Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-01-12

foundry in Brooklyn, N. Y, on the night
If the Goth ult. The engineer, fireman
and a painter were killed, the body OF the
latter being found the next morning 5oo
feet distant from the scene Of the disaster
A Poughkeepsie IN. w. dispatch states
that the Assistant State Cattle Commits
sioner. on the goth ult., reported one thou
sand head of diseased cattle In Duchess
county, and that the health Of the county
was seriously endangered by the people
using the milk
A FIRE at Mif1n, Pa, on the night OF the
goth ult. destroyed seventy buildings, In
fiicsng loss of from $150.00 TO s9OO,ooo.
Much excitement has been created In
Boston and New York financial circles by
the f,ilure of Cakes Ames There are
several firms involved, viz: The Ames
Pillow Company, Oliver Ames d Sons, and
Cakes Ames individually. When the
Pacific Railroad enterprise was started,
Cakes Ames took leading part, and
loaned his money freely. Other enter
prises followed, to which Mr.. Ames leaned
his credit with equal liberality.
Chief Justice Beasley, of the New Jersey
Supreme Court, has decided that the Erie
Company has the exclusive right to make
regulations governing trafac through the
Bergen tunnel; and, also, that the Erie
time table must have precedence.
The Pennsylvania Legislature organized
on the Sd. In the House, Hon. James II.
Webb, Republican, was elected Speaker,
and General James L. Selfridge, Chief
Clerk. In the Senate, Hon. William A.
Wallace, Democrat, was elected Speaker,
and Jacob Zeigler, Clerk. The other can
didates placed in nomination by the Dem
ocratic caucus were elected.
The New York Legislature met on the
Sd. Mr.. Hickman, of New York, was
elected Speaker of the House, and Corne-
lius w. Armstrong, Clerk. The Govern
or's Message was read.
The Boston Times Of the Sd, speaking
of the Cakes Ames failure says: :" We
are able to state from reliable authority
that the Ames Company will, after all
their debts are liquidated, find themselves
enjoying a surplus of at least $S,OOO,OOO.
The idea Of insolvency as connected with
this firm is simply absurd"
The South.
An Atlanta, Ca, dispatch of the 2Sth
says: "rhos. J. Speer, Republican, has
been elected in the Fourth District to the
Forty second Congress, by 500 majority.
Jefferson T. Long, Republican, has been
elected from the same district to the Forty
first Congress. 1t is believed that John
s. Bagby, Republican, in the Third Dis
trict, and Richard A. Whitney, Republi-
can, in the Second District, are elected.
Adam p. Price, Democrat, is elected in the
Sixth District by large majority. Gilbert,
White, Banks, Madison, Habersham and
Franklin counties are largely Democrat
ic."
Several members of the North Carolina
Legislature arrived in Washington on the
2Sth from Raleigh. They state that
Governor Holden expects that he will be
impeached. 1t is doubtful whether he will
attempt any defence. 1t was proposed to
engage some eminent counsel from among
the Conservative lawyers Of the State, but
the Raleigh Sentinel, in q recent article,
says no one would dare defend Governor
Holden.
A recent fire at Marshall, Texas, de-
stroyed $4,000 worth of property.
An Atlanta, Ga, special to the N. y.
Tribune of the Both ult. says that returns
enough had been received to warrant the
statement that three Republican Congress
men had been elected to the Forty-second
and Fory-third Congresses from the
Second, Third and Fourth Districts of
Georgia.
The gang of laborers engaged in clear
ing out the ruins of the Spottswood Hotel,
at Richmond, Va, have discovered por-
tons of bodies which cannot be identified.
In the Louisiana Legislature on the 3D.,
j. Pinkney Smith, Democrat, was elected
Warrant Clerk.
A fire at New Orleans early on the
morning of the I'd, destroyed the steam
ers Magenta, Grand Erie, Julia Rudolph
Thompson Dean, and John Howard, all OF
which are a total loss. The steamship
De Soto, running between New York and
New Orleans, was burned to the waters
edge, below the latter city, on the Dist
ult.
Foreign Intelligence.
The bombardment of Fort Avron con
tinued on the 2Sth. The French replied
with vigor, but their fire was reported tc
be ineffective. The news of the opening
of fire on the Notifications Of Paris wa:
received at Berlin with public rejoicings
The weather in Southern France was in
tensely cold on the 2Sth.
A Versailles dispatch of the 18th says
the French army of the North had con
centrated around Arras. The health Of
lie troops was excellent.
A Havana dispatch Of the 28th states
that the rebels were. presenting themselves
for surrender everywhere, in large mum
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