Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-04-14

A locomotive on the Boston d Fitch |
burg railroad exploded On the ist- at
I" Know-Nothing" crossing, ia Fischburg.
The engineer and frenau wee probably
fatally injured
Two colored men voted = Perth AM
boy, y. J., on De adoption of the new
charter, On the Bis. uli, the date OF the
proclamation. At a school election IN
Wilmington, Del, On the ID, negroes
voted for The frs. time in that State
Colored votes were refused in two wards.
The Executive Committee Of the New
York State Geneal Republican Central
Committee hss elected the following off,
Gers for the ensuing year: President
BENJAMIN r. MAnierre; Secretaries, Geo.
Cushman and Abraham Brown, both re-
elected.
Mra Victoria c. woodruff, female
broker, Of New York city, announces her
self candidate fos the Presidency She
denounoEs the present administration, and
pronounces in favor Of recognizing Cuban
independence.
Rev. Nathaniel l. Frothinghsm died At
Boston on the 4th, aged "a years. He
waa pastor Of the First Unitarian Church
from 1915 10 1850.
A bad break occurred On the 4sh in tie
Erie Canal feeder bank, just south Of
Rochester, the water rushing from the
river into the feeder, and thence into the
canal with grea: violence. II would be
impossible TO make repairs before the
water subsided
The trial Of Daniel Mcfarland, for the
murder Of Albert d. Richardson, was be-
gun in New York city on the 4th. The
whole day was occupied in an attempt TO
procure jury. One hundred and sixty
eight persons were examined, and only
six jurors obtained, and one of them was
excused On the ground that his sister was
at the point Of death. The courtroom
was thronged. Among those present were
Mr Richardson's brother and wife.
A Hartford, Conn, telegram Of the 4th
states that English, Democrat, for Gov
erao,, vas 10 Soa5: elected. The Legis-
lature would be close. Hartford gives
Jewell $50; English, 3,407; and REFLECTS
Charles X. Chapman, Democrat, Mayor,
and the rest Of the city ticket by 600 ma
jority. The Democrats have majority
in the Council.
Snow fell 10 the depth Of about one
foot at Scranton, Pa, On the night of the
4th.
A strike among the miners in the
Schuylkill, Pennsylvania, region had be-
| come general on the 9Th.
A Hartford telegram Of the 9Th says
complete returns from the State except
two towns, which last year gave English
1lS majority, foot up, English, 4S,S43 ;
Jewell, 1851. Baldwin, Republican, ia
elected Senator in the Sixteenth District
by 20 majority, which makes the Senate
stand II Republicans TO 10 Democrats y
The Republicans claimed majority Of six
in the House
A story that q Mr.. Klein had been at
tackled by hydrophobia and smothered tc
death by pillows in Queens county, l.. l..
10 now said to have been deliberate hoax
perpetrated Tor sensation bv 9-~e..'.
county paper. A libel suit has been com
menced against the paper.
A New York dispatch Of the 9th says
ar. b. Caldwell, the drawback forger
who, at considerable expense to the
country, was brought from Canada to this
city, 10 at large, though committed in de
fault of $4,000 bail" aat gs.st
The Republican State Convention Of
New York is called to meet 1t Rochester
April 20, to nominate candidates tor
Judges Of the Court Of Appeals.
The latest revised returns received in
Hartford, on the 9th, gives English s32
majority. Senate-11 Republicans, 10
Democrats. House-13 Republican ma.
jority. d .Ha
The Rhode Island State election, which
took place on the 9th, resulted in the re.
election Of the Republican State officers
The vote was light. The returns on the
9Th indicated, in the Senate, % Republi.
cans, Q Democrats, 1 Citizen, and 1 nc
choice. In the House, 80 Republicans,
IA Democrats, and no choice. The Re-
publican majority in the State Is about
1000. .....
A full jury was obtained on the 9th, in
the Mcfarland case.
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4F -5l Tho West. sg lid
The remains of General Thomas, under
escort Of Colonel Willard, commissioned