Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1874-07-16
The East.

The dog that bit Mr.. William Mccormick,
Of New York, who recently died OF hydropho-
bIa. has been found and positively identified,
and scientists who have examined him pro
nonnce the dog perfectly healthy, and the
theory Is advanced that the bite OF any Dog,
whether mad or otherwise, may cause hydro
phobia
REGARDING recent statement Of great re-
ductiou in railroad through tariffs between
the East and West, Ncw York dispatch %
the I'd says: at is now stated that The d.
rectors Of leading railroads have only dis
cus4ed the question Of new schedule OF
freight charges, and thus far show DISPOSE
ton 10 lower freights somewhat All-rail
lines to the Pacific have reduced through
freights from New York 10 San Francisco, on
some classes very heavily"
At East Cleveland, Ohio, few days ago,
Christina Ross, a servant girl, while endeay-
oring to repIenish vapor stove with some
combustibe fluid, supposed to be gasoline,
missed her footing and accidentally spilled
some OF the liquid on the stove. The
flames communicated 10 the measure
containing the fluid and enyeloped her
person Minnie Brammer, another DO
nestle, in endeayoring TO extlnguish
the flames, get fire TO her own clothing, and
both girls were burned so severely that they
died In few hours after.
A verdict was rendered by the Coroner's
ury on the Mil River disaster on the 3D. III
ccnsurcs the Legislature for indifferent leg
islation, the mill.owncrs for their parsimony,
the engineers for blind and obscure direc-
tons the contractors for poor work, and the
County Commissioners for accepting work
so manfostly poor and insecure.
A destructive fire occurred on the afternoon
Of the 4th at Allegheny City, Pa, caused
ii was supposed by iire-crackers One hun
drcd houses were burned, and the total loss
by the conHagration was estimated at $25O,O0.
Stocks declined heavily in New York in
consequence Of the decision Of the United
States Court in Wisconsin In the Northwest
ern case. Gold closed heavy at no.
When q pyrotechnc display, which occurred
in Washington Square, New York, on the
evening Of the 9th, had very nearly reached Its
end, n spark from rocket alightcd In the
midst Of pile Of fireworks and premature
explosion followed, rockets, Roman candles
and bomb.shells flying among the spectators
in all directions. A terrible panic ensued and
a large number Of persons were found to be
more or less injured
The train from the Connecticut River for
New Haven on the Shore Line Railroad ran oil
the bridge near Stony Creek, Conn, ON the
morning Of the 9th. The baggage car and five
cars--the entire train except the
cngine--wcre precipltated to the bottom OF
the creek, instantly killing Superintendent
Wilcox and more or less injurlng over 100
passengers. The accident WAS caused by the
misplaciu gof a switch.
The Rt Rev. Richard V. Whelan, Catholic
Bishop o the Diocese OF Wheeling, w. Va,
died at Baltimore on the 18th.
A New York dispatch of the sth says the
Golden Age Of that date contained, an editorial
taunting Plymouth Church with its continued
silence in respect 10 the Tilton-Bcechcr sean
dial. II concludes as follows: 1.-THE fact ad-
mits of only one construction, and whoever
thinks draws the inevitable conclusion. There
Is silence more oppressive and ominous Than
that of death. The American people now
know what that silence Is"
A New York dispatch Of the Sth says the
Board of Aldermen Of that city had passed
resolutions requesting Gov Dix to remove
Mayor Havemeyer, Of that city, for commit
ting acts unbecoming a public officer IN his
support of the latcly-convicted Police Com
missioners.
Gold closed In New York ON the Sth at l00T
The great single scull race Of five miles at
Springfield, Mass, between Brown, of Halifax,
and Scharii, Of Pittsburgh, Pa, was rowed on
the sth, in presence of a large and excited
assembage The Canadian won the race.