Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-18
IOWA NEWS.

--E.gh zen hundred cases arc now upon
the docket Of tho District Court, now in
session at Keakuk, for trial at the present
term.
The Ca,npheae F,ctory Of Charles No.
ell, on the levee at Keokuk, was destroyed
by fire on Friday last. 1t burned 'slike n
FASH" Loss $1,000.
1t is stated that Col. Rick .r,l, of Du-
3uque, has been rendered the appointment
of Secretary of KanMs. The Herald says
he will leave for Washington next week.
The B.lxD ASYLUM 1t seems not t., be
e nera'ly uaderst nd that tho State Asylum
for tie blind at Iowa City is free. No
charge is made for either board or tuition
the only expense being clothing.
The Independence Cip;lisn learns that
Jean De!aunny, charged with numbering
Il man named Francis Branesk, lat spring,
has been arrested at Valp 'raiso, in South
America aud will DO returned to Dubuque
for trial.
The Waver'y Repq1tic IN Of the sh
states that W. p. Harmon Offers one hun
drcd nc. * OF go ID cul tivated land near that
town, for tw o. three ye.r t. any man or
CON any Of mel who W II erect and put III
operation there Il Clns Cru ,ain5 AMI ) ytr
Manufacturing and r, Fl hing E adjustment.
The lanl is in exc,lent condition for crop
the pres mt season, AID p,r'e' who wish to
avail themselves of the offer, can take pos
session of the Ian in time t, pant cane
next spring.
KEoKuK, Mr.. PHEASANT AND MI. cArINE
R.lLroAp--The Gdte City announces that
Il Letter ha, b ,cr received fron the Presi
dent of The above ROAD. C'l Dewey, dated
at Philadelphia on the 5th, in which he
SAYS that he has completed the arrange ncnts
mad, with Mr.. Chamberlain for the con-
struction of the road to Columbus City, and
all that now rem .ins is ;or tn, Board of Di-
rec.ors to rltify the contract. The terms
are highly alvanta ,eous, and the Board will
not hes. tato a m -ment to ralify them. 1t is
expocto that the ro.l will be completed to
the iurcti N with the Fort Madison road by
June, to West Point by July, and t, Mt.
Pleasant by
The Linn County Register says that
quite furry was raised among the ex-
citable ones of NJ ,rion last week by report
that gol! in large quantities had been dis
covered on Dry creek, some four miles
northwest of the town. 1t was told as a
truth that several persons had been working
away quietly all summer, and that some 80,
900 altogether had been taken away by these
| lucky individuals Other stories equally
fabulous gained currency, and for while all
was confusion. The smoke having cleared
away and the facts disclosed, reveal another
story. Some yellow substance had been
found in considerable quantities, bat when
an attempt was made to separate it, will
water from the and in which it was found
it uniformly footed on the surface.
OSKALoosA.-James a. Young was cleo
ted Mayor on the 7th inst Major Pomeroy
and VIM. Meir, both old citizens of Mahas.
ka county, died recently from incorporate
habits, as the HeraM asserts.
-7ableaur u,rants appear to be very
| favorite source OF amusement at Cedar Rap.
ids They have alrepdy had several enter
tainments of he kind, and the young folks
are preparing to give another for the ben eff
of the Library Association of that place.
WINrERsE county-seat of Madison
Co., was located by Geo. Gillaspy am
Thomas Butler, in 1919. 1t con tains pop.
ulation of llO5, eight organized churches
nine lawyers and eight physicians. Dr.
Scott writes the Mudisonian in reference
to its name: "The name of Winterset was
given by tho Board of County Commission
ers, at meeting in April The weather
was cold, stormy and disagreeahle, and some
of the members of the Board had partaker
of the sover Joyful pretty freely, and one
was taking private 'snooze,' while the
other two werc talking over the subject Of a
name, and had agreed to call the embroyr
conntys seat Somerset; by this time the cole
walked the sleeper, who was informed of the
progress of tie business, when, with yawn
hiccup and oath, he said: Better call Il
WintersetH and tie name was adopted by
acclanation."
Tic residence :, f Col. Floyd, about ten
miles east of Tipto,, was totally destroyed
by fire on the night of the It'll.
f. lis la'o of Desmoine, is building
steamboat at that place. and til, 81 stesnean
gives its dimensions as 100 feet long by
10 feet bea n.
The proposition in Story Co. to offe,
$40, 900 for the location of the Agricnltu.
raj College was carried on the 7th inst. by
a large majority.
Mayor Samp'e, Of Keokuk, whom tho
Burlington Hawkeye announced as being
in jail in New York for swindling, passed
through Burlington on the 12.h inst, or
his way home.
The Davenport and Rock Island militia
~ companies are to celebrate the 22l at the
former place. The Neacs recommends thai
they form Battalion in oaiunction with
the Companies al Mu ca.inc, Columbus City
and Upton.
For TIE GOLD REe1oNs.-Che Iowa City
Republican saws e:nigrants are duly arIiv
ing in that place and departing for the CRANE
centre of attraction - the Golden Peal
around wh;c! cluster SO many bright antic-
ipations.
| TIE PowEsIlIEK COUNTY TRAGEDY.-A
correspondent of the Davenport Gasettt
furnishes some al,li ional part culurs of thi.
tragedy, Of Which We gave an account ir
Mondays paper. Roane, the nur lerer and
suicide, was Il Lieutenant at Fort Kearney
and was on his way to Washington on fur.
Tough. He was undoub' e;ly suffering from
delirium tr,,nens at the time of the horrible
affair. On the day Of the tragedy he sell
the following note to the C"unty Clerk:
The CLERK OF TIE COUNTY OF PowE>nIEK
Dear Gr:-An officer of the army from Fit.
Kearney is here, and has been followed by
assassins who intend at the first opportuni
ty t, kill him. am the individual ant
overheard the arrangem ,nts. There is nc
| Joke in this and any assistance YOU can