Quasqueton guardian. (Quasqueton, Buchanan County, Iowa) 1856-1858, 1856-12-27
Omnium 6atberlum.

In accordance with the announcement
made by the Bishop, on Sunday, a meet
ing of the Catholics of Dubuque was
held in the school house of the Cathedral,
ON Monday, Dec, list, for the purpose of
forwarding the formation of a Catholic
settlement in the town of Gilbertsville,
Blackhawk County, Iowa. At the close
of the proceedings, a committee of three,
consisting of Rt. Rev. Bishop Loras, Rev.
Mr. Mo Cabe, and DR.. N. B. Matthews,
was appointed for the purpose of receiy-
ing all moneys apportioned out of the
sale of lots to be appropriated to the
building of "a church in Gilbertsville.
Committees formed in other towns are re-
quested to forward all money appropriated
to the building of the church TO the above
named committee.--E. 6H
Mills CouNTY.-Onth the 4th inst. Mills
County, with great unanimity, voted to
take $3.50, 600 worth of stock in the B.
d. M. R. r., and issue her bonds in pay
ment of the same. She also donated to
the Company so choice lots in the town
of Glenwood, her county seat. In adj
dition to this, the. citizens, of Glenwood
and vicinity made large g~ratuitous dona-
tons in lands and town lots. and subscri-
bed seventy-fve thousand dollars 10 pri-
waite stock. This is the finest county on
the Missouri Slope, and her citizens are
as liberal and as enterprising as those of
any other, portion of the State. Truly
she is destined to unparalleled greatness.
-Burlington Gazette.
ASuGAR CANE ExPEDIFIos.-The u.
s. store-ship Release, one of the vessels
of the Hartstene expedition in pursuit of
DR.. Kane, has been selected by the gov
eminent for the purpose of visiting the
American shores of the South Atlantic,
to procure sugar cane and seeds, under
the appropriation of $4,000 that was
made for that object at the last session Of
Congress- We understand that the mis-
sion is entrusted to Lieut.. Chas. C. Simms
U. s. NJ, who was second in command
of the Hartstene expedition, and that he
will sail from this port in the command
of the release, in the course of a week or
ten days. 1t is expected that she will
visit the shores of Central and South
America, as well rs many Of the West
India Islands, and return early next
springs-N ~ Jour. Com.
FROZEN TO DEArH.-We are informed
by George Cooney, Esq, of Fort Atkin-
son, that a man was found frozen, last
Wednesday, on the prairie, about six
miles west of that place. He Was about
five feet in height-had black hair-wore
q ring on his left hand-was very poorly
clad-had OF a thin coat and a WOODEN
roundabout over it-wore q black hat
n boot was cut as with a chisel he
seemed to be between 18 and twenty-five
years of age. There were no further
marks by which he could be identified. d
Mr.. Cooney also states that a boy ma
med Peter Miller, about IA years Of age,
started to 60 to Crane Creek, from the
Old Mission, nthe day of the storm, and
has not since been. heard from. Ii is
feared that he was frozen.-Fayeae Free
Press. AA>1B& ,1NIa Loo
RAILRoADs.-We have nowoin the Uni
ted States 10000 miles of Railroad. a
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the globe. The number of miles added
in 1855 was :3,408. There are now at
least 6,0o0 miles in course Of process of
construction, that will be III use before
the end Of the year 1857. New York
stands at The head Of the list in the num-
Der of miles completed 9, 794. Ohio being
second with z, 725. but the end of 1857
will show that they have changed posi-
tons, and Ohio will be at the head of the
list. Indiana m next, having 2,215
miles, and. then Illinois with 1,789 ard
Pennsylsanialwitha 1. 746 miles.
EDDYvILLE.-The, Union School at Ed
dyville, Wappello Comfy, after being
in operation hpttwo months, has an az
erage artfeiidan e Of two hundreds ehoais.