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

ser;orS that all Land grants 70 railroads
mun Be located on air lines, unless natural
h.ry;irs intervene, has changed the North
=. phciAc programme natsgially. 0rders
have kons forward 70 stop Tie surveys nm
81 frrther nodes.
4 Salt Lake, Utah, telegram Of Tie ileh
se5es that the municipal election passed
al quietly. The bet order prevailed q
~ pollA The Orthodox ticket wa
efctsd By . large majority. The author.
discountenanced women voting In
elsction. Some half dozen voted,
wevsr.. Bolh tickets were voted Sor."
Rev. James Lsmen, last surviving mem
bes Of IL Convention which framed tho
Arst Constitution Of Illinois, in 1917, died
q the residence ofhis son, near Bellevills,
. few iAys ago.
The Minnesota House Of Rspresenta-
tives on the 18th passed-88 TO 13-a bill
for IN amendment TO the constitution,
providing for female suffrage. The bfll
provides that women may vote upon the
propoition-thsir ballots 70 b received
In separate boxea Several member
stated that although they were opposed 70
women suffrage, they voted for the msas-
ure In order TO have 1t submitted TO the
people Of the 6tste.
~ the special election for member Of
Congress from the Madison, Wis, Dis
tSic4, held on the 18th, . very light vote
Was polled Hon. David Atwood, Rspub-
Ncan, was electea.
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:New Mexico.
The Ohio State Board Of Agriculture
has decided to hold the next State Fair ct
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 eject were read
BY Judges n. b. Hagsns and Bellamy
Etorer. Judge Alphonso TAFT dissented.
Holders of Illinois State bonds which
were called In by proclamation of the
Governor, to be paid on the 1st Of Janu.
sry, 1870, and which were not presented
u that time for payment, have, since the
decision 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.
The South.
It 10 reported that the business portion
Of tho town of Port Hudson, Miss, has
been recently destroyed by fire. The
Post. ONCE and hotel were among the
buildings destroyed.
Two New Orleans cotton pickeries
were burned on the 10th. and man
named Charles Merrineld perished In the
flames.
A boiler ON tho steamer Maggie Hays
bound up from New Orleans, exploded
on the afternoon Of the 10Th, near Helena,
Ark, and ten lives were lost, Including
the captain, Barney Martin, and the second
engineer, Henry MoDermitt. The boat
and cargo were total loss.
The Virginia Legislsture, on the llth,
elected George Rice, of Shenandoah, State
Treasurer. He received 10 out OF 1877
votes.
The Court House and Clerks Office at
Carrollton, Ark, together with oil the
records, were burned q few days ago, by
an incendiary fire.
The Georgia Legislature, on the 18th,
adopted . joint resolution to ballot for
three United States Senators, whose terms
shall expire in 1871, 1873 and 1877. At
caucus In the evening the Republicans
nominated Foster Blodgett for the long
term, Colonel Farrow for the term expir.
ing In 1873, and Richard H. Whitley for
the tsrm expiring In 1871.
In the Georgia Legislature, on the 18th,
the Democrats offered protest against the
election Of Cnitsd States Senators, on the
ground that no vacancy existed, and the
election would b illegal and unauthorized
BY the reconstruction scts. Tho protest
wss placed on the journal Balloting wa
proceeded with In both houses and the
nominees Of ths Republican caucus were
chosen, the Democrats generally refusing
to vote.
Private letters received In Washington
on tho 18th confirm reports Of tho con-
tinusd ill.hsalth Of Alexander II. 6tephenA
The Texas Legislature he's rstiAsd the
Fifteenth Amendment Tho Fourteenth
Amsndmsnt passsd the House on thu 10th.
An Austin dispatch Of the 18th ays: ~Ths
Prsndent Of the Senate has been declared
insllgibls By General Reynolds and nm
seated. Nsnsrs. Pilato and Elam, Con.
ssrvs&ivss, nom the Third DISTRICT, have
been unssatsd, and Radicals put In their
places" W
The Virginia Senate on The lsth adopted
. rssolution, that II b not necessary 70
elect . United States Senator for the term