Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-04-06
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.f,.sLorrr HrgrsuT, ayouEgiady highly.
e.teened sad of most respectablc tafni'y' e
| tempseAsuicfdro on the -nsorning o. me 80
=, her father's residence In Danyilie- ~
seeus that g.,out year ago she WAS troubled
with mental infrmity, but was treated ana
| r,youotrrced cured Of the ulaLdy. Recently,
| how,ycr. she has been subject to fits OF mel
| snel,og,. which eulminated In the nearly sue,
| ces.fuI attempt OF that morning. With
/ .raati pcnknife she completely severed
the windpipe, and when found was nearly
| a.aa Medical assistance was at once sum
| ,noned. the How Of blood was stopped, and
| hopes are entertained Of her recovery
Ara recent special session Of the Dubuque
| CITY Council, the unusual spectacle OF two
| Aldermen too drunk to attend To business
was presented One OF them was suisse
! ouent.y arrested and spent the night IN the
| calaboese.
THE dwelling house Of G. shultz, living
| eve miles south Of Sioux City, was destroyed
| by fire on the morning OF the ga. Loss
| about 81 300.
pKor. HEyEycHs, In his weather report
| Tor the second decade Of March, says: Dur
| ing this decade the weather was cold, cloudy,
| damp, windy and rainy. At the central sta
ton the mean temperature was 22.6 degrees,
which 10 n degrees belo@ normal; this Is,
| since the close of November, 1875, the last
| decade below the normal temperature. The
wind travelled 1908 miles, or at the high
| mean rate of $50 miles an hour The 10th
| and goth were very windy, the barometer
was very low on the 10Th, after the principal
| rain storm, and just before the blizzard"
| az the 18th. The cloudiness was sixteen
| per cent above normal, the rainfall twice the
| normal amount and frequent Snow fell on
| three DAYS. In the State the rainfall was
| considerable, over one inch In the east, and
| over half an inch In the west; 1t consisted
! largely Of snow, and was rather irregu1arly
| distributed. The greatest amount OF rain
fall is reported from Davenport q 90 inehcs).
| Along the Missouri the rainfall was greatest
| at Onawa 1y07 inches)
| ApAsTARDLY attempt was made, on the
| evening Of the 27th, to assassinate build
| ing contractor named Edward Massey, who
| lives about ten miles below Dubuque. he
was sitting In his house holding his little
| girl on his knee, when charge OF heavy
| shot was fred through window directly be-
| hind. He was struck in the back, but hav-
ing on a very heavy oyercoat he was not IA
tally injured.
4 MISS SARAH SHAW, aged nineteen, commit
/ ted suicide at her fathers house, near Delhi,
| on the afternoon Of the 18th. She fastened
a string to her bed post, with the other end
| attached to the trigger of a shotgun, and,
stepping in front Of the weapon, fired the
| charge into her heart. She left note say
| ing she did not care TO live and see the fami-
| ly growing up as they were.
| TIE Boone Standard states that an
"Enoch Arden case has come TO the sur
| face In that county. Mrs. Sarah Nelson sup
posed herself widow, the "gude mon"
having been lost to sight and touch for three
years. She married again, but last week the
proper husband turned up, urged the pri-
| ority OF his claim, and the second husband
has relinquishcd his hold and lit OUT for
other climes.
| ALL the prisoners In the Marshall County
/ fail escaped on the night Of the 9th. There
Is an iron-barrcd cell In the center of the
main iail.r3om, into which the prisoners
three in number, were locked for the night
/ They broke out OF the cell in the middle OF
the night by fling off the staple from the
door The filc had probably been furnished
them by a friend from the outside. They
| then escaped through hole that had been
evidently previously prepared In the side Of
the Jail. No blame Is attached TO the
sheriff, Geo. s. Hickox. The trouble Is with
the jail itself, which Is worthless, rotten
| pile Of stone and mortar
| J. II. CoSNELL's residence at Corrections
Vile, var burned TO the ground on the
morning Of the Goth. Loss about 1880
The fire il believed to have had incendiary
| origin.
THE State University Law School closed its
| winter term on the 18th. At its recent SEES
| sion the Legislature established two homeo-
| pathie chairs In the medical department OF
| the University, and several applications have
already been made To fill them.
A ROW occurred at Melrose on the 25th
| during which q man named Watson shot an.
| other named Newell inhicting presumably
fatal wound
REV. J. II. swoPE, Presiding Elder Of the
Des Moincs Conference, died in that city on
the 18th, of plcurisy. He was Ill but day.
THE cost Of the late Legislature was about
| s1O0,00O.
Coal has been discovered within one mile
OF Jefferson, Greene County.
1 THE old soldiers OF Scott County have dc.
cidcd TO unite as bodyin the celebration OF
the Centennial at Davenport
IRA s. LITTLE, Steward of the Boone
County Poor House, has disappeared mystic.
riously.
THERE is a butter and egg famine In Mar
shalltown, but potatoes are worth only
| twenty-five cents a bushel.
In Davenport there are seven public school
buildings, costing in the aggregate over
| t2o0,oO0. The attendance, Feb. /, 1875 was
| 1886 seholasr; the number enrolled, g. SS6
| number Of teachers, including principals,
92; number OF lady teachers, 70; of gentle
men teachers, 10. The highest salary paid is
$4,000 per snnum, and the lowest $400 The
total cost Of the schools is 100000 u year.
THE latest reports frem st. Louis give
the following MS the current prices for lead
Ing staples: Flour--XXX Falls5. 0O(a5. rs;
Whcat-No. 2 Red Winter, s15i(d1.51k;
No. Red Winter, sl.35Cdl.36; Corn--No.
2 Mixed, 45ta4511sc; Oats--No. 2, 35ta35ss4c;
Rye-7No 2, 641ICa65c; Barley--No. 2, 956e