Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-15
IOWA NEWS.

| DES MONIES IMPROVEMENT suit. The Su
preme Court has decided all the contract
made with this Company, subsequent to thu
original contract, void, with the exception
of the last contract made,by Comn,isai onel
Manning. The mandaElus asked for by thu
Company was denied. :*@
r. r. LOANS IN Louis. Cove announc-
rd last week chat The propositions ofloaning
100000 each tothe Air Line aid Union
Railroad projects ip Louisa county were de-
feated. 4, On nccntnt'iof lsp,ae infor!nality
however in one CT two Of the townships, by
which number OF votes were not counted,
| they laye been carried by s;ila,i niajoriti es
1t seems that lie friends Of the two proje It's
entered intoa bargain and sale arrang ,ment.
as neither one possessed sufficient merit to
sustain itself. Tho Burris Commercial, in
anticipation Of the defeat of the Air Line
and the, adoption of the other. proposition,
, tc}abosa It'd aIlies nosss lnStily, accusing them
! Of acting tsaitoros!sly. We question, how
ever. whether under the circumstances, eth
or vote will stand the test of the law. Those
citizens of Lonisa County who are opposed
to being humbugged and ,bamboozled by
such trading and trickery, will get out an
ihjnnct:op' against the issue of tile bonds
There is no doubt that's majority of the c ti-
zens of the county are opposed to both
.:DEATH FRoA a SNAKE BIrR.4- Tie only
child OF Mr.. Geo. @. Allbaugh Of Cedar Rap
ids, died in the 3ist ult,, from the effect of
the bite OF snake, which it received while
playing on the grass in front of the house,
The child wss'a bright, active boy, one year
and half old. : = s,.
Mr.. CrImmey, tn original proprietor
of the Crum,ney House at Iowa City, died
ON the night Of the 5tl,-aged 50 years. "
TIE ExcuRsIoN.-S Several Of our Firemen
returned from Muscatinc last evening and
were delighted with their excursion. They
were received with enthusiasm, and the roar
Of cannon, and marched over the city with
the military. The ladies fairly covered our
boys with wrcaths. A greet arch -Sas eretc;.: erec;-
ted over one of the streets, wit,l appropriate
notices and beautiful designs. They march
ed to grove, where tney had an excellent
dinner and renamed till four o'slocE.e An
immense crowd was expected at the Ball
ffas jevening, 'fdr which there were brilliant
Preparations. Muscatine has done herself
honor.-Dcvenport Gasette, 7th.
l. @. 0. F.-The corner stone of the Odd
Fellows Building at Oskaloosa, was laid on
the 29th: :ult. by NJ W.. g.. NJ. ,NInerland.,T
Tie order had a magnificent time and tie
ceremonies concluded with sother festl7ities'
in the evening, at Union Hall, under the
auspicies of Mahaska Lodge. The contem-
platedBpilding will cost s20, 900.
The proposition. for Mt. Pleasant TO
take $4,000 additional stock in our road
was carried by vote of .2l7 to 55.' The
City Loan of $50, 0G0 for improvement pur-
poses, was lost. not having a two-thgds
majority, as the charter req tired.
There have been ten victims of mob Vi
Silence in Iowa since the lst of April. Four
have been hung in Jacks n county, FIVE in
Cedar, and one IN Poweshiek
Tho Agricultural Society for Louisa Co:
will be held at Morning Sun on TIL, 3o,h of
September and lst Of Oct.
The Sham. Democracy hold their State
Convention at Iowa City, on the 26th inst.
FoUSp The remains Of two human bod.
les were found, ono day last week, I'M & ke
neighborhood of little Sioux River, and from
the marks abont them, are supposed to be
the remains Of .Burkholder and johnson
| they were members Of the Spirit Lake expe-
dftion, and were lost on their way home. -
Fort Dodge Sentinel.
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