Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
IOWA NEWS.

BENTON CoUNrY.-Sume of the Nusqua
kee Indians, dressed in full CO o'tume, hav'
been amusing the people of Vinton will
the Green Corn Dance, at the Court House
-admittance ten cents. The E"gle states
that the sons of the forest who are there, art
hard up for food. They are spending the
winter in trapping in that neigborhood.
The city council of Dubuque have con.
cluded to accept the offer OF Gelpecke, Keut'
genu Il Richeit, bankers Of New York, tC
loan the city 100000, for twelve months
with ten per cent interest. The city
pledges all the revenues and property Of the
city, making them preferred creditors
These bankers are already large creditors
and are thus enabled them to at al other
creditors. Dubuque is now in debt more
than million and half of dollars, on which
it is doubtful whether she can ever pay the
interest.
The Council Bluffs Buglc announces
the discovery of rich copper beds in Sac Co
FlRE.--The dwelling house of Mr.. Benz.
Bryan, Esq, at Desmoi mes, was destroyed
by FIRE on the 9th inst. Loss $1,000, and
no insurance.
SAD AND FATAL MISTAKE. We learn from
the Clinton Herald of tho l2 h. that o IN an
named Beebe, of Clinton. came to an I'M.
timely death on Saturday, in consequence of
an overdose OF morphine, accidentally admin.
istered.
SAD ACCIDENT. We learn from the Du-
buque Sun that Patrick Kelly, son of Vim.
Kelly, was killed on the 4th inst, at the
lead mines, near D.. Finley's residence, by
falling:out of the bucket d. he was descend.
ing the shaft into the mine.
"A fire at New Oregon, Howard County,
on the 9th inst, destroyed the Sentinel
office, Mr.. Lawyers handsome drug, book
and grocery store, boot and shoe store,
and a meat market. Mr.. Lawyers loss was
S5,0Oo-his all.
S. S. Jones, late President of the Lyons
Air Line road, has proposed to the directors
of the company to surrender the bogus bonds
if they will give him $l.50 in Land Scrip
for each dollar of bonds. A modest man
is Jones!
The Dubuque Express d Herald is ma
king war on certain members of the City
Council of that city. 1t alleges misgovern-
ment and mismanagment-and charges GER.
tain members of that body with defeating
the popular will by staying away from the
Council meetings.
p. Moran las been convicted of mur-
der in the second degree at Keokuk, and
sentenced to the penitentiary for life.
FRE.-The dwelling of Mr.. Fl. M. Young.
of Boonsboro', Boone county, was burned
to the ground on the morning of the 9th
inst. Nearly all the furniture, together
with very full set Of carpenters tools,
was consumed.
The School House in District No. 8,
about six miles west of Upton, was destroy
ed by fire on the night of the 18th inst.
The house was not very valuable, being old.
The books of the scholars were all consumed.
Loss about $3.50. The FIRE is supposed to
have been the work of an incendiary.
The McGregor Times ha, evidence Of
the reality of Pixies Peak. 1t says: "Our
young fricn!, G. T. Basset, is in receipt of
a letter from Cherry Creek containing por-
ton of sand and gold scales, and also a
piece or qualtz rock bearing gold; the letter
is from his brother, and George is off now
as soon as the weather will permit"
SAD AccIDENr.-We learn from the Ce-
dor Rapids Times that the wife of Eli Ma
bee, in Putnam township, Linn county,
was accidentally shot with gun in the
hands of her husband, on the 14'h inst
He had taken the gun from its hanging and
while attempting to raise the hammer to
the lock his thumb slipped eff and caused
the discharge of the contents Of the gun
into the unfortunate woman's back, who
was washing dishes at a table some eight
feet distant. She died the next day from
the effects of the wound. She was sister
of Rev. Mr.. Taylor, pastor of the Methodist
Church of Kingston-was about 81 years
of age, and had been married two years.
S1NauLAR.-A young lady, whose death
was announced in yesterdays Herald-Miss
Cookery occasioned much anxiety, slightly
mingled with hope after her death. Her
extremities and other portions of the body
retained their heat--struggling, as it were,
against the icy chills of death. This con-
tinued for nearly or quite forty y-eight hours
after her apparent demise, and excited some
faint hope that life was not yet extinct
These hopes were all dissipated soon after,
by the remains assuming the usual appear
ance. A post m0rtem examination was
made of the brain, which revealed the fact
that she died of q congestive chill. She was
aged about twenty. She was buried yester-
day.--DubuQus Express d Herald.
QUEER TRANsroRMAT1oNs.- European policy
shifts like the pattern of kaleidoscope. Who
ever expected to see sovereigns and cabinets
in such strange positions The King of
Naples granting amnesties. Louis Napoleon
suspected Of liberalism. England upholding
Australian tyranny. Piedmont anxious to
extend the French empire. The Car turned
an Abolitionist. The Grand Turk accused of
being Christian. The destinies Of Catholic
empires buttoned up in Jewish pockets. The
Crescent worn as an honor in Notre Dame.
The Mosque and Seraglio sheltered under the
banner of the Cross. Seven years ago, these
would have been such absurdities as lunatic
might dream Of Now they are realities
Albany Journal.
The ISSUES OF 1e60.--The issues in the
Presidential canvass of 1860 are thus very
plainly foreshadowed by the Washington
correspondent of the New York Commercial
advertiser:
1t is evident from the remarks of Southern
members, in the late debate on the slave trade
e,,pprocc;o, <hc< a h orn ;s n 0rnvinp onnositiOn