Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-26

minutes. but returned covered with coat
Of frost two inches thick, from top to toe.
The New jersey Legislature has elected
r. I. Frelinghuysen to the United states
Senate, and Cove Salisbury sDrot4er q the
present incumbent, is they SeGAtor 3ecf
from Delaware. E ~
The West
Cedar Rapids has been agreed upon BY
the State Agricultural Society rs the l9ca-
tod bfthe Iowa State Fair for the present
year. ..............,u-
1Kz Wfsc6nsfnf ssate debs, sccorsiing to
the recent message Of Governor Faircbild,
il >a,252a57. The resources Of the State
for 1871 are 81 ,06s. 1923 IA !; estimated ex-
psndi,ureA 81 on, y4sysA 1874 ara 81
Justice Byron Paine, Of the Wisconsin
Supreme Court, died At Madison on tue.
night 81 the 18th, Of pneumonia. ~
In the Illinois House Of Representa-
ives on the 10th q resolution 10 disconsi
tiaue the reading Of the; Bible in the pub
schools was offered and tabled. "a
The Chicago, Baseball Club iWhfte
6sockings) has been re-orgsn.iized for the
season Of 1871, and is composed as follows
Martin King, catcher; George zettlein,
pitcher; Michael McAtee, first-basenisn !;
James Wood, second baseman; Edward
Pinkham, third baseman; Edward Duffy
short stop Edgar Cuthbert, center fielder !;
Frederick Trescy, efs fielder; Joseph
Simmons. right fielder. Edward Atwater
and Thomas Foley, substitutes.
The illinois Legislature on the nth
elected Hon. John A.. Logan as United
States Senator The Vote stood, IN the
Senate, j32 for Logan, Is forT j. Turner'S
in tie House, 1o1 for Logan, 70 for Turne r
and for VIM. II. Snyder a3i ii 49,.
. The following is the vote for United
States Senator in the Missouri Legislature
on the nth: Senate-Blair 10; Henderson
II. House-Blair 81; Henderson 43. IN.
The Minnesota Legislature on the I'M
elected Hon. William Window, United
States, Senator for the long term, and 0. I.
Stcarns for the short term. j.. - "A,
The heads Of the six Chinese companies
Of San Francisco, are taking steps to have
the late decision of the Supreme Court of
that State, denying the admissability of the
testimony iof 4 Chinaman In a court of
justice, taken up 70 the supreme Court Of
the United States on writ Of error. .
mo snq1lit The South. OBJ u i
A recent New Orleans dispatch says
negro children will hereafter be admitted
TO the public schools. aGIlgg@tH -
The steamer F. L. Magill, of ST. Louis,
from New Orleans, was burned at shoe
Fly Bar, on the Mississippi, on the night
Of the 14th. The number OF lives lost Is
about thirty, including four women and
three children. t, ~
A Memphis dispatch of the 18th says it,
was thought that fifty eight lives were lost
by the recent steamer Magill disaster. lu
81 ls4a Foreign Intelligence. il1
A dispatch from Versailles on the 18th
says large fire was raging within the
outer walls y,t Of Paris, and on the north side
A Brussels dispatch Of the 18th says the
bombardment, on the 10th, Of the nine
forts and seven French batteries between
the forts, resulted in no, serious damage,
and not q single gun was ,dismounted.
The Grand Duke Of Mecklenburg telc-
graphed, on the 18th, that in a battle at
Lompcon and La Chapclle, ON the 10th,
10000 French prisoners were captured,
the German loss being inconsiderable. '''i
The Right Hon-Wm. Monsell, Member
Of Parliament from county Limerick, has
offered the Popea residence on his estate
- A, London dispatch Of the 18th says the
French army, under General De ChanAy,,
WAS completely defeated near Le Mans, by
the Second Army, commended by Prince
Frederick Charles and the Grand Duke Of
Mecklenberg.l The Germans occ,ipiediL,e
Mans, capturing large quantities Of supplies
and war materials. The Frcnchiwere be-
ing pursued.
10 Another terrible explosion has occurred
in a colliery near Newcastle, England.
Twenty persons were killed or injured. . q
I The Very Rev. Henry Alfred, D. d.,
Dean Of Canterbury, died suddenly on the
18th, III tie 61st year Of his age.
4 The British Foreign Office has received
tAlegraphic dispatches from the Legation
at Pckin, dated December 81. They re-
port that there had been no further troub-.
les. and that adviees from Chinese ports
nora satisfactorv ~
"A Versailles dispatch of the evening of
the 18th says the bombardment had been
going on with unabated activity all day,
and CONGREGATIONS were. distinctly, visible
IN numerous places throughput tine city.
Frederick Charles entered lie Mans on
the 13ths 10000 Of Chanzy's forces had
been taken prisoners by the Germans, 30
A London telegram Of the 14th says the
Gppferenee pf the. Great Powers on the
Black Sea question had been spmmoned
10 meet in that city on the 18th inst. In,
DISPATCHES received in, New York on