Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-05-04

4o0 VVOS
The Ohio Legislature has passed bill
making penalty of $500 fine and impris
onment for any person who shall solem
nize a marriage without being legally au
thorized TO do 80.
At Memphis, on the 10Th, the White
Stockings, of Chicago, defeated the MI
tuals, of the former city, in game Of base
ball-SS to9.
The Secretary of the Interior has ap.
pointed G. r. Morton, of Ohio, and Isaac
II. Wing and NJ. H. McCord, of Wiscon
sin, to appraise the Menominee Indian
lands near Green Bay, Wis. These lands
are TO be sold, but not under appraise-
ment.
The Ohio Legislature has passed bill
exempting the dwellings of clergymen Of
all denominations from taxation.
The President arrived at Indianapolis
Ind, on the morning of the ED, accom-.
panied by Senator Morton. A public re-
ception was given in the evening, at which
speeches were made. At 10 80 the Presi-
dent started in special train for ST. Louis,
where he arrived at eight o'clock the fol-
lowing morning
Vice President Colfax and family
reached their home at South Bend, Ind,
on the morning of the ED.
At st. Louis, on the 23d, the Chicago
White Stockings defeated the Empires, Of
the former city, in game Of base ball
"a toS.
A Normal, H., dispatch Of the Gath
says: Major Powell, the Colorado ex-
plorer, starts to-day upon his second Jour-
ney, ut the head of an able and energetic
corps Of assistants. He goes out under
he auspices of the Smithsonian Institute,
and with an appropriation Of $4,000.
The party is well supplied with instru-
ments, boats, and all that is necessary for
a complete and accurate survey and ex-
ploration. They intend making stay of
two years.
At Conncaut, o., on the morning Of the
18th, the dwelling house Of B. G. Foster
was discovered to be on fire, and in few
minutes was in flames. Mr.. Foster and
wife barely escaped death, while two chill
drcn persisted in the flames. Jennie, 4
years old, was burned TO crisp; Lloyd,
12 years of age, leaped from the upper
window, and was 50 badly burned that he
died in few hours
In case recently tried in Branch
County, Mich, it was decided that di-
vorce granted in Indiana was valid in
Michigan.
The official returns of the recent cleo
ton in Wisconsin give Lyons, Republican
for Supreme Court Judge, 1904
votes; Pulling, Democrat, 5S,424.
The fifty.second anniversary of the e.
Enlistment of the Independent Order Of
Odd Fellows In this country, was celebrat-
1d in many Of tho leading cities on tho
Goth.
The jury in the case of Laura d. Fair,
on trial at San Francisco for the murder
of A. =. Crittenden, have returned yer.
dict of murder in the first degree.
President Grant and Vice-President
Colfax were at Lafayette, Ind, on the
Goth, in attendance upon the Odd Fellow
celebration in that city. Mr. Colfax de-
livered the address, reviewing the history
and progress of Odd Fellowship in the
United States.
In contest for the billiard champion
ship of America, played in Chicago on the
Goth, between Frank Parker, Of Chicago,
and Cyrille Dion, of New York, the latter
was the winner by a score of 1901 to
1 ,164.
Mr. John Newell. Vice. President, has
been appointed President of the Illinois
Central Railrod, vice John M. Douglass,
resigned. Mr. A. Mitchell, Assistant
General Superintendent, has been ap-
pointed General Superintendent, oice Mr.
M. Hughitt, resigned. Mr.. w. X. Acker-
man, Local Treasurer, has been appointed
Treasurer, vice Thomas e. Walker, de-
ceased.
The south
Stephen Mason, member Of the Vir-
ginia Legislature, has been convicted of
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