. Annals of Iowa . or, 13 feet 1 inch;office story, floor to lloor, 23 feet 9 inches; second story lloorto ceiling, 20 feet 9 inches; office lloor to dome of balcony,101 feet 6 inches. The total number of square feet whichthe Capitol covers is 54,850 feet; height above the level of the•sea 1,151 feet. The Senate Chamber, 58x91 feet 4- inches; height. 41 feet9 inches. Library, 52 feet inches by 108 feet 4 inches;height 44 feet 9 inches. Diameter of rotunda is 66 feet Sinches. There arc fourteen granite columns in the rotunda, andtwenty-four scagliola columns in the dome. Seven boilersare used f
. Annals of Iowa . or, 13 feet 1 inch;office story, floor to lloor, 23 feet 9 inches; second story lloorto ceiling, 20 feet 9 inches; office lloor to dome of balcony,101 feet 6 inches. The total number of square feet whichthe Capitol covers is 54,850 feet; height above the level of the•sea 1,151 feet. The Senate Chamber, 58x91 feet 4- inches; height. 41 feet9 inches. Library, 52 feet inches by 108 feet 4 inches;height 44 feet 9 inches. Diameter of rotunda is 66 feet Sinches. There arc fourteen granite columns in the rotunda, andtwenty-four scagliola columns in the dome. Seven boilersare used for heating purposes, consuming sixteen tons of coalper day. 116 ANN ALB OF IOWA. The granite used for foundation was liown from IowjibouldcrSj whilst the yellow and grey stone came from StGenevieve and Carroll, Missouri. The noccssary expenditures to complete the structure ofthe Capitol will amount to about $250,000. The buildingitself will not be completed before two years.—Dcs MoinesSiato THE STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA AT IOWA CITY. The central building is the old Iowa State Capitol, and ishere contrasted with the new Capitol as described above. SIGNIFICATION OF WINNESHIEK. Wm. Buck, of Union Township, Johnson County, Iowa,was a member of the United States Dragoons that removedthe Winnebago Indians from the Territory of Iowa. Hesays the name of Winneshiek means Fleet Elk. It is notfound explained in any of the books about Indians. It iswell here to put it on permanent record as the name of acounty in northern Iowa. Mr. Buck relates how the chiefs Winneshiek and Waube-sha, by instigation of some Sioux that stole into the camp,had planned an insurrection and an attack on the suspecting and anticipating the movement, the troops fellupon them, killed some and wounded many. After this nightattack they left quietly.» Old Winneshiek, at Fort Armstrong, once met JohnHaney, of Lansing, the last town in Iowa, and express-ed his thanks that the Good Spirit had
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