Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-09-23


their own support.
fairs, read a statement before the Red Cloud
Commission In Washington on the 18th, 10
which he emphaticaily denied the charges
made against him by Prof. Marsh.
THE EAST.
THg PenDsylyania Democracy, In their
State Convention at Erie on the 9th, adopted
resolutions ON the currency question similar
10 those in the Ohio platform They demand
that the policy of contraction be abandoned
and that the volume - money be made and
kept equal 10 the wants u trade; favor the
extinction Of the National Banks and the re-
tiremsnt of their circulation, TO be replaced
By full legai.tender Issues by the Govern.
ment, and the establishment u system o.
free banks Of discount and deposit under
State regulation. Judge Cyrus L. pershing,
Of Cambria County, was nominated for Gov.
erpor on the eleventh ballot, and bis nomina.
ton was made unanimous.
TnE prosecution In the Westeryelt trial
closec rs testimony on the 9th On the 10Th
Mrs. Wssterycit testified that on the 9th of
July, 1874, the day when her husband was,
according 10 the evidence Of Mrs. Peers, seen
In street car with Charlie Ross, he re-
NAMED IN the house all day. She rcmem.
bered IL distinctly, ~ II was her birthday.
Hog HgSgY T. BLOW, Of st. Louis, died
suddenly Of congestion al the United States
Hotel In Saratoga, N. Y, on the 18th.
TnE election In Maine on the 18th, resulted
In favor Of Gen. Conner fRep) for Governor
~ about 5000 majority. Legislature Re
publican.
JuD0E GILBERT, Of the New York su.
preme Court, In Brooklyn, on the 18th, rem.
dered decision In a ciyil-rigbts Gaze, where
Ia VIM. v. johnson, colored, sought To com.
pei the principal Of public school 10 ad.
NIT his son, instead Of sending him 10 the
school provided for colored children The
court holds tina. the common schools are a
public charity; that the benefits conferred
by them are free gift from the State, and
like every other donor, the State may pre-.
scribe In what manner the gift may DC On.
joysd. la conclusion, Judge Gilbert says
that the statute, by guaranteeing equal priv.
ileges, does not confer the right b. enjoy
them In common with any class Of per.
sons. or In any particular school, and that
nothing has been shown from which IL can
be inferred that the relator has been deprived
Of the equality Of privilege TO which he Is en-.
titled. The motion for u mandamus was de.
MED.
WrsTgRyELT testified In his own behalf on
the l3th, and swore that be never saw Charlie
Ross, and In answer 10 a question whether
he had any knowledge Of his whereabouts.
he replied cmphatically that he had not, but
wished be had.
SUIT has been commenced by DIR. II. T.
Hclmbold against the pennsy lyania Hospital
for the Insane, Drs. J. Liitell and J. Gordon
Maxwell, Alderman John ufcan aud others
who were concerned In his incarceration In
Kirkbride's Asylum.
CoMMoDoaE pERaY's flagship, the Law.
renee, sunk In Erie harbor sisty.two years
ago, has been raised and the bottom found To
be In good state Of preservation She is 10
be exhibited at the Centennial.
ls New York city, on the tith Mira. Uda's
patent aerial ladder was being experimental
with, and after being put together and cleva.
ted, and when eight or ten men had mounted
IT, the structure suddenly snapped In two
and the occupants were prccipitated TO the
ground, and three OF them instantly killed
and as many more dangerously, II not fatal.
ly, injured
THE charge for messages between America
and Europe by the Direct Ocean cable Ii
twenty-five cents, currency, per word
GOLD closed In New YORK, on the 10Th, at
ll6A The following were the closing quo.
tations for produee No. 2 Chicago Spring
Wheat. sL2401l 20; No. milwaukee. si.3i
esl.33; No. 2 Northwestern, 81 Esq 30;
Barley, 81 25o1i.30; Oats, Western Mixed,
40Ga54c; Corn, Western Mixed, 75a77c
Pork, Mess, SALES; Dressed Hogs, io4c
Lard, i31e. Flour, good 10 choice, $500
@640; White Winter Extra, s6450ei.bo
The cattle market was stronger; lie TO l3Ac
for good To extra Hogs, s1s@sSsc. Sheep,
Dsa6Ac.
Ar East Liberty, Pa, on the 18th, cattle
brought: Best, s67a4T0o; medium, $4,000
$50; common, $400a4.bo. Hogs sold
Workers, sy.3o(9s25 Philadelphia, s9250e
$50. Sheep brought sf.a5t95.5o according