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

| "A young ulHu uAuleu Quincy III
was killed by the explosion of an anvi
at the celebration Of the 4th in Bi
Grove, Johnson county.
The wife Of John w. Frazier, Q
Salem, Henry county, was shockingl,,
burned by her clothes taking fire Will
canning fruit on the l1th ms. She die'
the next day.
| Gov. Stone is about to visit the low,
soldiers in the field in order to adop
such measures as he may dee N expe
dent for their welfare. The Governor
experience and lively appreciation o
the wants of our self-sacrificing mel
will, we hope, enable him to do then
much good.
We are informed by S. A. James
Esq, of Sigourney, that the friends o
lst Serg't. Robert F. Lowe of Co. D
18th Iowa Infantry, was shot through
the lungs by rebel sharpshooter on thu
lst inst, near Kenesaw Mountain, Geor
gia, and died few days after. He was
the son of Hon. Joseph Lowe, promi
nent citizen of fSigourney, and was a few
months since designated as cadet fol
West Point Academy. He passed the
mental examination with great credit
but owing to slight physical disability
was rejected. He was very promising
young man and greatly beloved by all
his acquaintance. His brother, A. b.
Lowe, has gone after him and will pro-
baby bring home his remains to Sig
Quincy.
THE KEoKUK COUNTY DEFALCATIoN.
-G. D. Woodin, Esq, attorney for Keo-
kuk county in the matter against A. S.
Alexander, has just closed the examina-
tian of the Clerks books, covering
some three terms, while Mr.. Alexander
was Clerk of the District Court, some
years since. The nice little sum OF
taUenty-0ne hundred and Mirtg.fve dol
lars and .tVty-ei0ht cents was found to be
in his hands unaccounted for, and which
he has now paid over. In his last office,
as County Recorder, there were found to
be in his hands, unaccounted for, on
recording instruments only, the snug
little sum of four hundred and seventy
nine dollars. This was for only one
term of two years, This sum he has
also paid over to the county, as also sew
eral hundred dollars to individuals for
overcharges on tax receipts. The County
Treasurer's department remains to be
examined. There is deep, but as yet
restrained, indignation in the commu-
nifty against Alexander.
The corner stone Of the Norwegian
College at DEBORAH was laid q week or
two since.
MAN KILLED RY LIGHTNING.-The
Marshall County Reporter announces
the death of Isaac Benson, of Eden, by
lightning, on Thursday the 7th inst.
PENSION NAGENCY.-Ourf fellow citizen,
Peter Myers, Government Pension Agent
for the State of Iowa, disbr, sed to pen
sion claimants in March, 500, 7O7 .O6; in
April 1927 ,0l3 IS; in May, S10,571.94; in
June, $2l ,204.65. Within the past year
the business has very largely increased,
obliging Mr.. Myers to secure assistance
in the way of clerks.-Desmoines Reg.
Iowa LANDS UNDER THE HOMESTEAD D
ACT.-The recent order of General Land
Office at Washington withdrawing pub
lie lands in this State from sale or entry
has been modified so as to give full force
and effect to the homestead and pre-
emption laws. So, come on, ye home
less, and "vote yourself a farm"
MAN SHoT.-Mr. w. D. Watrous, of
Blairstown, formerly of Cedar Rapids,
was shot and dangerously wounded by
a soldier, on the 9th inst. The ball en-
tered the groin. 1t is doubtful whether
Mr.. w. will recover. The soldier was
drunk, and imagined himself insulted
because Mr.. w. had led off by the collar
a comrade who was interfering in the
unloading of some wheat at Mr., WIS
warehouse in BlairstOwn.
wv llCW ANdtlOutl DduhS dIc aaUOuC
to be organized in Cedar Rapids, one
having capital of $50, 900, and the other
of 100000.
The Bloomfield Guard says that
the only man in Davis county who ad-
vocates the cause of Fremont is Harvey
Dunlavey, the hardest Copperhead in
the Hairy Nation.
The grading on the Dubuque South
western Railroad has been completed to
Cedar Rapids. The iron, already pur-
chased, is in transit between New
York and Chicago.
The Baptist Society of Indepen:
dence, Buchanan county, is building
church which will cost between $4,000
and 200. It is pleasantly located, and
will be ready for use about the time that
"snow flies"
On the 18th inst, son of Mr.. B. A.
Williams, of Keokuk, was thrown from
a mule he was riding, and his foot be-
coming entangled in the reins, the mule
kicked him in the head several times,
killing him instantly, mutilating his
head and body.
The County treasury of Monona
county, has been robbed of $1,000. As
their safe was not broken open, and
there being no evidence of theft except
the absence Of the money, Mr.. Holbrook,
the treasurer, promptly paid the whole
loss himself. 1t is supposed the keys
had not been properly kept.
The iron for 20 miles of the Waver-
ly r. r. is now at Cedar Falls; and the
road is expected to open by Sept. 1st.
This is the road of which we wrote some
time ago, expressing the opinion, that
the interests of Muscatine required