Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-09-03

The stone foundation ~ ~.
foundry Is completed and In new
work will commence i'm fau uilek
Rev. z. 9. Spinney preached j.,
farewell sermon in the First Ban, NY
church yesterday. There was ip.ist
attendance. He will return to Ns e
England tomorrow. New
Miss Hunt, of Fairfax. Y. =
been added to the College Fae,ii.as
She il said to be young lady 81 s
culture, and an excellent teache, nue.
Large quantities of grain is nas.;u
over the K. d ID. NJ. II. r. every das
The extra train recently put on
tween Des Moines and Ottlmwa i
ed almost exclusively for transport;n,
grain.
Prof. Amos N. Currier, formerly os
the Central University, but now 30
the Iowa State University at Iowa
City, arrived in town last Satnrdana
to visit friends, and be present AZ ~
dedicatory services of the New Rah.
list church.
President Dunn, of the Ca,,,o,
University, returned last week from
an extended tour through the New
Thad. P. yarney will occupy Mas.
dams new hall for two nights this
week.
Rev. Mr.. Bodine, of Germantow,
N. Y. who it was expected would or,
cept the call Of the Second Reform
church, writes that he cannot do 60
as he has accepted a call from the Re.
form church at Bushnell, III.
The dedicatory services at the New
First Baptist church yesterday were
largely attended, a number being
present from abroad. President Dunn
preached the dedicatory sermon. II
being announced that 81 900 were vet
needed to finish paying for the build
ing SO far, collection was taken up
and Sl.l50 raised in a few minutes
The other part of the building will be
completed next year.
An Ecclesiastical Council met here
last Saturday for the purpose OF exam.
lining Prof. A. Loughridge, of the
University, and on yesterday he was
duly ordained as minister of the Bap.
tist church. He will remain in the
College another year, after which be
goes to India to do missionary work.
The Fall Term of the College opens
next Tuesday. Students have already
arrived in large numbers, and the
school promises to be an unusually full
one.
Hank Carson. who has been con.
ductor on the freight train between
Pella and Des Moines for several
years, makes his last trip to-day.
Hank McMurray is his successor.
Clark Livingston, Ed. Girls void,
Fatty" Smith, Bob. Givin, and
Billy Forker. all the old passenger
conductors on the X. q ID. NJ. r. r.,
have resigned and their places are ia
ken by new men.
A match game Of Base ball was
played here last Friday between the
Eddyville club and Pella Nine, re.
sulting in victory for Eddyville by
a score Of ii to II. Pella has no regu-
larly organized club, but scared up 9
nine and played the Eddyville boys
"just for fun.n
s. M. Jones, the" Great Magician
and Illusivonist," holds forth at Mas
dams Hall next Friday evening.
Another nest-hiding case has
come to the surface here, which will
probably be investigated some time
this week.
Geo. Scotsman, who came here q
few days ago and commenced business
on the west side OF the square, as .
hide, fur and rag dealer, was arrested
and taken to Keokuk last Saturday on
a charge of forgery. Marshal Lee
took him down.
The recent rains were very much
needed in this locality.
A boy named Gilmore Foster, living
six miles east Of Monroe, while out In
Skunk River bottom last Friday hunt
ing wild grapes, in company with
some other children, went into the
river swimming and getting beyond
his depth was drowned.
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