Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-23
IOWA IRWl.

spring. a.
The hotel In Cedar Rapids, known
as the Union House, was burned down
on Wednesday of last week. No insu.
rance, -
Geo. w. Tenney, late Editor of the
McGregor Ne,os, died of consumption
ut his home in that place few days
since. N -.-, t.. ,.......
The trains on the Des Moines Rail-
road made their first through trip to
Pella, in Marion county, on the 18th
inst. .Gu. ..L e.. .tei5r
The Desmoines Register says consid-
cradle excitement prevails among the
knowing ones relative to the discovery
of Oil springs near that city.
The removal of the Provost Head
quarters from Fort Dodge to Waterloo
has occasioned a good deal of discussion
among the newspapers of the 9th Dis
.trict. Fla. t..,.,.t
The Oskaloosa Herald says Deputy
sheriff Norton and Albert Witter, the
men shot by the desperate Jackson, are
both recovering and will probably get
we'll. ..t .. 5 t-.ii ...
The Newton Free Press reports that
an Irish teamster, under the influence
Of whisky, was frozen to death be-
tween Newton and Grinnell, on the Sth
inst. .Ll
The only child Of NJ. c. Radcliffe, oi
Marengo, y bog seven years Of age, &C.
cidsntally shot himself in the abdomen
with revolver on the 18th inst. He
lived only few hours -t'e.
The heaviest income tax payer at
Dubuque under the National Revenue
Law is H. L.. Stout, whose income dur.
ing the year 1858 was s24,974, which, al
5 per cent. makes his tax 81 2S4.O.
The order of the Secretary Of War,
that all pAroled prisoners arriving nj
Annapolis be paid off and furloughed
thirty days, will doubtless bring home
some Iowa boys who have been con-
sned at Andersonviile, Georgia.
-Asnxllpox patientat Xeokuk named
Shahan, escaped from his room while
ieliricus, last week, and ran off into the
woods. He was found in the road III a
lying condition, and expired SOON after
being taken to neighboring house.
Some time ago from ten to twenty
thousand dollars worth OF Rensselaer,
county IN. Y.)'bonds were stolen, and
on Tuesday last Il man offered some OF
them for sale at the State Bank in Du.
buque. He Is now under arrest, but
pretends he won them at the gaming
cable. ~
The men who endeavored to rob the
First National Bank at Cedar Rapids
were three III number, and are described
IS follows: One 40 years of age, dark
complexion; another, an Irishmnn
heavy set; the third light complexion,
small and thin. All dressed in black
and wore plenty Of jewelry.
- We learn from Syracuse IN. W
paper that Mrs Mary L.. Phelps, OF
Iowa, was robbed of wallet containing
sS7. 90, in the depot at that place ON the
sth inst. The piclpocket was arrested,
ont the money could not be found. 1t
is supposed he passed it to an accomplish
before his arrest. o.3.f ...-. r. g.,
ORPHANS HoME.-The Desmoines
Ecgister is informed by Rev. P. P. In
gals that he has obtained subscriptions
to the amount of SIG, 900 for the Soldiers
Orphans Home. There are seventy
Eve orphans now at the Home at Far
mington, and more will be received as
snon as they can be accommodated. Iowa
mas inaugurated system of taking care
Of the orphans of soldiers, which will
DC an imperishable monument to her
iiberality and patriotism. Js -s.. 81
b, The Burlington Ha,0keye publishes
/. list of persons paying income tax in
that city and township. 1t comprises
pa names, of whom 81 pay over 500.
The larges, amount is paid by F. w.
l:rooks-S5S3,9 5. Next is Gen. J. G..
Lauman, who pays 1851, IS; next Sena'
tor Grimes, whose tax is $435. AS the
tax is 5 per cent. on the annual income
over 5000, the reader can readily calcu-
late the total income of each individual
above named. 1t is quite respectable
for men in new country. :.t,t
A Few FIaUREs.-In an aggregate
vote Of Is, 055, the First Congressional
District gave Mr.. Wilson q majority OF
1899. !: In aivote of 25, 1893, the I'd District
gave Mr.sP majority of 7749. In g
vote of q, sos, the 81 District gave Mr.
Allison a maj GRITTY vi 1852. In u vote OF
q, sos, the 4th District gave MIR. GrinneIl
:. majority of 1924. In vote of 70, 74S
the 5th District gave MIR. Kasson q ma.
;ofity of6,532 In vote OF ii ,597 the
jtn District gave MIR. Hubbard major.
;ty Of $3.50. The first District gave the
largest actual majority but the 9Th is
The banner District, inasmuch as itsavt
the heaviest Union majority on the
smallest aggregate vote. The 5th Dis,
trict is next to the 9th in the big lic!1s
Which were given against the Copper.
ileads.-Stdte Register. -
LIQUOR DEALERS FiNED.--We see by
the Gate city that at the last term Of The
District Court at Fort Madison two Ii
luor dealers were fined $500 each. Thu
Court publicly announced that it nigh
- we'll be generally understood that 81
long as the proliibitory Liquor Law re
NAMED upon the statute books Of thu
state 1t should be enforced that ligh'
ines did no good, and that if $500 die
not suffice the amount should be raiset
70 $1,000. B2tween seventy-five and 1
hundred indictments have been present
I'd against retailers of the ardent" il
Fort Madison, West Point and Frank
lin.
IOWA Boys CAPTURED.-On' the 4tf
snst. Glenn Lowe, son of Hon. Ralph