Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-29
GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY
Washington News.

GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY.
Washington News
The President has appointed Clinton
Spencer Postmaster At Ypsilanti, Aichi-
ran: Alfred Van Dine Postmaster at San.
dusky, Ohio.
In the finding Of the general court mar
tial In the case Of the colored cadet, Smith,
ut West Point who was dismissed from
the academy, the Secretary Of War, In an
order recently issued, says: "The pro-
ceedings of the findings and sentence are
approved, but In view Of all circumstances
surrounding the case, and believing that
the end Of public justice would be better
subserved md the policy Of the govern
ment, Of which the presence Of this Ca
Diet in the Military Academy is signal IL
lustra.ion, be better maintained by COM
imitation of the sentence than by its rigid
enforcement, the President is pleased TO
mitigate it by substituting for dismissal
from the service Of the United States q
reduction of his academic Standing one
year"
AWashington dispatch Of the 18th says
"The Agricultural Department estimates
the reduction Of cotton acreage a. com
pared with East year at nearly - per cent,
equivalen. TO 1 ,333, 1888 acres, leaving the
present average from z 200, 900 10 {; 900, 900
No estimate is made, but 1t is assumed
that the crop cannot exceed $500, 900, and
may fall 70 100000, under the combina
ton Of Vnfavorable circumstances The
condition Of the growing plant is below
an average in nearly every State"
The President made the following ap
pointments on the leth: Abrem Hawkins
Postmaster at Rochester, MINI. Jane,
Coly, Assessor Of Internal Revenue fol
the Second District Of Utah; John II
Pitts and John II. Wickiser, Commission
ers TO attend the Centennial Anniversary
of American Independence at Philadel
phia.
Two kinds of revenue stamps are to bt
substituted for those now in USE and they
will be placed ia circulation on the LIST q
August. One Is the sensitive stamp, or
which the application Of any kind of acid
produces complete change Of color and
appearance, and the other Is a stamp
printed in colors, which will defy repro
duction by the photographers
II is now stated that President Grant
will start on his trip TO California about
the 18th Of August All the members o
the Cabinet will accompany him. He will
be absent about five weeks. The Presi
dent will not visit Oregon, as has beea
stated.
A Washington dispatch of the 21st says
General Sherman has returned from his
tour Of inspection throughout the Wes
and Southwest. He considers the appre
hensiens felt Of q widespread Indian wal
along the Texan frontier az, In grea
measure, unfounded The Generals view
Of the situation is much more hopeful thar
many have heretofore supposed"
The East.
Gold closed In New York on the els
At 1924.
Both houses Of the Connecticut Lcgisla
ture have reelected Judges James Phelps
and Dwight w. Pardee as Judges of the
Superior Court for eight years from next
July.
The Pennsylvania Grand Ledge OF
Good Templars, recently in session al
Erie, Pa, elected the following officers for
the ensuing year G. w. g. r., 8. B.
Chase; g. w. v. T., w. II. Fries; G. W.
v. O., Carrie II. Williams; G. w. Sec, l.
Ellen Wright; @. w. r., 8. 8. King G.
r., q. q. Fswcett.
At Philadelphia, on the 18th, the Rock
ford Forest City Base Ball Club defeated
the Athletics, of the former city--l0 to I.
New counterfeit 81 notes on the Ninth
National Bank of New York have been
put In circulation at the East. The Wig.
nette on the left corner is cosrsely engrav.
cd, and ct the right corner of the back the
ink has blush appearance.
A New York paper Of the 10th says
Clafin & Woodruff, the noted women
brokers, have instituted libel suit against
Henry Ward Beecher and the publishers
Of the Christian linton, laying their dam.
ages ct 4250,O0O. The ground Of action is
the publication In the Christian Union, Of
which Beecher Is the editor, of Mrs. Har-
riet Beecher Stoves new novel, In which
appear two female characters. which, 1t Ia
alleged, are intended to represent Mrs.
Woodruff and Miss Clafin.
VIM. s. Stokley is the Republican can
didate for Mayor of Philadelphia.
In game of base ball at Boston on the
nth, the New York Mutuals defeated the
Boston Red 6tockings-8 to 8. In New
York city the Cleveland Forest Citys de-
ieated the Eckfords, of Brooklyn-7 to 1.
The Athletics, of Philadelphia, defeated
the Olympics, of Washington, in the lat
tor city; score, lite 4.
The Fulton County National Bank, at
Gloversville, N. ", was robbed on the
18th, of United States, railroad and South
ern States bonds amounting to t30,S50,
and ~ 600 in mutilatpd CURRENCY.