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Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03
Religious and Educational.

VIM H. Ingersoll, for fourteen years
practicing lawyer, was licensed To
preach at the late meeting of the Presby.
terry of Brooklyn.
The statistics of the Methodist Epis
copal Church South in California show
$3.50 members, a church property of the
value of $114,5S0, parsonages of the value
OF $4,000 and college property of the
value of $4,000.
The Christian Church in Nebraska
numbers fifty organizations and 2,235
members, of whom 286 were added dur.
ing the past year by baptism and 533 by
letter and otherwise. The whole amount
contributed for church expenses and be-
nevolent objects was 12,1192O.
There are twenty-five State Conven-
tions and seventy-four associations in
utilization with the General Convention
of Unversalists in the United States.
These represent 954 parishes, 638
churches, 657 ministers, 27,799 members,
661 Sunday schools, containing ga, $50
pupils. The church property is valued
at $7,845,447.
The teachers Of Chicago have now
for two years, under voluntary agree
in school, and Supt. Picard claims the
following results: 1, order is as good as
ever before; ., obedience Is prompt and
cheerful: 3, righteousness less than ever
before; 4, suspensions for misconduct
are only about one-half what they have
been in the best of former years.
The recent Unitarian National Con-
ference appointed q Central Council Of
Ten, which has met and laid out its
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03
Personal and Literary.

MIR. Grass tried to commit suicide in
ST. Louis the other day but was caught
in the haynous attempt.
Mrs Barnum was a poor girl once;
now she wears six diamond rings on one
hand Why will poor girls be content to
make shirts at thirty cents apiece?
"A computation has been made by
the son of the late DIR. Eddy, in looking
over the files of the Western church
papers, that the aggregate amount of
subscriptions received by him in the ded-
ication of churches was $3, 100000.
The Palmer (Mass) Journal tells a
story of Chester W. Chaplin, Congressman
elect, receiving silver quarter for hold
ing Maj. Morgans horses at Westfield.
Chaplin was a boy then attending school,
and the Major was driving stage. 1t is
said that Chaplin has kept that quarter
ever since, and few days ago he figured
up the interest, which, when compound
ed, amounted to over 800 He took the
interest and bough. Mrs. Morgan nice
carpet.
The New York Times thought it
would be good thing to have an orig
inal story from the pen of Wilkie Collins.
Accordingly they made contract with
him, and he forwarded his story in man
uscript. The Times people were about to
forward the compensation, when the edit
or discovered that the identical story
appeared last month in All the Year
Round, under different title. The Times
now announces that it will "republish"
the story from the English magazine,
which means that Mr.. Collins viii not re-
ceive a cent.
Miss Harriet De Witt Mitchell, the
eldest daughter of the late Gen. 0rmsby
Mcknight Mitchell, earlier known as
Professor of Mathematics at West Point,
Director of the Cincinnati Observatory,
and author of popular works on astrono-
my, died, yesterday, at the residence of
her sister, Mrs. VIM. Hoax, in this city.
Miss Mitchell was known to wide circle
throughout this country and Europe as
lady of unexceptionally modest merit,
the possessor of richly stored mind,
gentle manners and heart which SYM
pathized with all, and won for herself
troops of loving friends wherever she be-
came known.-N. y. Herald.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03
Tho East.

Henry c. Bowen's libel suit against Demas
Barnes, OF the Brooklyn Argus, has termi'
mated in q verdict OF acquittal, the Jurors
holding, however, that, while the defendant
was legally exempt from conviction, the
printed matter In the Argus relating to the
deceased Mrs. Bowen was atrocious and cruel
While Mrs. Riley, Of Trenton, N. j., was
lighting fire with kerosene oil, on the 2lst,
the can exploded and herself and infant
child were burned to death.
Mrs. Anna Wittenmycr, OF Philadelphia, is
President Of the Women's National Christian
Temperance Union, recently organized. Mrs.
Frances L. Willard, Of Chicago, is Core
spending Secretary; Mrs. Mary q. Johnson, Of
Brooklyn, N. Y, Recording Secretary, and
Mrs. w. A. Ingham, Of Cleveland, Treasurer.
An appeal has been taken by Mr.. Beecher's
attorneys from the order OF the General
Term denying the motion for bill OF particu-
lars in the Tilton suit.
w. B. Wickham was sworn into Office ON
the Esd as Mayor OF New York city.
Much damage was caused and several lives
were lost In the different sections Of the East
by the recent wind-storms.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03
General News Summary,
Washin0fon News.

The Arkansas question was before the Cabi'
net in Washington on the 10th, and the opin.
ion prevailed that nothing had occurred to
alter former decision not to interfere in the
present controversy that State, as the Gov
eminent had no such Information In Its pos
session as would justify such interference.
Representatives Wiltshire and Lowe, OF
Arkansas, had an interview with ATTY. Gen.
Williams in Washington on the 2lst and no
titled him OF their intention TO file an argu-
ment with him In answer to that OF Smith,
the claimant for the Governorship OF Arkan-
sas.
brilliant party was given at the White
House a few evenings ago In honor OF Mrs.
Fred. Grant, who made her debut In Washing
ton society About 300 invited guests were
present and the bride met with hearty
reception.
A communication having been received
from the Cheyenne Agency, Dakota, to the
effect that about sixty white men, miners, are
working in the Sioux Reservation in the
Black Hills, Secretary Delano has requested
the War Department TO remove any person
who may be found trespassing, that trouble
with the Indians may be avoided.
Supervising Architect A. b. Mullet has re-
signed, and his resignation has been accepted
by Secretary Bristow. The resignation Is
said to have been caused by the fact that the
contingent fund for expenses In the Treasury
building are by law under the control Of the
Chief Clerk Of the Treasury Department in
stead Of Mr.. MnIlett, who has been In the
habit Of controlling the expenditure heretofore,
and who has resigned on his attention being
called to the provisions Of the law bearing on
the case.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03

London telegram Of the morning Of the
Doth says that on the preceding day boat
belonging 10 the American ship Aurora had
been run down In the Clyde and seventeen
men drowned.
A vigorous cannonade, according to Hen
daye dispatch Of the 10Th, had driven the Car
lists from the vicinity Of Irun once more.
Late adyices from the Cape Coast, received
In London on the 10TH, report that King Coffee
OF the Ashantees, had been dethroned and his
nephew installed King In his stead.
An explosion occurred In n chemical fac.
tory near Paris on the 10Th, which destroyed
the building and the railway station near 1t,
and killed three and seriously injured fifteen
Of the workmen.
A Constantlnople dispatch OF the 10Th says
information had been received that an Egyp-
tian force had captured Darfour and killed the
Sultan.
An explosion occurred In the Warrenvale
(England) coal mines In Yorkshire on the
Doth, which resulted in the killing of twenty
four men. The remains OF ten had been re-
covered on the morning Of the 2lst
In the German Rcichstag on the 2lst a mo.
ton made by one Of the Ultramontane mem
beers directing the release Of several Demo-
cratic Deputies was defeated.
A Rio Janeiro dispatch OF the 21st an.
nounces the surrender OF the gunboat Pana-
ma, Of the Argentine revolutionist fotilla.
The mails from Bnenos Ayres to Europe had
been stepped.
A London telegram of the 2lst says Morocco
had agreed to cede port 10 Germany.
The Spanish gunboat Prosperidas, with 200
lost
A Dublin dispatch Of the 22d says tho Pope
had written 10 Cardinal Cullen, thanking him
and the Irish Bishops for their condemnation
of the address delivered by Tyndall at Bel
fast, and declaring that nothing Is to be 80
much decried as "those spiritual pirates
whose trade is TO despoil the souls Of men,"
A London dispatch OF the Esd represented
that sectio1 OF England rs being enycloped
In dense fog. Travel on land and water was
very dangerous, and numerous accidents on
the railways and elsewhere had been re-
ported Lady Franklin had renewed her
offer of $4,000 for the recovery OF the official
records OF Sir John Franklin's Polar expedi-
ton.
The Italian Parliament was opened on the
23d by King Victor Emmenuel In person
His speech related mainly to the reorganiza
ton Of the financial system Of Italy and te
measures Of public safety, and was warmly
received.
AMadrid special OF the cath says the Span
ish Government had expressed willingness
TO pay TO the United States indemnity In the
Virgnius case on the same basis as thai
with which Great Britain was satisfied.
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03
West and South.

The Illinois Anti Sccret Society Association
recently held convention In Chicago, at
which resolutions were adopted condemna-
tory OF all secret organizations.
The Nevada Legislature is composed as fol-
lows: Senate Republicans, 1s; Democrats, 7.
Assembly, 16; Republicans, 81 I;
Independents, g.
F.W. Peyton, Of Huntington, W. Va, re-
Gently claimed TO have In his possession boy
resembling little Charlie Ross, the missing
Philadelphia boy, who had been left with him
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03
Foreign Gossip.

The right TO gather all the DEAD
leaves that fall in the public squares of
Paris sells for 1000 per annum.
"A remarkable instance in the in
crease in the sale of imported OK tongues
| Is afforded by the trade done at Paysandu,
in Uruguay. At this little town during
| the last season about 10000 OK tongues
| were packed in Theoretically sealed tins
| and shipped to England.
According to the Friend Of India, a
number of Negapatam youths have been
arrested on the charge of hanging a boy
"for fun" Deceased had murdered a
lizard, and the novel court decided that
he was worthy Of death, all the proceed
| ings being carried out in the most regular
order
AS an illustration of the kind of
| reasoning often heard from the lips Of
men when the interests OF women are
under discussion, Mrs. Fawcett mentions
| the case of an Englishman who opposed
| the education of women because he had
tried 1t on his own daughter, and it
WAS all wasted, for, after all, she was
married at nineteen"
The coacbmen in Bordeaux, France,
| have for some time past been in the
habit of giving horses in their charge
| choral, so as to make them easier to
rule or drive. The drug acted like a
charm, for horses which had previously
been so spirited as to give much trouble
| TO their drivers became as quotas lambs
after few days of this treatment.
Berlin seems very DESTROYS to know
| to what extent Belgium and Switzerland
are capable of defending respectively the
neutrality of their territory. France can
invade Germany through either of these
countries ii she chooses to disregard their
neutrality. Hence their neutrality is
Germany's only guarantee on their from
tiers, and she wishes to know the exact
strength of that guarantee.
Recently telegraph clerk in France
refused to transmit message in these
words: Third epistle of John, verses
| 10 and a." under the law which forbids
| the transmission of dispatches not writ
ten in plain language Reference to the
text indicates that the dispatch was
merely an economy of words. The text
is as follows: ~ have many things to
write, but will not with ink and pen
write unto thee; but / trust / shall
shortly see thee, and we shall speak face
to face"
The Paris police recently issued this
funny advertisement: "There was found
Yesterday at midday bride, eighteen
years old, blue eyes, black hair. Can be
obtained on application to police head
quarters" She was country girl, who
came to Paris with her betrothed to get
married. They took cab at the sta
ton. On the way to the church the
man got out to make some purchase.
The driver was tipsy, and, instead of
waiting, drove on, SO they were separated
in the wilderness, and the police found
the bride weeping in the cab.
Peru il just and gracious to Its
women A young lady DESTROYS of en-
Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-03
WASHINGTON, Nov. IL.

When you use postal-card always
write the address the first thing. Tons
of postal cards without any address are
destroyed in the Dead Letter Office, be-
cause people write their messages first,
and then forget to address the card.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-18
A Place for Manufactures.

Los Angeles possesses facilities for
becoming great manufacturing GEN.
ter. The irrigation bitches already in
use afford a great water power that
may be employed to drive machinery
and yet not decrease their usefulness
in rendering the soil productive. The
enterprise of Mr.. BEAUDRY-throwing
an abundance of water upon the higher
land-adds greatly to the water power
facilities of the city. Dozens of man.
ufacturing establishments may be OPP
Grated with power obtained from these
pipes without diverting the water from
its Legitimate purpose of irrigation.
Cheap power is primary object in
the construction of manufactures, and
this advantage Los Angeles offers in
an eminent degree to all. We have
now unutilized power amply sufficient
torun several large establishments, and
as soon as Mr.. BEAUDRY's waterworks
are in operation this unused power
will be vastly increased. When to
this we add that the demand for sew
eral manufactures here is great and
steadily increasing, we think we have
said sufficient to make it an object to
those in search of locations for this
class of industry to visit our city and
examine both the facilities for cheap
power and the opportunities for build
ing up lucrative business. The OPP
portunities are here. Who will avail
themselves of the chance to realize
handsome incomes?
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-18
Compulsory Voting.

AS general rule, in this our free
American country, the men who best
understand and appreciate the value
of vote in maintaining the rights of
freeman, are the most careless and
Indifferent of allvoters. 1t is the best
class of citizens whose names are un-
checked when the polls close on cleo
ton day. When an election goes by
default, as it did in San Francisco the
last time the people were called upon
to exercise the right of suffrage, it is
noticeable that it is the solid, intelli-
gent men who did not vote. In all
such eases the successful candidates
are not and have no right to assert
themselves, the choice of the people.
1t has been urged that the right of
suffrage in the United States is so
cheap that in too many instances it
falls into the hands of men who,
through ignorance or dishonesty, abuse
it. There is more truth in this than
the casual observer is willing to con-
cede. But q days study around the
polls at an important election will
convince any one of intelligence that
the right to vote is in possession of
many men who abuse it. y man who
will sell his vote for any price, from a
drink ofwhisky up, always votes. He
never misses an election. And it is
this, by no means small, class of
voters and the men who use them, that
are polluting the ballot-box, endanger-
ing our liberties and threatening the
prosperity of the Republic. We cam
not deprive the vote seller of his right
to vote, but we may destroy his power.
Our Legislators are applying them
selves to the task of creating law
which shall compel the education of
the rising generations. Anything
which shall tend to the education of
the people is desirable, and will result
in good. But there is another equally
important step which should be taken.
The safety of our Government in the
future depends on the people who cast
the votes, and to this end some means
should be devised which will prevent
the better portion of the community
remaining away from the polls on
election day. We are in favor of a
compulsory voting lava law making
it misdemeanor for any man posses
sing the right to vote to neglect to ex-
ercise that right on any and every oc-
casion. If the man who votes hon
estly and intelligently can be brought
to the polls, We need entertain no fur
Their fear of the vote-selling ballot-box
corrupter. A compulsory voting law
will be worth more to the country
than compulsory education law.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-18
CarIist Losses.

We wonder about how many Car
lists there were in Spain at the begin
ming Of that country's present un-
pleasantness, and it would be an item
of interest to know how many of
those unfortunate people are still
alive and able to bear arms. There
must have been an abundance of arms
and no end of other munitions of war
in Spain at the commencement of the
civil strife. We draw these differences
from circumstances which seem to es-
tablish their correctness. Within the
past four months there have been
fought about two thousand battles, at
each of which the Carlists were de-
feated and lost from fifty to three hun
dred men, killed, wounded and taken
prisoners. Say the average was one
hundred and fifty in each battle,
which is low estimate, the Carlsts
have lost 100000 of their number in an
in credible short time. Each of these
unfortunate soldiers lost his gun, pis-
toll or sword. In each battle the Car
lists lost a few cannon, say ten, and
we have the figures to show that they
have lost 10000 pices of artillery. OF
course the loss in ammunition is pro-
portionately great. No wonder the
Republicans are elated, and the Won
der is that the Carlists are not exter-
minated. No people in the world can
stand this sort of thing more than a
century or two. If the Carlists con-
tinue at this rate to lose men and
arms every day in every fight. they
cannot help but feel slight depress-
ion in the course of time. We wonder
if the accounts of the Spanish battles
that come over here are as reliable as
the town clock? They appear all
straight, but if the Carlists controlled
the telegraph lines they might appear
little more so.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-18
The Savings Of the Road.

At this time when it is expected
that everybody will place their Shout
der to the wheel and assist in the
work, to recapitulate few of the ben
efits which will be derived from the
Los Angeles and Independence rail
road may be of assistance. Unless
we take the trouble to estimate some
of the gains the people will derive
from the road, the actual savings do
not present themselves in a tangible
shape. We have not the data at hand
to show the aggregate amount of
freight annually shipped from Will
mington to San Bernardino, but we
know that the cost of transporting
each ton of this freight, from the an
chorage to its destination, is fifteen
dollars. At the maximum rates of
the Los Angeles and Independence
road it would not exceed seven dollars
and fifty cents per ton. San Bernar-
dino will be the first point benefited
by the new road. She will save fully
one-half Of the present cost of freight,
and she will realize this gain almost
Immediately after the work of con-
struction is commenced. The road
will save the people of San Bernardo
no county one hundred thousand dol
lars, and perhaps double that sum,
each year. This saving will increase
with the increase of population, and
the consequent increase in the bulk of
freight. Let us pass to the farther end
of the road and see what the people of
Inyo county will save. The estimated
yield of base bullion from the mines
now worked in that county is forty tons
per day. 1t costs fifty dollars per ton
to move this ore from the mines
to the water at Wilmington. This
involves freighting charge of two
thousand dollars per day. The maxi
mum rate of the railroad will place
this freight on board shipin Whining
ton harbor for twenty-five dollars per
ton. But the maximum rates will
not be charged and the shippers will
save at least twelve hundred dollars
per day on down freight alone. Sup
pose, however, they pay the full rates
allowed by the charter, they will save
one thousand dollars per day-three
hundred thousand dollars per year, or
about one-fourth the cost Of the en-
tire road from Spadra to Independence.
BELsHAw & BEAUDRY are now ship
ping about twenty tons Of bullion per
day. Their freight-costs from the
mine to Wilmington average about
one thousand dollars per day. If the
railroad was in operation, this firm
alone would save one hundred and
fifty thousand dollars per annum. We
take no account of the increase in
shipments which would follow cheap
freight, nor of the immense amount
of freight which would pass over the
road the other way. The mine own
ers of Inyo county alone would soon
save the total cost of building this
road. A few of the larger mines can
we'll afford to take one-half the stock.
They will get their money back on
freight in less than two years after
the road commences operations.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-18

THE House of Representative
threatens to expel Delegate CANNON,
Of Utah, from it's portals, all because
he has a plurality Of wives. IT'S a
grievous sin, and the Mormon great
gun should be made to feel the enormi-
ty of his crime. But why make an
example of CANNON, and leave others
equally sinful in quiet enjoyment
of their seats? The cause sufficient
to expel member of the House should
be also sufficient to expel United
States Senator. MITCHELL-HIPPEL
was an admitted and convicted big
amist when he entered the Senate.
What shall be done with Senator
who not only married one wife while
he had another living, but was elected
to the high position he holds under an
assumed name, when we expel Dele
gate CANNON for bigamy? II CAN
NON goes off there should be report
from HIPPEL soon after.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-18
Latest kilograms.
CONGRESS AND THE RAIL ROADS.
and the Mob.
The Union Pacific Forced
to Terms.
EASTERN.
caste r NJ.


WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE House
Committee on Pacific Railroads to-day
directed their subcommittee, hitherto
charged with the collection of law and
facts bearing on LuttrelPs proposition
for an investigation of the Central Pa
cific Railroad matters, to make a re-
port to the full Committee, in order to
enable it to decide this session whether
it is advisable to recommend such in
vestigation.
The Senate Railroad Committee au
thorized Stewart, Howe and Hitch
cock to prepare such amendments as
they may agree upon and report to
the Senate. The bill providing for the
local taxation of all lands granted to
the Pacific Railroad is to be amended
so as to require that patents shall be
issued to the companies for all lands
to which they are entitled. The bill
as passed by the House provides that
in cases where patents are not accepted
by the companies their land shall be
subject to State taxation on the basis
of lists to be certified to by the Com
missioners Of the General Land Office.
The Pro Rata Rates.
WASHINGTON, June II. - In the
House yesterday the Pacific Railroad
bill, compelling the Union Pacific
Railroad to pro rata freights with the
Kansas Pacific and other Pacific roads
was passed, 1t also provides that the
Denver Pacific shall be deemed part
of the Kansas Pacific to the point of
junction with the Union Pacific road.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1874-06-18
FOREIGN NEWS.
ROchefort Attacked by a Mob.

LONDON, June 16.-A mob attacked
Rochefort at Queenstown, but the po-
lice saved him from being lynched.
He got out of the city, proceeded to
Dublin, and will go thence to London.
Temporary Quiet In France.
LONDON, June lin the French
Assembly the Left has temporarily
abandoned the agitation for dissolu-
ton of the Assembly.
Laying of the Brazilian Cable.
LONDON, June II. - The steamer
Africa has laid successfully her Sec
ton of the Brazilian cable and returned
to Lisbon.