Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-09-04

| Young ys Brigham Young, Tor divorce,
against the jurisdiction Of the District Court.
The Judge held that the Probate, not the Dis
trjct. Court had Jurisdiction in divorce cases.
A Cincinnati dispatch Of the 22d gives the
following particulars OF the recent collision on
the Marietta 81 Cincinnati Railroad:
The Hillsboro and Loyeland accommoda-
| ton, to which tie accident occurred, lett The
| Montgomery station on time. The freight
| train. bound from Chilcothe TO this clty, in
charge Of Conductor Pewetf, was behind tiine.
II ia said that his watch was fifteen minutes
| slow. and, In addition, it is reported that the
regular engineer Smith and he had some
| words at Loyeland in which the engineer said
he would get him into difficulty before he got
TO Cincinnati. At any rate, the freight start
e1, expecting, II Is said, to make the switch al
Montgomery station, but failed, the collision
| occurring at sharp curve, WINE the IIelgnt
train was running on the passenger trans
| time. The two engines grappled each other,
| reared upward, and stood almost erect, the
baggage car following. The passenger coaches
| remained on the track, but the shock was Ter
riblc TO the passengers, none OF wnom were
| seriously hurt, but some slight injuries were
| sustained by some persons on the passenger
train. Charles Rother, the fireman, remained
| on his engine with his father, Elwood Kother,
the engineer, and was crushed between the
fre-box and the tender, and the father escaped
witboutapparently serious bodily INJURY, put
| ne appeared 80 moved by the excitement OF
the disaster that he came from the wreck
with a disordered mind. Brakeman James
| Gerrogo had, in response TO the signal down
brakes" wound up his brake, and was assist
| ing the baggagc-mastcr, Samuel w. Harvard,
| who IL also Il brakeman, when the shock came.
Both were Immediately crushed to death.
Both resided at Hllsboro, Ohio. Walter
Rhodes, the express messenger, OF this city,
brother of j. H. Rhodes, of Adams Express
Company, received injuries from which ne
died after reaching the Cincinnati depot tins
morning, making four deaths. All the other
| injuries received were Of no consequence. IL
appears clear that the men who bravely re-
NAMED at their posts and lost their lives,
| saved the passengers from fearful casualty.
The officials Of the road acted with prompt
ness. Physicians were taken from this city.
and determination Is apparent on the part OF
the railway officers to hold the conductor and
engineer OF the freight train responsible be-
fore the Criminal Court.
The inquest was held at Montgomery, the
| scene Of The accident i'm the Afternoon to-day,
and the verdict Of the jury was that those
killed came to their death by the criminal
neglect OF Conductor Pewett and Engineer
Smith, of the freight train, in running out OF
their time. The jury recommended prose
cutting them for manslaughter
A fire in Belfast, Maine, on the oath de-
stroyed over one hundred and twenty-five
buildings Loss nearly 100000. One hun
bred and thirty families were rendered home
less.
The Rev. John Todd, ID. d., long pastor
of the First Congregational Church In Pitts
field, Mass, and author OF 'The Students
Manual" and numerous other books for the
young, died on the oath, in his scyenty-third
year.
A special telegram from the camp on the
Big Bend OF Muscle Shell River, OF Au-
gust Goth, says that General Custar's cavalry
expedition had an engagement on August 4th
at the mouth of Tongue River, with 400
Indians The fight lasted three hours, re-
sulting in loss of ten to the Indians, killed
and wounded. Our loss was four men killed.
On the 11th while in bivouac near the mouth
of the Big Horn, the same command was at
tackled by near 600 Indians. They were re-
pulsed with loss of fifty killed and wounded.
Our loss was one man killed and three
wounded
A st. Louis telegram of the 23d says the
statement purporting to give an account of an
attempt to throw train ON the MISSOURI
Pacific Railway from the track, four miles
east Of Holden, Mo-, and the boarding OF the
train by band of rufflans, with the evident
intention of robbing the passengers, and the
subsequent killing OF one and wounding Of
another Of the despcradoes at Holden, is
pronounced by the officers Of the railway com
pany to be utterly false, and the entire story
made out OF whole cloth.
Senator Morton, of Indiana, and Governor
Noyes, of Ohio, opened the Republican State
campaign at Athens, Ohio, on the 23d. A
Cincinnati dispatch OF the oath says Mr.. Nor
ton was then suffering from considerable
hoarsencss, incident to his effort the day be-
fore, and in consequence had recalled his APP.
pointmcnts at Dayton, Cleveland, Norwalk
and Toledo.
man calling himself Baker, was arrested
q counterfeit $500 greenback. The paper Of
the counterfeit is much heavier and coarser
} than the genuine, the vignette OF John Q.
Adams is Il little darker, the upper lip being
somewhat blurred. The ink on the back is a
shade darker. The lathe work is not so dis
tinct. The numbers, which are generally a
pale red on countcrfets, are perfect. 1t is
also perfect imitation Of the silk mixed
paper now being used by the Govern
ment, and is well calculated to deceive.
An Indianapolis dispatch of the Gath says
the cholera had entirely disappeared from that
city.
Mr.. r. r. Allen, Master OF the State Grange
of Missouri, recently reported that there were
800 Oranges in the State, with an average mem
bership of scventy-flve.
The State authorities Of California have ask.
ed that the Modocs who are charged with grave
offenses committed prior to their capture,
other than those sentenced to be hanged, be
delivered to them.
Mrs. James Cook, wife OF coal miner at
Hewlett, H., was fatally burned a few days
ago, by endeavoring to kndle fire by pour
Ing coal oil on II.
An engine on the Chicago, Rock Island Il
Pacific Railway exploded near Atlantic, Iowa,
on the 25th instantly killing J. Dyson, head
brakeman, and severely scalding the engineer,
George Crane, and the fireman, Henry Nor
gan. Some pieces OF the boiler were thrown
fourth OF amile.
An erroneous statement has been published
regarding the forthcoming Michigan State
Fair. 1t is to be held at Grand Rapids on the
10Th, 10th, 18th, 18th, 10th and Goth of Sep