Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-05
IOWA NEWS.

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LINN ooUNrY'-The Mt. Vernon Ns,os of
the Both says the harvest is pretty much
completed in that county, and that the crop
OF wheat, both as to quality and quantity, is
better than any previous one.
The Episcopalians have purchased the
College grounds and buildings in Dayen.
port, for 500, 900 in money aud 1000 acres
of wild land in the interior. The COLLEGE
grounds occupy two blocks. til the in,en-
ton of the purchasers to use the buildings.
&c., for educational purposes, at which The
Davenporters are greatly rejoiced.
| The Davenporters are again agitatjnp
the project of a railroad to the Cedar w lev
from that place, via Wheatland and Toron.
to. An agent is now procuring the right of
way. The Democrat says it hopes that at
the next term of the District Court the ia
nous s'lnjunction" will be squelched, and
then the work will be commenced in good
earnest. During the winter it thinks a
goodly amount of work will be done in the
way of getting out ties, bridge timber &c
so that during the season of 1860 the work
will be completed Perhaps!
Mr.. }: II. Green, better known as the
reformed Gambler" has settled down
quietly at Christiansburgh, Wapello county,
where he is discharging the duties of Post
master for that not very populous neiphbor-
hood. lie has recently been to New York,
applying for two patents, which appear to
promise favorably. The first il for an en-
veope. which cannot be opened and reolos-
ed by steamng, wetting, or any other
process. without instant detection and the
second for composition to supercede the
present leather-tips used on billiard cues,
which will not require chalk Of any kind,
and with which Ut is claimed) stnis .cue.''
will become impossible.
MINERAL PAINr.--Tbe Maquoketa Senti-
mel says that that the greatest curiosity in
jackson county is the mine of mineral paint
recently discovered upon the land OF J. J.
ToMinson, at Canton. When ground up
with OF! it makes very good red paint, fire
proof. Immense beds Of it have been dis
covered: enough to supply the whole coun-
try. Mr.. I. has painted his bridge at Can.
ton with it, and it answers the purpose
admirably. The following is chemical
analysis of its component parts Magnesia,
10 per cent. Alumina, lOper cent. Silica,
IS per cent; Chromate of iron, 5 per cent ;
Crystalized water, 10 per cent. Oxide OF
iron, 20 per cent. Lime, per cent. and
trace of lead. We understand that it is
the intention of the proprietor to erect
mandatory of the paint, in short time,
when we shall expect to see it brought into
general use.
The Davenport Gazette says that city
has decreased in population fifteen hundred
within the last year.
AN lrishmaE, named Doran, fell and
broke his skull, while intoxicated, in Bur
lington on the 2Sth ult.
"A counterfeiter named SAVERS was ar
rested ut Leclaire, some days ago. He &C.
knowlcged that he got the counterfeit
money from tie notorious Bigelow, of Cor
dova, III.
"A farmer residing within miles of
Desmoines, Mr.. McDevtt, killed wild
cat, on the 9th ult., short distance from
his house. The "varmint'' weighed about
40 pounds. lie had left his traces for some
time in the chicken coop and barn Yards.
He was freed by the dogs and then shot
ISLANDER SUrr.-The editor of The Bur
lington Ha,ckeye, Mr.. Durham, has been
again sued for Islander by Judge Clage t, on
account of some remarks of the Hdukeye
in refer renee to the case of the State of Iowa
vs. j. II. Abraham. Judge Clagett's char
octer appears to be as tender as three sliil.
ling shirt-it's SO easily ''damaged"
SHOOTING AFFAIR IN DAvENpoRr.-Yes.
terday afternoon, Joseph Bloomfield, of
Davenport, and Charles Rogers, a young
lawyer living in Leclaire, net at the Le-
claire House, and after some noisy CONVEX.
sation and a scuff1e, the latter drew a rev ol-
YER and fired three times at the other, with
| off SoI
bail for his appearance. I he difficulty orig
mated from an alleged intimacy between
Rogers aud Bloomfelds wife.
DEAD BODY FoUND-The Marengo Visit.
or says that on the 10th ult. a dead body
was discovered floating in the Iowa river
near Marengo Verde: of the Jury, "death
by violence, "-his skull being fractured ia
several places. lie had been too long in
the water to be recogniz; by any one -
even had he been known there previous to
his death. 1t was supposed from his dress
thai lie was Pixies Peaker. No papers
were found about his person. His. height
was about five feet seven inches, light hair,
two front teeth in the upper jaw and one
in the yer were gone; was supposed to be
thirty to thirty five years OF age, had on a
good cloth coat, doe skin pants, a pair OF
high top cowskin boots, and black silk
neckcloth.
The General Synod of the United Pres
byterian Church, composed of delegates
from Iowa, Illirois, Wisconsin, Kansas and
Nebraska, will convene in Washington,
Washington county, on the 26th day of
the present month.
John Mcdonald Of Marion township.
Marshall county, was killed on the 22d ult.,
while raising barn A post slipped, let
ting beam fall square across his breast,
causing instant death, Others were in
, jureI at the same time
The Rocky Mountain Neys report. the
death at Auraria City, June 18th, of D. D.
I1oag, late of Story county Iowa, cansed BY
an excessive over dose of calomel admins
tered by himself while prospecting in the
mountains.
"A farmer named VIM. Butler, residing
about two miles from Winterset, in Madi-
son county, on the 25th ult,, in endeavoring
to catch a mule was kicked by it in the
stomach, and died on the following Thurs.
day. He was about 80 years of age, and
left five children.
, How FAST Corn GRows.-The Dubuqne
, Sun says that last week, Mr.. Wilson,
of Farley Junction, placed some sticks
beside some stalks of corn for the purpos
Of ascertaining how asst it was growing
| In just one week it was measured, and found
to have grown fire feet in flat time. ~
CEDAR COUNTY AGRICULTURAL Soc,ErY's
FAIR We find in the Upton Aduertiser a
list of premiums to be awarded at this Fair,
which is to be held at NJ. V. Buffers, one
mile west of Springdale, on the 9th and 7th
of October next. This Society has been or.
ganized at 6pripgdale on account of the one
formerly organized at Upton having gone
lInun f,>r Ur,pa Mo,a.