Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-13
IOWA STATE NEWS.


BrRrrxsros has four street railways
whose aggregate length il eight miles
THE Davenport Board Of Trade have
| petitioned Congress 70 repeal the Bank
| rupt sct
DURING the hurricane on the afternoon
| of the LIST the residence OF Mr.. Bonnell, al
| Fort Madison, was caught up and twisted
round 80 that when the startled inmates
recovered their selfpossession their east
| windows faced north.
/ THE city OF Dubuque and John ID. Bush
have been sued for t20, 900 by Henry
| Nightingale, who broke his leg . few
nights ago by falling over beam pro-
iecting over the sidewalk in front OF
Bush's house, which was undergoing
repairs.
THE following were the postal changes
| In Iowa, exclusive OF Presidential APP
poin,ments, for the week ending Jan. |,
1875; Discontinued Way Prairie,
Monroe County. Postmasters Appointed
--Gowrie, Webster County, John O. Sven
son; Rochester, Cedar County, Horace
1 Wright
/ THE Aldermen OF Des Moines were ar
rested by the Sheriff on the evening OF the
27th on a writ issued out Of the Supreme
Court, on the charge of violating an in
junction which had been dismissed by the
District Court and appealed TO the SUI
prone Court The injunction asked for
/ was 10 restrain the Council from granting
charter 10 new gas company.
Az old man named Spencer was re-
Gently dangerously, II not fatally, shot,
near Smithland, Woodbury. County, by
his son William and his brother In law,
J.E Otis The offense charged against
the old man was incest The two men
surrendered themselves TO the nearest mag
| istrate and were held To answer at the next
term OF the District Court. A younger
son of Spencer, boy about twelve years
old states that Williams story Is untrue,
and that his mother, William and Otis
have put up the job to get rid OF the old
man.
| A DIFFICULTY occurred on the evening
Of the 2Gth between Israel Hixon and
Paul Krile, two farmers residing in Cedar
Township, in Lucas County. Hixon had
taken up some hogs belonging 10 Krile,
who called on Hixon and got them re-
leased, though quarrel ensned between
the men ut the time. Soon thereafter
KriIe went to Hixon's farm second time,
carrying his gun He was attacked by
Hixon's dog, which he shot, and Hixon
putting in an appearance at this time
Krile beat him about the head with his
gun, fracturing the skull.
THE total white population of Iowa,
according to the recently published State
census, is: Males 697 ,057, females 6i7 APO,
There are 3, 1913 colored males ana 2,S53
colored females. OF the entire popula-
ton, 552 ASP were born in Iowa, so that
we now count more than half o million
native Hawkeyes 5S1 $50 more are natives
OF Tie United States, eaving the number
of our foreign. born population 1901,
or about one-fifth Of the whole. The
number of our population born of
foreign parentage, ia this country and
abroad, Is, OF both parents, 31S, 159;
father foreigner, 25,962; mother a
foreigner. 10,927-total, 355,048. The
total number Of persons under the
age Of twenty one years is 496,47f, or
about % per cent Of the entire popula-
ton. or the entire white and colored
population over 10 years old, LAS, or
about one In i65, cannot read, and In
this the males are In the majority. Our
population occupy 22l ,5GS dwellings, and
are divided into .G24 families, so 20
provide house for each family we need
2s, 0OO more buildings. We occupy near.
ly 10, 0O0, 900 acres Of improved land, pro-
tccted by 1913, 900 miles Of fencing OF
this, g,645, 061 acres were In cultivation In
1874, producing 43,2s0,9iS bushels OF
spring and S50,Ss9 bushels of winter
wheat, 146, 1898, $50 bushels Of corn, 432 ,00S
bushels of rye, 29,2l3,s9l bushels of oats,
1874, POI bushels Of barley, and l60, s05
bushelsof buckwheat Winneshiek Coun-
" leads with product of 1873, 465 bush
els OF spring Wneht hdishdh Souhty
is ahead in the acreage of planted
timber, which foots up 552G acres. We
possessed COS, EOS horses in 1874, and sold
81, 1913 for export, of which considerable
number went to Minnesota. The number
of cattle slaughtered and sold for slaughter
last year amounted TO 3l4,677. Number
OF head of thoroughbred short-horn cattle
in the State, at that date, 9,733; Devons,
1.I26; Hereiords, 90; Ayrshires, 14S;
Jerseys, III; Holderness, 4 other i'm
proved breeds, $50. The whole number
of hogs was 3.0s6, 1871 OF these were
Berkshircs, IS, 46G; Poland China. o6 ,063;
Chester " hitc, 27,3i5; Magee, airs; Es.
sex, $40; other improved breeds, 35 ,45l;
number slaughtered and sold for slaughter,
2,534, 3Ti., The number Of sheep IN the
State was found to be TEA, 204. OF these
we're: Merino. SO ,200 Cotswold, 1854;
Leicester, 3,14G; Southdowns, 1919; other
improved breeds, 81 AGO. Quantity If wool
sheared, 2,3i0,9l4 pounds. The value Of
\ farm products Ia fixed nj Ef24. 401. 01S.