Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-17
IOWA NEWS.

LINN Co.-Manson, Rep, is elected Super
intendent by small majority.
IOWA NEWS.
Geo. J. Smith, who murdered Getchel
in November last, escaped from the custody
of the Sheriff in Webster City, on the 10Th
ult. He is five feet eight inches high,
twenty-five years OF age, weighs about 100
lbs. hair light chestnut color and cut short,
teeth irregular and discolored. forehead low
and retreating, head thick between the ears,
has Roman nose, and is a man OF full habit
and apparently Of robust health.
PorrAwArroMlR COUNTY. = The Council
Bluffs Bugle of the 3lst ult says that the
country there is alive with grasshoppers Of
all sizes from an eighth to three-fourths of
an inch in length. They are now AS abun'
dant as they were at any time last year,
although one>tenth of the eggs laid last
season are not yet hatched. The farmers in
the country around there are becoming dis
couraged. The Bugle advises them to sow
and plant as much as they will need for
themselves, and then sow and plantas much
for the grasshoppers.
Information wanted Of Fernando @.
Thomas, who left Cedar Rapids on the 18th
day Of May, 1867, for the purpose of going
to Vinton. He was five feet ten inches high,
good form ard light complexion. Address
@. B. Collins, Rose, Wayne county, New
York.
Mrs. Lydia II. sigourney, who has the
honor Of giving name to the ceunty-seat OF
Keokuk Co., writes the Oskaloosa Herald
that 'ssigourney'' should be accented on the
first syllable.
Jasper county, we understand, voted
against loan for the extension of the Iowa
City branch of the NJ. & NJ. Railroad. This
is the third or fourth attempt to obtain a
loan from that county. 1t don't deserve a
railroad.
- The leclaire House, at Davenport,
caught fire on Sunday, but the flames were
subdued after the furniture in four rooms
had been c nsumed and - floor burned
through in several places. Loss $500. The
house las been closed as a hotel.
ClNTo.: Co.-John Van Antwerp, Rep.
was elected School superintendent. A man
named Joseph Kelley Killed Corncal Quick
at the polls at Ramessa, by stabbing him
The knife is supposed to have entered the
kidneys Quick died in about five minutes
He was in the act OF striking Kelley wher
stabbed. Both were young men. Kelley i
now in Jail at De Witt.
The stabbing case at Burlington, which
we reported in our columns, a few days since
has been disposed Of by the discharge o.
Hand. The wounded man, Mckee, wa:
shown to be the aggressorin every particular
THE New GOLD DlGa1Ncs. Winterset
Nadisonian says the intelligence from the
diggings in that vicinity is more favorable
than ever, new leads having been discovered
on South River, squaw Greek, and North
river. 1t says:
| We have beautiful specimen of the gen.
uine yellow metal before us found on The
southern line of the county, which will
compare favorably with similar specimens
from California. 1t has evidently been in a
liquid state once, and this fact would seem
to Indicate the existence of veins of the
precious metal in the vicinity where this
specimen was picked up. However, we
think these pieces are rarely found here.
We have also seen some quartz ..ntersected
| With small particles of GOLD, and beautiful
black sand from which gold was obtained s.,
the use of quicksilver. We would caution
! the public. however, against placing too
much confidence in the thousand runors
respecting these discoveries. Letters have
! been written announcing the discovery Of
erich leads,'' which have an existence only
III the imagination Of the writer's. All these
stories are greatly exaggerated, ndintended
TO impose upon the weak and credulous.
The amount of gold found in these places, so
far, would not be worth the product of forty
acres of land well planted with corn, and we
hope no one who has any useful employment
will forsake it for the purpose of running
after the golden vagaries.
A Revival CRRrlFIoATE.-The New York
Post publishes the following copy of an ex-
traordinary certificate which has been copi-
ously issued by anunber OF influential cit
liens of Philadelphia, who are interested in.
nromotinv the nresent religions r4.vival II