Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-03-30

Eaf IOWA NEWS.
The railroad bridge across the
Mississippi at Keokuk is now SO near
completion, says the Gate City, that
It Is understood that the 10th Of
April has been set as the time for the
Hrst formal crossing.
The Democratic State Convention
will meet In this city, on the l4th of
June, the time of the roses. Among
the rumored candidates on the track
Of that Convention for Governor are,
John =. Irish, J. l.. Bowman OF
Dubuque; ID. NJ. Harris, of Missouri
Valley; aud b. +. Montgomery, of
Council Bluffs. John will take the
persimmons, II he really wants them.
-Revister.
Bishop James, Of the NJ. E. Church,
has appointed Rev. J. s. Dimmitt,
Presiding Elder Of Des Moines Dis.
trict, to the same position of the
IndianOla District, made vacant BY
the death of Elder Haines. Rev.
Dimmitt haSaccepted the trust, and
will give the IndianOla District an
equal portion Of his time.-Er.
A chap living up near McGregor
came into town the other day, and
hitched his team to a freight-car that
was standing on the track, and then
went of to saloon to "takea snort -
While he was gone an engine dropped
down and hitched on to that car and
started of. The team and wagon
are not now In good working order,
the fragments being altogether too
far apart. i,
The last Iowa Homestead has a
communication headed "Girls, learn
to love horse!" Well, there's no
accounting for tastes; but It does
seem as II they could do some better,
out here.
The Iowa City State Press Of last
week says that "the men who are to
iron and run the Iowa Southwestern
Railroad have consented to give a
little more time to the people of
these Counties in which to raise tho
money needed" And the following
appears in late dispatches:
Iowa CITY, March %.
The statement In a paper here this
evening to the effect that the Iowa
Southwestern II. II. has been ab6n-
doned, is a lie. JOHN =. IRISH.
The Marshall Times seems quite
pssiaivseAlat ca Cs @. e kspentee
Governor; and he certainly seems TO
be most talked Of in that connection
now.
Ex.Lieut. Governor John Scott, Of
Story County, Is now announced as n
candidate, fairly and squarely, for
Governor. And where Is there a
better one?
Senator Grimes writes that he will
not return to this country for some
time, though his health Is wonder
fully improved in Switzerland.
The Rep.blicon Of Newton comes
out for Col. Garrett, OF the, 40th Iowa,
for Lieut.. Governor. tg.
From same paper we learn that
the Supervisors OF Jasper County
have arranged for nm election in that
County on the question OF donating
/ the swamp lands in the County to
! the proposed "1owa, Minnesota and
1 Northern Railroad'--the new north
and-south Railroad project now
under consideration. The time foE
the election 10 not yet fixed.
Hon. John A. Kasson, now and for
some months past travelling In Eii.
rope, is expected home next month
--Register.
Same paper says:-In response to
the inquiry Of q Republican, we
would say that II Is probable the Re
publican State Convention will be
held on the 10th or the 2lst Of June,
the latter day most probably. The
Central Committee is now cOnfering
AZ to the date that will he settled
upon, and the call will be issued dur.
ing the present week.
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