Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-05-11
GENERAL NEWS.

Last week Tuesday, for the first
time since 1860, the whole Govern
ment list of securities were held at
and above par in gold in New York.
How weald they they stand If the country
were under Democratic rule?
NEW YORK, May At is still
reported that the Pennsylvania Cen
tral Railroad company is buying
large lots of railroad iron to complete
the connection from the Atlantic to
the Pacific, the only missing link
being between Chicago and Omaha.
A tremendous amount Of frauds on
the Government, by revenue officers,
in connection with the whisky ring,
has lately been unearthed in Balti-
more.
Brick Pomeroy, Of the New York
Democrat, hates Gen. Butler with
perfect hatred. Therefore Mrs.
Pomeroy employed the said Butler
as her lawyer in the recent suit I'm
which she won her divorce and $20,-
900 from Brick. Mrs. =. is said to
be very intelligent and respectable
woman.
The States of Michigan and Texas
have just passed laws compelling
children to attend School at least q
part of each year. This experiment
in this country will be watched With
interest.
The number Of rebels now disfran-
chised in the South is generally esti-
mated at 10000; but recent CORE
spoDdent of the Chicago Tribune
puts the number at nearly 100000.
Two of the most successful and best
paid editors in New York are women
Miss Mary l.. Booth, Of the Bazaar,
who receives $4,000, and Mrs. Mary
T.. Dodge Of the Hearth and Home,
who has a salary of $4,000.
A tornadoswepto over Baton Rouge,
Louisiana, on the I'd inst, killing
several colored persons, and dalnag-
Ing property to the amount OF about
$4,000.
NIAGARA, ONT. May A life
boat belonging to Fort Niagara got
adrift during the gale this morning,
and a boat manned by six sailors and
Lieutenants l.. q. Ashbury and j. &.
Morris started i'm pursuit, but their
boat capsized and all were lost.
At sale Of imported Jersey cattle
In Philadelphia last week, hcifers
sold at a price ranging from 1918 to
S425. A three-year-old cow brought
S43O. The whole lot, nineteen in
number, was sold, the bidding being
spirited. A Guernsey COW sold for
$3.50. Another 1890. Pigsand boars
from Prince ConsOrt SOW, at Windsor,
England, sold from $50 to $50.
Ex-Gov. Wood has given his mag
nificent residence at Quincy, Illinois,
with it's furniture, DC, valued at
$I2J 900 to the Trustees Of the Quincy
Female Seminary, for educational
purposes.
State Senator jerks, Of Louisiana,
attempted to commit suicide at New
Orleans last week, by shooting him
self. lie Is charged with being q
defaulter TO the State.
Advices from BuenOs Ayres to
April IL have been received. The
ravages of the yellow fever are dread
fu'. The deaths have increased to
700 per day.
The British Government has re-
ceived official assurances that Dr.
Livingstone, the great explorer in
Africa, is safe, and that his immedi-
ate wants have been provided for.
ST.. LOUIS, May 4.--Mjss Phebe
t--~zens, II somewhat noted lecturer
IN on wom,- suffrage, graduated today
from the law s, s,-hnol Of Washington
University, in this cits.
1t appears from dispatches that ~ /,
coal-miners' rumpus In Pennsylvania
has been finally settled, and work
resumed.
The laborers sent to repair the Erie
canal at Rochester got into 4 big |
muss last week, and the military had
to be called out. Finally the rioters
were quoted, ::.d .Tork went on.