Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1859-03-29
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stone have recently been discover
ed a short distance from Webster
City. 1t is in the neighborhood OF
the great beds OF bituminous and can
mel coal We are glad to hear Of these
discoveries and of the prosperity OF
Webster City.
Col. T.. is on his way to his old
home in New York city, to show the
knickerbockcr some specimens OF the
camel coal of Iowa, and TO have its
quality tested 10y the assaycr.
The n. Y. Century of the ! 9th inst.
says, The city Of Dubuque has been
sold -by the Mayor and Aldermen, to
to the Central Island Company. So
says the Ueroid of that city"
Jasper County contains 720 sqnare
miles no waste land-has apopula-
ton Of about 5000 or 10000. There
are nine villages in the county.
A DrnuouE ITEM.-The Herald
contains the following good one
A couple of Hardware Merchants
doing business on the west side Of
Main street. not hundred rods from
the UeraM office. lately bought lot
corn and stored 1t in their barn. They
also had a clerk, who was told by the
Junior partner when he wanted corn
to help himself. Clerk helped himself
accordingly, at sundry times, as CIR
cumstances demanded. Yesterday Sc
Nor partner caught Clerk getting corn
and after calling clerk "son OF de
male dog-hc cnquired what he was
stealing that corn tor 2. Clerk said
he had leave from the junior,-Senior
said he didn't care d. don't think
he meant 20 be prolanc) for the Junior
clerk replied he might talk all he
pleased, he couldn't insult hlm,-Senl-
or got madden and shove" a brick at
clerk, clerk put in return on his
'smclcr' with the corn basket, knock
ing Senior into the oat bin.-Senior
recovered and let fly two more bricks,
clerk responded with the neck yoke
which took Senior across the shins,
and caused him to " hollcr murder.
While rubbing the wounded part, clerk
came to time with pitchfork, with
which he charged on Senior at a smart
trot, Senior run, rubbing his shins
and yelling murder, watch help "
etc, till he reached his office, where he
locked himself in, piled six kegs of
tcnpcnnics against one door, barIicad-
ed the other with his back and called
"policc !" Clerk finding he couldn't
get in, went before Justice Maggie and
swore out warrant against the Senior
for assault and battery, for which he
was fined $40 and costs.
The Journoi says there was an I'M
successful attempt made to break jail
at Dewitt few days since.
The Lyons Mirror is very sangnine
that Il. Il. bridge across the Mississ-
ippi will soon be completed at that
place.
A line Of telegraph is being put up
from Fulton, ILL.,, to Cedar Rapids. The
wires are already up from Clinton to
De Witt, 20 miles and will be extend
cd to Cedar Rapids as soon as the
ground settles.
The superstructurc of the railroad
bridge over the Mississippi at Clinton
is to be that known as the McCallum
Patent Intlcxiblc Arch Truss. The
spans are to be seven in number, each
200 feet.
MAQuoKErA RIVER NAvIGABLE.-
Considerable talk has taken place re-
Gently, relative to the navigation of the
Maquoketa. Our old citizens with but
one exception, are sanguine that the
river is nayigablc for light draft boat.
1t appears that during the years 1851
and 3, that considerable boating was
done by flat boats, indeed Mr.. Sears
during the forrest stage Of acater, freight
ed his boat with l25 barrels Of flour,
and made the descent with case.
Mr.. Thomas Wright feels perfectly
sanguine that it can be done. The
river is reported upon the government
chart as being navigablc, as far up as
the Forks, and Mr.. Wright in order to
show its meanderings and distance
took a copy of the same computing
distance, makes it only 50 miles to the
mouth, thus making the distance to
Fulton City, the point to which it Is
propoaed to establish a line, only 60
miles, easily made in hours.
1t is thought by many we'll acquaint-
ed with the stream, that the expense
of removing snags, drift wood, '&e,;-
can be done at very small expense.
In fact many of our citizens stand
ready to lend their services for weeks
in removing any obstacle that may
present themselves in the way Of lodg-
ell trees, snags fallen trees, &c:
MIR. Baldwin and large number of
our citizens, have written to know
what boat drawing, say Is inches of
water, and carrying twenty five or
thirty tons would be likely to cost, and
IN few days we expect to be in poss
esslon Of all the necessary information,
and a trial trip will {, course be made
which from the present report of the
knowing ones, cannot fail to meet the