Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-02-26
West and South.

forgeries.
West and South.
In the National Grange, ON the 18th, Mrs.
Taylor. Of South Carolina, was elected a.
Pomona, In place OF Mrs. Kelley, resigned,
and Mrs. Moore, OF Florida, as Flora, In place
OF Mrs. Abbott. A resolution was adopted,
| "That II IL the sense Of the National Grange
that the expression interested in agricultural
pursuits In article Ave Of the Constitution,
means engaged Ia agricultural pursuits, and
having no interest in conflict with our pur-
pose"
Governor woodson, Of Missouri, has offered
reward Of k2 900 apiece, dead or alive, for
the men who robbed the passengers, express,
and mail on the Iron Mountain Railway train
at GadsiiIl, on the 3lst ult. In addition TO
this ID IL understood the Governor Of Arkansas
has offered az, 500 and the Postofiice Depart
ment $500, making an aggregate OF sl7,tO0.
Major-Genera James B. Steedman has been
elected 70 succeed Chief-Justicc Waite as del
egate TO the Ohio Constitutional Convention.
The woman's temperance crusade opened
In Jacksonville. Ind, on the 18th, with an
immense prayer meeting In one OF the
churches. About two hundred ladies had
banded together and proposed to move upon
the saloons In that city after the manner OF
their sisters In Ohio. The ladies In Northern
Ohio are preparing for an active campaign In
the same direction The campaign was open
ed In Oshkosh, Wis, on the 18th. A praying
band visited some of the saloons, and prepare
tons were making To besicge them all
The Diocesan Council of Wisconsin met at
Milwaukee on the 1lth for the purpose OF
selecting Bishop In place OF the late Rev. DR..
Armtage. That day was devoted TO discussion.
On the 18th, after a stormy day, DIR. DE Koven,
Of Racine, was nominated by the clergy on the
fourth ballot, but rejected by the laity, and
the Council adjourned sine die.
The Mississippi House Of Representatives
has passed resolution, by vote Of "a to 80,
requesting Senator Alcorn to resign.
On the night Of the 18th the safe OF the
First National Bank OF Quincy, ILL.,, was
blown open and 100000 In currency and
bonds were stolen. A reward OF 200 has
been offered for the capture OF the robbers.
The National Grange on the 18th voted TO
excommunicate the Boston Grange. The Sec
rotary was instructed TO notify all State
Oranges ''that the Boston Grange Is no longer
connected with the Patrons Of Husbandry,
and henceforth no fraternal recognition can be
extended to II by any Grange, State or sub
ordinate, and the Master OF the Massachusetts,
State Grange Is hereby required TO make for
NAL demand for the surrender OF the dispense
ton and ritual Of the Boston Grange, and
when received to return to the State Grange
the money paid for said dispensation and
ritual, and return them without delay to the
Office Of the Secretary OF the National Grange
at Washington" The report Of the
| Committee on Transportation, after being
presented and partially discussed. was with
drawn on the ground that II was too specific
and not general enough In character, and the
whole matter was postponed until the next
| annual meeting. The National Grange then
adjourned TO meet In Charleston, 8. c., the
first Wednesday In February next
Judge Rogers, of the Cook County Criminal
| Court, has sustained the indictment found
against ex-Treasurer Gage, of Chicago, for
falling TO turn over the city moneys, but the
first indictment for perjury Is quashed ON
points 10 meet which n second indictment was
found by the last Grand Jury
Several cases Of trichlna spiralis have APP
pearcd In Chicago and vicinity, directly tracea-
BILE to some ham eaten by the safferers. A
microscopic examination OF shred Of the edi-
BILE, which was taken from family attended
by DIR. Fischer, shows the creatures very
plainly. Two Of the Aurora Qndiana) suffer-
srs have died from the effects OF trichinosis,
and the bodies have undergone post-mortem
examination. A microscopic view OF portions
OF the flesh Of the victims, after their death,
developed the startling fact that millions Of
the trichinm were seen alive, coiling and un-
coiling In the tissues.
The anniversary Of the Illinois State Wom-
ans Suffrage Association occurred In Chica-
go on the 18th. The following are the principal
officers Of the association for the ensuing year:
President, Mrs. Jane Graham Jones. Cor
responding Secretary, Miss Alta M. Hulett.
Recording Secretary, Mrs. G. v. Waite.
The news from the Western frontier ON the
10th indicated an extensive Indian war. Fur
ther outrages are reported. A Cheyenne (W.
IT, dispatch says: "A war Is inevitable be-
tween here and the Sioux Indian reservation.
hecountry rolling and fnegrazing, and there
are not less than $4,000 head OF cattle there,
but we would rather have war than peace
when we are robbed and murdered with i'm
puniiy."
The Mississippi Senate has defeated the
House resolution requesting Senator Alcorn
TO resign.
A bill has been passed by the Illinois Legis-
lature, aud signed by the Governor, giving up
the dead bodies Of unclaimed paupers and
criminals In Chicago for dissection.
In the town of Lake, near Chicago, few
mornings ago, q family consisting OF Mrs.
David Thompson, her four children and a
nurse woman were found In pitiable condi-
tion by a neighbour, Two of the children being
dead, and the mother, the two remaining chill
drcn and the nurse In Q semi-conscious state.
1t was thought the family had either been
poisoned or were suffering from the effects Of
noxious gases from coal stove In the room.
One Of the remaining children has since died.