Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-22
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IOWA NEWS.
The corner stone of the new Custom
House in Dubuque, was laid on the 4th, the
orcer of Masons having charge Of the cere.
monies.
WAsHINeToN CoLLEGE.-We scknowledge
the receipt OF printed catalogue of the Off
GERS and students Of Washington College, at
Washington, Iowa. There are l40 students
at the College, as we learn from the cata.
logue, and the g is a fund Of $40, 900 belong
ing to the institution, the interest on which
defrays the expenses OF tuition. The mex,
term will commence on the 7th day of Sep-
tember next.
STATE UNIVERSITY FINANCES. The report
OF Mr.. Lathrop, Treasurer Of the Iowa State
University, sets forth The financial affairs oI
that Institution thus: The amount of Uni.
versity Fund loaned and secured by mort.
gage, is &45,S9l.s4; amount due on land
sold, 1884 90; amount cf principal on
hand in cash, $97O.l4; whole amount Of
principal, $lO9,Gl5.0l; there yet remain
1899, ,l9-l00 acres of uns ID land, the total
value of which is $6l, 1855; the total esti.
mated value of University Fund is $l7l,-
502 26; the amount of interest due Jan. lst,
1859, but yet rernainng unpaid, is 50, 9,73O..
81 j; the am ount of interest on hand at the
date OF the adjournment was alb ut 1859.
"A military company has been organized
at Wapello, Louisa county-A. NJ. Ia: lor,
Captain. Thirty I've members have been
enrolled, and the number will be increased
to forty.
CLINTON CouNrY.-A daughter of Mr..
Crawford, aged twelve years, WIS drowned
in the Wspsey last week. She was bathing
and became entang'ed in the willows. So
says the Journal.
CEDAR CoUNrY.-S. W. Stafford, Clerk Of
the District Court, died of consumption at
Upton, on the 9th inst. P. s. Ingman, late
deputy 10 the Office, has been appointed to
ill the vacancy occasioned by Mr.. Staford's
death.
The Washington Press says that all the
leading merchants of that city have signed
a paper to the effect that they will not pur-
chase any wheat, corn, oats, or coal, any
longer by measurement, but by weight. 1t
thinks they ought to sell by weight, too.
MARSHALL CoUNrr.- The Times states
that an old resident of Marion township was
killed BY lightning on Wednesday of last
week. He was alone in his oornfeld before
the thunder storm arose, and when found
was lying on his back with his hands cross.
ed behind him, apparently just as he had
fallen. His age was about sixty years.
Coup DE SoLIEL.- The Davenport Gazette
reports six dea hs from sun. stroke in that
city and vicinity on Friday and Saturday
last: Several other cases of sun. stroke are
mentioned which did not resul. fatally.
ST. LOUIS, Iowa AND Sr. PAUL RAILROAD.
A meeting of the Directors Of this road was
held at Toledo, Tama county, on Thursday,
the 7th inst. A preliminary survey of the
route from Cedar Falls, Blackhawk county,
by the way OF Toledo, Montezuma, Oskaloosa,
etc., to the State line, was determined upon
The survey will commence about the mid
die Of August, and will probably be compile
ted about the first of October. The next
meeting of the Board of Directors will be
held at Oskaloosa, on the 2sth of Septem-
Der.
$4,000 FROM PIXIES PEAK.-The Daven-
port News state, that Mr.. Defree. brother
in law of Mr.. Talbot, of Iowa City, arrived
in that place last week, direct from the gold
mines, with $4,000 in gold dust, which he
had obtained by rining. Mr.. Defree is
from South Bend, Indiana, and is one of q
company favorab|y mentioned in Horace
Greeley's letter from the Gregory Diggings.
This stroke OF fortune has thrown the peo-
rle of Iowa City into renewed excitement
in regard TO he gold mines. The Messrs.
Lee, with one or two others, have already
started for the Peak, with the expectation
of reaching the mines before winter sets in.
They took with them one years provisions.
CROPS IN LOUISA CouNrY.-The farmers
have already commenced harvesting in this
par: OF the county. Mr.. N G. Fitch has al
ready cut twenty acres of Fall wheat, and
many ve cut their rye and are now en-.
gagged with their grass. Spring wheat will
not do to cut before the middle of next
week.
We have made the most careful inquiries
of the farmers throughout this part Of the
county, and from them We learn that more
wheat, rye, corn and hay will be produced
this year than ever before. Wheat will not
turn out as many bushels to the acre as on
some previous year, owing to the inferior
quality Of the seed sown, yet the aggregate
yield will be greater. Oats look uncommon
fine, though but tow were sown on account
of the scarcity of seed. Grass could not
possibly be better.
Those who think Iowa never can be q
good agriculs oral State will be very apt to
change their opinion this Fall. Eastern
editors who have been publishing all kinds
of libellous letters about Iowa are requested
to make note of some of the crop items in
their Iowa exchanges tor the benefit Of th ir
readers. Columbus City Eaterpr,se, 18th.
A PROFITABLE CONCERN. KN.-Buchanan, Cobb
& Co. are doing pretty smart business about
these times, in carrying on tn" national affairs.
What with dishonest ofice-holders, specu.
lasing contracts, thieving contractors, &C.,
&C., the balance.sheet is an awful one. The
Lawrence Republican thus posts the books
Buchanan, Cobb & Co. began business on
the 4th Of March, 1857.
They then had in their hands, in surplus
funds, $26, 900, 900.
On the 3Oth Of June, 1857, they had only
81, 100000.
On the 1st of January, 1858, they had only
5000, 0,0OO!!! -.