Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-12-10

Chapter OF Royal Arch Masons at Nashville,
Tenn, the following named officers were in
stalled for the ensuing year: John Frizzell,
OF Tennessee, Deputy General Grand High
Priest; r. r. Bower Low, Of Louisiana, Grand
| King: John McCleland, OF Massachusetts,,
Grand Treasurer; c. G. Fox. Of New York,
General Grand Secretary; Henry Bostwick,
General Grand Royal Arch Captain
At recent meeting in Indianapolis OF the
Western Bureau Of Railway Commissioners
it was decided to advance the rates on all
classes OF freight from Western points five
| cents per hundred pounds.
The majority against the new Constitution
| In Michigan at the recent election was ~, 762;
| against womans suffrage, 95,ST.
| The official returns from the Dakota cleo
| ton for Delegate to Congress are as follows:
Kidder (Rep), 1851; Armstrong tDem-), 2, ls9.
Kidder's majority, 2,4os.
| Nineteen citizens Of Lafourche Parish, La,
| have been arrested on warrants issued by
the United States Commissioners, charging
them with the violation Of the Enforcement
| act.
| At its recent session the Indiana State
Grange made an appropriation OF u 900 for the
| relief OF the Nebraska sufferers, and COM
mittee was directed TO mature plan for rails
| ing additional funds by calling on subordinate
Oranges for contributions. The Secretary re-
ported 400 Oranges In the State paying
dues, with So, f41 members. There is bal
ance Of sl4, SO0.57 in the treasury
! Jones, OF Kentucky, elected Clerk Of the
State Court Of Appeals, but declared ineligi-
BILE because Of his having accepted a chal-
lenge to fight duel, will take his case to tie
court of which he was elected Clerk The
ground Of his suit is that the Returning
Board had no authority to inquire into the
| evidence.
The official count Of the vote Of Missouri
gives Hardin, Democrat, for Governor, b.
4G2 majority The vote on the Constitutional
| Convention, with three counties to hear from,
| gives 10S majority for convention.
| The King of the Sandwich Islands arrived
at San Francisco on the 2Sth, en- route fer
Washington.
The Board OF Managers Of the National Ten
perance Society have resolved to hold q Ma
| tional Temperance Convention at some point
in the West the coming year.
The boy in the family OF +. w. Pcyton, at
Barboursville, w. Va, who was supposed to
have been the missing Charlie Ross, was
| found, upon investigation, to have escaped
from neighboring poor-house.
| Later accounts from Tuscumbia, Ala, place
the number Of lives lost by the tornado in
that place at sixty, and the value Of property
destroyed at 100000 About sixty persons
were also wounded -Four hundred people
| a a
Tuscumbia is town Of about 800 inhabit-
ants, situated on the Memphis d Charleston
Railroad, seventy -hve miles west of Hunts,
| vile and two miles from the Tennessee River,
Gov. Garland, of Arkansas, In dispatch OF
the Both ult, in reply to telegram from his
counsel In Washington, says: 81 am not
concentrating troops to defy the President or
| Congress, as has been charged nor for any
other purpose. ! am not concentrating
troops at ali, there being peace and quiet
| throughout the State"
| William o. Key, cousin Of Frank Key,
author Of the :" Star Spangled Banner" con-
mitted suicide at the Kennert House, Balti-
more, a few nights ago. Deceased has been
| for some time past in the hotel business.
Walter Strain, of Buffalo, N. Y, arrived at
Des Moines, Iowa, on the 2Sth uIt., from the
Black Hills, where he had been prospecting
since August. He made a thorough prospect
and reports some "pocket" gold found, but
not enough to pay. He declares that there is
not shadow OF truth in the statements made
as to the discoveries of gold in that country.
Two OF his comrades were shot by the Indi-
ans, of whom the hills are full.
The Ohio Legislature met In adjourned
session at Columbus on the LIST. The annual
message of Gov. Allen was read in each
house. The total local Indebtedness Of the
State is 1921 1886, 007.36; reimbursabDe debt,
$7,9ss 2O530; total, 9,s74, 212.s6. The ire
ducible debt is "a, 1872 1876. The aggregate
debts in Ohio, State, local and trust fund, $50,
997, 24.52. The taxes levied in 1878, collectable
In 1874, aggregate 500 474, 459. The taxes levied
In 1874, collectable in 1875, aggregate 1854,
TO. The taxable valuation in Ono, as shown
by the grand duplicate Of 1874, is: Real es-
tate in cities, towns and villages, 1884, S49, :
1877; real estate not In cities, towns and vii
lagos, s697 ,40S ,537; personal property, $685.
,5ss. Total, 81, $50, $40, 1924, which is an in
crease over the grand duplicate Of 1878 of
$13, 104, 1855.
The newly-elected city officials of New Or
leans were installed on the 30th ult.
The American Cheap Transportation Con-
vention met at Richmond, Va, on the LIST.
About seventy.ive delegates were present,
the Hon. Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts,
presiding. A report on transportation was
read by +. b. Thurber, of New York, in which
he argued in favor Of trans-continental rail-
roads In preference to canals. Committees
were appointed.
The first annual session of the Alabama
State Grange met at Montgomery on the I'd,
w. II. Chambers, w. NJ, presiding. One
hundred delegates were present.
The returns ffom the Michigan State cleo
ton show the vote for State Treasurer to be
as follows: William b. McCreery, Republi-
can, 110,4S6; Sterling, Democrat, 9s,049; Pro-
hibition and Reform candidates, 4,l19; max.
ing McCreery's majority over all s,SlS. The
remainder of the Republican State ticket will
show about I, 900 majority.
Wilbur f., Storey, OF the Chicago Times,
was married on the I'd to Mrs. Eureka c.
| Pearson.
The managers Of most Of the Western rail.
| roads held a meeting In Chicago on the Cd