Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-29
Iowa Items.

h' ahc tVSSHt cicCtiou III Scuu
county. law TO restrain Logs and sheer
hom running at large was adopted.
- On the morning Of The Cd instant
the vinegar dis.illery Of G. Mueller. in
Davenport, was destroyed by Are.
7 WIN. Smyth. Of Marion. was elected
Judge of The. Filth Judicial District
.wi,hou: opposi ion.
- Another new paper is soon to ap-
pear frottl Lyons. in this State. II is to
be called the Clinton Visitor" and to
be neutral in politics.
J RAILROADS IS IowA.-Every town OF
note in This Sac, except Dubuque, has
its live of railroad westward under con-
Arsct. Dubuque HerMd.
DIFFIcuLr OPERArIoS.--A stone was
taken from the bladder o! child of Mr.
Is,a ael, at Fairfield. on The 81 instant, by
DR.. Sanford, Of Keokuk.
The stone measured one and guar.
ter inches in length, one inch wide,
three. fourths Of an inch thick, and
weighed three drachms. The child res.
ted well after the operation.
AN EXCURSION TO NEBRAsKA.-Mr.
Swslsnd, one OF the party who left
here about six weeks ago TO visit Me-
braska, has returned. but has very little
20 say Of his trip We have not vet
seen him, bu: learn that he was not per-
mi,ted to enter the territory. owing to
a regulation prohibiting ihs immigra-
lion OF all persons whomsoever. His
journey was therefore a wild goose
chase, as he had only the graft fication
Of viewing This land Of promise from
the banks of The Missouri Tipion .7iU.
"WoMAS's RIGHrs" IN CEDAR CcUN-
Ty AT meeting OF ladies ESQ the rec
ord sa, 50 in Spriusdal. towsnhip, Ce-
dar cunnty, recently, the following pre-
.mble aud resolutions were adopted:
WHEREAS. The present system OF in
equa!i,y between the seaes is unjust and
nrvoIence aud humanity, and that the
present regulations in society whereby
the female laborer is denied The oppor.
tunity OF mental culture and compelled
ID toll on from "early morn to dewy
exc" for The scanty pi.tance now re-
c-iyed "a d compensation Tor this con-
slant labor, demands the most deter |
mined opposition liom this class Of
sufferers Therefore
Resoi Ell. That We viii. be governed |
~ she following
AGREEMENT:
We whose names are hereunto sub |
cribed do agree and soieanly pledge
,sSseives TO a bide BY said Agreement,
hat we wall perform no common labor
or less CO m pensat:on than dollar
md half per week, nor more than ten
hours per day uiihout an increase oi
e munt lon in he same ratio, and
tx DAYS ouly is TO constitute our week
,t labor.
Resoired. That we believe the most
.fec,ual means Of Increasing the wages
IF woman is Tor her to increase ,he
phere OF ber fsbor, by qualifying her
sell for emplo-ments 10 which she is
ida pied, which have been monopolized
)y man.
ResoiUed. That the capacity of wo-
nan is equal to that Of man for
school teaching, iailofing. type-se,ling,
md all the Lighter employ meats, and
We would urge her 10 quality herself for
hose employ menls, ihereb' bringing her
shor inlo fair competition with that OF
nan.
Absene,h Raley, Mary Eliza Harris,
Amanda Grey. Martha Crozer. Mary
Ellen Villa m son. and M. Oliphant
we're the most active members of the
Aeeting.
Mr O'Sulliran. OF Dubuque. who was
u red recently by he upseuing Of one
]. Frink Il Walkers stages. has recover
ID elT50 and cos, Of arbitration, from
he company.
Riddle, the Independent Wbig candi-
sie, is elected over Hepner, I.ocofoco
nominee, in lhe rolsawattsmie Judicial
District. U
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