Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-29
IOWA NEWS,

New England, through their agents, Messrs
Howe and Bolles, has purchased ,240 acres
of land at Sand Spring Depot, on the Du-
buque Western Railroad, the place being in
the center of Bowen's Prairie, one of the
s'Gardens'' of Iowa. The agents of the
Exodus Colony have just issued circular
they have purchased, &c.
DRowNED.-On Sunday last, a man at.
tempted to drive his team across q swollen
creek in Lee county, and was drowned, to-
gether with his two horses. Two men were
drowned in the Mississippi above Fort Mad
ison, on Monday, by the overturning of a
skif, and boy was drowned at Montrose
on Tuesday. Pretty fast work in that region
New GOLD DIsoovER1Es. The gold fever
seems to be rapidly extending in this State,
and new discoveries OF ''filthy lucre" are re.
ported almost every day. The Cedar Rapids
Times says: ts..s
We were shown, on Monday, by William
Haines, Esq, of Oxford, N. Y, some of the
genuine article, which he found near Steam
boat Rock, in Hardin county, which is some
90 miles northwest of this place. The spe-
cimens were of the granular form, found il
the black sand, which often accompanies
gold dust. Mr.. H. informs US that when he
left, operations had but just commenced, but
preparations were being made to make thor
ough explorations. Some Of the wasMngs
had yielded Eve cents worth of gold to d
pan full of sand, which returned Califor.
niass called rich yield. 4. t-ss
We also learn from Mr.. VIM. Webb, OF
Indiana, who came down the valley within
the past week, that gold has been found in
Worth county. This is the county next wes1
OF Mitchell, and adjoins Minnesota. 1.a7
CouLDN'r STAND 1.-THE Dubuque North
West, the most ultra administration paper
in the State, has been suspended for want Of
support. Its proprietors say they have beer
losing from $400 to $500 per month. Oh
FIVE daily papers printed few menths age
in Dubuque, there are now only two-the
Times and Herald, the former Republican
and the latter anti administration Democrat.
DELAWARE Co.-Ths body of Frenchman
who disappeared near Nottingham, some
two weeks ago, has been found under cir
cumstances that warrant the belief that he
was murdered. -a g-4
"A meeting was to be held in Council
Bluffs, on the 18th, for the purpose of organ.
izing company to construct q railroad
from that city via the Missouri river bottom
to the southern line of the State, to connect
with road which is authorized to be bull
by the State Of Missouri to the northern line
of that State.
"A house at Eagle Point, near Dubuque,
was struck by lightning on the 18th inst.
and child in the cradle was killed, anG
several other persons badly slammed.
CEDAR. Co.--The Upton Advertiser say.
Moses Bowen, aged Mxlecn years, living fv'
miles from that place, has been arrested or
charge of committing rape on girl but
foo years old and held under bond ol
5000 to answer the charge at the next term
Of the District Court. Miss Mary Davis,
milliner, of Upton, was robbed Of $3.50 on
the G. 4 r. /. r. r., while going to Chicago,
few days ago.-We learn from the Demo
crat that representatives of the "Grea
Western R. r Co." will be in Upton OF
Thursday of this week, 'sfor the purpose ol
closing the contract for grading, bridging
and tieing the road from Tiptont to the Wap
sic, and also branch to the Junction, if th'
stockholders will secure by bond or mortgag'
their subscription, so that they Will be sal
in advancing the funds necessary to tn
carrying on Of the work"
/ MIR Paulsen, the celebrated chess player
of Dubuque, visited Davenport, last week
at the invitation of the chess club of tina
city. He played ten games at once, blind
folded, and was beaten in enly two of them
At Chicago at a similar chess levee, he bea
all his competitors.
BoYD WILKINSON FouND.-We 1earn tha
the bo.y of this unfort innate man was foun
in Iowa river on Friday last. When recov
cred HE arms were firmly pinioned with
rope which was drawn 80 tightly about hi
arms d to sink deep into the flesh. 1t wa
rumared by some that bullet mark va
also discovered on his person. ftlis Is tru
it win be strong evidence against those citi
zens of Iowa City now in jail at Dayenpor
4 on charge Of numbering him.