Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-04-03

ISS75 -
Iowa PExlrkEr1ARr.- There are fifty
'evsn convicts in tie penitentiary at Fl.
KsoKUK Co.-The educational fair at
ELECTED great interest. and was
decided success. II is proposed to have
such a fair annually. John Rogers, editor
Of the Life in the Vest, is candidate for
County Superintendent.
JASPER Goa son Of Mr.. Dolson, q boy
about fourteen or fifteen, living near
"Plummer's Station" on the Iowa City
road, while in the woods with his dog,
started up large wild cat. 1t fed. and the
dog and boy pursued it, when it took refuge
in a hole in tree. The boy, determined to
have the cat, climbed the tree, and with
pole punched it out, and the dog and cat
were soon engaged in fierce conflict. The
boy, seeing that the cat would soon be VIC
torious, FASTENED to the scene of action, and
with club killed the cat. Mr.. Plummer
coming up soon afterwards, pursued another
cat, the mate of the one killed, and shot it
with his gun. That boy ought to be sent
out to Nebraska to kill "wild cats"
HARD TINES. - The farmers of Tama
county, in this State, held a meeting short
time since, for the purpose of inventng
some cure, if possible, for the hard times.
A series of resolutions were adopted, in
which they agreed to discountenance any
person who should dispose of any property
at less than two thirds of its actual value,
and to support no man for Office unless he
was laboring man. They also agreed to
settle all difficulties by arbitration, and
without the Intervention of lawyers, and also
made arrangements for the establishment OF
Union Store. Legal gentlemen had better
beware of that locality.
BURNED.-On Monday of last week, the
house of Mr.. L. Lewis, of Charlton, was
consumed by fire: Mr.. II. Reese, a lunatic
brotherin law of Mr.. c., was chained in
the house at the time, and before he could
be liberated, persisted in the flames.
DROWNED A young man named Thomas
Hardy was drowned, last week, in attempting
to cross a creek near Sigourney, Keokuk Co.
AFAr JoB.-John Frink, of Dubuque, has
received contract from the Government to
furnish 5000 head of horses for the Utah
expedition. The price the Government pays
for these horses is $l57 each. Frink must
be a Lecomptonite. Nobody else could get
such a fat Job.
INcEND1AafsM-The Toledo Tribune says
nine stacks of wheat belonging to Mr.. Staley,
of that vicinity, were burned on the III morning
of the Oath March. G. A. Russell and w. S.
Kennedy were arrested and held to bail in
the sum of $500 to answer the charge Of
setting fire to the stacks. The latter, how
ever, managed to give "leg bail" while a
bond was being made out, and has not since
been heard of.
NEW MATERIAL FOR BREAD.--The Abba
Republican says: We were, few days
since, presented with a cake manufactured
by J. Snodgrass, Esq, of this place, from
the flour of the Hungarian Grass seed. The
bread is of darkish color, somewhat re-
sembling that made from rye, and is quite
palatable. So it seems that this new grass,
which has proven itself of such intrinsic
value for all kinds Of stock, is not confined
to them alone, but, like some of the patent
nostrums of the day, is "good for both man
and beast.'
TO carry into effect the provisions of
the State Banking Law are appointed, as
Commissioners, Messrs. G. H. Booth, of
Dubuque, E. II. Harrison, of Lee, Ezekiel
Clark, of Johnson, J. W. Dutton, of Mus
catine, W.. j. Calling, of Polk, c. W. Slagle,
of Jefferson, Elihu Baker, of Linn, W. S.
Dart, of Mahaska, L. W. Babbitt, of Potta-
watamie, and E. L. Edgarton, of Lucas, who
are to meet for business at Iowa CITY, at
such time within thirty days after the adop-
ton Of the Act as the Governor may desig-
nate.
MORE ABOUT The GOLD IN IowA.-It is
confidently assert that gold has been dis
covered in this State. Here is another
item of evidence. The Winterset Madiso-
man of the Goth says:
GOLD GOLD 1T is a startling but pleas
ing fact that gold is being discovered all
around US. Gold has been found in small
quantities near St. Charles, in this county :;
several returned Californians are there dig
ging, and say they Will make it pay first rate.
Col has also been discovered in Adair CO.
Mr.. Sommer, a silversmi:h, of this place,
has in his possession some small particles of
gold dug in Clark county, which is of fine
quality. The sand On our streams where
the gold is found is the same kind as that in
which the gold is found in California.
Letting the Cat Out Of the Bag.-The
following is an extract from a letter written
from Kansas, on February Gath, 1858, to the
Vicksburgh Whig. The writer was mem