Iowa capitol reporter. [volume] (Iowa City, Iowa) 1841-1855, 1854-08-16

STONE Goa. The Miners Express of Du
buque notices the import atcn of forty casks o
stone coal into that city from Philadelphia, anc
adyerts to lle fact that the mineral abound.
In many Of the Des Moines river counties, =
Let us have railroads in Iowa to protect HON.
| interests.
INDIAN TRtUBLEs..-The exaggerated rumors
relative to the invasion of our northern coun
ties by the redskins" have subsidized, and
the Sc tiers, considerably more alarmed than
| injured have returned to their homes. The
Cedar Falls Banner of Blackhawk county re.
| ports on the a,thority Of AARON Dow ,Treasur.
er of the county, that the Sioux disclame all
intention o! m,slesting the whites, but decla, cd
themselves inPursuit Of some Of their invet.
crate enemies II the Winnebago tribe.
THE SHELLRscx This is the middle fork oil
the Cedar rive, flowing through Butler. Floyd
and Cerro Gorio counties. The valley Of this
fork is estimated to contain a population Of
1000 ersoss who are wholly without mail ia.
eiitics. How sug must Iowa be made vic
tim Of parsisnons and neglect?
RarlD.-E. B Iset' came from Pittsburg, Pa.
tn Port Louisa. Iowa in AZ hours.
CARRIEp-The proposition for Washington
county to Withdraw $4,000 stock from the
Fort Wayne Air Line Railroad, aad invest it
in the Muscatine and Oskaloosa Railroad, has
been carried by n respectable majority.
A FEAr.-Wiliam B. Francis swan the Mis-.
sissippi from the Iowa shore to Phelps wharf
in Quincy, in eighteen minutes Distance. a
mile and a half
New TowS.-Mr. Jos. A. Green of Muscatine
has laid out new town on the Oskaloosa rail-
road, in Louisa County. about four miles north
of Grandview aud iteen from Muscatine The
Indian cognomen Of Ononawa has been sug.
gesed.
DEATH, Edward Richardson died on the
3lst ult, near Yves, Liberty. aged about thirty
one years. The Muscaline Journal has the
following in relation to the deceased,
Mn. RICHARDSON emigra,ed 10 Musca,ine
county in the tall Of 1919 have frequently
heard him say he thanked God for having
brought him to SO beautiful country to die
in. He was q man of other days-was init
mately acquainted with the celebrated Blan-
nerhassetl !, Work'ng On blannerhassett's
Rurr freonen,iv visited ,hs Island and q hoa
Mr.. B. nearly engaged in his great western
enterprise, hut suspectIng the golden visions
J"i.sa ~ nm mGu,u oe ',eweu a. treason,
Rurr Mr.. B. was an honest. upriybt man and
a kind aud obl'ging neighb,r. He is gath
cred To his fathers like ripe shock Of corn."
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hkscoNTax-- Ne regret 20 hear that serious
alteration IN regard to . claim took place
lew days SINCE at Fort hearney, between Col.
bowler ana Judge Bradford OF sidney Iowa
10 wh'ch The iatter had ms Skull badly frac-
tured.
CENSUS kLrusEs.-Fremont county SoO6;
Alls' Zi'o; Rage, llof; Taylor 'ol; warren,
a4''. The population Of Fremont. Page and
aytor counties, is said TO Lave more than