Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1870-02-24

.erin, that all land grants TO railroads
M be located on cir lines, unless natural
harr1ers intervene, he's changed the North
M Pacific programme nAtsrially. 0rders
I've gone forward to stop Tie surveys nm
ri ferther NOTES.
4 Salt Lake, Utah, Telegram Of the l4xh
stefes that the " municipal election passed
81 quietly. The best order prevailed q
~ pollA The Orthodox ticket was
6acted ~ : large majority. The author.
r. , discountenanced women voting In
+ } slsction. Some half dozen voted.
hwevsr.. Both tickets were voted for"
Rev. James Lsmsn, last surviving mean
ber Of the Convention which framed the
nrst Constitution Of Illinois, in 1917, died
at the residence ofhis con, near Bellevills,
few lays ago.
The Minnesota House Of Represents
tives on the 18th passed-88 70 1S-A bill
for IN amendment TO the constitution,
providing for female suffrage. The bill
provides that women may vote upon the
propodtion-their ballots TO BE- received
In separate boxes. Several member
stated that although they were opposed to
women sufffags, they voted Tor the meas-
ure In order to have It submitted TO the
people Of the State. ~
~ the special election TOR member Of
Congress from the Madison, Wis, Dis
trict, held on the 18th, . very light vote
Was polled. Hon. David Atwood, Rspub-
ncan, was elected.
Supervisor Of Internal Revenue Nc
Dougal has been assigned TO Missouri,
Arkansas and the Indian Territory, Super
visor Mari 10 Kansas, Dakota, Wyoming
and MontsnA, and supervisor Bridgeland
to Texas and:sNew Mexico.
The Ohio State Board of Agriculture
has decided to hold the next State Fair at
Springfield, during the second week In
September.
The Superior Court at Cincinnati rem
dered decision on the 18th, that the Bible
shall not be excluded from the public
schools, ~ proposed BY the Board Of Edu-
cation. Opinions TO this effect were read
by Judges n. B. Hagsns and Bellamy
Storer. Judge Alphonso Taft dissented.
Holders Of Illinois State bonds which
we're called in by proclamation of the
to be paid on the LIT Of Janu.
ny, 1870, and which were not presented
Il that time for payment, have, since the
lecision Of the Supreme Court, demanded
gold.
Several counterfeit go notes on the
National Bank Of Commerce Of New
York, have recently been received at the
Sub Treasury In San Francisco.
TIE Sesth.
It 10 reported that the business portion
of the town Of Port Hudson, Mics, has
been recently destroyed by fre. The
Posi-. Once and hotel were among the
buildings destroyed.
Two New Orleans cotton pickeries
we're burned on the 10th. and . man
named Charles Merriheld perished In the
lanes. W a
A boiler on the steamer Maggie Hays
bound up from New Orleans, exploded
on the afternoon Of the 10th, near Helena,
Arh:, and t6n lives were losa, including
the captain, Barney Martin, and the second
engineer, Henry McDermitt. The boat
and cargo were . total loss
The Virginia Legislature, on the nth,
elected George Rice, Of Shenandoah, State
Treasurer. He received 119 out Of 1877
votes. a
The Court House and Clerks Office at
Carrollton, Ark, together with oil the
records, were burned q few days ago, by
an incendiary IRE.
The Georgia Legislature, on tho 18th,
adopted joint resolution to ballot for
three United States Senators, whose terms
shall expire in 1871, 1878 and 1877. At
caucus In the evening the Republicans
nominated Foster Blodgett for the long
term, Colonel Farrow Tor the term expir.
ing In 1873, and Richard II. whitley for
the tsrm expiring In 1871.
In the Georgia Legislature, on the 18th,
the Democrats offered protest against the
election OF United States Senators, on the
ground that no vacancy existed, and the
elsction would b Illegal and unauthorized
BY the reconstruction acts. The protest
was placed ON the journal Balloting Wa
proceeded With In both houses, and the
nominees Of the Republican caucus were
chosen, the Democrats generally yefudne
70 vote.
Private letters received In Washington
on the 18th confirm reports Of the con-
tlnusd ill.hsalth Of Alexander II. 6tephena
The Tsxas Legislature hAs ratified the
Fiftesnth Amsndmsnt Tho Fourteenth
Amsudmsnt passsd the House on tho 10Th.
An Austin dispAtch Of the 18th Ays: "Ths
President Of the Senate has been declared
ineligihls By General Reynolds. and nm
sea&sd. Hsasrs. plato and Elan, Con.
ssrvsavss, ffom The Third Disxict, have
been unssatsd, and Radicals put n their
plaoeA" @
The Virginia Senate on he 1eth adopGsd
. rseoluEion, that Il II not necessary 70
elect . Unitsd STATES Senator for the term