Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-08-14
Iowa News.

The convict labor in the Iowa Peniten
tiary is to be let for a term of years, on the
lst of September next. Ms FAF
The 7th Iowa cavalry, under command
of Major e. H. Heath, arrived at Desmoines
on the 5th, and campel about two miles from
the city, on the east side Of the Desmoines
1t is on its way to the Indian country.
Gen. A. 9. Dodge, ye valiant Spanish
minister and ex- Iowa Congressman, has
turned up at Pixies Peak. The Denver
Commonwealth says the distinguished Sym
pathizer takes kindly to his new fortunes,
having been seen lately backing his stogas
in miners hut. What fall from the days
when Caesar canvassed the State Of Iowa with
Kirkwood e..'t
BUFFALoFs IN IowA.--Out in the northern
part of Hardin county, near Iowa Falls, a
large drove of Buffaloes made their appearance
last week, and the people have had splendid
sport hunting them. One old bull that was
killed weighed thirteen hundred pounds. He
was wounded on Thursday evening and es-
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some stock belonging to an emigrant who had
camped on the prairie, and killed an OK and
one or two cows, and would have done other
damage had not party Of hunters come up
and dispatched him. Where the animals
came from, how they managed to travel so
far into the State without being discovered
and destroyed, is mystery Times.
GREAT PRAIRIE CHICKEN HuNr-The Vim
ton Eagle gives an account of a grand prairie
chicken hunt in that vicinity, in which 36
men killed in one day 1859 chickens. The
chickens were distributed among the families
of the town, due regard being paid to the
families of vo unteers i -
The Ft. Madison Plaindealer, rabid
oopperhead sheet, has been discontinued. -
The material of the Office has passed in'o the
hands Of the Republicans, and good Union
paper will be printed instead of the PLAIN
dealer.
"A mi itary company numbering eighty
one memb rs has been organized in Wapello,
and the following persons chosen as officers /:
Captain, J. H Isett; First Lieut., s. F. Nor
ris; Second Lieut., r. Welch; Orderly, G.
r. Keller Capt. Isett has seen considerable
service, having served about Is months in
the 9th Iowa Infantry.
CONFLICT OF AUTnoR1TY.-A Copperhead
Judge at Ottumwa (Trimble) arrested and
imprisoned the Provost Marshal of Wape'lo
county, (Mr. Crosson,) for refusing to obey q
writ of habeas corpus issued by said Judge,
requiring the production before him of GER
tain prisoner then held in his custody as Pro.
vost Marshal. Mr.. Crosson was obeying
orders from the Federal authorities, and
under the ruling of Judge Taney in the Booth
case, was not subject to the behests of State
Court. If we arc not mistaken Judge Trim
BILE will some day find that he has ''put his
foot in it," -a..
The bloody flux is prevailing seriously
in some portions cf Dubuque connty. There
were twenty deaths from the disease in Dyers-
vile last week.
UNION TICKET IN KEoKUK County.
following is the ticket nominated at Sigour-
ney, on Saturday last, August 8: For Sem
ator, John G. Hogin; for Representatives,,
Maj. JOS Andrews and r. S. Mills; for Treas
urer, Lycurgus Mccoy for Sheriff. W. B.
Merriam; for County Judge, John Rogers; for
Surveyor, Joel Crosman for County Super
intendent, D. V. Smock for Coroner, r. N.
Waddell