St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-04-07

already subscribed to build n free
bridge across the Cedar River at that
point.
A spirited newspaper war is going
on between the friends of Gutenberg
and Garnavillo, in Clayton county, on
the question Of relocating the county
scat.
The Fairfield Jcffersonian says that
one hundred or more men in that coun-
ty are intending to 60 to the gold
mines as soon as the roads become
passable.
The Waterloo Courier Of the 22d says
that Mr.. Bunbury, of East Waterloo,
got his leg badly broken and crushed,
on Tuesday, the 18th instant, while at
work hauling logs.
A County Agricultural Society has
been organized in Cerro Gordo county
with the following officers A. Garner
President, T. o. Howard Secretary
and Z. Randall Treasurer.
The steamer Clara Hine passed up
the Des Moines river to the capital OF
Iowa, with full load of freight and
passengers, on the 9th inst. She is
the first arrival of the season at Dcs
Moiaes.
The County Court Of Mitchell coun
ty has refused to allow a vote on the
relocation Of their county seat. Rea
son assigned, April election abolished
The Republican says the matter will
be tested in higher court
James Gulliher and Charles Traverse
have been bound over to answer be-
fore the District Court for Winncshiek
county, to the charge of robbery and
attempted murder of a Norwegian,
named Olson, at DEBORAH, last winter
L. S. CouRr.-In accordance with
an Act of Congress passed on the Sd
ult, the time for holding the terms o!
the L. S. Court in Dubuque for the
Northern District of Iowa, will hereaf:
ter be the Third Tuesday of April and
October in each year.
The Dubuque Herald says that a
gentleman from the interior of the
State passed, few days ago, sixty
wagons for Pixies Peak, stuck fast in
the mud. The accompanying emf
grants quietly encamped, to wait for
dryer weather.
The Cedar Valley Times challenges
all the printers in the State to do a
little job of printing better than that
office to be decided at the next State
Fair. Several printers have intimated
their intention to exhibit their "colors"
on that occasion.
A Pixies Peak team went through
Dubuque, the other day, with the in
scription painted on the wagon cover,
" We are bouad to see The elephant !"
Well guarantee that l.. Z. FAINT, Esq,
will make himself visible to their en-
tire satisfaction, before they get
around.
The Muscatine journal of the 23d
says that some of the farmers in that
vicinity had, at that date, commenced
sowing wheat, and adds that, from
all accounts, a much larger breadth of
wheat will be sown in that region the
present season than ever before. The |
farmers seem not to be dishcartened !
by the unfavorable result oflast years
operations.
II. N. Martin, Esq, of Marengo,
ame near losing his life on the 10th
1T, while attempting to ford the
owa river between Vinton and Ma
engo. He was stunned by a blow
rom the horses head and narrowly
escaped drowning.-The Visitor re-
,orts about 100 men at work upon
he railroad at Homestead.-The same
PAPER also mentions the discovery of
cad and coal in the north eastern part
IF the county, near the German Colony.
The stage coach between Marion
md Cedar Rapids, was upset twice on
the night of the 18th inst, Judge
Green receiving several severe bruises
on his face no other passengers in
jured.--The Times announces the de-
oarture Of the trim little steamer"
Blackhawk, for Vinton, well freighted
and seventeen passengers. 1t is de-
signed to make regular trips between
W aterloo and the Rapids, this season.
Cerro Gordo county has contracted
for the building of eight bridges at an
aggregate cost of $500. Two of
them are to be on Lime Creek, one on
the Shelrock, two on Willow Creek, |
one on Crane Creek, and one on Buffalo
Creek. When these bridges are COM
plcted, the traveller will have no OBJ
struction in visiting the county, on
any of the leading thoroughfares.
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