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Iowa News from across the
Country
- 1862 -
New York Times
New York, New York
January 15, 1862
Fire at McGregor, Iowa
McGregor, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan, 14 - A fire yesterday morning
destroyed Worth's dry goods store, O'Brien's grocery, Gilms'
jewelry store, McNeill's liquor store, Turner's clothing store,
Bowen's cabinet store, the City Hotel, and several other
buildings. The stocks were mostly saved. Total loss, $25,000.
[transcribed by S.F., October 2007]
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Democrat &
Chronicle
Rochester, Monroe co., NY
January 18, 1862
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS
Henry O'CONNOR, Esq., of Muscatine, Iowa, District Attorney, and
reputed to be one of the best lawyers in the State, joined the
first company that was raised in that place after war broke out,
as a private. - He was with the First Iowa ?? the battle of
Wilson's Creek, and fought like a Turk. On returning home he was
offered a commission - any he might choose in a regiment. But his
reply was, "D--n your commission; all I want is a gun."
That's the kind of a man for you.
[transcribed by G.S., Oct. 2003]
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Rocky Mountain News
Denver, Denver co., Colorado
June 19, 1862
Arrivals At the Elephant Stables
Mr. Keyes, five teams, Cass co. Iowa, flour and bacon (of
course). Mr. Conner, one team, flour, Plattsmouth. Chaplin &
Co. two teams, four and corn, Plattsmouth. Dr. Botsford, four
teams from Marion co., Iowa, loaded with a general asortment of
groceries. Mr. Lumn, one team, Marion co. Iowa, groceries. J.
Mason, four teams, Kansas, general assortment of groceries. L.
Marion, three teams, flour and groceries from Iowa. J.P. Johnson,
four teams, Davenport, Iowa, flour, bacon, corn meal &c. The
in-comers report "a perfect slew" of pilgrims on the
route here. The corral runners are in clover just now.
[transcribed by S.F., July 2005]
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Morning Oregonian
Portland, Oregon
September 1, 1862
During a hail storm in Van Buren county, Iowa, lately, cakes of
ice two or three inches in diameter tumbled to the earth. whole
fields of corn and oats were destroyed. Fowls were killed and
horses were bruised.
[transcribed by S.F., Oct. 2003]
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Weekly Oregonian
Portland, Oregon
October 25, 1862
Murders on the Plains.
In a communication to the Washington Statesman, Mr. Pyle, of the
Oregon Escort, gives the following list of murders which came to
the notice of the Escort:
Between Fort Hall and Raft river, we passed four graves of
persons killed by Indians, as follows:
A.J. Hunter, of Iowa, August 9, 1862; Massin O. Lippi, August 9,
1862; Charles Bullwinkle, of New York, August 9, 1862; G. Leiper,
Iowa, August 10, 1862. After crossing Raft river, we passed the
grave of Miss E.J. Adams, aged 26 years, who was shot by Indians,
August 9th, and died August 12th, 1862. We passed here August
31st -- 22 days after the attack.
[transcription note: this was a very long article, only the
paragraph mentioning people from Iowa was transcribed; transcribed by S.F., May 2006]