Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-02
IOWA STATE NEWS.

SECRETARY OF STATE ToUse is a can
didate for reelection.
i LEE COUNTY complains of having too
many paupers outside of the poor house
Z. N. CHArrS, editor of the Marsbau
/ TINES, has been confirmed as postmaster
tat Marshalliown.
JAMES KENSEDY's grocery store 4. Mar.
shalltown was recently entered by burglars
i and robbed of goods valued at 5000.
/ JosErH WIssEL. Of Pilot Grove. an old
settler of Lee County, committed suicide.
o few days ago, by cutting his throat.
THERE is man in Dubuque County
who worked on the railroad thiity.fye
years ago, but who never yet rode on one.
THE value of dairy products for 1875 in
Blackhawk County was $l37 ,294: in
Buchanan, $2l9, 439; in Delaware, $751;
303.
UP to the 18th, there had been over 80
cases Of scarlet fever at Dubuque The
schools were thinly attended on account
of it. ha
An accident occurred on the night of
the 10th on the Iowa Central Railroad. 4
train going south jumped the track near
Hampton injuring five persons.
AYDREAs FREDRIcKsES, Dane, fNy
years old, living southeast of Stony CITY,
hung himself in granary, a few days ago
The cause for the deed is not fully known.
MHs. ESTHER BUTLER, widow of the
| late Hon Jacob Butler, is reported to be
overcome with melancholy and nervous
prostration, and is under treatment by DR..
Patterson, at Batavia, Ill.
Os the 10th Gov Kirkwood rendered to
| Judge Sewers, of Oskaloosa, the appoint
ment of Supreme Judge to fill the vacan-
I cy caused by the resignation of Judge
| Cole 1t is stated that he will accept
THE Polk County Bar, at a recent meet
ing, adopted resolution declaring that
+" Hon John n. Rogers is the first choice
of the members OF this bar for appoint
ment to one of the vacancies or the Su-
preme Bench"
THE scott County Bar recently held a
meeting and passed resolution asking
Gov Kirkwood to appoint Hon. John n.
Rogers as one of the supreme Judges. A
committee was appointed TO wait upon
Gov X at the Capital and personally
urge the appointment.
| A Mrs. HARVEY was arrested At Day
export, on the evening OF the 18th, for the
murder of Mrs. Bruce, whose body was
found in her house last July, after having
been dead for several days. The TWO
women were neighbors, and il is charged
that Mrs. Harvey killed Mrs. Bruce for
1895 the value of lot which the latter
bought from the former. Mrs. Harvey has
been indicted
THE baby of j. l.. Dickinson, in Tip
ton, only nine months old, fell from lis
high chair upon the hot cook stove while
its mother was absent moment. Hurry
ing back TO its cry she found the little
thing holding its face away from the dan
ger while the tiny hands were already
cooked. IL was at first thought that the
right hand must be sacrificed but they
now have hopes of saving both OF them.
| A sEvEN-YEAR-oLD son Of Mr.. Kotten-
stetter, of Fort Madison, was terribly
gored by a COW on the 14th. She struck
her horn into the right nostril, tearing the
nose completely open to the right eye,
which was pressed out upon the terribly
lacerated cheek. The cheek bone was
nearly uncovered, one laceration extend
ing through the nose down to near the
angle of the jaw bone. The boy looked
ifrightfully, but is reported as doing well,
and his eye will be saved.
A BILL has been introduced in the Leg
| islature authorizing the Governor to offer
reward Of 81 900 for the arrest of parties
charged with murder, arson or rape, and
requires the Governor TO offer re-
ward OF $1,000 for the arrest and
CONVECTION of each of the leaders
of any mob that shall hang or in
any way kill or seriously injure any per.
son. The provisions of this latter clause
TO apply only to cases of mob violence
occurring after the law shall 90 into ef-
feet. ~
HENRY SToEcHER, miner living near
Potosi, came into DUBUQUE, on the 21st
got intoxicated, and while wandering
about late at night fell into Eighth street
sewer where il was left open between the
railroad tracks. He fell distance of
twelve feet, and when discovered at mid
night il was found that nearly all his ribs
were broken and detached from the back
bone, leaving holes through which air
oozed when he breathed. His skull was
fractured and other injuries sustained.
Strange 10 say he was still alive.
AT Upton, a terrible accident recently
occurred at the county jail. A prisoner
named Robert Kelso, while smoking
pipe, had his clothes catch fire. He was
locked in his cell with no window open.
The smoke got out into the kall, and was
observed by the attendants, who opened
kelso's cell, and found it filed with
smoke. They discovered Kelso upon the
floor and every bit of his clothing burned
from his body, his hair and beard burned
off, and his body burned almost to crlsp.
He fingered few moments in agony and
theu aied