Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-03-24
Iowa Matters,


There is an effort making Al Maquoke
Ia Jackson, county, TO esta blish paper
there TO be called the Maquokefa Scnti-
neil 3f@gs eE
- A man residing near Keokuk is train
fing pair OF elk to work IN harness
Nldl kis horses. :
4 S;at convenlion Of The free sellers
is CALEB 10 meet at era wiordsville,
Washington county, Tuesday. 2s'h inst.
Judge Smyth, Of Marion, has been,
Nominated for reelection TO :he office of
District Judge in the Fourth Judicial
! DisiEir..
A few days since, the church in pro-
cess Of erection by the Buptists a. La
Note, Jackson Co., was blown down
Loss, about 300. $3.50.
4 Tevis Brown waskilled While drunk,
a Keosauqua, week before last, from
blow inflicted on the head by QUE IIohrs,
keeper Of tue vilage doggery.
Amelia G. Darlington, tbs @ ,aker
preacheress, addressed tho citizens o.
keokuk on Wednesday evening Of las,
week
] B. q H e. .
!, CHURCH Bell, costing $3.50. has been
sent from Boston TO the church at Ma
| ron. Iowa. The Puritan Recorder
! says 1.-TWO thirds Of the purchase
money was given by merchants ia Bos
tom r#a h2ta
I An oil mill is ia course Of construc>
lion al DenIonsport, Van Bufen county,
Iowa, which will be finished next au-
tumn The proprietor, J. d. Sanford, !,
advertises in the Keokuk Uhig for fax
seed. seG5lRsou ia =
In The House Of Representa- tives. on
the 2Sth uit.. Mr. Cook gave notice OF a
bill to refund to the several counties in
Iowa. money expended by said coun-
ties for the United States. during The
Territorial government of Iowa
FRUIT PRosPEcrs.-Those who have
taken the pains to examine. inform us
that the promise is quite flattering for
full crcp Of all manner o! fruits this com.
ing ssssoa = VapeHo MtsRigencer.
Various Items.
The Nebraska bill places the Negroes.
the Germans, and the Irish. upon the
sans platform o!equality in reference TO
The right Of self government, and the for
nation OF a CONSTITUTION Tor the future
states Nebraska and Kanzas, none OF
these classes are allowed q vote under
this grand Democratic Bill to secure the
right Of .frse sose u mon, 70. he PEG
Pile.
The horrible story of a negro burnt
to death at Union Point, on the Missis-
sippi river. is pronounced hoax. The
Natchez Free Trader, from Which paper
the account purporis " have been
copied. denies all knowledge Of The
story. 81 I m 81
Two white msn, i, nan Il q nd tis othr Ia,sIs,
wa,Ie rsscn;ly on prip.cs.os ur 10 e,np,ny with
10 Cinnamon, were murdered MeCouIs RIVER,
twenty miles e.st OF Pttsourg Shasta s,uaty, Oali
fornia. by the lniians. t. fsf.Bs
The BLACK WARRIOR AFFAIR The authorities OF
Havana have imposed fns uopn the oxners If tbs
Black Warrior OF oouols tae atno1ns Of hsr cary,,
which would bs equa' to quarter Of million
OF dollars. Presid Loot P.srce has seat SIS age t.
Coz gress 'cnmnea Ing 1lei sts action
demnity from .aia al to vi .disats th, honor Of
onr fn f. saf "a M
TSRRIBLE CALAMITY - twenty four persons, on
tn r way from Caiforaa t, the Atlan'ir States re
drowned by the upssttine ~ boat, in Virgin Bay in
Lake Nicaragua, on the 2 Instant. This melancholy
catastrophe happened While ts passengers we're leav
ing the shore for the steamer The SIN ,i brat is al
leg ID to have be,n greatly ovar-srowied, which, to-
gether with wind and waves, ca1sed her to upses.-
Several noble fellows l. St their lives in attempting to
save Others. Resolutions dsnuncatory Of the Mic
sragua Transit Company we're sdopted by the survi-
vore.
A HOAX -Gome exctem mt has bsen produce In
Canada BY tss circulation Of rumor that the Rus
sian government contemplated invading thu provinces
and With that obj CT in view, eoaceatr ting
troops in this country The stranges part Of the az
FAIR Is that any sac pers@n could 10 adaeei {, credit
such = rid culnus storJ. e3 aan
Mrs. susan slcr mothsr Of the Ire; snt G)v.rn)rs
of Ponnsy lvsnia and California died on tls 10Th inst.
in Mersor county, Pa.
The Pennsylvania Wing State Convention has jus,
closed its session at Harrisburg. 1t dominated for
Governor james Pollock. o. Northumberland; for |
Canal Commissioner, g. ogs Darsie, Of Allegheny and
for Supreme Judge, Daniel N. Smyssr, Of Msntgom
sry. naI srk !