Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-06-03
LEGAL.

this county sdjosrnsd On Tuesday last, aftsf
. session Of eight days. There were no
criminal Gases originating in our county
Gases we're brought from johnson, On
change Of venue, whore indictments hsd
been found Tor selling liquor and keeping
gambling houses. One only WAS sustained.
The business consisted mostly Of litigstsd
eases Of debts, and correction OF titles 70
town lots and some other property. We are
grssiAsd 70 know that our jail house il with
out ese.psats, only ossssionally By municip-,
q authority for drunkenness. Nay Il con-
sinas 90! Jadss Lshngwsll, perhaps the
youngest Jadge in the west, prssidsd with
dignity and honor TO himself and the court, I
and his decisions, We think, gave general
sasisfsstion. In looking over the list Of
attorneys u The be-, We come 70 the con-
slasion, that NO seunsy in the State can pre-
sent . more honorable or talented bar
Of lawyers, than Mascatine. We noticed
Msssrs. Whiehsr, Woodward, Batter, Cloud,
O'Connor, Rishman, McAulay, Lstta, Pat
tsrson, CLARK, and Thayse Of Museasins,
Mr. Tsmplin, Of johnson, Hon. J. p.
Cook, Of Scott, and two or three others
whose names and whereabouts We did not
know.
FounTR OF JuLy.-What 10 70 b done on
the Fourth? Il II not time some movement
was on foot to secure celebration Of our
natal day? We have too few recognised
gala-days 10 allow one Of them 10 pass
without . becoming celebration. Let % do
something on the Fourth, and bring eut
"Ths spiritstirins drum and the earpisrcing Ais."
and although We nay not hare that
.Noetal engine whose rude throat
The immortal Jove's dread clamou counterfeit"
yet We can make some noise, We reckon.
Let 10 hare grand railroad celebration,
aad wake up our citissns to rsalising sense
Of what 10 their duty 'sin this regard. -
The greatest era in the history Of the civil
issd world was when this country declared it,
indspsndsnes; the great era in the history Of
this nation was when the steam whistle de-
livsrsd its first shrill notes 10 adniring con-
tinsnts; and the greatest era in the history
Of Iowa was when the 6fst spade full Of dirt
was raised from its mother earth, 10 aid in
constructing ito Arst railroada And 10 Il
not abundsntly appropriate 70 celebrate these
three grand eras on The anniversary Of the
day that gave the greatest Of them to the
worldi Come, eitisens, wake up! Let 10
have regular s'down sast" railroad esls.
bsation. Let ~ have railroad spssehss--
railroad talk--and railroad dinner IL you
win. We need not 80 out Of town to end
railroad speakers land railroad eaters, I've
mean Esk- sstsrs) -and - for noise, We can
aaks - much - any people Of our siss.-
Lev some Of our citizens take hold Of this
matter and see what can b done. The time
u short.
MAYoa's Counr.-A rustic con Of Baeehus
was brought before the Mayor, on Nom
day, for violstion o. the ordnance pro-
hibiting drunkenness In the streets. Here
hs sstsd very irrsvsrsns. Approaching bis
honor, hs asks1vwith the stnest sssg fto;d,
'Ass yea che Mare;' (Mayor.) eyes,
was The digniAsd reply. ssWsil, thsn," con.
tiassd The rustic, "I'm The kosss" After
ssns di4eulty in asesrtsining the name Of
the ealpsit, (Hisk or Hisks,) which he stu
diously sndsavorsd to conceal, his honor
concluded 'sshe AUss" had better DO put in
the 'sstable' for tho night. Accordingly
policeman Ward, notwithstanding consider
sble resistance, conducted him to the "sss.
bic" we're hs VS. securely confined. In the
morning il was discovered that "the hoss,"
In his sndsavors to escape. had % battered
the door that il could not be unlocked, but
was taken sntirsly down, and he was 70.
lssssd, il 10 hoped, better IL mot wiser
man.
Nzw Sroas.-Msssrs. Bryant 4 Chamber.
lain, from Illinois, are fitting up room
opposite the Nevada Min, on Iowa Avenue,
where they intend opening large nssean-
tile sstablishnsnt. Their goods are now
On hand, and they viii open in . few days.
AaassrsD.-Twe bso:hsrs, named Pileh.
y, one Of whom isvssy sick with eonsunp.
zion, were arrested ct Ne Ogilvie House, on
Sunday nerning, b. o6eses from Burning
ton, On charge Of passing counterfeit
money in that place.
MAJ Docs AsAN.-A dog, supposed TO
BE- mad, was observed going mp Second
street yesterday mornins, and It il said
tAas 10 bit several other dogs. He Was
killed before he proceeded very far. Sever
Il others have been shot.
- Adam Rssling, On the corner Of
Second and Chestnut streets, in his large
thsss-story brick bsildins. has his soons
fAishsd o. in extra Ans style, and 10 now
prepared - accommodate ladies' and gem
tlsnss, having separate saloons, With loo
srsan, soda, &s., and the choicest soafse-
tisaasiss.
Mass TRxr1aAxcs MEY1lxe.-A nase meet
Ing Of The ffisads Of tsnpssaass viii b
held ct he Methodist Church, on Tuesday
evening next. Let there b large attend
snes.
= John Ssnpls hAs fs-opsnsd bic con.
fsstioaasy just opposite ear olRss. He has
one Of the nsassst aad best shops IN he
city.
q I. kellogg i just sbout opsains .
lsnb@ yard, having received large lot Of
Wisconsin river lanbss. Those Of our
patrons in ned Of anything in thst linz,
win Do we'll 70 call On hin.