Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1875-12-09

THE report Of the Superintendent Of Public
Printing shows that the total cost 81 printing,
binding, Ilthographing, etc, for the Govern
mcni for the year ending Sept. 30, lasi, was
1850, 425. The Congressional Rssord cost
IS, go additional. Nearly all the printing
ordered by the last Congress 10 completed.
There are now ], 200 employees 10 all the de-
parimenis, with payroll q $4,000 &
month. The eompeeitcss &c. sixty cents per
1000 ems, or a DAP 70. eight hours work.
SECRETARY BKIsTow has appointed A. Z.
Wilson, Of Louisville, KY, 10 be Chief Clerk
OF the Treasury Department, 10 oil the
vacancy created by the resignation Of Avery.
THE EAST.
AT business meeting Of Brooklyn Ply
mouth Church, held on the evening Of the
18th, an answer to Mrs. Moulton's demand
for an investigation Was read, Ia which the
ground was taken that her accusations
against Mr. Bcecher we're not good defense
for her past conduct; nevertheless her prop
osltion for q call OF mutual council Of
churches 10 accepted.
.Ex.Gov. ENGLISH, Of Connecticut, has been
appointed by Gov. Ingersoll 10 fill the va
cancy 10 the United States Senate caused BY
the death Of Hon. o. 8. Ferry.
THE Moody and saDkey meetings in Phila-
deiphia were very largely attended on the
2sth At the women's meeting In the after
noon $50 ladies stood up for prayer, and al
the young mems meeting in the evening 100
young men made similar requests. The In.
terest In the work continued unabsted.
THg house Of Albert Wood, at Psny Hollow
near ElmIra, N. r., was burned on the Both
ult., and bis wife and three children perishec
In the flames.
Tng Erie Canal and the Hudson River
were frozen up on the 30th ult., and nayiga-
ton between Lake Erie and New York was
virtually closed for the season.
The rubbcr.shoe factory at Maiden, Mass,
and all the adjoining buildings have been
destroyed BY fire. Losses estimated at over
| 100000.
OK the Both uIt., In the New England towns,
the cold WAS very intense. the thermonete.
| ranging from thirty 10 forty-seyen degrees be-
low zero. At Mount Washington the velocity
u the wind was TO miles an honr-the fast
est ever recorded--snd the mercury sunk out
| Of sight. Ia Boston one woman froze 10
| death.
The remans OF the late Vice.Presdent
Wilson we're consigned 10 their final resting.
place at Natick, Mass, his old home, on the
afternoon u the lat, amid solemn and i'm
posing funeral ceremonies.
The steamer sunnyside, from Albany for
New York, was cut In two by the Ice near
West Point, N. Y, on the morning Of the lst.
and sank In deep water. Eleven persons
were drowned, six OF whom were walters and
chambermaids on the boat and the remainder
passengers.
GREAT activity was reported In the navy
yards at Portsmouth, N. H., and Brooklyn,
n. Y, on the LIST. Philadelphia dispatch Of
that date says the lron.clads at League Island
were ready for sea. The fleet consists Of nine
or ten vessels, among them the Powhattan,
Tallapoosa, Alliance, Alert, Huron, Dispatch,
Passaic, Nantucket and Wyandotte.
A ooLfasIox occurred on the list between a
passenger and freight train near Buffalo, N.
T., by which four persons were killed and a
number OF others seriously injured.
DEACON West has addressed letter TO the
members OF Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, re-
questng them 10 Join with him In the calling
Of mutual council 10 investigate the charges
against Mr. Beecher.
Coin closed In New York, on the 1st, at
ll4x. The following were the closing quo.
tations for produce; No. . Chicago spring
Wheat, ti24C@l.25; No. 2 Milwaukee, Sl27
GILES; No. 2 Northwestern, si.2adpl .25;
Barley, sl.050aLi2; Oats, Western Mixed,
i2(d42c; Corn, Western Mixed, 73M7b1fc;
Pork, Mess. s22.50, Dressed Hogs, aAc;
| Lard, new, i2Nc Flour, good 10 choice, s5.55
Cn6.O0; White Winter Extra, t6056bs.00
| The cattle market was quiet; l2t0l3ac
for good to extra. Hogs, 7}1g7Mc. Sheep,
4xM6hc.
AT East Liberty, Pa. on the LIST, cattle
brought: best, t6.0ota6,50. medium, $500
Cde575; common, s3.5o@i,25. Hogs sold
Workers., s7l0017.25; Philadelphia, $1,000
ms sheep brought t4.0og5.25 according
10 quality.