The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1856-05-31
IOWA Ir1xs.

The new counties Of Iowa, those organ,
ICED within the last three years, have been
marked within the twelvemonrh for their
rapid se ttlement. The msnia for the pur.
chase Of public lsnds, which has seized
upon the people in that time, has very Ia
vorabiy effected these counties. The edi-
tor Of the Oska oosa Herald recently took a
trip through Marion, Madison, Warren, Lu-
cas-, Clarke and Union counties. He says
that oil over the country where the Indian
-oamed only few years ago, arc now well
improved farms, good houses, and other
marks of civilization. Crowds of immigrants
are daily arriving to more densely populate
the beautiful and fertile prairies Of the
West
ATrEMrTEp MURDER. The Osksloosa
Herald Gays that two villains in company
with Mr.. Merriweather attempted to rob
and murder him for the sake of sum Of
money that he had in his possession. They
knocked him down twice and then shot him
in the leg, bnt after all the cowardIy assas-
sins became alarmed and fed without the
money. Dir. n. followed them to Fort
Dodge and thence to Oskaloosa where he
arrested them. They were bound over in
default Of 1900 bail, each.
SENTENCED Christopher c. Sharp, who
was convicted for murder in the second de.
gree, for killing F. Stout, was sentenced
on Saturday, by Judge Wilson, to ten gears
Imprisonment, in the State penitentiary.--
Dubuque Repub.
TRACK LAYING is progressing rapidly on
our western road-the track layers being
four miles west of Messengers yesterday
evening; a few days more and the people
Of Mt. Pleasant will hear the snort of the
"iron horse" in their streets Burlington
Gas. 9Th.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS new build
ings have been erected in Wapello, Louisa
Co.. the present spring.
Rev. II. c. DEAN, the acknowledged au-
thor of Jones' speech, 10 on visit with his
family to Mt. Pleasant in this State.
AN OLD Foor CORPORATION Some six.
teen or eighteen years ago, Col. Letter,
who was one OF the sovereign squatters OF
Iowa, donated from his "claim," square
ON Main street, 10 be used by the city for
the erection of market house. From that
time to the present, the square has remain
I'd vacant and unoccupied. Some months
since the city council purchased three lots
on Valley street upon which TO erect
Market house, and Col Letter has no@ re.
sumed possession of market square, put up
couple of houses, and bid defiance TO city
authorities. The property is worth large
sum now Burl. Hdoksye, May 24th.
MYSTERIOUS DIsApPEARAScE.--A hand
on board the steamer Emma Harmon, while
she was drawing over the Rapids at this
place, laid down on the dam in the evening
and was missing in the morning. His hat
and coat were found on the dam. |; is sup
posed tina, he rolled of into the water while
asleep.-Reosauqua Republican.
ToLEpo, TAMA Co.-Speakins Of this
town the Pella Gaseits says:-''A little
over two years since we visited Il .aad
found abundance Of stakes but no houses.
And nov a paper is sent from there to US,
inviting US to exchange and informing US
that there are over 500 inhabitants, two
steam saw mills, six stores, two hotels and
great prer arstions are being made to i'm
prove The appearance and increase prosper.
ity Of the place"
THE MADISON AKoUs.--Ths paper has
passed INTO the hands of viii. s. Peterson,
and we rather infer, from the Introductory
address of the publisher, will become Re.
publican paper. The number of Fillmore
papers in this State is now reduced TO two
Hapkeye.
We know of but single one, the Belle
vue Republicans.
PorrowoTroMiE Co., on the Missouri
river, contains 622 $50 acres, as -ofganiz-
ed in 1850, is well watered, timbered pretty
fairly along the streams, and has no gov
eminent land vacant within 10 miles Of
he Land Office a, the County Seat, Coun-
Gil Bluffs.