Iowa voter. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1867-1874, 1874-03-12
West and South.

The Ohio Prohibition State Convention met
at Mount Vernon ON the Goth and placed In
! nomination the following State ticket for next
fall. For Secretary Of State, John X. Buchel,
of Summit County; Clerk OF the Supreme
Court, b. Foster, Of Logan; School Commits
sioner, Is. M. Weddcli, Of Montgomery; Mem
Der Of the Board OF Public Works, Il. q. Col
Inns, OF Hooking; Supreme Judge, q. j. Stew
art.
The Executive Committee Of the Northern
Wisconsin Agricultural Association have de-
cIded TO hold the next fair on the 2sth OF
September, the location to be decided by a
committee appointed for that purpose.
A Detroit dispatch OF the 10Th says II had
been asccrtalned that all the men atioat on the
Ice In Saginaw Bay had escaped to the land.
The official report OF the Secretary OF the
Wisconsin State Grange announces 1893
Oranges In the State up TO February 20. The
State Agent OF the Indiana Oranges had reports
up to the eth ult. OF the organization Of !, 450
Oranges In tho State, IN average OF sixteen 10
each county.
The Colorado State Grange has voted TO
establish a cooperative association In the
Territory for the benefit OF farmers.
The daily papers Of Chicago, on the Goth
and 27th, contained notices that the Woman's
Praying Temperance movement was about to
be inauguratcd In that city, and even indicated
certain saloons where the initial exercises
would be held. The effect of these notices
was to call out huge crowds Of men, women
and children,.al anxious to familiarize them
selves with the process Of converting rum
sellers. II transpircd afterward that the no.
tees were hoax, and were devised by some
friend OF the saloon.keepers tQ induce a
crowd and thus advertise their establishments.
1t was thought on the 2sth that the move
ment would be inaugurated In Chicago OIL the
5th OF March.
Christopher Rafferty,, thrice convicted and
sentenced to death for the murder Of Chi
cago policeman, was hanged at Waukcgan on
the eth ult, Great efforts had been made by
the friends Of the criminal to induce Governor
Beveridge to commute his sentence to impris-
onment for life, but they proved unavailing
Rafferty, claimed that he committed the crime
while under the influence OF whisky.
The Western Rural (Chicago) Of a recent
date says: "a pretended law and collection
firm are sending out letters TO the victims OF
g. B. Hodge & Co., saying they viii try and
collect claims on that concern on receipt OF
twenty-five centsl An examination shows US
that the paper on which tho said letters are
written are the old letter sheets OF Hodge IL
Co., with the printed head cut OF Tell your
neighbors not to give those scoundrels any
more twenty-five cents"
A Cheyenne dispatch Of the 2sth ult says
Mr.. j. II. Bestcr, the Indian beef contractor,
had arrived from Fort Laramie, and reported
that Affairs ut the Indian agencies were
in a critical condition. He says that
great many OF the late outrages were
committed by the "good" Indians at
the agencies, and they were not to be depended
on. He had stopped supplying cattle, as he
dared not drive them to the agencies. The
Indians had killed many Of the cattle, and he
was anxious for the troops to get there.
The Superintendent Of the Yellowstone Ma
tional Park writes Secretary Delano that
100000 win be necessary to render the park