Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-11-20
Iowa News.

"A NAlLkcAn + ENCED IN nc Uuouque u
Sioux City Riii Dad Company intend to fencs
in their road its entire length with wire
fence each side of the track, to keep stock
off and prevent accidents.
BROKE JAIL. Three prisoners charged with
larceny escaped from Jail at Ft. Madison on
Wednesday night of last week, by wronching
off bar of one Of the cells and prying open
the scuttle. Their names are Robert Cloud
James Anderson and Fountain Angel. Fifty
dollars reward is offered for the return of each
of them.
The Dubuque and Sioux City Railroad
Company offered 200 acres of land for
sale at auction last week. The land is stu
ated :in..the Des Mones Valley, mostly in Po-
cahontas county. There were no bidders,
except for one tract near Ft. Dodge, at rs
per acre. All the lands were afterwards sold
for cash at private sale to parties in New York.
The object of the company in selling is to
raise means to extend thc road
Colonel Stone, Governor elect, is now in
Des Moines. We learn from the Register
that he is making arrangements to take up
his residence at the Capital.
The Dubuque S. ". r. R. has large
force grading between Marion and Cedar
Rapids, and the cars are to run from Marion
to Cedar Rapids by January 1st.
The Keokuk Constitution says the vine
yards around Fort Madison have produced
$50, 900 worth OF grapes this year, and every
body is now going into this business.
Lewis Fresches, soldier in the cavalry
service, recently committed suicide at his
home in Jefferson county. He was found
shot through the head.
BRIDGE ACROSS THE MIssIsslppI.-W ork is
to be commenced by the Galena Co. on the
bridge at Clinton, across the main channel Of
the Mississippi, when navigation Closes
Two million feet of lumber are contracted
for.
RE-ARREsrED-Two of the prisoners who
recently escaped from the Oskaloosa Jail,
Redman by name, were arrested day or two
since at Fontenelle, Adair county. They
were captured by Milton Carter, Of Win!e.set,
late of the First Iowa Cavalry. Mr.. Carter
gets hundred dollars apiece for arresting
these scamps.
McGREGoR R. R-Work has commenced
on this line, which is to run from McGregor,
opposite Prairie du Chen, to connect with
the Minnesota and Cedar River r. R., now
building southwark from Minneapolis to the
valley of the Cedar 1t will connect Mime
sofa with Chicago by the Chicago and Prairie
du Chen route.
Iowa CAR RMANUFAcToRY.-Mr. Van Kuran,
in his establishment at Clinton, has built 80
freight cars for the Winona and st. Peters r.
r. He has passenger cars yet to build for
the same road. Even Chicago companies re-
sort to this establishment for cars. The
Dubuque and s. G. Railroad is about to COM
mence the manufacture of its own cars.
The True WooLY-HEADs. is said that
over 100000 sheep have passed through Chi
cago since the first of June last, destined for
Western Illinois and Iowa. A la:ge proper
ton Of them are from Western Pennsylvania
and Ohio. This large number accounts for
the increase of sheep In Iowa from 258, 900 in
1860 to $4,000 now. Forty thousand
sheep have reached the interior of Iowa by
four railroad lines this season, and many
more on foot. Ten thousand crossed into
Minnesota in six weeks at La Crosse ferry.
The quota of Scott county under the late
call is 40l men. Capt. H. Egbart is the re
cruiting officer.
Col. Rothrock, late of the 35th Iowa, is
recruiting officer for Cedar county. The
quota of that county is 1856 men.
LINN CouNrr.-We regret to learn Of the
suspension of the Marion Register.-A Ma
tional Bank has been organized at Marion,
with r. D. Stephens as cashier.
The Ft. Dodge Senatorial District is COM
posed of % counties. Of those, at the late
election, Monona and Buena Vista only seven
votes each, Ida nine, Clay twelve, and only
four of the others severally over one hundred.
The whole vote of the eighteen counties heard
from for Senator was 1886. There must GER
tainly be abundance Of room in that region
for more inhabitants. But those who reside
there now are generally on the right side.
They gave the Union candida 322 majority.
R, H. Marsh, Esq, is recruiting agent
for Washington county. The quota is 152.
Information is wanted of Leondas Ham
line Deford ,son Of William Deford Of Dubuque.
The missing boy is twelve years Of age, me.
diuza size for his age, fair hair and black eyes.
He left Des Moines on the 18th day ofiJuly.
A short time subsequently he was heard of
at Monroe, Jasper county, since which time
no tidings have been obtained from him.
Information with reference to him will be
thankfully received by his father in Du-
buque.
SHEEP.-The Dubuque Herald of November
14th mentions the arrival at that place of a
drove of 700 sheep, destined for Monticello,
Jones county, where they are to be wintered
and kept hereafter. They belong to Mr.. J.
H. Gill, are breeding merino sheep, and came
from Springfield, Vermont, leaving there three
weeks ago. In the flock we're thirty-five
bucks, for which their owner was offered
800 each. Corn was one dollar bushel
when they left Vermont, and the prospects Of
high rates for fodder drove them where it was