Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-11-25
VOL. ,XI--NO. 21....5.
IOWA NEWS.

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/ Mr. Rector, of Mahaska county, lost for
Il ty acres of corn by recent prairie fire., "a
"A man named Thomas Wiltzie, residing
at Burr Oak, Winneshiek county, was re-
4 Gently thrown down and trampled upon BY
wild oolt, receiving injuries almost in
stantly fatal. He was endeavoring to s'break"
the animal, when the accident occurred.
JACKSON CoUNrY.-Luke Potter, an old
citizen, residing near Canton, was thrown
from buggy and killed on the aoth ult.-
A little daughter Of Mr.. Wilbur was scalded
to death by falling into tub of hot water,
on the S1st ult., at Maquoketa ".F 2!
"A portion of the German citizens Of
Davenport consider their liberties infringed
upon by the ordinances Of that city and the
laws Of the State enforcing the observance
of the Christian Sabbath, and are taking
measures to get the question of s'sunday
Laws" as they are called, before the Su-
preme Court. '-a' '' .'s-s
On the 9th inst, says the Newton Pres,
an afray occurred in the Northwestern part
of Jackson county, between two men named
Harter and Kay, which resulted in the fatal
stabbing Of Harter with a pen-knife. The
difficulty arose while the men were endeay.
oring to settle some business matters, and
Kay cancelled their mutual obligations as
above stated. He is now committed to Jail
on charge of murder. su 5sa
Prairie fires seem to have been yerv
destructive in Boone county. The Neus
records many serious losses among others,
the destruction of barn filed with hay
and grain, a large stock of fat hogs and two
or three horses, belonging to Mr.. Foster
near Swede Point, and house, barns, hay
and grain and pretty much all the persona,
property of q Mr.. Keigly in the same vicin-
ity. In Lafayette, Story county, daughter
OF Peter Larson was burned to death. while
her mother was setting back fire to pro-
tect the house. a
FATAL Aoo1DENTs-We learn from the
bloomfield clarion that DR.. Daniel W.
Moore, of Savannah, in that county was
instantly killed on the LIST inst, near his
his residence, by fall from his horse. A
man by the name of Burton and DR.. Moore
were trying the speed of their horses over a
smooth piece of road, when the Doctors
horse stumbled and threw him to the ground,
his head coming in contact with the foot of
Burton's horse, crushing the skull in ashock.
Ing manner. He died almost instantly.
. The Davenport Gazette says there have
been shipped from Davenport siuce the 1st
Of September, $4,000 bushels of onions.
The Oskaloosa Herald says that the
work on the Keokuk and Desmoines Rail
Road is being pushed forward with great
energy. The road is to be completed to
Ottumwa by Jan. lst The citizens of Ed
1yVllle are at work grading the road from
Ottumwa to that place. ...-.t
The U. S. District Court for the West.
srn Division of Iowa, which assembled at
Oesmoines on the lst inst, Judge Love pre-
siding, indicted Henry Chittenden, the
Postmaster at Fontenelle, Adair county, for
robbery OF the mails, and he was bound over
IN the sum of $4,000 for his appearance at
'he next term of Court, in default of which
he was re-committed to the iail at Oska.
oosa.
"A letter has been received from Horace
dreeley, stating that he will be at Daven-
port about the 24th of next january, to de
liver lecture in response to the invitation
Of the Young Mems Association. His SUBJ
ect will be-"Centre and Western North
America" 1t is supposed bis lecture will
include some of the incidents and results of
his recent travels over the plains and in
California.
1t is now expected that the NJ. & NJ.
r. will be completed to Marengo, in
Iowa county, by the middle of February
next.
NEARLY Conference.-The fourth span of
The Mississippi bridge, at Clinton. Iowa, was
finished week before last. This completes
The work between Little Rock Island and
Willow Island. The masonry is nearly
lone, the sixth and last pier being far ad-
7anced towards completion.
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