Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1871-07-27
IOWA NEWS.
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Publishers Of VorEa.

The State Teachers Association
holds its Annual Meeting at Council
Bluffs this year, for three days begin
ming August 90.
A Heather Chinee cigar maker ut
Marshalltown subscribed $50 to secure
the machine shops of the Iowa Gem
trail at that place.
The Iowa Baptists have eighteen
Associations, three hundred and forty
Churches, one hundred and eighty
nine Pastors, and nineteen thousand
seven hundred and fifty members.
There was a terrible storm up
about Correctionville, Woodbury.
County, on the night of 18th inst, by
which crops, fences and buildings
were damaged greatly.
The Supreme Court of this State
has just rendered decision, the gist
of which is that "any rule of "a public
school, not subversive Of the rights
of the children or parents, or in con.
flict with humanity and the precepts
of divine law, which tends to advance
the object of the law in establishing
public schools, must be considered
reasonable and proper"
They are raising peanuts up about
McGregor, with good prospects.
All former students Of the Medical
College at Keokuk are requested to
send their names and p. O. address
to J. G. Hughes, NJ. d., keokuk,
that they may receive the illustrated
List which will soon be issued gratu-
itously.
The Republican State Central Com
mittee has decided to open the cam
paign on the 10Th Of August, and
make a lively fight. That's the doc
trine.
Lots Of lady candidates this year
Mrs. f. G. NJ. Flagg is out as candi-
date for Sup't of Schools in Mont
gomery County. The Republicans
Of Marshall County declined to NOM
mate Miss Abbie Clifford for that
Office, and now the Democrats have
nominated her.
Sioux City was visited bya terrible
fire on the morning Of 18th inst.-the
worst ever known there. Loss some
S37 600. insured $4,000.
On the night of the 10th inst, Car
penter's Wooden Mill, at East Des
Moines, was destroyed by fire. The
Register reports the loss at S37 600;
insurance 80 800.
There was great wind-storm in
Page County, at or near the same
time, which whirled several build
ings around at lively rate.
It is stated that Mr.. j. ID. Ellis.
worth, of Waterloo, has become in
sane in trying to invent a perpetual
motion.
From the Registers special dis
patches we learn that the region
around Atlantic, Cass County, was
visited by tremendous storm on the
night Of the 18th inst. Several build
ings were destroyed, and a vast
amount Of damage was done to other
property. Hundreds Of acres Of
various crops were completely ruined.
Two men were very badly injured,
one probably fatally.
The Register warns all Iowa SOL
diers against trusting the hordcs of
bogus Claim Agents who infest the
country. Beware Of them.
GenI Baker has received letter
from DIR. Bulls, our candidate for
Lieutenant-G Governor, dated the Goth
inst, from which we take the follow
ing extract: "My injuries were Of a
very serious nature, so much so that
all the physicians within fifty miles,
who were summoned, agreed in say
ing I must die. But thanks IN a
kind Providence and good cOnstitu-
ton the crisis has passed. and ! am
recovering. though still very weak
and feeble. "-Register.
The Iowa Conferences Of the NJ. j..
Church will be held this year by
Bishop Ames. commencing az fol-
lows: The Des Moines. at Sioux
City, September Dist; the INNER
Iowa. at Clinton. SeDtember 9th:
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