Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-27


T pz.s1t oa Tie Is-i- srd Tx proposes 70
r-seznps CT oo1p-I settlements ao1 he
oec- paz.s
Ire South.
A co-ysa.igo Of the Raytis-s o. Ksz-
.rcTy, receztly II session at Louisville, De-
Odd 70 rsise $50 900 70 locate he Sovfh-
err Baptist University, Dor a. GreenTille,
:. G.. ct snn.e favorable point il Kertucsy,
pr0viding tie Bspsis.s Of the othe, Sozgh-
ern s.4.as wo1l6 raise s ~, go more.
II l. announced thAi cars viii be rzn-
rirg On tie Arkansas Central R2ilroai
! from HeIens TO Thite River By the 18th
Of September
AL Wheels, books, etc, OF Lotteries
which draw in Coyington, Ky, were
seized or the l4:h by the Coving.on gu
tborities. X 10 claimed that the chart r
have expired by Limitation, and that under
the present laws Of Kentucky they are
Illegal. The parties who control the
drawings were arrested
II 10 reported that Sztsnta and Big Tree,
KioTs Chiefs, who were Captured at Fort
Lin when General Sherman was Their,
and sent 10 Austin, Tex, attempted 70
escape from prison, and actually released
themselves from their shackles by gnaving
the flesh from their hands and feet, but
were discovered and shot dead. The
people Of the Texas border were very I'M
easy lest there shsuld be general out
break Of the reserve Indiana on the settle
rnents, 20 take vengeance for the death Of
/ the Chiefs.
A storm on the night of the 10Th did
great damsge, on the line of the Louisville
& Nashville Railroad in the vicinity Of
Mumfordsville, KY, prostrating crops, de-
stroying fences, &c. s.a
Gov. Warm8uth, Of Louisiana, arrived
at New Orleans on the 18Th, and at once
took charge Of the Executive office.
The Grand jury at Baltimore have found
indictments against Mrs. Elizabeth g.
Wharton, widow Of Major FL w. Whar.
ton, on the charge Of having caused the
death Of General Ketchum, recently, by
mixing poison in drink while ne was visit
| ing her residence, and also of having, In q
similar manner, attempted to poison Mr.
Van Ness, a friend Of her family Suspi
cions are said TO exist that Mrs. Wharton
also caused the death of her husband, hei
husbands brother and his daughter, and
her own son, all of whom were taken Ill
and died suddenly In her house within
three years. Her son had his life insured
in her favor for 100000. The motive OF
her murder Of General Ketchum is sup
posed to have been to get rid of paying
$1,000 she owed him.
At the Alabama State Convention Of
Teachers and School Superintendent,
recently held at II )nlgomery, it was re.
solved by unanimous vote "that the
education of the colorcd race was duty
and high privilege Of the white race, and
that the convention concur in any
measure calculated to accomplish such a
result" .s..ss
The Maryland Democratic State Con-
vention met at Baltimore on the 10Th, and
made the following nominations: For
Governor, VIM Pinkney Whyte, of Balti.
more; For Attorney General, A. X. Syl.
vester, of Washington County tor Comp,
troller, Levin Woodford, of Somerset
County, present incumbent.
Foreign Intelligence.
The arsenal at Rio Janeiro has been to-
tally destroyed by fire. The loss To the
Brazilian Government exceeds $500 O0e.
A letter received at Washington on the
18th, from Treasurer Spianer, reports his
health as gr- duaily but certainly improv-
ing.
In the Spanish Cortes, on the 18th, after
discussion of a motion looking to Wig
orous prosecution Of the war 10 prevent
the loss of Cuba and the consideration of a
proposition made by General Sickles for
the sale of Cuba to The United States, it
was resolved to keep the leland at any
cost.
The Bavarian troops which served in
the late war made triumphal eLtry into
Munich on the 10Th, amid the most enthu
siastic rejoicing. The city was splendidly
decorated, and at night there was grand
illumination
The Austrian Government has formally
ratified the naturalization treaty with the
United States
The announcement that the Archbishop
Of Tours succ, eds the late Monseigneur
Darboy as Archbishop of Paris is con-
| frmed.
An explosion at Rheims, on the 10 h,
caused great fire, and many buildings
in the business part of the city were
burned.
An accidental explosion of the powder
works at ST. Maur, Vincehnes, occurred
on the Nth. The Ofi'ia Journa. of the
18th states that six persons were killed
and thirty wounded
The Chief If Police of Dublin died on
the 10Th from Wounds rec. lived few days
bt fore. at the hands of u supposed Fenian
The murderer was under ~ rest
1t is officially announced that the Asiatic
cholera has broken cut In several PLACES