Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-03-11
iowa News.

| iowa News.
The ladies of Burlington gave Fair last
week for sanitary purposes. The Fair lasted
several days, and yielded, free of Of all expen.
ses, $4,115,6s. Tbs is doing remarkably
well for Burlington, when it is considered
that there were very few contributions from
abroad and that the Fair was got up on short
notice.
The editor of the Waverly PAenix says
he hasin his possession copy Of the works
Of Cicero. printed in 1922 It is therefore 242
years old. 1t is printed in old style type, and
it is quite a job 10 make out the letters; it is
bound in heavy boards, covered with raw
hide, and fastens with brass clasps, hung on
leather hinges. 1t came from JEFF. Davis
plantation and was confscated by Lieut..
Foster.
The Iowa City Republican announces
the death Of Mr.. o. H. Buck, one of the orig
inal settlers of that city.
Dennis N. Cooley, Esq, of Dubuque. has
received an appointment as Collector Of Fed
eral taxes in South Carolina. He is q good
man for the position.
FATAL ACADEMIA son of Mr.. John
Atchison, Of Darlington, twelve or fourteen
years Of age, was run over BY the Sunderland
House omnibus, on the I'd inst, and died Of
his injuries in the afternoon.
The examination in the McCardle mur-
der case in Dubuque county, Iowa, was con.
cluded on Friday. Mrs. McCardle and Pat
rick were sent to Jail to await their trial be-
fore the District Court. James and John
were released.
From statistics contained in the report
of the Secretary of the State Board of Educa-
ton, it appears that the average cost of tut
ton for the whole State is 271c. per week
for each pupil. The lowest is at Iowa City,
6 cents. The cUsain Muscatine is 10 cents.
The Dubuque Herald has once more
changed hands. Patrick Robb, F. M. lie
bach and NJ. NJ. Ham are the new proprietors
and conductors. What its tone will be
thenceforward remains to be seen. 1t is
hoped, however, for the credit of our State
that it will be less reasonable than while
under the control of Mahony and Hutchins.
Six hundred and sixty-two recruits were
mustered in at Davenport last week. A
pretty good weeks work.
A man named Nelson Keys was found
dead on the prairie near Harper's Ferry, Clay
ton county, last Tuesday week. It is sup
posed that he laid down while intoxicated
and died from exposure.
EXTENSIVE SoRGHux CuLrURE.-Prepara-
tons are being made by the Davenport Sor-
ghum Company fol- the cultivation Of t1o
hundred and sirty acres of Sorghum the COM
ing season, on the land leased by the COM
pany near Walnut Grove.
TIRES PERSONS DROWNED. Evander Tow
er, Ellen Crooks and Mary Murphy, were
drowned in the Des Moines river, two miles
below Pennington, on the Sd inst, while
crossing on the ice. The bodies were all
recovered, but not until they had been in the
water several hours. The deceased were
all young, Tower being the only son and
support of his widowed mother. The girls
were about twelve or thirteen years Of age.
M1srAks.-The Davenport Gazette calls
attention to vote taken in that county IN
1851, by which the proposition for restrain
ing swine from running al large was adopted.
1t adds "The law is still valid, having never
since been either amended or voted against" "
This is mistake. The Supreme Court de-
cided the law unconstitutional, because it
was not uniform in its operation throughout
the State. Muscatine county is in the same
boat at Scott in this matter.
"A soldier by the name of Praether, be.
longing to company H, 4th Iowa infantry,
was killed in cold blood by one earns, a
neighbor, near Alton, in Adams county, on
the 9th ult. earns has been apprehended.
The cause of the murder is copperheadism
and an old grudge. Praether was good
man and leaves family. ..
SECOND CLASS CIrlEs-Gov. Stone has is
sued proclamation that the following towns
and cities are entitled to become cities Of
the second Glass;" in accordance with the
provisions of sections 1913 and 1919, Laws
of Iowa, Revision of 1860: Burlington, Oe.
dar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Dubuque, Des
Moines, Davenport, Iowa City, Keokuk, Ly-
ons, Mt. Pleasant, Ft. Madison, Marion, Mus.
catine, McGregor, Oskaloosa, Washington.
This is based on the State census of 1863
The law requires at least Ii, 900 inhabitants to
become city of the first class, and not less
than 1000 for the second class. So we have
no first class cities'' in Iowa.
~ Some two months since three soldiers
were brutally murdered by guerrill4s in the
vicinity of Chattanooga, and Gen. Thomas
caused the sum of $50 900 to be assessed
upon the rebels who resided in the locality
for the benefit Of their families. This wal
collected One of these soldiare waa named