Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1872-01-25
THE IOWA VOTER.
KNOXVILLE, IOWA.
GENERAL NEWS.

L
St. Louis put more than five mil
lions Of dollars into new buildings
last year-more than the entire as
sessed value Of Marion County.
The total number of emigrants who
arrived at the port of New York last
year was 228, 1862, or 1872 more than
those of 1870. OF these, 1909 were
HoIlanders, G2 500 Irish, 1886 Welsh,
and nearly 800 were Mormons.
Pres't Grant has appointed four
women to Post Offices with $4,000
salaries; and there are over 100 POST
mistresses at smaller salaries in the
Union.
A man in Vermont claims to have
discovered that the leaves of trees
are everyway superior to bark for
tanning hides, making better leather
i'm less time. This ought to be tested
here forthwith.
LONDON, Jan. 1.-THE Telegraph
Construction and Maintenance Com
pany yesterday signed q contract for
the LAYING of an Atlantic telegraph
cable to New York direct.
LONDON, Jan. IA terrible ac-
cident occurred at Sanford to day, the
roof of the, school house falling in
while the school was in session, in
juring many children, some seriously.
A girl about 10 years old, name not
given, purposely threw herself on
the railroad track near Highland sta
ton, Indiana, in front of an advanc-
ing train a few days ago, and was
torn to pieces.
Pres't Grants father has resigned
the Office of Postmaster at Covington,
KY, on account Of i'll health. He
was appointed to the office by Pres't
Johnson.
Horace Greeley writes to friend:
81 heartily wish my name had never
been connected with the Presidency.
| see plainly that it can only result in
vexation and misrepresentation. And
/ shall never shape and groove my
opinions to make myself acceptable
to any party"
A man in New York who manu-
features artificial flowers and feath-
ers, has received Il $4,000 machine
from France, which, it is claimed, is
so arranged as to turn out perfect
flowers OF every kind, and do the
work Of 500 girls.
The California Assembly has passed
bill striking the words white" and
"male" out Of the Attorney Act.
Reports from Matamoras say that
Indians from Mexico are making
raids into Texas.
Mayor Medill Of Chicago has re.
| ceived from u. s. Consul Bailey a
Hong Kong check for 1924, the
proceeds of a concert given for tho
| benefit of the Chicago sufferers. This
| Mayor Medill says, completes the
circuit Of the world in the cause O
charity for Chicago.
The japanese Embassy lately ar
rived ut san Francisco consists Of one
hundred and five persons in all, sis
Of whom are young princesses, wh'
! come under escort Of Mrs. belong
| wife Of the American Minister, ant
intend to complete their education a
Vassar College.
| CLEVELAND, Jan. 1S.-The exten
sive agricultural works of Young
love, Massey d Co., inthis city, wer'
almost entirely destroyed by fire to
night. Loss $4,000 to $4,000.
| WAsHINGToN, Jan. 19.--rhe Sen
ate Committee on Public Lands ha
agreed to report favorabiy on the bill
allowing every eX soldier to prc-emp
lGO acres of land within the limits o
railroad grants.
1t is officially estimated that Their
are eight million consumers OF tobac
co in the United States, who each U.s.
on the average nearly II pounds o
tobacco and 167 cigars annually. ]
that's all SO, we are afraid We &c
more than our ration.
LONDON, Jan. ia terrible ex
plosion occurred in cartridge facto
| ry in Greenwich yesterday after
noon. The clothing of a large mum
Der of girls employed in the factor.
took fire, and they rushed shriekint
through town into surroundin,
marshes in hopes of quenching thu
flames. The factory was totally de
stroyed.
CHICAGO, Jan. 19.-In the trial o
Ex- Alderman Glade, recently indict
ed for bribery, the jury after an alb
sence of an hour brought in yer
diet Of guilty, and Glade was com
United to the county Jail. The case
will be appealed to the Supreme
Court.
The Maryland Legislature has
finally elected Geo. II. Dennis as Z
S. Senator.
| A food Of petitions is pouring into
the Wisconsin Legislature asking
the passage of the "Ohio Law
making liquor sellers responsible for
damage.
The hotel mt Howe's cave, New
York, burned on Friday morning,
| Two inmates RI Horebri0pe and