Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-08

suited in Mr.. Storey being sentannsawss
ten days confinement in the County Jail.
About eleven o'clock on the eveHingof that
day writ Of sapasdeas va si@ncd By . udKs
McAIlister, OF the Supreme Court, under
whacA, Mr. Storey was held In the sum OF q, :
SO 70 axpit the action OF the Supreme Court.
James Lick, the San Francisco millionaire,
has fled In the Recorders Office OF that city a
revocation OF the trust deed executed last July
conveying his property to trustees for
various benevolent purposes He recites,
IN the revocation, that he wishes
70 provide for parties having natural
claims on him, to amend the original instru-
ment, and, with returning health, TO give his
personal attention TO the execution Of his de-
signs. He confirms the acts heretofore per-
formed by the trustees.
According to the Atlanta tGa.y correspond
ent OF the Louisville Gonrssr-JosfTdl the
recent tornado which passed over portions OF
Georgia and South Carolina was the most
destructive ever experienced in the United
States The number killed in Georgia will
not fall below 800 and the wounded reach
l,500. The casualties in South Carolina are
reported 70 be equally as great.
The bursting Of kerosene lamp recently
set on fire the home of farmer named Col
SON, twenty five miles from Wadena, Mimi,
and the flames spread so rapidly that In a
moment the night-clothes OF the father,
mother and FIVE children were on fire. Col
son finally dashed out Of a window and res
cued his family, but in sad condition. They
all dragged themselves to the nearest neigh
boris, mile distant, barefooted and naked,
leaving tracks Of their progress on the snow
all the way The father and two children have
since died Of their injuries, and 1t was thought
the mother and remaining son could not long
survive.
The Ohio Legislature adjourned sine die on
the Goth ult. ii4'
At st. Louis on the 10Th nlt., in the case Of
A. c. Buell., charged with libeling ex-senator
Chandler, OF Michigan, in the Detroit Free
Press, year ago, and which case was APP
peaied by the Government from the
United States District to the United States
Circuit Court, March Q, Judge Dillon, of the
latter court, rendered decision affirming that
of the lower court, and Mr.. Buell. was dis
charged 81 2 -
The trustees of the Lick fund in San Fran
cisco have held meeting to discuss Mr..
Licks revocation Esof his will, and express a
determination not to- resign their trust.
The Postoffice at Neuces, Tex, was robbed
and burned by band Of armed Mexicans
during the recent raids from over the border.
The Postmaster himself barely escaped with
his life, the robbers believing that he had
persisted in the flames of the burning build
ing. A man named Smith was murdered, and
several Americans were taken prisoners and
subjected to the most cruel treatment. One
of the leaders Of the murderous gang was
subsequently captured and taken to Corpus
Christi, where he was summarily tried by a
peoples court and speedily sentenced to
death and hanged AT GE n
The reports from the Pennsylvania mining
regions on the 3lst ult. were that serious dis
turbances were threatened at several points,
the striking miners seeking to coerce other
workmen into joining them. Riotous demon
STATIONS had occurred in some localities, and
further strikes were anticipated. E
/. A report from Key West, Fla, on the 31st,
says the yellow fever had greatly increased
there within d fortnight, and all the naval ves-
sells were quarantined. sw
On the 31st ult. Gen. Sheridan issued a
general order in relation to the policy of the
Government in reference to the Black Hills
region. The order covers a recent letter
from the Department Of the Interior to the
Secretary of War, in which it is stated that a
competent geologist would be sent to explore
that region, and If it be found that the precious
metals exist in large quantities efforts would be
made to extinguish the Indian title guar
anteed by the treaty Of 1868. Negotiations
had already commenced to this end, but the
presence Of trespassers in that section was
likely to endanger their success, land the inte-
rier Department therefore called upon the
War Department to remove interlopers and
furnish military escort for the geological
party ft'