Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-09-19


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Iowa News
CEDAR CoUNry.--The number of militia in
this county is 1926; Of these 92S are now in
the service as volunteers. Patriotic Cedar!
Iowa CouNrY-In 1860, Iowa county cast
1464 votes for Presidential Electors. 1t has
since sent 700 volunteers to the war.
The ladies of Desmoines county have re-
quested the editor of the Hawkeye to publish
the exemption list He has promised to do
so.
Charles Phelps, of Burlington, has an
nounced himself as candidate for Judge of
the First District, in order to give Hon. F.
Springer, the present able incumbent, a
chance to beat somebody-there being no
regular nominations against him.
Col. Daugherty brought in to Keokuk,
and placed under the charge of the Provost
Marshal, on last Friday, two men named S.
F. Grant and J. w. Brieden, charged with
bushwhacking. They were sent to Fort La
fayette.
Thomas Fl. Benton, Jr., who competed
unsuccessfully with John A. Kasson for the
Republican nomination from the fifth Congress
sional District of Iowa, has become Colonel
of the 34th Iowa Regiment.
Some person or persons at Mt. Pleas
ant, having sold liquor to the soldiers
encamped there, Col Stone has given orders
that should the same thing occur again, the
liquor, whether sold in or out of that city,
shall be destroyed.
CoTToN.-S. Lombard, Esq, of this place,
has in his garden cotton plants in different
stages of growth We think this is the first at
tempt in this section to p: opagate this article,
staple growing in Northern soil are invited to
visit Mr.. Lombard's garden Cedar Falls
Gazette.
HENRY CoUNTy-Our neighboring county
of Henry has given good account of itself
in this war; The number of enrolled militia
is 1888; of these, 1853 are in the service as
volunteers; 304 are exempted for all causes
leaving 1874 subject to draft. The HON.
Journal adds that about one hundred, not
included in the above number of volunteers
have been recruited for the old regiments.
FAIR At WHEATLAND.-The farmers o.
Clinton Cedar, Jones, Linn and Jackson
counties expect good time at the Fair which
commenced at Wheatland yesterday. There
will doubtless be good attendance from Scot
county.
The Sioux City Register says there is nc
doubt of the fact, that the Secession Commits
sioners among the Indians have melted thu
recent atrocities. Captain Willard, with 8
company of mounted men, started from Sioux
City so soon as the news reached that place
to afford all the relief in his power to the set
tiers on the upper Des Moines. A home guard
has been formed at Sioux City for the protec
ton of the town.
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE IN ELDoRA-On the
morning of the 4th inst, fire broke out ir
the storehouse of Joseph Furry, in Eldora
consuming the building and the greater par
ofthe contents. A building adjoining, oc
cupied by E. W. Eastman as a grain ware
house, was also destroyed. The Sentinel Of
fee, which was in the second story of the
former building, was entirely destroyed
nothing being saved Mr.. Furry's loss est
mated at $1,000 insured for $4,000. Thu
Sentiners loss $1,000, no insurance. Mr.
Hunter announces that the publication of thu
Sentinel will be resumed as soon as posi-
Bile.
LARGE CONTRACT -Adjutant General IA
ker has now on hand sixty thousand
yards of army cloth, which he is going to have
made up into clothing for the soldiers in this
State. He is now about completing som,
heavy contracts for manufacturing lie re
fuses to give contracts to persons outside o
the State, proposing to have the work all done
in Iowa.
HORRIBLE ArFAlR.-A man by the nam,
of Joshua Adams as we are informed. living
in Marshall county, Immediately over thu
Hardin county line, murdered his little daugh
ter in fit of insanity, last Sunday, by strik
ing her on the head with an axe or corr
cutter. She was about six years old. Gu,
informant said that although she was no
dead at 10 O'Clock on Sunday night, there was
no possible chance of her recovery.
This same man attempted to cut his OWL
tn, oat about two years ago.-Haydin Sent.