Muscatine Weekly Journal from Muscatine, Iowa • 1

It is estimated that one hundred Hkavx BueolIby. The tramp- The Supreme Court of Iowa has WEEKLY JOURNAL Acquit till JLossJof Life in a SSaic. Eoston, Kept. 21 f4'i'he examination of Louisa VV. Miuor, charged with poisoning tho family of Dr.

Jeanuess, of Lowell, resulted in her discharge. Twenty-one peisons helohgiqg'to probably lost; during the gale, on the eighth, -styen bodies have been recivered, brought home and received christian mi rial. Fobtt Gihtb A liWi will be charged foi notices under this head for every Insertion IMPORTANT TO ADVERTISERS. An ofSclal examination 1 by a Committee of the Board of Supervisors, Jan. 8th, 169, snowed that tlie circulation of the Jour-naf IsjIaraTerin Muscatine County nearly three times than that of any other paper In the County.

i TEAM BOATS" The Nw Boston departs for Rock Island ahd Davenport every 'Tuesday, Thursday evealngs, and for Ffc Madison eyery 'Vednosday aud Friday, at -ttboli. The JCelthsburg departs for Rock island Davouport every; Monday, Wednesday ahd 'Frldar for Ft; idlson eirery TuotdayThursdayniid Saturday, at "i boats for 8 1. Paul and for St. Louis Ve oa an av-arage of one per day. wj RAILRbAD.

The Railroad CcneK Johnson Coukty. Hon. Rush Clark has opened a new battery on the rail road bond swindlers in Johnson county. He baa Instituted suit again it the Board of Supervisors, to set aside their recent levy of a two mill tax to- pay tbe bonds. The Republican thus states the case Tha! Board having assumed to levy tax upon the property of individuals, Mr.

Clark claims that it has become a question between the Board and the individual tax payers, to bo determined by our own courtB that he as one upon whose property the levy has been mads has the right to invoke the Interposition of the courts the State in protection of his prop erty, and that hisTrigbts are to be deter mina as between himself and the county authorities, by the constitution and the laws of Iowa, as expounded and settled by awn courts, 'and that in thiscontroversary neither Federal courts nor county creditors have the right or power to interfere that thougti the county be stopped from defending these railroad bonds (as held by the Federal court) ho, as tax payer, is not estopped has not been ii party to any proceeding, either in the Federal -or State courts, in which his rights as a' tax payer have been heard or determined, and he is now for the first time, by the levy of this lax, reached or affected by this bond contest, and if, therefore, the county officers are commanded to pay these Judgments, they must pay them otherwise than by taking tbe private property of the people of the county for a purpose directly in violation ef the constitution and laws of the State.r Mr. Clark also states that the Federal courts claim to have obtained' prior jurisdiction of the m-test between tbe bondholders and the county, the State courts 'will have like priority in the con troversary between the officers of the county and himself. V'. Such, we believe, are the general grounds of Mr, Clark's action, and bur readers can the points made, and will earnestly desire that be should maintain them, i s. Ft A Colored Man's Observations.

Indiana African. Conference Prfju-clioe tgains Oolord Wop1, at Memphis Wsii to Mtitis-eippiOood Crops The Negrqts In-diistrious and Jbttccea'sful The folU tical Campaign in Mississippi. VicasBCRO. Mlss.jsept. 18th, 1S69.

Editors of the Journal. Being called to St.rljouis oh business, I left bime Aug. 30th, 'via, Srlriogfield, 111., wbioh plore I found the Indtana Conference or tho African M. E. 'Church in session, Bishop presiding, apslsted by Bishop Campbell.

The la-tter ks one of the ablest "pulpit orators of the nation. conference numbers about fiftv members, tqms- of whom may be among the finest Christian talent laud culture of the cDuntrv. Whilst in Springfield I visited the grare 'of the lamented martyred Llucoln, at Oak'1 Grove Cemetery, whoso, beauty far surpasses any burial place I ever saw. Its equal in b.eauty can only be thatof Central Park. New York City.

i "arrived5 at St. Louia on left on the 7th. for Memnhis. Term Sn board of the steamerBtlle St.Louis, and here I will eay thai there is less prejudice ou these packets than on some of our Northern Lime and White Collar packets. 1 1 arrived at Memphis Iheth, Iwoldayafbrgan-izret twd lodges of iF.

lA.t Y. M. found the Tennessee 'Annual Conference of the Africanv U. E. Church session.

Spent, a goiiple of hifuts witnessisi' their deiihemtlon. Bishon Shorter presiding. The Conference a very able body of Christian Ministers. Bishop Shorter ia an able and pleasant presiding officer: 1 left; Memphis on thel' eleventh for his place by rail, passing over the Charleston ilemphlsKoaii to Grand Junction, tnence iy the MfSsisaippi Central to Jackson. I found the rij ening fast and said to Je very good yield iTiere i some very rich and beautiful land alone 1 -a a- me oeuurai.

juy colored oretnren art taking the lion's share'of raising Wiie prcgent tine crop of cotton, as well as corn enougn to. creaa 'tnera. They are working hard and are cheerful full of hope, struggling hard to keep up schools and cnurchos, and are bound to become the moo led aristocracy of the Cotton States! i I stopped over Sabbath in Jackron. and looked on the capliot of MisbIs- oippi visiieu Aifiiean JS Church and the Church also, tne colored Baptist Church, i all of which were filled to overflowing with an orderly, clean and well dressed congregation of colored citizens and to hear some of the pld Christian mothers aud fathers in Israel telling the class, one to the othsr, of God's miraculous uenverance or them and tbeir's from toe galling, chains of sla very, would cause tears to roll down the iron cheeks of some of our modern Democratic It has no equal, not even in God's deliverance of; hia' ancient people, the Israelites. ir arrived in lhis the once atrobg fortress of.

Chevalier Pember- ton, who was compelled by the fate of armies to surrendpr in shame to that great General, our good President Grant. aud that, too, on the nation's great anniversary day. ean now see the stars and stripes waving to' the fair, breeze of! tin triumph woiiBi'i. write, i-. Mi s' Missiasippi oa- oh the eve of -aalm- portant political campaign, Id which the destiuy of our people will be greatly benefitted and blessed, or io- urea oeyonu reuemptioni The Vant party is at work.

-hv ever conceivable trick and to carry the election under the name of "Conservatives-." but with Itfas colored troops, are preparing for the race and feel hopeful. I have an invitation to stump the State, next month, but I cant eay as yet will accept or not -'-The colored Deople of this District and city, under thfe leadership oiut. i (coioredK are well organized. -f 'Ihe colored Ipeople areLdoiuir well in this plaeu in -trade some in stores The Supervisors of Washington county, lowa, are in tne same dllem ma as the Lee county: Brpervisors were last wintfr, when ordered to obey two courlsof conflicting jurisdlo tions.SI The United Sgates Circuit Court, some ten days aero, in the case of Schepcfe, Iurry- Durant the pupervisors oi wasmnetDO couaty, issued a peremptory writ of manda mus commaading that a tax of $20,000 oe leyiea ror or 'uterest upon county railroad bonds held by the plaiutifls, In Jauuary last, how ever, the Court of Iowa ner petualiy enjoined thei Bupervisors irom rvyingartiffiax tin tftei lOtn InSt. tlie Board proceeded to make the levy, but were immediately arrested for contempt of i the State Court.

They' I were.f however, 4 sabsequently released to appear on the 15ih whivh they -did, when they were re quired to give bonds in 1.000 each to appear at the-next Decempar terpi. of aswetocJbir At last accounts, they had refused to give bonds, and were in the custody of the Sheriff, i If they get out of bia hands they are-liable to be ir res ted by the United States Marshal for refusal to obey the mandamus oi the United States Court. I rather suspect, they don't, to gtk'outolChe She riff's handsV Atfd they are right. Let them: fight it out on mis line ii it taaes a nietime. Two-Line Ci i' Holh one-fourth what It was last Students have-spent $5,000,000 in PooahkaeDSiethaDASt ten vaflts.

Colored men at Washington are to have a-commercial college. Beeves sell for eight, dollars a head In Hempsted county jt rexasi-- Inil857, thefe were S07 homicides Inj France in Italy, 2,626. fe Cotton pickers are! paid three dol lars a day in TenhtBsee. i Farragut has been in NewYork on waiti 'orders? fof tWo years. The loss at MinueanollSi by the lale floods was exaggerated.

Beyond the logsc it will cot be; over The aBsets'oi the bimklg firm of Lj A. Benotl A -VCoi, of J. Louis, re-, cently supsended, are. stated OOpa t.heJI.abtlUies atillfQDy feutoBlonecrithiriks that pot leas than 150,000 bushels of apples will: be gathered in'Minnesota this year. CfVi 1 The Rock lala.nd (Union says MrsJ jeniq.jreaiaing aiji-re-emption, 111.4 on the evening-of Jtbe 7fah iost- birth to'six children, and the mother and obildren are doing tj Mr, Stephen Eld ridgej of the town of Homer, Mlntt has jtistUhteshed i-fonri acres of wheat, wtrictl "viewed 160 bnahelS'-O" foai'f to WW acre, Thi was the-'Golden VDjrop sow on last year's breaklnir.1' ISACincinnatlan has waeered.

$1,000 that hecan carry an anvil weighing 700 pounds. a distance or seven mixes Dexter's latest ia a halt mile 1.07, ATRIP TO THE SOUTH cf of of a A RilLKOAU EMTER- Brldsing tlie Mlsslaslppl at ItXuc-catlne. The Chicago and Southwestern Railroad. At an informal meeting held In the parlor of the Ogilvle HouseMonday afternoon, Sept. 20th, Joseph Brldg-man wa? called to the Chair and' John Mahin elected Secretary.

Mr. Jacob Butler stated the object the meeting to be to consider the proposition made by Judge Aller, President of the Chicago ahd outlir Western R. of Iowa, for the construction of a railroad bridge at this place. He stated that he, as a citizen Musoatine, would vastly prefer the of a bridge here to the laying ji track on the river bank 5 from Muscatine to Davenport. if Mr.

Stein coincided in these vie ws, and raised a question in regard to th extension bf the road westward- whether it should bead southward from Columbus City or be extended froiu Washington. Mr. Washburn thought the. Washington route preferable. 1, Mr.

Charles Negus, of I Fairfield, favored the route by way of Columbus City to Fairfield. I i Judge Aller stated that the only object of this meeting is to ascertain the feeling of Muscatine in regard to straightening' the line eastward at Muscatine whether it should be done, by building a track to Davenport or by constructing a bridge at Mesca line and connecting with the, Rock Isjand road by the most direct route. Mr. Burnett offered, the following resolution, which was unanimously adopted: lf f' Resolved. That the citizens of Mqj- catine feel a deep interest in the building of the Southwestern giving us a direct connection with the Kansas Pacific ti.

and we will do all W6 can to assistthem in the enter prise, and especially in building a budge across tbe river nere, giving us connection with the railroads i us. y. -v: Judge Aller, in reply to interrogato ries, stated that he was President of the Chicago S. W. R.

of Iowa and Secretary of tht Chicago A S. Wj R. RJn Missouri, the two companies being identical in interest, having in view the building of a railroad on a direct line from Leavenworth to Chicago, designing to connect with the R. P. R.

which; company has pledged itself to endorse the honda of the Chicago aud Southwestern Co, to the amount of $20,000 per mile, on condition of receiving the traffic of the Southwestern road. The object bf Judge Aller in coming to our city was to interest our people in behialf of the companies be represents, and es pecially to put on foot some measures towards straightening the line of road so that the bend by way of Wilton can be avoided in reaching Calcago. Two plans are proposed one to build a new track by way of the river to Davenport the other to construct a bridge at Muscatine and build a road thence to the nearest connecting point with the R. I. P.

In Our citizens are warmly arid en thusiastically in favor of the bridge, which seems to be moat favorably re-ceivsd by Judge Aller also. He states that contracts for building the road ar to be let and that the entire line is to be completed by thB 1st of Whether it is to go by the way of Ottumwaor Fairfield is not yet- decided, This is Indeed good news for Mus catine, it is now certain tnat. we are to placed on a great through route from Chicago to the Kansas 'Pacific R. and the Gulf of Tbe ad vantages Joflb1s great road to our city, and especially, the bridgej, which can be used alike by other railroads, can scarcely sbe overestimated f. t- Bkyant's Chicago Business Trainino Sghooij.

Our. advice to any young man, tnat can spare use time and money, is to go lo jnrjanz-s Chicaoo Jsusmess Uraimna i acnoot. where the best facilities in the coun try are to he found. It is just aa cheap to go to "Headquarters' to go to a second-rate insiitnnon. ena lor pa ner dercribin this model institution the L'Hieh School" to Oominuercial Colleges.

Address' I 'FT "Tt 1 XT Til. Base Ball. Philadelphia, Sept. 21. A game of base ball played yesterday after.

noon, for the Avondale safferers, be tween tbe Atbeletia and clubs, resulted in favor of the Athletics by 82 to zi me receipts reacnea near a I 1 Some thinOTome by odd names. The most uncommon thing in nature is styled ense a paper half i a mile long is.a, 5'briefj" and a medancho-: ly ditty, devoid of sense or meaning, is a "giee, JL BOOK EVBBYBODY WIIX! WAJRT r. to and. Triumphs or Ferly-Years Recollections of P. Bamum.

This is a large octavo volume, of nearly 600 pages, finely ill us trated with 33 splendid fall page en- gfavings, and containing; a complete auti-biograpby of this eccentric ahd world renowned man. other things it gives accounts of bis strug gles for1' a livelihood bia imprison ment and release his earlier ventures as a showman his ea counter with CapU Jodkins his successful European tours failure in business his museum and its attractions; his hair breadth escape from the his war with Bennett and the Herald; his saving'the life, of James Gordon Bennett bis lectures in Europe and America the courtship and marriage of Tom Thumb: the Jerome' Clock Company Entanglement the history of the museum lease. In; addition to this, the work contains his eels bra ted lecture on art of money getting, with the "rules for In business." While in England Mr. Barnum was offered $5,000 for tbe copyright of this lecture which alone la worth to every reader far more than the' prioe of the book. I --iX We would like to give some extracts from the book, but bur crowded columns forbid.

We advise all oar readers to purchase it for This work Is sold only by subscrip tion, ana in no instance can tne dook be had at bookstores, Agents are wanted in county and town to canvass 'for it. For full- particulars and terms address the publishers, J. B. Burr 'lV Asylum street, Hartford, Conn. -1 NEW a of a if and twenty yeEsels were wrecked and several seamen ilost or in-.

jurtd in the late gale ou the Jiutrlish From Spain. New Yoek, Sept. 19 The rmy. muster, and dispatch of troops of the line for service in Cuba contiuues by order of the government. Gen.

Prim accompanied by the minister of for eign, auairawiu return on'i'iuesuay from Franca i A report is in circulation in this city that the candidature of the Duke of nfphew of King Victor Emanuel, for the throna of Spain, has r. Han Precipitated Over Niagara i Buftalp, Sept. 0. Saturday morning last, More, who had registered his name at the Catiracfc hots 1, NrsgaraJ as Carl Schurz, New York, proceeded toTable Rock, atthe-FallsV placed coat, watch and money'; in charge of a boy who was standing and walked 1hto. the water a few feet from ine brins, ne iwas'soon carried over the precipice and dashed to pieces in a whirl pool Attenipt'lo JLj ncli Prlibners: QuiNCY, iilsVSeptr 20.Mt.;Steii ing, Brown county waa tbe scene of considerable excitement Saturday.

Threats have been freely made by a. number of citizens lately to. take from the jail the two rueD, JUanieis ana Crlmer confined there for tbe muraer of Christian, last month, and; execute summary justice upon them. Th Sheriff, fearing these threats might be carried out, resolved to: remove- the men to tnii city, and started' witn them for a point a few miles west of: Mt. Sterling to take the train he was discovered and followed by an excited crowd and was barely; aole to reach the train -in time to prevnl a rescues Thsacquittalat Mt.

Sterling, Saturday, of a man named Reynolds, who had been on trial there for murder committed in this city some time ago, is said to have been One cause of tbe demonstration against uanieis and Chriner. otj ept. iw. jeriaia Pension agents, in Pennsylvania, re cently appealed from the instructions the Commissioner of ensions, regulating agents' fees and paying pensions by cnecK on tne ireasury, drawn to the order of the pensioner. The Secretary of the Interior sustains tbe action oX the commissioner ana instructs that officer in case any agent declines to receive and transmit such ehecks to regard, all powers of attorney given.

him as annulled and to communicate direct with the pen sioner himself. It is stated that strong hopes are still entertained by our government that Spain will eventually accept some proposition, which will secure the independence of Cuba. 1 No fears are ap prehended or a collision witn spam, us no cause for offence has been or will be offered. Minister Sickles' hich causes so much comment, was simply a remindar.that as Spain bad formerly; accepted tbe. united States as mediator between that country and Cuba and our government was ready to enter upon negotiations.

The Cubans have determined sooner nan submit to Spanish rule, to render the Island untenable for the Spaniards and ill destroy 1 all heir crops, rather than have them seized by their enemies and -used as means to carry on a war against them: I extensive Fire Governor Inau gurated Assassination. Richmond, 21. A- fire last evening on Main street destroyed several large buildings, including Gary hardware store and one other store. fire department proved very Inefficient. Loss notascertained bnt over 30,000.

-r Gov. Walker will be Inaugurated to 'day. Information from Jones county, C.i states that Mr. David Green, a re spectable while crossing a small stream seven miles, from Trenton and but on smile from his. own residence, was fired at by a par ty men concealed in the undergrowth.

Eleven bnekshot took effect, seven in his left aide and four in? head. He was taken up.hortly after be was shot and taken to a house near by, where at last accounts he was dying. Green Democrat it is sup posed that the members iof the Loyal League attempted his assassination Fair.I:.i.b A-' QuiNCY, Sapt. 20 Cold, rainy and wet.au dfty. Tbe Mississippi-, yauey lairopeneu w-uavauu una ireruuiiuu- pied in "masing entries.

A large 'amount of rast stock arrived here this afternoon. The grounds and ball are nJling-iip with articles for exhibition and the, fair is; a decided success- Tbren races for to-morrow. Ses ar6 entered, for the race Tor $100, There entries for another purse of $150; The third-race is a matob for tbree. are. JBaghty head of fast horses- here thia evening.

morrow, will be a lively 1 1 A BatcU of Crlmeil I Chicaso Sept. seri ous stabbing affray, took' place in a saloon 4 on South Clark street, -last night, between: two well Inown des- peradoo, xesutliDg in one of them, re ceiving serious injuries. At jjecatur, 111., on isaturqay even ing," as B. Stine Was walking quietly along the street one Chris. Robinson, a noted, desperado, ran.

against him, and turning around asked Stine in an-'-insulting manner why he ran againsti him. Stine he did not. wben Robinsjon drew s) large knife and attacked Mr. Stine. cutting frightful gash in his cheek, running down to (hp -neck.

Robinson escaped and has not yet been captured, though the police yesterday chased and fifed at him several times. A dispatch, from Mcms, I1L, says young Jtsr in jau there charged wljh complicity 10 the mur der of bis tatber some weKs since, made des perate attempt 'yesterday, to commitysuicidebyhanging himself by" strips of his Bed clothing to Dars aDOve-ine entrance to nis ceil. He persistgin declaring his innocence and affirming that his father-in-law committed the Circumstan ces however point directly to young Brenneman in connection with it. Great Fraud Discovered in tne Metnodlst Book Concern Fire In 4he Dismal SwampThree egroei Bnrned. New York, 21.

The Times Bays we are creditably informed that new agent 01 tne metnoaist Hook Concern. Rev. Dr. Ianaham. has discovered in that establishment great corruption and frauds.

it ls that there are tosses to tbe amount of several hundred "thousand dollars. The Bubject is now undergoing an in-vestigatiop, and as soon as the details can.be gvenv to the' public without prejudice to any but culpable, parties tbev wilt be furnished. These frauds. it 1b said; have been going on for some eignt orynme years, and or course their full extent is not yet ascertained with precision. A.

ai paten rrom is or oik says, tnree negroes were swauoweTi up" by the terrible conflagration -now ragipg in Dismal Swamp. They were employed in getting lumber, and the fire sur rounded tnem rwnu asleep in tneir hut, and burned them to crisps. What 'is the differ en ce between a I hungry man and a glutton I One longs 1 to eat, and the other eats too long. I i. 1 a 1 Ing thieves and pickpockets, against whem we warned xat readers yester uay, nave evidently commenced oper-: atiohs, jadgipg-from the.

fact that George Leibreet keeper of a saloon- near the porner of Iowa Avenue and -Second street, burglarized, last night, to the extent of about $140. Tiie loser resides over the saloon, and. before retiring placed 1 la pants In one of the pockets of which was the. money on a chair near his bed. in- getting up thlsnorning he found the money gone and appearances" in the saloon indicatad that the burglar or' burglars had effacfed an entrance by' removiDg a piece of tin.

used in place; of a pane of in the upper part ftodi door, reaching tnrough the openfbg and unlocking the door from the inside, the key having been left! in the door. They then met with no further trouble in gettins the money. Romantic romantio youth cf this city picked up a delicately "em-! broiderjed handkerchief bear hia boarding place, the other, day, and supposing that it was dropped by some beautiful young lady, kissed it, pressed it to his heart and stored It away in ia pocket of his coat. His landlady, who also superintended his afterward found the coat among the articles to be washed and oh examining the pockets came across the handkerchief, which proved to be one she had lost, herself, and moqrhed; over as tle best she had. The dlsgojBt: of the young man may be imagined when the, lady (who Is somewhat ad vanced in years and.

the mother of several children confronted him with the precipus article, declaring herself the owner and accusing him of hav-: ing stolen it' He changed his head-; River Items. The C. J. Caffrey, dredging; boat on the Upper Mississippi, during two months scraped bars' 798 times, took out 63 snags, cut 32 impeding trees, and ran a distance of 1859 miles. Three weeks of the above time she was necessarily Idle, Colonel Long having made her his headquar- ters at La Crosse, while superintend-, ing- the fitting up of tbe Wisconsin; river dredge boat.

lowest.stage of water this season was two feet and" eight inched on the bars about he 1st of Aucust, when the rain commeudtd, and a good stage was kent ud aver since between St. Paul and Dubuque 1 Too Bad. Mr. Grossheim informs 1 US that some evil-disnoaed lutrsnna pulled the stake to which his bath- ing bouse was fastened, Sunday, and had the wind not been blowing from the south it would' have floated off. He fears that mischievous persons will damage it so much that it will not be safe to leavelt in the river during the winter, and it will therefore beneo- essary to tear it up in order to save the This is much to be regret ted.

He has been at great expense to provide this public convenience, and wouia Keep it ror use next summer, if there was any assurance that it would not be destroyed by malicious per- sons. are authorized to say that a liberal reward will be paid for in- formation of the persons who attempted to set fhe establlsbmsnt afloat last Sunday, We hope they will be de- tected and Unnatttrai. Parents. Anbjeot ofpitylnthis city is a frail looking lad who Is -started from home by his parents, every day, with a largebaskel of fruit' to sell, and is enjoined not to return until he has disposed of the erf- tire lot on penalty of recelvinff 'a se'r vere castigatlon. as boys engaged in tbe same' business are almost -as nu merous as musquitoes, he not unfre quently finds himself at night with a quantity'of his stock; on.

band, and to escape the threatened punishment betakes himself to "some stable- or lumber yard to the' 'nights -saw the little fellow on the street, the other evening, weeping bitterly at the bright prospect he then 'had to either take a whipping or remain but' all night. A philanthropical individual assisted him in his dilemma, however, by buying his whole ''stock5. What makes the action of the parents the reprehensible is thaf they are In good circumstances, pecuniarily speaking. Such cohdnct finds only a parallel in the heathenism of large of an inaccuracy, or supposed Jnaceur 1 acy, occurs in our reports of accident or other local eventsj, our kind friends never fail to remind us -of It. and usually accompany reminder with a eensure so nicely worded as to imply, without directly, saying: bo, that we.

committed an egregious offense and that they, or numb- skull.eould havedohemuch belteri; If these hypercritical and censorious Individuals fully understood culty of obtaining Correct information concerning local events they would probably save the breath expended oh us to blow their broth. -1 For instance, hearing pf an accident the other day, we immediately hastened to the spoil. where it occurred land a large crowd, mostly eye-witnesses of. the affair, standing around discussing-the different features of the caseH It waJf a runaway, pne man assured us'fhaV he was present.when the team started, that it was tied and that it took fright, Another equally declared thatit was pot tied, and that.it ran off from pure wickedness. JFurther i interrogations met with the 'same re sult conflict io 2: stories from eve-wli- nesses.

pow we would ask. What is a reporter to do onder such circumT He can' smell out the facte or very well get ai them by. any psychological means. He. must, there fore, accept the statements that have the most plausibility and bang best together Of course every revent is not attended with the same conflicting statements, but many of them are, and 'as it is utterly impossible for us lo be lnfourteen places at one time we are obliged to deprnd considerably upon the public for the correctness -of our items.

-ni A law case was carried on, on both sides of North River, in 'Adair coanty, justice on one side, parties on the other, a "high" between. i i- MARRIEI, On thae venlaaol tds lth inst by. Rev -F. Jj tare nt. Mr.

kokgb Koihub and CaubIs Bic kk, all oi tniseity. decided that the act authorizing private roads' is Pri vate roads! are private property, and the Boards of Supervisors and road Superintendents have no authority or control over or power to; work them. A person 'desiring a private road for his convenience must open and maintain it at his own It is his own privato affair entirely. Such is the view taken by the Court. Four hundred I end ssventy-nine miners Pave perished by col lory explosions during ihe last year.

Tbe three greal competing railway companies 'West from ew ork the New York Central the Erie, and the Central, are, seeing which can make the quickest between- the sea-bourd and, Already the Pennsylvania Central has racccmpllehed the' distance in 28 hours, and tho other though I they have longer tracks are on doing even better. who have been on those fast trains say that occasionally do or ou urines an nour is made, tuecars galloping over I the or walking in.l tbe aisles of the cars during such ter rific speed' is possible only asyou hold, by both -h ands to either We shall hope that no great and terrible accidents are to result from this com petition, In consequence of the great demand made every where for small notes and tbe Treasury Department has made arrangements in New. York for furnishing $259000 day in fractional currency, bvMnning Sept. 20th. Tbe new one, twoaod ten dollar notes will be ready for issue on Oct.

1, wben tbe engraver will furnish $300,000 per day. -Ii- -JJ- ii v- An Oil Conflasratlon Bntlcr oil New Yobk, Septj 20. The oil dock or Lombard, Ayers on JNorm river, caus-ht fire last evening and was thought 1 to have been extinguished, but it again broke out at midnight and destroyed a tank con taining- a thousand barrels of crude petroleum, which, together with the oil previously burnt, entailed a loss of S20.000. It is stated that Butler in the coming session of Congress, deliver a speech on tbe extravagances or con gressional toramitta, His remarks are expected to apply particularly to the Ways and Msans committee, of which Schenck is chairman. Schenck Is prepared, having secured some most damagtpg facts against Butler's con nection witn certain manutacturing institutions.

Bank Closed, i Providence." Sept. 20. The Com mercial bank of Bristol, which has been under the, control of State Commissioners On account of the cashier's irregularities, has been enjoined by the Supreme Court and a receiver appointed to wind units It is a State institution and has no circula tlon. 1 rrible Railroad Accident. Charleston, Sept.

18. A terrjWe accident occurred to the night train from Charleston on the South Caroli na railroad, before daylight this morn iner. A larcre tree had fallen across tbe trestle at Congaree swamp and the engine and part of the train wsre precipitated in the The- engine blew up, setting the car and trestle ori fire. Four hundred feet of the trestle burned none of the passengers were Injured. Tne engineer and tire' man were killed and another fireman seriously wounded, FiKht with Sioux Indians Two Indians.

Killed and a Number OMAHA, Sept. 18. A dispatch says (Jen. Auger bas received Information from CjI. Busher, commanding the Quaker River Reservation, of a fight which occurred oetween bis company and aboutone hundred Sioux Indians, use below bis camp; Thursday morn-' ing.

Two of the Indians were Killed and a number wounded. Two soldiers were wounded, and nine- horses cap tured. Three settlsfe on the, north fork of Quaker river were-recenfly killed by the Indians. Fatal Accident Beaten. by a Lti- natia.

n.t.t'-it. St' Louis, Sspt.i'19.-John Mat; thews, telegraph repairer, was taking some wires from a pole near tne ele vator last sight, when; the pole fell with him and killed hfm instantly. Geo. W. Julien, a well known citi zn.

was attacKed yesterday oy a drunken, man, and terribly beaten.4 His fskull was badly frac i. 17. mill i I "I Obitiiariesif'f Cincinnati. Sept. 18.

George 0. Bennett, fori twenty -eight; years on the local staff of tbe Cincinnati in quirer, died very, suddenly this morn mg, or bemorrbage or tbe lungs. -He was in usual bealtb yesterday and worxea. London, Sept. 18.

Henry Phirpot, 1. L) is bop of Jfixeter, died yester day, aged 81. i A Fearful Acoident. Madison. IS" A terrible acci dent, happened here this afternoon.

John Lanery, the engineer, of switch engine in the yard herej got down from the box. and lay down Jn the shade of bis engine; his head rest ing on the rail just forward 01 tne driving wneei. ine yara man gave the fireman orders to start ahead, and he, not knowing the whereabouts or the. engineer: started, un. very near severing the engineer's head from his body.

The supposition is tnat Lianery fell asleep while laying there, and was not conscious of the movement of the engine, Yonng Man lrcrund Bead on a Rail roaa Track JNDiASrAPOLis, Sept. young man about seventeen years old was found dead near the track: of the La fayette railroad, near Zionsvllle, yes terday, evidently baving been strucK by the locomotive. There are rumors of foul and also of drunkenness, as baving been at tne bottom 01 it. FROM i CHICAOO. Snooting Affray Fatal Accident Deain or an unknown Wo man Chicago, Sept.

20-Robert Murray and John Williams got into a quarrel in a Baloon on South Clark street, at 1 o'clock this morning, wben the latter drew a knife and stabbed Murray, in flicting ratal injuries. Mrs. Margaret Closley. 71 years old, met a sudden death last evening. As cending a pair or outside stairs around which railings, bad not -yet been nut.

at the residence of her daughter in- law, on Wlncbester. Avinue, she fell ever, the Bide to the ground, striking on ner bead. Killing bar instantly, An unknown woman about 35 years old was picked up from the sidewalk in ah insensible condition, Saturday afternoon: and taken to the County Hospital where she died last evening. ttne was at nrst supposed to nave been but a pot- mortem exami nationSdlsclosed the fact that she died from canoer in tbe stomach. A fire broke out at dayligbt yester day morning in building near 809, State, street occupied as a barn and cabinet destroying tbe building and contents, Including two valuable noraes.

l-osb TERMS OF SUllSCRIlTI03i 1 1 One Copy'oneyt 0 Dollars. Invtrlbly Itl Advance SabsorlpUoas receive 1 for six laontbsat yearly rates, i D.Utr, Per annum. Dollars. Tki-Weklt, per annum-Four Collars. KATES OF ADVERTISING.

--I" i I LXS. Oat 00 I 00 Tvro Works UOlHtr 13 00 One Uomb. OOfOce to 60 A liberal uoduiloo made on larger advrr tlsemenls. All Cranil6nt bepald or in advance. XAHIH i I Eiibcrs and Publishers.

While Invelging against the primary election the Tipton Advertiser Bya i Againi a candidate. is chosen by a very email plurality pver one competitor, while a large number pf, votes are thrown for two or three others, which must leave those i voting for the ones farthest behind, justly feeliDg ithat their votes wercitbrown away so far as the result la concerned; Thus, in Washington county; one of the candidates for Representative was nominated by plurality uf three votes, while two hundred more votes were cast against (aim than for him. The Aud tor had'a plormlity with ixty-twoj more against than far him. I i Is it any more ''coosolingj to the friends bf defeated candidate under the delegate system to reflect that pipe-laying. log-rolliDg and bargaining caused the success of the winning candidate, while a vast msjerity of the party was actually opposed to This is no fancy picture, but happens muoh'ef tester under the delegate system than ithat a candidate succeeds by plurality under the primary-election system.

Again, is it net fair i theeabdidate who receives a plurality would get a majority if the voting were repeated isuctr is laeOcase Blue llniM eul of, ten when baTlotings'are repeated jfh oon- Tr" V- ventiODs. So, thn, amounts to the objection I 1 Tl The Fall Electipns.41869- Electlons are yet, to- cefceoifas fot lows' October Colorado! gates to-(- October 12th, Governor, Lieut. Qoyernor, Supreme. JufTge Sppt.PuDU4 Instruction and members of the Legislature Oetober 12th, Ohio State officers and October 12th Pennsylvania officers' and Legislature October 23 California, judges of. the Supreme! court.

'November 2d, New York, ftate officer a -and legislature. Novembers 2d, New Jersey Legislature JsoYamhtr .205, Massachusetts BtktV ilJwjs'l tStalwl Legislature. November Wisconsin, State officers and Lsglslatuae.l The redoubtable) Gillaspy jhavlng pelUvly.deoUned'-.tOv permi, Giiunell tj inset him on tUewtampfo? G. will take the stump aUDe. He will be at Cedar Kapl is, Sept.

21 Mori Bept 23ft: Earl-ville, Sept. 23; Waterloo, Sept. 24 JSIdorabept. 121 Marsbailtowm, Kept, 30 Nevada, Oct. 1 Montana Oct.

2. The notorious Perry Fuller when in company ihat DanVdorJ bees, of Indiana, was recently arrested In St. Louis for fraudulently pass-Ing through the United States. Custom House, at New Orleans, five huharsdj bag of caffs, PSrr 'was om ef -Andy JohBVa'e nice jmehbe had collecting customs for the United States. Anna Dickinson writes from Ban Jfracis deridsjlf of "uvtfe "My sutjects.this season are 'Nothing Unreasonable' (Woman Suffrage); 'Down BraksstChtnarmen, Universal Suffrage) 'De Profundus' having Salt Lake City as a text), i A.

Hon. James F. Wilson, of Iowa, says that he does pot wish tobe considered as among the! contestants for 'Mr. Grimes' seat in (the Benate. although he might hot decline the position tf electdt Jo Jt Mt Ion been from and is heartly tired and diLad In i Washington, and now! chposes to remain with hia family.

Exchanges I Tha reeeiots from customsiand in tornal rrvannn i date amount to over $17,000,000. Treasurv officials estimate that the SeDtember statement will show a de erease debt. of In the public 1 IOWA NEWS. i -Bishop Lee is rusticatlDg at Nar ragansett, B. I I Fifty Chinamen- are working on the bridge at Council: Blufis.

The new Methodist church at Montana was dedicated on the 12th. Trains run to Valiska, (in the B. it M. Railroad, 235 miles west of Bar- lingtoni A child of Robert Burrews (col ored), of De Witt, wasi drowned on the lOth. bv falling Into an uncovered A bJg bx, weighing 3,800.

was, on exhibition at the late Btate.Fair. He was raised in WashiDgton nd is owned by O. E. Brown. r-The boiler of the Oakalooss Flouring Mill, owned by (J.

A. Crany, exploded on the 18th, doing damageto the mill to- the amount of aboht $0,000. No one was killed, but thejengineer was so badly Injured that he. may not' recover. The Waterloo Courier says that the Senatorial convention )h Butler district balloted 300 times at the recent 'convention, and then adjourned to Bept.

25th. Pretty teugh pull, that. Hill, ofjlowa City, wa warded the first premium $25 for th best written description of the 8tJ Mary's church, recently dedicated in thjttcily was pu IhajPrets Hi 1 n-. SkTEn rllah a waUt "cairier killed. Monday nlirht.

by bis horses WycSwm body of Entflilhwss found text morn ing where the accident occurred.1 "i In a speech In this place. Wednesday nighti declared itivo. be the "duty of the Government to recognize the independ nee ofwCuba, and the Republicans present made ithe ball with of appIauseJ tooftieZd 1' fl at on I in is i in i 'All. were engaged in fishiiig business. Foreign.1 NbAY York, Sept.

2 Tlie Herald's dispatch from London," 20th, am I assured informed sources of authority the govern- -ments of England and France hayie, after i. Uationcocpe the conclusion tUatj.Uie' status' gftio governmental and executive relations existing between Turkey aid Egypt must-ba maintained. his been also agred between thevsaCe two leading powers that there shtill be no iuterferference from this si lo between Spain and the United Stat ss 011 tho subject matters of i the CuJ.a revolution and American diplomacy in Madrid.1 One Man Killed Another Ftaflyi 1 and SeveraleriouBly; Wounded. Athair past o'clock this morning j.he train vn, the Pennsylvania bound i north: Tan' Into a-wair train standing on the track at P-v four miles from here. One man was killed outright, and another has sit ce (died and -the tireman of the expss train ssriouBly buUnot fatally injured.

Beveraf. others were slightly injured. The way train stopped for water. ind Owing to.a dense fog the engineer of tbe express train was unable to seeine flag sent back to notify him; 4i xij.ooqy. orx; pi a "LouisvniiESept'.

26! News Urr wveu uero ui a icrrioie 111 Southern Captain )W. Bhenfr of tLmcom couaty, while attempting to arrest a man named Holmes', whom, he fohnd creating a disturbance in the street at etamford, was shot 'and" 'instantly -Ed. Davidson: Marshal 11 of Stamford, who came to the assistflhee of the Sheriff, also received a which mortally wounded him. I Gjreat excitement prevails at Stamford -and the people are searching for Holmes; who is said to be an idle vagabond, and for whose arrest a reward of $000 I is offered. MM-tJi Fiendish Outrage a Young Memphis, Kept, zo.

rlday lAt a young lady living near Des ArdsAr-' Kansas, was assaulted in ner. boose by negro named Jeff Johnson, -iifter knocking her senseless by several blows from an iron bar, be dragged her to the woods and ravished Me was arrested ana lodged inuail. The young lady, is not expected ta re 1 rt Abrams Sentenced to S.t&te Prison i for Life. Indianapolis, Sept 19. Aconsid- audience gathered in the Crim inal Court room yesterday forenoon on the heaping of the motion tof the argument op the n.ew trial of Abrams.

mr. Mciranaia spose in oe nan. -or tne prisoner, tand Mr. Fishback the State. At the-close of the argument.

Judge wulson gave-nis decision deny iugthe request, and proceeded to pass sentence of incarceration' in. the Southern Penitentiary for life. Abrams said that he Was sufTeritg for a crime of Which he; was innocent, and that the evidence of that fact will yet appear. He was perfectly cool. iThe remarks preparatory of the sentence by the Judge were in most excellent taste.

He said that if any one was in possession of facts which would; lead to show the lntiocen.ee of the defend ant, he had not words to express his detestation of their conduct. s.j The. Family Relations ing to-tdi: Talmdd. Jf your -wife is of small stature, bow down; to: and near ner worn in reierenea nomosue as well as worldly The husband should ever be anxious that the proper respect te1 paid ki his wife, becamse the house is only for her sake: -ffi MS' -i vail bi blessed, with i-h-', Good and bad pleasure and grief, joy and 'sorrow are in thehsnda of the wilo. Who takes unto biniself a wife parings luck to.

the hjOuse, of a yawning galft -I have found a woman who' isHmbre i bitter than; dcatka fright jewel or oppressive burden? vf 1 Who IivM without a lwife kne ws. no no -V ho has to thanE so much his 51 a wue wair not onij weat ner.Triin ine ut- iopst rcgard'ajid respect, bt'inate bef position.iii; jliel bouse fully, equal; 6o. bis fiHi ai- rW tit Aimah without a wife is rnith; it all. 3' On "the; speakers at 'ox tbe cornerstone of a benevolent institu tion, urging the friends the; enter prise to make it' an immediate success; said i "Do" riot wait tin til it s'ueceeds, 'and then come in with, a I round of ar- i olause for the victor 1 This sentence 1 duly appears in the jeeroarni 'report of one 01 tae! local papers as iollows "Do not rait until it succeeds, aisi then come in with a round of hilfcs'from the iactory'i i 1 f- JomIl Billings? ,1 honestly, believe" if iz' tew know nothing than tew know whaf ain't I so. -Ii is Goin', tew iz like skinning a new milch cow fori tbe hide, and giviug ihe; meat tew- the1 1 When you "hain't got1 nothing iew do, dp it airebcei.JjjThis iz the way tejw Jear towbe.

puzzy. The.i less a man knows' tbe nrore he will guess at, and guessm' iz hotbin more than suspicion. i Living on hopes iz like living pa wind a good way tew. git-pbull, but a poor way tew 'ii "Prom Livelt to SEVEBEl'-Sin riders the sled down the hill- Ii llepent-1 auco umga it uuus. agau.t..1.,P;-ijj-i.y;.

1 Selfishness, like a rooster, is bound to whip everything that attempts; to: crow on its own dunW-hill Charities are like the laid in wampy ground. The influances at wprk are all silent and unseen-r-but yon. know this The more you lay, the more bounteously the future crops W14I! bless ton. Some people seem peculiarly adapted for the enjoyment' of scandaJU I Like swine they are supremely 'happy- only whan they have succeeded' in finding gooa sizea mua-puaaie to waaiow in. pio matter how unhappily and crooked the man.

there are nlentv of angles in God's world that will fit him without 1 I chinking.7 Even if he is-as homely as Horace Greeley, he need not despair, if be will only bunt his angle faithfully. -litw often those who try to maxe men. better defeat the very object'they have in view through the lack of a' Uttle of love genial sunshine. Thfff iceburg I must be brought down within; i the influ ence of thewarm sunny eonesi before it wuii uegin to yieio It nevermelts in the Polar Sea 1 1 by aU i Ip I of ly; I. i1 is a I 1 I i I LIJlTK.

A. X. FtirChicago and'b. Bluff 5 CO Washington 7.25t fc A BSIVK. fffoin Chicago Ouunell Blnff T.S 6,10 P.

If 9-10 JO vyasnioston. iThe.f 'oldesfe inhabitant" says this the best weather he ever knew dur- fair time: I i' HoRsfi KiiiiED, A horse, the name owner we did not learn, fell pver ah' embankment near the new school house, to day, and was Instant 2Ut. I :a.u cwiiifliuu party, consistLoic 01 kljbut "two hundred fAlifornlans, passed. over the main line of the R. 1'.

R. Monday, en route to Chicag'o. -v. Poetical. --A letter, bearing the fallowing inscription, was dropped in the Post fllce at (bis placer recently: Colambus City I -want you to eo To County, suppose you all knetv; Ana mere tne postomce 1 want you to .1 Till 1 takes you away." Mr.

L. A. Ender, of Keithsburg, was robbed of $2,000, one night last week. He placed it between tne oea hcks of his bed, and it was taken while he and his. wife were No clue to the robbers.

The Rock Island Union says there a rumor that the Chicago. Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Intend laying a track along the river bank from to Muscatine. It ought to have been done long ago and when done will make the short est route, by far, from Muscatine to Chicago. Dqvenport Gazette. TirK Saloon The City Council have under consideration proposition to appeal from; Judge Benson's decision on the saloon ordi nance.

We hope they will dd it. If the English language can be made to mean 'anything, the "charter confsrs "power on the; council to regulate the closing of Judge is doubtless honest In his views, but we think him mistaken and believe that tbe higher court will overrule his opinion. i The Phillips Case. John Phil who, it will be lecollected, was fined $250 at the June session of te District Court for shooting Jap. Hampton, will leave forRock Island, this evening, to answer before the court at that place to the charge of assault with intent to kill, Based on tne same onenseior which be was tried here.

Rock Island Ccunty aims prior jurisdiction in the case, bt whether it will succeed in estab- Inning its right and setting aside the abtion of Judge Richman, remains to be Beeni Daily, 2Qth i. The new M. E. Church, on High Prairie, about six miles west of this city, built in place of; one destroyed by the tornado in dedicated to God, yes terday, 0 W. Evans conducting (be -exercises.

A balance of about eleven hundred dollars due on the building was -easily raised by sub- ecription. The church is a neat frame build ing, 86x56 feet, and will seat about tnreehundred persons. The seats ahd pulpit aTe oak grained, the former bavmg walnut railings, i The cost or the building is about three thousand dol lars grounds surrounding tlie edifice are enclosed by a neat iron fence. Daily, 20lh. 1 Thb Rockford Railroad.

Trains Running to Moline. Passen ger trains have commenced running I between Molihe and Sterling over the Rockford "road. The first train ar rived7 at Moline last Thursday "eyen- ing, and one train a day traverses the road leaving Moline at 7:15 m. and arriving at 5:40 m. A rr-irj junction prevents the company from using or occupy in gany part of Illinois street, Westfof street, in fMoiine, that portion being claimed by theC.

RJ I. dt P.R.iB. Company as its own i exclusive property. Thus the Rock- ford road is prevented from making any further, progress Rock 1 Island- ward until the R. I.

P. folks get ready to grant them permission. On Friday tbe of the Rockford road met President Tracy at Rock Island and held a 6onference with him, the result of. which is unknown. A hack runs between Rock Island and the end of the Rockford road at Mo line.

at train times. The fare from Moline to Chicago is $6.00. 1 'kit. A farmer li vine- near this city hat been the victim of one of the coolest' transactions in the thieving line we heard of. For some time he noticed; that the fence enclosing his farm' was "grow ing small and beautifully less'' owing to the almost daily and mysterious dssappearance of In casting about to discover the thief he did what people are wont looked everywhere but under his The other however, in P33111 a farm adjoining bis, ne dis covered the long lost boards nailed in abighbor's He readily recog- wed them from the fact that some of t' them had been torn rudely off and pieces left He look the pieces from his fence and Lad no diffi- culty in finding the boards, to which they belonged, and in tnis way estaD- I lisbed the guilt of his neighbor, lie apprised the thief of tie discovery.

and threatened immediate prosecu tion in case the stolen- property was not replaced, 'which, it is' almost unnecessary td say, was done; In short order. A Novel Attempt to Escape from ii 1 Ueoater fill.) Correspondence BDrineHeld Keglster. A novel mode of attemntin? to break jail was made, vesterdav. bv a criminal 'confined in our countv boarding house. Un Sunday last, one Eugene Coz- zens was arrested and placed In charged with forging a check on the irst jNauonaL Bank, of this city.

He, not liking his new Quarters, be gan to devise means of effecting an escape, and determined upon tbe following, which proved not so Dleaaant and effsctual as tie had anticipated. In the afternoon, when no one was about the jailfbut the jailer's wife, after first divesting himself of his coat and placing them beside the door, ne auspenciea nimssir to a railing some six or eight feet high, by means of strips of a blanket which be found in some of the calls, and immediately began screaming in a frightful manner. This, of course, attracted the attention of the jailer's wife, who re- paired at once to rescue him nt the halter, and landed tbe gentleman on the noor. So far. so good.

But. Im agine tha chagrin experienced by tbe wouiu-oe mown oira" wben coat and hat in hand, be discovered that the jailer's wife bad, notwithstanding her expected consternation and excite ment, carefully loeked and aeanred the entrance door on comin In to lib- ersktf aim rrem nis perilous situation. notsausnea wun tbe rsult. and to convince all that he did really intend to Bbume otr this mortal coil, he airaln suspended himself as but this nine, poorieuow, no one immediately went to nis reiier, and be began to assume an unhealthy annearanna in tbe face before the brittle thread was snapped, and heasrain nlanart on term firma. He is now confined In a cell.

undelivered, it is true, but doing as well as could be expected. Rivai. Cities. Tha Miranatina Jooknal doffs its beaver in acknowledgement; df the "handsome compliment" we recently paid that cltv. and thinks it Is the more to be annraciatad because Daves port has been nrone to do Muscatine injustics.

We have never-participated in any such feeling towards our down river or across the river neighbor. If Davenport cant stand 6b htr owii broad bottom and increase and multiply in prosperity, without pulling down or traducing or ridiculing the claims of other or neignooriDg towns, why she had better fall. "have never indulged in the editorial practice of dtcrvlneor belittleing what might be called rival cities, but have Ttaken a great deal more pleasure in nottclne on everv occasion presented, evidences of their progress ana prosperity. This course, we are sure, con never injure our Own city; while it Is to some extent nt least, to invite others to a similar fair treatment of Davenport. Davenport Journal.

"Ben Bolt." The author of this seewt. and at one time popular, ballad, Mr. Nelson Kneass, died at Chil iicotue, Mo-, one day last week. Mr. Kaness was an Englishman by birth and about fifty years of age at the time of his- death.

He was a fine eausieiaa and composed much, but his only great production was the one wuica tooK tacn bold anon tbe popular heart when first published. "Ban Bolv was sung in the lordly mansion ana in tne lowly cottage all over tha land. There was a sadness and sweet pathos in the words and music that ouehed all hearts alike. Now that its author is no more may his rest be as tranquil as that of his own sweet creation of whom he sang 4 "In the old church-yard the valley, Ben In a oorner ohamm anil alona They have fitted her a slab of the granite so grey, And sweet Alice sleeps under the stone Keokuk. Keokuk was settled about forty years ago.

Dr. Isaac Gal- land maklncr the first location in 1828. The 4th of July, 1829, was celebrated in a steamboat ly ine; at the foot of what 1b now Main Col. George uavenport of Roek island, presided on the occasion. The city was laid off In 1837, in tbe spring, and in June following' the first public Bale of lots The census of 1840 indi cated a population of 150, generally river men, rough and desperate.

Just previous to 1850 it began to grow, ana tbe adamantine characters left. The present population ia 12,000. At this time it Is tbe head of navigation for the larger packets, beine directly at the foot of the lower or DesMoines -This advantage over other cities in Iowa: on the Mississippi 111 ne lose wnen tne government lm provements now in progress alonir the eastern front of lowa are completed. it is aeiigntruny -situated, four miles above, the month of the DesMoines river, boasts of having more handsome buildings than any other city in lowa. jsx.

Hobsb Bttjno to- Dsath. One day; lass week a horse to Mr Williamson: who lives near the Rook River bridge, at was-stung to death by bees- The animal was blind, and being near the lot of John McMasters. where there! are about fifty stands of bees, be ran against the fence. insects, being disturbed commenced an -attack and In a few moments near two swarms were at work on the horse. Before assistance could be rendered he was so badly stung that be lived but a few hours.

Davenport Gazette, 2SMh. i The report of the muidsrof iwaaty Christian missionaries in China is A- V. I I.