Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-01
IOWA NEWS.

SLoPkD.--A MT. nankln, keeper OA tne
Union Hotel, at Burlington, sloped on the
10th inst, with his wife's sister. He was
overhauled at Keokuk and brought back.
Property LooKINo UP.-The Gazette, of
Burlington, records two sales Of town prop.
erty in that city. One lot 20 by II feet
brought 81 900 cash, and another IS l-2 by
60 feet produced ST 500 cash.
Il. H. Langworthy, the President Of the
Dubuque Western Railroad, has published
a statement of the condition of that road, in
which he calls upon the stockholders and
citizens to come forward and subscribe
100000 to relieve the company from diff
culties, and enable them to finish the road
to Anamosa, a distance Of 81 miles from
Farley Junction.
PRONUNCIATION AND MEANING OF Dss
MolNEs-Rev. s. Storrs Howe, Of Iowa
City, while 1t the Capital, last winter, cor
responded with Mr.. Antoine lie Claire, Of
Davenport, probably the best living inter-
prefer of the Indian and French tongues, for
the purpose Of ascertaining the derivation of
the name of our State Capital. And by Mr..
Lie Claire's letter it appears that the true
spelling and etymology of the word should
be De Moins, meaning the less tribe of lndi-
ans over the river, so named in contrast with
larger tribe on this side. Its derivation
from Des Noiaes Cor the monks) is a mistake.
Dropping the letter IS" and spelling it De
Nom would be the English pronunciation,
without any attempt to give the nasal sound
Of the word.
Major Mobley is soon to reopen his
bank at Dubuque.
More than dozen dram shops have
recently been closed in Oskaloosa by the
enforcement of the prohibitory law. The
Herald congratulates the citizens on the
result.
MAD DoGs-Our exchanges from Burling-
ton, Davenport and Lyons report the exist
euce of hydrophobia among the CANNES OF
these places. In some instances human
beings have been bitten by them.
Alexander Matthew, pioneer, died n
Keokuk, on the 2sd, aged 60 years. He was
a Canadian Frenchman, and was for many
years in the employ of the British Northwest
Fur Company, and afterwards of w. H
Sublett. He frequently acted as guide owe,
the plains and Rocky Mountains for u S
Government parties, and was familiar with
all the country between the British Posses
sions and New Mexico.
FACTS ABOUT IewA.-The area of Iowa is
Sc 900 square miles In 1886 its population
was 1851; in 1910, 43 JIG: in 1S44, II,
64O.: in 1850, 1872, 2O4; in 1856, 5O3,625
The Presidential vote of 1856 was 92,644
The taxable property in 1851 was 1913, 464,-
$50: in 1853. $44 $40 1904 in 1855, $116,-
s95. 800, and in 1857, $21O,944,5S3. The
present population of the State is estimated
at 500, 1000.
The Dubuque Express d Herald says
A letter from one of the students in 'Mount
Vernon College," in this State, informs us
| that on the It'll inst. hurricane passed owe,
! that village, and tore off portion of the
College roof. Mr.. J. 0. Foster, who write.
to US, says, sCornice, rafters. boards and
sheeting were carried quite distance from
the buildings, but no person was injured.'
| School was in session and MANY of the
classes We're in the building at the time
Next day the citizens turned out en- masse
and went to work to replace the roof.
TIPToN.--The Democrat of the oath has
an editorial article discouraging any action
at present towards the construction of a
railroad to that place. 1t says: ''Our PEG.
pie owe more now than they can pay for two
deeper, which must be paid.' That is {
sorry picture, indeed and if true, may wei
dishearten railroad enterprise.
DAVENPORT. To-day april 27th) wa.
selected by the churches of our sister city to
be observed as day of thanksgiving and
prayer before Almighty God for the sins Of
the people. The Democrat says the religious
awakening so general throughout the coun.
try has been but slightly felt there; hence
this appointment of day for humiliation
and prayer, that the city may not be passe(
by in the blessing.
There has been q rapid decline in oul
s'home currency" during the past week
Florence, and Burrows Il Prettyman's checks
are selling at from IS to 81 - cts. on thu
dollar, with very little prospect of any i'm
provement. AS this currency has driven ou
nearly everything of a good character, oul
merchants are groaning under the burden
which the circulation has placed upon theil
shoulders.-Dau. Den,., 25th.
SCAN. MAe.-A Mrs. --, with letters
jac he fo,, s1;Ac
recently made her way to Mt. Pleasant-wa.
of that moral town-went into the family Of
a clergyman, was elected President of tho
"Sewing Circle" and spread herself gener.
in the same family, not a Joseph, went before
seduced by the lady. She was arrested upor
his oath and put in Jail: By some process
of which we are not Informed, the strange
woman got out of Jail yesterday p. M, came
down on the evening train, and took her de-
parture towards the East. We are Informed
that other young gentlemen of Mt. Pleasant
had greater griefs to complain of than the
young man scduced. They, however, kept
hady.-Burlington Hwkeye 23a.
| News OF the Sd inst, contains long account
of the marriage of Pawnee Chief to a
blood royal squaw of the Ottoe tribe. The
bridegroom was named Whitewater, and the
bride Wah- -pe-shinga.
The cheftain's daughter was elegantly
dressed in red flannel skirt with blue calico
border, checked apron, a summer killed
buffalo robe, and white felt hat Her
jewels were magnificent. From either anri-
cular depended bright ornaments of brass,
tin and copper.
We must not omit to mention that Miss
Wah-mush- shinga also wore "red pet
ticoat,'' embroidered according to design
of her own, with porcupine quilts, repre-
scouting desperate dog fight. Her entire
wardrobe and jewelry could not have cost
less than six thousand dollars in Fontenelle
money.
The bridegroom was attired in all the
magnifeence which his rank and wealth de.