Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-12
IOWA NEWS.

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IOWA NEWS.
"A man named Robert Bowen was held
to bail in the sum Of $500 At Oskaloosa,
last week, for attempting to commit rape
on Rebecca Banks, maiden lady Of Nahas-
ka county. M Fs E
The bell of the Con gregational hurch
in Dubuque, recently purchased, was attached
by the Churcll's creditors on its arrival at
that place. The Church. people, however,
succeeded in getting possession of 1t, and
raising it to the beltry, but the parties bring
ing the action secured the olapper. So it is
suspended without clapper until the sus.
pended suit is decided.
"A farmer from Montrose bottom, near
Keokuk, reports that three hundred acres
there have been put in potatoes, aud that
the product, estimating the yield at over
one hundred bushels to the acre, will be for
ty thousand bushels.
"A child of Mr.. A. W. Evans, near Bloom.
field, in Davis county, was bitten by a rattle
snake one day last week. The bite was not
knewn until the child commenced swelling.
Medical aid was then called in, but too late,
as the Child died soon after.
"A gentleman named Bagley died week
before last near Maquoketa, ut the great
age OF ll2 years. his mental and physi cal
faculties being wonderfully retained to the
last.
The Keokuk county Agricultural Fair
will be held at Sigourney, Sept l4th, 10Th
and 10th. Mt which time E S. Sampson,
Esq, will deliver IN Grafton before the
Society.
Some If the rowdes of Dubuque have
been amusing themselves by playing of all
sorts Of pranks upon harmless, inoff.nsive
fellow AIMED Joseph Hayden. He had
recourse to the law, and obtained a warrant
for the arrest Of some Of them. The next
night some one broke into his room and
beat the poor fellev until he became insen-
sible. So strong was the Indignation excited
by this circumstance in the community that
serious threats were made of lynclling the
fellow suspected with committing the act.
"A woman, who gave her name as Mrs.
A. NJ Kenhan, gave birth to child at the
Brighton House in Keokuk under suspicious
circumstances. She left the child in care Of
a lady until she could pay visit to Der bus.
band in Louisa county, who, she said, had
been arrested with company of counter.
letters, and wished her immediate presence
to attend the trial. Since that time moth.
ing has been heard of her, and it has trans
pired that no such man as Kenham is
known in Louisa county, nor has any such
arrests, as those of which she spoke, taken
place.
Iowa oouNTY.-The Marengo Visitor give:
an account of q terrible whirlwind at Mil.
lersburg, Iowa county, on Saturday even.
ing, the 30th of July. The store house Of
WIN. Pepper was moved eight or ten feet
hts dwelling house, Mr.. Prinzt's, and the
saw mill of Sweet Il Hemsns, unroofed, anc
other buildings more or less injured. Mr.
Worley Of Ma.engo was picked up, car
ried nuE,oer of feet and dep sited in 1
slous n-no serious damage.-The Republi
can County Convention of Iowa county
nominated Dewey WEIGH for County Judge
j. M. Richardson for Sheriff, O. S. Jenness
for Superintendent, II. B. Lynch for Rep
resentative and N. B. Vineyard for Treasu
rer.
MORE SuFFoIKs.-Dr. Weed of Muscatine
writes US: l have recently procured from
Col. J. NJ. Sherwood, of Auburn, N. Y, hi:
chest" Young Suffolk SOW, Princess, pur'
descendent from the "Jackson Importation,
of which he says :-"Of all the Suffolks tina
have been imported, these have not a supe
rior, if an equal" She brought US ten pigs
on the ed inst, nine OF which are now
doing we'll; % you see that am now in ,
fair way ola stock of Suffolks IS good a,
the country affords.-North american Far
mer TOR Angast.