Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-01-14
IOWA NEWS

IOWA NEWS.
DROWNED "A man fell through on air
Role in the ice opposite McGregor's assnn-
day week and was drowned.
The GolD FEVER. The Ciciliaa publi>h-
ed at Indpen dence, Buchanan county, says
that one half Of tie Inhabitants of that town
have got the gold fever, and are preparing
to start for the auriferous regions in the
spring. -.
New CHANNEL.-The McGregor Times 6t
Dec. Goth, says worklnen are nows employ I
cd cutting steamboat channel from North
McGregor to upper Prairie du Chien via a
slough which extends almost direct from
town to town. 1t is said that 60 yards OF
cutting will turn the east channel to the
Iowa side and, that the river will wash out
steam boat track sufficient for boats in the
lowest water.
JOHNSON Co. CIRCUIT COURT. Court will
commence at Iowa City next Monday and
will open in the new Court House. There
are about $50 cases on the docket. The
Republican says: "The Hon. w. +. Miller.
Judge elect of this district, will preside prob
ably the first two weeks of the term, when
he will exchange with Judge Dillon, of the
Scott District in order to dispose of tie
various cases in which those gentlemen are
or have been interested as attornies, in their
respective districts"
SCHooIs.-Mr Parker, County Superin-
teudent of Poweshek county, says that in
that county there is fifty per cent. more
scholars in the schools this year than last
year.
! IMPORTANT TO FIREMRN.-By the opinion
of Mr.. Doud, City Attorney Of Dubuque, as
rendered to the Council. it is illegal for fire
men, in case of a fire, to use the water from
private cisterns. 1t is the duty of the city
,supply water for srch cases.
SrABBING AFFRAY.--A difficulty occurred
on the evening of the fourth instan', at Ce-
dar Rapids, near the residence of Mr.. John
McKinnan, between whom and Robert Ma
thews an alteration took place, which re-
suited in blows; and while they We're enga-
ged, Mr.. McNee, being interested, common
ced operating with knife on Mr.. Mathews,
stabbing him several times about the head,
face, neck and side; but. fortunately, not
any of the wounds are considered fatal.
Mr.. Hugh S'rain, we'll known citizen
of Dubuque county, was found deal, on the
9th, near his residence. 1t was supposed
that he was frozen to death, but the circum
stances under which the body was foui'd,
gave rise also to the superstition that he may
have died from the apoplexy. His team
was found at his house, and his body near
gate which he had opened for the entrance
of the team.
On Sunday night some miscreants at
Bellevue, acIuateG by purely devilish splr-
it of mischief, amused themselves by daub-
ing with tar the door-knols and handles of
various business houses, and also the railing
of the Court House, and the door of St.
Pau's Church. In both these last named
places, evening services were held, and the
result was that in passing ont Of the doors,
many of the ladies' and rot few gentlemen,
had their clothes nearly ruined by coming
in cont act with the tar.
BURLlNGToS.-The Gazette is disposed to
complain of the lax manner in which the
ordinances of that city are enforced. 1t
SAYS sit is ordained by our most worthy
fathers, that hereafter no prosecution. tor
the violation of city ordinances, shall be
commenced or allowed unless one person
complaining shall give security for costs in
case the defendant is not convicted, Proc1
ded such Attenuation is not made by an otf-
cer-the effect of which is two-fold. lst. To
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complaints, into the hands of city officers
ID. TO prevent persons who are not officers.
from making complaints when "rilnarc s
have been violated, thus throwing protec-
ton around those who violate them. We
have seen in this famous city a poor woman
endeavoring to have arrested rowdy who
had beaten ore of her children, and she fall-
ed and this when complainants were not
bound to give security for costs. How II
will be under the new dispensatlon remains
to be seen. In early and more ignorant
times they used to offer REGARDS tor detect
ing the violators of the laws; but IN these
times of progressive wisdom, it has been
! found better to place the detectives anu IN
formers under bonds J"
FREE BANKING We learn from the Du-
buque Express and Herald that there Is
movement OF foot in thai city for the estab-
lishment of bank under the free banking
law.
AFuRruER EXTENSION The cars on the
| b. Il NJ. r. r. R. commenced, on the 18th,
running as far as Batavia, thirteen miles
west of Fairfield. The running length of
this road is now nearly seventy miles; and
the Desmoines River will be reached early
the coming season.
HuGs.-Ir,e packing season has Closed
here. The number of head cut in this city
is reported as follows:
MeCrea & Co., 2o,0OO
Patterson Il Tilnberman, $4,000
Gleyhorn, Batty g. Co., 5000
$4,000
--Eeo1uk Gate City, 10Th.
ry The New York Herald sums up a
review of the gold fields of the U. S., with
the following estimate of our future god
crop:-"California gives us a million a week.
All the other 6eld>, we can safely say with
what facts we already have, will give US at
least half as much. Our gold crop is there
fore likely to be for years to come at tie rate
of million and half per week, or seventy
seven millions of dollars per annum -equa..
TO one half the value of the cotton crop o
the country"
DOUGLAS RECEPTION AT WAsuINGroN.-A |
Washington letter writer says: "Notwith-
standing all the preparations to receive Sen
ator Douglas, less than Two hundred persons,
and those mostly Irishmen, honored his ar
rival at home He made a short speech