Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-10-03
CIR COUNCIL, Sept. 26th, 1S57.-Counci

Crr COUNCIL, Sept. 26th, 1S57-Counci
II, Mayor John q. Stein presiding.
NJ. Cloud read petition to grade alley in bloc
115. Referred to committee composed Of Messrs
4 Cd and M.uck.
The petition Of Mr.. Williams, to max. an srti
siss we'll for the of tho city, laid over
On motion Of Mr.. Cloud, 4 resolution was passc'
inssructing the Street Commissioner TO suspend worl
.. streets, excepting such works ere not complet
ID, n~less otherwise ordered hy the council.
On motion of II. Fisher, contractor to grade allie.
block -. was instructed to place the clay wher
directed by the City Engineer.
Ar. Cloud committee to procure room for TIN
zee Of the Vt the city council, reported virtually
n favor Of getting in fremont Hail. and Doct
Thonpson WAS employed to- contract for it with in
struc,ious.
IA motion of Mr.. Cloud, the City Attorney va
Instructed to take the ordn~nc. in relation to eid
walks, passed Nay 1881, .. the basis from which t
drav up aew ordinance.
Mr. Miller voted $3.50 services as rodmsn'
HI Nahony his estimate on contract Chestnut
street.
Mr.. Ryan his estimate on Linn street.
Council adjourned to meet next Saturday evening
rnAYRR'S MORAL CArECHISM.
"Jchu, how do YoU know that Sashville, opposite
this city 10 4 certain mean latitude! Have you been
taking observation! Experience, &c."- Enquirer
How stupid for An editor to turn moral catechist
with such silly questions soon rs he has become
. "judre" over us! What consummatc mpudsnce
We pre.um. the "judse" never heard of SIashville
before. If he d,d, We fear he would not speak as
unfavornbly Of such "m-sn lat,t udes' AS Of some
preachers who dare to sp'sk Of the corrupt politics
Of the day. We respectfully represent to the judge
that missionary station ought to be established at
that P.int.
.'WAst does it meant" This question prob'bly
originates from the fact that the ':judge' cannot
comprehend the PuIxr Of joke when he Is himself
th. BUTT Of it, lie who asks for further explana-
ten Of the meaning of what is already plain, needs
=. mark Of stupidity to distinguish.hm by. Judge,
rev srs In less danger, think, Of insanity, than
Of another mental condition quite A. undesirable.
NOVEL ExpEpIENT.-Onc OF our business
nss Sr. Bennett so supply the scarcity of curren-
" just BOW, has issued money of his own which is
taken for goods by nearly all the merchants Of the
place. II is thirty day paper, all of The drnominn-
ton Of ,wo dollars. This is rather novel expedi-
snt and 10 Of no little to the public st
this time.
SrocK roK THE FAIn-We observed lot
Of fae Durham cattle on their way to the Fair
Ground this morning. They are from Ohio, and arc
accompanied by their owner, Mr. Jacob Pierce th'
celebrated stock breeder Of Clark county, Ohio
Daily, 1s,h ult
DISEASE AMONG HonsRs.-A number OF
hsrses died very suddenly in this city list week OF
di,ssse similar to "bind t'sgGers." The horses
in one Of the livery stables where tho disease ap
,.sr,d were all removed for fear of contngion.
ORR WESTERN RAHRoAD.-We stated las
week that work had been suspended on the Nlusca
tine and O.kaloora Railroad west of Iowa River
We happy to learn, however, thatit has been Dc
tsrmiued to complete the road Immediately shor
d,s,nues beyond tn. river. Workmcn accordingl!
now laying down the track. 1t will add greatly Il
The bu.ine%. of the road to hnvs it running beyond
tn, river, although it may BE- but short distance
CONFERENCE APPoINTMENTs.-Thea nnua
Iowa Conference Of the NJ E. Church which assem-
bled at Desmoines City Inst week appointed Rev
John Harris to the charge in this city. Rev. J. ="
sullivan, pastor of this charge during the year jus
closed, has been appointed to Oakdale Circuit, il
the northern part Of the county. Rev. }. B. Hill
has been appointed to Muscatine circuit.
TAx.--We learn from the Enquirer tha
the aggregate tax this year, in Muscatine county
nd rail
purposes is six and a half mills on the dollar. Ih
tax lest year was seven mills and threc-quarters:
AUTUMN, with its "sere and yellow leaf, >
is upon u., but the weather is delightful. If il
was to this that Bryant alluded when he said
"The melancholy days have come,
The saddsst Of the year ;"
he was slightly mistaken. The autumn season
or more particularly that portion of it called "ln
dian SUMMER" has been more POLITICALLY and truth
fully styled "the smile Of the year.
Suoor1Na SoRApE.-The shooting affair
to which we alluded yesterday was investigated
before Justice Burg.sser. Chas. Gricr, the indvid
ual charged with firing revolver at Urlah SWEET
land was arrested when about to leave on the ferry
boat for Illinois: Messrs. Brannan & Hcbb appear
ed for the State and Richmnn & Bro, for tho de-
fence. The witnesses for the prosecution testified
Is to 0rer pointinga revolver at SHETLAND. also, 81
to his threats to kill him and the fact of his firing
the revolver. A bullet taken from the carriag
cushion was produced ut the trial and found to fl
the pistol barrel. Two witnesses were produced OF
tn part of the defence. An effort male to show
. that the pistol was accidentally discharged, but
was proven that Immediately after the discharg
Grier cooked it again. He WAS Accord ngly boun'
over in the sum of $500 to at the next tern
Of the District Court the charge of assault with in
ten. to kill. In default Of bail he was committed
Daily. 10th ult. s>o.~
NAroK's CouRr-Sept. 25th.--For tn
usual charge of drunkenness, Charles Frank An
John Logan were fined one dollar each. Logan pal
the amount Of his fine and costs, while he othe
concluded to take a job of'work on the streets.
PI-RAr-1cAL-A few mornings since,
gentleman of this city discovered mouse snugl
ersconsed in a nest made of bills on the Bank G
Florence, in his bureau drawer. The little miscr'
ant had tore the bills to atoms and it was with gre'
difficulty that the pieces could be pasted togeth'
again:
BEEF DEoI1NED.-Fresh meats are comm
down to living rates. Our butchers have lower'
the price of beef best cuts, to ten cents per poun
The price heretofore has been 12A cents. 9th
meats have declined in proportion.
WATERS 4 JoHN.-We took a look, ye
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