Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-04-29
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ne Supreme Court Of the State OF Kan
. has decided the act authorizing coun-
Acs and municipalities TO issue bonds for
Gre purchase Of seed grain for destitute set
tiers to be unconstitutional.
ADvIcEs from Kansas City, Mo-, state that
four soldiers were corraled by Cheyenne In
dams twenty miles south of Fort Wallace,
Kan, on the 18th, and bloody fight ensued
In which ten Indians were killed. The SOL
diers finally escaped In the darkness. A
general war Is pronounced iraminent
Gov. BEvERTpoE, Of Illinois, has signed
the so-called Antl-scalpcrs" bill, and it
goes into effect July /. The law provides
the. eli persons dealing IN tickets shall have
certificate signed by the officers of all rail-
roads whose tickets they sell, and that If any
person shall sell tickets without such au-
thority he shall be fined not exceeding $500,
and imprisoned not exceeding one year,
either or both. II asso requires railroad
companies to redeem pro rata any unused
portion of any ticket and Furnishes by fine
and Imprisonment failure TO do SO.
SECOND. ADvENTIsTs to the number OF one
hundred or more, under the lead Of Elder
| Thurman, OF Boston, who claimed to nc 9
| prophet and had predicted the second com.
| ing OF Christ on the night Of the 10th, assem-
| blec In Chicago on the evening Of that
| day TO await the fulfllment Of the
prophecy. It is said many Of them
| had disposed Of all their worldly
possessions by giving them away, 90 conf
dent were they Of the near approach OF the
reign Of Christ on earth. Their prophets
| now claim that an error In their calculations
| had anticipated the event by period Of
| forty mine years.
| THE Chicago hater-Ocean of April 22 pub
fishes reports from different sections of the
country, indicating that the wheat crop in
Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Missouri and Ten
nessce will be less than an average, while In
Southern Illinois. Wisconsin and Minnesota
the yield promised 10 be large. The
cotton and tobacco plants In Tonnes
see, South Carolina and Virginia had
been injured by frost, and in those States, as
we'll "A Ohio, Indiana and Missouri, the fruit
crop will be essentially a failure. The great
fruit regions OF Southern Illinois and West
ern Michigan have also suffered, and the
yield Of peaches, pears, apples and berries
will be small Oats and clover have been
damaged In some localities.
THE Jury in the libel case of Mics Early, Of
Rockford, against Wilbur r. Storey, of the
Chicago Times, has rendered q verdict for
the plaintiff assessing damages TO the amount
of S25 900. A motion was made for . new
trial
In Chicago, on the 2lst, spring whsat, No.
2, was stronger, closing at $1.s1aS8l.
cash. Cash corn closed ut 1hc for new
No. 2 and roc for rejected. Cash oats sold at
61hQ164c; June options were sold at 6lAc.
Rye brought s1.O4@105. Barley, No. .,
81. 20@1.25. Cash mess pork closed at
$21. s5@o2l.9O. Lard, $l5.4O@15.50. Choice
10 extra graded steers brought %. 40 TO 800;
prime to choice native stock, $5.40(06. 25;
Texans, $2.50G0575; scalawags, 2.75(g3.75-
Hogs brought $65O07.3O for still-fattened
and "a. 5O0os. so for corn-fattencd.