Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-06-03
IOWA NEWS.

The next annual meeting of the
State Teachers Association will be held
at Dubuque during the 23d, oath. 25th
18th of August. "t rl.. .1
The Tipton advertiser advocates the
denomination Of Hon. ]. w. Cattell for
Auditor of State He is now serving
his third term, and has made a faithful
and efficient officer.
The contested election case in Des
Moines between Lees (Republican) and
Morris (Copperhead has been decided
in favor of the former, who is now duly
qualified Mayor for The next year.
GooD.-Hon. Elijah Sells, our former
Secretary Of State, has received the APP
pointment Of Third Auditor of the
| Treasury, and has been ordered to report
at Washington immediately. No man
is more deserving Of promotion then he.
john {. Culbertson, Asst Adjutant
General, has issued circular, extending
the time for recruiting for the 100 days
service in the first Congressional Dis
trict till June 10th. Companies are to
report at Davenport instead of Keokuk
MILITARY SECRETARY-MissA Angus
ta Matthew'S the accomplished sister-in-
law of Gov: Stone, has been appointed
to fill the place vacated by Capt. North,
and reported at tho Executive Office
yesterday, to assume her official duties.
Military gentlemen may do we'll to give
some attention to their composition and
style of penmanship. That the new
Military Secretary will ably perform her
duties we have not doubt, and we bid
her welcome to the Capital City.-Des
Moines Register. 49,.
Brig. Gen. Dana is at Davenport to
inspect the hundred day troops.
The First National Bank of Lyons,
Clinton county, and the First National
Bank Iowa City, Johnson county, have
been designated as depositori<s of Inter
nal Revenue. l -.
Among the New NationaTba aknue-
ported, is one at oWa; /;
G. NJ. Woodbury., President; CIV.
Fracker, Cashier. The capital is -
000 't ~
N'Nh' lCil IuNcilD DOIVY
to take e4mmand in the field under
Gen. sherman. The General is a fight
ing man, 49, that is th&kind of
Brigadiers wliicikherman needs. :
ATRocroUs clss,SN sEDucrloS,-A
villainous school teacher named David
May, of Whitewater township Dubuque
county, lately scdueed a young daughter
of one of his best friends His victim is
only Is, and is encieate. May has fled,
leaving wife and five children. His
wife has become insane with troubk.
A MAN FOUND DRowNED.-Am man
by the name of Myers, blacksmith,
living in the lowet1part of the city hav-
ing the smallpox, in state of deliriuS
got out of his room last SATURDAY. and
body was,found last AaiiaU ban and was as
2Sth. - ..
The 45th Regiment left for st. Louis
last week
Another hundred days regiment
was formed on Saturday at Davenport,
but the number has not been affixed to
it yet nor its officers announced.
Patrick Hogan, an industrious work.
ing man, was crushed between two ears,
at Dubuque, on the 9th, and died soon
afterwards.
The Greybeard Regiment received
orders to leave for the front on Saturday,
and leave to-day for Memphis, Tenn.
They have won many friends since their
sojurn with us, and after having ar
ranged, as they supposed, a permanent
themselves and families, it seemed
rather hard for them to sleave, but still
they go without murmur, and cheer
fully resign themselves to the call of our.
common country GaS., 30th.