, 1870-04-20

session Of uinety-four days-tl,a lougsst eycl
l.eld IN the States, costing Ell, SIS. The
General Appropriation bill amounts TO s5S6,
500. besides &so, 900 fox oticezs salazies and
Tho Grand Reunion Of lows soldista a.
DesMoiues, appointed for Juno l. has been
postponed till lsse in August OF September l.
| Henry Van Esva, stadent at Davenport,
drowned himself last week
| Ono Worshingten Killed hi1nkok With
morphine, uear Burlington
| The eIection, for q nov Board q pirec-
| tors Of TIM Dubuque 4 Minnesota Railroad
Company; Eesclted IN thu choice OF II. l.
Stout, J. 4 Kouberg, VIM Andrew, John D.
Merrill. Of NcGregor, and s. T. Woodward, OF
Elkader.
A large druat Fpsuu On Monday evening
destroyed sl5 900 worth Of property.
"A son and daughter of acitizen OF Walcott,
town near Davenport, wero poisoned ycstes-
day morning by eating wild patBnipa- The
daughter died, but the eon is expected 10 re.
cover.
Tho Mississippi il reported rising 1t the
rate Of eight inches PEI hour. end IL now within
foot Of the high Hatet mark Of 1852
a horse. thief, who etolc horse from q
citizen Of Deh MOines, was, Arrested uear that
city By the Protectre Laague.. AZ he waa not
brought back by the party on their return to
the city, it Is suprosed that be was lynche<.
The editor Of the 0edaT PaIla GdHtte was.
few dAyA ago, challenged to fight dnei, by
Mr. George 4. Shaw, late exhfnr Of the Minne-
neapolis 3rthune, and nov editing Newspaper
1t Grundy Canter. Tho cause Qf the qualrs.l
ts not clearly eppArent. So
The Ou,1mwa Courier Of the 1lth aays
" On last Monday. Authat VAS mortal Of Judge
Joseph H1l:sms waa interEed at Muscatne,
Iowa, He lied at Fo1t Stott. EausAA, quite
suddenly arl unexpectedly, Of pneumonia, in
his 71st year. In 1898, he Was appointed,
By Van Buren,. Judge Of the Territory Of Iowa,
with Wilson and Nixon Ii lis, aasociatas, and
made Mus:atine Lis permanent Iowa home.
and, wher the staee wAs admitted YVES sav-
eIM times thereafter Assoeisto and Chief Jus
ticc. In III, he wzS nearly twenty years cu tho
bench Of lows. In 1857 he Was appointed by
Buchanan Associate Judge for the Territory OF
kAnsas, md tooR up his residence at Fort
Scott, where he died. In 1862, Hnrltn1t rnads
him one Of the Military Judges ., Memphis,
which responsible position ho held for two
years. This was the hst ofs4aA position
which Judge Joseph Williams he!l. Hc WAS a
paris; Asto1J-teller with few equals and no
rupert n On tho American Continent; tenor
drum boater without nyal: md wss the o1liy
man We eser lsuew who could really corkscTcw
snd manipulate out Of the Star Spang.ed
Banner my genuine pathoa and music"
The Dubuque ITues Of tho 18th gives t9,a
fouu1ing account Of the hood at that point !:
''At the pEeaant writing the river ia within 4
few inches of tho high~uater mark of tA53,
and. IN the opinion Of many, i is bound To
ira above that point AL OF the islatats an.l
old falniliff land-narks arc submerged. while
| the slot-towcr and Rhomberg's distille.y stand
like lone aeuttneia far removed from land.
The river resembles rAst inland essA The
great majority Of the slough-roads l:siling ta
the new and old seEeea arc at the bottom os
tho Goa, only email turtle-back Of clay being
here and there Visible. Down at the staa.n.
boat-laading he wharf boats ago crowded
| close 70 the buildings, and nothing hut n1zrow
"trip Of land Is left for teams or pedestrians.
The main railroad track. between tie passenger
depot and ua.chine- -ahope, lacEs but few
ihrheS Of Icing submerged, while tho wagon.
road littee west Ii entirely covered, The waite,
| pouring over in come places two feet deet
| The Seventh street road il in bad condition
East Of the hrsdge, The watrt is pouring ove,
the embanlment with perfect lotHeneA4, ape
the pail and tub factory Of Clark 4 Cowles oa1
| ouly le approached By maans Of boats. I1he
water raiaes but two feet more, these e ut1e
men will experience loss Of $4,000 or =, 600
| 1t Is now within few inches OF the engine
{ door. Down along the coal and lumter yards
the sight Is moist ono- Some of the ts1Iil
are full; but Ill tic lumber has been secured
| 20 that there is no danger Of its going on
| F1ood-Eood Is to be met with everywhere
and little bare-leeged girls and bc5s vere bus,
] yesterday bringing it IN out OF the vet. Al
| the Homo M2]e, the water is neatly up to the
eecpnd noor. 4 steamboat could sail al alounE
it without the least difficulty. Cp on the flara
near the hesd Of Lake peosta, number oi
families have been compelled 10 eyacuate thei,
houses in hot haste. 4 man, whose name Nc
| could not learn, undertook to remove his fam.
'ly. and whole Litter Of pigs, At ons load,
using emau rov-boat for that purpose. h
had accomplished but half the distance, when
/ the Prov Of his boat ran against heacherons
| fence-post, and she uas npset. tpi1hng the
whole cargo out in the ersgins water. The famlls
zero rescued cold and wet, but three Of the
] pigs eank, With heart-rending equeal, 70 rise
| no more The water Is reported 10 be failing
/ at ST. Paul, but the St. Ctoix and Chippewa
Rivers arc full, and the prospect ia not 1ery
good for N immediate decline hero All par
ties Who have property exposed arc preparing
for the WORT, and. unless the waters come TO !
sudden stand, We may e1pect to see some stir
| ring ecenes on the fevee to-day. Yesterday
| noon the water stood over three feet deep IN
the sa1d surrounding tho machint-ehop Of
Rouse i Dean. It reaches up and teyon1 the
| Fey City planning mill. The rail1n=d compamy
| have been busrS engaged Ill tha week in efforti
to secure their rosd and track from the rayaSes
! Of the food, and hare broush. in nilsty-hv
carloads OF stoue for nI-rapping.'