Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-11-04
IOWA NEWS.

IOWA NEWS. '1'"'a .
Burglars are making their depredatio
at Davenport, On the night Of. the 2B
. int. four ditferen. houses were entered i
robbed by them in that city. 1''"y1 y
"A sen Of David Prinl'e, Of Riohmon
Washington county, was accidentally kiilt
on Sabbath. Oct. .2Sd, by a shot threua
the head With a gun in the hands Of COL,
panion, while duck huuting. ssegs aasa as
Last Friday week The Pattern Sho
connected viii, Graham h Showe-man
Foundry at Lyons, was fired by lightning
and burned to The ground. Alarge amoun
"f patterns was destroyed. We 'understan
,hat the loss is about $4,000, and no in
surance. Wa a''' : y
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Rev. DR.. Tolten, late of Williams an'
Mary;s College, Va, has been elected Pres
ide .tnf the Stale University Ut Ipwa City
His annual salary Is fixed at $4,000, NM
his term If office commences next June. :
Hon. T. S. Parvin's salary as ,Curator ant
Librarian has been fixed at; 81 900 Th'
Collegiate year will not Commence till mex
September. --.seatf zs=pr p hstirf sga
We learn from tile Oskaloosa Tine
that the enterprising people Of E"dyville
have commenced work on the railroad be-
tween that place and Ottumwa, and propose
having the cars running into their town
about the g. st. or December, 1860. The
Eddyvilie people agree to grade and tie the
track from Eddy vile to Otrumwa, and give
it as a bonus to the Keokuk and Fl. Des
,aoines railroad company, if they will COM
plete their road from the present terminus
10 O,tumwa by the tall Of 1860 and place
the iron on tile track from Ottu.nwa to Ed
dyville by the first OF December, 1860.
lExoIrEnsNT AT BELLEVUE. The Bellevue
Journal. OF the 2Olh int, gives the parlic-
u lars of the arrest of hree persons charged
with an attempt torob the Jackson County
Treasury, q Banking House. and some
stores at Bellevue. Three men by tie names
of Charles Lewis and Joseph and G. L. Far.
rington, had made proposals to one George
Brownell to aid til, IN in committing these
robberies. Brownell peaehed and aided the
citizens in detecting the r"gue1. They were
arrested Saturday night, the 18th inst, aid
on Sunday, meeting of citizens was held
at the Court House to determine on the
course to be pursued. Lynch law was
talked of, but finally the prisoners were
handed over to the proper authorities, had
an examination, and were bound over to ap-
rear at the next term of the District Court.
!. O. O. F.-The Grand Lodge of the In
dependent Order of Odd Fellow, Of Iowa
met at Oskalonsa on the 10Th inst, and con.
tinued in session two days There were
ninety eight Lodges represented, and the
usual bu. mess OF the Lodge aas transacted
harmo, ionsly and with Dip 'ch.
The following ars, tie ,olliccrs elect for
the ems ing yelr -.....-...
NJ " G NJ --Jno. ". J,1c., Desmoines.
RWD G M--Eria Leech. Ke"kuk.
RWG Wv. p. alIen, Dubuque.
X w Il S-W IN Garrett, i'rrl'ng on
Il " g Rep q l. U S-Th mas Hughes,
Iowa City. ..... .r
B B. Woodward, Of Davenport, holding
over.
The appointed Officers were:
WGCh .pa.EW. F. Eln,ensdorf, Ottum'
wa
VIC Mar VIM Long. Fairfield.
W & Cons s. Burge ser, Mu>cutine.
Wu Me,s.-J. J. Edgington, Eldora.
W G Guar. Z. C. Hnusel. Mt. Pleas mt.
The next annual meeting is to be held at
Iowa City, the 81 Wednesday in October,
1860.