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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
Latest News.
Gold Ill,

Gold Ill.
In Chicago market on 9th inst,
as per Daily Registers report, hogs
active at So .65 9 81, the bulk of sales
ranging from 1910 a. $3.85; cattle,
no quotations, market demoralized;
wheat quiet, range of sales from
sl.Oss a, $I.23; corn weak and lower,
391 (9 Al cents.
In st. Louis, same day, per Daily
Gate City's report, hogs active and
firm at So. 40 (a $4.1O, bulk Of sales at
So. 80 a. 81; cattle unchanged and not
quoted; wheat stronger, sl.32 g
81. SO; corn firm, A a. So cts.
Connolly, the New York Ring
thief, lately arrested, has not yet
procured sufficient bail.
Hon. Dan. w. Voorhees, of lndi-
ana is out in a Card proposing a
National Convention, to be held not
later than Feb'y %, to agree upon
and announce q clear and definite
platform of principles for the Demo
cratic party. Per contra, Hon. IT,
II. Parker, Of Davenport, one OF the
leading Democrats Of Iowa, publishes
a Card declaring that the Democratic
party is dead, and that the only hope
is new party.
The Prince of Wales is not yet re-
covering from his illness.
Terrible snOw-storms ana Temp
cats have been raging in the region
If the wood mines, Utah;
several lives have been lost by land
slides: and at last accounts the snow
was ten feet deep in Alta City.
The citizens of Arizona have pre-
septed to the President petition
asking that the control OF lnd'an
affairs in that Territory be taken
from the Peace Commissioners ana
o;ven TO the military authorlties'
# the Apaches don't go on the'f
reservations forthwith the Govern
ment will go for 'em with sharp
stick.
The total State Debt of South Car
olina is reported at nearly e'gh'een
millions of dollars.
The President has finished tne
araf of his annual message: :Iare
is taken to preyent The expoSi''on %
its contents.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
GENl.M Al NEWS.


Lieut.. Gov. Duna, OF Louisiana,
died on the I'D inst. lie was one.
advertised as runaway negro.
Surely the "whirligig Of time brings
about strange revenges.'
The Salt Lake Grand Jury has
been dismissed till the second Tuc--
day in January. An effort will be
made to have Brigham ioung's
trial postponed till the March term.
The steamer "City Of New Lon
dom was burned i'm the Thames ri:-
cr, Connecticut, on the night of 2lst
inst. Seventeen lives were lost. Boat
and cargo total loss.
The st. Louis Republican give a
list Of forty nine Democratic paper
.n Missouri which favor the po!lcy al
making no Democratic nominntio.o
for the Presidency and Vice Pfesi-
dency in 1872.
Nearly 200 KuIklux weretried at
the term Of court ut Raleigh, n. G.,
ending last Saturday. A dispatch
says that "a more deinoraiized set
could scarcely he found"
LONDON Nov. 20.--The vessels
sunk in the Mersey with all on board f,
are the bark Mary Baker, OF Boston,
bound from Liverpool to Bermudh,
and the Brit!sh Arrew, from Sierra.
Leone, bound for Liverpool.
The boiler In CRAFTS Touring mill.
Is miles north Of Terre Hante, lndi-
ana, exploded on the 2ist inst, kill
ing Barton Colsey and seriously In
juring another man, and causing The
total wreck Of the mill aud of. al adj
Joining planning mill.
A man named John q. Clinton, q
barber, was arrested at Lynn, Mass,
Saturday night, charged with beating
bia wife in brutal manner, then
pouring kerosene over her and sci
ling her on FIRE. She was literally
roastcd to death. Her body was Still
burning when found.
Helen 4. Parks, OF HeDryviIle, In
diana, whose head was wounded BY
the murderer's AK SO that portion
of her brains ran out, is still iInprpv-
ing.
The public school building at Bed &.
ford, Lawrence County. Indiana, was
destroyed by FIRE last Friday morn
ing, with all its apparatus, books &c.
Loss over $4,000. No insurance.
Fire supposed to have been caused
by an incendiary.
According to the census OF 1879
there are 20,320 bind persons IN IT,"
United States, Of whom Aus are ip
Iowa.
A London, Eng. dispatch Of 25th
inst. says that the sudden severe
coldness OF the weather has ransea
great distress among the poor within
the city. Seventeen dea.hs have re-
suited Immediately from the extreme
cold since It frst appeared.
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sidewalks, but take the middle of the
street-though, in most places there
is no such thing US a sidewalk.
Out of curiosity l visited a large
wine-cellar, that extended quite un-
der one of the streets. do not know
the exact area of the establishment,
but it was immense, and stored with
casks of larger capacity than l had
ever before seen. | was informed OF
another cellar containing the petri-
fed bodies Of men and animals that
had been there eight hundred years.
/ was told that any dead animal or
person placed therein would become
petrfied in short time, and remain
perfectly natural in appearance.
Next morning We repaired, with
our baggage, To the Custom House
Depot, 10 have it searched for con
traband goods. We went TO the
trouble of unpacking all our trunks,
when the officers merely looked into
/ them, and attached small piece OF
paper TO each article examined. Gu,
goods were then delivered to the
baggage-master, who weighed and
deposited them in The ears, we pay
ing freight on all over so pounds.
Then getting aboard, we were soon
on the way, going at the rate Of ter
miles an hour.
At one O'Clock we were landed al
station called Wunsdorf, where we
were met by our Country Cousins
with teams TO convey US to Barsing'
hauspn. some twelve miles distant
Some Of US had very good coach tc
ride in, but the others had TO take &c
a hay-wag0n flied with rye-Straw-
"A conveyance much more comfOrta.
bic than nice-much against tho
feelings Of our American girls, who
regarded ii as a very ungenteei style
Of going through town. We were
not long in reaching our destination
for our cousins, feeling liberal, hac
asked us TO take somethingat Wuns
jorf, and we took
One naturally expects, when he
visits his relations in Il far-of coun
try, that they viii treat him to Tho
best the market affords. Such was
my expectation, when we should
/ reach Barsinghausen. But what wa,
my surprise aud disappointment
| when we sat down TO partake OF
supper Of boiled potatoes, boiled bee
aud stcwed plums. This they con
sidered very nice, but ! thought Il
rather rough for wealthy people
However, such is the custom here
The people do not pride themselves
on fine diet or clothing. What they
eat is produced on their own land
and most Of their clothing is manu-.
factured by themselves.
HENRY DoEEEL.
(C0ncluded nert 1Ceek.
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Knoxville National Bank.

KNOXVILLE,I IOWA. CAPITAL 81 0,ooo
IN Gold, Silver, Government ana otnc,
Securities bought and sold. Interest allowed
on time deposits. Special attention given to
Collections. Open from = a. N. 10 - 8. "
except Sundays.
DIRECTORS,
Larkin Wright, A. j. Briggs, j.. Gatnoaf'
A. W. Collins. S. l.. Collins, A. j. Kerr.
j. Bittenben ender. E b Woodruff, Al, blooks'
LARKIN WRIGHT, Prest.
A. w. COLLINS, Vice Prest
(s,l5tf A. J. BIIGGs, Gas hier.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30


examined the matter. On a road
earning $40, 900 mile per annum the
tax amounts to s2l0 mile. To
assess railroad as other property,
$1,000 a mile would probably be a
reasonable assessment. a two per
cent. tax (which is fair average for
State and county purposes) on this
amount would give per mile SlGO.
A county with one road running
across it would have, including side
tracks, say 80 miles. The present
law on a road earning SIC, 600 mile
would give $4,000 in taxes. The
same road on an assessment of S, goo
mile and a two per cent. tax would
pay $500, or 1900 less than the
present law gives.
A law taxing all railroads alike,
without regard to the business they
may do, would work manifest
hardship on new roads, as well as ON
short lines, and to considerable eX-
tent on all strictly north and south
roads, which are more Of conven-
ience TO the public than necessity
of commerce, at least in the present
condition of the trade Of the country.
So that, whatever mode Of taxation
is adopted, there is necessity well
nigh imperative that there should be
some system of Classification; and
there is probably no basis of such a
classification more equitable and sat
isfactory than that OF gross receipts.
If the roads are assessed in each
township by assessors like other
property, the assessments would be
subject to the equalization of the
county board, and these again by the
State board. If every mile Of road
were to be assessed equally, this
would not be difficult matter. But
if they are TO be assessed in proper
tion to their real worth, that IL,
their ability and power to earn
money for their owners, then they
must be classified; and there is no
other basis of classification that
would be more just than that Of earn
ings.
We have spoken above as If roads
were to earn $4,000 mile. This l.
more, probably, than any Of the
roads in the State are earning tllic
year. But all our roads are, as yet,
comparatively new, and along their
respective routes are hundreds OF
thousands Of acres Of unimproved
lands, and it is reasonable TO suppose
that all the main lines will, in few
years at farthcst, be earning ten,
twelve, or even fifteen thousand dol
lars a mile. If taxes were continued
on gross receipts they would of course
increase with the earnings. And, on
the other hand, the growth and pros
perity Of the country that would thus
augment railroad taxes would tend
to diminish the leyieS made upon
other property.
We make these suggestions for the
purpose Of melting thought and in.
vestigation upon this subject; and
we invite the opinion and suggcs-
tions Of others. In our judgment i,
is no less the interest of the railroads
than the people that this question OF
the taxation of railroad property
should be settled on q basis so mani
festly fair and equitable as to put to
rest all reasonable complaint upon
the subject. .-Udmkeye
.
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Books and Stationery.

A LBERT M. BROBsT, Dealer in School
IN Books, Writing Papers. Blank BOOKS
Bibles, 10. Music Books, MUSICAL ins'.u'
msnts, Music for Sunday Schools, singing
Schools, &c. Organs, Violins, Accoraeons,
&c. Pictures and Frames. Wall ana "l.uo|
Paper. Paper Collars. All at Puonsnere ~. Ia
Manufacturer Prices. East sioe Q. 81 .s
square, Knoxville.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
J. Curtis,

and JEWELER. and
w Dealer in Watches, Clocks, Jewslry,
Spectscies, Goggles and Toys Having in.
creased facilities for doing all kinds OF work
in my Limo, AIN able to give Entire sa'is :
faction. All work Warran ed Being agent
for Prof J Kaufmau's achromatic Speeta-
clss am prepared to suit ali conditions OF
sight Full LINES OF Dry Goods, Qneensware,
Glassware, Groceries, Notions, &C., Cheap
for Cash.
Southwest corner Of Public Square Knox
Vile, Iowa /. If
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
Matchmaker & Jeweler.

rUsTAv EBERHART has the pleasure
" of announcing that he has opened fu"
New Stock Of Watches, Clocks, Je~eiry, co.
of the latest and best styles, on the Holt.
side of Public Square. next door to n"r'hres.
corner, Knoxville. Repairing done on shor'
notice, and Satisfsctio" guaranteed, soa'e
sf patronage il solicited. ts''>"D
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
Knoxville Marble Works.

A LIEN HAMRICK, Dealer In . ro..asa
IA and American Marble, and msnalso'S 81 :.
IT Monuments. Head stones, Ceno'apnvr, 80
near u.rthv est corner Public square, KNOX
Vile, Iowa. r.
~ Mr.. Hestwood will still remain % EN-
SsNysy and Gsneral Workman. 80"
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
E'urniture.

n d YOUNG would respectfully inform
K, the citizens Of Marion County tina, be
has opened Cabinet shop on Robinson
street west ofihe Tremont II ouse. up stairs,
/ u the room formerly occupied by the Repu6h-
eau Office, where he will have on hand all
Kind, Of Furniture, and CoGins OF all siaes,
winch he wiljseil Low for Cash. (tf)
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
Parsons. Rerkev & Lytle,

DLACKSMITHS Shop one block south
- ef Tremnnt House, knoxvillsas Al
work IN their line done TO order, On lowest
terms, and sati,faciion guaranteed. Horse.
shoeing entirely with their own make OF
nails All kinds Of Wagon and Carriage
W rk, including full Manufacture and
Repairs, done with peatnsss and dispatch.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
G.. E. Conweu,

nEALERin Stoves, Tinware. Shell ana
~ Heavy Hardware, Respers, Mowers ana
Agricultural Implements generally. Agen'
for NJ. W. Warren's 3 Patent Atmospheric Port
able Soda Fountain. Cid Stand, east side
Sou.r. Kno.yii,e. l,2tf
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
r. e. 9perrv,

Mt OTARY PUBLIC Real Est ate, Ga III
N Ipsrrarce ard General Agent. Office
10 VoTER Office, Knoxville Iowa Business
intrustcd to his care will be promptly and
satisfaction attended to. otf
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
Snerrv & Barker,

nUBLlSHEKs OF IOWA VOTER, Book
and Job Printers, arc prepared to exc
Gu to promptly and in best style, oil kinds oi
Job work, including Posters, Letter Heads
Bill Heads, Cards, Labels, Envelopes, Bianks,
PAMPHLET. Etc. Orders are solicited.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
Something New !!
Contractor and Builder.

T +. ROLLER would respectfully an
~ #. nolnce that be is now prep ared to
contract, at the lowest rates, for any kind
# Building or Bridges. and guarantee salts
faction. Estimates and Plans furnished
free Shop south Of A. 4. ID. Depot
grounds, Knoxville, Iowa. (4,35 tf.)
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
1Euu1ps.

nRGCES GREATLY REDUCED!
/ have constantly on hand a Full Stock of
the very best House. stock aud Cistern
Puwps, at bottom prices. CAL and see before
yon buy and pay too high.
PUMP sHoP--Nortawest corner Of Public
Sauare. Knoxville. Iowa. II. WEST.
April 20. 1871. t4f3f.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
Warfel, Hindman & Co.,

HRPENTERS AND JOINERs. Shop
" next door west of Bsptis. Church. Knox-
vile. Will contract for all kinds of Carpeu-
t"rs' snd Joiners' Work, including Building
OF every description, and guarantee satisfao.
ion in all cases. We Manufacture and keep
on hand Safes. Desks, and "California Beau
ty" Washing Machines t43otf.A
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30

iiler1antile, Gle 0raots &e.
Furniture.

sVHE UNDERSIGNED manufactures ana
1 keeps on hand al kinds OF furniture
such As Bureaus, Safes, Bedsteads, Isoiss'
Chairs, sofas, Lounges. 30, Of Best onahty
and at the Lowest Prices, at his ola stanu' "
stairs. over kinne's Store, brick bui.ding
,outheast corner of Square, Knoxville, lows
ser keadv.made cofius, all sizes, always on
hand. (5,ll tf) WIN. We hH'.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
w, e. Wright. III. D.. ,

PHYSICIAN ana SURGEON, Knoxville.
OFF Sc at Residence, on Main Street, east
efPublic Square. (2D
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-30
profes sional.
G. L. Collins.
Eueh Thompson. MI. D.

IN ENLIST. Office ia the Fourth Building
north of 0yeitou's Drug store. Knox
Vile, Iowa. 523tf
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e. a. Wilder.
w. a. A.rdery, M. D.

DHYsICIAN and SURG EoN, knoxsia,e, o.
&c c.uov. asst
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1871-02-11

New YORK, Feb. 10.-The engine of the Erie
express train from the west, due in this city
yesterday morning, was thrown from the track
mile west of Port Jervis, about three o'clock
this morning, when running at the rate of
thirty miles an hour, and, after tumbng over
the ties for some distance, broke from the train
and was precipitated thirty feet down the en-
bankment. Both the locomotive and the tender
were completely wrecked, and the engineer,
VIM. Carpenter, of Port Jeryis, was severely
scalded. The train remained on the track, and
after proceeding few yards, was stopped with
out damage.
R. Angel, professor of French at West
Point military academy for the last twenty-five
years, died this morning of apoplexy.
Minnie Davis was sentenced to-day to ten
years in the state prison for setting fire to her
wardrobe IN order to claim the insurance.
Elias Dayon, teller in the city national bank,
Newark, N. j., has been detected in the en-
bezzlement Of $4,000, and has resigned. The
bank officials have taken no action in the mat
Ter and it is supposed to have been compro-
missed.
A contribution Of $3.50 from the produce ex-
change, for the Peabody monument fund, has
been turned over to the children's society, the
monument project having been abandoned.
The cotton exchange voted to-day to remove
its place of business TO the Hanover building,
Hanover street.
A quantity of cutlery, invoiced at BALI its
value. $500, was to-day condemned in favor OF
the government, and many more important
cases, now pending, are decided by this verdict,
The proprietors Of Che sleeping car lines have
made present of $4,000 to the wife of Con-
ductor Vosburg, killed at New Hamburg.
| Arthur P. Graham, fourteen years Of age, and
Charles Newell, fifteen years. were arrested To-
day for stealing $500 from NewelPs aunt, Mary
Powers, of Boston. Two hundred and 6fty.two
dollars were recovered. Both boys are clog
| dancers, and came here for an engagement
They will be sent back to Boston.
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Criminal Record.

ESCAPE OF A CRIMINAL.
PAoLI, Pa, Feb. 10.-Curley Harris. arrested
at Pittsburg yesterday, on the charge Of shoot
ing policeI an, escaped from the officer bring
ing him to this city, by jumping from the train
while in rapid motion. The train was stopped,
but no traces of the prisoner were found He
was handcuffed when he made the leap.
ALMOST A MURDER.
SARATOGA, Feb. 12.-Vanderrook, the person
who shot John Fellows at Clifton Park, this
county, on Tuesday, was arrested yesterday
about i've miles from the scene Of the shooting
The condition of Fellows is still precarious.
HUNG FOR RAPE.
FREDERICK, Md, Feb. 10.-John Martini col
ored, was hanged, to-day, in this city, for rape
upon Mrs. Margaret Butcher, white. The pris-
oner engaged in devotions for several hours
during the forenoon, and protested that he was
reconciled to his fate.
HUNG FOR MURDER.
CUMBERLAND, Nd, Feb. 1O.-John Howard
was executed to-day for the murder Of Henry
Miller. On the scaffold he made a rambling
speech, accusing one of the witnesses against
him with perjury.
WOMAN HUNG.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 10-Mary Wallis, colored,
was executed in the Jail yard of Prince George
county to-day.
ACQUITTED.
FONDA, Feb. 10.-Charles B. Conklin, the al
legged express rObber, was acquitted to-day.
MOB LAW IN TENNESSEE.
NASHVILLE, Feb. 10.-United States revenue
officers, assisted by force Of troops, on We'd
nesday, arrested five men, in Franklin county,
for illicit distilling, and yesterday, at Winches-
ter, the troops were surrounded by three hun
dred armed men, the prisoners released, the
property rescued, and men maltreated. That
part of the state is in open war against the rev.
euue laws.
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--LATEST NEWS.
BY TELEGRAPH
TO THE WORCESTER DAILY SPY
From Washington.
Especial DISPATCH TO THE WORCESTER SPY.

WASHINGTON, D. c., Feb. 10.
WINNIE AND THE CLERGY.
Rev. DR.. Sunderland, of this city, is out in the
papers advocating the payment of more than
$4,000 to Winnie Ream, for her Lincoln statue.
Now that she has got the clergy to work for her,
she is sure to get what she asks for.
THE SOUTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD,
The friends of tho Southern Pacific railroad
say that they have got things fixed so that their
bill will pass both houses before adjournment.
The house is expected to make a few amend
ments, and the senate to pass it just as it comes
from the house.
CONTESTANTS FOR SEATS.
The committee on elections agreed this morn
ing TO ask the house to pay Reed, n contestant
from South Carolina, $4,000, and Rogers, of Ten
nessee, who claims a seat as an additional men,
Der from Tennessee, also $4,000, to compensate
them for expenses in prosecuting their claims
before congress.
THE COMMISSION.
The senate agreed to the proposed commission
to settle our difficulties with England and it is
expected that the work will commence by the
first of March. If success attends the efforts of
the commissioners, it is expected that treaty
will be negotiated which can be submitted to the
senate in its spring session. If necessary it will
be called together next summer for couSidera-
ton of the treaty.
THE STAFF OFFICERS.
The senate naval committee will not allow
the staff officers positive rank, but agree to as.
simulated rank. The senate has always stood
by the line officers, and will probably support
the committee. When the bill comes before a
conference committee a bill will be fixed up
which will pass both houses, but it is evident
that the staff officers can't obtain all they ask
from this congress.
PRIVATE BILLS.
The house refused to 90 into committee of
the whole on the private calendar this after.
noon. There is no chance for any private bills
except those which have sufficient strength to
command a two-thirds majority. which will
suspend the rules and pass, till after next
Thursday, as motions to suspend the rules are
in order during the last ten days of the session.
1t looks now as if the house would refuse to 90
to the speakers table at any time, as particular
bill can be picked out by suspendin5 the rules.
AN EXCITING DEBATE.
The debate in the house over the bill reinstat-
ing VIM. L. Hlnscom as naval constructor was
excited, and some very bitter things were ut
tered by Gen. Banks and Gen. Butler Gen.
Banks made fearful onslaught on the navy de-
partment, excepting only from his severe CEN
sures Secretary Robson. His violent denuncia-
tons of the navy department drew the entire
house around him, and the galleiesfled up, so
that he had an immense audience. Gen. Butler
pitched into Admiral Porter, and, altogether,
there was very exciting scene. The bill passed,
and it is understood that Secretary Robson
will at once restore Mr.. Hanscom to his old place
in the department. SAM WELLER.