Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-08-09
Iowa News.

- Gov. Kirkwood left Iowa City Monday
afternoon on his way to Washington City.
- The Davenport Gazette learns that thu
4th regiment has been ordered from Counci
Bluffs to St. Louis.
Tho Madisonion of the 9th contains ar
obituary Of lady who died at Winte,sett, a
the age of y.
Mrs. Crappeau, living near Vinton, Iowa
hung herself in a barn last week-cause, un
kindness of a third husband.
Mrs. Lindsey, living about three mile;
east CT Washington, dropped dead in her gar
den last Saturday. Supposed cause - apo
plexy or sun stroke.
The Iowa papers selected to publish
the laws Of the United States arc the Bur
lington Haokeye and the lntelHgencer at St
Charles.
Telegraph communication was opened te
Keokuk on Monday last, by way of Burling
ton. The Gate City is now published as q
morning paper, with the latest dispatches.
CASUALTIES AT DAvENpoRr.-John Collins
died of sun stroke in Davenport last Sunday;
also, Patrick Keefe, partly by heat and part
ly by kicking, received while drunk, from
Patrick Kelly Monday evening two little
bows were drowned while bathing in the riv-
er.
HORSE SuN-SrRucK. The Davenport DEM
ocrnt says: "a gentleman started from
Princeton on Sunday morning, in buggy,
and before he had gone ten miles, his horse
was sun struck, and died. He was going to
Muscatine where he resided" We have heard
nothing of the circumstance from any other
source.
How THEY TREAT SEcEssIoSIsTs IN CLINTON
CouNrY.-Two men, James Cottle and son,
were found uttering secession sentiments at
Clinton, few days since. The Union men of
the place took the matter in hand, gave them
severe threshing, and left them duly I'M
pressed with the importance of keeping their
treason to themselves.
ANOTHER DEMOCRATIC CoNvENTIoN.-The
anti Mahony wing of the Democratic State
Executive Committee have issued call for a
Democratic State Convention, to be held at
SALE OF Cook & SARGENr's EFFEcrs-The
assets of the firm of Cook & Sargent and in
auction in Davenport few days since. These
assets consisted of notes, stocks, judgments,
accounts, and real and personal property,
amounting nominally to 100000. The total
sum obtained for everything, however, was
only S1,425-a little less than one per cent. of
the estimated value of the houses, lands and
papers! The Gazette says the banking house
sold for ST. so above membranes E. Cooks
homestead 50 cents over membranes; j. P.
Cooks property on Brady street, near 4th, the
old Baptist church, same price, and j. P.
Cooks farm, on Dubuque road, same; 76
shares in the NJ. & NJ. R. R. Co., brought
$3O,25, ard 40 of the same brought IS; the
par value Of these is 800 each. A quarter
section of land in Douglas CO., N. T., sold for
SAL 40 acres in O'Brien co., Iowa, Sc; II
acres on Big Island, opposite Rockingham,
$3.50; 4 shares D. G. L. & C. Co. were
found to be worth 1915. What lesson is
this to all who build their hopes on wealth,
and especially on the profits Of wild cat bank
ing!
Army SuRGEoNs.-The Iowa City Repubi-
can names the following appointments by the
Governor:
Gov. Kirkwood has appointed DR.. Reeder,
of Muscatine Surgeon Of the 9Th Regiment,
md DR.. John E. Lake, of Marion, formerly Of
his city, Assistant. For the LIST Cavalry
Regiment, Dr.. Cochran, of this city, and Dr..
D. 3. Allen, of Wintersett, Assistant. For
he 18th Regiment, DR.. 4. Witter, of Linn
county, Surgeon, and Asa Morgan, of Clinton !
county, Assistant. For the 4th, Dr. NJ. W.
Robbins, of -, Surgeon, and DR.. w. S.
Grimes, of -, Assistant i-ele ~ .-i'
pr. Rsedsr has declined the appointment. !