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

The National Bank Of Osceola has
| pended payment.
THE first official act Of Gov. K;,L,
was the appointment of Gen. Baker = :,
Office of Adjutant- General.
JosEPH STAMNEYER, Dubuque a..,.-
In ready-made clothing, has susne,d.~
Liabilities aggregate $1,000.
A NEW railroad corporation. ea,,.s q
Iowa, Dakota d Black Hills Railroad c.
pany, has been organized at Dubuque
A FIRE secured at Independence =.
the 18th, which destroyed properly yaln.s
at $1,000. 1t caught from dcsec,ivs
chimney.
THE Special Master, Hiram Dillon h,.
advertised the sale of the Davenport q :,
Paul Railroad, to take place at Davenpo,
March 2, next.
The report of the Coroner of Dubuon.
1 County shows the number of violent deaf.
during the past year in that county /,
have been twenty seven, Of which sers
were suicides.
| THE school-house in Concord Ton
ship burned down q few mornings A
A spelling school was held in the hOVs
on the preceding night, and the fire ".
probably the result of carelessness Loss
! $4,000.
A FEW days ago the flues in the boiler
| of Farnum's grist mill, at Keokuk. col
lapsed, causing terrific explosion which
demolished that portion Of the building
The engineer, John Appler, was severely
burned.
Hos. SAM III. FARALL, of Iowa CITY
was recently seriously and it is feared
fatally shot by his brother in. law, Sam
Workman, and his associates. The shoot.
ing arose out of certain matrimonial CON.
plications.
THE State Temperance Association met
at Des Moines on the 10Th, and was called
10 order by President Todhunter Several
speeches were made, and series Of
strong prohibitory and denunciatory res.
olutions adopted.
A FEW evenings ago as Mrs. Pierce,
the young wife of WILDER Pierce, OF Ne.
chanicsville Cedar County, was sitting by
the stove, her clothes caught fire while
she slept, and she awoke to find herself
enveloped in flames. Noassistance beng
near, she rushed out of doors and was
shockingly burned. On the night Of the
18th she died.
DEPUTY SHERIFF SPRAeUE, Of Cor
rectionyille, Woodbury. County, was set
upon the other night by five men, headed
by a Sioux City sewing machine man
Sprague succeeded in dispensing the men
single-handed, but during the fight re-
ceived serious cut in the left arm, and
broke finger on the right hand by blow
given one of the roughs.
THE State Horticultural Society met at
Des Moines on the 18th. The attendance
was large, and much interest was mani
ested in the discussions. All portions of
the State were represented by delegates,
and most by specimens of fruits. The
Treasurer's report showed the receipts for
1875 to have been $2,1SS.02; expenses,
| $625.72, leaving on hand, s1,562.30.
FRANK PATTES and Charles Young were
arrested the other night at Burlington for
passing counterfeit gold quarter and half.
dollar pieces. Before the Police Judge an
In genious defense secured their acquittal
on the charge Of passing counterfeit coin,
since, as there are no gold quarters and
halves issued by the United States, it
would be impossible to counterfeit that
which has no existence. The parties
were, however, held for obtaining money
under false pretenses.
A BRUTAL murder occurred at Union,
in Marshall County, q few nights ago
man named Swift, living In the vicinity
of Union. had an alteration with his
wife, in which she came out second best.
Mrs. Swift left the house and reported the
matter TO her father, Steinberger by name,
and he, with his son, Immediately re-
paired to Switts house. A terrible com.
bat was the result, in which the cid man
Steinberger dealt Swift tremendous blow
with Ratchet At the same time the
young one got in some lively work,
plunging an old file into the stomach oil
the stunned and bleeding man. de lived
but an hour or two.
In 1855 man named Nick Hahn lived
In a cabin in the eastern part OF what Is
now DesMoines, which tenement he occu-
pied by courtesy of G.. c. Jefiries. In II
Hahn resided for about two years, when
his wife became insane, and Hahn TOOK
her to her friends in Pennsylvania, ana
he has not been seen there since. On the
21st man visited Mr.. Sheperd. one OF the
old settlers, and made inquiry as TO the
location OF the old cabin in which liam
lived. II was long ago torn down, YET
Mr.. Sheperd remembered very nearly its
location. The stranger said he WAS living
near DesMoines when Hahn was there,
and was acquainted with the family OF the
wife in Pennsylvania. He said Hahn
took his insane wife home, left her,
and gave her no further attention
He returned to Iowa, and came to his
house, at which time he displayed a large
sum of money in gold, which excited sus.
picion, as Hahn was q wortilless kind Oh
n feIlow Al that f;ma The cOuutry was