Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-08-19
IOWA STATE NEWS.


THx csse of sAe Sssse - isssc brAad'
has assa postponed uutii the Ncvezs ps1
nrrn
Txx ryyrxaxD head Of outside caftae
are being hsssed u Wrighs County s'ais
year.
Tar annual fest Of the Davenport
srhutzen Yerrin occurs On the lssA and
18th days az August
Miss z. FvAys recently committed
snicsac n the Pacific House, in Council
Bluss. t,y taking s,rychnine In her cofiee'
A yrxa horse belonging 10 Mr.. Col
ledge. cf ssrawncr7y Point, while run
uirr in . pasture stack forefooi ihrou On
. tn uxr and cui 81 but one Of the cords,
lesving the foot 10 dangle loose. he had
10 ls killed.
AT hslfTssst twelve on the morning Of
the TN. q; Dies Moires, the lumber yard o.
GesrheIi Il Sons wss set on FIRE N half Z
dozen places, and at one O'Clock The whole
square was in flames, aad over s5ouvO
worth n lumber on nre,
DR. HATrox, who was shot some time
since near Council Bluffs by q man who
claimed that be was responsible for the
death Of his wife, died a few days ago,
and the man who shot him has been I'M
prisoned on the charge Of murder.
BrErrxeros no more beholds the light
Of the counsenance Of Mr.. K. T. knight.
In the night, when all with sleep were
blind, he took up his things and left his
debts behind He was carpenter, who
owed considerable money in that city.
THE total population Of the Second Con-
gressional District--the only one that had
made report In full to the Secretary OF
State up to the 4th--is 155,760. AT the
last State census, aiken in 1873, the popu-
Iation Of the district was 152,2l2--a gain
of 3.54s.
DUBUQUE has population of 23,G05 &C
c0rding TO the late census. Her industrial
statistics show 1870 establishments, en-
pIoying 2,236 hands, with thirty engines
and three water-wheels of $50 horse pow
er. The value of manufactured goods for
the past year was $1,000 ,007.
The Ottumwa Courier says: "An old
gentleman Of Agency Township applied
TO Clerk Cooley day or two ago for a
marriage license for his son and 8 sister
Of his wife Three women accompanied
him, viz: His wife, his nephew's wife.
and the woman that was 10 be his sons
wife, and they were all sisters. Now
please tell us what relation these parties
are 10 each other, and If so, how muchg"
G. q. CUMMINGS, an insurance agent at
Upton, special dispatch TO the Chicago
Tribune Of the 18th says, has absconded.
Since his departure the fact has been de.
veloped that he committed f0rgeries
amounting in an aggregate to over 1000,
the Mechanicsville Bank holding about
$3.50, the Upton $500, and the Clarence
Bank the balance To offset this there is
property left to the amount Of perhaps
$500
JACOB WEAVER, Of Wapello County,
seems TO have been born out of season, or
under an iIl-omened star. Eighteen
months ago he had shoulder dislocated
He got able to go to work and sand-pit
caved in upon him, breaking one of his
legs and nearly burying him alive. A few
days ago he was leading four horses before
reaper, when the horses became frac-
tious, knocked him down and dragged the
machine over him, which nearly severed
one leg from his body, causing death in a
few minutes.
A LETTER has been received from Rev.
J. II. Eccleston, of Philadelphia, Bishop.
eject Of Iowa, in which he states that he
had delayed responding TO the announce
ment of his election in May last because
Of the protest against the manner of his
election that had been sent him; that he
has carefully weighed the evidence on both
sides and sees no good grounds for the
charges made. He therefore leaves the
final result with the standing committee.
and the House of Bishops-with their de
eision he will be content.
A Mn DoUnAs, a farmer in Cedar
County, put his coat on in the harvest
field the other evening with the following
result, as told by himself: Il happened
10 look down and discovered a rattlesnake
of twenty inches in length crawling out OF
the inside pocket Of my coat, its head not
being more than two inches from my chin
when discovered. The snake had doubt
less remained in my pocket since the day
before. He appeared 10 be very peaceable
and not at all inclined for battle, but i'm.
mediately proceeded TO take my coat of
and dispatch the intruder, which act was
Witnessed by several men"
A HORRIBLE accident occurred lately IN
a wheat field about seven miles west OF
Davenport. The harvesters had been to
dinner, and were about TO resume work In
he wheat field Mr. fellow, sixty -four
years old, took notion to drive reaper
team about the field As he was climbing
to the seat the horses started at some.
thing and plunged forward Mr.. Talzow
lost his balance, and jolt Of the reaper
threw him right in front of the sickle
The horses ran ahead The sickle caught
the old man just above his knees, sew.
erpl both leps and he was hauled for