Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-25
IOWA NEWS.

IOWA NEWS.
RoBBERY.-We learn from the Keokuk
Post that some person or persons broke into
the house Ct Mr.. Gleason, on the night of
the 10th inst and carried off $500 in gold.
The DEsMolNRs RlvER-The Desmoipes
Citizen notices the Clara Hne as the first
arrival this season at that city. She had
good load OF freight both ways, and large
passenger list. She arrived at Desmoines
on the 9th inst.
WORK ON TIE NJ. Il NJ. Il. Rive learn
from the Marengo Visitor of tho 18th inst.
that one hundred men are engaged on the
NJ. NJ s. r. Il. at Brooklyn, Poweshek coun-
ty. About the same number are at work
at Homestead in Iowa county. AS soon as
possible work will be commenced on the
whole liue between Iowa City and Grinnell.
PorrAwATrAMlE Fearing al
was not right in the office of the County
Judge, Mr. Sherman, the citizens of Council
Bluffs held public meeting AMI appointed
a Committee, consisting of D. Q. Bloomer,
l.. Noble and T. J. Latham to make an ex-
animation. They have made partial report,
and will CT ntinue the investigation. The
Office Of the County Ju lge is in Il very bad
condition. From May 4th, SO, to Feb 2S;l: :,
80, Mr. Sherman issued warrants to the
amount $685. IS, many of which were
without vouchers. Bridges have been built
to the amount of $4,000 and the work per-
formed mainly without contracts. They
found that in mum Gus instances orders had
been issued for twice, three and four times
the amount of the bills rendered. Orders
have been issued for which no minute has
been made. In short the affairs of the
County are in an awful snarl. No interest
has been paid upon the Swamp land loan
since 1857 and the securities upon the
School money loans arc worthless.
To BE HUNa.-Gillick, the wife murderer,
is to DO hung at Dubuque on the Goth of
April.
SUsrENDED-The publication Of the Le-
claire Enterprise has been suspended, and
the editor has gone to Pixies Peak, which he
thinks promises better peeaniary reward i.
JOHNSON OoUNrY.-At an election on the
l4th inst, ct which 1898 votes were cast,
the proposition to restrain hogs and sheep
from running at large was voted down by
1873 majority.
The good people Keokuk are deeply en-
gagged in digging for Indian skeletons. They
have already found about forty. The ques-
ton that occurs to our mind il, what are
they gong to do with al these dry bones 2
A gentleman reports to the Dubuque
papers that he saw Il miles west OF that
city, some sixty teams bound for Pixies
Peak, stuck in the mad, AMI unable to pro-
coed farther, and were encampeI, waiting
for better weather.
TELEGRAPH ExraSsloN.-A line of tele-
graph is being put up from Fulton, Illinois,
to Cedar Rapids. The wires are already up
from Clinton to Dewitt, % miles, AMI will
be extended to Oedar Rapids as SOON a.
the ground settles.
INDIANS CAPTURED. The Desmoiues Cit
isen learns that Lieut.. Church, upon the Lit
tie Sioux, has captured twelve Indians,
among them "Sleepy Eyes," relative Of
Inkpadutah, while Capt. Martin has nabbed
six at Spirit Lake, two Of whom have been
identified as belonging to ths murIerou $
bands of 1857. They have all been seat to
Fort Dodge for safe keeping.
STATE Prison CoNvlors. -Sheri if Hay den,
of Dubuque left on the 10th inst, with
four convcts for Fl. Madison WIN. Will
liam., for larceny, Is months ; George Law
renee, for burglary, one year; Gha,. Graft.
znraker, for larceny, two years Gu 8. Ora
cier, for counterfeitiny, oae year.
TIE REGULATORS ABOUT AaAIN.-Some
few days since the store of Mudgett 4
Spear, Isbell, Linn, Co., was broken open
and portion of the goods taken out. The
"Regulators" were sent for, who began the
search, and found the stolen property on
the premises of tn, owners of the store l.
The Anamosa Eureka states, however r, that
the owners sppcarel before Justice White,
of Wyoming, who, finding no cause to hold
discharged them.
If high prices are evidences of the
scarcity of produce, Iowa is not as bad of
as some of the States farther east. We
have compared our prices with the markets
in different parts of Ohio-th, greatest corn
and wheat growing State in the Union
and the difference is greatly in favor of To-
wa. Corn, which is selling here at IS to
~ cents, is worth there Is to 80. Wheat
worth here Is to 80 cents, is selling there
for 81 to 100 Potat toes are selling in
Ohio, Indiana and Pennsylvania. at from
81 to l.50, cents per bushei. Let croaIers
notice these facts Columbus City Inter-
prise.
We learn that the fall wheat in this
county what little there is-looks very
we'll. That put in with drills stood the
winter best.-I6
AN HONEST CoNFEssIoN- Toombs
with all his errors, is bold man, and some
times says what is not agreeable to his
political associates. In his late speech on
the Revenue question, he thus spoke of the
watchfulncss of the National Administration
"Your appropriations for navy yards have
gone to the building of houses for officers,
and the making of flower-pots, and all that
sort of thing at a cost of s. 900 O(0. and II