Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-04-06
IOWA NEWS.


Col. Wesley W. Garner, of Columbus
City, has received the appointment TO take
the census OF Louisa county.
james Dollahiatt. aged 1os years, born
in Gailford county, N. c.. died in Burlipg-
ton, of old age, on the 9th ult.
S, DISTRICT OouRr.-Judgs Love has
adjourned the U. s. District Court sitting at
Dubuque till the I'd Tues day of May.
The Davenport Gazette snys that many
of the residents of that town (''city folks"
it calls them,) "are anxious to get on
farms" This is very likely. They can raise
something to eat on farm but they cannot in
town.
SINGULAR OAsUALTY.-L. W. Rabbit, re-.
cent Democratic candidate for Lieut.. Gov
ernor and at present Mayor of Council Bluffs,
met with singular accident few days
since. He was attacked by an unruly cow,
and thrown into the air, coming down with
such force upon his shoulder as to br eak bis
collar bone.
COUNTY JuDaE.-The Desmoi CORES
pendent of the Burlington Has0ksye, in
letter published in that paper of the 2sth,
states that bill abolishing the Office Of
County Judge, making him simply Judge
of Probate, and providing fees for his ser
vices, has passed the Senate by vote o.
yeas %, nays 7.
Certain farmers of Wapello county have
lately been victimized to the tune of $l,6O(
Or 900 by two young mon named Beck q
Jenkins, who bought lot OF cattle on cred
it and shipped them to Chicago, neglectint
to make any return or to return themselves
They had been in the butchering business
at Ottumwa about eight weeks, and wer
in debt to many citizens of that place be
fore absconding with the cattle.
LAWS PuBLlsuED.--The Desmoines Regis
ter has published an act appropriatini
5000 to the Deaf and Dumb Asylum.
Also, an act providing that, Sin actien
noao commenced, Or which may hereafter b
commenced, for the foreclosure of an
mortgage, the defendants shall not be he'll
to answer therein until the expiration Q
nine months after the date of the servic
of the original notice on the first detendan
served. This act expires Jan. 1st, 1861.
"A hard case named Gillet, who escape
from Jail ct Mt. Pleasant last fall, has bee
re arrested in Lorain county, o., and brough
back to his old quarters. He was indicte
with A. R. Pepper for stealing the horse @
Rev. Peter Magne, the unfortunate Catholi
clergyman of Muscatine who was drowne
last summer.
"A movement is on foot, or at least agi
tated by the papers, to establish railroa
connection between st. Joseph, Clarinda an
Valiska, point on the Burlington and Mis-
souri, R R. on the north line ofPage CO., b.
which it is proposed to secure to St Josepl
large portion of the trade of South " ESTER
Iowa, which would otherwise 60 to Burling
ton and Chicago The distance is 70 mile
and the estimated cost ST., 1000 mile.
- The Page county, Herald reports
Court House difficulty in Fremont county
1t appears that the County Judge and Con
tractor couldn't agree upon a settlement
when the work was done, and the question
of giving the Contractor $50, 900 was sub
United to the dear people, who voted agains
it, whereupon Mr.. Contractor gets his worl
appraised by an architect at 1913, 900, ant
has sued Fremont county for that sum.
President Elliott, of the s'Iowa Yves
leyan University" loo ted at Mt Pleasant
has published an article in the News of tina
place, in which he urges the peopl
of that town to pay one half Of 1926, 00|
debts which the College owes. AS an in
ducement, he points out the pecnniary ad
vantage it is to the place and threatens i
the citizens don't come up to the scratch
that the ssMethodist people" will withdrav
their patronage from the institution, ait
transfer it to more appreciative locality
MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS. the eecti or
in Dubuque (the stronghold of Democracy
on Monday, the Peoples party elected the
Mayor, Marshal and five Councilmen. TIL.
-mocrals elected one Councilman, an(
balance OF city officers. The Mayor elect i:
Ii. l.. Stout. His opponent was E. Spots
wood. The Dorr faction was completely
crushed out.
In Iowa City, according to report pub
lishtd in the Davenport Democrat, the
Democrats elected their entire ticket, headed
BY Peter A. Dye for Mayor. The Republi
can candidate for Mayor was VIM. Crum.
WA3HlSGrox.-The citizens are becoming
much interested in the temperance cause.
We learn from the Press that on Satu rday
last J. Myers was convicted on two counts
for violating the prohibitory law and sen.
fenced to ten days imprisonment on each
and $40 fac. There are now two per ons
in Jail at that place for violating this law
y literary contest took place between the
Erode lpIiian and Phlomathean societies OF
Washing,o on College, at the tn. p. Church
on Wednesday evening of last week. The
palm on select Grafton was won by Geo. F.
Daw son, en- essay by J. e. Couden, and on
debating by M. A. RoLb. The contestants
on original grafton, G. G. Mitchell and w.
Ii. Mcmillan, were decided of equal merit.
After the exercises q supper was served up
at the Washington House. by John Eichel-
berger, in his wonted recherche style.
MURDER OF YOU'VE GIRL AT OrTUxwA-
Mysterious affair. - We learn from the
Burlington Hawkeye some particulars Of a
diabolicai murder perpetrated at Ottunwa
on Thursday night, 29ih inst. A day or two
previous two men arrived at Ottumwa with
a team, and put up at the Jefferson House."
They were accompanied by ayoung and fine
ooking girl, whom one of the men claimed
to be his sister. They occupied the same
room at the hotel, and nothing occurred
to arouse the suspicion of any one during
their stay. On Friday morning the party
and the team were missing, and short
time thereafter the body Of the girl was
found in the Desnoines river, lodged on
some rocks about twenty feet below the ford,
a, Ouumwa. On taking the body from
the water it was found that the skull was
broken, one eye very much bruised and
finger marks upon her throat. A person
who lives near the ford states that about
eleven o,clock on Thursday night he saw O