Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-09-12
IOWA NEWS.

DAvENPoRr.-One Of the boilers at Rem.
w:ck's Steam Mill, exploded on Friday. 1t
made something of an uproar, but no ore
was hurt.-The reported suspension Of Cook
l. Sargent is untrue. The run on them for
the redemption Of Florence money contin-
ues, but they promptly meet it.
ROBBERY AND ARSON. - On the night of
the I'd inst. the store of D. Walter n Co.,
in Fort Madison, was entered by burglars,
who stole about $l2 in currency and 500 in
broken bank bills, and then set fire to the
building. The fire was fortunately extin-
guished before much damage was done, and
two men were arrested on charge of the
double crime.
The wall of the Randall Hotel, a new
building in Lyons, fell on Wednesday last,
carrying with it portion Of the timber and
flooring of the third and fourth stories. For
lunately no person was injured.
"A notorious horse thief named Rhodes
was last week held to answer, at the next
term of the circuit court, in Wapello coun-
ty upon an indictment for horse stealing in
Ottumwa.
MORE HORSE THIEVES ABOUT We hear
it stated that no less than seven horses were
stolen in this vicinity last night. One of
them from Mr.. Butler. short distance up
the river.-loeoa City Republican, 7th.
LOUISA COUNTY - We cut the following
from the Wapello Intelligencer:
FATAL AcolDENr.-We learn that :1nan
was killed at Morning Sun, in this county,
on Tuesday of this week. He was assisting
to unload a log from wagon at the saw
mill, when by some accident the log slipped
and fell upon him, crushing him to death
Immediately.
A LloNEss AT LAReE.-We learned yester-
day that for some weeks past an animal,
supposed to be a lioness, has been lurking
in the woods about eight miles west of this
place, committing depredations on the stock
of the neighborhood and causing considera-
bic alarm among the citizens. The animal
has been seen by number of persons at
different times, and all agree in their ac-
count of its size anG appearance. 1t is said
that two horses aud several young cattle
have been killed by the monster, it having
cut their throats and drawn their blood, in
the manner that dogs kill sheep. We un :
derstand th;t a general hunt will be had on
next Saturday for the purpose of capturing
the animal a reward is offered for it, dead
or alive.
CLAYTON Goa county seat war is rising
again. Elkader, Garnavillo, Clayton Cen
tire and Farmersburg all being claimants
over Gutenberg, present possessor of the
floating honor.
SERIOUS ACcIpENT.-On Wednesday last,
while Mr.. Culbertson. Mr.. Reigart and son
We're out hunting pigeons, Mr.. Reisart's son
was accidentally shot. The circumstances
as near as we could get them are as follows:
While making pr paration for going to an :
other place, the young man got in the wag-
on with his f,ther Mr.. tubertson was
standing at the hind end of the wagon. Mr..
Reigarr reached to get his gun, which was
standing on the ground, and in takinr it in
the wagon it was by some means discharg-
ed; the contents struck his son in the leg,
below his knee, mangling and tearing the
arteries and u>cles in shocking manner.
Some of the shot struck the end board di-
rectly in front of MIR. Culbertson. The
young man is doing we'll. Cedar Demo-
crdt, Sep. Sd.
IMPORTANT Discovery OF CoAL.-John L.
Campbell, Esq, of Sioux City, Iowa, pre-
sented US yesterday with lump of superior
camel coal, which he took from vein of
the same on the banks of the Sioux river,
fifteen miles above Sioux City. He informs
US that the VEN from which he took the spec
linen before us is about four and a half
feet thick. Indications of the same valuable
mineral are to be seen at various poins up
the Sioux for some twenty miles, being as
far as he examined. He gives glowing
description Of the surrounding region, in re-
gard to its scenery, soil, climate, and eligi-
bility for settlement.-Dubuque Eapress.
The PelIa Gazette advocates the sub
mission to the voters of Marion county, at
the ensuing October election, of the ques-
tion of loaning the credit of the county to
the Keokuk and Ft. Demoine. and Musca-
tine and Oskaloosa Railroad Companies, to
aid them in pushing their respective roads
through that county.
D "A man named John Binn, who resided
about four miles from Oskaloosa, in this
State, died of hydrophobia few days since.
The Times had not been able to learn wheth-
er he was bitten recently or not but suppos-
ed he was. Mr.. B. had been married but a
few months.
KILLED BY LIGHTNING. Sachsen-
halls and Aug. Horyuk, formerly ofDubuque,
were recently killed by lightning at Alden,
Hardin County.
CONSULAR APPoINTMENTs.-The Presiden
has made the following appointments:
Beverly Tucker of Virginia, Consul at
Liverpool, vice Nathaniel Hawthorne, re-
signed.
Henry W. Spencer, Consul at Paris, vice
McRea, resigned.
John Endlich Of Pennsylvania, Consul at
Basle, vice Lee, deceased.
Charles j.. Fox of Michigan, Consul at
Aspinwall, vice Thornton, resigned.
Ernst Volger of Virginia, Consul at Bar
celona; vice Pablo Auguera, the present in
cumbent.
CRUEL SARcAsM.-A friend informs us
that there is a report current that the Repub-
licans and Democrats are going to fuse in
order to defeat the Americans in the Guber-
Material contest in this State This is real
ly too bad! ssAmericans should rule Amer