Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-02-17
IOWA STATE Nh VS..

THE Ks0saurua Marrow Gauge Rat
road is 70 be sold for the bensat Of its Rs
okuk creditors. -
: AwoMax who gave her name - g Mr..
Jones" deserted young babe at Du
buque the other night.
: A SUCCESSFUL revival prevails at Keo
kuk. At meeting held On the evening
Of the 9Th, over 300 inquirer. presented
themselves.
A DUBUouE boy, anxious for something
70 lick. applied his tongue to frosty
lamp. post the other night. Warm water
released him. A
: REy. JOHN II. LozrER. the temperance
candidate for Governor last fall, is the
author Of poem protesting against grant
ing amnesty to JET Davis
1T was stated before the Iowa Horticul.
tural Society lately, that no fruit tree had
produced surer return in the State for
the last eight years than the pear tree.
An order has been received al one OF
the Dubuque iron works for the buildiL.
OF an iron steamer Of small dimensions
for the King Of Siam, v he shipped in
pieces.
THE Keokuk Il Dies Noines Railroad
has made general reduction OF ten per
cent in the pay OF its officers and en-
ployes. The reduction went int effect
Feb. 1, and causes much dissatisfaction.
DUBUQUE scientists are greatly excited
over fossil tosth lately found in that vi
entity. After careful study it is pro-
bounced as having belonged to gigantic
ALLOW deer weighing 500 or 500 pounds.
PETER MEYERS, a former resident OF
Des Moines, but more recently banker
1t Carthage, Mo-, was arrested at Council
Bluffs on the evening OF the 5th upon the
charge of having sbsconded with from
$50, 900 10 500, coo which did not belong
70 him.
A coLD-BLooDED murder was COM
mjtted in Franklin a few nights ago.
A young man named Spsng er struck q
man named BootiI over the hs,sd with q
fcnce-rail, inficting . w0ind h N the ef-
feots Of which he died q .:w + ars later.
Spangler escaped.
A YOUNG lady by the name of Miss
Stevens, OF Keokuk, was drowned in the
Des Moines River few days ago. She,
with her companion, Mr.. Bird. az.
tempted to cross on the ice, when it gavt
way, prccipitating both into the river.
Both reached the ice and held on to it, brt
could not get on the surface. Before
assistance reached them Miss Stevens le
go and sank to rise no more. Mr.. BirS
was rescued Miss Stevens was lacy
highly respected in the social circles a
Keokuk
night TO rob an express car on the Bur
lington & Minnesota west bound trails
west Of Burlington. Four men, repre-
senting themselves TO be travelling meh,
entered the bacgage-car to have smoke.
Que Of them Offered bottle 70 the bsSs
gage master, who took q small DRINK
The express messenger was also invited 6
drink, but declined. Shortly afterwaV
the baggage. master fell to the floor il 4
stupor, and the express messeng.,
smelling mice" drew q revolvs,
ordered the iptruders to hold their haISs
over their heads and leave the car. The.
left the car.
AT the recent gathering of the Sts'e
Medical Society at Des Moines, tb-
following officers were elected Pres
ident, II. c. Bulls; First Vice-Pre.-
ident, III. Ristine; Second Vice-Pres-
dent, s. b. Chase; Secretary, s. b. Thrall;
Assistant Secretary, j F. Kennedy; Trus.
tees, First District. j. Stone, of Burling.
ton; Second District, w. w. Grant; Third
District, j. G.. Howe; Fourth District, A.
A. Noyes; Fifth District, f. w. Clark;
Sixth District, s. Fl. Sawyer; Seventh
District, j. A. Blanchard; Committee on
Publication, j. Williamson, s. G.. Field.
w. ID. Middleton; Committee on Medical
Ethics, J. c. Hughes, l.. j. Alderman, G
o. Parker, T. J. Caldwell; Delegates Il
the American Medical Association, FRS
District, II. b. Ransom, j. NJ Andrews
J. j. NJ. Angear; Second District, II. NJ
Dean, ID. w. Overholt; Third District, II.
G. Bulls, s. NJ. Robinson; Fourth Dis.
rict, L. p. Fitch, - Marion; Fifth Dis
uict, D. @. Hunt. Enoch Lewis; Sixth
District, ID. A. Hunt, f. w. Coolidge;
Seventh District, T.. J. Caldwell, T. s.
Park; Eighth District, o. b. Thompson,
J. r. Dosh; Ninth District, J. J. Park,
Or. Knott; at large, Drs. Sawyer, Dun
can, Kierulff; Delegates to International
Medical Congress, J c. Hughes, j. w.
Smith, A. G. Field, s. b. Thrall, Vim.
Watson, 4. w. Clark, j. p. Farnsworth,
ID. s. Fairchild, j M. Earnest
PROF. HEINRIcHs, In his report of the
State weather phenomena for the decade
ending Jan 30, says:
The most remarkable features of the
decade were the two great depressions of
the temperature, ON the exact dates pub
lished in our January probabilities from
month TO week In advance. The first
descent, for the 23d and oath, amounted to
thirty-tive degrees; the second, for the 2Sth