Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01
IOWA NEWS.

HEAVY OUTLAY.-D Davenport proposes to
build Court House and City Hall, at al
aggregate expense of Secesfy Thousand
Dollars! the buildings to cost 1875 200 each;
the expense of their construction to be equal
ly divided between the city and county. A
vote on the proposition will be taken or
Monday next, and there seems to be no op-
position to it.
FooT BRIDGE ACROSS THE CEpAR.-We
learn from the Cedar Falls Banner that it is
in contemplation to build Foot Bridge
across the Cedar river at that place.
DROWNED. Mt. Vernon I,7er states
that a laborer employed on tho Railroad
near that place, was drowned while bathing
in the Cedar river, on Sunday the 10Th inst
NEWSPAPERS IN IowA.-The Mt. Pleasant
Home Journal, after enumerating the differ.
ent daily and weekly newspapers in the State
says that by the above it will be seen that
there are now published in Iowa, 10 daily
papers, 100 weekly papers, semi-monthly
and 6 monthly periodicals, 1873 in all, which
with an average circulation Of 1000 copies
each, would make l33, 900 newspapers pub
lished and circulated in the State each week,
There are an equal number, probably, pub
lished in other States and received in fami-
lies of Iowa, making in all nearly three hun
dred thousand newspapers read weekly by
its citizens.
Julia Shelly,a woman Of ill-fame, COM
mitted suicide at Iowa City, on the 9th, by
taking poison.
Iowa STATE TEACHERS AssocIArIoS.-Thl
regular annual meeting Of the Iowa Teach
ers' Association will be held in Iowa CITY
on the 18th, 18th, and 18th of August
Hon. NJ. L. Fisher, State Superintendent Of
Public Instruction will deliver the opening
address on Tuesday evening, August llth
In addition to the official call Of the secre
tary, published in the July Voice, we arc
directed to state that addresses are also en-.
gagged from R. Weiser, Of Iowa Central Col
lege, W. E. Ijams, Of the Institute for the
Deaf and Dumb; subject-''The Claims Of
Patriotism and Humanity upon American
Instructors" by L. H. Bugbce, on the ''Ed-
ucational wants of the West;' S. M. Eel
lows, on the Education Of the sexes to-
gether, and from others whose subjects we
are not able to announce. Teachers and
others expecting to be present will please
communicate with the President of the As
ISOLATION, D. Franklin Wells, Iowa City,
prior to the meeting in order that sufficient
arrangements may be made for their accom-
modations.
During its sittings the State Phonetic
Association will also be convened.
LYNcnING IN OsKALoosA.-Wm.R edman
was made the subject of popular violence in
Oskaloosa few days ago. AS the overseer
of house Of i'll fame, he was tarred and
feathered and ridden on rail, and expelled
from the city. The women in the house
were also notified to leave, which they did.
ACCIDENT AT DAvENPoRr.-We learn that
a boilerin the railroad company's works at
Davenport exploded yesterday, doing con-
work of destruction. No partie-
ulars. One man, the engineer, was killed
MORE HELp.-Judge Claggett, Of Keokuk,
and ". F. Coolbaugh, of Burlington bota
Democrats and leading men--haye declared
in favor Of the new Constitution.
ANOTHER LocoMor1vE.-The Locomotive
st. LOUIS for the Keokuk, Mt. Pleasant &
Muscatine Railroad, arrived night before.
last.-Gdte City, 3Oth.