Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-19

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County, he's sued,a eushing maiden
Miss Sarah Mason--for sedncing
the male member Of the Hunter Arm.
The damages are laid At sSo00."
Now, the question arises, Are all the
"gushing maidens'' who have been
"seducing' poor, unfortunate men
folks to be compelled to pay for It?
That's what we want to know.
At the meeting Of the State Agri-
cultural Society at Des Moines last
week, E. II. Shankland, of Dubuque,
was chosen President for the ensuing
term, and DR.. ShafYer of course con-
tinued as Secretary. The next State
Fair is to be held at Cedar Rapids.
The Officers of the State IIorticul.
tural Society have oil been reelected
for the current term, as we learn
from the Register's reports.
It Is stated that magazine for the
Odd Fellows Of Iowa will shortly be
started, to be published at Council
Dlufis.
One of the State Farmers Institutes
will be held at Washington, COM
mencing the 25th Of the present
month. The same gentlemen
Pres't Welch, Prof. Matthews, and
othsrs- will conduct 1t, says the
Register.
An old man named John Allison
hung himself In the woods near hia
house, about . miles north Of Chari-
ton, on the 6th Inst r. xe lessp
In the long list Of names mem
toned for gubernatorial honors, we
find the names OF Hon. John Scott OF
Story, c. w. slagle of Jefferson. H.
Price Of Scott, Ed. Wright Of Cedar.
B. F. Cue and c. c. Carpenter Of
Webster, Judge Baldwin and Gen.
Dodge Of Council Bluffs, w. B. ALI.
son Of Dubuque, Henry O'Connor Of
Muscatine, John A. Elliot and b. +.
Allen of Polk. We have strained
our eyes dreadfully with the vain
hope of finding our name In the dis
tInguished liat, but And there has
been q most woeful oversight some
where!-Albia Union.
The C0nseyrutOr OF last Thursday
urges the people OF Oskaloosa to take
immediate STEPS TO induce the Des
Moines Valley Railroad Company TO
move their Track up To Oskaloosa
and then build q Road westward
through Knoxville.
The Gate CUy says the House
Committee was perfectly right In
refusing to adopt the report Of Mr..
Loughridge, concurred in by Con.
Butler, that the l4th and 10th
Amendments have already given
the ballot to woman. And we may
add for ourselves that we have no
desire to zee . reform smuggled into
being. Let Il come fairly and openly
when Il tdoes como. ~
A young man named John w.
Morrison, arrested . few days since
In Chillicothe, Missouri, ON charge
Of horse-steallng, and brought to
Corydon, Iowa, hang himself with .
towel while In jaIl,on Monday night.
The jailor found him dead the next
morning. His father, says the
Corydon Monitor, IL highly respect.
ed citizen of that place.
A correspondent Of the Gate CS.y
writes that nine Indians were
drowned near that plAce . ew Gays
ago, by the sudden breaking OF the
ice On which they were crossing the
Minissippi.
The sioux City Journal ihvors the
nomination Of John A. Elliott to the
Governorshii. The Council Bluffs
NonpareA and the Iowa City Repub-
Ycan strongly oppose him, the lstteri
paper urging that he hnas already
wirs-wosked himself jnto . fortane
% 49, from Iasssanss CompanSes.
We - 4 sls1s1 ~ Coz. 1sefiil
= aaeoaaesA g . eas6idate Soe
ltarian's successosship II the Senate.