Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-10-29

the morning * ths 18th sazs yfsA Al aesisis n
al Dssanyof Bridge east u La7Sehas1. OAaa,
by which the loeo@atiye ard te@dSr wSFe
wrecked. both Of ther 10aus EAsesaSA sass
bridge. The engineer, DAn FersR2e> as2 Ere
man. Joseph P4ren., both II ghi1s3eosAs, we're
killed instantly. Both aigAs hare saved
themselves or jumping. AZ EAs train vss aos
running osex twelve mikes per boar. Thsy
died Al their posts, and therssy sare1 the pas
sengers, not one Of WHOM was hzr..
The Republican State Central Cosnraitsse u
Louisiana on the 18th authorized Fenswal u
the conference invited By the Conservative
Ainswortil'. Official ras io-isy Tor Congress In
the Third Iowa District i sixty-ihrre-
The managers II the Michigan Ceztral
Railroad having refused their ecasens 10 tbs
crossing OF their track by the Baltimore Il
Ohio Railroad, the Circuit Court of Porter
County. Ind, and the United States Court
were appealed 90. and decided that such
crossing should be allowed near Lake Ssa-
ton. Ind Being notified that resistance
would be met with, notwithstanding such de-
/ eisi0ns, the managers Of the B. & O. Road
called on the Sheriff of Porter County 10 aid
them In making the crossing, and on the 18th
7 went with yoxse Of citizens 10 the point
where the crossing was 10 be made, and there
I found The main track of the VI. c. Road OBJ
ssraetea by construction trains, and barricades
II ties, rails and wood on each side OF the
[ crossing. between the main track and
/. the fence, each barricadc being manned
/. BIZ a number Of armed men in the employ
K Of tae " C. Company An attempt was made
/ 80 dispense the opposing crowd, but without
sueesss- The Sheriff read the Riot act and
called upon the Governor Of the State for
Z assistance. An attempt TO arrest the leaders
Of the VI. G. gang was successfully re-
sisted Gov. Hendricks telegraphed TO Presi-
/ deaf JOY, Of the NJ. Z. Road, calling on him to
Z interp0se his authority to suppress this riot
4 ots demonstration on the part of his men and
| 10 disband them The opposing parties en-
( camped on the field during the night of the
/ 10Th Two companies Of militia were or
I dered by the Governor to the scene Of disturb
| anc G.
/ Washington dispatch Of the 10Th says the
! Conservatives Of South Carolina were circu-
| lating petition soliciting the Federal Gov
| eminent to resume the military control of the
| State.
| Miss Maria Mitchell, the lady astronomer
| In Vassar College, has been elected President
| Of the Womens Congress for the ensuing
year Speaking Of the recent meeting Of the
! Congress in Chicago the E0ening journal
says questions and propositions pertaining to
the physical, intellectual, moral, legal and
| general advancement of the sex were dis
cussed with dignity and ability, and judged
| by its proceedings and by the character and
ability Of those who took part in them this
| feminine Congress is deserving Of the sup
| port Of every sensible and true woman in
| America, and entitled to the respect of the
genuine phllanthropists and progressiyists of
both sexes"
| The failure Of r. e. Morgan's Sons, San
| Francisco, IL announced; liability over $780,
600 They have been acting as shipping
agents for the California and Oregon Grang-
| crs, though one report says the Changers
win not be sufferers by the failure.
A meeting Of the National Executive Com
mittec Of the Union League Of America was
held at Baltimore on the GOTH Provision was
made for a meeting Of the National Council
Of the Union League at Cincinnati in January
next. A committee was appointed to prepare
an address to the Union Leagues Of the
| United States. President Grant and his Adj
ministration were Endorsed.
| Eighteen Mormons were indicted for polyg-
amy by the Grand Jury at Salt Lake City on
| the Goth.
| Judge Hiram Barber has been nominated
| for Congress by the Republicans Of the Fifth
| Wisconsin District in place Of Col Cochrane,
declined
| The Republicans OF the Third Illinois Dis
| trict have renominated Charles b. Farwell for
| Congress- Sidney Smith is the Republican
| candidate for Congress from the First Illinois
District.
| A $4,000 fire occurred in Memphis, Tenn,
on the morning OF the GOTH
| Eighty eight men were recently arrested
for attempting TO cut the Sny Levee, below
/ Quincy, ILL., Had the attempt succeeded tne
expenditures Of the Commissioners, which
have aggregated 100000, would have been
| for naught The embankment was threatened
because 1t cut Off the supply of water from
the mill OF Rupert q. Shaw, who claim that
the sny is navigabYe stream, and tina. the
Commissioners were not authorized to OBJ
struct it. The parties waived an examina-
ton, and on the Goth were held to bail in the
sum Of $500 each for their appearance at the
December term of the Circuit Court
The railroad war in Porter County, Ind,
was terminated on the Goth without the she'd
ding OF blood. A company OF militia consisting
Of 100 men, armed with breech.loaders and
backed 10y two Calling guns, had prepared to
make bayonet charge, when Mr.. Gardner,
the Chief-Engineer OF the Michigan Central,
asked for a parley. He then listened to the
reading Of the warrant, and was arrested, to-
gether with all his men. The mass Of
the employees were subsequently discharged,
but the leaders were taken to Valparaiso
After the dispensing OF the crowd the Balti-
more ~ Ohio construction corps proceeded to
lay the crossing under the protection Of the
militia, who remained over night.
Lieut.-Col. +. ID. Grant, son of the President,
and Miss Ida Maria, daughter of H. H..
Honore, Esq, of Chicago, were married at
the residence of the brides parents, in Chicago,
on the 10th. Among other noted personages
present on the occasion were: President and
Mrs. Grant, and several distinguished officers
Of the United States army. The wedding
ceremony was performed by the Rev. Mr..