Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-19
IOWA NEWS.

IOWA NEWS.
8 John w. Taylor has resigned the Presi
r dency Of the Branch of the State Bank a
Dubuque and L. D. Randall, late Vice
a President. has been chosen to fill the vacan
cy. w. B. Allison fills the place of Mr.
| Randall.
DUBUQUE REPUDlATlNs.-Pennock & Har
lately sued the city of Dubuque for the re
covery of bond amounting to $500, bearing
t interest at the rate of ten per cent In con
testing the suit various pleas were set up
, and aIrong the rest that the city had issuet
the bond in Violate on of the constitution
thus pleading her own wrongful act in de-
fence, to avoid payment of the debt. yer
dict for the plaintiff was returned by the
! jury.
SoHooL DECISION. II. II. Benton, Secre
tary of the School Board, has decided that
when sub district is created from parts OF
two or more townships, the tow nship dis.
trct in which the School House Of said
sub district ia located, has exclusive juris.
tction over the whole of said Sub district
for all school purposes, including taxation,
school elections, and distribution Of school
monies, without regard to the township
line.
IS. II. Packard. Esq., Of Fort Dodge, and
formerly editor of the Cedar Falls Banner,
was in Dubuque on the 9Th inst, on h 8 W ~
home from the East. II will be recollected
that Mr.. Packard last winter got caught on
the prairie in situation whereby both OF
his feet were go badly fr' zen rs to render
a,nputatlon necessary. One limb wa taken
off just below the knee, and the other near
the ancle. Since that time, after having
recovered sutfici ciently to travel, Mr.. Packard
has been in Philadelphia. When he left
Iowa, Mr.. p: had to be lifted at every
movement now he returns, as we learn
from the Herald, Walking with all the ease
and gracetulneSs Of any one, and his feet,
boots, &C., differing seemingly in no respect
from those of any other man on the street.
| The bakers in Keokuk have reduced
the price Of their loaYes, on account OF the
cheapness of -four.
SHor.-Geo p. Cooper, son of Isaac Coop
er, of Desmolnes, accidentally shot himself,
while out cunning, few days ago. He
expired, instantly.
DEATH FROM Po,soN-A son of John
Watson. residing near Avon, Polk county,
lost his life On the 9th inst, by accidentally
taking stryctinine intended for killing rats
LINN oouNrY-The Republicans of Linn
county have nominated Il. G. Angle for
Senator; Daniel Lothian for Judge; VIM.
Cook for Treasurer and Recorder and L.
J. Mexican for Sheriff.
GOLD IN IowA.-The Garnavillo Journal
is accountable for the following :-"We saw
specimen of gold the other day, in the
possession OF Mr.. W. H. Gould, of Volga
City, who dug it near Bush Greek, Fayette
county. 1t was the avails of two pans of
dirt washed out, and is valued at twenty
FIVE cents. Mr.. Gould is confident that five
dollars day can be raised at that place.
Fifteen dollars in gold was washed out
near there last summer in one day, but the
owner would not allow any more digging
doAe.'
The Burlington Hawkeye of the 9th,
mentions that the man Gillett who was ar
rested in that town some time ago for coun-
terteiting, was brought back from Illinois
on Friday, and taken to Mt. Pleasant, on
charge of horse.stealing. The animal stolen
was the horse belonging to the Catholic
Priest who was drowned few weeks since.
lie was examined before Justice, and held
to bail in the sum of $780, AS he was able
to give this bail, and was not in specially
good odor among the people. crowd col
lect and raised row. The consequence
was, that the Justice fixed the bail at
So, 900, AID he was committed to Jail in
default.
Joseph r. Vetrees, for whom the inquiry
has been so generally circulated throughout
the State by the liberalty of the press,
seems to have been playing "sharp" on his
father and wife. as we learn from the Wap.
clio Intelligencer. He is now in Oakland
township, Louisa county, near Port Allen,
the place where tn, letter was mailed to his
father, which was written entirely by him
self, and signed W s. Settlers, in order to
conceal his whereabouts.
HERE IS THE HORSE, But WHERE IS HIS
RlDER?-
We are gratified to learn that the old war
horse, Gen. A. c. Dodge, is in the field
Inquirer.
We presume this is the same mag" that
some time since was ''aroused and ready for
the fray" "Farmer Kirkwood" gave him
trial, recently, near the site of the last State
Fair, when the poor thing broke down, and
has not been under the saddle since. This
circumstance, together with his age, naturally
accounts for his having gone to grass" Mr..
Kirkwood, when last heard from, was stump
ing it way down in Lucas county, to the
satisfaction of everybody in that region.
REPUBLICAN Victory IN OREGoN!-The
last overland mail brings the surprising intel
ligence that David Logan, Republican candi-
date for Congress in Oregon, is elected over
Lansing Stout, Lecompton Democrat, by
majority of twenty-six votes! A San Fran
cisco correspondent of the St. Louis Democrat
says 10. Lane and "Delusion' Smith both
stumped the State, calling on the masses to
vote for the Democratic nominee, Stout.
They couldn't worry him through. He was
beaten by very small majority, indeed, but
nevertheless beaten! 1t exhibits a sad lack
of gratitude in the people Of Oregon, after the
Lecompton Democrats have stultiied them
selves for the purpose of getting that young
State into the Union, to carry it off to
Republicanism so soon!
TIE IMMENSE DEMOCRATIC SwINDLE IN
ILL,No1s.-Our readers will recollect that the
Legislature of Illinois, last winter, unearthed
grand swindler in the person of Gov. Joel
A. Matteson, one Of the leading men in the
Democratic party Of that State For some
time the people were 10th to believe that their
former Governor had stolen a quarter Of a
million Of dollars from them, but a. last they
were reluctantly forced to admit it as fact.
Some of the pro-slavery papers of the Sucker