Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-12-02
Iowa Matters.

man named Huntsman killed his nenbev hv
splitting bis skull with axe in Mills county re-
Gently.
youth named Richards was arrested on Thursday
week last at Burlington in the set Of stealing gloves
from store. He was sent to Jail fr ten days
Dubuque city and county is in debt to the am ,unt
of $3.50 600 the annual interest on whi,h is s6s 900
Tsqaidate this debt BY tax would require SIS A for
every man, woman and child in the county.
A SALON Montsomsr y, charged with the murder G,
Henry Broan, has been acquitted by a awar.
county jury. He bad been convicted in jackson
whore the alleged murder was com mitted but the
Supreme Curt ut the State ORDERED new trial ia
take acc, and ehansel the venue to Delaware county.
Andsrs 'n, one of the nu nber engaged in VIII y in
Willard to death at ST. Joseph effected bis escar
from tho Liberty jill, by saving out the window
gratisg. jones' an ac.omp,ics who was confa d with
him. did not leave, his legs being very sore; be was
unable to travel and the fear Of being retaken made
him adopt the wiser course.
A storm of wind ami rain which passed over Daycn.
Dor; last Monday night, done some damee The front
wall OF new threc-story brick building on Front
street was ,wn down; also, tie roof Of the same ard
another building blown of and carred some
distance. Fortunately nobody was hurt
The reject fire at Council Bluffs xept # the more
bu ines portion of that thriving place. The propri
etor of the Byg'e estimates his own loss at $40 OoO
aud very philoSepbcay asks his creditors to indulge
him until he again gets his head above water as he
has enougE left to start small Buge. The total
loss by the fire is about SlOO 900, onc-fth of which
was insured.
Some burglars entered the stor, of Burrows 4
Prettymnn, in Davenport one night last week, and
stole 81 90 in change and few coats, valued at
about So N doubt they lad been reading the boasts
OF taose gentlemen in the Gtedte and supposed they
really were doing an extensive business, and by get
ting into their store they might make "raise"
Bat they were doomed to disappointment, as we have
already seen.
A Democratic State Convention is called TO meet at
Iowa City, on the 9th # January the sth being
Sunday. Candidates for Superintendent of Public
lnstruct.on, to be elected the first Monlay of
April next, Governor, Secretary of State Treasurer
of State, Auiito- OF State and Attorney neral, for
the State OF Iowa, to be elected on the LIST Monday Of
August next, will be nomiu ated.
+ A 'u1tirg party from Burlington, returned few
days age from excursion on the upper Iowa, with
an abundance Of game. Tbey reprt the taking of
dser, 70 turkeys, "a geese, 200 mallard ducks,
Sters, besides any quantity of quails muskras, &c
man by the name of Richardson, living near
Troy in Davis unity killed almost instantly on
the Sth, ult., by man named Bonner. They quar-
relied about an estray heifer, from which arose
fight with clubs and Richardson skull was fractured
SO that he died in twelve hours afterwards.
Mt. Pleasant is located upon beautifully unduIa-
ting prairie, almost encrcled by belt of timber at
an average distance from the town of three to four
miles. We learn from the Observer that it contains
population of about 1900 inhabitants Within the
.st summer, there have been built four large three
story business houses-onc fine brick church, erected
by the Chris tians-together with q number of private
dwellings. There are now about twenty business
houses-all appearing to be doing good business.
There are six churches of tho following denomina-
tons, to-wit Methodist Missionary Baptist Presby-
terrain, Congregational, Baptist and Christian. Two
Seminaies of learping-the Mt. Pleasant High
School, owned and conducted by S. L. III pwe & SIN,
numbering 90 pupils, and the Collegiate Institute,
under the control of the E. Conferences, and under
the charge o. Professors Harlan Gray, d.. lumber.
ing lOi pupils, both in very fourishing condition.
and wei, worthy of support