Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-06
Mvriads Of seventeen. year locusis are

tory between Ofis nauu1i a1N o0h'f
the Missouri River. They had killed near
| ly all the grass, which turns yellow and
dies as soon as they lodge upon the plains.
| Their music was almost deafening
A game of baseball was played in Chi
cago on the cath, between tae White
Stockings, Of that city, and the Rockford
Forest Citys. Score-ls to s. in favor OF
| the Whites.
General Rasecrsns, Chairman Of the
General Thomas Monument Association,
appeals 10 the American people to contrib
| u,e TO the fund. Remittanccs are 10 be
made to General ]. s. Fullerton, Treasurer
of the Society Of the Potomac, 81. Louis,
No. The monument is 70 be erected II
Central Park, New York.
A frigh,ful tragedy occurred near White
Pigeon, Mich, on the 22d. II seems that
Chauncey Barnes, young man Of Elk
hart County, Indiana, AID Miss Addie
Dwight, young school teacher, had been
formerly engaged, bu; that she had broken
of the engagement. Barnes visited her
at her school or the ed, and, while she
was ont Of doors with her pupils, took her
one side and again proposed to marry her.
She refused, whereupon he drewa reyolv
er and shot her dead. He then fired four
shots into his own head, and would prob.
ably die. Barnes was accompanied by an
unknown woman, who was arrested and
released on bail.
Mr.. Bulls, Republican nominee for
Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, was thrown
from q sulky at DEBORAH, on the 26th, and
had several ribs broken, and was other
wise badly ipjured--his physician feared
fatally.
Recent advices from various parts Of the
Northwest are, as general thing, highly
favorable to the wheat and corn crops. In
few localities the wheat had been serious
ly damaged by the chinch bug, but these
were exceptional cases.
Near Orleans, Ind, on the night of the
18th, party of assassins attacked the
house of the Moody family, consisting of
four old bachelor brothers, Mrs. Tolliver,
their sister, and hired man, named Lee.
They threw three jugs Of benzine into a
room occupied by the family. They then
threw in several large torpedoes, loaded
with buckshot, nails, screws, and similar
missiles. The torpedoes exploded, set fire
TO the benzine, and aroused the family
when the assailants commenced firing with
revolvers into the doors and windows
Mr.. Thomas Moody was shot in the hip
the ball ranging up through the body
coming out of the upper portion of the
breast. Lee received severe wound in
the thigh and back. Mrs. Tolliyer was
terribly burned with benzine and torpe.
does. Ten thousand dollars were immedi-
ately raised in the community to prosecute
the guilty parties when caught, and detec'
tives were at work ferreting them out.
| A terrific storm Of wind and rain II
Chicago, on the night of the 23d, did dam
age TO property to the amount Of $4,000
Easements were flooded, one new church
building, nearly completed, was blown
down, and several other buildings wer
damaged by the Wind.
The South.
On the 22d a collision occurred on tn
Nashville & Northwestern Railroad, nea
McEwen's Station, between freight ant
passenger train. II. M. Vass, a passenger
standing on the platform, was killed hi
head being cut in two and body mangl@d
w. 8. Conadon, baggage-master, ~ J JON,
Bonner, brakemen, were badly injured.
Some notorious thieves entered thu
Southern. bound express car, on the Mobile
& Ohio Railroad, on the 18Th, overcam'
the messenger, and threw out the SAT-
which contained large amount Of money
The safe was subsequently found, broker
open. The thieves were tracked to Mo
bile, and two Of them arrested on the 22d
With them were found portions Of thu
stolen money.
Major Andrew Jackson D0nelson diet
suddenly at Memphis on the 26th, of chol
era morbus. He was nearly ~ years o
age. He graduated second in the class o
1892, at West Point, was Private Score
tary to President Jackson during boil
terms of his administration; afterwart
served as Minister of the Republic If Texa
to Berlin, then the capital Of the German
Confederation. On his return home h
succeeded Frank Blair, ST., as editor of tn,
Washington Union, and then ran for Vice
President on the Fillmore ticket. Fol
the past ten years he has lived on his plan
tation, near Australia, Miss.
Foreign Intelligence.
The London Post of the 22d says
"There is an understanding between the
governments Of Germany, Austria and
Russia, for the preservation of the peace
of Europe"
A terrible accident occurred on the 2ad
ON the Leipsic line of railway, to train
conveying Pomeranian troops from
France. -Four cars were thrown from the
track, and two officers and twenty-one
privates killed, and one officer and forty
privates injured.
Advices from St. Thomas to June II
state that on June troops of Baez, mum