Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-05

| that then the structure may safely " pro
ceedcd with. The Secretary Of the Treasury
| indorses the report an work on the bniia'ns
lis 10 be resumed in the spring ia accordance
with the suggestions made BY the co'a'ni'
sion.
A horrible murder was committed near
p.,,r Center. Ohio. on the 22d, the Ncum
hei,,o vaunu girl named Allie Laughhn'
Sanobter on q respectable farmer. me pei,
,,e,r.tor of the crime was James W. ohei' /
who. according TO the testimony o. MS "ns
| eptjced the girl away into the WoooS "nD
/ out riding. and after q desperate strnggie WIN
her Killed her with . knife. ON his return ~
b,s wife Shell told her what he had done,
ard f1,.eateDcd 10 bill her should she reveal
ne s,nrx. The wife said he had made preFi-
o,,s threats 10 her against the person and
ne Of Miss Laughlin. Great excitement was
caused In BeIle6ontaine when the terrible
crime became known, and on the night 81 the
23d Shell was taken from the jail, where he
had been confined, by an exasperated crowd
and hanged 10 tree. He protested his limo
cence TO the last.=ad charged his wife with
the murder Of the girl. Mrs. Shell was
lodged In Jail at Bellefontaine on the 10Th, as
an accompIicc, she having confessed 10 pre-
yious knowledge Of her husbands intention
10 commit the horrible outrage and murder.
TEE Fourth National Bank Of Chicago sus-
pended on the 18th. There was no excite
mept and no run. The business was SIMPLY
improbable and so the institution shut down.
The statement Ia made that no one win lose
ANYTHING unless IT be the stockholders.
) TgE clergy and business men Of Chicago
have recently held meetings and appointed
committees 10 take preliminary steps toward
inaugnrating great religious revival this
fsll and coming winter. Efforts are to be made
10 secure the personal attendance and services
Of Messrs. Moody and SaDkey, but 10 any
event revival Is determined on. One report
has IL that Moody and ssnkey arc 10 remain
and prosecute their religious labors In New
York city.
Ex.sggATon CARL ScHUEz delivered a
lengthy hard,money speech at Cincinnati on
the 27th.
1, CHI HAM, OF the Inter. Deem, has been re-
: moved from the Office Of United states Ap"
|. praiser Of Merchandise at Chicago, and n.
. q. FeIdkamp has been appointed as his sue
( ceesor.
4 BURLINGTON Dswa) special Of the 9th
Il reports serious accident as having occurred
J. on the Burlington q Missouri Railroad. near
!, Woodburn. Three passenger-ears were
y thrown from the track and one person wac
: killed and about thirty others were injured.
y TnE first synod Of the Reformed Episcopal
I 1r A. m
y 2sth, and IL % be known as the Synod Of
y Chicago. Nine churches were represented IN
Z the organization, aud the Rev. Charles u.
= Cheney WAS chosen Bishop Of the Synod.
K AK Urbana fOhie) telegram Of the 27th
G Gays The testimony Of the seyen-year
= daughter Of James shell--the man lynched
g Al BellefontaIDe--gyen before the Coroner's
!. Jury al Belle Center was of 40 damaging a
. character 10 the mother as To cause re.
/. newal Of the excitement, and threats Of an.
. other lynching ware general. The Sheriff Of
y the county had accordingly removed Mrs.
u Shell from the jail and, Il was believed, had
y taken her 10 Marysville. The conviction that
y Mrs Shell was at least a party TO the mnr.
!. der OF Allie Laughlin was becoming set
? tied.
A DispAToH from the Red Cloud Agency,
!. dated Sept ~, states that the threatened out.
b break on the part Of the Indians In attend
o ance upon the council had passed over with.
q ont any person being hurt Speeches were
& made on the 9th by several Indian chiefs
i one Of whom desired wagon, horses, cat
!, Tie and a gun and ammunition for each In.
~ dian before talking ON the Black Hills queE,
I. ton; "spotted Bcar' thought about 10000,
II 600 would be fair equivalent for the Black
/. HiIIscountry. IL was thought no treaty with
Ia the Indians could be- effected
e ANNOUNCEMENT was made In San Francis
l. 60 on the Goth ult that the reorga uized Bank
~ O. California would resume business on the2
e, OF October with 100000 Of gold in its
y vaults,
y TuE Board Of Education Of Chicago have
y recently abolished the reading OF the Script
: lures and repeating OF the Lords Prayer In
!, the public schools 0f the city.
|" TnE Society OF the Army Of the Tennessee
70 met In annual reunion at Des Moines, Iowa
;" on tbs Goth ult All the officers Of the society
we're reelected, including Gen. w, I. sher
" man as President. President Grant was In
p attendance and read quite lengthy speech
x Several ether speeches were also delivered
70 Philadelphia was agreed upon as the place Of
y meeting next year.
> In Chicago, on the 2ath, spring wheat No
! 2, was lower closing at 81 .09ls opi .09s cash
!, Cash corn active; closing at 5bJsc for No.2
i and 53Ac for rejected Cash oats, No q
: sold at 35I1@3bs4c; October options were
! sold at 32j6c Rye, No. 2. 73(@731Ec. Barley,
= No. ., ti.l0(@1li, Cash mess pork closed al
s2i. 75@2i.s5. Lard, sl32DC6i325. Choice
= to extra beeyes brought $4,000 80; medium
" to good, s4o5o1b50; butchers stock, t250Cd
: $40; sealawags, etc, sl.75@225. Hogs
y brought s795ops35 for good TO choice. Sheep
x sold at sl,25d475 for good 10 choice.
FOREIGN ,NTELLIGENCE.
A SPECIAL telegram from Berlin OF the 18th