Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-23
4owA STATE NEWS.

Trx Trustees Of The Bate Agriculsusai
College have selected for the vacant chairs
Is follows; Practical Agriculture, @. Z.
Morrowa Chicago; Civil Engineering, y. Z.
+ Beal. Of the Sehooiof Technology Boston:
Chemistry, Thomas z. Pope, Of the same
place ..sa
THE receipts Of the State Treasury for the
quarter ending March g., we're 500, 90 u,
which, with the balance on hand at the com
meneement Of the. quarter, made the total
s3sf, 1871 The disbursements during the
same period were s2os, 2Gs.s4. Balance on
hand March @, s62. s69.s1 ~ n
The following call has been issued By the
Republican State Central COMMITTEES:
The Twentieth Animal Republican State Con
yeutson will be held at Des Huire<. 90 sdncs-
day May 81. 1876. for fhe purpose OF making me
following nominations: Twenty two delegates 70
The National Republican Convention; eleven can
dldstss for Presidential electors, two csndidatss
for JUDGES OF the Saprcme uGoafts one candidate
for seretarv Of STATE: oss esscids.s ios Aaa u
State; one candle date for Register OF state Land
once; one capdidate for Attorney Ceneral;
one candidate for Reporter OF the supreme Court
one candidate for Clerk Of the Supreme Court
4 IL ratio Of Representation will be one delegate
for each county in the State; and IN adciIon
thereto, one delegate FOR every 30 yofes or frsc-
CuyerpoF Mt the general election In 1873
We invite al 10 unite with u. without regard 10
past party preferences or affiliations, who Wish 70
see TIE country at permanent pace, Who wish 10
see the Constitution and It's amendments en-
forced and Just and equal rights accorded 10 all;
Who wlsh 10 see corruption and dishonesty pun
isbed and the Presidents order carried ont:
~ no guilty man escape.'' the nffsirs OF tbe
Government economically administered and Its
credit and honor Uiaintainsd; all who wish 70 zee
the fee school svste foatred all ho wish 10 see
sectional differences laid a,ide. but VINO believe
that the war demonstrated the fact that the blue
and not the gtay--ths hand that saved and not The
one that would have slain should govern the land;
eli who condemn the reeent treasonabls uttcrance..
Of Southern Democratic members tn congress. an
who believe that Jea. Davis has oil the rights he
Is entitled % while the tass o. a ana
To all such and 10 All others who iesi that the re-
publican partyfs the one 80 save the country In
ihi. It's hour Of peril We bid welcome and ask you
shall eep the stste, and place Iowa In the Cen
tenhial year, where she now stands the banner
Republican State In the Union by order oil He
publican State Central Committee.
HENRY G.. LEfoBT' N, Chairman.
THE corn crop of Iowa for 1915, according
70 the annual report of the Secretary Of the
State Agricultural Society, aggregated l5O,-
OoO, 900 bushels; area planted, 1000, 600 acres;
area Of wheat, 3,759, 800 acres; product, 3D.
759, 800 bushels; area OF oats, ,00o, 600 acres:
product, 81 0Oo, 600 bushels; area of potatoes,
$1,000 acres; product, 100000 bushels;
revenue from corn, cattle, hogs, oats, rye,
barley, buckwhcat fax, potatoes and wheat
estimated at 81 .9O4. 6s2.F t@t a"
The annual meeting OF the Western Branch
OF the Woman's Foreign Mission Society Of
the Methodist Episcopal Church Is tobe held
at Des Moines, April 10. The an
nual address IL 10 be delivered by Mrs. New
man, State Secretary Of Nebraska.
The latest reports from ST. Louis give the
following as the current prices for leading
staples: Fiour-xxX Fall, IS. 000s55o; Wheat
No. Red Winter, $l.47Gnl.471s; No. AIRED
Winter, sl.S361i 3S1f; Connie. Mixed,
4ota4o4c; oats--No. 2, 33Ql331lc; Ryc--No.
2, 63(a631ic; Barley-No 2, 70C6soc; Pork
s22 756323 90; shouldcrs-S5g@51fc; Lard
S13. i2&G1l325; Hogs-Shipping, $1,000
500; Packing, s7.90aS.25; Extra, 5000
s75; Cattlc--shipping, S4.5oa5.5o; Pony
Steers, SO. 711G14,25. Feeders, s4.ooa4.62H.