Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-04-08


h1sw yie2 hsAswAA News. sFssa .eaes
pf-.A wretch named james E. Triplstt ha
been arrested in Harrison ceuaty,for the s'mu,
der Of his wife by poison. He has done
large business III the matrimonial line, hayin
buried JiUs wives and..now living with hi
sirtf, besides being charged with the sedue
toin Of ayoung lady near Magnolia. he bid
fair to swing. - : '...a L,sI ed.
Er-Aifsw days since meeting Of the farm
ers Of Clayton county was held at Farmers
burg to consider measures for supplying 4
borsrs. It was resolved to circulate subscrip
tion lists in all the townships, to raise fund
for sending an agent to the Eastern seaboar,
cities to, induce emigrants from Europe t
come 70 Clayton county. 9aos 6 ot 7ajlsd q
CHANGE OF Posrx .sTERs At DAyExroRr,,7
Charles II. Eldridgel having sresigned rsh
Office Of Postmaster 1t Davenport, he rxm
suecseied on the lst inst by Edward Russell
OF the Gazette. The late rincunben
made one of tho most accommodating ani
efficient Postmastsrs in the State His sue
cessorA is well qualified to fn his place. .
Success to both. ''''.D s' ''f'.',..
"A few days since, James johnson, held
on charge Of grand larceny, broke Jail a
Marion, Linn county,. and escaped. ,Ths
Sheriff offers $50 for his apprehension. s.5
70 is;Last week at Davenport, serg't iona.
than q. Hopkins, Of company G.. 9Th Iowa
infantry, accidentally, shot himself through
the heart and died Instantly o3 'ash a3t--
In the Senate recently bill striking the
ords'white," ," out Of the first clause Of section
1875, Of tho Revision Of 1860, so that coun.
tiss will be required to extend aid to poor
blacks - well as poor whites. passed by .
vote Of 80 to !. 80, ~ - 49,, : cr.,
IAN day on Sunday last, at Dubuque, We
learn, "the heavens were black with wild
pigeons flying northward.n That must have
been dark day.noiacloo fsoN 50 10 eco
THE Davenport Gazette says thst mum.
b.r Of teams bound for the new gold mines in
Idaho Territory passed through there Satur.
day They hail from iMsndsta,; ILL., Several
preceded them during the week. ga 80
There will be convent;e1 Of the wool
growers Of Southeastern Iowa, At Mt. Pleas
Int. on THURSDAY, April 7tb, to take into con.
sideration the subject of wool growing in
this State, and petition Congress to levy a
sufficient duty en imported wool. $50
The soldiers of the 4th Infantry, who
killed Qarnes, the murder of Preather, have
given themselves up to the civil authorities.
.FACHANcE roH AiscHIrE crs.-The Execu-
i've Committee Of the State Agriculture Col
lego offer $3.50 for > plan of College build
ing.1 70 ai31z2 Ta@'i ~ g. atH-.
'' The whole number Of admissions to the
Deaf and dumb Asylum Of this State, for the
year eadisg 1863, was 50; for the current
year the number is 64.Na l.ts E4a esq aII
Z DAvkNpoxr R,car HlDE UP.-Robert Low
rey, Republican. was elected Mayor Of .Dav-
snport last Saturday, BY nine hundred and
'ixty-ivsa majority. There WAS no regular
opposition ticket, the Cops having bscona>
1isgustsd with election matt srs in our neigh
boring city. sl5 isa-..s.s1 sses feafa =.
A DsrAULTER.--M. j. Ash more, for several
7ears past Deputy Recorder of Lee County,
md I Copperhesd of the intense kind, has
,eens arrested at Keokuk on charge Of erabez-
dement, Of the funds.of the county. An in
Iestigatlon has disclosed dedication Of sew
,ral thousand dollars. "the exact amount
will probably not be ascerf aimed, as some oi
,is books are missing. iii g. usl5 r.