Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-02-26
iowa News.

The Mt. Vernon Record says that Cor
nell College was never so prosperous as now
-225 students being in attendance.
"A member of Co. F., 4th regiment 1st
Battalion Invalid corps. named Mathew Lou
ther, froze to d=ath at Davenport, while drunk,
on the 17th He was found dead near Camp
JEFF Davis.
The citizens ofDeWitt are talking about
building a railroad from that place to Daven.
port. At a meeting held at Dewitt a COM
mittee Of citizens was appointed to confer
with the business men of Davenport as to the
lest means of carrying forward the proposed
enterprise.
A fellow named John Hambrick, from
Iowa City, enlisted and was paid the usual
bounty at Davenport, after which he managed
to desert, went to Burlington, again enlisted
and was about being paid a second bounty,
when he got drunk and boasted of his double
dealing. He was Immediately put in iror S
and sent to the regiment in which he had
first enlisted. ....
The Treasurer Of Story county has sue.
ceeded in securing the redemption of $7,77C
of the ''greenbacks" partially destroyed in
the safe at the recent burning Of the Court
House in Nevada. This does not cover the
total amount lost, but the notes of the remain
der could not be Unidentified by the Depart
ment at Washington. The lEyis states that
claim will be presented to the Court Of
Claims for the balance.
RAILROAD CoNsrRUcrIoN'' BONDS. The leg
islature, at the suggestion Of the friends Of
the Southern Line Railroad, has enacted law
providing for the issuance of fifty dollars con
struction bonds by the company and consti
tuting them lien on the railroad. .....
MURDER.-Patrick Garlic was found bru
tally murdered at his home about 18 miles
from Dubuque, on the 18th inst. He was
between sixty and seventy.years Of age. His
head was horribly beaten with clubs. HIS
wife was also found insensible from blows in
ficted with clubs. She testified that two
strangers perpetrated the deed, though sus-
picion rests on her two sons.
| The Post-ofice at Bloomington, Poll
county, Iowa, has been discontinued.
| Arrangements have been nearly com
pleted for the erection of Paper Mill al
Cedar Rapids.
= The prevalence of smallpox and anothe,
disease called pemphygus has induced the
Mayor Of Maquoketa to prohibit all public Of
private gatherings untitth ubsidence of the
disease. Il, He closes the schools and churches
- George D. Ingersoll has retired from the
Fort Dodge Republican. He will be sue
ceeded by Senator Cue, of Scott county, who
proposes removing to Fl. Dodge in the spring
The following Post Offices have very re-
Gently been established in Iowa: ~.
Lindale, Woodbury. county, Iowa. Thomas
Dunnigan, Postmaster liz g3aI 1yisi.f3 20 g
| Shady Brook, Linn county, lows, William
b. d. Harvey, Postmaster. !. 57e O. 2eW ~.
Union Centre, jackson county, Iowa, Thos
Tompkins, Postmaster. .h2
An a6ray occurred few days since fou'
miles west Of West Union, between two mer
by the name Of Goodspeed and Mllard. Mil
lard used an axe. Curtis, . constable, inter
fered and shot at Millard, wounding him Sc
/ riously. r,ns sa si.a.fs.T sr87 -s-
The bill authorizing the State Treasurer
to sell the specie ($2s, s,ooo) now in the Treas
ury, alta premium, for greenbacks, has pass
4 ed both branches of the State Legislature
says correspondent Of one Of the Chicag,
lpapers. ;. s,s;.,q 81 Oh tsr., +sIer.