Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-09-11
Iowa News.

= Andrew L. Myers. the murderer of the
soldier, Alloway, at butternut meeting in
Peoria, Mahaska county, Aug. 22d, was ex-
amined at Oskaloosa last week. From the
testimony it appears that the killing was pre-
meditated-that Myers swore not five minutes
before the deed was done that he would do
it, and proceeded at once to put his threat
into execution. The counsel for Myers Of
fered no countervailing evidence, but per
mitted the accused to be locked in Jail to
await his trial for murdenin the first degree.
John Flener and Thomas j. Myers, each
charged with assault with intent to kill in
the same affair, were held to bail-the former
in 81, 900 and the latter in 500.
The Magnolia Republican reports that
body of 400 or 500 Indians, on an alleged
hunting expedition, are passing through the
western counties.
| -MoRE CopPERuEAD RAsCALIrY.-The
stock yard of Capt. W. D. Peck, Of Abing
don, Jefferson county, was set on fire and a
considerable quantity of wheat and oats
destroyed, on the night of the 2sth ult., by
some miscreants, who also discharged vol
ley at the dwelling and then escaped. The
ball passed within two feet of Capt. P.'s
daughter. His offense is that he is a sound
Union man, and the Captain of the Union
Home Guards of Abingdon. For thus being
Union man his property is destroyed and an
attempt made to assassinate him and his
family.
| Three companies of the 7th cavalry left
Davenport on Saturday for Sioux City, where
they are to join the balance of the regiment
The census of the city of Dubuque just
taken shows population of 1871. 1t is the
largest city in Iowa.
! Large wooden factories have recently
been erected at Davenport and Fort Madison
in this State. The one at the latter point will
give employment to two or three hundred
| hands.
BODY OF AN Iowa SOLDIER FOUND IN ILL
Nors.-By communication in the Chicago
Tribune, we learn that on the Sd inst, the
body Of a young man named Jacob Berry
was found near Del Rey, Iroquois county
badly mutilatcd. He belonged to Company
F, Capt. Morselnan, of the 22d Iowa 1nfan'
try, enlisted at Iowa City. He had fur,
Tough extending from the 9th of August tc
the 9th Of September and soldiers pass
from Cairo to Lasale. The account does
not state in what manner it is supposed he
came to his death. His body was buried al
Onarga, and his effects are in the hands Of
Winsow Woods, j. P, at that place.
The municipal election in Wapello, Louisa
county, on Monday last, resulted in the tri'
umph of the entire Union ticket, as we learn
from the Republican. L. Robinson is the
Mayor elect
A fire at McGregor. on Sunday night
last, burned out twelve business firms, max
ing clean sweep from the State Bank to
Newell's drug store. The loss will reach
5000, about two-thirds Of which is in
sured The fire is supposed to be the work
of an incendiary.
- The Union men Of johnson county have
nominated for Senator, Ezekiel Clark; for Rep
resentatives, Robert S. Finkbine and Warner
Spuyrler; for Recorder, j. Fl. Deacon; for
Sheriff, John Wilson; for County Judge, John
Williams; for Surveyor, P. Cowgirl; for Super
intendent, VIM. j. Haddock; for Coroner,
BENZ. Owen. The Iowa City Republican
says it is the best ticket ever nominated in
that county.
- Senator Harlan has been taken sick, and
is unable to fill his appointments for address
ing the people. Attorney General Nourse
will attend the meetings, and some one will
be designated by the State Central Commit
tee to fill Mr.. Harlan's place for the present.
Jesse StonleY, an old and esteemed citi-
zen of Keokuk county, lately committed
suicide, in fit of arrangement, by shooting
himself in the head.
- Rabbit of the Council Bluffs Bug1e still
refuses to raise the name of Gen. Tuttle as
his candidate for Governor. He parades a
ticket without head.
SUDDEN DEATH.-On Tuesday last, VIM.
Dean, brother of II. Clay Dean, came to our
place, and during the after part of the day
made free use of bad whisky. Late in the
evening he was put to bed on pallet in the
bar-room of the Keosauqua House, and on
Wednesday morning was found dead. He
seemed to have died withouta struggle.-Keo-
sauqua Republican, Aug. 28th.
w H. Hill, the tory who wrote sympa-
thizing letters to rebeldom, and some eighteen
months since was escorted to Washington by
Marshal Hoxie, by order of the Secretary of
State, has been nominated by the Harrison
county Tuttle men for the Office of Treasurer
and Recorder.
sy The towards who stay at home to growl
at the Government and oppose its measures
for the suppression Of the rebellion, say that
negroes will not fight. The Generals in the
field are however decidedly of the opposite
opinion. We have had evidence of this from
many quarters, and now Gen. Blunt, in his
official report of the battle of Holly Springs,
Ark, pays warm tribute to the valor of the
First Kansas colored regiment, most of the
members of which were long slaves in