, 1869-12-14
IOWA

NhttuAKY-NtA&e EinAHee-Thc Vnt-
ted AtnteH SenntoEuhtps-CAnd
dntes for tho Vacancy an the Su-
prenae Bcnch-suicfde.
Special pezpa,ch to The Chicago Tribune.
DKsMoMKs, 1owa, Dec. Is
Captain J. n. Davis, Of tho nim Of Davis 4
Dennt1, and one Of the Eolt prominent bustcess
men AID oldest residents Ct DeaMoinea, diei lass
ereutrx, aged Is.
The forthcoming rerort Of The Treasurer OF the
stale tnoFa thai ihere MAS In The Treasury On the
fas Of November : hal4oea OF &33s, s,47kA, for
which these ls no gre hu: to put BY for . rainy
Istn. py Tho 1otn Of January lows vii b
A the Legislature traNs near, the senatorial
contfs: deeptns. II u now generally considered
tEat II has tette4 toNa to triangular neat oe-
and Gose1aef Merrill. jndse wright % i nov
prooablJ tho atrouEear, and viii be eiected, II The
ese 9snuar int1s peai
for .oltune to change. I. IS thought 6y many
that Inn Wilson will carne m on sueeps<Ake,
ed saae the pn1e; bat TITS Ia hardly pEobaoIe, as
lit q nonis, that be i nos ' q ase eaad,tste. p.
AID will not to under any circumstances For
openly il tne Deid, to-vls: Hon. j. b G1,nnel,,
E1 nop; D i y: Cooley, OF pobaque, and Hun D. r.
Supreme Bench arc multiplying. We nov hear Of
win, OF Poitk Nas,amte: RGhMaa. OF MnscAtiue !.
ssmpson, Of ktokak1 Miller. 81 johnson; Caase,
stooa tnai Judge Bald ain Is NOT / candidate,
although there Is : ssronK feeling IN hts favor.
DaJ, RichEAn and Chase now appear most ptum-
tEepk Ihta VIII add complication 70 the Senato-
rial t9ht, and u generally considered n belu9 IN
Go7esaor AeIrtts favor, as the appointment i In
his hAode II u protaote that no appointment
vii bs mada before tae LeR,alature meets
ACECArIxE, Dec. 1a-A stranger nan1eA Il D.
Tann1 nil. about 50 years Of age, Look !audanuu
yesterday morning, and walked Into the river At
this pl1et, here he dled, In about three fees ot
xAie1, whether from poison Or By drowning Gu
only be ooultctuted. He bolJ was ia = stopping
poatare, With iFoth aE the mouth Indicating thst
inc landsnutu asd taken effect Deceased bad I
certificate Of admission 10 the bar II Mount
Pleasant, Iowa. Ia November last he Ii sup
pos&d to have couuLttcd suicide because Or wacs
Of employment He Ind but a few cents In his
pocxeiA -
DUBUQUE. Iowa, Dec IA neavy au,., lnyoly.
tpR acme fso,ooo, aa4 Just been settled herc. ID
the winter Of 1864 Md e., Coob Dlasdet l. ca.
government contractors al Cairo and Cincinnati,
porenaxed large quhnsnles Of oa.a IN tnta city,
road, out the Tosd coad not furnish rolling ssocr
70 TAXA them away In time to meet the contract
with the government, and the vaf closing, Cobb,
B.asdel Co threw up their contracts with the
selien Suits wero brought egaln4t them
sna jn'ss9t; s5sn;, oots,nsd s9s T1,,sa
and Ia the superior Court at Cincinnati. oe7 Tne1
have Just compromised the snits and paid tan.
ages 10 the amount Of sixty Thousand dollars.
They VII II once Institute suit agsi1st taa
Ill1nois Central Railroad Company fot damages "a
The arouns OF s25o, Gun, covering not only tnell
lostea on ttese Dubu1ce contracts, but otheI
cnntIac's iheJ held Ut the saue time with ofne1
parties along tho line OF The road a csse paraL
pteme Court Of Illinois, In which tho taltaad Va.
held for d2MaRtA.