Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-06-18
West and South.

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that all legislation Of that sort was In viola
ton of the rights conferred upon railway
companies by their charters, and that IT was
withdrawal of the protection which the laws
OF the State afford TO all other property-hold-
ers, az well as practical confscation OF pri-
yate property.
| A suit under the Potter law was decided in
| the Circuit Court at Milwaukee on the 4th.
The case was brought by Henry NJ. Ackley
and George Villas, Of Oconomowoc, against
| the Chicago, Milwaukee ~ st. Paul Railway
Company. The plaintiffs shipped two car
| loads Of lumber from Oshkosh TO
Oconomowoc, and rendered the legal
| rate of freight therefor, which was $50. The
company demanded $4s, and suit In re-
plevin was brought. Judge Small decided
| the law constitutional, and the jury accord
| ingly gave verdict for $3.50, the value OF the
| lumber, In favor Of the plaintiffs, and awarded
| six cents damage, together with the costs OF
the action. The case will be appealed to the
| Supreme Court
The receipts Of the State Treasury Of ILL
nois for the month Of May were 1852, 1890,
| and the disbursements sll0,4S9.53.
| The Ohio Democratic State Central Com
mjttee have reconsidered their action appoint
| ing July Is as the time for the assembling OF
| the State Convention, and q motion was
agreed 10 TO hold the convention on the 26th
| OF August.
Tampico, H., was visited by tornado on
| the night Of the 9Th, and twenty-one dwell
| ings were totally destroyed and nearly every
| house In the place was more or less damaged.
| No person was killed, but several were severe
| ly injured.
| The Wisconsin railroads have adopted the
| practice of requiring prepayment OF fares
before admitting passengers upon their trains,
the object, It Ia said, being TO prevent the
three cents per mile rides, which were
becoming too frequent. In regard to
the application for an injunction to
restrain the Railroad Commissioners and
the Attorney General from enforcing
the Railway law, and the Chicago q North
western Railway Company from complying
| with It's provisions, II Ia stated that the case
was postponed until day not fixed, and the
| fact that The Court entertained the motion and
declined II is equivalent in It's effect to a
| temporary injunction, and no further
proceedings would be taken by those
officers until a decision on this point
had been given. The time and place
Of hearing will depend partly upon the pres
ence of Judge Drummond, and mainly upon
the arrival of Judge Davis, OF the United
States Supreme Court, who Is expected To SIT
with Judges Drummond and Hopkins. twill
probably be heard In Madison In the third
week In June.
II Is reported that cholera has made Its APP.
pearance In New Orleans.
The bribery case of ex-senator Pomeroy, OF
Kansas, has been postponed to July ~, FOL
the reason that the attorneys for the defense
are Obliged at present to attend the Federal
Court.
A San Francisco dispatch Of the Sth says
Grover Dcmocrat), for Governor Of Oregon
beats Tolman about 400. The friends OF
williams. for Congress, still hoped he wa.
elected. The vote il very close.
Judge Zane, of the Sangamon (Ill) Circuit
Court, on the sth refused to sign the bill OF
exceptions in the recent case against the
Chicago Il st. Louis Railroad, and an ordel
was made for an execution for the amount Of
the Judgment recently recovered.
The National Anti.Slavery Reunion held III
first session In Chicago on the afternoon OF thu
9Th. A large number of old.time abolition
lists were present. After temporary or
ganization, Gov. Beveridge, Of Hi
nois, delivered an address Of welcome
Hon. Henry Wilson was appointed
President, and one Vice-President from cacl
of the Northern States. In the absence OF thu
former gentleman, Gen. A. l.. Chetlain, Vice
President from Illinois, was called to tn
chair, and delivered an address. This wa
followed by reading Of letters from j. Walden
Francis Gillette, Charles Francis Adams
William Lloyd Garrison and others. An ad
dress was made by z. Eastman. In the even
ing letters were read from Col. Higgnson
Wendell Phillips and Elizur Wright, and al
address was delivered by President Blanchard
on the "Fall of American Slavery"
Mrs. Ann yondeberg, Of Cincinnati, on tn
It'll used coal oil to aid in kipdling a fire an,
was fatally burned, In the presence Of he
father, mother and husband, all Of whom
were badly burned tearing the burning clothe
: from her body. Mrs. v. was seventeen year
old and was married on the Tuesday proceed
ing the accident.
Information has been received at arm.
headquarters In Washington Of movemen
Oh tho part of the Comanche and Cheyenne In
dians to make war against the whites In gen
eral and the people Of Texas In particular.
At Cairo, ILL.,, on the 9th, Mary Helm under
took to kindle a fire with coal oil. She Sc
the can on the stove and then started the fire
The can exploded and the foolish girl wa
severely, and probably fatally, burned.
The Michigan Republican State Conventiol
Is to be held at Lansing on the Goth o
August
In the Alexander County Qli.) Circuit Cour
on the 9th Judge Baker rendered decision II
the case Of the Railroad Commissioners Us
The Illinois Central Railroad, for extortionat'
charges for the transportation Of freight ant
excessive charges on passenger fares. Their
were twenty eight counts In the declaration
filed by the attorney for the Commissioners
Judge Baker decided the Railroad law consti
tutional and sustained nineteen OF the twenty
one counts. The suit against the road 10 TO
100000.