Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-05-07
THE IOWA VOTER.
IOWA ITEMS.

Building is unusually active IN Bur
lington this spring.
Twelve hundred and sixty school
bonses were built in Iowa last year.
The Burtis Opera House, Daven-
mort. was re-opened on the lst inst.
Recently Guthrie county family
was made sick by using poisoned
sugar.
Dubuque has the modest little sum
Of $4,000 in distilleries, breweries,
etc.
DIR. Fuller, Webster City, has been
appointed surgeon for the Crow
Agency.
Mrs. Ada North has been recon-
missioned State Librarian for two
wears from May LIST.
Buchanan county Changers are
making an effort to start piow fac
tory at Independence.
A narrow guage railroad from
Usage to Cresco is talked of by Mitch
ell county people.
A vein Of coal twenty inches thick
has been found in Wayne county,
1870 feet below the surface.
Miss NJ. Z. Pinkerton, of Grinnell,
left her home recently to join the
Zulin Mission in South Africa.
Thursday last, Mrs. Blenk, of DIAL
las county, was instantly killed by
the accidental discharge Of gun.
Three-card monte men are reaping
rich harvest from the unsophistica-
ted who travel on Iowa railroads.
Des Moines is to have city hos
pital this summer, and the Z. X. L. d
PR. r.. Co. will erect new depot.
The State Agent of the Grange has
received from the Patrons for the
northwestern homesteaders, dona-
tons amounting to $6,9l5.
Forty-eight Keokuk saloon-keep-
ers have publicly pledged themselves
not to sell liquor to minors or habit
uai drunkards.
Fayatte county's Board of Super
visors have appropriated s5,0o0 to-
ward rebuilding the court house on
its old site.
At Davenport, last week, a worth
less vagabond named Dinkle killed
his wife by stabbing her with
knife. Whisky was the cause.
Alexander Young Of Carroll, drew
money on certain pension drafts be-
longing to Alexandra Young, Of
Coon Rapids, and now he is explain
ing the matter to the courts.
One August Clemens went duck
hunting the other day. He got excl
ted and "yanked" his gun out of the
boat muzzle foremost. Now he feeds
himself with one hand.
A horse thief was caught at Cedar
Rapids the other day and given quar-
tiers in the county Jail. The migrate
full man crawled out the same night
and took French leave.
Des Moines is the most ghostly
city in Iowa. At the present time
no less than eight spoOks are operat-
ing upon the superstitions of the
Capitalites.
At Waterloo two wives have sued
a like number of saloon keepers, and
Law damages at $4,000 each. The
owners Of the saloon property are
also made defendants in the suit.
A Taylor county man refused to
pagan employees SO for wages claimed.
Suit was brought, and the case has
since been i'm the courts, the man be-
ing defeated each time. He has
paid over 81 900 costs. There is moth
ing like pluck.
The visit of the ladies to the sa-
looms i'm Manchester last Friday, re-
suited In row. Stale eggs were
thrown at the crusaders, the gentle
men who assisted the ladies were at
tackled, blows were exchanged and
the crusade closed in confusion.
The following papers approve OF
Grants veto Of the currency Dill:
Gate cry, Muscatine Journal, Vinton
Ecgle, Eddyville advertiser, Clinton
Herold, Glenwood Opinion, Daven-
port Democrat, Burlington Hdtrkeye
and GQzette, and the Belle PLANE
L5aion.
On the morning of the LIST inst.
fire broke out in Marshalltown,
which threatened destruction To the
husine.a mart of the CITY. but by hard