Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-03
MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1858

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County suPerintendent.
THoxAs BEHAx, Esq, the Republica,
nominee for the above Office, has devoted
nearly his entire life to educational matters
t For the past twenty years he has been en-
, gagged in teachng, and has numerous testi
monials Of success in that capacity. Hell has
been a resident Of this city about three years
+ While engaged as Principal of the Public
School in District No l, during the past
eighteen months, he gave general satisfac
tion, and left the school in more prosper.
GUS condition than ever before. He resigned
his charge of the school at the end of the
last term on account of failing health and
because Of the inadequacy of the salary.
He is just the man required for Superin-
tendent. Having been so long a teacher
himself. he is thoroughly conversant with
the details Of the duties of teachers, and will
understand just how ahd where to commence
in setting our new school system in motion,
We hope to see our Republican friends, as
we'll as all others desirous of electing a
practical teacher and business man, who will
devote his entire time to the duties of the
Office, rally to the support of Mr. BEHAM.
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SENATORS PAIRING OFF.-Mr. Cameron, Of
Pennsylvania, paired of with JEFF. Davis
when the final vote was taken on the Le-
compton bill in the Senate. The latter, says
q Washington correspondent, proposed ia
king his seat in the Senate against the re
monstrances of his family and physicians,
unless some Republican would pair off with
him. Application was made to Mr.. Cameron,
who from old personal relations with MIR.
d., agreed, under the circumstances, as the
result could not be affected.
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IOWA NEWS.
The Lecompton Democracy of Dubuque
have nominated D. A. Mahony for Mayor.
II. L. Hetherington is the opposition or Peo-
ple's candidate.
MORE ScrIP.-The Western Stage Com
pany have issued Scrip of the denominations
of 81, 50, SO and SIS. 1t is redeemable at
Iowa City, one year from date, and bears
six per cent. interest.
Mr.. l.. II. Garretson, of Richland, gives
an account in the Iowa Farmer of a new
species of strawberry, which possesses the
popularity of being ever-bearing - flow
ers, green fruit and ripe fruit appearing at
the same time.
The bonded debt of Davenport accord
ing to q recent exhibit, is $2So,50O.
R B. Speer has been appointed Post
Master at Cedar Falls, in place of S. II.
Packard, removed.
Mr.. Evans, of Dubuque, has kept a
careful account of the amount Of snow that
fell at that locality the past winter. The
total amount was nineteen and half inches
ANOTHER EDITOR BoUGnT. Mr.. S. P. Cox,
Post Master at Lyons, has been removed,
and A. P. Durlin, editor of the Lyons Ad-
rocate, Lecompton, appointed in his stead.
The New York Herald of the 18th re-
ports sale of Keokuk City Bonds at 81 IL
cents on the dollar. We regret to learn that
the credit Of our neighbors at the "Gate" is
so low.
Iowa APPoIATMENTs.-R Registers-John NJ.
Stockdale, Ft. Dodge, re-appointed; Sum-
ner B. Chase, Usage, re appointed. Re-
ceivers-Isaac Cooper, Fort Desmoines, re-
appointed; Thomas Sargent, Fort Dodge,
re- appointed; A. II. Palmer, Council Bluffs,
re-appointed.
We learn from the South Vest, pub
lshed at Bedford, Taylor county, that the
house Of MIR. Elisha Smith, near that place,
was burnt down on the 7th, the fire taking
from ashes left in a wooden vessel standing
against the wall, How careless!
WILD PARsNlps Polsos oUs.- a lad uamed
F. Carr, on Bowen's Prairie, Jones Co., died
on the goth inst, from eating wild parsnips.
He was not aware that it is poisonous.
Three other members of the family-chil-
dren--ate, but obtained relief by taking lard
and other antidotes.
CEDAR CoUNTY.-A little son of Mr.. Vest,
who resides near Upton, received fatal
wound, on the 25th, by a pitch fork sliding
from haystack and piercing him in the neck.
lie died in about an hour after the accident.
DR.. Ennis, while riding on horseback near
Upton, on the 24h, was thrown to the
ground by his horse stumbling. The horse
fell on his right leg and broke it in two
places.
The walls of the huge hotel erected last
year at Keokuk fell in, few days since,
without any apparent cause. No damage
was done.
The citizens Of Jones county will vote
again, on the 5th of April, for the removal
of the county-seat from Anamosa to some
point nearer the centre of the county.
STAY LAW The act of the General AS
sembly Of Iowa, amending section 1898 Of
the Code, is equivalent to stay law OF SIX
months 1t provides that the first term of
Court after service of notice is an appearance
term only; SO that it will be useless to sum
mons witnesses in any civil case commenced
since the last session of the District Court.
SrEAMB,AT EXPLOSION FIVE LIVES Lost.
The steamer Statesman burst boiler at
Canton. on the Wabash, last Friday night,
killing the Captain, George Sutton, and four
or FIVE others The boat was torn to pieces
and destroyed. She belonged to Messrs.