Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-17
West and South.

| instructing Gen. Terry, at st. Paul, and Gen,
| Ord, commanding the Department Of the
| Platte, to take measures 10 prevent gold-seek-
| ers from passing over the Sioux country 10
| the Black Hills. Should companies now or
| ganlzing trespass on the Sioux Indian Reser-
| walton II is directed that their wagon trains
be burned, their outfit destroyed and that the
| leaders shall be arrested.
The Indiana Women's State Temperance
| Convention was recently In session at Indian
apolis, and series OF resolutions was adopt
| ed, the chief points Of interest being an in
| dorsement OF the general features OF the Bax.
| ter law, and an agreement not TO support any
| candidate for office, be he Republican or Dem
| ocrat, not In sympathy with the temperance
movement, and not pledged TO sustain and
| improve the Baxter bill in the next session Of
the General Assembly. The Sth day of Octo
Der was fixed upon as a day Of humiliation
fasting and prayer The following officers
| Mrs. NJ. M. Finch, OF indianapolis, Secretary
and Mrs Reed, Of Richmond, Treasurer.
Snow fell an inch deep in the Green River
Valley, Wyoming Territory, on the night Of
| the LIST.
Congressional nominations on the Sd: Re.
| publican-A. Simpson, Twelfth Illinois Dis,
trict; Omar ID. Conger, Seventh Michigan
District, renominated; Gen. Golf, First West
Virginia District Reform--J. w. wilkins,
| Fifteenth Illinois District. Democratic--Hon
William Hartzell, Eighteenth Illinois Dis.
trict; A. McKayow, Fourth Ohio District;
Alexander II. Stephens, Eighth Georgia Dis.
trict, renomnated; William Walsh Sixth
Maryland District; X. p. Bland, Fifth Mis-
souri,, renominated.
The Republican candidates In Nebraska are
as follows: For Governor, Silas CARRIER; Sec
rotary Of State, Bruno Izschuck; Treasurer
J. G. Mcbride; Attorney General, Geo. Ii.
Roberts; for Congressman, l.. Crounse; con-
tingent Congressman, Pat. 0. Halves. The
State platform expresses hope TO soon see
the circulating medium Of the country based
on metallic currency; advocates free bank
ing; disavows hostility toward railroads, but
demands that they be made subservient To
the public good; favors national regulation
Of Interstate commerce.; opposes a third
Presidential term, and fayors the election OF
President, Vice. President and Senators by a
direct vote Of the people.
On the Sd, Gov. Kellogg, OF Louisiana, Is
sued his proclamation, offering a reward OF
5000 each for the arrest Of the persons i'm
plicated In the Coushatta affair. The procla-
nation was accompanied by a statement Of
the circumstances attending the killing,
| showing that, In the opinion Of the authori-
ties, the murders were the work Of the White
League. Another account was published in
the Picayune of the 3D., which insisted that II
was the work Of Texan desperadoes, and
| characterizing the statement Of Kellogg as
false.
The committee, consisting OF two Republi-
cans and one Democrat, appointed by the last
Minnesota Legislature TO investigate the
transactions Of the late State Auditor, Charles
McIlrath, on account of school and swamp
lands, which were In his charge as State Land
Commissioner ex o1tcio, have unanimously re-
ported defalcations on the part of Mr. McIirath
to the amount Of $89,559.
The Wyoming election returns, nearly com
| plete, give Steele (Democrat), for Delegate to
| Congress, majority Of between 800 and 600.
The Democratic ticket is generally successful
| throughout the Territory.
The Shreveport La.) Evening Telegram,
| (Republican) of the 4th denies that that town
| furnished the parties who committed the re-
cent Coushatta outrage IL says emphatically
that Shreveport men were not concerned In
the brutality. The Times of the same date
publishes a statement Of Mr.. Abney lead.
ing merchant Of Coushatta, to the effect that
an investigation had there by citizens com
mittee had revealed a plot on the part of armed
negroes to murder unfortunately large
party Of men, women and children In attend.
ance at dance on the evening Of the 9th
ult. that after this discovery a party OF
scouts were fired upon by the negroes and
one OF the number was dangerously wounded
The subsequent shooting OF the prisoners
near that place grew out OF this affair.
A fire ut Greenville, Miss, on the morning
Of the ID burned seventy three buildings, and
inflicted a loss OF over $250,000. Much suffer.
ing was anticipated, as nearly all the provis-
ions in the town were destroyed.
The town Of Mokelumne, CAL, has been to.
tally destroyed by fire.
The Arkansas Constitutional Convention
has rejected the proposition allowing the peo-
piS W NotS oii viz fuSoeioh vi tSPoei"bioh'
A Sioux City Qowa) special of the 9Th says
that, in consequence Of Gen. Sheridan's pro-
hibltory orders against infringing on Indian
reservations, the Black Hills expedition organ,
lied In that city had postponed its contem.
plated efforts to penetrate the Black Hills
country until Government permission is OBJ.
tanned.
Prof King, accompanied by five persons,
representatives of the press, made am ascen
sion In his mammoth balloon Buffalo" ut
Cleveland, on the 4th. After an interesting
voyage of nearly 500 miles In twenty-four
hours the party effected landing near
Smiths Creek, ten miles from Port Huron,
Mich.
A Shreveport (La.) dispatch Of the 9Th says
a message has been sent to President Grant,
signed by the leading men OF that city, deny
ing that any resident Of that parish had par
ticipated In the Coushatta affair, and asking
that a commission OF fair-minded men be APP
pointed to visit the State and ascertain the
truth. The Democratic and Conservative
State Central Committees have issued an ad-