Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1863-12-11
Iowa News.

SINGULAR ACclpENr.-A soldier fired at .
wild goose in the river at Davenport, the bal
striking the ice and glancing of, woundinl
in the thigh another soldier who was washins
himself on the island shore. s5
"A drove of five hundred and fifty mules
passed through Dubuque on the 2eth tult.
on their way from St. Paul to st. Louis
They belonged to "Uncle Sam,"' and had beer
used in Sibley's campaign against the In
dians.
SMALL Pox AT DAVENPORT Daven-
port GQsette says the danger Of spread Of
this loathsome disease over that city is by nc
means passed. There are eight or nine cases
in Camp Mcclellan Hospital and some else
where. 1t advises the citizens generally to
get vsccinated. .. su4a d..
GEN. CoRsE NOT DEAD.-The report by
telegraph that Gen. John M. Corse had died
of his wounds in the late battle at Chatta-
nooga appears to be . mistake. The Bur
hngton Ha,0ksye says dispatch has been
received from him, saying he is doing well
and will soon be home. ..-,..'..... 80
The wooden factory and Touring mill at
New Wine, Dubuque county, were consumed
by fire on the Gath ult, together with large
quantity Of wool and 1900 bushels Of wheat.
Total loss S1S, ,0O0-insurance $4,000 in the
Iowa Mutual. The fire is supposed to have
originated from the combustion Of the wool.
N L. Williams & Co.,, l.. Carmichael 4
Co., and Babcock & Hawes. have contracted
to do the grading On the M. Il M. r. R. to
Newton-.he work to be completed against
the 1st day of July, 1864. The iron has
already been purchased, and 30 car loads Of
it were lately received at Grinnell. So says
the Montezuma Republican.
Specimens of Indian trophies, which fell
into the hands of the late successful parties
against the wild men of the forest, have been
deposited in the archives of the State His.
torical Society in Iowa City. Indian snow
shoes, bow and arrows, steel pointed tanning
knife, scalping knife sheath, lancet, Indian
Doctors medicine bag, squaw's war dancing
dress, work pocket, Indian necklace, which
was taken from the neck of a slain chief
These articles were taken by members Of the
7th Iowa Cavalry, at the battle Of White
Hills, Dakota Territory.
The telegraph line has reached Inde-
pendence from Dubuque, and, in few days,
will be finished to Cedar Falls.
Quarters for conscripts in this district
are already being provided at Davenport.
The Democrat says twenty new barracks for
their accommodation have been erected at
Camp Mcclellan.
Col. Shaw, Of the 14th Iowa, has not
been arrested as was reported. BE is still in
command ofthe post at Columbus, Kentucky.
Brig Gen. Napoleon Bonaparte Bufora doubt
less thinks discretion the better part Of valor.
The Davenport Democrat says the 9th
cavalry will leave Camp Roberts for St. Louis
on Tuesday. They will 60 by railroad, ola
Joliet, and will 60 into winter quarters at
Benton Barracks, to be instructed for the
field.
Mrs. A. z. Harlan, wife Of Hon. James
Harlan, who has from the very commence
ment of the war been unceasing in her
efforts to alleviate the sufferings of our SOL
ders, has published lengthy letter in the
Mount Pleasant Home Journal, heartily en-
dorsing the action Of the State Sanitary Con-
vent,on at Des Moines. and urging the support
Of the Iowa Sanitary Commission, the State
organization effected by that Convention.
ARREST OF A DESPERATE DssERrER.-We
learn by private letter from Sigourney, that
ON Wednesday Sheriff Merriam and his Dep
nty, Mr.. Lash, arrested deserter named
George Payton, a few miles from that place.
Payton fred shot gun at them two or three
times and then ran about mile before being
overhauled. His shot did not, fortunately,
take effect. He was q member Of Co. B,
3sd Iowa Infantry, and, with six others, was
taken prisoner last spring, near Helena,
Ark. They were duly exchanged during the
summer, and all had returned except Payton.
His skulking has not availed him, and he is
now 10 Jail, and will be forwarded to the
proper place soon. ~ .
RoBBER1Es AT S1eoURNEy.-The Sigourney
Ne.0s states that Mrs. Teeter, wife of Rev.
I. P. Teeter, Chaplain of the 7th Iowa In
fant.y, was arrested at that place last week
on charge of robbery. She was visiting at
the house of J. T. Clark, who, having missed
package of over $4,000, found 1t concealed
in her trunk. She denied having any knowl-
edge of how it got there. She was taken to
Oskaloosa, where she waived an examination
and obtained bail IN the sum of 81, 900, The
affair caused considerable gossip, on account
of the high responsibility Of the parties con-
cerned. 1.-The Neus also states that the house
Of Mrs. Col. Mackey was entered on the night
of the 2lst ult., and $1C0 10 greenbacks was
stolen. The thief effected an entrance
through back window. and escaped through
the kitchen door, which heleft open behind
him. .., --- ~.
SU1c1DE.-Mrs. A. G. Owen of St Ansgar,
Mitchell county, committed suicide q week
or two since by taking strychnine. She had
been respondent since the death Of her hus-
band in the summer. bad. xii -5a E..
Iowa COUNTY IrEMs.-Joseph Talbot, who
was chosen Treasurer and Recorder of Iowa
county at the late election, died Of srysipelas
near Narengo, on the 9th ult.-John Hale,
of Marengo, was severely scalded in the face,
on the s0th, by the bursting Of valve in the
boiler of his steam mill. It is feared he will
lose his oversight Heller. who was re-