Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-07-22
GOIN0S-ON IN IOWA,

johnson Co.-For County Judge, G. W.
McCLEARY. For Sheriff, EpeAR HARRISON
For Treas. and Recorder, d. f. McGuxE
For Surveyor, CYRUS SANDERS. For Coro.
ner, CHAs. c. McGovERS.
Observation-Disclosures CO. is well noticed
by the Guardian. Considerable property
is changing hands, and in part for speedy
Improvement. About $4,000 worth Of
building has been done the present season.
including hotel block, 1903 80 feet, and
three stories high.-DaRy Crescent
BLAcKHAwK Co.-Jacob Harmon's trial for
shooting Yancey in Spring Creek township,
Will come of in September. He lies beavi-
ly ironed in the Waterloo Jail, and will be
lynched unless found guilty by the Courts
We learn from the Register that Waterloo
was incorporated into city on the 2nd inst.
by majority of one. The X. X. Conven.
ton on the 9th determined upon a route for
the Waterloo and Des Moines Road. by way
of Grundy Centre, Eldora, and Nevada
H.
WAYNE Coat Democratic Convention
held in Wayne co July the 4th, VIM. f.
Taylor was nominated for County Judge.
Caldwell Russell, for Treasurer, and X. II.
Kelly for Sheriff-D
BREMrR Co.-The Waverly Republican,
announces the commencement Of operations
on the the new Court house. and that teams
had been sent to Iowa City for the Iron
work Of the basement cells
Jackson Co-Joseph X elso is the Demo
cratic nominee for Co Judge: Columbus
Billups for Sheriff: r. B. Wycoff, for Treas
urer. The Republican candidates are: for
Co. Judge, James F. Edie: David Dickey
for Treasurer;-,James Watkins, for Sheriff.
THE Sioux Cry EAGLE says it is all false
about provisions being scarce:-that there's
enough to feed ten regiments for an almost
indefinite period About 500 good looking
smart, industrious young women are want
ed The amount Of land located at the land
office during the month of May and June
was 34o,9so acrcs:-entered with cash, Ca
ST acres. During the two weeks of public
sale, the receipts We're 81 900: the land
averaging 81 40 per acre: the highest price
paid, being 1906.
One OF THE LYNoIEHs HrSG.-We learn
that - Finch. sou of Deacon Finch, of
Massion, Cedar county, Iowa, hung him
self on last Tuesday, abou, four o'clock T. NJ
lie was with the vigilance committee at the
time they took Kelso and his coinrade. and
on casting a vote whether they sh uld be
hung or not he cast his vote in favor of
hanging. but lett before they were hung
When he returned home, his mother asked
him If they had caught the men. He said
they had, and he voted to hang them. His
mother told him he ought not TO take that
which he could not give; after she had talk
ed with him a few moments, he left her and
Went to his blowing. attended to that for a
while, when he hitched his horse. and tax
ing one of his reins, went to a tree, tied the
strap to lower limb and around his neck,
then let his weight down, and when found
his knees touched the ground, and he was
dead.-Anamosd Eureka.
MuRDER.-A. j. Yancey a young and re-
spectacle farmer near Laport City, Black
hawk county, was deliberately shot down
by Jacob Harmon, a few days since. He
died almost instantly There had been a
dispute between them of some months stan.
ding. Harmon, who bears bad character,
had threatened the life of Yancey previous
ly, and deliberately shot him down with
rifle, while he was at work his field He
was arrested, AID the public Indignation
was so great he narrowly escaped lynching.
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