Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-05-13
IOWA NEWS.

| INV ANAI
A SoLID MAN IN OTTloE. George Gillas-
py hos been elected Mayor of Ottumwa by
majority OF two votes. The Burlington
Hasoheye says he is the biggest Mayor in
! the United States if not Mayor Of the big
gest town.
DEsMolNEs COUNTY. Jacob H. Jennings,
citizen of Burlington, since 1889, died on
tue 9Th inst.-A man named Basher, living
near Middlet,n, was killed by lightning
on the 81 inst. He had been to mill, and
was returning in his wagon near dark, when
killed. When found by his friends the
body was still in the wagon, horses not in
jured.
Hon PRloEs.-The Newton Casper coun-
ty) Free Press Of the 9Th inst, says the
Pixies Peak emigration through that region
this spring los run up the price OF provis-
ions and provendsr. Flour, W ich sold two
months ago at S. rs, now commands from
50, 10 to 81, per hundred. Corn has gone
up from Csc to Sc; Pot.toes from 25c to
9oc Hay from s. per ton t, $l2. The
prices are still on the advance, and If the
rush for the mines continues, will range St Il
higher.
The Oekaloosa Herald of the 9th says:
"The bonds Of Mahaska county for 5000
600 have boen issued and passed into the
hands of the NJ. & N. r. Il. Company, in ac-
cordance with the agreement between the
County and Company appended to the proc
lamation authorizing the recent election
We have 70 information that the work has
been e>u,n ed this side Of Washington. We
learned some days ago that preparations
were in progress and that active operations
would be commenced in short time"
The Waverly (Brener county, Repub
licdn Of the 81 inst, states that Mrs. Mary
! o. IIurlburt was drowned in tn, river ut
that place while returning from church on
the evening OF Thursday, the 25th ult.-
Quite number CT persons had reached tho
river bank and in their anxiety to cross had
overloaded the skitf When the boat had
reached the opposite shore it filled and sunk
to the bottom, leaving the passengers, eight
in number, adrift in the rapid current, ALI
succeeded in reaching the shore except Mrs.
Iiurlbut Her body had not been found a t
the latest accounts.
! An important decision has been made
by Judge Springer in the Henry County
D istrict Court. The leading point in the
deci. ion is that real estate owned by Rail-
road Companies, is subject to State and NUM-
cipal taxation just the same as real estate
belonging to private individuals.
STAY AT HoMB.-The Davenport Ne1os
says a letter has been received from Fred.
Parker, who was one of the first to leave
that place for Pixies Peak. He was when
he wrote some distance beyond TT. Kear.
ny. He says he has had mighty hard times
in fact, he did not know what hard ii mes
were until he undertook to cross the plains.
He wishes he was back in Davenport, and
adrises all who can to stay at home.
S. II. Craig, of Council Bluff, has been
appointed Deputy U. S. Marshal for the
Western District Of Iowa.
In DARKNEss.-The gas has been shut
off from the streets of Davenport for some
time, and now we learn that the same has
recently been done at Dubuque and Keokuk
all for the sake Of economy. Muscatine,
Iowa City and Burlington are now the only
cities in the State lighted with gas, and
the Hawkeye intimates that the latter city
will soon have to dispenSe with the expen-
siye luxury.
e. II. Knott, who was killed in March
a: Genoa, Carson Valley, Utah, by one
John Herring, was son of Thomas Knott
Esq, of Cedar county, in this State. The
fatal difficulty grew out of the disputed own
crship of a Bride and brother of the de-
ceased, residing in Upton, publishes card
in the Cedar Democrat, denouncing as
maliciously false The report that he was shot
in gambling scrape."
A RzFUsEE FROM Jusr'oE KILLED BY THE
EXPLOSION OF A STEAMER: Our readers
will remember that in the list of killed by
the explosion of the steamer St. Nicholas,
on the Gath ult., was VIM. Faux ner, of
McGregor's Landing, Iowa. 1t has been
ascertained that lie was the same individ-
ual who, with colored man named Peter
M ntgomery, was arrested on charge of lol-
bling the Post Office at Lansing, ALBANIA
kee county, last winter. They were taken
to Independence for safe keeping, but
Faulkner while awaiting his examination
broke Jail, and escaped to parts unknown.
There was but little doubt of his guilt
Montgomery is now in Jail at davenport,
awaiting trial at the June term of the Dis
trct Court in Keokuk.
The davenport papers indulge some
what i'll vain Boosting, and among other
things glorify themselves that they do not
owe million of dollars as Keokuk does
They ought t. give credit where it belongs,
to Judge Grant.-Burlington Hawkeye.
The Four Democratic Platforms.
The National Era sums up the platforms
of the various Democratic factions as follows:
!. There is the Presidents platform, as
announced in his organ, the Constitution,
which declares that neither Congress nor the
Territorial Legislatures have any right to
establish or prohibit slavery. 1t is silent as
to the revival of the African Slave Trade.
2. The Wise or true Southern platform,
which insists that it is the duty of Congress
to pass laws for the protection Of slavery in
the Territories, and to abolish the laws which
prohibit and punish the African Slave Trade.
8. The Douglas platform, which insists
that the Territorial Legislatures may adopt
'unfriendly legislation" against slavery, but
which he at the same time admits to be