Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01
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I IOWA FlGWSs
.--eihc city of Cedar Rapids voted on tn
Goth to issue $40, 200 in bonds to the Chi
cago, Iowa and Nebraska r. r. Co, by 10
to 25.
j. G.. Burns, Esq Of Iowa City has bee
appointed Clerk Of 6le IT, S. District Court
in place Of Y. S. Paryin, Esq resigned.
An OLD SErTLEE.-Elevcn years ago ty
little girls caught tortoise at Mr. Burrows
place Just below the city. While amusin
themselves with it, friend cut the initial
Of their names upon its back. The sam
turtle was caught this summer at Mr.. Bur
rows residence, not far from where he wa
originally let loose, with the letters still
visible on his back. lie was again set Il
large to make an honest living. On Of tn
slittlc girls is now the wife Of a prominen
physician and the other is--.waitiDg for tn
wagon.'-Dar. Gazette.
CEDAR CoUNTy.-The Upton A1,ertise
OF the 25th contains the following, from
| which it will be seen that the rumor of th
hanging of man named Keith. which w
mentioned last week was untrue, and hat
its origin only in his arrest
MORE DIsTURBANCEs.-On Tuesday eve
ming last, the Sheriff was sent for to go tc
Mechanicsville to put down mob there as
sembled, to punish John +. Cole and Am
brose Keith, who had been implicated By
Soper and Gleason as connected with The
horse thief gang. They had left the County
on the arrest Of Sopcr and Gleason by the
mob; but thinking the danger was past, had
returned, when mob assembled and took
them into custody. The Sheriff summoned
. posse and went up. A jury had been Sc
looted to try them, to which, we understand
they confessed to having been concerned in
passing counterfeit money, and also to hay.
ing harbored horse thieves; but on promise
Of amendment they were discharged, after
which the mob quietly dispersed. This is
all the disturbance we Lave had since G,ea-
son and Soper were hung and we believe il
will be the end, as the people begin to feel
that they have gone too far, and now see the
consequences Of their rash acts.
If the AdUertiyes's statement is correct
our Cedar county friends have not only az
unlawful but a most singular way Of admin
istering justice. Only a short time since
two men we're strung up by the neck at Big
Rock for horse-stealing and counterfeitin@
but last week when two of their accomplices
confessed their crimes while under arrest at
Mcchanicsvllc they were ''dischargcd'' on
true that the idea of Justice entertained BIZ
| the people Of Cedar county differs 50 widely
on different occasions2 Or is the account
of the confession of Cole and Keith. as riven
by the 1dresiiser, merely y srumor?''
Don't let the AdrcrtiSer ''become a laughing
stock" friend spiccr, by publishing such
''rumors.'
CASUALTY Another serious accident oc-
Cured 1T one N those circular saw mills
A young man by the maine of Mays, in the
employ Of Mcssrs. Station Il Goa, on last Sat
urday WAS caught OF the saw, and most hor-
ribly mangcd. In falling his face struck
the s;:w, the saw entering his mouth, cutting
away his upper teeth, and cutting the upper
side of his tongue, cutting his face open from
cal to ear;also cutting Oft Ill the fingers of one
hand, and the thumb and little finger of tie
OF er, cutting his right arm to the bone near
the shoulder Oshaloosa Times.
INFORMATION WANTED. - The rumored
hanging in Iowa county proves happily to
be Incorrect. But Mr.. Ballard of Mllers-
burg informs us that u young man disap+
peared from Genoa Bluffs on the llth inst.
and that two men SUPPOSED by some to be
his inurderers: are in custody. At the time
he left home, several days search had been
made, by from 60 to $50 people each day,
hutn hoI
/. vealng the tate of the missing man. The
following description of him is from the
handbills calling for informaation
'lle is. abont feet 10 inches high; rather
spare made; light hair, which lie wore long;
and when he left, had on pair of Corduroy
/ pants, check or hickory shirt, and generally
goes with his sleeves rolled up, and was
badly sun-burned. He rode d small bay or
brown mare, rather an inferior animal, con-
siderably pigeon-toed; worth $40 to $50;
saddle and bride INFERIOR"
ANY information concerning him MAY De
addressed to Martin Ballard, ESD, Millers-
burg, Iowa Co.-Io,yo City Crescent
TsKRltLE TKAcnDY:-We have, III -des:
! patches and other ctlrrent items, an account
I! of a shocking tragedy, terminating in the
probable death Of Mr.. Ferdinand Durand,
and alse his wife, which took place at Nc
| Grcgor, Clayton county, in this State, Cop
posite Prairie dn Chien,) on Monday the
Goth inst. Willie Mi. Durand was settling
with his clerk, whose name is not given,
some dispute arose about a balance of So
which the clerk claimed was due to him.
The clerk demanded the money, and Mr.:
Durand answered that nothing was due to
him, whercupon the foriIfcr left the store
| In short time he returned and again de-
manded payment of the S.. Dtrand an
swered us before, ssThere is nothing due to
Jou," whereupon the clerk Immediately drew
a knife and thrust it serem times into Du-
tahd's back, piercing his body nearly tkro'
Durahd ran up stairs to. his dwelling, and
his wife, who was hear the period Of confine-
Inent, seeing the blood flowing from her hus-
bands wounds, was thrown into convul-
sions, from which it was not expected she
would recover. At tile time of sending the
despatch, it was thought impossible thai
either Mr.. or Mrs. Durand could survive.
Durand was a peaceable, quiet man, and
was much respected by the people Of Nc
Gregor and all who knew him. The terri
| bic tragedy above narrated has thrown the
community there into state OF great ex-
cit m ent. nt.-Keolsuk Post.
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A SPEcK OF Wharf.-The citizens Of Rocl
Island have just held a public meeting, ant
i in set Of resolutions denounced the Chica
60 and Rock Island Company for not fur
nishing better depot accommodations, erect
/ ing depot buildings of wood in contrasen
tion Of an ordinance forbidding the same