Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-15

| iooND.-AHe pouy VI w Ill. McLaugnlln,
the boy who was drowned in Cedar river while
bathing on Saturday last, found at Rochester
yesterday.-Daily, 9M
SHIPMENT OF LUMBER unsmore &
Chambers have just loaded large barge with 16o,-
| 900 feet of dressed lumber, which is destined for
st. Joseph, Mo. This firm has sent about 500 900
feet of lumber to Missouri river ports this season
NARROW EsCAPE.- MIR. B. Bartholomew,
of this city, fired pistol at cat this morning but
the weapon being loaded more heavily than he sup
posed exploded and the breach struck HIM on the
forehead just above the eye fracturing the skull.
it had been inflicted inch or two above it would
no doubt have caused death.-Daily, 11M.
WHEAT SAMPLEs.-The merchants along
Second street have been shown specimen grains of
new wheat now fast ripening in this county, which
are pronounced remarkable in point of healthy and
plump appearance. The present warm weather is
considered particularly favorable to the wheat crop,
and instead of murmuring We should all heartily
wish continuance Of it. The yield promises to be
a large one, and farmers are in good spirits.
~ We have just received the sRocky
Mountain News of June l1th-a golden-hued
sheet printed on yellow paper, and hailng from
Denver City, in the gold regions. It contains the
proceedings Of Convention held at Denver on the
9Th of June, to draft Constitution for the future
State of Jefferson. Our former fellow-ctizen, W.
N Byers, Esq, (who is chief editor of the Nsws,)
figures conspicuously in the proceedings of the
Convention which adjourned without definite action
to meet on the first Monday in August. The Mesos
speaks in glowing terms of the recent gold dscov-
cries, and says emigrants arriving at the rate
of several hundreds each day.
SUIcIDE.-The Rock Island Argus Of the
18th furnishes the following particulars of case of
suicide on a steamer at the levee of this city on
Wednesday last:
"The steamer Resolute, Capt. Williams, brought
up the dead body Of man yesterday, who came to
his death by taking poison. With two Others he
took passage on the down boat near Quincy. Yes.
terday when the boat arrived at Muscatine, the
party stepped on shore to take drink. John
Keys, the dead man, was requested to take drink
with them, but refused. He however, drew out o
powder from his pocket, which he called quinine.
This he put into small quantity of whisky, re.
marking that there was not enough for dose, but
that be would take it. He drank it down; the par
ty again returned to the boat, and in Is minutes
Keys was dead. Every effort was made to break
the effects of the poison, but without success. He
died in fit. A coroner's jury returned verdict
in accordance with the foregoing facts. The body
was taken in charge by the city undertaken. The
deceased has no family"
ANOTHER HORSE THIEF. On the 9th ult.
man passed through this city with horse stoler
from Mr.. John Filson of Scotch Grove township
Jones county, He was observed by Mr.. VIM. Da
wilson, who suspected from his appearance that he
was thief. MIR, Davidson quizzed him in order t.
discover if possible his true character, by asking
him if he was just from Pixies Peak The mar
replied with an gath more emphatic than polite
that he was not, and immediately inquired the way
to Dubuque. Upon leaving, however, he started
on foad going South instead of North This con
f:rmed Mr.. Davdsons suspicious, and he induced
Mr. ST. John to accompany him to arrest the man
They overhauled him a short distance from the
city, and searched him. to which he made no OBJ
jections. Nothing was found to implicate him in
se-thieving, and he was accordingly released.
Yesterday the owner of the horse arrived from
Jones county, having traced the thief from Tptop
to this city The description of the horse answere
exactly to the one in the possession of the man
whom Messrs. Davidson and St. John had arrested
and there is now no doubt that Mr. Davidson's sus
picons are correct. The thief having had over two
weeks the start, the owner was discouraged at the
prospect of orertakng him, and consequently gave
up the pursuit The thief is described as French.
man, of small stature. He had three red blankets
with him and saddlebags. He said he was going
Ito Gasconade county, Mo - Daily, 9TH.