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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01
DEATn OF FISH THE QUESTION SETTLEf


DEATn OF FISH THE QUESTION SETTLED:-
During the drouth Of last year great numbers
Of fish died in the Little Miami River, espe-
cially below the great distilleries below D Deer-
field and Morrow. It was said they were
killed by the poison from the digtillefies :
EiFhis was denied, and the fact attributed to
the unusual drouth. The following para
graph from the Lebanon Star, however,
seems to settle the question:
During the recent freskets in Dry Rum, at
Decrfeld, the poisonous matter from the
distiIlery north Of the village, was washed
into the Miami River, and caused the death
of tens Of thousands Of fish. Two tons, it
is calculated, were thus destroyed. The
mill race Of Mr.. Isaac Stubbs, q mile be-
low, was literally choked up with dead fish
Is there no remedy for this wholesale slaugh-
ter Of the fnny tribe?
Why should we stop the slaughter Of fish
till we have stopped the slaughter Of men:
The Star also states the death of four men il
the north part Of Warren county, attributed
to drinking whiskey with strychnine in it
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01
r IL 1 ID Il 3.
ny JOHN C. sAXEs

'Tis curious fact as ever was known,
But eften in human nature shown,
Alike in the castle and cottage,
That pride, like pigs of a certain BROOD
Will manage tc live anu thrivv ON food
As poor rs paspci s pottage!
of all the notable things Of, earth,
The aucerest thing is the pride of birth,
Among our "ferce dcnocracy ...
A bridge across u hundred years,
Without prop to save it from Snecrs--
Not even couple Of rotten piers
A hing for laughter, filings andjctrs,
l. American aristocracy! 49,,
Depend npon it, snobhi<h friend.
Your family thread you can't ascend
Without good reasons to apprehend ~
fou may find it waxed on the other end
By some plebian vocation!
Or worse than that, your boasted line
May end in loop Of stronger twine,
That plagued some worthy relation:
Brcause you flourish in worldly affairs,
DON'T be naughty and put on airs,
With insoicnt pride Of station
Don't BE- proud and turn up your nose
At poorer people in palmer clothes,
But learn for The sake OF your minus repose,
That all proud fesb, wherever 1t grows,
Is subject to irritation! ,..,..
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01
GOOD ADVICE.

In things of menicht on thysclf depend,
Nor trust too far thy servant or thy friend; =;
With private views, thy friend may promise tair
And servants very seldom prove sincere.
What may be dong, with care perform to-day;
Dangers nnlho,ght OF viii attend delay;
Your distant prospects all precarious are,
And Fortune is as tickle as she's fair.
No trivial loss, nor trivial gain dcspisc;
Mole-hils to mo,intais, if oft heapcd, will rise;
w Ugh every small expense and nothing waste
F.rthings long saved amount to pounds at last.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01

I A SPEcK OF WAR.-The citizens Of Rock
Island have just held a public meeting, and
in set Of resolutions denounced the Chica-
go and Rock Island Company for not fur
nishing better depot accommodations, erect
ing depot-buildings of wood in contrasen-
tion Of an ordinance forbidding the same:
and for not filling up certain mud holes
about the depot grounds. The affair seems
to have been the occasion Of some consider
able excitement:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01
BY JOHN MAIsl[IN. lin
GoRIGINAL.
To One who wished Nc to Wrftes

L. was q promise idly maacj
And soon forgot by me,
When life was deeper in its flow, r.. ..
Its murmurs glad and frees
And had written then, my song
Would have been one of glccj .lG
go Na !.
But now, feel life's surging tide
Casts up the sands of time
Upon the dank and nearing shore
Where yew and ivy twine,
Yet just beyond know there lies
A fair and heavenly cline. hf
' Then take the lines thus idly pcnned,
In thoughtless promise givenj
And meet thou me on yondcr shore
The shining shore of heaven! .:
VIXEN all thy work below is done,
Aud calmly falls life's even. NANNETfE.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01

A IHAp FOR L1FE.--At the recent fire in.
st. Louis, several persons were III the upper
part Of Marlow's factory when the fire caught
it through the west window. So inaammable
were the contents that the entire structure
was blazing while the last Of the party,
David Upper; remained, Unable to descend.
lie appeared at an east window and was re-
lieved from Ills imminent peril through the
prcmptitude Of Mayor Winner, who instant
ly had carpets and bedding piled beneath,
and then sternly called to him to jump. He
took the leap and landed safely. Loud
shouts Of the multitude and warm congratu--
lations, greeted his safe landing:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01
MONDAY, July 27. 1857.

WRoNG CREDIT. Tile Burlington Ha,ch-
eye and Oskaloosa Herald have copied from
the Journal paragraph BEADED "Disihter-
estcd, Very!' and credited it to the Daven-
port Ga4ette-which latter is great paper,
we acknowledge, (and we of courss feel
somewhat elevated that any thing of ours
has been supposed to have originated init, }
but at the same time we prefer to have our
lust dues.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01

A Lone TRrp.-- The steamer Twilight,
which left the port of St. Louis on the 2lst
of May, laden with government stores and
Indian goods for the'mouth of the river A ue
Tramble, distance of two thousand five
hundred and twenty miles, reached her des-
tination on the 7th inst, andreturned to st.
Louis on Tuesday afternoon, making round
trip Of fifty one days.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01

The State journal of California
states that several of the Vigilance Commit
tee of San Francisco have failed, and that
their aggregate liabilities amount to $S,-
900 900; and that nineteen members of thai
body have committed suicide since July Of
last year.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01

4 PoL1T1o1AN's ADvioE.-About three
years since, yoting iitah c6htinually inpor-
tuned Secretary Corwin fof a clerkship. At
last, Corwin advised him to 60 west; squat.
buill cabin, and Give HE d freeman"
The politician tohtintIed'
"Accept clerkship here; and you sink At
once all independence your energy becomes
relaxed, and you are untitled in few years
for any other and more independent, may
give You Place to-day, and | can kick You.
out again to. morrow; rr5 ana the,es @ anoLhsr ;
ME out, and the people bv-and-by can kick
him out and so we go. But if you own an
acre, it is your kingdom, and your cabin *
your castle-you are q sovereign, ara yo1
will feel it in every throbbing ofyou- raise,
and every day of your life sspd assg 9
of your thanks for having thsls 1dTised J.oa =
There was no folly in t'f's1t talk.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01
sNAKns.-The Pamela Miss. star cf Ya!y

SNAKES. s.-The Pamela Alisy,Y s.aE # faEy
lst says:
Col: Thomas F. Caldw ell Aas just Fatlrpei
from visit to Coahoma comfy, and iLforu
us that, at house seven miss this side os
the mouth of Coldwater, he saw oyer olla
hundred rattlesnakes, stuffed ard hnne cls
tree, being the spring crop Of o.,a sniaN
tarm. The proprietor said it had not reen
good season for rattlesnakes.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01

eY A drunken rat poisoner distributed
a large quantity of poisonous lozenges on
sthe streets Of Cincinnati, last week, of which
about 20 children partook and were.poison-
ed. One Of them diad.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01

Cy In Cincinnati, one night last week, a
Ge,inah named Loefner strahgled his wife
in bed and then went to the house of N. T.
Horton, d prominent citizen; kindled fro
in the hall, and when Mr.: Horton presented
himself, stabbed him SO severely that he died
in few iiihutes Ioefner afterwards at
tcihpted to kill himself, and was lingering
in Critical condition at the last accounts.
Jealousy Of an intimacy between Horton and
Leofner's wife, who is represented to have
been young and beautiful, is assigned a. the
cause Of this melancholy tragedy.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01

= An Irish lady wrote to her lover, begging
{ ;,;,a to send her some money. She added
by way of postscript. i am so ashamed of
tie request have made in this letter that
sent after the post master to get it back, but
the servant could not overtake him.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01

THUNDER WITHOUT CLoUDs.-We have no.
tited several instances of this unusual phe-
nomena in our exchanges this season. Az
Springfield; Mass:, On the llth, startling
clap vas heard, at d time when the sky was
clear and there Was no appearance Of rain.
A hdttse Was strttck by lightning, but no per-
son injured 4 ball Of fire was seen to-
burst just over an elm. The fcrked flame
PLAYED among the branches and girdIed the
tree in a cork screw fashion: The same shock
threw two men off their feet without serious
injury to their persons:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01
SnriukIinss of News;

A school teacher who was married at Tip
ton, Indiana, on the 18th inst, was arrested
the same evening at kokomo, on a charge
of bigamy. He is said te have eight wives.
There is a mule in st. Louis which meas
tires eighteen hands in height: He is tho't
to be the largest t,.ule in the west.
Mrs. Swisshelm, the wcll-known writer,
is about to take up her residence in st.
Cloud, in Minnesota territory.
w. c. Gillespie, mail agent on the Chi
cago, Altnn and st. Louis road, was arrest
: ed by w. 8. Marshal Dixon chi the 23d ult.,
ard lodged in the Springfield Jail. He is
charged with purloining money from letters,
passing through the mail, and with other
offeilses against the Post Office laws.
Col. Titus, the noted Kansas Border Riff
fan who joined the fillibusters in Nicaragua
and has been branded as coward by Walk
er, is. now at Lamberttille, New jersey
where his father resides: .5t.1
pane. BAD FOR CHRISTIAN CIrIEs.-tpwards O.
ten thousand females in New York, fort.
Thousand in Paris, and eighty thousand il
London, are said by staticians to regularl.
earn a daily living by immoral practices: :
And yet all these are Christian cities:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01

LOVE AKIN IN CASTLE AND in COTTAGE
The game of love is the same, whether the
lovers be clad in velvet or in holden gray.
Beneath the gilded ceiling ola palace, or the
Iowly rafters of cabin, there are the same
hopes and fears, the same jealousies and dis.
trtfsts, and despondings, tie wiles and STRAIT
aselns are all alike; for, after all, the stake is
human happiness, whether he who risks
It b., peer or peasant.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01

New PATENTS Grain Seperators
Curtis, tf Lena, Illinois.
Corn Harvester = Israel Uodenh.hF, OF
Bloomington, Ills. @.] '.'i
Cutting App. ratts for Harvester-Joseph
Irwin, of Frankfort, Ohio.
Mlchine for Trimming Hedges - VIM.
WINNER, of Billingsvike, hdiana.
$50 Cutting Atpaaatrs for lIarvesters John
p. Nanny, Of Rock ford, illinois
Machine FIR Husking Ccrn-Wm. Emery;
1r., Of Chester, Illinois.
"a FIfrY Cents ON A DoLLAR.-A gentleman
in Twelfth street, who Is In the habit of
sending his boots out to be blacked, could
not find his polished understandings one day
last week. He sent his little son to the
darkeyts cellar, but he retGrnedj saying it
was shut mp. The gentleman went himself
In his slippers, and after rapping some time
he heard a noise inside. Presently win
dow. opened, and Cufy's head poked thro'.
4 want my bcots,' said the gentleman.
atSorry to form you, miassa, dat you can't
hab um,' replied Cuff. Fac is, l is Civ out,
basted, failed, broke, cleaned out, jammed
up, split, is.' &laasa :,
But, Cuff said the gentleman, Il can't
help that. must have my boots >
III Cuff. finding his customer rather riled up
poked one of the boots out of the window
and said; l.l lEd3 J4.iaos re hGI
q. sMassa, / isn't tellin' no lie ! is clean
bust and no mistake. Use taken an pventory
of my a'fecs, and as Ib'lieve on the honor
tob a gentleman, dat / shall, be able to pay
fifty cents on the dollar, lis, willin' ito git
you yours. Dar it am. Take de boot:'
VI So, saying, lie slammed the window, Ieav-
ing our friend to, 60 home in his slippers.
switl, one bootin his hand-tifty cents on q
llullar.agsH .tEs aegLW hna el-aW rl.aa
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01
Ey An extract taken from the Cincinnati
Gasette's European correspondence

So BRUSSELS, July - 1906
MEssKs. EDIroKs We left Paris this mors
hing at O'Clock, and arrived hete at forJ
2st miles through most charming S5untry3
perfect garden Of wheat, barley, rye, oatsj
fax, hemp, sc. The gtaih srop il abahdanti
there is more titan ap average crop thrUughl
Sat @ the sstsn ot 'pa pel passsa 1o tsh tSs
flax Vas all down and ab6tt in; the crop of
hay Has dttite all edt, and it Would do the
eyes Of a farmer in our section good td see
such fine crop and 50 Well stred: Tho red
clover beats any have seen with hs13efy
heavy. The croakers must quit, for il there
is any scarcity Of bread stuff With tis, Il eatf
be shipped from here in any quantity. This
country has removed all restrictions upoff
grain; therefore any quantity can be tfanss
ported: The Wine crop Of France BIDS fair
to be ohe Of large yield this year: The grain
crop in England; Scotland and: Ireland is
very heavy, and if they have dry harvest,
all kinds Will be abundant.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01
The MGNtezuma Outrage!

We are called upon again to record a most
fiendish outrage that took place in Montczu-
ma, on Tuesday of last week William b!
Thomas, charged with the murder of Mr..
Casteel and wife, was taken to Montezuma
at the Spring term of the Court, and await
ed his trial on the 14,h inst: The counsel
for the defendant demanded change of
venue, which was very properly granted by
Judge Stone. This movement e4asperated
tie mob, and about two hundred of them
proceeded to the old court house, and forc-
bly, took possession of the prisoner. v lille
he wjts piteously pleading for mercy; they
conveyed him to Il tree in the vicinity Of the
town, and without even the mockery of a
trial, they placed a rope around his neck,
and comnIanIed him to make confession OF
his crime The prisoner protested lis limo
cence, and Gontil hel to beg tor his liie; but
the brutal mob, losing sight Of every gencr-
Gus impulse that ought to inspire hanian
breast; threw the rope over a limb, and
Thomas was suspended in the air. In a few
moments they permitted him to descend
again to tile earth; and renewed their de-
mands for a confession. lie still continued
TO plead his innocence; and he was again
suspended. TO give additional horror to
the scene, fire ras kindled under his feet,
while the Internal mob; more piti!ess than
vindctive sdvages, were shouting around
their victim, and gloating over his dying
agonies Again was he permitted to place
his feet upon the earth, and again did he
declare, while in full view of death, and be :
fore God and man, that he was innocent of
the crime OF which he was accused. The
third time the rope was tightened about his
neck--he was drawn from the earth, and, in
short time, ceased to exist.
We charge upon the citizens of Poweshiek
county, who participated in this infamous
tragedy, that they are guilty of a cruel, de-
liberate; and objectionable murder. A life
of repentance, assisted by the atoneInent OF
the Savior, would be barely sufficient to ex-
plate their deadly crime. Are the thtnders
of the Almighty asleep and are the light
nings of retributiye justice eStinguished tor
cver that these scenes Jf darkness and of
terror, are permitted to be enacted to the
curse of our State; ana to the disgrace OF
humanity? Fiends, in the region where the
undying worm feeds upon the torments OF
its victim; would blush at deed like this
Let the press of Iowa speak out. Let ii
thunder in the ears of the guilty, until re-
formed public sentiment, will regard every
member of these lawless mobs as Missing
and byword among the people. Icwa
Citieen, July 22d:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01

MERCER CoUsTY- SEAT QUEsTloS:-The
people Of Mercer county are canvassing the
question of removing their seat Of justice
from Keithsburg, which is located in the
south west corner of the county, to Aledo, a
smart growing place near the centre, and on
the line Of the Muscatine and Galesburg
Railroad. Aledo has sprung up in couple
Of years from small cluster Of houses to a
town Of fifteen or eighteen hundred inhabit-
ants. A new paper has just been started
there, called the Aledo Record, which sup
ports the Republican side of politics. The
people of Aledo propose to erect the county
buildings at their own expense, if the seat Of
Justice is removed there. The vote will be
taken on tho first Monday Of August.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01
THE WS.

! Tho st. Louis Republican learns that al
is quiet in KANSAS. Walker is still at Law.
renee with 400 dragons, waiting further
action Of the people before using dccisiv,
measures he would attempt collecting take.
in few days.
A desperate shooting ailray occurred al
Goldsboro', \. c., on the. 23d. DR.. John
W.'Davis, a prominent citizen, was shot
down by two German Jews named Oden-
hammer, and is not expected to lire. One
of the Odenhammer'8 had his skull fractur-
ed. Great excitement prevails among the
citizens in consequence, and application of
the lynch law is spoken Of.
Salt Lake dates 70 the I'd have been re-
eeiyed via Leavcnwortsl, making the trip in
fifteen days. he affairs of the territory
were in a prosperous condition. Rtimors of
the Utah expedition had reached there, but
attracted but little attention. Emigrant
trains were progressing rapidly. Public
charges. of official dishonesty had been made
against the Surveyor General. Sworn state
ments had been published of Burr's assist
ants, accusing him Of pockcting money for
work never done, Withholding the pay of
assistants and appropriating ithimself, neg
lecting to make surveys and then reporting
them to the Government.
"A gentleman from Kansas on Friday
states that at public meeting on Thursday,
it was determined to resist the United States
troops if an attempt was made to collect the
taxes. a gentleman had met Gov. Walker
ten miles from Lawrence, with seven COM
panies of infantry, and he said he would
arrange matters pcaceablyi if possible, but
that he would Use force il necessary. The
Free State men were hurrting to Lawrence,
and Gen. Lane had been sent for.
"A special dispatch to the New York Til
bune, from Washington, July 23d, says the
indications now are that the Free State men
in Kansas will .Slccumb to the Federal
troops.
The owner and officers Of the steamer
Montreal have been indicted for manslau.hz
tor.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01
VOL. Ix---NO. 1.
TUESDAY. july 28. 1857.

l
| For the Journal.
NH: Enron Sir THE other day l heard
| man say tfathe was ga Jeffersonian Demo-
crat and 90 in for the decision of the Su=
preIre Cot,rt in the bred Scott CaseJ' says
| he.
do actually believe that such idaii rear-
ly believes that he is a. Jeffersonian Dcmoa
crat-he don't know any better. Thereis no
use to contend with such man, bat still, l
would like to say one word to that man, in
kindness, that he is dramatically opposed
to the great principle Of Thomas Jefferson,
if he sustains the decision Of the Supreme,
Court in the bred Scott Case. Now, sir,
wish to have you clearly understand that the
decision Of tire Supreme Court declares that
the ordinance Of 'S9, pltieh soas wsitten and
rotedfor BY 7homas Jefferson himselt, was
unconstitutional and fraud upon the people,
and yet youpretend to be Jeffersonian
Democrat! Shame! OH, shame wheto il
thy blush2 A DENoCnAr OF '76.
-----1 s>--
PRENTICE AND DuRRErE,-The repcontre
between these two editors arose from an ar
ticle written by tho latter, in which he said
the former Was ain abolitionist, in sympathy
with Republicans ard niger -stealers; no.
torious drunkard, who lately camo near los
ing his life by stepping off gang plankto
ferry boat, while in state of intoxication;
and Who was now Supporting for Congress
another notorious drunkard, Humphrey Mar
shall, who spends his time at Washington iti
the drinking saloons and gambling hells.-
Prentice seems to hare Thought this sufficient
cause for pistols:
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-01

cy Some three hundred persons were
gathered on the banks of the Potomac, at
Cumberland, Md, on the 4th inst, by d
poster which stated that Prof. Ctlcx would
walk upon the water. After while, it was
whispered around that tuler was the Latin
word for musquito, when the truth flashed
upon the crowd that they had all beer
Hsold.s,
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-11-11

A. A. HAYES, NJ. D., Assayer to State Of Massachu
sstts says. ~ uring its slow combustion in CRATE hav
ing narrow bars openings, the ash forms aggega
ton whatever and contains less Of unburnt carbon
that from any known anthracite"
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-11-11

PRoFEssoR sILLMAs says. ut forms no clinkers that
cannot be easily crushed In the naked hand. 1t kindes
easily; few billets Of wood suce 10 effect its ignition
and it burns freely, with clear and perfectly clean
blaze Covering itself 10 the ashes Of it comsuston
this Coal retains fire like hickory wood and If thus left
undisturbed, it will gradually entirely In an
open CRATE it kindles without the AID Of blower and
Notwithstanding IT'S easy Ignition II burns for long
time and unlike the harder anthracite it does not 20
out when the quantity Of Coal in combustion is reduced
below certain bulk and intensity.
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-11-11

This coal is burning semi. anthracite, adapted
peculiarly for family such properties as
will at once upon trial satisfy the most exactng Inva-
lids Who have used it that it is the least offensive OF
any coal now in use particularly those affected with
Lung Disease
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1857-11-11

The heat passes down the left hand column seen in the
above CUT circulates all around the Case through ue
Al inches square the inside which radiates
SIDES then up the right hand column into the gain
These Stoves have double the radatng surface Of any in
use consequently most Of the hea is retained in the
The Ash Pit is abo the base that does not Inter
with the ue through which the heat passes These
Stoves have been tried where the drought ~as very poor
They warranted moi to throw gas, and easily
managed. The CRATE should NOT be shaken, Use small
pofer enliyen to re If you have good COAL free from
slate you may keep fire from end Of the year to the
other. Ordinarily, it is better to clear them out
week in order to remove the slate by doing you viii
save much heat,
N.B BY observing the above directions, you save
So per cent certain ia tbe quantity Of ftei
Capron's Car and House Word stoves operate on the
same principle II is conceded by persons who have
used theT and warranted 10y the Pstente, that they will
so per cent OF thu fuel used BY any other wood
Stoves The Proydeuce and Worcester Raruad Com
pany them in al their passenger cars the Worcester
and Nashua the Boston an Providence the Boston and
Worcester, the Providence and Stoniagton and the West
ern RailroaI Companies, all hay them, and pronounce
them ahead Of anything of the stove sind for heating
cars.
Try them ard they Will keep YOU warm. Mauufaeur.
ed by J W. JORDAN,
o6 d&wtf 10 southhridge street Worcester, Mass.