Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-11
IOWA NEWS.

Bremen county, fell suddenly dead while
walking by his wagon.
Tho United States District Court open.
ed in Dubuque on Tuesday last. There are
seveIty-six cases on the docket.
NEW Posi- OrF1oE.-An Office has heen
established at Niles, Van Buren, county,
Iowa, Major H. King Postmaster.
The Davenport Democrat says the
Treasury OF that city contains just one dol
lar, and advises people holding orders to
make rush.
The Keokuk Daily Journal publishes
table showing that the aggregate valuation
Of real and personal property in Lee county
as per assessment, is $S.249, 1856
"A traveller, riding mustang towards
Sioux City, is supposed to have been muir.
dered in Guthrie county, as his horse and
dog came back to Dodge township without
him.
Our. Door PREAoHtNa.-Re J. Dixon,
Secretary of the Preachers meeting, informs
the Reporter that the Ministers of Iowa
City have determined to try the experiment
of outdoor preaching,
"A case involving the question as to
whether or not the homestead caa be sold
on mortgage, is now before the District
Court at Keokuk, and the Judge has taken
time to consider it. So says the Gate City
of the Sd inst.
A NEW DoDeE.-Barney Quinn, who runs
on the Keokuk, Mt. Pleasant and Muscatine
Railroad, as peddler, found pocket book.
An owner appeared who offered to pay the
boy a re ward for his honesty, and gave him
a S., but said that was rather more than he
could afford, and asked the boy if he could
not give him dollar back, which he did
The SIS turned out to be worthless.
PoIsoNED,-The Upton Advertiser says
four or five members of Mr.. A. F. CORNWALL:
family. of that town, were poisoned last
Friday week, by eating pie plant leares
boiled up for green's. All but Mrs. Corn.
wall are in fair way to recover. She is
still dangerous. 1t should he remembered
by all, that pie plant leaves contain an acid
that is very poisonous, and they should
never be eaten.
HORSE THlEvEs-The Jasper Express says
a bold attempts was made to steal two valu
able horses from Col. S. B. Shellady, al
Monroe. The villains succeeded in break
ing open the barn by removing a window
and opened che door from the inside and got
the horses out, but failed to get away with
them. There are numerous strolling vaga
bonds in the country, and farmers and
others will do well to look to their property.
UNaRArEFUL. "A man named Gregg.
who lately undertook to commit suicide in
Davenport, by hanging was so much in
censed at his wife for cutting him down,
that, after having laid on his bed day OF
two, just hating between life and death, be
no sooner got fairly on his legs, than lie
formed determination to murder her. Ac.
cordingly lie armed himself with butch er.
knife and made the assault. The woman ran
for life, closely pursued by her husband,
but succeeded in reaching place of safety.
So says the Democrat.
STATE HISTORICAL SoCIETY.--The Board
of Curators met in the society's rooms ut
Iowa City, on the lst inst. The report of
the Corresponding Secretary sAo VS. the do
nations to the Library within the last month
to have been one hundred and ninety.four.
From S. Underwood, Esq, Muscatine,
through Willard Barrows, Davenport, som
valuable additions were made to the Cabi.
net. The Board will meet again on the first
Tuesday in June, at which time Hon. F. H..
Lee will read paper on the early history
of Iowa, and to which meeting the public
will be invited.
! SUDDEN DEArH-MYsTERIou AFFAIR.-Tbe
| Dubuque papers c,nt6in an account of the
death of a strange lady in that city ON the
| first inst.., which caused mu.h excitement.
1t seems that woman calling herself Mrs
Chas. Clark, came to Dubuque on the goth
ult., and put up at the Julien House, and
tile next morning, she Was found in the
area, upon the ground, dressed in her night
clothes. She Was carried to her room and
died in ten minutes. A post morton exam.
ination revealed the tact that she had been
afflicted with consumption, her left lung
being almost solidtied, and her sudden death
caused by the exposure above mentioned.
From the account she gave the lard ord. i:
seems she had lived near Winona, Nina,
where her husband deserted her. He was
gambler and OF loose character He had
written her to meet him in Dubuque, bit
she had not been able to fad him. She was
about thirty-eight years IF age, and had
been in the habit Of using opium.
A Boy BURNT TO DEATH BY HIS FATHER.
A farmer living in Liberty township. this
county, accidentally burnt his son t. death,
ABOUT two weeks since, in the following
manner The farme was engaged in plow-
ing. His son, a small lal about seven years
old, took his father Out some water dur no
the afternoon, and instead OF returning |
home, as his father supposed, laid down upon |
Il straw stack and fell asleep. The fathcr,
just befne leaving the field fer the night,
and wishing 10 get the straw oct of the
way, set it on fire. Upon returning home,
and not finding his son there, he thought of
the stack lie had fred, and Went back TO
find his son burnt almost to crisp.-Hnor
vile (Maron county, journal.
RAILROAD MATTERS The Anamosa Eure.
ia has al article in its last issue which is
significant if it can be regarded as a reaec
ion CT the sentiments of those who control
he Dubuque Western r. K. now finished
10 that place. 1t urges the prop,iety If
that read to Muscatine by way Of
Upton in preference to q connection with ,
Marion, thus giving some counenance to
he many rumors in circulation that Gelcpke :
} Co., have backed down from their oripi
lal promise to build the road to Marion this ,
eason, whether they succeeded in getting :
ne Land Grant or not. Our people, how =
yer, as yet have every confidence that these ;!
entlemen will redeem their pledges in full !:
and that by SO doing they viii promote !,
heir own interests as well as ours.-Linn Q