Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-09
IOWA NEWS.

"A WooIiHS was Helu Oh Cne ZUCn ulG. Oy
} respectable number of farmers, mechanic
and laboring men of Scott county, and RESI-
lutions were adopted in favor of stringer
usury law, the redemption of mortgage
property, and the payment Of costs in civ
suits by the parties interested
The Iowa Sta.e Teachers Associ atior
which held its annual session at Washing
ton last week, elected the following officer
for the ensuing year, viz: President, D. I
Wells, of Iowa City; Secretary, W. B
Lawler, OF Keokuk; Treasurer, G. B. Den
'son, of Muscatine; Chairman of Execu
tive Comrittee,O @ g. Nestlerod., of Upton
The teachers had an interesting session.
The price of gas has been reduced t,
$3.50 per thousand cubic feet by the Julie,
Gas Company OF Dubuque.
KEoKUK CoUNrY.-From the Sigourne,
Life IN the Vest we learn that the Repub
cans of Keokuk county have nominated &
very popular ticket as follows:
County Judge-W. F. Morgan,
Treasurer and CoAector-J. Y. Stockham
Sheriff.. M. ADAMS,
Representatives S. Sampson, Charles
Mcr1z. keokuk is good for 100 Republi.
can majority.
The harmonious" Democracy of Du-
buque are fighting like cats and dogs. The
North Wesl denounces the late county con-
venton as ''completely packed concern -
and says the nominations were made by "the
most unblushing corruption and the most
shameless iniquity." Hit 'em again, Mr..
North Vest The Sun, another Democratic
paper, is also out against the regular ticket,
and advocates the nomination OF a "People's
Ticket.' ''When rogues fall out" etc.
"TnE lcwA INSTRUCTOR" - The Iowa
Teachers Association, at its recent meeting
in Washington, decided to establish and sup.
port monthly journal which should be de-
voted to the educational interests of the
State. Tho Executive Committee appointed
to execute this design have contracted with
Messrs. Luse, Lane & Co., of Davenport
for the publication of a journal under the
abo We name, for the period of one year,
The first number will be issued about the
25th inst, aud regular thereafter on the
first OF each month. Subscription price
81 per annum. The work will be pub
!ished one year at any sacrifice, and no name
will be entered upon the subsc, iption book
unaccompanied by the money. The editors
appointed by tho Association, are S. IL
Weller and A. A. Griffith of Davenport, and
j. II. Sanders, of Talleyrand An edition
of l,500 copies has been ordered, and it
is hoped that all the friends of our common
schools, will come forward and assist in the
enterprise. Subscriptions should be ad-
dressed to c. G. Nest!crode, Upton.
The people of Dubuque are jubiating
over prospect of the extension of their
railroad eighty miles, in tho direction cf
Cedar Falls, by the 1st january next. Oil
YER z. Root, of Oneida, N. Y, is the con-
ira ;tor, and will commence work immedi-
ately.
The Marietta (Marshal county, Express
says We are informed by indivd uals who
are running threshing machines that tie
average yield of wheat ia this county this
Sc ason, is not as large as Was anticipated
before harvest. The average yield of wheat
is about fifteen bushels to the acre. The
largest yield we have heard of is twenty
bushels to the acre. Oats yield unusually
large this season.