Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-02
IOWA NEWS.

IOWA NEWS.
PRoLIFlc.-Mr. Dupl 8, farmer near Ma
quoketa, Jackson county, raised this yea
l,472 bushels of oats oD II acres, equal t.
a fraction over sc bushels per acre, and O
a weight Of AZ pounds to the bushel.
A CHEAP RoAD. The Chicago, Iowa ant
Nebraska Railroad, just opened to Cedar
Rapids, 80 miles, cost the Company. with
the estimated necessary additions yet to b.
made for full running equipment, trifle less
than SIS, 500 per mile.
"A Mr. Egbert, a livery stable keeper in
Keokuk, hired pair OF horses and buggy
to a man calling himself John Emerson, OF
Fayette county Pa, last Monday week,
since which time Emerson has emade him
self scarce" E,bert offers 500 reward tor
the horses, buggy aud thief, or $50 for
either the man or the horses and buggy.
"A horse that lately mysteriously dis
appeared from the neighborhood Of Du-
buque, was found some days afterwards gaily
switching his tail at the bottom OF miner al
hole twenty feet deep. The animal was
uniniured by the fall and though six days
without food or drink, was in quite lively
mood, rejoicing hugely at his dcliverapce.
The Council Bluffs Bugle, says that the
Government lands in that land district
amount to 476,500 acres. Besides this the
Burlington and Missouri River Railroad
Company own about 100000 acres, the
Mississippi h Missouai Railroad Company
about 300, 900 acres, and the Iowa Central
Railroad Company about 10000 acres,
making in all 73O, 900 acres owned by Rail
road companies in that land district.
GRAND Ii paE OF GooD TsMpLARs.-This
body held iss annual session at Desmoines
on the 18th inst. The following are the
officers elect TOR the ensuing year: G. W.
9. T., WIN. Vaughan, Newton, Jasper
county G. w. v. T., Mrs. o. N. Detwiler,
Benton City; G. w. c., @. E. Lathrop, In.
dependence, G. w. s., G. w. McCreary,
K. .okuk; G. W. T., J. W. Stimson, Keokuk
G. W. Chaplin, F. D. Rickerson, GrnnelI
G. W. NJ, s. A. Daniels, Eldora G.. W.
I. g., G.. q. Williams, Muscatine G. W.
o. G. O. y. Kent, Wright county.
ROBBERY By COUNTY JuDeE.-Ex.Ju 'ge
Watson, Of Lucas county, has been indicted
for robbiny the County safe of $4,000,
about year since, when he was acting as
County Judge, He is II man of wealth and
Of respectable standing and associations.
The wife Of Ex-Governor Briggs, living
in Andrew, Jackson county, was taken sud
denly ill on Monday, 22d inst, and died in
ten minutes.
NReRo COLONY AT SPIRIT LAKE. The
Cerro Gordo Press says that it is reliably in
formed that the negro colony at Spirit Lake
now numbers twenty-one negro oes, and many
more are expected to arrive there soon.
- On the 9th inst, a son of j. Nelson, of
Adair county, accidentally fell into we'll.
His mother, seeing nothing but his hat on
the surface Of the water, supposed him to be
elapsed before it could be procured, when
the little fellow was found holding on to a
stone a, the edge of the water. he well
was % feet deep, with II feet of water.
MECHANICS LIKN.--In a recent decision
by the Supreme Court of this State, it was
held that in order to entitle the party to a
mechanics lien for lumber furn shed and
used in the erection of building, there
must be at least mutual understanding
that the material is furnished, and is to be
used in and about the erection or reparation
Of building. Lumber furnished from time
to time in Tie usual course of trade to me-
chanic, and not for any particular building,
is not subject to a lien when used in the
erection OF building.
With one exception, the entire board
of directors of the Burlington and Missouri
River Railroad "a land grant road) arc resi-
dents of New York and Boston. Great dis
satisf' ction prevails along the line of the
road regarding their mode of management,
and an Investigation by legislative com
mittee will probably take place next winter.
1t is proposed, among other things, to p-o-
cure the passage of law requiring ma
jority of the managers of our railroads to be
residents of our State. The notorious
frauds on the Lyons Airline originated
with a president and directors who were
outsiders, and who had small interest in the
actual building of the road.