Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-21
IOWA STATE NEWS.

bounty on The scaips-
THE Iowa Presbyterian Synod began It's
sessions at Sioux City ON the 9Th
THr Iowa State Grange meets on the
/ second Tuesday Of December, 1870.
Tur State Fair was financially fall
IRE. snributabic largely 70 The pad
weather
Tm Woodbury. County Fair has been
po~sponed until next year on account Oh
the weather.
GBopsE CLARE, an Algona attorney
has BEEN declared for year for improves
sional conduct
A METEOR sufficiently large TO light up
the country for miles recently passed pe-
tween Big Grove and Ayoca-
JrDGg BECK il running Sabbath
school in the Penitentiary and Is accom-
plishing much good, IT Is said.
The Inter-Ocean says: "Capital pun
ishmen, has never been abolished in Iowa
lit has merely changed hands"
GEs. SARGENT, formerly wellknown
citizen Of Davenport, died at Ems, Ger
many, on the 9Th, of an aggravated form
Of erysipeias.
THEODORE T1LTos and other eminent
orators have accepted invitations to lecture
this season before Baylies' Great Mercan-
tile College at Keokuk, Iowa.
-DrRraG period covering twenty years
and ten months there have been paid into
the State Treasury over $4,000 900. There
was on the Sd $4,000 in the Treasury.
A MAN named Dean, OF Castalia, while
at the PostyiIle Fair was treated 10 lemon
ade, which was drugged. He became IN
conscious, and on recovering conscious
ness found that he had been robbed OF
500
The Burlington druggist whose care
lessncss In compromising q prescription
caused the death Of little child not long
ago has been held TO bail in the sum OF
5000 10 answer to the charge OF man.
slaughter.
A FIRE broke out in the upper story OF
the east wing Of the Court House at Win
terset on the morning Of the 2d and in an
hour The fine structure was smoldering
mass OF ruins. The building cost $1f0,-
900, and was probably the best Court.
House in the State.
A BRAVE little woman is Mrs. John
Henry, Of Keokuk The other night she
awoke TO find two burglars in her room,
one of whom stood with pistol pointed
at her husband, who il crippled from
erySipelas She hoped out Of bed, seized
chair and went for the fellows in such
lively manner that they were glad TO beat
a hasty retreat
THE Davenport Democrat gives the fol-
lowing educational items Davenport con-
taiDs $3.50 children Of school age, Of
which only ABS are enrolled, with an
average daily attendance Of zoos. Teach
ers 10 the number Of eighty-eight--seyenty
females and eighteen males-are en-
rloyed, with an average monthly compen-
sation OF $SS for the males and $54 for
the females. There are eleven school.
houses, valued at 100000.
MANY persons who would like to resent
impcrtinence do not know exactly how
to proceed. To such the following item
from the burlington Hank Eye will be of
interest: " II Keokuk can't produce the
bestlooking girls in the State she can
boast of one at least who knows how 10
punish a man for impotence, and the
young gentleman who received dish.
full Of mashed potatoes full In the face ut
the Presbyterian dinner last Thursday can
vouch for the truthfulness Of our state
ment.n
TIE masculine reporter of the Burling-
ton Hdek-Eye and the feminine reporter
Of the Keokuk Constitution got mad at
each other during the State Fair, or rather
the lady got mad, and the way she went
for the Hamk-E Eye would have been aterror
to anyone but q very shorthaired man.
But since the fair mutual explanations
have followed, the offensive word has been
laid, as usual, on the poor printer, and the
two so lately in quarrel have kissed and
made up, and are the fastest and most flat
tering OF friends.-State Register.
DAVIDSON AND GOLDBERG, two jeweIry-
peddlers, residents of Chicago, while
crossing railroad track near Dubuque In
close buggy, a few days ago, were run
into Ivy an approaching train and serious
ly, II not fatally, injured. Both horses
were instantly killed. The accident was
caused by sheer carelessness, occurring in
broad daylight-about half.past eleven
o'clock--with the usual signal of ringing
the engine-bell. The buggy was closely
covered, and the wind blowing at the
time prevented look out to avoid danger.
AN Iowa Exposition Company" has
been formed at Des Moines, with capital
of $50. 600, which has already been sub.
scribed, for the purpose of erecting an
extensive building, and holding new
kind of exposition. The plan of the
Iowa Industrial Exposition Company va.
ries from other expositions in this partic-
ular. Instead Of closing the building at
the end of one or two months display,
they propose TO keep IL open all the year,
not charging an admission fee for this
,;,,,a htf CHARGING tim year1y ayhib;tar