Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-10-21

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ice .sssessaeai. Hun- wm- Y Dr. re; Ocr-
esvoneinx Secretaries. Rev. sels : \. rr-ss
nd Sashsnssl @. Csark. Reour ,sax sr~rrsa-
n. Rev. John q. MeAEs: Treas ,ay~r r.s~v-xoxs
!. Ward: Auditors, Hon. IT. .,mss n EnsseH,
Hon. Avery PInmer aEs 4s~sxsv Terry.
AJAX named Wn- frms-rsou, xrser sr-
rest for hc-se-sseaaiEr :. ~ss Eyscbcc ~ Forest
CITY, III, early on = 1s szsr~gng q thesth.
TEE ehicsg0s s.rnf ~ the sth says that
private inforr 4sfion and press dispatches
from warrior q parts II the West indicated
that, Alb 4,ngh here and there soDe OF
the corn was damaged by food or frost, yet
the ar.eregsse crop win be literally stu
yenIsous.- A6vices from the South also In
disated that me cotton crop win be better
..hsn the average.
The Commissioner Of Indian AFFAIRS at
wsshisgton received dispatch on the ilth
from Mr.. genney, Of the Black Hills Explor.
ing party, announcing the discovery Of gold
In small quantities in the Bear Lodge Mount
sin., about twenty miles east Of Little Mis-.
soar Buttes, IN The northwestern portion OF
the Back Hills. The field IL limited In area,
not exceeding Hfty square miles. and 10 whct'
iy4 in Wyoming, being separated from the
region about Earney's Peak by Red Water
Valley.
Tsg North Carolina Constitutional State
Convention adjourned sine die on the evening
81 the nth, after a session Of thirty-one
working days.
An Augusta (Ga.) dispatch u the 18th an
nounces the sudden and serious Illness Of
Alexander II. stephens.
TIE Michigan Supreme Court has decided
the State law taxing the liquor-dealipg busi-
ness TO be constitutional and not 10 contra.
yeption Of the clause in the Constitution
prohibiting the Legislature from passing
any law licensing the sale Of intoxicating
iiquors
ORR OF The indictments against Charlea
HcIlrath, late State Auditor of Minnesota,
for alleged malfeasance in Office In connection
with school lands, was tried at 81. Paul on
the 18th, and resulted In verdict OF not
guilty.
PRESIDENT GRANT and party arrived In
Chicago on the 18th on their return TO Wash
ingtOn from the West.
THE dispatches received at the Stote
R,gist1r Office In Des Moines on the morning
Of the 18th, from different parts OF Iowa,
show Republican gains in many sections Of
the State, and the Republicans claimed ma
iority Of 10000 for Kirkwood for Governor.
Legislature Republican.
AT The election In Nebraska on the 18th the
new Constitution was adopted, according TO
the returns received on the morning Of the
18th. The Republicans elected their State
ticket by 5000 TO 10000 majority.
Tug news received from the Ohio ele elton
on the morning Of the,i3th indicated the cleo.
ton Of Hayes (Rep) for Governor by ma
Iorlty Of from 10000 10 10000, large Republi'
can gains being reported from many sec
tons. But Democratic gains reported from
other sections on the morning OF the l4th
materially changed the figures OF the day be-
fore and rendered II probable that the Re.
publican majority might be reduced 10 5000
or less Hamilton County went Republican
by over / 900 majority. The Republicans
claimed the Legislature, but the Chairman
OF the Democratic State Central Committee
telegraphed from Columbus on the morning
u tbs 18th that the political complexion Of
that body was then doubtful
THREE colored men were attacked In New
Orleans on the night Of the l2th, one Of them
being killed outright, another MORALLY and
the third slightly wounded. Two white men,
charged with the crime, were arrested
aud put In Jail, and mass meeting was held
on the 18th, at which resolutions were
adopted disclaiming responsibility for the
outrage, condcmDing all violence aud pledginR
support 10 the law OF the land.
THE trial ut Murphysboro, Ill, OF John
Bulliuer and Allen Baker 1.-TWO Of the William
son County uli.) Ku-Kiux) for murder has re-
suited In verdict Of guilty and sentence OF
twenty-five years In the Penitentary. ne.
trial was refused.
In Chicago, on the 18th, spring wheat, No
2, was quiet, closing NJ tiO9540el.i0 cash
Cash corn weaker; closing at b61fc for No.
and 58J6e for rejected. Cash oats, No. q
sold at 33Jam831lc; November options were
sold at 32l4c. Rye, No, 2, 72(172Isc. Barley
No. 2, 9GCag7e. Cash mess pork closed al
| s23. i5002325. Lard, tl3.306iS35. Choice
TO extra bcovcs brought s5.500f6.2o, medium
TO good, s4.00G15.25; butchers stock, s2.5oCa
375; scalawags, etc, sl.75@2.25. Hog'
brought t7s50tS.35 for good 10 choice. Sheer
sold at si.250s475 for good TO choice.