Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-16
General News.

| w hlie the WOrkmen were demOl-
ishing the old Nathan mansions in
New York, memorable as the scene
of mysterious murder, they found
a night-shirt smeared with blood
damned in behind a dumb waiter.
The name Nathan was plainly visi.
bic on the collar Of the shirt, beneath
the clots of blood, 1t may be that
! i ''..- discovery w. turn the inquiries
Of the detective, who lave never
given up the hope Of successfully
working up this case, into neW chan
nels.
Last week not less than forty per-
sons were killed by lightning in Min
! nps0ta.
Tuesday night Of last week de-
structive storm passed over Holt
county, Mo, greatly injuring crops
and trees.
The Burlington Hawheye is.author-
ity for saying that Iowa was named
the Hawkeye State" by James G.
Edwards, founder of that paper in
1888.
An exchange is responsible for the
following: 1.-THE unhappiest insects
in the State Of Iowa are a colony OF
grasahoppers that settled down on
field of onions belonging to Dir. Dula,
in the Missouri Valley. They are
roaming around now, looking for a
bed Of horse radish to take the taste
out of their mouths"
The New Hampshire Legislature
adjourned last Friday until the last
Wednesday in May next.
Henry Ward Beecher has written
two letters, in one of which he ap-
points committee Of six TO investi-
gate the charges made against him
the other is addressed to the church
and asks that all possible aid be given
the committee.
a fire in San Francisco on the 10th
inst, destroyed store property and
stock to the value of $4,000
Cyrus w. Field is confident that
the San Francisco moneyed men
will take stock and advance money
for laying the Pacific cable to Japan
as soon as the survey is made. The
stock will be owned in London,
New York and San Francisco, and
will amout to about $40, 100000.
The imports at New York last
week amounted to s., l07, 410.
Last week the United States mail
service of the West and Southwest
was enlarged by 1850 routes, exclu-
sive of railway and steamboat serv-
ices.
On the morning of the 9th inst,
near Council Bluffs, Chas Clifford
shot, and it is thought fatally woun-
ded, a neighbor named Edmonds,
after which he made his escape. The
authorities Immediately pursued the
criminal.
Indians in Wyoming Territory are
amusing themselves by occasionally
shooting one Of the whites in that re-
gion.
A petition for damages was entered
in the Circuit Court for Scott county,
last week, by one Herman Schroeder
and against the Chicago Pacific road.
The claimant asks $4,000, with in
terest and costs Of suit. His injuries
are severe, and skilled physicians
tell him they are permanent.
Gov. Caldwell, of North Carolina,
died on the evening OF the 18th inst.
Cholera morbus.
Saturday morning the building of
! the National Dock and Warehouse
Company at Boston fell. 1t COR
tanned $4,000 worth of goods. Loss
on building $4,000.
1t has been currently reported that
| Vice President Wilson would resign.
Late advices state that this report is
without foundation.
A fire broke out at Wehawken, n.
j., last Friday evening in the oil
dock. Total loss estimated at $780,
600.
The issue of postage STAINS Is four
teen and one-half per cent. great. r
this year than last.