Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-11-25
Iowa Matters.

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ter office frcm Council Bluffs P. O., at the quarter
ending 3lst September.
livery stable is boing erected in Burlington, the
main building Of which is 81 by LII feet and three
stories high, with extensive cellars underneath.
BELLEVUE, in jackson county, has imurt we'd very
rapidly during past The Press enumerates
some thirty or thir.y-fve substantial buildings tbs
have been erected in that place this season.
An extensive fire occurred st Council Bluffs CITY last
Friday night. More than half the town is in asher,
including the post-oce and two printing flices All
tie principal stores burned. LEGS atcut $780,
OC0-insurauce not over $40 O0O.
kDo xville, tie county seat Of Marion county, is
situated FIVE miles from the River Dss siOines and
two and half miles east of Waite Breast. 1t hes o
population Of four Ave hundred inhatiants ard is
rapidly improving.
STATE TEMPERANCE. SocIETY.-The annual meeting
of the Safe Temperance Society viii be held in Ioxa
City on the 81 w .dnesiay (2lst of December next
DELEGATES from ali the Temperance organizations
IN the State invited be- present aud participate
in TIE deliberations.
Ccdar Falls, tae county-seat of Bacb hawk ecu iy
away out en- north western frontier, is bcco ming
quite an important business town. Twenty buildings
have beea erected there This season, an ing which are
four store bouss. q new ssS mill is berg erected,
and tia r, hers for anar nlexttns,y4 a w mill
have been prepared.
sTArIsrIcs OF THE Iowa CONFERENCE, M. Ell
CHURCH. -l3 92S members, 2,l6l probatouers, en-
200 local preachers This SIS en- encouraging fgurd
compared with last year, which was 1894 EN- bers
2, l6I probationers, and 162 local preachers The
unit contributed for missions was 81 ,023 rs; for
s. s.. Uuion $l7 55; for American Bblo Society
$S9S 50; for Trace 1922 The session of ii q
xI Gorfer1nce is to be held at Dubuque, September
~, 1854.
A steam doctor in Cedar county, named Ipgham,
ha been tried for the murder of his wife, 1t appears
that he was in the habit OF III treating her, and that
she finally died OF injuries inflicted on hsr when in
delicate situation. We have an account of the trial
in the Tipten advertiser, hut we cau't determine
whether he was convicted or acquitted. The paper
says Justice Soper decided be should ego hence and
hints about "tar and feathers from which we i fer
that the Doctor acquitted azd ordered to leave the
county. .g}g
TIpros, CEDAR CoUsrY.-Aro the Inhabitants Of
Upton .ayages? The advertiser, Published at that
place, gives an acsount Of terrific cat fghr which
recently occurred at that pacethe tails Of the feline
combatants having been inserted IN hole in a log
and fastened, while number of the humane citizens
Of Upton stood by and delighted to see the .ur
fy." 1t ADDS account of fight between rail-
road Contractor aud an Irisbman, heading both ds-
graceful occurrences thus: "rhe Winter Fl CHS Bril-
liant Arrangements. The whole may t. Only
III.
without any further explanation than accompanies il,
it will impress the world very fayoraDIy with the
intelligence, morality, civilization Of the cti
zsns Ut fiptcn.
z EDDYvILLn r r CoNvEsrIos.-Dslegates were in
attendance q, this Convention, which assembled on
the 10Th nt from several counties in this State an
fiom two or three counties in North Missouri. Mr..
Carr, of tina 81. Louis Republican, also present. as
the agent Of the North Missouri Railroad Company
fbe object of the Convention, as stated last week,
to adopt for the extension of the North
Missouri Railroad through Iowa In the direction Of
ST. Paul The deliberations resulted in the appoint
nent Of several legal gentlemen to draft articles of
incorporation for the extension of the North Missouri
Railroad through Iowa. They win report their doings
subsequent convention, to be held at uch time and
place. as may be designated BY the committee of Cor
respondence, Of which convention timely notice will
be given. Mr. Carr, the delegate from St. Louis gave
most fst;ering report of the progress Of the Road
through Missouri and Of the intention Of ST. Louis
ca rtasts to aid IN its extension through the Des
Moines Valley. That the road through Missouri, will
be built there be but little doubt 3d. $780,
eco If the necessary sum is already secured. n
Pass HIM RoUsD.-Jacob Fox, about % years oid,
5 feet 10 inches high, Light hair, inclined to curl,
grey eyes, bad countenance with an upward cast,
weighs about ITO lbs, professes to be carpenter by
rade, good fiddler and loves his tea to this
,bout one year ago, having token French leave of
Jail tho Illinois river, leaving wife and one
,hild. This fellow married respectable girl in this
,lace. did. no good for himself any body ese. His
rue character followed him up, and last Tuesday he
ook his departure leaving divers small bills unsettled
We say, look cut for this biped Fox.-lJackson Co
Press. H t @
MONEY MARKET.-New York papers
If the 18th notice the continued i'm
roy emant in he money markell The 70