Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-03-29
IOWA NEWS.

AVWU "A ~ u W Ss
Maj. Handy, one of the oldest settlers Of
johnson county, died last Sunday night.
The amount of delinquent taxes with
interest thereon in Dubuque County ex-
oeeds $l25.OoO
Sur AGAINST AN Ex-PosTMAsTsR.-ln the
U. s. District Court at Keokuk, last week,
q suit of tho P. o. Department against DR..
Vogt, former Postmaster at Iowa City, was
decided in his favor. The Department
claimed 81, 500 from him, but he put in Off
sets amounting to about $4,000, which
were admitted by the Court.
Four CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH lon
the night Of the 9Th inst, the house Of Mr..
Laddesaw, in Decatur county, was burned
down, and four children persisted in the
flames The children were three boys and
girl, the eldest II years of age, and the
youngest, three or four, the only inmates of
the house a: the time, the father and mother
being both absent. For this sad tale we are
indebted to the Leon Pioneer, which says
the origin of the fire is unknown.
ESCAPED FROM JAIL.-We learn from the
Davenport Gazette that three prisoner es-
capped from the Jail at that place, Oh Sunday
last, by saving off and removing an iron
bar, II inches in thickness, from one of the
windows. The implement used in cutting
the bar is supposed to have been saw
made Of watch spring. The names Of the
escaped prisoners are VIM. Jones, Thomas
Kelly and James Flannegan,-all confined
for burglary. Jones is supposed to be an
accomplise of John Campbell, who is serv-
ing out term of Imprisonment in the Mus
oatine Jail.
MAR1oN.-The Linn County Register gives
a short sketch of the early history and pres
ent standing Of Marion, countyseat of Linn
county. The town was laid out in the fall
of 1889, and named in honor of Gen. Fran
els Marion. The population in 1S45 was
800; in 1855, 1400. The present population
is estimated ct over 1000. There are 10
dry goods stores, 3 hardware and stove stores,
groceries, 7 shoe stores, 2 bookstores, 8
drug stores, 4 hotels, banking houses,
printing offices, 3 tailoring establishments,
bakeries, harness shops, 2 jewelry stores,
4 wagon shops, 2 cabinet shops, 4 millinery
stores, livery stables, 6 blacksmith shops,
l meat market, l steam Touring mill, saw
mills, foundry, distillery, brewery, 16
lawyers, and 5 physicians. The quantity Of
grain shipped from the town to Eastern
markets last season was as follows: wheat
$3.50 bushels, corn $4,000 bu., oats 49, ZOO
bushels 1900 fat cattle and $3.50 hogs were
bought in the town and shipped East by
dealers.
The Dubuque Western Railroad will be in
operation to Marion within the next thirty
days, which, it is expected, will give new
impetus to its business and growth.
A SINGULAR OAsE.-Dr. E. j. Fountain, Of
Davenport, physician who deservedly stands
in the front rank of his profession in that city,
was taken suddenly i'll, last Friday evening,
and his partner, DR.. Adler, was Immediately
sent for, and other physicians were called in.
DR.. F., however, continued to grow worse till
Sunday noon. On Saturday, the physicians
pronounced the case hopeless; but, on Sunday
evening, favorable change took place, and
he has continued to improve till it is though,
he is about of danger. The complaint with
which the Doctor is affected has been gener.
ally announced as cholera morbus. 1t is,
however, currently reported, in Davenport,
that the Doctors illness was caused uninten-
tionally by poison. The Doctor has been for
some time engaged in an investigation of the
properties of chlorate of potash as cure for
consumption. Last summer, he read paper
on the subject before the National Medical
| Convention at New Haven. 1t attracted
much attention in that body, who requested
him to continue his labors another year. The
report is that he has been experimenting on
himself with small doses of this medicine,
gradually increasing them till, on Friday last,
he took an ounce, which proved too much for
him, and Frustrated him, as we have above
noticed, so much as to greatly endanger his
life. Whatever may be the cause of DR..
Fountains illness, the citizens of Davenport
are we'll pleased to know there is 50 fair a
chance of his recovery, for with all he is
deservedly popular as a gentleman of refined
and scholarly tastes; while, with his brethren
of the profession, he is highly respected as a
jealous and ardent investigator Of medical
scie1ee.