Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-11-06
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teml,crs genrrag ic4s for thcir Respective
homes. Tie questonscf hDAnce, tranlporta-
ton, increased freight facilities. etc, ETC.,
were discussed, snd a large number OF resolu-
tions pertinent TO the subjects adopted. The
Convention adjourned to mect.at Baltimore In
JaDusfy next s8tt 8} ffEk
Pufrenberger, the engineer of the coal train
which ran Into a passenger train on the Chfca-
90, Alton & St Louis Railroad. some months
] ago, and caused the loss Of 80 many lives, was
| tried by a Chicago jury, on the 18th, and ac-
quilted. -~..
/ A Marquette, Mich, dispatch Of the 25th
! announced the failure Of Mathews bank, Of
! Negaunee, with liabilities $4,000, and assets
$4,000.
PIP. Wintermute, the murderer Of the late
| General McCook, had been held In $4,000
bail to answer, according to dispatch from
| ,YanktOn, ID. T., on the 25th. n7Hffaes
| A Denver, Col, dispatch OF the 9th an
pounces that John G. Heenan, the noted pugi-
| list, well known ~ the '.Benieia boy" died
Of consumption at Green River, Wyoming, on
| the morning of that day. Ht ~
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payments on the 27th. Nothing unusual oc-
Cured. There was no excitement, and comb
dence seemed restored. Deposits exceeded
drafts.
| In the verdict first rendered In the PufFen-
berger case, in Chicago, the Chicago q Alton
| Railroad was severely censured for the alleged
employing Of Incompetent men In connection
with the business Of the road. On the polling
OF the jury, the next morning, one OF their
| number withheld his assent to the verdict as
| given, and the case was again submitted and
| the verdict was modified by the exclusion OF
the cepsurjng clause.
! William Aliens net majority for Governor
! Of Ohio Is ST. Isaac WeIsh's net majority for
! State Treasurer is IT.
The Illinois Supreme Court has confirmed
| the judgment OF the Circuit Court OF Will
| County, in the case OF Perfect, the Chicago
wifc-murdcrer, who was sentenced to be hung,
and fixed upon December IL, as the day OF
| execution.
Snow fell generally throughout the North
west on the 18th, there being enough for good
sleighing in some sections.
The steamer Continental left st. Louis on
the morning Of the 2Sth with large number
OF "excursionists" en- route to the scene OF q
proposed prize fight between Allen and Hogan
The steamer was blown ashore at East st.
Louis, and the leaders Of the party on board
were captured by the Illinois officials. The
principals to the affair were not on the boat
II was subsequently announced that the fight
would come off on the Both, and the Mayor Of
East St. Louis telegraphed Governor Beveridge
II Ii tl... Gt,l,t cI,n
responded by ordering Adjutmt-General Hig.
gins TO that city with hundred stand OF arms.
1,a The South.
The reports from Memphis, of the oath, In
regard TO the yellow fever were more encour-
aging. The mortuary record up to six o'clock
in the evening stood; Yellow fever, %; other
diseases, 4. The Odd Fellows had lost twenty
eight members, five members wives and eleven
children since the epidemic began, and they
had on hand, to care for, twenty widows and
thirty-fvc orphans. There were three yellow
fever deaths at Shreveport, La, on the 24th,
four at Montgomery, Ala, tens at Byinbridge,
Ca, and two at Little Rock, Ark.
A telegram from Louisville, KY, of the
25th announces the suspension of ID. s. Bene-
dict u Sons, wcllknown grocers OF that city.
The town Of Americas, Ga. the county, seat
of Sumter County, was visited by disastrous
conilagration on the 27th, which destroyed the
business part OF the town, involving loss Of
over 100000.
Tho severe cold weather at the South on the
2Sth and 10Th promised to put an effectual
check to the further progress of the yellow
fever scourgc. The Memphis Ledger Of the
10th contains the following from Mayor John
son: kilograms and money received to-day
from Northern cities show az many receipts Of
substantial aid as previously, and show that
in blessed charity there is no line Of distinction
or separation in our whole land. As fellow
citizens of great country, having interests in
common, we are one people and in sympathy,
as politically, we are truly united" e