Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-24
IOWA NEWS.

| IOWA NEWS.
The Keokuk, Fort Desmoines and Min.
nesota R. R. Company have closed a contract
with Sanford J. Smith and associates for the
graduation Of their road from Bentonsport to
Eddyville, So miles. By the conditions Of
the contract, work is to be commenced forth
with, and carried forward as rapidly IS the
requisite funds along the line can be procured
WAPRLLo INTRLLIoENcER.-Winter Is GER
tainly over! The WapellO Iatel!igencer,
which regularly freezes to death ut the first
slivering blasts of old Boreas and again re-
wives in the spring, made its appearance
among our exchanges yesterday. Its revivi-
flying is probably owing to fat job in tho
wsy Of advertising the delinquent tax list,
which its enterprising publishers snuff in the
immediate future 1t has, of course, changed
hands again, but, as heretofore, in political
matters, attempts the dangerous feat of
straddling both parties. L. P. Wells is edi-
tor, and Msssrs. Kelley, Ives and Mintun
publisher: We hope the citizens of Wapelo
will give their organ living support, or else
acknow ledge themselves nobody, and consent
to the removal Of the county seat to Column
bus City.
SINGULAR DISEASE AMONG lluRsKs. - A
disease not described in any farrier book, has
made its appearance among horses in Monroe
county, as We learn from the Abba RepubH.
can. 1t is called 'the srifs" The manner
iu which it affects the animal is as fol ows {:
The bones of the animals legs appear to be-
come diseased and rotten, SO that they break
upon the slightest occasion. And what is
more singular, while this process is going
ON, no symptoms of it can be discovered in
the animal, which continues in apparent good
health and spirits and often the first indi
cation which the owner has of any such
disease is the breaking of one or more of his
horses legs.
UNooNsrIrur1oNAL.-The Supreme Court
of Iowa, now in session at Davenport, has
decided that the amended charter for that
city, put throug Oh the Legislature in an un-
demanded way, is unconstitutional. The
last election held amounts to nothing, &C.
cording to this decision.
The ssMAD SroNE."-Mr. Seth B. Stanton,
of Cincinnati, Appanoose TO-, Iowa, was
bitten by mad cat on the 18th of March
last, and was soon after attacked by the
worst symptoms of hydrophobia. In antic-
ipation of the horrible disease, he had gone
to Macoupin Co., ILL.,, near Brighton, where
one Samuel Treble owned what is vulgarly
known as "Mad Stone, }" the very existence
of which is deemed as much of fiction by
many people, as its reputed virtues are usu-
ally attributed to the grossest superstition.
He applied the stone and vas cured and
now writes story of his case to the Mt.
Pleasant Journal, (Henry Co.. which very
respectable paper vouches for Mr.. Stanton's
reliability in every particular, and assures
us his statement is entitled to credence.
We quote portion, beginning with his
condition before reaching MIR. Treble's:
''For three days before we got there, felt
the terrible disease coming on had high
fever; my eyes were red and swollen, with
rumbling sounds in my head found it diff
cult to swallow any liquid my left leg
turned spotted as q leopard, to my body, Of
dark green color, with twitching of the
nerves; had some paroxysms, with hard
cramping; drank no water for eight days.
The stone was promptly applied to the
wounds. 1t stuck fast rs a leech until it
was gorged with poison, when it fell off
Voluntarily TWAS then cleaned with sweet
milk and salt and water, and was applied
again, and so Cd for seven rounds, drawing
hard each time, when it refused to take hold
any more. The bad symptoms then all left
me and the cure was complete, and returned
to my family and friends with heart over
flowing with thanksgiving and praise to God
for his goodness and mercy in thus snatehing
me from the very jaws of death.''
A BANKRUPT C1rY.-The condition of d.
buque, as set forth in the address of the new
Mayor, is one OF bankruptcy. Upon reve-
nue. of 100000, over $500, 900 have been
expended during the last year. City bonds
have fallen to $50 in Boston. He says:
A stranger coming into our city and be.
holding the costly Improvements being car
ried on; the mammoth buildings being
erected the armies almost Of officials and
employees, would very naturally come to the
conclusion that Dubuque, in her corporate
capacity, must possess vast resources and
was seeking out means to expend her surplus
revenue, and that her Treasury must be
overlooking. The stranger is sadly mistaken.
These outward signs are awfully deceo tive.
They are merely kind of hectic flush, indi-
eating that disease and corruption are at
work on the citadel Of life; that there is a
worm gnawing at the vitals Of our city.
Lay on the tax to the maximum; c,llect
all the reve ,ues to the last cent from every
source stop all the improvements; dis
charge every officer or employee under the
control of the Council, or ask them to per-
form their dutie, without pay; discharge the
teachers from the public schools; light no
street lamps; in word, spend not dollar
for anything for one year, and we cann"t
pay more than half the liabilities falling due
during the year.
Dubuque sadly needs roombs' bankrupt
law.
SAD Aco1DrNr.-Last Thursday afternoon
young lad by the name of Eugene Mason
was instantly killed at the Mill of Cox,
Johnston & Cox, in Buell's Addition. The
lad was grinding clam shell on the large
grind stone in the mill, for the purpose Of
manufacturing ring, which slipped from
his hands and dropped on the floor near his
feet, and while STOPPING to pick it up, the
crank of the srind stone struck him in the
back of his head, killing him instantly
Lyons Mirror, 10Th. E.e
THAr PouaHKEEPsIE GIRL.- The Buffalo
Commercial Advertiser, one OF the editors Of
which is medicine man, says Of the girl at
Poughkeepsie, who fell into q trance at .
revival meeting, and saw great many things
which astonished the natives:
"Every physician Of airy experience has
seen twenty such cases as this. The disease
is well known as hysterical coma. The
talking paroxysms are more frequent and far
less remarkable than the half-ca eleptic con-
dition which DreyjOus aceonnts have men.