St. Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (St. Charles City [Charles City], Iowa) 1857-1861, 1859-02-17

definitely settled at what point the
will be built, but the probabl-
itv is that it will touch the Dubuque
side of the river at the foot of seventh l
:
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The Western Stage Company is a
great corporation, the most extensive,
probably, in our State. The company
employ fifteen hundred men, and over
three thousand horses, and w more
than six hundred coaches. The capi-
tai invested is a million and a half OF
dollars. The field of their operations
is in Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri and
Nebraska, and they are now running
a regular line Of stages to Fort Rear
new, three hundred miles west OF the
Missouri.
The people of Newton, Jasper coun
ty, have organized to make a wal OF
determination against the liquor sa-
looms of that place. On Saturday
nirht, 9th inst, the saloon Of Charles
Odin was assailcd with vOlleys OF mis-
silcs. the doors and windows smashed,
the beer, whiskcy, &c, carried into
the street and destroyed, and the next
morning the proprietor was arraiGned
for selling liquor contrary to law and
fined $40 and costs. A man named
O'Brien was also arrested and fined
800.
The first three papers established
west Of the Mississippi river, and
north of the Missouri line, at that time
Wisconsin Territory, were the Iowa
Territorial Gazette at Burlington, the
Western Adventurcr at M%ontrosc, and
the Miners Express at Dubuquc-the
t last named taking precedence in point
t of date. This was along in lS36-3S,
I at which time or thcrcabouts, John
Wentworth was publishing the Chlca-
I. on Democrat. In 1888 the Adventure
or was removed to Fort Madison, by
James G.. Edwards, who published 1t
=. there as the patriot, aud afterwards
to Burlington, where he established
the Hawkcye. These interesting old
-, time items are gathered from IA late
correspondence of the Chicago Prin
tcr's Cabinet.
Cedar Falls, in Blackhawk county
was laid out in 1913. Its growth has
been gradual but steady, until it nov
embraces about 1900 inhabitants. i
is located on the Cedar, about 6 mile:
IS above Waterloo, on the line Of the Du
g buuue and Pacific Railroad, and ha
re . hotels, G dry goods stores, = grocer
" les, ? hardware stores, > drug stores
1t , shoe stores, l bakery, 2 cabine
Ig shops and warerooms, 3 tailor shops
| harness shop, 9 blacksmith shops
y, ? shoemaker shops, l cooper shop,
miliner shop, S wagon shops, 4 ca
al penter shops, l foundry and machln
Ia shop, l plow and reaper factory,
bo g~ristmill, 2 water and , steam saw
"A mills, l banker, . painters, l tin sho
q ? livery stables, l dagucrreotypist,
ieweller, 3 breweries, 2 schools, pre-
bytcrian church building, ! cathol
church do, I religious organization
he 5 lawycrs, 4 physicians, l literary SOC
a ctv and l brass band. There is
good opening here for n good newsp
lr. pcr. as we'll as several other branCh'
lily of industry not included in the abo'
III list.
5000 REwARp.-Three prisoners c
capped from the Clinton county jail, I
.ue Gently, and have, up to this time, su
.eS cecded in Guiding the officers in pu
'u- suit of them, though every exertl'
IN has been made for their re-capture |
me the sheriff and his deputies. The f'
owing are their respective description
lty and the reward offered for their deli
ort erv to the sheriff, at De Witt
Thomas OBrian, an lrishma
On charged with murder, 3 feet % inch
~ high, black hair and dark whiSkcl
the fair complexion, high cheek bones a
all large mouth a reward of $l00.
Charles Daruchc, a Frcnchma
ost charged with burglary, 5 feet A inc
es high, dark complexion, dark hal
aged 90 years ; a reward Of $40.
the James Robertson, a Scotchma
700 charged with burglary, 5 feet lOa
ches high, light hair and'iair comple
ion aged y years !; a reward oil 5,