Knoxville journal. [volume] (Knoxville, Iowa) 1874-1986, 1876-03-09
IOWA STATE NEWS.

COUNCIL bLIYfs has raised nenrlv
$4,000 for the Centennial celebration !.
that city.
! The early history Of Union County Is h
be collected, and copies transmitted TO ths
Centennial. erss.-'e
/ Sioux Coryry offers a reward of sa ooo
Tor the first vein Of coal discovered in
that county.
THERE were fewer failures In Iowa /,
1873 than in any other State. The total
amount was 81 ,si0, 305.
| Iowa CIrY has shepherd dog which
carries bag through the streets collec,.
ing nickels for foreign missions.
| R. III. WILSON committed suicide at tho
Ahorn House in Des Aoines q few dav.
ago by shooting himself with revolver
! TIKI father Of the boy who was killed
in the turD-table at Eddyyille, not Ions
ago, has commenced suit against The
s. d. d. Railroad, claiming $4,000. 3
Hon j b EDarsDs, of Iowa CITY one
of the ablest lawyers of the State, intends
to remove to Chicago to reside there nor.
manently and to pursue his profession.
GREAT fiocks OF wild geese are observed
passing over the State 10 the north, and ss
none OF them stopped to disclose streak,
of gray and splotches of darker grey on
their breast-bones, it is probable that the
ice season in Iowa is about oycr-Hauk.
Eye.
Mr.. r.. E. Bishop. well.know alter
ney or Dubuque, was Knocked down and
nearly killed by some unknown person in
one Of the principal streets of the city, in
broad daylight The Times says Mr..
Bishop has been quite prominent in pros.
ecuting liquor sellers, and some one has
taken this method of revenge.
THERE is a strong presumption, saws
the Davenport Democrat, that Is. f. Allen
will be despoiled of his homestead at
Des Moines, valued at about $500. 900.
Mr.. Aliens homestead was located be.
fore the city was extended beyond ii. The
assignee in bankruptcy claims the home
stead for the creditors on the ground that
Mr. Allen permanently removed 10 Chi
cago, and therefore abandoned his home.
stead in Iowa, ard forfeited all claim
thereto. The matter will come up in the
United States District Court
A FIRE in Davenport, on the morning of
the 23d, destroyed buildings covering
nearly half square. The block destroyed
was called Hills Block, and contained
fnurtean ctnrao civ ntf;rnS tbo 2I,r,,;a
Music Hall and photograph gallery
The fire originated on the stage Of the
theater and was soon raging fHriously.
The alarm was sounded, and all the com
panies of Davenport and Rock Island
turned out, but it was hard work, as
the night was bitterl cold and
the water froze in solid lengths in
the hose. The fire ragged for hours, and
was not subdued until five O'Clock in the
morning. The ladies Of the city had
been holding Centennial entertainment
in the hall the previous evening, and the
| fire destroyed all their costumes, etc, and
a $500 piano. The losses are about as fol-
lows; On buildings, 100000 Olympic
Hall, scenery etc, $4,000; Harrison &
Holman, drugs. $4,000; Hawley Bros,
billiard hall, 5000; Davenport & St.
| Paul Railroad office, books. ETC., 81 900;
plate glass, $1,000; other losses ranging
from So, 000to &c, 800. The total loss ioots
up $50, 900; insurance SOD, 800. The build
| ings were very poorly constructed, and,
once ON fire, burned like finder box A
heavy wind was blowing at the time, and
| ii locked at one time as if The flames
would sweep through the whole business
part of the city. About 200 fremcn were
on the spot, and, at one time, twenty
streams of water were being thrown.
A HORRIBLE tragedy occurred in Green
field Township, Warren County, few
nights ago. Three families named How
ry, billiard and Westfal have for several
years been engaged in aneighborhood feud
caused by the location of roads, partition
fences, etc. On the 10Th, the Howry
and hired man named Groom, the West
fall party of two and billiards. party of
three had been to church, and, on the way
home, the old quarrel was renewed, when
a general fight ensued, in which rcvolvers,
brickbats, stone, slung- shots, knuckles
and knives were used, Twenty shots
were fired. The Howry party were un-
armed The fight lasted about twenty
minutes. David Howry, the father,
was shot IN the upper lIp and left
ear and stabbed over the left eye George,
his son, was stabbed and fell dead on the
field. John, another son, was stabbed
and fell dead after going about forty rods.
James Groom, the laborer for howry,
was stabbed in the right lung, breast and
back, and will die. The Westfall and
| billiard party were all arm0l, but the
Howry party was not. After the battle
the yictors went to billiards. house, where
they remained until arrested and lodged
in Jail at lndianola. The neighborhood
has long been noted for its broiis and law
less acts. although the Howrys were esti-
mablc citizens. Mr.. Westfall, the elder,
was subsequently incarcerated. AT last
accounts, the prisoners were being closely
guarded in the Indianola Jail. Threats OF
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