Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-04-06

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WAsuINGToN, April 1.-The pub
lie debt statement shows . reduction
Of $ll ,Oll ,26C.55.
The insurrection in Cuba still
fingers along, In . guerrilla lashion,.
with barbarous atrocities II reports
may be believed. Is
The "Commonwealth" Fire Insur-
ance Company Of New York sus.
pended last Saturday.
New York rascals have . way Of
themselves on baggage
cars, and throwing baggage out of
the cars, to confederates along the
road, while the train ie running or
when 1t stops at by-stations. Two
or three of them were caught at X
last week, and were shot and killed
hy 6seectiyev sttesnptinx 70 arrest
them. '''s''s'. s''sss q s. 'sss' ; :,
The boiler in McCall's distillery,
at McCall's landing, on the Ohio
river, exploded on the 3lst uit., kill.
ing eight persons and wounling
seven others. 1t is reported that
several of the hands had been on o
big drunk. t.A - *
Gov. Alcorn asks authority to or.
ganise a regiment Of cavalry 10 sup.
press the Ku-klux In mississippi,
and he proposes to make the counti,s
infested by the Ku-klux pay share
of the expenses.
1t is stated as fact which may not
be generally known, that the oieai.,
der, SO popular as house and yard
plant, IL extremely poisonous. The
death Of some children In Ohio, from
eating 1t, IL lately reported.
They are now at work clearing out
the distractions in the entrance to
New York harbor, by tunneling and
blasting. A few days ago . steamer
ran ashore just over tunnel number
seven, which is 1Ol feet long, 20 fet't
high, and II feet wide, and the roof
about six feet thick. While the
steamer was on the reef fourteen
charges were fred In the tunnel
Immediately under her, and the
violence of the motion created great
CONSERVATION on board. How is
that, for modern engineering?
An old New York merchant trav-.
cling In Georgia, writes home that
!: ,.':tths WORT stefiss shopt ~ = kA.k!1x !
Outragas are NOT B1See t)San haif W.
the truth. Humanity sinks and
willis down to see It," iaa"II
The Erie Railroad men don't seem
to have things all their own way
quite M much just now. 16of their
locomotives were seized last week,to
be sold for debt. ~
SrOcKHoLM, March 00.--Thc
Queen of Sweden IL dead.
An entire business block IN Bates
vile, Mississippi, was burned hast
week, by the explosion Of Kerosene
lamp. 3.a
Some rascals stole q lot Of boots.
meat and other articles from, thu
State Penitentiary Of West Virginia
q few days ago! 1t seems thsre.is
no honor even among thlsvcs. q n
Hon. John A. Elliott now announ-
ces positively that he will not bea
candidate for Governor Of Iowa.
It Is now denied that Alexander,
the great Illinois cattls.king, has
failed. it H
Congress Ia still debating on tha
Ku.Klux bill. s.
There are seventeen ex-C Confederate
officers members Ut the FOvty-slcOnd
COngress-flfteen Of them Democrats.
Fighting In Paris hasbegun again.
There was q sklrmish last Sunday
between tho jnsuSgents and tho
government troops. Hard to tcli
which whipped. Great excitement
prevails. The Prussians will enter
Paris on the 18th inst, and enforce
order themselves, II peace ~ uQt
before that time.
Connecticut had eleceisn for Stu,e
officers and C0mg gssssnssn on AlSnAkay.
Returns YET received ainsuSt ssothtnE.
State reported very caoaes ba,t eiectios.
VI Republican tickes slsjnssa.
The Keoknk> city election Last
Monday resul>sd is A.sp1sndid Ne
publican tsisunPh- ias
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