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

place, was sorlded o death las, week, by
upsetting acotfee pot at the table.
The Desmones Journal, Of the 18th
says, "We understand, from tue Express
agent between here and Iowa City, thatmuch
sickness and great mortality prevails am ong
German religious colony, afew miles from
1s4sg sgsanffzs @ fzrsR Bssss4ss ~
"A Yankee schoolmaster, named Com.
stock, TUNED a drove of cattle into the corn
field of q farmer near Dubuque, and during
the confusion Which this act created in the
family, ran away with tie farmer s daughter,
aud married h,r. '@".Hf' q" ''f+
MALAYSIA oouNrY.-Wo learn from the
Oskaloosa Herald that VIM. Bridges, far
iner of White Oak township, committed
suicide on the goth inst, by taking strych-
nine. lie lived an hour and a half after
taking the poison, manifesting no concern,
except an anxiety that the dose would not
prove fatal, saying he had lived as long
as he wished to. He was 46 years of age
and left wife and five children, After the
death Of his first wife, about two years ag,,
he had been melancholy ut times, and fire.
quently threatened to commit suicide. lie
was highly respected BY his neighbors-
The Republican Mass Convention on the Goth
was a stormy affair and adjourned till the
Sd of September, after nominating L. L.
Fisher for Senator, NJ. Stauntoa and 7. A.
Barnes, for Representatives,, James Rhine
hart for County Judge, J. A. Young 10,
Treasurer and Recorder, and Samuel Thomp.
son for Surveyor. The nominations yet te
to be made are for Sheriff, Superintendent
and Recorder. ......
The work on the u S. Custom Hous,
at Dubuque has been suspended on accoun,
OF some mis- understanding between the vi
perintentent and the contractor. 1t vii
soon be resumed again. ..- .s 81,
RnuBARB WINR.-The Toledo 7raascrip
says DR.. Warner, of Quasqueton, has manu-
factnred considerable quantity of wine thi
season from the rhubarb plant, which il
said to make beverage equal to the bes
sherry. @u aa' Fl serE
Z" TIE MILITARY CoNvRNTIoN.--The Dayen
port Gazette says that arrangements ar
being made in that city by its Military Com
panies to give their brother soldiers, VIII
attend the Convention on the 9th of Sept.
creditable reception. Among tie feature
of the occasion will be grand ball ct tn,
Burtis House, which will be given unde
the auspices of the Davenport City Artillery
The Farmers and Mechanics Bank
has been established at Ashland, Wapell,
CO., under the General Banking Law of til,
State.
IL. Crittenden, postmaster at Fontenellc
Adair CO., has been bound over in the sun
$4,000, On charge of robbiug the U. S. Mail
He is in in Jail at Oskaloosa. .....,.-
Tile third Annual Fair of the Ced a
Valley Agricultural and Mechanical A soci
alton, will be held at Cellar Falls, Sept l4sh
18th, and 10th. Competition open to th
world. ..... -. ..-
JAS. Trotter, lad of IL, was drowned
at Bonaparte dam, Aug. l5ih.-An old MAJ
named Lyons, was found dead, Aug. 18th
near Cepperas Creek, Van Buren, CO., evi
IDENTIFY worn out.-The Nsws reports shoot
ing .atfray at lowaville, same country, il
which one Smith was dangerously wounded
A grass widow was at the bottom of it.
"A Harvest Home Festival was held, Aug
10Th, at the residence OF John Hefner, mil,
and q aalf north Of Delhi, in Delaware CO
Music, sen iment and good cheer, Were tn,
order of the day on lie osier Hill. '-Th,
Delaware Journal says that Mr.. Hefner'
experiments slow conclusiyely that cran
berries can be prof ably grown in tA
State. .r
FATAL ACCIDENT At Iowa CIrY.-On Fri
day of last week, Mr. Peter Mitchell lost his Iii,
by the caving in of Il well, which he wa:
digging, impruslently without curb. on The
bottom west of the Court House, at low;
City. The unfortunate victim was covered
four or five feet deep, and life WIS extino
before even his head was unc )vered by those
who labored 50 industriol-ly and g.nerousIy
tor his rescue Mitchell was 80 to So wear,
of age, and leaves wife and four chldre,
without means of support
Tie Davenporters are to vote next Mon
day on the question oflevying tax of $50,
900 to pay of their school debt. Ths " e,p.
says the unpaid tax of last year is about
$50. 600, and the tax Of this year $50, 600, to
which it is proposed to add $4,000. il
blames the existing ssB ack Republican,
school law for tho prof gacy with which
the school money of the city has been ex-
pended, though we are unable to see the
justice of the charge The News oppoe
the proposition, and advises the people to
let the Legality of the debt be tested in the
Courts before suffering themselves to be i'm.
poverished by such outrageous taxation.
DIR. VIM. B. Lucas, who was shot by Jos.
Jacobs, at Oceol,, was native Of Bedford
CO., Pa, left that State in 1858 tor Clark
CO., and has since enjoyed an enviable prac-
tice at Hopeville. His murderer was an in
dicted horse-thief, and DR.. Lucas was one OF
the persons represented by Jacobs aud his
daughter as also implicated. Jacobs had
been arrested for perjury and on the day of
hearing, DR.. L. was informed th~t the pros.
ecuting witness had failed to appear, and the
case was dismissed. He was also tainted
with being horse thief, and proceeded,
frantic with rage, and indifferent to the per
suasions OF his friends, to inflict Vengeance
upon jacobs. When about rs yards from
the house, jacobs coolly shot him throug h