Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-06-12

God closea IL Se- York % Tie IN al
iI7JzGIIs
B.1per's eol. s.zrfie was recently driven 70
sxzo, sser the fleetwood Course, making
half Hsiie in Izs1s-tbe best half mile ever
trrsted 10 road wagon By Ely borse except
Dexter.
Boston has been visited by another dssas-
iroas oo1aagrsiiou. the los by which Is esfi-
mated 81 al 5000. Tie fire broke cut about
eight O'Clock on the morning n The Sfh- ID
The upper part Of Holly, Morse d Cos furni-
.are ,xxrthouse, Al No. al Washington street,
ADD spread with fearful rapidhy, the WIG be
ing strong from the northwest The stsi side
a Washington street, frofn Avery TO boyiston
styc,sts. ~a. nearly or quite destroyed, ~ also
tho cas-. eide u Washington street, extending
frprn Hayward place 10 Essex street
Among the buildings destroyed were
iie st,lendid granite building Of Chiekering
A Son. tie Gl0he Theatre, and number 81
other hand.orne ediaces The FIRE ragged fnri-
ousIy until asyout noon, when II was got under
and finally Querched. Several military com
rauses who had turned out 10 take paEf ~ ne
e,s,-ervznses II Decoration DAY hAsteDed 10 me
scene u the fire and assisted the police 10
keer,ing tack the immense crowd Of by.
ISLANDERS which had collected around
TIE sheriff. Jury irnp4neled 70 Investigate
the mental condition Of George Francis Train
pronounced him sane, and be was discharged
from e,istody on the goth.
BIZ q decision 81 the Supreme Court Of the
STATE. Che Hon. Austin r Pike fRspublican) Is
confirmed In his election A. member Of Con
PRES fr.,fn one Of the districts 81 New Hamp-
sisiFc.
The Brooklyn Eagk, Of the 3lst ult-, says
Mr.. Beeeher and his friends had determined To
take definite as4i0n on the whole matter OF The
Bowen. IlI,on. Beecher scandal, aud that al 3
meeting Of the deacons Of Plymouth Church
the previous evening, !; was resolved to pro
eeed at once with an investigation.
Tie trial of William " Tweed has been ad-
journed until October, Ia consequence of the
sickncss u John Graham, one of bis counsel
Tie following card from Rey. Henry Ward
Beecher has beca published:
To sbe Editor a the BROOKLYN Ea9<:
UgAg SIG. hare maintained silence Respecting
the slzadsrs which have for some nras followed
me. ] should fSOl sp-Ak low, bat fof ne -&ss %
relieving smother from uulasf mpatAiioir~. y D.
d0cument shich recently psbll-hed, bearing
ms name With Others. wa- pnbhsksd wliho1i con
sultatCn Sitl me Or with Mr. 13ifon, nor with any
authorization from ~ !, that Document .hoala
~ rhe ealunniss TO which IL sEe- i viii % ANN
grs.t inir.fiee am unwfIling taat be sbo1id even
seem to be EespOnsible for injurious sislefaeHas-
HEsgr WARD BEEeaEE
Frank II. Wal~orth, aged nineteen years,
shot and Killed bis father, Mansfield 7. Wal
Ci,y. on the 80, and then delivered himself up
al the police station. The deceased had been
separated from his wife for some three years,
and Young walworth lived with his mother at
Saratoga Springs. In extenua,ion Of his
crime he SAYS that his father had sent them
Insulting letters and had threatened Ia shoot
both bis mother aud himself Nr. Walwortb
was the author Of several well-known works
OF fiction.
Iosse. by the late Boston FIRE are divided as
follows: Foreign companies, $1,000: New
York companies, s.al, 600. Pennsylvania, $50
90: Hartford, Conn, ZOO; Providence
$4,000; Bangor, sl3oco; miscellaneous, 80,
90
At It's recent session the New York Legisla-
iure passed and the Governor has approved q
bin making Iiquor.sellers liable to damages
for the benefit 81 the families Of drunkards.
The Pennsylvania Democratic State Commit
tee has appointed August q as The time, and
Wilkes Barre as the place, for holding the next
State Convention.
The Massachusetts, Medical Society has
voted TO expei the members convicted Of hay
Ing practieed homeopathy There Was only
one dissenting vote.