Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-30
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IOWA NEWS.

y lin committed Jacob ltoth TOR MS connecAo
: with the affray at the Brewery House, o.
d New YeFrs eve. Bail to the amount o
e $25O,000 was offered by the friends of Roth
after the Justices decision, but refused.
writ OF habeas corpus was sued cut, ant
Roth was brought before Judge Hampstead
, who admitted hiM to bail in the sum o
$lO,0O0 which was immediately given, an(
the prisoner diseharged.e Mere appears to
be no doubt of Roth's Innocence, as the only
witness against him was one lrishman, who
swore he saw Roth fire the gun, but he az
terwards contradicted himself in several in
stances, while several witnesses swore that
Roth was in the house, soiDe distance from
the scene of the tragedy. .4wIA the gun was
fred but Mclaughlin the jaaice who com
mtted him is an lrishmau, aud was determ-
ined to have revenge upon somebody for the
death Of his rqwdy couafxyTlsx, who assault
ed, without cause, respectable, quiet Ger
man dancing party. Abiding to the dis
charge Of Roth ON bail, the Dubuque Trib.
une says:
"The crowd numbering five or six hun
dred persons, and composed almost altugetl-
er of Germans and Americans, had in The
mean time congregated in front of the court
house, and as Roth accompanied by few OF
his most intimate friends, descended the
steps, he was greeted with shout after shout
that made the welkiu ring again. Tie as
semblage Were delighted with the result,
nod
cry countenance."
KEoKuK. - The Gate City says there are
now number Of empty business as well as
dwelling houses in Keokuk, and the number
is increasing every day. The market value
of property is not more than half what it
was year ago; tho profits of business are,
on the average, small per cent. lover the
left,' and yet landlords insist on the old pri-
ces from tenants.
| MAN ScALDED. - We learn from the Keo-
kuk Post that an lrishman employed in
Whites pork house, at that place, whose
duty it was to put hogs into the scalding
trough, accidentally fell in himself few
days ago. lie splashcd the hot water around
considerably, and the other workmenn who
thought live hog had been thrown in, ran
away from the side Of the trough, but in a
very short time they discovered their mis-
take and pulled him out. Though he is so
badly scalded that all his skin came off and
his hair loosened, it is thought he will re-
cover.
- The Keokuk Journal has s' fish sto-
ry," about a man near that city, who
caught a large cat fish. Returning home,
he proceeded to dress it. On opening the
fish, large gold cronometer watch drop
ped out of it's stomach. A gentleman in the
city, hearing of the circumstances, repaired
nized his own watch. 1t was lost overheard
sometime during the past summer, while
coming up the river on a steamer.
Our neighbors of Davenport are having
warn, time about their fire department.
The difficulty briefly comprises the passage
of fire ordinance obnoxious to the iiremen,
their refusal to attend fires, the breaking out
of a fire and their absence from it, a special
meeting of the Council, in which commit
tee was appointed to organize new COM
pany, and the disbandment of the old COM
pany.
Later. - On Sunday morning last, the
steam saw-mill of MIR. S. 7. Allen was con-
sumed by fire. Loss about $4,000. AS the
mill had been standing idle several months,
the fire was undoubtedly the work of an in
cendiary. A portion of the excited crowd
attracted by the fire, mobbed two of the
City Aldermen Cannon and Corbin) and
drove them from the ground They also
threatened the Mayor, Gen. Sargent, who,
however, was protected from violence by
one of the fire companies. The Democrat
says the mob was not instigated by the fire.
men, but originated from some action of the
City Council by which the citizens in the
lower part of the city were sorely aggrieved.
DEATH OF A WESTERN PIONEER Du
buque Times announces the death of Mr..
James M. Marsh, for long time a resident
of Dubuque. For twenty-three years he
was engaged in surveying the lands of the
United States in Michigan, Wisconsin, Iowa
and Minnesota. The Times says: "He
commenced the struggle of life a penniless
and friendless boy, and closed the struggle,
surrounded by magnifcence, honored by all
who had dealt with him and known him, en-
loving an enviable reputation as man Of
science, and possessing an unblemished NOR
al character"
JUDGE CLAGETT. = A remonstrance to the
impeachment of Judge Clagett has been
signed by large number of the legal pro-
fession of Lee county and sent to the Legis-
lature. The Desmoines Citieen thus alludes
to the case of this judicial Hotspur: &C A
strong effort will be made to induce the
Legislature to impeach Judge Clagett. The
Supreme Court has been busy during the
past week, setting aside and reversing his
decisions, and has had a world Of trouble
with the extraordinary cases presented for
revision. 1t is, probably, the decided con-
viction of ninteen-twentieths OF the Leglsla-
ture that the Judge deserves impeachment,
: But the majority are very reluctant to take
: the case in hand because of the time that
will be consumed in its trial. Absurd
wicked, despotic as he is, the Judge is enti-
: tied to fair and deliberate hearing. Feel
: ing that they have much important work to
do. the members shrink from a trial that
: would inevitably consume two or three
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