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Newspaper
Weekly Times
Location
Dubuque, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1859
Page
6
The piece notes brisk wheat and potato trade in Minnesota and Iowa river towns. Dubuque gains rail strength with the Dubuque and Pacific and Dubuque Western lines expanding toward Masonville, Cedar Falls, Anamosa, Monticello, and beyond, boosting inland immigration and regional prosperity. Tacatow Weep, Albany editor, survived a shipwreck incident calmly aboard the New World.
A survey of Tama Poweshiek and nearby counties notes numerous wooden sugar mills in operation. Farmers press cane stalks to extract juice, boil it to molasses, and some counties report rising yields, suggesting Iowa could soon produce its own molasses and sugar. The article also credits Kasson and Hoxie for Republican gains.
The Milwaukee Sentinel reports that receipts of wheat last week set city history records with 12,306 barrels of flour and 394,620 bushels of wheat by railroad, totaling 456,150 bushels, far above the prior year. Shipments reached 18,329 barrels of flour and 394,579 bushels of wheat, about 496,228 bushels, versus the same week in 1858.
Roarzx A. Paror once editor at Washington States has just been elected to Congress for Petersburg District Virginia replacing the deceased W. C. Goons. He now repudiates Dopatas as a supporter and says Illinois Senator was not his first choice though he would back him if nominated. Two Mex Surrocarep is a Cons Bix. A Chicago Journal report details two men suffocating in a corn bin at Sturges Buckingham Co in Garden City on the 2d inst. While unloading corn on the propeller Free State workers were sent into the bin to clear spouts. They failed to return and their bodies were found buried in grain. The bin had been drawn from its base causing the surface grain to slide and entomb them. One man James grier leaves a wife and four children. The other Jack leaves a widowed mother.
A California Oregon and Washington delegates convention in San Francisco favors a Pacific Railroad with San Francisco as terminus. They seek surveys and memorials to Congress, argue against a Missouri River route due to terrain, and stress rail linkage from San Francisco to New York is vital for national unity and defense.
Report from Davenport Gazette lists decisions from the Iowa Supreme Court in October in Davenport. Cases from Dubuque Des Moines and other counties affirmed with various percentage damages, several submissions and reversals noted. dates and docket numbers show multiple appointee matters and continuances.
A January style pamphlet by Reverdy Johnson argues limits on federal power over slavery in unorganized and organized territories. It critiques Judge Douglas and the Attorney General, praising Popular Sovereignty and projecting political outcomes tied to President Buchanan.
An angry Newport crowd assembled at 3 PM to remove the Free South printing apparatus. They breached the Taylor Street office, damaged presses and type, and hauled ruined material to the river and nearby yards. Eleanor Bailey defended the premises from a third story with a brick bat. A pocket book containing $160 disappeared during the uproar.
On Sunday evening between six and seven, a bold highway robbery was attempted at the Richmond House on Michigan Avenue. Mr. McNally, a news dealer, was attacked after leaving the saloon, receiving a severe blow to the face with brass knuckles as three assailants rushed the scene. a hotel servant aided by striking one robber with a lamp. No theft was secured, and cries brought help.
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