Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-01-09
IOWA NEWS.

re ten per cent. ones, redeemable in twenty
oars, the interest on which is, payable by
he railroad company-an essential element
f security to its regular payment. The
abroad company has also provided a sink
ng fund Of $500 special security for the
,onds. The city has $4,000 population,
md its taxables are assessed at eleven mill
on dollars. The City owesaltogether $665,
700, including these new bonds.
- The old settlers Of Burlington have or
s,nized society to be composed of such
persons as located in Dcsmoines county pri-
Or to June LIST, 1870.
DuBrQuE AND PACIFIC RAnRoAp.-Thls
road is finished to Nottingham, eight miles
west of Dyersville, and cars are running on
it to that point
A BANKING SYSTEM. - The financial sa-
rams of Kcokuk have held several meetings
lately to discuss the best bankinr system to
be adopted in this State, with a view to
agree upon some plan and report bill for
the consideration of the Legislature. We
Judge from the account given in the Post
that they failed to agree.
A bloody ARRAY occurred in a German
dance house at Dubuque, on the night of
the Slst ultimo. A party of lrishmea who
attempted to participate in the dance were
forcibly elected from the house and fired at
from one of the upper windows after they
entered the street. One of them, Thomas
Gaynor, was instantly killed, and two 9TH
ers. hi, brothers, were wounded. A legal
investigation of the affair was in progress at
last accounts.
CASUALTY John Dooly, an lrishman IN
the employ of Babcock, Ransom & Co., OF
Iowa CITY, as teamster, was kicked to
death, by horse in the stable of the senior
member of the firm, on the night OF New
Years. He is supposed to have been intox-
icated at the time.
NEWSPAPER SUSPENSION. - The Iowa City
Reporter and Crescent has suspended on ac-
count of financial embarrassments.
- Navigation to Keokuk is still uninter-
rupted.
Horace Greeley lecture at Davenport
last nj ght and is to lecture in Iowa City to-
morrow (Friday) evening.
FlRE.-A row of small frame buildings
in Davenport, on Fourth street, near Gaines
was destro yed by fire on the lst inst. Los
O,O00 or $4,000.
! WASHINGTON. - The Press gives the name
of the Irishman who committed suicide IL
that place on the 3lst ult. as Thomas Cali
gan. 1t says: No cause is assigned TO
the deed. He was man Of intemperat
habits. The fact that his ahands were tie'
behind him, and other attendant circumstan
ces, gave rise to the suspicion that he mig
have had some assistance, but the coroner
| Jury could find no evidence that such va
the case.'' A little son of Mr.. J. NJ. Schil
ling was killed on the 30th ult. by bein!
run over by runaway team.
ASAMosA EUREKA. - Mr.. NJ. PARROT, lat
of Scoharrie, New York, has become associ
ated with Mr.. Crockwell in the publication
of this paper. The Eureka is one CT tn
best papers published in the interior coun
ties of the State.
WOLF HUNT.-We learn from the Daven'
port Gazette that grand circular wolf hum
is to come of at o'clock A. NJ, on Satur
day, January 10th, in Scott and Cedar coun'
ties, embracing the four townships OF Llber
ty, Cleoaa, Pennington and Inland, wher'
there are wolves in abundance. No gum
will be permitted on the ground, and NJ
dogs be allowed to run loose. A very friend
ly invitation is given to the citizens of Da
vcnport, Muscatine, Upton and Iowa Cit
to be in attendance. Much sport is antici
patcd.
Iowa LEGISLATURE stated few day
ago that our Stare Legislature assemblies o.
Tuesday next, the 18th inst. This is an error
1t meets on Monday, the 18th. The Ne,
Constitution provides that &c the sessions o
the General Assembly shall be biennial, an
shall commence on the second Monday il
January next ensuing the election of it
members"
Ev Hon. S. Il. Curtis, Representative il
Congress from the first District of Iowa
gave notice on the 22d ult. Of bill for tn
construction of Railroad via the Valley O
Platte, to the Pacific
/ ANOTHER PREDICTION OF SENATOR SEWARD
Our readers will remember the speech O
MIR. Seward, delivered some three years ago
in which he predicted with precision tn
character and date Of the present crisis. Al
though that prediction does not entitle Mr.
Seward to tne title Of a prophet, it does vim
dictate his character as a most sagaciou
statesman, and will give his views upon tn
present crisis great weight with the public
In his recent speech upon the Treasury Not
bill, Mr.. Seward said:
! s'Inmy judgment, the acceleration Of bns
mess is going to be rapid just in proport
to the rapidity with which business has
clined and5I expect to see every day, ant
every hour of every day, marked by ris,
in the prosperity of the country, graduated
just exactly by the suddenncss Of the depres
sion. The causes Of the disaster are gone
l think there is nothing before us.but grea
revival of business and plethora. of none,
to revive it in all departments. sE,may b.
! mistaken in this, but | am willing TO stant
by it," &
/ OxFoRD ,FoREvER.- Oxford precinct il
Kansasz little OxforaSswith a dozen inhab
itants, Is reported e have given thirteen
hundredyotes for slavery, Oxford has done
nobly. She should Be suitably rewarded
for her zeal in behalf of popular stove
rcignty.'' 1t will be remembered that the
1 industrious Democrat: who, at the October
election, copied sixteen hundred namesfrom
the Cincinnati Directory, and returned The
same rs tie Oxford poll book, was made
Secretary of the Lecompton Convention, OF
the ground Of important party services. Il
the recent .tsIyote'' at Oxford is due to q
like activity on his part, why not make him
the first Governor under the Lecompton Con-
s,itution? lie evidently deserves elevation
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