St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1858-02-25
GOingS on in Iowa.

GOingS on in Iowa. |
The physicians of Jones County are
to meet at Anamosa on the 9th proxi-
mo to organize a medical society.
The hack which carried the mail be-
tween Eldora and Iowa Falls, lost the
mail bag in Iowa River.
Charles Sumner was lately arrested
in Davenport, charged with robbing
the Clinton Postoffice of $3.50.
Francis NJ Harlan, lad Ii years
old, lost his life in Wapello county by
being thrown from frightened horse
and his foot hanging in the stlrrup.
The people of Council Bluffs are
clamorous for an exhibit of the fnan-
cial affairs of the county, but get no
satisfaction from his honor, the Judge,
who sits high up on his petty throne
and laughs at their calamities.
The farmers Of Winnesheik county
met at DEBORAH on the I'd inst. and or
ganized County Agricultural Socie-
ty. This was a good move. Will not
the farmers of this county follow the
example?
The Keokuk journal recently an
nounced that FIVE and half tons Of
whiskcy had been shipped from that
place to the Capital, and the Demolne
Citizen informs us of its arrival at
| that place, two cases of delranm ire
mems and one of throat-cutting having
resulted from it already.
| Our exchanges speak of religious
revivals in Mitchell, Usage, West I'm
ion, GAINESVILLE, Waterloo, Dubuque,
Lyons, Davenport and various other
places. Men are beginning to learn
that there is something better worth
living for than sordid gold; that the
great object of life should be the lay
| ing up treasure where moth and rust
cannot corrupt. Surely the financial
crisis will work good.
On recent trip, the Fort Dodge
stage was five days in reaching De-
NOME. Some of the passengers gave
thrilling narratives of bottomless pits,
impossible torrents, interminable mud
drcnching rain, and benevolent thumps
from frozen knobs. Their impression
is that Jordan am hard road tc
trabel"
= 1t is the intention of the better class
of citizens in Demoinc to enforce the
!. liquor law and suppress the thirty-twc
dram shops which now curse that city
There is a disposition OH the part OF ;
number of the members Of the Legls
laturc to rc-enact the old license law.
A notorious horse thief named VIM
Maxwell, who was confined in the pen
itcntiary at Fort Madison, teigncd con
sumption and got pardoned out by tho
Governor, has just been detected il
stealing at Pittsburgh, whittier he ha(
gone ito die among his kindred"
he NCbhuh JOui Hal tcliS VI a. mo
near that city who caught a big ca
fish, and on dressing it fouEd golt
chronomcter watch in its nav. 4
+ gentleman of keokuk recognized thu
, watch as his own, he having lost i
D overheard from steamer while com
ing ND from New Orleans. Rattle
iishy.
{ The Dcmoinc Citizen speaks of tn
p arrest in that city Of three women
3 charged with keeping house of il
fame, and intimates that there are sew
eral such houses there. Shocking.
Samuel Wright, residing near Keo
kuk, seized an axe to strike his wife
) when his son interfered, and stcppins
back he fell out Of the door upon some
rocks which so bruised his head that h
; died soon after Whiskey did it.
Two men. named James Mcdonald
, and John Martin, recently undertook
to convey a boat load of pork across
the Wapsipinicon river near Anamosi
when the boat became unmanageabl'
and went down stream. Martin swan
ashore, but Mcdonald was drowned.
C. G. Ankcny of Hardin county wa
lately travelling to Hampton in Frank
lin county, when he was overtaken b.
a couple of bloodlounds which scize'
his horse by the nose and threw hin
: down, prccipitating Mr.. A. from hi
: back to the ground. The horse ran
few rods when he suddenly turned up
on his pursuers and killed them both
He then returned to his master, as an.
brave horse should do The reason
assigned for the dogs following tn
horse is, that the horses foot had bee
wounded so as to leave blood in hi
track.
The Republicans of Iowa have ca
led State Convention to meet at low
City on the 18th day of June next, TO
nominating candidates for Secretar.
: of State, Auditor, Treasurer and Al
: torney General, and for the transat
ton of such other business as ma
: come before the convention.
a Antoine LeClaire, of Davenport,
the owner of one million dollars wort
of real estate. He is half-breeo
S French and Indian whose embonpot,
tells of good living. He has the rep,
tation of being liberal minded an
:, enterprising citizen.
S During the last two months explore
4 tions have been made in Hamilto
county for the purpose of ascertain
ing the extent Of the coal beds there
c a large vein of camel coal has bee
d discovered. and q vein of bitumiNou