Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-08-10
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SOMr NEWS.
o PoFuhATrov OF T1proN. = The Ad,er,;,a,
ssys the popuLtion afg Esptoaa a + Iiss5 api
that the town, Will SOON be larger than il is
e The Touring mill and shingle machine
at ViIIags Creek, A1lamakeee county, vera
! destroyed by..fire on the 2sd ult., The los.
's estimated at $4,000. ~. - ~ "a
Mad dogs have appeared at Davenport
and B5urling.oa, ana the Oity authoritiesars
engaged in Strengthening all dogs they can
find running at large without mnzzles.
The corn crop in the Des Moines Valley
Is SAID to be the heaviest ever known there,
the calculation being that one hundred BUSH
els to the acre will be an average Of the
yield. ,o'~a: .a 7a.75aA io9
RsokLssssEss.-while some r Indians vere
encamped at Duch Greek, near Washington.
and were being visited by citizens, two pale
face young men Of the ':fast" kind, ran their
horses into the crowd, and severely If not
fatally injured an old lady.
Mr.. W. s. Graf, Fillmore Elector in
1856, made telling Republican speech Of
two hours at Council Bluffs the other dsv.
He is doing good service in the Republican
cause. The Republicans Of the Slope are
Wide Awake and win give q good account of
themselves in November. q. EssEH pcs
KEoKuK WATER PowRR Goa oompanv
has been organized at Keokuk witha nominal
capital of 100000 whose object is to create
q water power for manufacturing purposes
between Keokuk and Montrose on the Mis-
sissippi river. The project is, no doubt.
feasible, and, if carried into effect. will be
profitable.
Judge Grant has served two maudam-
uses upon the City Council of Davenport,
commanding them to levy an additional tax
OF six mills to pay off certain indebtedness,
The total city levy will now amount to six-
teen mills on valuation some two millions
less than last year. The Democrat says it
will make the Taxpayers squirm.
-Mr. Brant, leading Democrat of Brad
ford, this State, has gone over to Lincoln.
When he read in the Dubuque Herald that
1t was Douglas Democracy to believe that
the Constitution carries slavery into free
Territories, he threw the paper away, repu-
dated Douglas, and went to work for the
Lincoln ticket.
HOME MANUFACTURES AT DAVENPORT, Tho
Gazette says that the farmers of Scott county
patronize the machine shops of Davenport in
preference to purchasing machines made out
OF the State. This is the better policy, for
many reasons, not the least of which is that
Where machines get out OF order, they can be
repaired at much less cost near home, and
less time is lost in having repairing done.
The Council Bluffs Bugle does'ut know
the Democratic caodldate for Secretary of
state. 1t euiog'zes, IN style of the warmest
eneomium, sp-o!a citizen os the State by the
name Of 0orse; and it innocently supposaa
that this venerable inhabltant is the Demo.
cratic nominee. The HawEeve SAYS that
Lieutenant Governor Babbitt white-wasfad
the wrong man. It is Mr.. Cerse, Jun. who
is the candidate"
Miss DIX IN Iowa: - We earn from The
Davenport Democrat that Miss Dix. the
noble hearted lady whose labors il behalf
OF the insane and the imprisoned have gwen
her such worldwide and glorious fame, was
in that city last week. She will visit Iowa
City and Mt. Pleasant, and inspect the asy-
lum being built at the latter place. Miss
Dix is sister of Hon.. John A. Dix, OF New
York.
b. q L. IN WEBSTER OoUNrY.-Thirty-one
Democrats of Fort Dodge have, by letter,
f'rmally requested the editor of the Fort
Dodge Sentinel to allow them two columns
per week of his paper, to be occupied in
vindication of Breckinridge, which request
has been granted. The Desmoines Register
thinks the name Of the Sentinel should now
be changed to theSquatter Sovereignty Dred
Scott-slave de-Douglas- johnson Breckin-
ridge-Lane Vindicator.
The OrruMwA TRAeEDY.-More Myste,v.
The dead body of George Lawrence, who
seduced the young lady Laura J. Harvey,
from Rockford, ILL.,. and was supposed to
have murdered her in March last, was dis.
covered in ravine near Ottumwa several
days ago. He had evidently been murdered,
there being hole in his skull. The body
was identified as that of Lawrence by the
clothes. There is now but little doubt that
McOomb, the companion of Lawrence, 1our-
dered both him and Miss Harvey, the motive
being to get possession of fLawrence's money,
of which he had quite an amount. McOomb
is still at large.
The party, it will be remembered, were on
their way through this State, in wagon en-
route for Pixies Peak.
Dean made speech at Keokuk on the
night of the 30th ult., which the Gate CStu
says was 'the most extraordinary fanfaron-
ade of disgusting profanity and irrayereace,
lies, balderdash and blackguardism ever
heard since the sun began to shine" In the
course OF his remarks he asserted that Lin.
coin voted against giving the Mexican SOL
diers 100 acres of land, when Judge Rankin
called on him for the proof. After some
words had passed between them, Dean called
out, referring to the Judge, who preserved
his usual urbane and gentlemanly bearing,
"let that Black Republican come within
reach of my arm, and will skin him alive,
and let the flies blow lii5 carcass" This is
buta single instance .! f)ears uDgsntleman!y
and disgusting conduct on the stump. If he
canvasses The entire State, his conduct will
make many hundred votes for the Republic
can ticket. s-A q "'