Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-07-22
THE EAST.

Mgs. ALoggKos esEToKis, daughter 81
President Grant, bas fine boy, born ON The
Iiib, Ut Long Branch. IL weighed ten and a
half pounds,
Ng n. ID. NorLTos has recently addressed
letter 10 the District Attorney u BROOKLYN,
asking for a speedy trial under the indiet.
ment fof IbeliBg the Rev. Henry Ward
Beeebsr, which has been pendisg against
him (MonIton) for nearly year. Attorney
Britt0n responded that he could not well a..
tend To the matter at the present time, owing
10 more urgent cases, bat intimates that
later In the season he win endesyor 10 have
The MISTER attended 10 10 The courts.
on the evening u the 18th, ~ a number Of
Orangemen were returning 70 Lawrence,
Mas, from picnic celebration ~ the battle
OF the Boyne, they were assailcd by crowd
Of several hundred Irjshmen, and a serious
riot ensned which lasted for two and hall
hours, during which several persons were
wounded, many Of them seriously. The as
sailed party sought protection at the police
station and The Mayor was sent for, who, with
q squad Of police, undertook 10 quell the
disturbance, and we're themselves assaulted
and fred rcyolycrs In self.defense, the mob
being thus compelled 70 dispcrsc.
A ATsKgs strike occurred In the colleries
at NJ. Clair and Vaudeville, Pa, on the 18th,
the men being dissatisfied with the 10 per
cent reduction submitted 10 upon the recent
resumption Of labor.
SEVERAL u the people and temporary resi-
dents Of PeekskiIl, ". r., sersnaded the Rev.
Henry Ward Beccher III his farm on the even.
Ing u the 18th. In response Mr.. Is. spoke
for nearly an hour. lie expressed bIs Inten'
ton Of going on with his work. lie said the
expenses o. the trial had been 10 him over
$4,000, and had not Plymouth Church come
10 his aid he would have been financially
ruined.
THg great annual University boai.race II
Saratoga, ". ", on the lsth was won by the
Cornell University boys, Ithaca, N. u, Co.
lumbla coming IN second; Harvard, third
Dartmouth, fourth, Wesleyan, NTH, Yale
sixth. Thirteen colleges participated, Bow.
doin coming In tenth. The distance was
three miles, time OF winners 1881 minutes
Thia Ia the second victory this year for
Cornell, their Freshmen crew having won IA
the race the day before.
ABOUT 7J0 Mormons, on route for Utah
from Europe, arrived In New York on tht
ilth Between 800 aud 600 Of them are
adults, including number Of young women.
They are under the charge Of seven agents
appointed by Brigham Young.
The extraordinary feat OF walking 800 miles
in ninety eight hours and fifteen minutes
was recently accomplished ~ Schenectady
". r., by w. n. Graft. The last mile was
made In nine minutes and forty-eight seconds
GoLD closed In New York ON the 1ith al
liaA The following we're the closing quo
tations for produce; No. Chicago Spring
Wheat, si.2l@i.t3; No. Milwaukee, ala
61i25; No. . Northwestern. si2lG1l ~;
barley, tl.25ai:0; Oats, Western MIXED,
& jOmo21sc; Corn, Western Mixed, sVgs3e;
Pork, New Mess. saoA5, Dressed Hogs,
&c, Lard, i3i1c. Flour, good 10 choice,
s5J6Va6O0; White Winter Extra. tG05t6 70.
rhe cattle market was very Arm; i2tfc 10
l34c for good 10 extra. Hogs were dull
u t7b0G17. e211s. sheep, clipped, brougb,
g i0l59lc.
AT East Liberty, Pa, ON the 18th, cattle
/ brought. Best, ss.750n7O0; medium, s5,f5
ps0o; common, s50OCe525. Hogs sold
orkers s7.b097.so; rhiladelphias, ". 70cs
30. sheep brought s4000f5.O0 according
b quality.