Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1873-08-07

snse,g Al, s;ra.rcs agains; taking any mo-
,ss h.sesey Of the above mentioned cali - u n
entirely unauthorized By any proper aatns1'!- os
ofdef " 1"' JAMES BE.IsAEp. Secretary.
Several Wayne County tIoval farmers have
hold a convention and nominated full County
,,cte, and adopted series of resolutions re-
pudiatng both the Republican and Democratic
parties. " ,.
4 Dies Moincs uowa) telegram Of the 18th
saws: Harvest Is well advanced all oya
Iowa. Reports from all parts OF the State say
tina, Wheat is injured by sslut and blight, and
tina, the yield viii not be above the average OF
last year, and the grain not OF as good quaii'y-
Oats promise well, and corn viii be q trench
dous crop, with favorable fall"
The "People's State Convention" OF Ohio,
based on what is known as the ALLEN County
Movement" met at Columbus, on the Soth
uIt. Hon George E. Pugh was chosen tenn
norary Chairman, and made . speech endors-
inc the movement Norton 8. Townsend. OF
Lorain, was elected permanent Chairman.
The following ticket was nominated: FOR
Governor, Isaac G. Collins, OF Cincinnati,
Democrat: Lieutenant Governor, A. Saunders
Piatt, OF Logan, Liberal; Judge OF Supreme
Court (long term, r. B. Ewing, Of Fairfield,
Democrat, and for the short term, u. W. Z.
Louden, Of Brown, Liberal; Acknowledgement
Zeraphim Myers, Of Stark, Liberal; ComPtrol-
Ter OF the Treasury, G. p. l.. Butler, OF Frank
lin Liberal; Board Of Public Works, James
McBooth, Of Allen, Democrat; treasurer,
Jonathan Harshman, Of Montgomery,
Democrat. series Of resolutions was
adoptcd-declaring against the infaliibility OF
party, and that it is the duty Of good citizens
TO vote for the best men presented for official
position, regardless Of party; that new or
ganization Of parties is demanded in the inter-
est Of the public welfare; that the Republican
party is directly responsible for the act known
~ the salary grab" and kindred legislation;
against the granting Of subsidies In land or
money, and Of special privileges and exemp-
tions to National banks and other moneyed
corporations; demanding home government
on all local affairs; that the appointment OF
subordinate officers should depend upon their
qualifications and that their tenure should de-
pend upon their fitness and efficiency; that du-
ties on imports, as long as such duties are
necessary, should not be imposed for pur-
poses benefting or enriching private individu-
ais or companies, or fayoring particular
branches Of industry at the expense OF the
whole people. Speeches were made In sup
port of the movement by Judge Collins, Gen.
eral Thomas Ewing,,Hon. Fred Hassaurek,
and others. Senator Thurman is reported as
considering the new departure movement a
great mistake, and it is said he does not believe
a disruption of the Democratic party Is either
necessary or advisable.
The Kansas Farmers State Convention be-
gan its session at Lawrence on the 3Oth ut.
Five hundred Changers were in attendance. 1t
was reported that on the first Of January there
were but ten Oranges in the State, while there
are now over one hundred.
Hattie Welfare, Of Grand Rapids, Mich, at
tempted to kindle fire with kerosene oil, a
few days ago. At Toledo, Iowa, boy named
Anthony Reuch, made the same daring at
tempt So did Anna Roth, servant girl in a
LaSale Qll.) family. All three were fatally
burned, and have since died.
The South.
A fire broke out in four-story brick plan
ing mill in Baltimore on the 18th, and in a
Short time the building was enveloped in
flames, and the boilers of the engine exploded.
stiff breeze drove the flames to the adjoin-
ing buildings, and it was not long before the
four blocks bounded by Liberty street on the
east, Saratoga on the north, Howard on the
west, and Lexington on the south, and inter-
sectcd by Park and Clay streets, were each
ablazc, and several fine buildings on Mulberry
street had taken fire from the burning brands
hurled by the wind. Ten blocks of buildings
were destroyed, mostly dwellings, before the
fire was extingushed. The aggregate loss
was variously estimated at from $500, 600 to
Sl,OOO,OO0.
An incendiary fire in Norfolk, Va, on the
Goth, destroyed or seriously damaged six or
eight buildings; loss about $4,000.
Crop reports from Arkansas on the 2Sth
were very encouraging. Reports from Missis-
sippi were conflicting in regard to cotton, but
the corn crop would not yield more than half
a crop, owing to the drouth, while in the
ncighborhood Of Oklahoma. Kosciusko and
Brandon, both cotton and corn would make a
poor yield In addition to the drouth the
worms had appeared in West Tennessee.
Corn would only yield half crop, but the
cotton prospect was fair.
On the 2Sth cholera was prevailing TO con-
siderable extent on the plantations below
Little Rock, Arkansas.
A Convention Of delegates from portions Of
North Mississippi, West Tennessee and West
ern Kentucky, was held at Jackson, Tenn, On
the Goth, looking to the formation Of a new
State out Of those fractions. After the ap.
pointment OF appropriate committees, the con-
vcntion adjourned to meet on the 30th.
The Railroad and Warehouse Commissioners
OF Illinois have stated, in reply to q query,
that the through lines to New York cannot
under the State law give through rates to New
York from one point in the State on the same
road, and refuse TO give them from other
points, notwithstanding the articles offered for
shipment at each place are of like quantities
OF the same class.
The Grand Lodge Of Independent Order OF
Odd Fellows Of Mississippi have elected j. 8.
Cain, of Okalona, G. NJ; r. M. Mayo, Yazoo
City, Grand Secretary; d. N. Barrows, OF
Jackson, Grand Representative to the Grand
Lodge Of the United States.
A little daughter OF Col. Bibb, of Corinth,
Miss, was recently burned to death by the ex-
plOsion Of q can of coal oil with which she was