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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Aug 04, 1859
Page
5
The Epworth Seminary trustees appoint Rev Keeler A M late president of Cornell College to lead the institution. He will oversee an able staff and the next term begins September 15 at Dubuque.
The piece likens Auburn to Goldsmiths Deserted Village, noting Darting streams, blooming gardens, and thriving mills. It lists local businesses Hoagland Beale Earl Dykins Pence Carpenter and Dowse Son, with a flouring mill owned by Earl and Dowse Son and a carding factory. It mentions churches under construction and a busy village master, with water power on the Turkey River and assorted trades from blacksmiths to basket makers.
In Clermont Fayette County Iowa a thriving river town grows on Turkey Creek with a brick flour mill, saw mill, and growing brick blocks. John Thompson & Co own mills and plan more buildings while railroad access and water power promise a town of four to five thousand. The Fourth of July celebration featured a Liberty Pole as a symbol of civic ambition.
While we were at Elgin in Farette county on the 26th of July thirty bushels of wheat mostly spring were ground. Pleasant Valley township where Elgin lies is noted for its fertility and the wheat this year is excellent.
Colesburg in Colony township Delaware County Iowa features over four hundred residents with four large general stores led by Moreland Bol singer Wright and Hufsmith. Local trades include tin shop blacksmith wagon and cabinet shops and a large pottery by David More. A steam saw mill by Simpson Cole and a forthcoming steam flouring mill powered by twenty five horses. Churches include Catholic Congregational Cumberland Presbyterian and Methodist with a two story Cumberland Presbyterian building to host Odd Fellows and Masons. Colesburg laid out in 1851 grew rapidly in 1856 57 and is a healthy trading point in a fertile agricultural district with good schools and religious privileges. The post office and township name derive from a Pennsylvania colony and Colesburg’s growth reflects regional rail and timber activity with Cedar Falls praised as a model village nearby.
The New Brunswick Fredonian reports a scheme to carry New Jersey delegates to the Charleston Convention for Buchanan. The President split the Maine delegation and aims to push in the Northern states. Iowa’s position remains uncertain with Dopge and other Administration men suspected of working toward the same end on the sly. Wilcox is the sole candidate to represent the others, likely to protect his own interests and let Douglasism run.
On the evening of the 2st inst a man named Jostru Wiiaar placed a heavy T rail on the Auburn Division track of the N Y Central Railroad to derail a Mail train. Boatmen nearby stopped the act and ensured his arrest. He confessed but claimed intoxication. Locals debated lynching, but law took its course. A heavy embankment risked major loss of life. The Lake Navigation section notes two steamers City of Buffalo and Western Metropolis now run daily between Cleveland and Buffalo aiding railroad connections.
At the 1858 Cedar Falls Iowa Convention of Editors an Executive Committee is named for the year ahead and a resolution calls the next gathering to Cedar Rapids on the second Wednesday of September 1859. Jesse Clement of the Dubuque Times is noted as chairman and, with Davenport and the Cedar Valley Times, as secretary, to prepare the programme.
The Constitutional Convention unanimously adopted a request to Congress for 4 500 acres of land for railroads within Kansas 50 000 acres for Kansas River improvement all swamp lands for common schools and 500 000 to pay claims by Kansas citizens or 500 000 acres in lieu. A Cleveland anti slavery circular calls a Columbus Ohio meeting on August 10 11 to oppose slavery and the slave trade revival.
A correspondent from Conan Falls Iowa writes to rebut a Democratic party critique of S J Kinxwoop. He asserts Kinxwoop enjoyed widespread county support as Prosecuting Attorney, was not a failed or wandering lawyer, and would be prayed for by Ohio peers if not voting for Governor.
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