Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-02-09

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Tsunemse, wss uallsd In Tie CSiminal
Ccurs, q Washington, D. c., ON TIE 18th,
ON An Indictment for forgery Of pension
papers. There were SIX counts in the in
dictmcut He waived xrraignmsnt and
pand mot guilty. After the examination
Of = number Of witnesses, the court said
that there was mot the slightest foundation
Tor the prosecution, and the jury gave .
verdict of not guilty.
The President sent 70 Congress on the
30th message recommending the estsb-
NsAment Of I territorial government Tor
Annug tn nominations ssut to the
Senate ON the 0Oth wns that Of Louis Welt
~, 70 be Assessor of Internal Revenue in
the First District of Ohio. t.
The following nominations were sent 10
the Senate on the 31st: j. G. Abercrombie,
Surveyor II Customs at Burlington, Iowa
J. II 1orrison, CollectOr of Customs in
Colorado Territory.
The following Is the public debt state
meat q published on the LIST:
Total outstanding debt ...... a, As, $4,000 90
Total principal md fsssrsst, I'M
GLIDING interest due and nm 49,.
Amount In the Treasury. ......... IH,0Ol,Se0 q
Debt lese anouut IN Treasury. - ,BOT 90
s,s::s :sass k e nG1.a g
BONDS issued 70 Pacific Railroad M
Companies, interest payable In
lawful money It5 ffgttfE ts fttFt
Interest accrued and not yet paid S33,0gl 90
Interest rspaid By transportation !.
Bsisnc e''s Of interest paid BY IL: '''''' "
United States. 6eo3066 90
The following nominations were sent to
the Senate on the list Postmasters John
II. Mann, Delphi, Ind. George w. Baker,
Rochester, MINI. Charles r. Tyler, Green
Hay, Wis. Samuel X. Bern, Canton, Ohio;
r. L. Goodson, Bellevue, Ohio; Squire A.
hyperion, Bushnell, Ill; w. H. II. Ellis,
Jr., Mason, H.; Lizzie Gilmer, Pittsfeld,
H.; L. w. Smith, Ehingham, ILL.,; Nor
man Parsons, Pendleton ILL.,; Arthur Fan
miss, Warren, III. orig t4' blls'.
The East Ia s&
Gold closed in New York on the LIST at
1113S. II 's
The strike among the Pennsylvania coal
miners continued on the 9th, with little
prospects Of an carly resumption Of work.
A gas explosion occurred in the Brook.
Ign gas works on the 9th, and the en-
gineer, Frederick Anderson, was killed
The loss by the explosion was estimated
at $4,000. .a
The following named Fenians arrived
n New York city on the eth, on the
steamer Russia: David Mulcahy, Thos.
r. Burke, ID. Edward Pomer, w. r. Roun-
tree, Edwin II. Clair, George Brown, Pat
rick Walsh, Peter Mangaur and Patrick
Lennon A large crowd collected at the
Cunard dock, who greeted them with en-
thusiastic cheers Congressman VIM.
Roberts greeted them on behalf of the
Tammany Reception Committee, and es-
eorted them to Sweeney's Hotel, where
they had an enthusiastic reception In the
evening.
It is said that the money stolen ftom
the express company at Albany, N. Y, at
the late robbery, was not much short of
971,0 or $780, 900. John Filkins has been
indicted by the grand jury, as the perpe.
TRAITOR Of the crime.
The Pennsylvania Republican State
Convention Is to be held In Harrisburg on
tho 10th OF March. 1t viii nominate can
didates for Auditor and Supervisor Gen.
eral, TO be elected In October. IF suBd
John Laughlin, aged 81; his wife, aged
20; son, aged 4; and Susan Sands, aged
%, were found dead In q room at No. 1897
Third avenue, New York City, on the
3oth. They were suffocated by gas from
q stove.
There was great rejoicing on the 8oth In
Ill the principal cities Of the country,
among the German residents, over the
Apitulation OF Paris. r '9t II 80 = .
The Now Jersey Senate has passed .
bill TO permit indicted persons to testify,
when on trial. lsas,s tng ~
Hon. Julius L. Strong has been renomi-
mated for Congress by the Republicans Of
the First District Of Connecticut; and the
Republicans Of the Second District have
rcnominated Hon. s.. w. Kellogg. 'Bi q
The marble statue Of the late Governor
Andrew, Of Massachusetts, has been re-,
placed In the niche In the hall of the State
House, and win be unveiled when the for
NAL presentation TO the State 10 made.
e,sy 4 The West. s gansi 4
Colonel G.. j. Young, member of the
House Of Representatives from C0lum.
biana County, Ohio, and editor of the
Buckeye State, died suddenly on the after
noon Of the 26th, q he entered the State
House, Of hemorrhage Of the lungs. a,
A convention Of Sherifs Of Illinois,
recently held ct Springfield, formed .
protective association, the object Of which
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