Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-09
West and South.


Board OF Trade to consider the necessity Of
prompt action on the part Of Congress In the
improvement Of the Fox and Wisconsin
Rivers met in that place on the gath, and was
well attended Col. C. ID. Robinson, Of Green
Bay, was chosen President, with A. j. Turner,
OF Portage, and Curtis Reed, Of Menasha,
Secretaries. A series Of resolutions was
adopted urging the importance and necessity
OF the proposed Improvement Of said rivers.
letter was read from Gov. Taylor, stat
ing that the objects of the convention had his
hearty approval.
The following is the official vote OF Oregon
for the officers named: Congressman-La-
dow, Democrat, 9,G42 Williams Republican,
9,340; Davenport, Independent, G,35o.
At Lincoln, Neb., few evenings ago, Elvna
Blazier, a woman nineteen years Of age, at
tempted TO light fire with the aid Of oil. The
can burst, throwing the contents oyer her,
the flames cnvelopng her body Her mother
ran TO the rescue and was severely burned on
the hands and arms. The young woman was
learfully burned, and died the next morning.
A recent Parsons (Kan.) dispatch says
important changes had taken place in the
Indian Territory All the agents Of civilized
Indians had been relieved excepting j. i.
Jones, agent Of Chcrokccs, and q central agen-
cy had been established at Fort Gibson.
Hon. James Wilson has been rcnominated
for Congress by the Republicans Of the Fifth
Iowa District. Hon. j. W. McDill has also
been rcnomnated by the Republicans of the
Eighth Iowa District.
The Attorney General OF Iowa has given an
official opinion that the new State law for the
regulation Of railway and passenger tariffs is
valid and It's enforcement feasible.
The West Wisconsin Railway Company
officially denies recent report that they
had issued an order for trains not to stop ut
Hammond, Wis., because the station agent
there had been fined for violating one OF the
provisions OF the Potter law.
Mary Malonoy, Of Chicago, is another vic
tim of the careless practice OF lighting fires
with kerosene oil. She was in hurry for her
dinner and had recourse to the oil can. The
oil exploded, and set fire to her clothes. She
was fatally burned and died.
The Chicago Tribune of the Goth publishes
reports of the condition Of the crops at sta
| tions along the lines Of the Michigan Southern
| and Chicago a. Northwestern Railroads. Ac-
cordlng to the reports the prospects for all
| grains In Indiana and Michigan were excellent,
| but In Ohio wheat was IN bad condition, vary
ing from onc.third TO two-thirds Of crop.
| There Is not more than two thirds Of the aver
age yield Of hay 10 any OF these States Fruits
were doing remarkably well, Returns from
the country trayersed by the Northwestern
| Road In Wisconsin, Iowa and Illinois were to
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the prospects better than for many years past,
and the amount on hand at the stations small.
The United States Circuit Court, at SPRING
field, H., has granted the petition Of the
Chicago a. Alton Railroad Company TO trans
| fer the question of jurisdiction In the pending
cases for violation of the State Railroad Pas.
senger and Freight Tariff law to the United
States Supreme Court.
| Hon. j. II. Sloss M. G. from the Sixth Ala
bama District, recently shot and probably
MORALLY wounded Geo. +. Long, young
man OF Tuscumbia, whom he accused of
slandering his (SlossD daughter. II seems
| Mr. Sloss had forbidden Long TO visit at his
house, and the latter retaliated by circulating
scnndnlous stories about the daughter OF the
former. Sloss gave himself up TO the Sheriff.
| BY the explosion Of boiler In u saw mill
and salt works at Carrolton, Mich, on the
3Oth ult, Joseph Hudson Benjamin Chap.
man, John p. Avery and George Watson were
| instantly killed, and four Others were severely
injurcd--William Quinnett fatally.
| Mrs. Harriet Beard, living near Du Quoin,
| H., undertook few evenings ago to fill u
lighted lamp with kerosene oil. The can cx-
| ploded and she was fatally burned.
The Illinois Prohbitionists met in State Con.
vention at Bloomington on the 3Oth ult.,
seventy-ive delegates being present. ID. l..
Bum, of Decatur, was elected President.
Resolutions were adopted--denouncing the
traffic In liquor as a dishonor to Christian
civilizations; favoring moral as well ms political
action by temperance men; demanding the re-
duction Of official salaries and perqusltcs adj
yocating the election Of President, yice-Presl-
dent and Senators by direct popular vote;
commencing the course Of temperance women
| In their efforts to stem the tide Of lntemper-
ance and requesting them TO continue
their efforts in the same direc-
ton until they shall be given the