The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1868-12-25

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A new lead has been opened i,
Dubuque lead mines; 5000 pounds
taken out last week and more left.
The best girl in Keokuk county
is Mary Hoffman, of Sigourncy.-
\ poor woman. of that place being
offered a sack of -four by the News
provided some young lady weult
carry it to her, ''Nliss Mary ap
peared, like a good fellow, and die
the job Handsomely
\ gray eagle, measuring sever
feet from tip to tip, was caught ii
a steel trap near Harlan Harrison
county, last week. p. .a.#-ar
Navigation'i is yet open up t.
kcokuk.
Iowa has four railroad bridges
across the Mississippi. and not q
wagon bridge. ... ~ s..
The Dubuque bridge was swung
on Monday. 1t lis composed entirely
of wrought iron: The best stone
that could be procured has been
used in the abutments and piers,
and no iron that was not capa BILE OF
sustaining weight of 60, 900
pounds to the square inch without
straining the fibre, has found a
place in the fabric. The bridge
proper is 100 feet IN length, but,
counting in the tressel work of the
approach, which. oatside of the
filling from Third to First streets, Dis
4 $50 feet, it may be said to be 5, :
$40 feet long, or, with the filling
alluded to, possesses an extreme
length of 6, $40 fecs.
Council Bluffs has erected, saws
the Bugle e, about l. 900 buildings, at
an average cost of $4,000 eacb-or
$4,000, 00O-aside from railroad
buildings. all Of which is important
if true.
A'Burlington1on recently became
possessed of check for $4sl Al
the result of a 800 deposit made
for his benefit Is years ago in a
Boston savings bank and of which be
was ignorant until recently.
Aside from wheat, Iowa raised
about 80. 900, 900 bushels of grain in
1868.
Muscatine is said to be confesscdly
unable to pay her corporate debts.
A writer in the Fort Dodge North
west prophecies that in 1863, North
western Iowa will be the richest and
most desirable part of the state.
A 40O-acrc farm near Council
Bluffs was recently sold for $50, 900;
land is declining.
Iowa will probably have twelve
members of congress after the 1870
apportionmcnt.
Steps are being taken to secure
the requisite aid to complete the
contemplated r. r., between Nc.
Gregor and Dubuqns before the first
ofJanuary 1870. The distance by
actual measurement is SO miles,
and the entire route entirely feast
BILE. The level shows that the city
of McGregor has only 20 feet more
altitude than Dubuque. With that
road in operation the connection Of
all the Northwest with a good cross
ing on the river would be complete,
and q iacalculable advantage to
the farmers. The decline in the
price Of pork on single day, in
that portion of Iowa, and Mimi,
tributary to the Milwaukee road is
sufficient to defray at least one
eighth the cost of a bridge, and
with this connection would bo en-
tirely obyiated. ~... 49,.
Available government lands in
Iowa are being snatchcd up briskly.
In the case Of the state against
Orwig, the swamp-land casc-Judge
Maxwell ovcrruled the m lotion made
by defendants council to quash the
indictment, for the reason that one
Of the grand jurors was an alien. The
case now stands for trial; but as
there are but a few days remaining
Of the term, it will be continued to
the next term.
Elisha Riggs, of Washington,
d. g., has recovered a judgment
for $40, 900 against the city Of
Dubuque, and demands tax levy
to raise the amount.
The Washington Record favors
change oflocality but not Of name
for the national capital; tn therefore,
suggests Washington Iowa.
Iowa has made %, 900, 900 pounds
ofbutter this year.
The Davenport brick-makers
have made $500, 900 brick during
the past year.
Several large drovcs Of hogs have
been taken from Western Iowa to
the end of the Pacific Railroad, now
nearly thousand miles west from
Council Bluffs.
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