward offered for in.
formation leading to the recovery Of
the stolen money. 80
The Baptist Educational Conven-
ton at Iowa City last week voted to
have State DENOMINATIONS School
MS soon rs practicable7-to CONSIDER
the location Of the College at any
place that will finnish a. suitable
building and go, OO0a diti0nslI. EN-.
dowment"--and that the I,c1dnine-
ton raise 100000 to add to ~ aopc
amount. We CLEAN from taitMrylny's
Register. ,a,it.nf'.li, Nm I'm f,
A Mrs. Ginley was burned todeath
at Keokuk last Sunday, by the ex.
plosion of a can of coal oil white she
was pouring the oil on fire in the
stove to make 1t burn better.s We
glenn from the Gate city. ~
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