Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-01-06
IOWA STATE NEWS.

CcRx 10 selling for twenty cents It Coun-
Gil Bluffs.
II sskes sevensy-fve men 70 gel out"
fhe Daizs Regsssey-
THE little folks of Dubuque are suffer-
ing from . severe type OF scarIssinA-
sEcRgrAKy Youss has begun the dis
sriburion u the last State census report.
TEE Dubuque Epesi.G NAss has &c.,
ooo libeLsuit on is hands, begun on the
2iG.
TIVE eniire cost OF the school system %
Davis County for the past veal was $751;
III 81
Us. CLAaxsos, If the Register news
paper, has ssen reappointed Postmaster At
Dee Moines.
TIE war Of The 'P4shies upon the Med
zeal Department Of the State University
has commenced.
tx the Davenport public schools the av-
erage daily attendance Is 3,o2s-l $40
boys and i,552 girls.
HgSRv KcLr was seriously injured IL
Dubuque, the other day, by the caying In
Of the roof Of mine.
THE youngest son Of Senator Wright
recently died Of diphtheris at the family
residence in Des Moines.
Urt tho 10Th 5000 hogs had been
packed at Council Bluffs, against 5000
70 the same date last year.
JACKS Touring mill, at Des Moincs,
was recently very nearly destroyed by fire,
involving loss Of about 10000.
ALrrTLE child of r. ID. Quigiey. OF
Narshalltown, died lately from injuries
received by falling into 8 tub OF hot water.
A BRAKEMAN named Frank Gale re-
Gently fell from railroad train, near
Glenwood. and fractured his skull. he
died next day.
AT Marshalltown, the other day, when
. Jury found Gross guilty Of larceny, he
Jumped 70 his feet, jerked off his coat and
swore he could thrash both Judge and
jury.
Two BOYS, each about sixteen years old,
recently hsd an sltercation AT Cresco,
during which Miller shot Trumbull with
. revolver, inficting a serious and proba-
bly, fatal wound
THoHAs BENTLEY, the Oldest man in
Allamakee County, was recently burned
out Of house and home In his ninety
third year the fire turns him loose on the
world and penniless.
THE Secretary Of State has received
semi official notice Of the removal of the
county seat of Harrison County from
Magnolia 10 Logan. The majority N
favor OF Logan was twelve.
WILLIAM FLANAGAN, an employe of
the Rock Island Railroad, at Stuart, was
shot and instantly killed the other after.
noon. lie was hunting and his gun acct
denially discharged while he was climb
ing fence.
Mn. THOMAS, of Brooklyn, emptied
barrel Of Kerosene into q number OF
smaller vessels the other day and, at the
conclusion Of his labors, lie was seized
with illness exhibiting the symptoms Of
strychnine poisoning.
THE wife OF s. f. Roberts, Steward Of
the Scott County poor house, died sud
denly of heart disease atew mornings ago
Between three and four O'Clock her hHs-
band was awakened by her groans. He
90. up, liz the lamp and she was dead.
JAMES BAILEY and James Bartholomew
were examining revolver in Fairfield
grocery store the other evening, when il
was accidentally discharged, the bali en-
tering Bartholomew left temple aud caus-
ing instant death The two men were
the best Of friends.
ONE OF the largest farmers In Warren
County says that over 5000 hogs have
died In that county from cholera the
present season The disease he thinks
was brought 10 Iowa u year since by the
importation Of Missouri hogs But few
marketable hogs are left in Warren.
MISS SCHULTZ, Of Davenport, sued John
r. Schneider for SANDER, he having APP
piled to her an obscene German epithet
When John was brought into court he did
the fair thing, promptly signed written
statement that his epithet was uncalled for
and untrue, and the SANDER suit was dis
missed.
A MURDER is reported 10 have been
committed at Melrose on Christmas Day.
II seems that during an alteration in a
saloon Constable Peacock attempted 10
make an arrest, when he was struck on
the head with heavy club in the hands
of Mike Grogsn. Peacocks skull was
fractured.
Polk County has two colleges and
setninaries--- Mitchellvillo Seminary, at
Miichelyille, and University of Des
Moines, nj Dies Moines. There are graded
schools al Des Moines, Polk City, Mitch
ellville and saylorville, and there are 232
township and independent school districts
In the county. The ungraded schools
number 1856 and there are IA school
houses, valued at $s4a, s95.
THE state Temperance Association will
meet az Des Moines, on the 10Th Of Janu.
ary for the transaction of such business