Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-24

Horace Greeley hAs Wgittea iseteA ="
the Golden Age, in reference to suggcs-
tion in tbs; paper BY Mr.. 1ilton that he
,Greeley) wss possible candidate for the
Presidency, but could, in no contingency
be counted on or hoped for SIS Woman
Suffrage candidate, Mr.. Greeley says:
AS VOC forcibly and justly say, there is
not even q remote possibility Of my
ultimately adapting myself to this end.
Ny difference with your crowd is too vital,
too radical. 10 permit the most sanguine
dreamer to hope for my conversion"
An explosion, followed by FIRE, oc-
CURED in liquor store in jersey City, on
the night of the 18th, and the wife, son
and niece of Frank Smith, who occupied
rooms above the store, were killed.
A fre-damp explosion occurred in coal
shaft ST Pit;ston, Pa, on the morning Of
the 14th, by which Benjamin Davis was
instantly killed and several workmen were
imprisoned behind. Debris, with no means of
escape until cleared away. Up to the eve
ming OF that day the bodies of five of the
victims had been recovered. Twelve Others
were known TO be In the ruins.
On Chautauqua Lake, N. Y, on the
14,n, the steamer Chautauqua exploded
her boiler, causing the death Of five per-
sons and injuring several others.
The New York State Convention of
Prohibitionists will be held at Syracuse on
the 9Th of September next.
The first suit for damages against the
Staten Island Ferry Company, for injuries
by the Westfeld explosion, was brought
on the 9th by Miss Ester Wright.
The following are the names of the
seventeen victims OF the coal mine dis
aster at Pittston: Benz. Davis, Evan K.
Jones, Thos. Leyshon, Jas. Morgan, David
Harris, David Owens, Jas. Jones, John
Reese, Thomas Reese and Chas. Price.
Driver boys Richard Owens, John Nor
gan and Martin Mangan. Laborers-
Renj. Williams, Patrick QuInlan and Rob
ert Hughes. Runner-Edward Owens.
The last body was taken out Of the shaft
| on the morning Of the 10Th.
| A New York dispatch of the 18th says :
"The announcement of the appearance of
the cholera in London and its increase at
Konigf berg causes much alarm here. II is
feared we shall have the pestilence before
the middle of September
The following is the verdict Of the
Coroner's jury in the Westfield explosion
case:
| . III. r,A that, ha sal Anir M owl and
! others died through the rupture or explosion of
the boiler Of the ferry boat Westheld on July 30,
| 1877 that 81 d explosion or rupture was caused
by Il sw In the iron, and by the negligence OF en-.
| gineer Robinson in carrying an over-pressure OF
steam; that the company IL responsible for the
disaster Ms the defect could have been detected II
! the II aieD ISLAND Ferry Company had bad "A com
petent superintendent engineer and mechanics IN
their employ, and is, therefore, criminally negli-
| gent a
prompt action IN the mayNr. We alro think that
the government inspection Is very imperfect AZ
now condi0ted
This verdict was rendered on the 10th,
and there was one dissentient, Mr.. Kirt-
land, who believed the flaw could not be
discovered by the ordinary method OF in
spection. After the verdict was rendered,
Coroner keenan, retired to prepare the
warrants for the arrest of the President,
Directors and Superintendent of the
Staten Island Ferry Company, end also
for the arrest of Robinson, the engineer.
On the 10th the centennial anniversary
of the birth Of Walter Scott was celebrated
in many of the leading cities of the United
States as we'll as In the Old World.
The West.
At the recent election in the city and
county of st. Louis, Charles Speck, Dem
ocrat, was elected Presiding Judge of the
County Court; w. II. Heath, Republican,
Auditor District Judges-Republicans
j. II. Fisse, Philip Stremmel, X. G. Allen
Democrats-J. ID. Finney, John Bsshy, j..
l.. Hyatt
The National Labor Congress was re-
Gently in session in st. Louis, and adjourn
cd to meet at Nashville, Tenn, on the
second Tuesday in September.
The investigation Of the coroner in the
Buffenbarger poisoning case closed at Col
umbus, o., on the 10th, the jury returning
a verdict that arsenic was administered to
the deceased, Peter ButEenbarger, by some
person or persons unknown.
The absorption of the California Pacific
Railroad Company into the Central Pa
cifc was completed at San Francisco on
the 10th, by the election Of Leland Stan
ford, Of the Central, President; Milton s
Latham, of the California, Treasurer
| and the old Board of the Central Direc-
tors.
The ordinance repeating the Sunday
laws, previously passed by the Cincinnati
Board Of Councilmen, was rejected by the
Board of Aldermen on the 18th, by vote
of 10 to II.
A block of buildings known as Burnett
Row, In which eight families lived, in
Youngstown, Ohio, was burned on the
| night of the 12th Three children of John
Williams persisted in the flames
A Columbus, O., dispatch of the 14.h
says: MRS. II. II. Colburn will be ar
rested tomorrow on the charge ofpoison-
ing Butfenbarger She will be Immediately
! admitted to bail until Monday. when the