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Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03
Rodgers, commanding the United States


Asiatic squadron:
name wac Pebiger. came here and communicated
and went away WY cannot you do the same
In the year 1855 people called French came he,e
and we refer you 20 them for what happened.
This people and kingdom have lived IL the enjoy
ruent Of their own civilization 400 years and we
I want no other. We trouble no other nations.
/ Why should they trouble ns oar co lntfy W. u
/ For what purpose do you come so many tnoussno
mles across the sea' Ii II TO inquire abont yes
| sci desuoyed-the General Sherman! Her men
! committed murdeS and piracy, and were punished
with death. Do you want cur land! That cannot
/ be- Do you want Intercourse wish uss That can
not be-
| President Theirs has refused to accept
the proffered resignation Of Favre as Min
lister Of Foreign Affairs.
| A new sorrow has come to Rochefort
by the elopement of his daughter, a girl
of Is, who was at school in Jersey, with
youth of -. They went to London and
were mrrried The young mans mother
packed him off to Australia, and sent the
sentimental girl back to school.
A special dispatch from London on the
oath states that the departure of the Pope
from Rome TO take up his residence in the
island of Corsica, was daily expected +;
also, that measures were On foot In Rome
for the choice Of successor to Plus Nino,
who is to be man of moderate and liberal
tendencies, and friendly to the Italian
Government.
The Spanish Government has authorized
| Senior Lopez Roberts, Spanish Minister TO
the United States, TO act according to the
clause of the Treaty Of Washington which
provides for the appointment Of Mixed
| Commission for the settlement of the
claims of American citizens against Great
Britain. The Spanish Government, in a
friendly reply to General Sickles, has de-
clared that it is not unwilling to adhere to
the neutrality laws as laid down in the
Treaty of Washington.
A letter from Para, Brazil, dated July 4,
says the yellow fever had assumed very
malignant form in that city. Nearly every
stranger there had died, including the
English Consul and his wife.
1t is said that President Theirs has in.
uuCtu W CDuSCnI W luC CNdCuh-
ton of the Paris forts still held by German
troops, and the entire Departments of the
Seine and Seine ct Disc, on or before Au.
gust 81.
A London telegram of the Goth says ar
rangements were being made in Paris to
welcome Andrew Johnson, ex-President
Of the United States, who was expected
there at an early day.
Recent reports from Censtantlnople say
the famine IN Per STA was causing dread
full havoc. The deaths in the province of
Khorossan averaged 800 daily, and SO
great was the distress that the dead bodies
were devoured by the survivors, and men,
women, and children were in some cases
killed to render the supply of food abun.
dant. The plague had also appeared
9mong the Persians, and the Turkish Gov.
eminent had been compelled, by the ext.
gency of the case, to draw sanitary cor.
don along the borders Of its dominions.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03
FINANCIAL.
Investment Securities

JAY COOKE & Co. are now selling w. y
ommcnd as profitable and safe invs -;
Tor all classes, the First Mortgage -
Bonds of the Northern Pacific Rsilross. ,
pany, bearing Seven and Three 'eD'y
cent. gold interest (more than 8 per o'.
rency), and secured by first and ons
gage on the entire road and equipmen',
on more than 1000 Acres of Land 70 :.
mile OF track, or 500 Acres Of Land
sl'Wo Bond. The highest current plr y
DC pslo ior Q. 8. Five-Twenties, ana
marketable Securities received in ~
fsamphlets, maps and full informsticHn, y, 4
Tu n on application, by JAI -
20, Philadelphia, New York and W. W.
ont the country.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03
SUICIDE CoMmirrEn.

As the result of an inactive state Of liver
and stomach, producing headache, obtuse in
tellect, dizziness, dependency, dementia, and
final insanity, is no uncommon occarrence.
All these disagreeable symptoms and bad
feelings are most certainly dispelled by the
use of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
1t revitalizes and builds up the whole system.
A little book on Chronic Diseases sent free.
Address r. V. Pierce, NJ. D., Buffalo, n. Y.
Golden Medical Discovery sold by all drug
gists. fr. 517
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03
THE LAND OF VEGETABLE WoNpERs-Tl

THE LAND OF VEGETABLE WONDERS The
soil of California teens with vegetable phe-
nomena, giant trees, plants, roots and herbs
unknown elsewhere. From that vast botanic
field are culled the ingredients of DR.. WALK
ER's VINEGAR BIrTERs, medicine that is as
tonishing the world with its cures, and throw
ing all other tonics, alternatives and invigor-
ants into the shade. As its benefits are ex-
tended, indigestion, biliousness, intermittent
fever, and all scrofulous and scorbutic disor-
ders lose their terrors.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03
decided i, to be the result of heart dis.

decided il to be the result of heart dis
case.
The New York Epentng Mai says
that on the morning Of the 18th Of July,
porter. employed by merchant of that
city, informed him that he would not work
that day, but meant to take the life OF an
Orangeman before night. His employer
tried to dissuade him from his frantic folly,
but ne would not listen to reason. The
first intelligence that his employer got
about his porter was that he had fallen,
perforated with several bullets.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03
Foreign lntelligeEce.

A letter recently received In New YOIk
from Paris says 10000 persons, including
5000 women and children, were killed in
suppressing the Commune. Ninety thou
sand prisoners had been captured and the
police were hunting for $4,000 moro.
News is received from London to the
effect that "the future Emperor and En-.
press of Germany were snubbed by Queen
Victoria on the occasion Of their recent
visit TO England Her Majesty refused to
take them in at any Of her palaces, and
they were obliged to lodge with common
Ambassador Extraordinary"
1t was officially reported at Berlin on
the goth that 4O0, 800, 600 francs of indem-
nifty were received from France on July
10, of which 100000 were in silver
81, SOC, 900 had arrived since July Is.
In the British House of Commons, on
the Goth, Mr.. Gladstone announced that
the Queen had Cancelled the royal war
rant legalizing the purchase Of commits.
sions in the British army. This announce
ment was received with vehement cheer
ing, but the Tory members were unable to
dissemble their anger, and bitterly de-
nounced the arbitrary course Of the Gov.
eminent. A bill abolishing the system of
the purchase and sale Of army commissions
had previously passed the lower house of
Parliament, but it was rejected by the
House of Lords.
No lat 10 hn
effect that the cholera was prevailing
there 70 an alarming extent, End the
ravages of the disease were dreadful.
In the course of an address before the
French Assembly, on the 22d, President
Theirs, speaking of Italy, said 1t was i'm
possible to adopt course which would
lead to war. The true policy of France
was peace, and in reorganization no steps
must or should be taken which will even
tend to ALLEVIATE Italy.
Prince Napoleon, who was recently at
Havre for three days, has been ordered to
leave France.
A report that a portion Of the roof of the
Mont Gents Tunnel had fallen in, burying
many Of the workmen in the ruins, is un-
founded.
A great conflagration is reported as hav-
ing occurred at Lisbon, Portugal, on the
Goth, in which several persons were burned
to death.
The new Spanish Ministry has been ar
ranged as follows President of the
Council and Minister Of War, Marshal
Serrano: minister of Foreign Affairs
Admiral Topete; Minister of the Interior
Senior Sagasta; Minister of Justice, Senior
Ulloa; Minister of Finance, Senior Aeros-
tegui; Minister of Public Works, Senior
Candau; Minister of Marine, Admiral
Malcompo; Minister of the Colonies,
Senior Ayala.
The municipal elections in Paris on the
23d resulted in the choice of six Republi.
cans and Conservatives and forty-nine
Moderates. The vote was very small.
Official dispatches have been received at
Washington from Admiral Rodgers and
Minister Low, confirming former accounts
in regard to the first days fight at Corea,
The following is a TRANSLATION of letter
forwarded by the Coreans to Admiral John
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03
ARTHUR's LADY's HoNp "

The frontispiece in tn August num-. =
1.-The Unsuspecting Artist" and :. Y
arti in the wilds of California so enr,s
labor of sketching as to be Oblivion.
ence Of grizzly bear, which i. clos !, I
taking view of the artist himself ,'s'
thinking what glorious feast lie befe.'
he only hungry enough to enjoy !.
also double-page fashion illustrate, !
music. several stories, the fashion NOV,
several pieces of poetry, etc., all cos,,
make an entertaining number. T
Sons, Philadelphia. Terms, a. a - =
copies, S.; four, s.; eight, and ops =
fifteen, and one extra, $40.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03

State Central Committee, held In Indiana
polls on the 25th, a resolution was unani-
mously adopted, that We recognize in
Hon. Thomas A Hendricks the unani-
nous choice of the Democracy Of Indiana
as their candidate for the Presidency In
1872, and recommend that every honorable
effort be made by our fellow-citizens to
secure his nomination and election"
The Illinois Republican State Central
Committee, in session in Chicago on the
18th, decided TO call State Convention TO
meet at Springfield on the both of septem-
Der, for the nomination of candidate for
Congressman at Large.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03


A few nights ago a large body Of dis
guised men went TO the Alabama d Chat
;anooga Railroad yard, at Chattanooga
Tenn. and captured and locked up the
watchman in the round house, then dis
abled all the engines in the house, by re-
moving parts Of the machinery, which
could be only replaced from shops in the
East. No trains left the city on that road
the next day.
A Louisville, KY, dispatch Of the 10th
says that, on the night of the 18th, forty
men attacked the house of Reuben and
Martha Mason, colored, Elk miles from
Shelbyville. Reuben escaped, but the
men entered and whipped Martha severely
and left an order for both TO leave the
neighborhood. On Tuesday night several
men went to the same house and endeav-
ored TO set it on fire, but Reuben shot at
them and drove them off. Jno. Myers,
Cave Washburne, and VIM. Keplinger
were arrested for the offense, examined
before magistrate and discharged. To-
day they were brought before United
States Commissioner Beatty, of this city,
and held to bail In $500 each to answer to
the charge before the Federal Courts"
The following private dispatch from
Yorkville, s. c., dated July "a, has been
received by gentleman in Washington
"The Sub Committee on Southern Out
RACES arrived here yesterday evening. At
the supper-table of the hotel, Hon. Jas. E..
Stevenson, Of the committee, and Hon. A.
J. Wallace, Representative of this district,
were assaulted as they took their seats, by
Msjor James Barry, a prominent citizen,
and pitcher Of milk thrown over them.
Wallace drew a revolver, but Mr.. Barry
was surrounded by friends, and he left TIE
hotel. At 8 O'Clock the committee was
serenaded by negro band, and crowd
collected. AS the band was retiring an
ARRAY took place, and one negro was shot
receiving three wounds. No arrests have
been made"
The Missouri Republican of the 25th,
learns from Jaxboro, Tex, that the report
that the Indian chiefs, Santanta and Big
Tree, had been killed while attempting
escape is untrue. They were both tried u
Jaxboro, and found guilty of murder in the
first degree.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03

UsRivALLyD YET" Blood will tell",
horse fanciers, in estimating The endunl
of the sporting world A pure article
ally good-must distance all competit OIL
ally. Tee success Of Udolpho Wolfe's u
schiedam ScDnapps has induced the mala
OF an hundred limitations; but in the IN.
SAFE of his manufacture, While OFT ers have
ed ii at all but q scanty srccess-may be I'd
public appreciation Of q pure and who
beverage.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03
Tur CuIrDRrN's Horn

THE CHILDREN's HoUR-Ths,
several excellent stories in the number,
Two full-page and some smaller ilusr..,
given. This IL an attractive little magyar,
children, specimen numbers Of which a..
applicants on receipt of stamp for pssus.
ARTHUs & Sons, Philadelphia, at 81 d,
five copies IS. 90; ten, and one extra, sl0 !
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03
THE LITTLE CokPoRA1 70, .

THE LITTLE CORPORAL for A..
az enticing table of contents. Stors.
E. D. Kendall, Susan Coolidge, Lueia =.
and others. The second installmep, ~ :
Days ct Kirkwood," by the edito, v.
Huntington Miller. Art, Science. ana /,
Il story, put into fascinating dress BY A.
Martina Powell Davis, David Rice Y,
Olive Thorne, and some very charm.
from George Cooper, Ellen Porter Cham.
Mrs. NJ. B. C. Slade. This numbe, NJ
fine illustrations, which now form an !,
feature of this popular ju' emile Tern.
year. JOHN Z. MILLER, Publ sher Che,
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03
Important TO shippers.

A. P. w. Skinner, Chicago, H., who has
been in the general commission business for
the past ten years, is handling grain, hides,
and country produce o. all kinds. His ret
erences are first. class and country shippers
him.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03

g PERRY DAVIS PAIN KILLER Is an Ed
always be kept on hard. especially al thsl
Of the year, when so many suffer from uss
plants. There Is nothing 80 quick to rein
attacks OF Cholera.
Sold at only rs cents bottle, by med
generally.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03

-. Inc relaxing power OF .iohnso,s's Anodvne
. .smnneM rs truly wonderful. Cases are al.
ready numerous where bent and stitg., -.
limbs have been limbered and straichtened nv
~. WHEN used for this purpose the mart ~
should be washed and rubbed thorouokiv
.nspy,y the IMMINENT cold, and rub II in with
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03

crowd OF horse men," and Others. dailv
tnrong the stores In country and toyn -,
6NsvSaaes Cavalry C6~dttto~ Povdeys' Thss
Understand that horses cannot be keut IN 200
condition without them, and With them en-
De on much less quantity Of grain. 0-'
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03
Personal and Literary.

-Ex.Secretary Seward has his life in
sured to the amount OF 100000.
"A movement is actively progressing at
Dayton, Ohio, to erect monument TO the
memory Of Vallandigham.
During the fifty years of the married
life of Mr.. and Mrs. Jesse Grant neither
of them have had a days illness.
Phoebe Cary, according to recent re-
ports, was lying quite i'll at Newport was
unable to see any visitors, and was suffer.
ing greatly. There was little prospect of
her recovery.
Eli Whitney, New Haven manufac.
turer. has given the widow of man lately
killed In his shops sum which will yield
her enough to support herself during her
lifetime.
"A remarkable family lives in Dallas
County, Arkansas. The father Is 1903
wears old, the mother 100, and the two are
the parents of twenty-nine children--fif-
teen boys and fourteen girls.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03

The manufacture Of broom handles
keeps 5,70O men at work.
"A Rhode Island man has made a for.
tune by the manufacture Of coffee mills
"A conductor on the Grand Trunk Rail-
road has served the company twenty. three
years, and has not been sick even one day.
The man who this year pays the high
est tax In Portsmouth, N. H twenty years
ago drove charcoal cart into the city for
his INDECENT father.
The managers of the Industrial Ex-
position at Cincinnati have determined on
special premiums for raw cotton from the
States of Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas,
Texas, Louisiana Tennessee ard Missis-
sippi.
A farmer living near Martin@ile, Ind,
cut, bound and threshed his wheat took
eight bushels of it to mill, had 1T ground,
and ate some of the -four, made into bis.
cult, for supper, all Of which was done in
one day recently.
The Philadelphia census returns show
that there is In that city 424,51G persons
who have regular occupations. The total
number of persons keeping house is 102,-
32l, and the domestics number 2l,555
There are 1876 lawyers, ga clergymen, 253
dentists, 1913 physicians, and 4,430 dress
makers.
The New York Eapress is puzzled
about the base-ballers. "rhey invariably
select the warmest days in the season to
test their muscular endurance" it says,
and asks, +" If it is poignant trial for peo-
pie to reclne in the shade of some friendly
tree and witness this play under July's
sun at mid day, what can it be to those
engaged in the national game, as they
call its We suppose Il would be con-
sidered the height of cruelty for any en-
ployer to demand of his employees any such
exertiOn."
There is labor and employment bu-
reau in San Francisco which has found
employment for 1,7l5 males and alag fe.
males. A table of wages published by the
bureau shows the pay Of some Of the
most numerously filled branches of indus
try to be as follows: Blacksmiths, g. so
to 81 per day; shoemakers, $35to $50 per
MONTH bricklayers, "a to So per day !;
cooks, $50 to $75 per month, and found ;
carpenters (rough), ~ to $3.50 per day ;
farm hands, $40 per month, in summer !;
laborers. $3.50 to 81 per day; men and
wives, $40 to $50 per month, and found !;
miners, $50; wood choppers, 81 este $225
per cord, or $45 per month, and found.
Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-08-03

the rodents. Heput his hand out in sight,
when the other boy thinking it TO be a
rat, fired. The bullet made clean hole
through the little fellows hand.
The Davis Creek Bridge of the Chesa.
peake and Ohio railroad, FIVE miles west
Of Charlestown, West Va, fell the other
day. while the workmen were putting on
permanent timbers. Thirteen Of the
workmen were precipita,ed below, of
whom two were killed and one wounded.
who would probably die. Six others were
injured.
"A man named Clayburg, of Benton
Co., Mo-, while under the influence of
whiskey the other day, seized his rifle and
started to shoot 9 man named Cone. bu
when in the act of raising the gun to his
shoulder, it was acciden,ly discharged, the
ball taking effect in his own chiid's head
The child would probably die.
Miss Wilkerson, of Salem, Ill, was to
have been married few days ago. Her
lover came from st. Louis with his we'd
ding suit in his carpetbag. She took q
fancy to see his wedding garments. and he
gratified her. In the valise was also pis.
toll. This she carelessly handled, 1t was
accidentally discharged, and abe was killed
instantly.
One day recently . young man BY the
name Of Ross Madden entered Zanes.
vile, Ohio, barber shop for the purpose Of
getting shaved, and awaiting his turn
sometime, expressed considerable impa-
thence. When his turn came he hastily
sprang into the chair, laid his head upon
the head rest stretched out his feet and
died instantly without struggle. The
physician on post nsof1em examination
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-22
MUSICAL AFFAIRS.

-"The Opere,ta, beautiful fairy
spectacle, now in course Of preparation by
nearly two hundred young Indies, misses,
etc, under the direction Of Mr. Robbins
will be performed at the Atheneum, on
Monday and Tuesday evenings, next. 1t
will be produced, Professor Robbins says,
" in the most perfect manner, Offering the
citizens Of Cairo treat seldom enjoyed. >
The array Of beauty which this presenta-
tion will bring into requisition, independ-
ent of the splendid costumes, scenic effects,
etc, should be sufficient to fill the Athe.
neum to overlooking.
-Farini in letter to friend in this
city, assures him that he intends to return
to Cairo at a very early day and settle.
We hope SO, for several reasons. Farini
as all who have heard him play and sing
can testify is no SLOUGH at any kind OF
music. lie can make q piano talk as few
others can, and as n singer, he i: away UP
in the pctures-onc of the big ones Of
the country
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-22
RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS.

The Methodist church, under the care
of Rev. Fred. l.. Thomson, joys alcng in
The fear Of God. doing good quietly and
| showing its nose into the business of nc
body.
J Rector Coan has succeeded in awaken
ing great interest in religious matters
I among the members of his flock He
grows in the affections of his congregation
every day.
Being the great religious organ of
Southern Illinois, it is our duty to keep n
sharp eye on the "gongs out and comings
| in of the churches of Cairo, which we
hug closer to our breast than any Of the
churches of the cities which are around
about us
We have been requested by Mr.. Yo-
cum, Of the City National bank, to say
that gentleman of this city, hitherto con-
sidered a good and faithful steward in one
of the evangelical denominations, has been
converted to the Jewish faith. Mr.. Yo-
cum says the convert is rather sore on the
subject.
Father o IIallorans severe discipline
is working good results. His congrega-
ton is becoming more Jealous, and its
membership is increasing. If he were to
indulge somewhat in the cheap merit of q
liberality that does not frown on every
one who does not believe as he does he
would be more popular than he is with
"the barbarians Of the outside world"
The Presbyterian congregation, since
the going hence Of the Rev. Mr.. Foote,
has been doing without an official ebene-
ger, and are anxiously seeking to find out
the minister who, in accordance with the
wishes Of the Lord, is to be called by
them. The Rev. II. b. Thyser, who
preached to the congregation on Sunday
last, is spoken of by good judges ofpreach-
ing-gentlemen who have had opportuni-
ties to become very familiar with this ar
ticle of religious commercials we'll up in
his business, an eloquent orator, n sound
logician and a thoughtful and very inter-
esting expounder of the Word. He is n
large, good looking gentleman, and has
the appearance of a man who has become
very proficient in the difficult art OF
minding ones own business.
The affairs of the Christian church
have not yet been induced TO flow in the
channel of christian fellowship. They
are yet IN an uncertain condition. The
| storm which the Rev. Mr. Friend and Col
| Hay succeeded in invoking in that con.
gregation yet RACES, and threatens to break
out in a new place every few days
Brother Carpenter and his friends, who
are the friends of Friend, are not satisfied
with TIE decision of the council, and pro
pose to hold the church in their hands al
in despite of Col. Hay. Tomorrow night
at the prayer-meeting, Brother Carpenter
will lead the services, or know the reason
why. lie will not restrain Col. Hay from
attending the church, but he will disput,
the colonel's right TO exercise in the churci
any authority. Peace, therefore, depend
upon the conduct Of Col. Hay.
The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1871-11-22
MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS.

No quorum could be squeezed cut ty
the board of aldermen last night.
Ten prisoners al forlorn pine in the
city jail, and mourn because the day of de-
liverance comcth NOT.
"A number Of impounded hogs were
sold yesterday. If the sale hal been pla-
csrded, we might have secured our winter
pork cheap for cash.
-McHale is working one gang Of Padu-
cab Jail birds on the sidewalks on Eighth
street and another gang on Twcnty-eighth
street The gangs are not large-ony
three in each.
Jack Sheppard, a youAg man ambi-
tious of certain kind of distinction, was
arrested for knocking down Mat Parker,
the proprjstress Of a house Of III fame, and
taken before Judge Bross. He was fined
and calaboosed.