Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-07
the Legislature together.

| call the Legislature together. He
was erecting barricades and powerful maya
zines In the rear OF the State House. Some
| Of his troops had gone home. Both forces,
! as TO numbers, we're pretty equally divided.
Baxter's were nearly all white nen and
Brooks mostly colored. Baxter had sent
dispatch to President Grant to the effect that
he had convened the Legislature for the 18th
of May; that he had sent home part OF his
forces, and would have sent the balance, ex-
cept a small body guard, but Brooks retained
his whole force, and was receiving reinforce
| ments.
A late census of st. Louis, taken by the
School Board, shows the total number between
the ages Of five and twenty -one in that city to
be 1888, i3i, indicating q total population Of
about Az, 600.
A recent Jacksonville Qll.) telegram states
| that suit for 100000 debt and 5000 dam
ages had been instituted in the Morgan County
| Circuit Court, In the name of the People Of
| Illinois against the Toledo, Wabash & West
ern Railway Company. The action is brought
under the Railway law Of 1873, for extortion
! In freights and passenger rates.
! The Globe Theatcr in Chicago was burned
on the night Of the Goth.
| The following Is an abstract of the crop
statistics published in the National Crop Re-
| porter at indianapolis on the 18th;
The area planted In IhSb potatoes last year In
the States OF Illinois, Indiana, Iowa. Kansas. Min
nesota, Missouri, Ohio and Wisconsin was, In round
numbers, $4,000 acres, The average percentage OF
\ increase upon which is estimated al nearly per
/ cent, or about 1900 acres. Correspondents In
| Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin estimate the
| probable increase In th e area Of barley 10 be
| u u IA raH la WAY Tha
| average condition OF swine In April in the
/ eight States named above shows very low rate
as compared with the condition at the same date
| last year Representing the latter at 100, the
| average for the eight stands fraction less than
| 81 None OF the States report over 30, and Mis-
souri returns ~ The average prices o. the lead
| 55c. oats 42c.; hay, $9.27; swine, S466; pota-
| toes, $1.l2. This shows since March IS an adj
vance on corn oats and hay, and decline In
| wheat, swine and potatoes.
The dispatches from Louisiana on the 2Gth
show that the floods In the Ouachita Valley
had been far more disastrous than was at first
supposed. Several towns were wholly under
water; over 100000 acres were submerged,
and about 10000 persons were ashed out
Of house and home. Over $4,000 were act
ually suffering for the bare necessities Of life.
No crops will be raised this year in the section
Of country overlooked, and the prospects OF
the people are Of the gloomiest character. The
river at New Orleans was reported falling on
the 25tb. Liberal contributions In aid of the
| sufferers are reported as being raised In East
ern and Western cities.
There was no change In the condition Of
affairs at Little Rock on the 25th. Baxter
proposed to Brooks TO leave the determination
of differences between them 10 some competent
An. III
guard; Brooks refused. Brooks received a
quantity Of arms and ammunition from st.
Louis. Gen. White, Of Baxter's forces, had
declared martial law In Jefferson County and
taken possession Of the Court House.
The Chicago Inter. Ocean Of recent date
publishes list Of 2G0 principally Westerly
newspapers, of which number 2l3 are given
as being in favor Of, aud forty-seven opposed
to, expansion of the currency. The Chicago
Tribune OF the Both ult., gives list OF III
journals, ninety seven sustaining the Presi-
dents veto, sixty-three opposing 1t and twelve
being " on the fence" In regard 10 the currency
question.
A Topeka (Kan.) dispatch of the 9th says
| the old man arrested at Salt Lake, and sup
posed to bg Bender, had been brought TO that
| city, and had been viewed by hundreds OF
curious people. 1t was thought certain that
he Is the true Bender.
Additional contributions for the sufferers
by the great floods In the South were being
sent forward on the 27th.
Little Rock ark advices Of the 9th state
that Baxter's men had removed an old siege
piece from the lower end of the town, where II
was used by the Confederate forces during the
war, and stationed II at the corner Of Mark
kan and Scott streets. 1t is q sixty-four
FOUNDER and has been cleaned out ready for
action. Both sides had sent dispatches to
Washington TO present their views of the ques-
| ton.
call has been issued for an Anti-Monop-
oily state Convention to be held at Des Moines,
Iowa, on the oath of June. The call states
that all persons whose political views are in
accordance with the principles announced at
the convention held In Des Moines on the 25th
day OF February last are cordially Invited to
Join In sending delegates to the convention.
| The ratio for representation will be one dele.
gate TO each county, and In addition thereto
one delegate for every $50 votes and fraction
thereof over 100 cast for Hon. j. G. Vale for
| Governor.
| April 81 was observed as memorial day In
many OF the cities at the South. At Augusta
| aud Atlanta, Ga, and Montgomery, Ala, there
was general suspension Of business during
the ceremony of strewing the graves with
| flowers.
| Charles Wagner the proprietor Of saloon
In Columbus, Ohio, advertised grand open
ing on the 27th, proposing TO sell several