Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-08-12
IOWA STATE NEWS.

will be held Sept %, % and "a
THE Odd Fellows and Masons Of Coun-
| ell Bluffs are preparing to build q partner
ship temple in that city.
AccogDrsG to the present State census
Cedar County has 1000 less population
than shown by the Federal census
CT. GuRTAFsos, Des Moines miner.
was instantly killed recently by piece OIL
ooal weighing 800 pounds falling on MN
in the mines.
Jouw WEAVER, farmer in Competlne
| Township. wapello County, was horribly
mangled by falling in front ola reaper The
other day. He lived but few hours.
ITis generally understood that the su-
preme Court Is divided in respect to the
Brandt case, and the impression prevails
/ that there will be no decision for some
/ time TO come
Iris given upon the authority of Rev.
/ Mr.. Judd, OF Iowa City, that DR. Eccleston
will accept his election 70 the Bishopric OF
Iowa only upon proof that seventeen par
I ishes voted for his candidacy.
AS SAID by Mr. Bonham, the crops In
| Iowa never fail, and as consequence Is
becoming one Of the best markets Tor all
kinds Of stock, and merchants of the COM
.mercial cities seek Iowa trade with avidity-
SQUIRE TURNER, of Des Moines, one
night recently fell off the roof Of build
ing and lighted on pile of rubbish and
old shingles fifty feet below. He broke
one Of his wrists but otherwise was not
seriously injured.
ABOUT $50 men employed on the State
Capitol struck the other day for higher
| wages, but when the Commissioner told
them their wages could not be raised they
went back to work, and were only locked
half day, all the same.
GEN. WARNER LEWIS, one Of the oldest
residents Of Dubuque, and the present Re
corder Of Dubuque County, has just re-
ceived the gratifying intelligence that
fortune is waiting for him in England, es-
timated at from 81 900, 0O0to $50o0,0oO.
A KEoKUK woman named Harriet Hud-
| son has become insane Her most singu-
| lar action is 10 lock herself and children
In the house, fasten the windows, and stay
shut up for days together in the closest
confinement during the hottest of weather.
| A SPECIAL train, the other day, on the
Burlington, Cedar Rapids g. Minnesota
Railroad ran from Cedar Rapids to Bur
| lington, 100 miles, making six stops, in
two hours and ahalf. That is counted about
4 the fastest time ever made on the road.
TWENTY. NINE years ago John Kirk
patrick, of Kirkville, planted four cotton
wood trees, and this spring he cut them
down, took the logs TO the mill, and
chopped up the balance of the trees. The
proceeds of the trees foot up 1890 feet OF
fencing boards and seven cords of wood.
HON. w. r. BRENNAN, Judge of the
Seventh Judicial District recently ten
| dered his resignation 10 the Governor
The resignation Is based upon the grounds
of too hard labor and too small pay-the
latter "much less than that OF any Clerk
or Sheriff In the district, not meeting ex.
penses."
A CEDAR COUNTY boy, aged sixteen, has
been adjudged insane and taken to the In.
sane Asylum. He showed no symptoms
of insanity until visiting circus, where,
in one Of the side.shows, he was consider.
ably wrought upon by Witnessing very
feeble and farcical representation OF the
internal regions.
CHOLERA MoRBus Is doubling up the
population of this commonwealth in every
direction. 1t Is especially fatal among
the harvest hands who are trampine
through the State. By the accounts In
our exchanges II seems TO be unusually
prevalent among adults everywhere.-Bur
lington Hasok- Eye.
A Few days ago Fred Wolf, German
mills County, farmer, went to Council
Bluffs and bought several gallons o
whisky, which he took home will
him for the purpose of having glorious
drunk. He succeeded in keeping II vi
until the evening Of the Goth, when he be
came disguised with himself and the res
Of mankind, and shufiied off his morta
coil by hanging himself in corn-crib
where his wife found him dead next morn
ing.
THE following were the postal changes
in the State during the week ending July
"a Established--La Latham, Webster Coun
ty, Frederick Latham, Postmaster; vii
son, Montgomery County, Isaac H. Page
Postmaster. observation-disclosures, Bre
mer County; Hartland, Washington Coun.
"; Losh's Mills, Pottawattamie County
4 Ulster Floyd County. Postmasters ap
pointed--Clayton, Clayton County, Mrs
Eliza M. RUSSELL Coon Grove, Crawford
County, Michael Riddle; Pearl Rock
Chickasaw County, Samuel NJ Bartlett
Red Rock, Marion County, Reuben Core
Urbana, Benton County, Byron Mossman
! A THRILLING tragedy occurred the othel
day in Union County, Alfred vansickle
a man about thirty or thirty-five years O
age, and q farmer by occupation, shot ant
killed his wife and then sent ball crash
ing through his own brain The facts IL
the case are about these In the mornin,
they started for Alton with load Of hogs