Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-06-24
IOWA NEWS.

Brush is editor.
The Burlington Hawkeye says: "Tho
Mr.. Graham spoken of in our dispatches
some day since, as having dug large guam
titles If gold in Kansas, was in Burlington
Monday. 1t was tho first he had heard OF it. !"
ROMANCE AND TAR.--The Marietta Express
notices the arrival there Of a wagon contain
ing u man, women and two children. So
after, two men came in hastily pursuing q
chap who had run off with the wife and two
children of one of these men. The guilty
ones were overtaken and compelled to return.
Next day, the gentleman who had shown
such partially for other mems domestic po*-
sessions passed through Marietta alone aud
in hurry, leaving beliud him strcpg Tor
of ter.
TIrroN r. R.-Thc A3rer User says tn re
are but few men now engaged upon this
road, though it is still moving ahead. 1t is
thought that it will be completed in a few
months.
Tho land advertised for sale in Iowa
under the Presidents Proclamation embra-
ces 1860, sol acres, as lows: AT Fort
Dodge, Sept. 18th, $50 at Sioux City,
Oct. Sd 534, $780, at Fort Dodge, DC, 10th,
So, 465.
The Davenport Democrat says that an
official letter from Kossulh to Hungarian
exile at that place has been received, re-
questing him to take immediate steps
toward embarking for Hungary. From the
tenor of the letter it would appear that
Kossuth was engaged in raising an army.
Over two hundred thousand acres Of
lands lave changed hands during the past
week, in Buchanan, Blackhswk, Grundy,
Hardin, Franklin, Wright, Hamilton, Web
ster, Calhoun, and Pocahontas counties. by
the sale of the Dubuque and Pacific Pail
road lands.
A MAN DlGG1NG Hrs Own GRAvE-A
gentleman, says the Waverly Republican OF
the l4rh inst, was discovered GU Saturday
last excavating two by seven, and on being
Intercepted by the owner of the premises
replied that he knew his own business
The answer no, bel, satisfactory. search
was made and a revolver found in one of his
coat pockets. He was allowed to return to
town, but being again the same cvtl.ing at
the same place it was thought proper tc
place him where he could do himself no in
jury. Having become enamor,d of young
lady WHO did not see fit to return his affec
tions, it is supposed that he became par
TALLY deranged and contemplated commit
ting suicide.
Dubuque now boasts Of four military
companies, and German Company making
the fifth is now forming.
The Waterloo Register says st is only
81 miles from that place to Cedar Rapids by
land, while by Cedar river the distance is
LOG miles.
The Mt. Vernon Ncsos reports an OK
from Jones county, five years old, measuring
eixht-en feet from the tip Of his nose to the
eud of his tail, and weighing 81 900 lbs.
The population of Blackhawk unity.
is 1905, being an increase of l,5s7, since
1856. During the same time, the increase
of acres of improved land has been from
17,77s to 1924.
The late frosts through the northern
counties seem not to have been particularly
destructive; farther than injuring garden
crops to a considerable extent. Corn is
touched but fast recovering. email grains
look we'll.
The AGRICULTURAL CoLLraE.-Th> Direc-
tors o; the Agricultural College in recent
session ut Desinoines, made no definite
choice of location, but adjourned with res
olution to visit personally and in body, the
various sites proposed. The Citizen states
that the proposition from Hardin county was
accepted prior to adjournment but subse
quently re-considered.
JUDGE LYNCH. learn from the cilizens
of Della ware county, says the Anamosa Ga.
zette, that on last Thursday citizen OF
Manchester, in TINT county, who had been
suspected of horse stealing, WIS taken from
his house by ['arty { men in diSgui,e, and
after being conveyed some distance from
town, rope was fastened to his neck and
he was then asked to ''confess," and IN his
refusing to do 80, he was hung to the limb
Of tree until almost dead. lo was then
let down, and asked 10 confess the sccord
time, bit Oh saying he had nothing to tell
IT a criminal nature, WAS drawn up again.
This time tho lync|iers overdone the thing,
and when lie was taken down was too Tar
gone to speak lie was then conveyed to
his residence, and alter twenty.iour hours
intense suffering, expired Four Of the
murderers have been arrested and lodged In
Jail. The proper way to dispose Of eucI,
ortlaws would be to hang them Oh the same
tree.
In the ease of Suite of Iowa vs.. Samuel
Shellady, IN which the defendant was found
guilty and senteneud to ten years imprisnn.
inent IN the State Psnteptiary, the sup. eme
Court has affirmed tho decision Of the Dis.
triet Court. shellaAy was tbs only orc Of
tho Boyd Wilkinson lyneliers sg'in-t whom
a verdict WIS obtaine'i. The ase!si' Of the
supreme Court was b compliment to Judge
Miller, as it sussains Ills points throughout.
However just the decision of ihs Courts,
there Is a sympathy for shsllady, which il
largely par ieirated in by those heretofore
against The lyueElsfs IN sepIme' Is TINT may
yet lead tn bis pardon. We believe shel q.
dy has always been rega'd ed a. the least
guilty of any of the lynehers, Petitions are
10 circulation praying the Executive TO re.
prlevs Lim.-lowa City Republican, e2d
a pAvsspeRr TRluMPu, Va A. the meeting
Of the Western Singing Association held the
other day at Ben = Park near St. Lauls, the
aunrte.te Of the Davenport Munaerehr on
the laurels. The award Of public opinon
gave to them the praiee Of being tho hes,
singers On the oeessiun. It was conceded
by The other associations, and In fact by all,
that our euartette, consisting If Mr.. sche-
gel and three Ut er.nembars four Manner.
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