Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-02-29

Chicago, indicted for bribery, have been
granted change of venue, and their
cases were sent to Lake County for trial.
A San Francisco dispatch of the goth
| says passengers recently blockaded on
the Union Pacific Railroad generally de
nounce the management of the road in
bitter terms, and many of them have
united in a card for publication. Mr..
Brewer, of New York, one Of the block.
AIDED passengers arriving here yesterday.
died last night as the result of fatigue and
exposure
A Salt Lake dispatch of the 10Th says
"The japanese Embassy hope to leave on
Wednesday morning. Judge Mexican,
Major Powell, the explorer, and other
prominent gentlemen will leave on the
same train"
| A State Convention of those in favor
of woman suffrage is called to meet at
Kalamazoo, Mich, March IA.
/ The Ohio State Board of Agriculture
have decided to locate the Ohio State Fair
for the next two years at Mansfield. The
fair will be held from the I'd to the 9th
of September. Increased premiums are
to be offered.
The Kansas Republican State Conven-
ton was held at Lawrence on the 21st,
and appointed delegates to the Philadel-
phia Convention, instructing them to vote
| for the denomination of President Grant.
The National Labor Convention met at
Columbus, Ohio, on the 21st. Credentials
were reported from delegates represent
ing the States of New York, Massachu-
sets, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Ohio,
Connecticut, Minnesota, West Virginia,
Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New
Jersey, Mississippi, Maine, Iowa and Ar
kansas Edwin M. Chamberlin, of Mas
sachusetts, was chosen permanent Presi-
dent of the Convention.
The South.
In the Constitutional Convention at
Charleston, w. Va, on the 18th, after
several days warm discussion upon the
subject of embodying the words "white
citizens" in the proposed new Constitu
ton, as the definition of qualified elect
ors, the report of the committee was
adopted, giving all citizens the right of
suffrage. The ballot system OF voting
was adopted.
A largely-attended citizens meeting was
held in New Orleans on the 10th, and a
resolution was adopted calling Commit
tee of the people of the State to meet in
that city on the 23d of April to adopt a
platform of principles for reform party,
and to nominate candidates for State Off
GERS.
The Grand Duke Alexis and his party
left New Orleans for Pensacola, Fla, on
the 10Th.
The Galveston (Texas) News of the Goth
contains dispatch from Austin which
says: "Alarshal Purnell went to Gov
ernor Davis this morning and presented
capias from the Federal Court, and asked
if he would submit TO arrest. The Gov
ernor said: Sir, you will hear in day
or two from the Department of Justice at
w asHlDEton. lou VIII govern youIoeH
accordingly. Sir, you may keep your
capias The National Government will
protect me- Thus the case rests"
The rlzasHiissaiss Liberal Republican State
Committee, appointed by the State Con-
vention of October, 1869, met at Little
Rock on the 21st, and appointed fifteen
delegates to the Cincinnati Convention,
to be held on the first Monday in May.
A resolution was adopted to the effect
that State Convention would soon be
called for the purpose of nominating
candidates for State officers.