Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-20
IOWA STATE NEWS.


rel. and commesccd resoading, when, by
some means or other. the barrel was dis
charged. the load Of shot taking effect In
sweerey's chest and neck, destroying a por-
ton Of the eoIiar-bone, and GENERALLY tear
ing and mutiIating the side and upper por-
ton OF the body. He died In two hours.
THE Fort Madison Piasndeaier IL respons-
iblc for saying that the Hon. John d. Gear,
OF Burlington, will not be candidate Tor
Congress in the First District. II Is inti-
mated further, that he win be in the next
Gubernatorisl race.
OK the 4th, near Beamen, the Burleigh
brothers when returning home toward night
found Wolf Creek very much swollen by the
late melting Of snow. Upon driviDgo on the
bridge it Immediately went down, and the
horses, wagon and the two brothers were
plunged in the stream. After floating some
distance, the men caught upon portions OF
a new bridge that is being erected, and
about three o'clock next morning we're
taken off BY means ct rat pushed out 70
them They were almost dead With coid
and fatigue The horses and wagon were
lost
YgIGHTPUL accident occurred In Daren-
port on the 7th A hack took over TO the
other side gentleman named Mr.. j. b.
Herdman, Of the New York dry goods house
of Fay, Hasen d Co. While crossing the
track at the Rock Island side of the bridge,
an engine approached. Seeing this, Herd
man attempted to jump out Of the hack, but
too late He was struck by the engine,
rolled along the track fifty feet, and was
horribly crushed TO death
A REPUBLICAN Nominating Convention
for the Seventh Congressional District has
been called to meet at Des Moines May "a.
PKoY. HISgIcH In his recent weather re-
port speaks as follows of March: The month
OF March was cold, cloudy and rainy. It's
temperature was equal TO that Of March last
year; since 1889, March has been colder only
three times (1s43, 1855 and 1851 The rain
fall at Iowa City e. 10 incbes) was consider
ably in excess of normal, and has, since
ls4o been exceeded only six times (ls52, '59,
'62, "a, '6s, III. In the State, the raS1fan
exceeded 8 inches In most places;
reached inches at Davenport, 5.26 inches at
st. Charles City, and 5.7S inches at Grand
junction. In the Northwest twas less than
inches. 1fHe
The River and Harbor bill, which passed
the National House Of Representatives on
the 10th. contains the following items of in
terest to Iowans: Dies Moincs Rapids, $780,
eco; Mississippi River, between Illinois and
Ohio Rivers, $4,000.
BRIDGET McCAgTEN died at Dubuque, on
the 9th, aged ninety nine years and ten
months. She was born In ireland.
On the 10th, Martin johnson was drowned
in the Iowa River, near Marshalltown. A
valuable span Of horses was drowned with
him.
A YOUNG woman of Msrshalltown, has
been sent to the insane asylum. She is only
twenty-five years OF age, and has been mar
ried and divorced. Her husband married a
second wife, and to him was given the
charge of her infant child. This was great
grief TO her, and naturally she fell into gloomy
forcbodings concerning the treatment her
little one received at the hands Of the new
wife, and when she learned that 1t had been
2cverely scalded, she broke down all opposi-
ton and gained permission 10 sec and nurse
her child; and though all was done that
human skin could do, the little sufferer soon
died, and the agonized mother went her way
only TO go insane over her bereavement
WORD was received at Dubuque from
Washington, on the 10th, that the Govern
ment would permit the building of pontoon
bridge across the river near that city.
Henry MARrIS, a young man residing in
Dubuque, died on the 10th from singular
cause. He had been sick with typhoid
fever, and was convalescing, but eight days
previous was taking with bleeding at the
nose and mouth-through the gums--and
even forced up in large bisters on the
stomach. Every effort was made to arrest
the bleeding without success, until his sys-
tenn was drained of the life fluid.
A McGREGoE correspondent of the Du-
buque Herald writing under date Of April l,
says II Is now pretty well settled that the
Milwaukee IL St. Paul Company will com
pIete the road from Algona west, according
to the terms OF the land grant bill, and to
this end active operations will soon COM
mence; the company never had any other
idea, says the correspondent than the COM
pletion OF the road ut the earliest practical
bic day, Notwithstanding the statements to
the contrary that have been so boastingly
made Under the bill, the company are
Obliged TO build ffty-fve miles this year,
the distance from Algona to Spencer.
The recent Legislature passed a law, pro-
yiding that the Speaker Of the House and
the President Of the Senate shall hold their
Office until the next regular session. The
bill was enrolled, but failed to get to the
hands Of the presiding officers of the Senate
and House for their signatures before the
final adjournment. The law was designed
TO cover contingent vacancies In the Execu-
tive Office. GOV. Kirkwood, having been
elected United States Senator, will be sue.
cecdcd by Lieut.-Goy Newbold. Now,
should Mr.. Ncwbold die, there Is no person
authorized 10 take the Executive Chair, and
there can be no special session of the Legis-
lature, nor can there be an election called to
elect members for the regular session, as
there would be no Governor to Issue the
proclamation, as provided by the statute. :.
The latest reports from 81. Louis give
the following as the current prices for lead
Ing staples: Plour--XXX. Falls5 50(16. On;
Whcat--No. Q Red Winter, Sl470oi. AS;
No. 3 Red Winter, sl.3s(0l 80; Corb--No. Q
Mixed, 44Jft145lsc; Oats--No 2, 321S0lS2ss1c;
Rye-No. 2, 64slcoo65c; Barlcy--No. Q, s1.0o@
si.1o, Pork--s22 75@23Oo; Shoulders a
SIS; Lard-s lS.5o@is.6a1S; Hogs Shipping,
tT.250tTs0; Packing, sT65@7. 90; Extra,