Iowa News from across the
Country
- 1869 -
New York Times
New York, New York
January 30, 1869
Married.
Belknap-Tomlinson. In St. John's Church, Keokuk, Iowa, on
Thursday, Jan. 21, by Right Rev. Henry W. Lee, Bishop of Iowa,
William W. Belknap to Carita S. Tomlinson.
[transcribed by S.F., October 2006]
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Sacramento Daily
Union
Sacramento, California
March 3, 1869
Died. In Sacramento, March 2d, Mary, wife of Owen Hannan, a
native of Ireland, aged 36 years. (Dubuque, Iowa papers please
copy).
[transcribed by S.F., July 2014]
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Walla Walla
Statesman
Walla Walla, Washington Territory
August 6, 1869
Returned to Walla Walla
Two sons of T.P. Denny, Esq., with their families, arrived here
on Wednesday, from Polk county, Iowa. They have been absent
nearly four years. They left Iowa about the first of May last in
company with some twenty emigrants families, bound for this
section of country. They report their trip one of pleasure. They
left the balance of the train some distance in the rear, they not
being able to keep up.
Affray aboard the Dubuque
A dispatch from Rock Island mentions a terrible affray on the
steamer Dubuque. About 125 raftsmen came aboard the boat
at Davenport. One attempted to pass the negro guard at the gang
way, placed there to prevent the deck passengers from entering
the cabin. The negro refused to allow him to pass, whereupon the
raftsmen made a general attack upon the crew, stabbing five
negroes and throwing their bodies overboard. One raftsman was
killed. At Hamilton the raftsman drove the remainder of the crew
ashore and then commanded the captain to proceed up the river,
threatening to burn the boat. The captain managed to telegraph
the sheriff of Rock Isand, who immediately chartered a special
train and left with a large force well armed, overtook the boat
at Clinton and brought her back to Rock Island. Forty-two
raftsmen were arrested and lodged in jal, which is guarded by a
strong force of police. The city is full of raftsmen, but an
extra force of police is employed and it is thought there will be
no disturbance.
[transcribed by S.F., November 2007]