Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-23

The house Of Lutheran minister at Plain
field, Iowa, was struck by lightning on the
night of the Sth and two Of his children
killed.
A Madison (Wis.) special Of the 9th says
that an attempt had been made on that day to
bride Cbicf-Justice Ryan by sending him
letter with 500 inclosed
A dispatch from Cairo, Ill, Of the 9th says
that that city had been visited by an earth
quake shock that afternoon. The Custom
House ana many other buildings were rough
" handled. II was n decided shake and the
most severe for many years.
On the 9th telegram was received at the
War Department from Gov. Davis, Of Mime
sofa, appealing 10 the Government In behalf
of the starving people Of the State whose
cropsfor the last two years had been destroyed
| by grasshoppers
| A young daughter OF George Fulton, of
Huntington, Ind, attempted to kindle fire
with kerosene on the evening Of the 10th.
| The, can exploded and she was burned to
| death.
| A dispatch from Fort Garry, Manitoba,
SAYS the Ministry had been defeated on di-
| rect motion Of y wsnt Of confidence. A new
| Ministry had been formed, with NJ. A. Girard
as Premier.
/ GOV. Davis, Of Minnesota, according to a st.
| Paul dispatch of the 10th, had issued a cireu-
lar calling upon every county In the State to
| render aid To those parts OF the State which
! have been afflicted with grasshoppers.
According 10 st. Paul dispatches of the nth
| the grasshoppers In Southwestern Minnesota
had been lately reinforced by swarms from the
| short grass prairies Of Northern Minnesota
and Northern Dakota. In Manitoba, In the
vicinity OF Fort Garry, they had destroyed all
growing crops.
! On the afternoon OF the 18th, during a heavy
| rain.storm, the roof Of the Hovey Block In
| Cleveland, Ohio, fell In, causing the death OF
enc man and the serious injury of two others
/ A destructive fire occurred In Streator, H.,
| on the morning Of the 18th, which consumed
a large portion of the business part Of the
/ city.
4 genuine case OF Asiatic cholera occurred
In Louisville, KY, lately.
Gey, Caldwell, OF North Carolina died ON
| the fgth Of cholera morbus. The Lieutenant
| Governor has assumed the duties Of the Of.
| flee.
| According to late Tuscumbia (Ala) dis
patches fresh complications had arisen In the
case Of Representative Sloss. The young man
he shot was thought to be In fair way of re-
covery, and II he gets out It was regarded as
certain that he would bushwhack Mr.. sloss,
unless the latter succeeded IN shooting him
first. Sloss was In less danger ii his victim
died than he recovered,
A fire broke out In Oshkosh, Wis., on the
afternoon of the 14th, which, before II was ex-
| tinguished, burned over a strip two miles
| long and one mile wide. The loss Is estimated
all the way from 100000 to Sl,Ooo,oD. One
half OF the business portion OF the city Is gone,
and e.quarter Of the residence portion
Several deaths are reported, among which IL
that of w. 7. Taylor, the City Treasurer, who
pied of ovcrwork while trying to stay the ray
ares Of the flames.
| An incendiary fire was started on the after
nson Of the 14th, In rag picker's shop MT No
257 South Clark street, Chicago, which before
miagight had burned over sixty acres of terri
| tory. DESTROYED over 1000 houses and
| rcndsred 5000 persons homeless. stiff
wind was blowing from tiac southwest, similar
| In intensity to the wind that prevailed on TIKI
day of the great fire in 1871 and burning cinder'
were caried long distance, setting on fire
several structures In advance Of the point where
the fire originated, and whereof was sought TO be
confined. The territory burned over en-
hraccd that portion of the South Division ~,
Ing between Twelfth and Van Buren, streets
and Clark street and the lake. A portion Of
this was covered with the shdnties ana WOOL
en- buildings saved from destruction In the