Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-03-07
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"A perfumes eAtSiiSiNSiS CsiNulhtSs
along the Skunk river valley, asking
the Legislature to provide for til,
strengthening of that river for l0i
miles above OskaIoosa, .'by reinov.
ing the sod for the width of 100 feet
along the river for that distance, 81
that the river will not overfiow-the
expense TO be taxed on the lands ben.
Gifted" The Register, from which
we CLEAN, endorses the plan.
A man named +. w. Canoult wan
dered from his home in Council
Bluffs, few days since, in fit o.
insanity. and stopped at the house Of
a man named Totten. There he be.
came raving, and attacked Totten
and his wife, who, i'll defending them
selves, beat him so that ne died.
Totten and his wife were arrested
and committed to Jail.
Hon. John Morrison, member OF
the Legislature from keoknk Coun-
ty, has been appointed by President
Grant rs Bearer of dispatches from
our Government to the Austrian,
German and English Courts.
The women of E,thcrviIle, Emmett
County, made raid on the two IL
quor saloons of the town one day
lately and emptied all their liquors
into the gutter. There were % of
them, among the most respectable
women Of the place. They met some
resistance, bat soon Overpowered it;
and when the work was done they
quietly went home again; but with
the expressed determination to re-
peat the job whenever it became
necessary.
The Davenport Gazette C several
days ago had paragraph stating
that the Pennsylvania Central had
"Withdrawn its encouragement Of
the Muscatine Western Railroad,"
and that the citizens Of Muscatine
were subscribing literally to push
he road ahead on their own account.
Information is wanted by Lyman
Fletcher, Spirit Lake, Dickinson Co,
Iowa, Of the whereabouts Of Eddy
Haskell, who was formerly at the
Cedar Falls Orphans Home.
And Jaines Carrot, of Clio, Wayne
County, Iowa, wishes Information Of
the whereabouts Of his nephew, w.
W. Burns, who has mysteriously
disappeared.
Mr.. j. ID. Guild, aged over seventy
years, walked from Ataiissa to Mus
catine, fourteen miles, one forenoon,
to pay STAKES; and in the afternoon
returned in the same way.
The Des Moines Reriem says that n
recent shipment from Des MoineS
proved that it conts now OVER two
bushels Of Iowa corn to scaa one
b,isheI to the New York market.
On tn. lst Of January Of this year
there remained $50, OO2.35 OF the APP
preparation for lOwa'5 new capitol
incorporated.
The State Reform School now has
81 inmates, whose ages range from
s to IS years. The superintendent
report shows that fully three fourths
of the boys committed to this Insti.
tuition have left it thoroughly re-
formed. This is n noble record.
The Davenport Gazette Of last Thurs
day says ''it is given out" that the
Pennsylvania Central Company i
about to retire from tile control o
the u. Z. Railroad. 1t says the re
port "necds confirmation" but init
III ties that, if it is true, the Penn
Gen. co. will never put another rail
road across Iowa.
The Gate Gityrecords the drownin.
Of Il drunken man in the "deat
slough opposite Keokuk, on TIN
9th. The man was found lying deaC
in his wagon bed, i'm about 6 or
inches Of water. Had he been sobe
he might easily have saved himself
Hon. A. ii. AGcCrary, of Van Burel
County, is announced rs Il candidate
for Republican nomination for Sec.
Of State.
The Register reports that the Cap
itol Commissioners have awarded
the contract for 2,0O0,00 brick 70
the new Capitol to Ramsey q Worle,
Of Keokuk, ut $3.50 per thousand
and that they have decided to ask Al
appropriation of 100000 for prosecu
! ting the work for the next two years
estimating that thisamount will com
pIete the first story Of the building.
Same paper expresses the opinion
that the Legislature is drifting towart
an extra session next Fall or Winter
| aud tJthiS IL inevitable unless tn,