Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-02-23

card denying tnat snc ACAAntA10 :.
| Tins of the late disaster at that place were
disrespectfully treated and no stteniion
paid to them by the railroad offlcers, and
says everything was performed n the most
expeditions and considerable manner posi-
bic.
Alice Cary, the well-known poetess,
died in New York city on the 18th, aged
80 years. She had been an invalid many
yearR szasssssssa
a Newbuyport Mass, dispatch states
that Leonard Choate, known a. the New.
buryport Fire bug, has been sentenced
to the State Prison for life, for commmit'
ting numerous incendiary acts in that city
and vicinity. efffl e,
II was George 8. Benedict, the son Of
the editor and publisher Of the Cleveland
Hsrald, and not George A. Benedict, the
editor himself, who was killed in the Hnd'
son River Railroad disaster. The son waa
the business manager Of the Herald office
The Democracy of the Fourth Con
necticut District have renominated The
Hon. w. II. Barnum for Congress
Boil, houses OF the New Jersey Legis.
lature have recently ratified the Fifteenth
Amendment. iH
Thomas Balls marble statue Of the late
Governor Andrew, of Massachusetts, was
formally unveiled at Boston on the 14th,
and presented to the State. .,s,
All the collieries at Mt Carmel, Pa,
have resumed work. f#t 80 |''''@
The Republican Congressional Conven.
ton of the Third District of Connecticut
have rcnominated II. II. Starkweather lot
the third term. DR.. A. r. Goodrich is the
Democratic candidate for Congress In the
Hartford District, and Hon. Julius L.
Strong, the present member, Is the Re-
publican candidate.
90 q The West.
Resolutions censuring President Grant
for interfering In elections, especially IN
New York, were defeated in the Ohio
Senate ON the 8th--yeas, "A; nays, IL.
q Arizona advices to the Goth ult. state
that terrible state of affairs existed there.
Indian outrages were of frequent occur
rece, and murders, thefts and poisoning
were being committed by the Apaches.
The entire press of California is calling
loudly on the government for the protec-
ton Of the Arizonians against the Indians.
The Howe sewing machine factory, at
Peru, Ind, was destroyed by fire on the
morning of the 10th. Three lives were
lost--E. p. iLoveland, John Cummings,
and third person, name unknown.
A Lincoln (Neb) dispatch Of the 9th
saws: A concurrent resolution, instruct
ing the Attorney General and Treasurer of
the State to demand from Governor David
Butler the immediate payment Of the five
per cent. fund, taken in violation Of law,
was passed without division. The Legis-
laturc has adjourned till March 10, To give
subcommittee to investigate the special
acts of the Governor and other State off,
GERS, and the Land Commissioners, during
the last three years, time to complete the
investigation. A large number Of persons
are being summoned. and lively times are
anticipated"
Both houses of the Kansas Legislature
have asked Congress to make pensioners
of the sufferers by the Quantrell raid on
Lawrence during the war. -
Ex-Governor Fletcher arrived in St.
Louis. on the 18th, from the Indian coun-
try, where he completed treaty with the
Shawnee and Wyandotte Indians for the
right Of way for railroad through the
reservations. This gives the road an un-
obstructed right Of way from the western
border of Missouri to the Colorado River.
General j. H. Hydrick has been APP
pointed Supervisor Of Internal Revenue for
the district Of Iowa, Vice Willis Drum
mond, resigned. ~
7' The south.
The steamer Judge Wheeler exploded
her boiler, burnt and sunk on the morning
Of the 12th, at Bells Landing, forty-five
miles above Vicksburg. Three men were
killed and three others injured. r.
A resolution was passed in the Arkansas
Senate, on the 18th, calling on Governor
Clayton to make known at once whether
on not is was his intention to accept the
United States Senatorship 800 Il.
= -fl33owrn; hssUcfaI6 Justice Of the Su-
preme Court Of Arkansas, has, rendered
his resignation to Governor Clayton.
Lieutenant Governor Leslie was inau.
gurated Governor Of Kentucky, on the
18th, at Frankfort, rice Governor Steven
son, resigned. anal lso ttlasi,.s III
John E. Bennett has been nominated
and confirmed as Associate Justice Of the
Supreme Court Of Arkansas. : 100
|ld A Little Rock, Ark, special Of the 14th
says there were rllnofs that articles Of Inn
peschment had been prepared against
Governor Clayton. .ayuY N9x -
Gov. Alcorn, of Mississippi, who waa
elected United States Senstor to succeed
Revels on the 4th Of March next an
nopnces his intention to decline the 6ena.
i torsnp.. Sth'l iHalIs,7i gi ba9tYt
III ~ Foreign Intelligonce. , "