Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-11-16
E0WA NEWS.

pounds Of grapes this year OF OF one
and half acres Of ground. They
brought him $500.
During the month Of October over
! 5000 acres Of land were taken in the
>iuaN City Land District under the
Homestead and Pre-emption Laws.
/ lash receipts at the Office We're over
81 ,tG0. Eoar hundred and eleven
homestead papers were filed, which
exceeds the number for any previous
month since the office was opened.
( only quarter OF Il million acres re-
nain unclaimed, which at this rate
will be entirely taken by May lst
Northern Iowa is jubilant over a
gigantic corn crop. Capitalists up
there are talking about building im-
mense cribs wherein to cOnsign thou
sands OF bushels ITO hold over"
Rev. II. II. Faigall has been APP
pointed State Agent for Iowa. Of the
American and Foreign Christian
| Union, ana, as We learn from the
Repe5 'ic;t?t, has taken no his resi-
dence in Iowa City. The special
work of this society is 10 convert
Catholics 10 the Protestant i2ita.
The Rerister says that the ccrcmo-
ny Of laying the cornerstone OF the
new Capitol has been postponed to
tse 23d inst, and that, yielding 10
the wishes OF some persons, the Conn
/ inis,ioners have decided MOI 10 allow
the stone to be laid by any secret
Society, and consequently 10 such
Society Will attend The ceremonies.
Council Blaiis, Nov. Yesterday,
! as laborers were at work cutting "a
new road through the bill and hol-
! low known as Hang hollow. they
cXcavatvd a sack, containing twelve
| thousand dollars in gold aai silver.
The money was hidden there eight
cen years ago by a man named Muir,
who murdered acOmraie Californian
in this city. Muir was CAPTURED and
,Iung hy 4 mob Of Caiif0rnians.' he
said he had hid the money under a
! stump in this hollow, but refused to
! tel! where. Many have hunted for
this sacred treasure, but ali in vain.
! The la5Orcrs shared the booty equally.
In last weeks Indianola L6nder
Jeptha w. Morgan gives an account
II "a recent visit to the State Reform
! School. He savs:-.Uhe building IS
substantial brick edi;ice three sto-
ries high, cost about SO, 900, and will
accommodate - or 50 pupils. There
are about 50 boys at the school now.
For want Of accommodation no
girls have been admitted matter
greatly to be regretted, 4, there are
many in The State that should be in
81 house of correction. From what |
learned while there last week, J think
can say thai the school has been
successfully maintained from the
time Il was opened"
The Homestead reports that 10 new
Oranges OF Patrons Of ilushandry
have been opened in Iowa since the
middle Of September.
c. W. Irish, the Engineer in charge
of construction on the Iowa South
western Railway, writes 70 the STATE
Press OF last week Il statement thit
WORK on 'i'aV i'''''""' '''' ",,'
stopped Tor 'ne winter p'e''''' ''''
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