Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-06-29
News in Brief.

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10000 French prisoners yet re-
main in Germany, but they are re-
turning home ut the rate OF $500
daily. 1t Is estimated that thus far
10000 persons have been executed in
Paris for complicityin the late insur-
rection. There are said to be 30, 900
creatures Of charity in Paris. There
is great distress in the city.-Ihere
are many discouraging reports about
the crops in this country. In the
South, cotton and corn have been
greatly injured. In Utah the grass
hoppers have stripped vegetation.
The Department at Washington
reports that the general acreage in
crops for the whole country seems to
have been somewhat increased, but
dry Spring in most parts OF the
country has prevented an increase OF
yield in like proportion. In Kansas
there has been great increase in
acreage Of wheat. In Southwestern
Illinois the wheat crop is excellent,
and harvest ten days carlier.---
The Government is reducing the
number Of Revenue Assessors at the
rate of about 80 per week. This
makes a good answer to the 9th plank
of the Democratic Platform Of this
State. THE Atlantic Cable Of 1865
was spliced on the 10Th inst, and the
ends connected.--Southwestern
Kansas suffered from terrible tor
nado on the 10th inst. Over 100
houses in the town Of Eldorado We're
demolished; loss 10000. There was
a great storm at Chicago on the 23d,
damaging property in the city
to theamounto of thousands of dollars.
And the storm that swept over us
here on the 18th was still more Sc
we're northwest of us, doing II great
deal Of damage along the Des Moines
Valley. In one place house was
blown entirely over barn.---T'he
Iowa State Sabbath School Associa-
ton, held at Waterloolas week, was
largely attended and very successful.
Rev. Lansing, Of Pella, read an adj
dress on Sabbath School Music. The
next meeting of the Association il to
be held ut Fort Dodge. S. w. Cole,
Of Tama City, was chosen President
for the ensuing year. 1.-THE steam
ship Collingwood, from Liverpool,
for Bombay, is believed to have 70, H.
dercd mt sea, with all on board-thir-
ty in Commencement
Exercises ut the Iowa State Univer-
sity close today. The past year has
been very successful one for the
Institution. The total number OF stu
dents was iJ3.---Indian troubles
are not all stopped yet. Attacks
upon settlers near Forts Berthold and
Buford have lately been made. a
late dispatch says that Lieutenant
Morton, with twenty-!line soldiers
and sixteen citizens, has returned to
camp Mcdonnell, Arizona, having
killed tifty-six Apaehes and recov-
cred a large amount of stock. Cap
tain Mills, with large party is now
on their California
Democrats have renominated Haight
for Governor. Their Platform OPP
poses Chinese immigration and Rail-
road subsidies, and accepts the result
Of the war and the Constitution rs
IL now stands. young man
named Chauncy Barnes, ut Stone
Lake Schoolhouse, Lagrange County,
Indiana, last Thursday shot and
killed Miss Anna Dwight because
she refused to marry him, and then
fired four balls into his own head.
~ terrible accident occurred last
Thursday on the Leipsic Line Rail-
way, to tlpin carrying Bavarian
troops from France. -Four ears were
thrown from the track, and two Of
ficers and y privatcs were killed,
and one officer and 40 privates in
igred.