Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-05-06
IOWA NEWS.


The Oskalocsa Times of the 3lst urge:
farmers to plant the Usage Orange for hedge
fences on the prairie farms. The Time
says that some beautiful Usage hedges suf
ficient to turn any kind Of stock may bc seer
in the vicinity of that town.
The Anamosa Eureka says that move
ment is on foot calling for convention o.
the Counties west of the Cedar river ant
lying along the proposed Iowa Central All
Line, to consider and act on proposal tc
transfer the Air Line Grant to new Com
pany or to the Clinton road. The intention
of tho gctters up of the movement is to Oh
tain from the Legislature, next winter, q
joint memorial to Congress to change the
route 70 the Clinton road.
The Missouri State Mutual Fire Insu.
rance Company has dona'ed S25 to the Fire
King Engine and Hose Company, Of Daven'
port.
DEsrlrurloN. Eldyville (Wapello CO..
Commercial of April o !, says its useless to
deny or attempt to c,nc,al the fact that that
region of c untry lacks a sufficiency of the
necessarias of life for man and beast. About
all they have left now is corn, but those who
hold it refuse to sell for less than one dollar
per bushel, and as money is scarce many are
unable to buy at any price. The Com"''r'
cial fears that the inhabitants will become
desperate and will band together and take
by force provisions from those who have
supplies but refuse to sell except at ex
orbtant prices. If his is a true picture
of affairs in Wapello county, they are much
worse there than in any other part OF the
State.
A HUGE TUsK.-A correspondent wri-
ting to the editor of the Buff 10 Express from
Maquokcta, in this State, sends him small
fragment of a mammoth tusk, which was
found in that place few days since. The
piece discovered was about four feet long
and twenty two inches in circumference at
one end, and twenty iuche' at the other.-
1t was found near the river. and to oil ap-
pearance, says the writer, had been washed
out by the water. "rhe owner of this
tusk," he remarks, "must have been huge
monster, for judging by the taper of the
piece found, and supposing this piece to
have been next to tho head, it must have
been at least twenty feet in length" 1t is
curved like the tusk of an elephant.
The City Council Of Burlington have
imposed license of $l5 upon snail boar
ding houses. The Barrett House license is
SIS. The boarding house keepers are in
dignant.
The managers of the Polk county Agri-
cultural Society have resolved upon having
picnic at the Fair Grounds, on the 4th of
July; the proceeds to be applied to defray
the debt of the Society.
The Keosauqua Ne,Us states that big
black bear was discovered by Mr.. Peler while
walking on Fox bottom, about six miles
from that place. His bearship ran away,
and all attempts to hunt him out were un'
successful.
HOMICIDE CAsE.-State OF Iowa Is. VIM.
Innis for killing ,. Garner, Justice of tn.
Peace of Desm oines county, a few days be-
fore tie last October election in fight be-
tween said parties, was tried before the
District Court at Burlington last week, and
after trial of two days of much effort on
the part OF counsel, resulted in a verdict OF
acquittal.
VERSUS THE LAwYERs.-The farmers OF
Cas- township, Jones county, have formed
a s.Farmer's Club" and have resolved to
not patronizc lawyers or Courts of Justice
in the settlement of difficulties. The fol-
lowing article from the Constitution they
have adopted, shows how they propose tc
settle their disputes:
ART. 18TH. If from any cause difficulty
arises between any two or more members o
this Club, which they cannot settle them
selves, each of the parties shall select man
who is q member of this Club, and they
shall select another man who shall also be
member of this Club, and they shall pro-
ceed to hear the evidence of the parties and
decide the matter of difference, and theil
decision shall 10 final. The lnen thus Sc
lected shall receive no compensation fol
their services"
The Sioux City Eagle is responsible
for the following ''yarn:"
1.-TWO Germans left Spirit Lake on Mon.
day, March 9TH, for Sioux City and tool
with them q lunch, sufficient for one meal
in their pockets. The streams being high
they undertook to cross the prairie without
following the settlements, but as might bt
expected they lost thoir way aid wandered
over the prairies of O'Brien, Dickenson ant
Cherokee counties until the next Sabbath al
6 clock in the evening, when they wer
found by two men named Hall and Bumme
about three miles northwest of the town o
Cherokee, in Cherokee county. Having
eaten their lunch on Monday noon. thes
men were without food six days and 81:
hours. or $50 hours, and under exercise an'
exposure to the Gather, exhibiting power
OF endurance almost without a parallel. :
The feet of one were badly frozen. Whe
found they were unable to walk but a few
rods at time. They parted company Of
Wednesday, and did not afterwards com
together, though when found, strange to say
they were not two miles apart. They wer
so exhausted that their eyes were fixed an
CLASSY" ..........
We are told by those who have trav
eled considerably during the last few week
that every body, including women and chill
dren, able to hold plow, han lie spad
and hoe or even an ox.goad, are out i'm
proving the pleasant weather. Such plow
ing and planting and sowing, never wa
seen before in Iowa. We are likely TO hav'
a larger breadth of land cultivated tba
heretofore, and the work better done b
far. The result will probably be
heavy crop.-Burlington Ha,okeye.
Il A STEAMBOAT CAPTAIN CHARGED VIII
RAPE.-C Capt. 7. B. Rhodes, of the steame
Metropolitan, was held to bail in the sum {