Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-04

CO Recce & Brown have nearly con.
pleted two more Aat-boats for the hay trade They
were built for Mr. Workman, of Iowa City, wlp
will load them with hay and start them down til,
river this week.
ANOTHER BIG EcG. On Saturday last, Mr.
II. L. Howell, of this vicinity, presented US with a
Shanghai egg weighing quarter Of pound and
measuring is inches in circumference. The egg
had an inner shell Of soft and menbranous texture
TAX PAYERS, ATTENTION by the pro-.
ceedings ofhe City Council it will be that the
Collector is instructed to proceed at the expiration
OF fifteen days, tolevy upon property for delinquent
taxes. Tax payers will, therefore, consult their
own interests by paying mp forthwith.
SEDUCTION AND MARRIAGE - On Friday
last. Dora Kasch, German girl is or 20 years Of
age brought suit before Justice Washburn against
Jacob Worst, workman employed in the foundry,
for seduction. The matter was compromised by the
parties getting married on saturday evening.
A WINDFAL:.- Sometime since we noticed
the fact that Judge Williams, of Kansas. formerly
of this place and brother to our new Postmaster,
had succeeded in getting through Congress an
appropriation of $500 900 for tribe of Indians in
Kansas, for their lands. We learn from q private
source that the Judge received 800, 900 for his
services in this matter. Quite respectable fee
A soUALL-At about 4 o'clock, Sunday,
afternoon city visited by of the severest
wind squalls of the season. 1t came up very sud-
denly from the West, and for Is or 20 minutes
scarcely anything could be seen on account of tie
dust Fortunately no damage was done so far as
we could learn. A skiH was blown from the water
at the lower side of the ferry landing and lodged,
bottom side up, safe and sound, on the landing
The ferry boat Muscatine broke loose but was
secured before being blown out into the current
LIQUOR SEIzUREs.-Deousy Sheriff James
visited the establishments of Deitsch l. Co., S. N.
Hubbard (under Ogilvis House), VIM Spring, John
Boblitz, and John Schmidt, on Saturday last, to
search for Intoxicating liquors, On complaint that
these parties were selling them contrary to law
None was found except in the two first named
houses, in which four kegs of brandy and one bar
rel of whisky were seized. The examination Of the
cases will take place before Justice Washburn next
SERIOUS ACCIDENT TO Mir HORT, FORMERLY
OF MuscA71YE ISLAND We have been shown by
Stanford, CT, dated April 25th. giving the follow
ing sad intelligence "Lyman Hoyt is back here,
but is in deplorable condition. He went to work
in the Canal Foundry at the planning MILL and got
caught in the machinery aud broke both arms-the
light arm near the shoulder and the left between
the wrist and the elbow. lie is badly hurt other
wise. His case is considered dangerous, but he is |
getting along as we'll as could be expected"
~ The Enquirer publishes an article
gent to the editor from Toledo, o., concerning an
I'D man found drowned on the 2lst of April, at
hat place, whose name is supposed to have been
Peugh, and who, it is presumed, was travelling
rom Muscatine to Mansfield. The following papers
we're found in his pockets 'One receipt of I. 2.
Hart, agent U. S. Express Co., Toledo Ohio, for
hecks No. and 1926 of Chicago and Rock Island
Z. R. Co., for baggage two railroad tickets issued
It Mussatne for CIeyeland and Toledo X. r from
'oedo to \ onroeville. aud Mansfield and Newark
Dad, from Monroeville to Mansfield also paper
With the name of VIM. H. Baxter, Moscow, Iowa.
he receipt first mentioned was given in the name
f John Peu9h, that being the name given by the
erson who got it from Mr.. Hart. The deceased
ppeared t. be man Of about IS years of age. bald
n the top of his head. with long gray hair on the
Ack and lower part OF the head, and about feet
inches high. There were other marks on his
ersou.' We do not remember having ever before {
card of the deceased, and have not been able to .
nd any one knowing anything concerning his
STORY.
BURGLARS ABoUT.-The shoe store of W.
Steward and the grocery store Of John Knopp
Co. were entered Friday night by burglars, who
we'd open the front doors with crowbars Mr..
eward informs US that it is impossible for him to ,
II at present the extent of his loss. Two boxes of
oes we're nearly empted OF their contents and =
veral dollars in silver change taken from the b
aver Probably other articles were carried of,
the borts arranged on one of the shelves were e
Ind in disorder. Knopp l. Co. find they are
OFT of from 50 to Is lbs of coffee, 100 lbs. crush
and powdered sugar. or 7 lbs. tea, let of :
ms and two small sacks of -four. The burglars -
pear to have ransacked the entire store for
ney, but did not succeed in finding any except
rthless one dollar bill on the Bank OF the Dis
It of Columbia, which they, very considerably,
ried off Upon leaving, they blew out the can Al
and left it on the floor, closing the door after th
m, so that the robbery was not discovered till b.
of the proprietors entered the store this p
rning.