Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-07-22
IOWA NEWS.

ing of Mr.. Watrous, station agent at
Blairstown, are in Jail at Vinton. Mr..
WIS condition is still precarious.
Col. Sanford, of the 47th Iowa.
says the great want Of the soldiers at
present is mosquito bars, to protect them
from the troublesome little insects who
| won't let them sleep at nights. He
writes TO the Burlington HdWkcyc from
Helena.
EXECUTION OF MCCoMB POSTPONED
The execution of b. A. McComb, now
confined in the Jail Of Wapello county
| under conviction and sentence for the
murder of Laura J. Harvey, which was
to have taken place on July eth, has
been postponed in consequence Of an
appeal to the Supreme Court, which
cannot be heard until the December
Term.
DRowNED--We are informed by Mr..
James, of Sigourney, that a German,
named ]. G.. Staaf, was drowned in
North Skunk river, between Sigourney
and Lancaster, on Saturday last. He
tried to cross the river at an old ford not
now used in consequence OF back water.
He was in buggy. He and horse both
drowned. He has q brother in Pitts
burg, Pa, and his parents are in Ger
many. He was from Columbus City,
Louisa county.
-Counterfeits on the Dubuque Branch
of the State Bank are in circulation in
some portions of the State. The coun-
terfeits are los raised from the genuine
2's.
Chaplain M. III. Hare, Of the 33th
Regiment, was taken prisoner in Steele's
expedition. He subsequently made his
escape, and rejoined the Regiment, nai,s-
rs hat and shoes and wearing a pair Of
old secesh pantaloons.
The Keokul; Constitution, in speak
ing of the prevalence of small pox in
that city to an alarming extent, says it
was spread by the clothes of small
poX patient, which II woman had taken
to the river side to wash, and which a
party of Irish children stole while she
was gone after washtub. So much for
dishonesty
FLUX EPIDEMIC.-The Wapello Re
publican says during the past week the
hux has made its appearance at that
place, assuming the form of a serious
epidemic. One death occurred on Sat-
urday and three on Sunday The dis
ease is mostly confined to children. 1t
is also prevailing to an alarming extent
in the neighborhood Of Grandviaw.
ESTIMATES OF THE WHEAT CROP
According to the returns made to the
Secretary of the State Agricultural Col
lege, the breadth Of land sown this sea-
son is one tenth more than previous
years, and the crop, with all the disad-
vantges of drouth and bugs, will still be
in excess of previous years. "~
The De Witt Observer, edited by S.
III. Shoemaker, visits our sanctum and
is gladly welcomed. The mechanical
execution of the paper evinces the good
taste and skillful workmanship of a
practical printer. The last number, be-
fore US, is filed with excellent reading
matter. It's politics are sound, and we
wish Brother S. abundant success.
Orderly Sergt Sven of the 18th Iowa
Cavalry and resident of West Liberty,
has been detached from his regiment,
by order of the War Department and
ordered to the Military Academy at
Philadelphia, were we suppose he is to
be thoroughly prepared for promotion.
Serg't. S. was corporal in the LIST
Iowa, and is young man ofgreat energy
and courage.
w. 3. Murray, son OF D. Henry
Murray, of Iowa City, formerly of the
Naval Academy at Newport, has been
appointed I'd Lieutenant in the Marine
Corps, and has repaired to Washington
to report for duty. Lieut.. Murray is a
young man of fine promise and we con-
graduate him upon his advancement,
hoping that he will continue onward
and upward.