Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-11-22
Iowa News

No TELEGRAPH TO THE CApITAL.-The cleo
ton in Des Moines last Saturday, TO decide
whether to have telegraph Office in that
city by paying $4,000 for the same, resulted
in 127 votes for and l7S against. The Reg
lister appears in no wise satisfied with the
result, and says: ''as the people seem to
prefer stage-coach locomotion as means for
obtaining their intelligence, thus putting
themselves twenty four hours behind Omaha
and other enterprising points, their preference
will be in all probability regarded
Su,clpE.-Mr. Lewis Grant,, of the firm of
Blanter & Grantz, brewers, Oskaloosa, com
mtted suicide on Saturday, the I'd inst
FIRST gashing himself in the region of the
stomach with butcher knife and then drown
ing himself in the Muchikinock.
-Four contrabands- commonly called Mig
gers-escaped from slavery in Missouri
and passed through Winterset the other day.
They were followed and brought back to town
| Tremendous excitement followed. The fell
lows who arrested them were finally glad to
let them go wheresoever they listed. It is
too late in the day to be around capturing the
slaves of rebel masters.
CorroN BLANKETS Davenport Ca
zette complains of the poor quality of the
blankets furnished the 18th regiment by the
government. They are about two-thirds cot
ton, napless, and in many instances are COM
posed of several pieces sewn together. Iowa
certainly deserves better of the general gov
eminent than that her troops should he i'm
posed upon in this mannerS The blanket is
most essential article to the comfort of the
soldier and great care should be talcn to
have them well made and of good mat, ial
ANOTHER MURDER IN EDpYvILLE.- about
two ocl ok Thursday afternoon returned
Californian, by the name of Humphrey, was
LAYING around the house of Jane Cravens, a
) soldiers wife in Eddyville. whose reputation
was not such as Cezar's wife sholld have
He insisted OH going into the house and sht
urged him to leave, and, finally, on his still
persisting she threatened to shoot him. H,
defied her to shoot, and she instantly drew /:
pistol, shot him through the breast and killed
him.-Gate Gy l4M.
DEAru OF Iowa SoLDlERs.-The followin.
named volunteers from our State died in St
Louis recently
Nov. 3, WIN. Smith, Co. II, 7th Regiment
3, VIM. Henderson, 20. y, 9th.
A." 6, Ward Blake, Co. c, Sth.
d" 6, Nathan Valentin, Co. |. Cd
" 8, Donald Mcdonald, Co. B, I'd.
DEATH OF AN AGED MAN-Stephen Stacy
aged 81 years and l day, died in Pleasan
Valley township, Scott county, on the 13t
inst.
Capt Isaac IIawley, another aged citize
of Scott county, died on the 10Th. He Tough
as captain of a company of Green Mountain
Boys at the memorable battle of Plattsburs
New York.
~ Although Iowa has nearly twent
thousand of rs brave and hardy troops in tt
field as ever marched to battle lthOus
these troops have pro!ed tn emselves when
ever they met the rebels, Iowa to-day has br
one Brgadler, General Curtis, while she
entitled to four or five. Iowa troops ougt
not be used to fiji out Illinois, Missouri All
other Brigades for the purpose Of giving az
pointments to the politicai Generals of thos
States, We are entitled, We have don
enough, (proportionally mt than any othe
State IN the Uninn) to be a. least heard of
= this war.-Burlngton Haar teye