St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-04-21

Gently been enlarged and otherwise
improved.
Five prisoners recently made their
escape from the Winnisheik county
Jail at DEBORAH.
On Monday week "a young man named
Christen Olcson was drowned in the
Turkey river at Eldorado.
A friend of ours lately saw over
one hundred swans floating on one of
the prairie ponds mile or two this
side of Wall Lake.-Hamilton Freeman.
CLAYTON CoUNrY.-By a vote of the
people just taken, the county seat is
to be removed from Gutenberg to
Garnavillo. Garnavllo is the more
central place of the two towns.
The telegraph line is to be extended
from De Witt to Cedar Rapids, says
the Clinton County journal, thus max
ing a complete line from Chicago to
Cedar Rapids. 1t is to be in operation
by the LIST of May.
The proposition in Marshall county
to appropriate $4,000 of the Swamp
Land Fund for Seminary at Albion,
has been carried by a vote of SIS to
233-being majority of $40 for the
appropriation. So says the Marietta
Express.
The Cedar Rapids Times mentions
that the District Court has adjourned
after two weeks session, having dis
posed of Is criminal and about 300
civil cases. Pierce, the forger. was
found guilty and sentenced to the Peni-
tertiary for five years.
The Davenport Weekly Gazette
says that in the bridge suit, James
Ward VS.. NJ. & NJ. r. II. Co., now pend
ing before Judge Love, of the United
States District Court of Iowa, the de-
PENDANTS on Monday commenced TAX
ing dispositions before J. w. Guiteau,
Esq, Commissioner of this court.
The Davenport Gazette learns, by a
friend from Iowa City, that during the
"a hours ending Friday morning, Al
emigrant wagons passed over the
bridge at that city, on their way to
Pixies Peak. The mule teams APP
pearcd to be making the best time.
The informant passed with his mule
team nearly 90 OK teams between
Davenport and Iowa City.
The Ottumwa (Wapello county,
Statesman says that in the case of the
Burlington g. Mississippi River r. r.
Co. VS.. the County, Judge Townsend
decided that the writ of Mandamus
could not issue against the County
Judge, on account Of the failure of the
company to tender the certificates of
stock when they demanded the coun-
ty bonds. The company have deci-
ded to take it up to the Supreme Court.
The Mount Vernon (Linn county,
News says that work has been re-
sumed on the railroad track between
that place and Lisbon, and the ties
and iron are being put down as fast
as strong force can do it, and if the
weather continues favorable, the edi-
tor expects to have the pleasure of an
nouncing in his next issue that the
cars are running to Mount Vernon.
1t is expected that the road will be
completed to Cedar Rapids in about
two months.
The Keokuk Gate City says one of
the citizens of that place started for
Pixies Peak the other day, with an
outfit consisting only of his gun and
$40. He relied upon his gun for food,
and took along the $40 for emergen-
cies. We think he will find more
emergencies than gold.
A Woollen Factory is being estab-
lished at Maqnoketa. 1t will prove a
paying enterprise. We only wonder
that, in a wool-growing region like
the West, woollen factories are not as
plenty as hay-stacks. There is money
to be made in that business, but capi-
talists seem to be long in finding it
out.
ALLAMAKEE CouNTy.-The Lansing
folks got seriously thrashed on the
County Seat question, Wawkon hav-
ing been successful by a majority of
4l7! This vote will probably quiet
the minds of those who are preaching
the Division of Allamakee and Clay
ton Counties"
At the late election in Bremen Coun-
ty, upon the question of granting $685.
600 in bonds of the county to the Chi
cago, Iowa and Nebraska Railroad
Company, the voters decided not to
make The loan. Bremen County had
better turn in now and help the Cedar
Falls Company, as being the surest
and quickest method of acquiring rail
road facilities for her people. Do this
and you will prevent building up
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