Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-04-22
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The population of Fairfield townsli p
County Seat of Jefferson county, is 2S9l--
number Of voters 500.
The population of LIE Claire, Scott Co.
is 1854, OF which number, SOS are voters
The new Mayor elect is Adrian II. Daven.
port.
A wooden factory is being established in
Maqaoketa. 1t will prove a paying enter
prise. We only wonder that, in wool.
growing region like the West, wooden facto'
ries are not as plenty as hay stacks, There is
money to be made in that business, but cap
talists seam to be long in finding it ouF.
A little girl, daughter of John s. Bald
win, Of Manchester, Delaware county, was
burned to death Friday, the 9th inst
There was fire in the door yard, consun
ing some rubbish, and while she was kick
ing it in sport, the flames caught her clothes
and she was fatally burned before assistance
conld be rendered. She died the next morn
ing about three O'Clock. Her age was
ten years.
Work has been resumed on the G. l. &
Nebraska r. r. between Mt. Vernon and
Lisbon. The Mt. Vernon News says that
the ties and iron is being put down as fast
as a strong force can do it.
Benton county, according to the late
census returns, has population of $685.
176O voters, and 43,764 acres of improved
land-raised last year, ,253 bushels of
spring wheat and s9l ,733 bushels of corn
sold 2O7s hogs and 1865 cattle, and pro-
duced l37,4l3 pounds of butter.
The quarterly conference OF the Ex-
change street Methodist church, at Keokuk,
lately adopted resolution requesting Rev.
E. L. Briggs. pastor Of that church, to re-
sign his pastoral relation in consequence of
having held and preached heretical doc
trines, favoring Unitarianism. The under
standing is that he will resign.
Rev. John Jay, most excellent and in
dustrious member of the lows Conference,
died recently while holding a very success
tul protracted meeting in his charge, (Kirk-
vile, Wapello county, II understand" says
Rev. E. II. Waring, s'that at the late con-
ference he agreed, owing to the stra ightness
of the times, to do the work of two men on
his charge. His strength was not equal to
the task, and he fell iu performing it.'
A SUB MARINE DIvER.-The Davenport t
Gazette thus describes the armor OF a diver
who belongs to the St. Louis company now
endeavoring to raise the steamer Aunt Let
ty, sunk at that place: "The 'armor' is
made of heavy India Rubber cloth all in one
piece up to the neck, where it fastens to a
metal collar by number of little screws,
making the jointing perfectly water-tight.
The head covering is also of metal with a
glass face, and glass at the sides so as to
permit the diver to look ar ound freely. At
the back of the head covering is an att,ch-.
ment for connecting the hos, from the air
pump. There is an opening in the back Of
the head piecs for letting out the air as it
becomes impure. The process of supplying
air, by means of pump, commences as
soon as the head piece is screwed on, and
the bad air is forced out. The dress being
filled with air to some extent, it is necessary
for the diver to be weighed down: His
shoes have metal SC les weighing thirty
rounds. There is also leaden weight
thrown over the shoulders, weighing forty
po nds, The whole dress, with weights,
weighs three hundred pounds; quite load
for any man to carry, but not felt under
water. This sarmor' and air pump cost
over $500. Yesterday morning he remain
ed under water fifteen minutes at O time
When the water is warm enough not to chill,
he says he can stay under water as long
as he can do without victuals. The great
est depth he ever went down was IS feet.
In lake or other. clear water, he cansee
very well, Arouud the waist of the diver
is a rope to haul him mp. He has small
cord which he uses to signal those above,
by pre-concerted signs-a certain number
of jerks for certain purpose, &c.
THE K, Mt. p. & NJ. R. R.-The work
on this road is progressing rapidly. The
cars will be running to Ft. Madison by the
1st of July and to Skunk river by the middle
of October next.
County SEAT ELECTIONS were held in
Allamakee and Clayton counties on the 4th
inst. THE election in Allanakee resulted it
favor of Waukon over Lansing by con-
siderable majority. Waukon is the present
county seat, and the people concluded that
they would not remove it, In Clayton coun-
ty the vote was: for Garnavillo 1905. tor
Guttenburgh 1,747, making a majority OF
l5S for Garnavillo.
KEoKuK INDEBr EDNEss.- According to
the report of Nh. Merriam, Clerk Of the City
Council Of Kcokuk, the total liabilities q
that city amount to 81 ,l2s, 1872 q. The larg-
est item is a bonded debt of $54l, 900 for the
b-nefit of the Keokuk, Ft. Desmoines and
Minnesota r. +. The amount OF bonds is
sued to the Keokuk, Mt. Pleasant and Mus
catine R. R. is 100000. The amount of
interest on city bonds due and unpaid is
$e3, ,637 A. The finaucial condition ofs'the
Gate," it seems, is hopeless.
LOUISA OouNrY.-At the recent term OF
the District Court, in the case of the Treas
urer of Louisa county against Mark David
sen, being an action for the recovery of
school tax levied by the t,wnships, Judge
Springer decided in favor of the legality OF
the tax. An appeal was taken to thu Su,
preme Court.-The house of james Brown,
in Morning Sun township, was recently de-
stroyed by fire, and the furniture, together
with 200 bushels of wheat and oats, consum-
ed. Loss about So, 900; no insurance.-W
find these items in the Columbus CITY Elm
terprise.
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