Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-29
IOWA NEWS.

i IOWA NEWS.
4 THx GoLD FEvkR ABArrNa.-The Oska-
loosa Herald says the gold fever has abated
at that place. Instead Of the miners OF
Clark and Warren counties averaging ten and
/ twenty dollars per day, they only average
ten and twenty cents. The Herald very sen.
sibly remarks s.There has probably been
gold found in q number Of different places
in CLARK, Warren and other counties. The
question, will it paya is now being answered
lin the negative If any of our readers care
to be Influenced by our advice, we should
tell them, as we have done heretofore to stick
to their present employment, in preference
to taking fruitless expedition to the gold
regions. Energetic and persistent industry
will certainly procure a competency in any
honorable calling. Searching for gold is de-
moralizing, and under the most favorable
circumstances, ten fail where one succeed"
Rev. G. Dixon Bowen, in charge of one
of the Methodist Churches in Davenport,
died on Wednesday evening.
WIN. H. McChesney, for some years
past Agent of the Western Stage Company,
died of lung fever, at Desmoines, on the
18th inst.
The Trustees of Alexandria College, at
Dubuque, are taking measures to commence
a building 100 by 50 feet, and three stories
high, Immediately.
KILLING NO MURpER.-The De Witt Gin
to,ian of last week is filled with an account
of murder trial. At the polls, in a school
house, at the late April election, two men,
Quick and Kelley, of about equal size and
age, got into quarrel and scuffie, when
Kelley drew dagger, which he carried for
that purpose, and stabbed Quick MORALLY so
that he died in five minutes. The jury, upon
this state of facts, found the accused not
guilty. The editor Of the Cltntonian is of
the opinion that there is no use of looking
to the law or it's administrators to preserve
the public peace, or punish the guilty, in
that section of the country. We should
think not, and we fear there is too general q
disposition throughout the country to en-
courage violence and lawlessness, especially
at elections.
LINN Co.--The Cedar Valley Times states
that the C. l. 4 N. r. r. is now so far con-
structed between Clinton and Cedar Rapids,
that by continued effort of directors and
stockholders such as has characterized their
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running within the neighborhood of Mt.
and to Cedar Rapids by January following.
is still to be laid, is seven-eighths completed,
and force is now upon the work sufficient
to prepare the track, so as to cause no de-
tention in laying down the iron. They have
at Clinton and along the line sufficient ties.
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brought forward, and a strong force is en-
gagged in laying down the rails.
BLIND AsYLUx.-Messrs. Gray, Jones and
Traer, the Commissioners to locate this in
stitution, met in Vinton, last week. They
examined all the proposed sites within the
required distance Of the town plat, but an
nounced no selection. Five thousand dol
lars are required from US here, before any,
thing more can be done. This amount was
made up some time since, but is not yet Sc
cured to the satisfaction of the Commission
ers. AS soon as this is done, they will pro-
coed to ''stick the stake" and let the neces-
sary contracts for the construction Of the
buildings, for which purpose they will re-
assemble next month. We have no doubt
the donation will be satisfactorily arranged
by that time Vim'on Eagle.
BLOWN Up-We understand that steam
saw-mill situated about four miles east of
Wassonville, in this county, and owned by
Robert and Isaac Gillian, was blown up, on
Saturday last, by the bursting of the boiler,
and man by the name Of Elijah Mann in
stantly killed. Such was the force of the
explosion that about four feet of the boiler
was broken off, and striking the unfortunate
Mann, carried him Is or 20 yards, landing
him against another building, and then con-
tinued its course several yards further,
and was buried in bank Of earth There
were II or Is persons in and about the mill,
and although the building was entirely de-
molished, no other person was seriously
injured Washington Press.
hegold fever has broken out in Henry
county, some having been found near Mt.
Pleasant, and also in the northwestern cor.
ner Of the county.
The little steamer ssRolling Wave"
arrived at Fl. Dodge some weeks ago-the
highest point ever before reached by steam
vessel on the Desmoines river.
The annual review of the fire companies
of Davenport took place on the Goth. Three
companies belonging to Davenport, one to
Rock Island, and one to Moline, were pres
ent. Addresses were made by Gov. Lowe
and Mayor Cook. A trial of playing was
had, and the prize, trumpet, was won by
Fire King No. 2, Of Davenport, it throwing
horizontal stream ISL feet inches.
TRAGEDY.-At Desmoines, on Sabbath
evening, the a3d inst, man named Charles
Rosseter waylai1 in the bushes young lady
and gentleman-Miss King and Mr.. James
Chantler-who were returning from q walk,
and shot both of them with revolver, kill
ing the man instantly and severely wound
ing the lady, who fell as if she was. dead
Rosseter then shot himself through the head
and produced wound which caused his
death on the following Tuesday. Miss Kin G
was wounded through the hand, cheek and
shoulder, but will probably recoer.v Jeal-
ousy-s'the green-eyed monster"-(added
to the unnatural stimulant of strong drink
on the part of Rosseter,) was the cause of
the affair. He had been supplanted in the
affections of Miss King by Chantler, who is
said to have borne an excellent reputation
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