Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-22
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Wapello--Ottumwa, Sept. Gath, 25th
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... THE RAIN. "h
REPORTED FOR TIE JOURNAL BY Hoa r. p.
Your reporter was awakened night before
last about O'Clock, out of very pleasant
slumber, in which he dreamed that he was
enjoying delightful sail on the Father of
Waters, by an unusual noise and disturbance
in the lower part of his domicil, and tho
glancing of lights here and there at the win
dows. 1t was raining very heavily, and his
mind was as once filed with apprehensions
as to his safety, not being of the aquatic
species, and he, after a short consultation
between himself and Morpheus, who he found
possessed considerable influence over him,
and seemed determined to use it in the neg
ative, slipped on his "duds,'' inserted bis
neither limbs in pair Of stout "cowhides,"
with an old ssslouch' as covering of his
s'cocoa,' and made tolerable speed down
stains and into the midst of the warning ele-
ments He met with sad accident as he,
was descending the stairs, which rather Lis-
composed his usually calm temper. it was
caesed by some one unwittingly sreaking of
''tsat pord' overfowing and as he we'll
knew It: was situated only square distant,
he felt something in .he situation Of those
in the days of old Tho didn't happen to be
provided with en- ark when that fsforty days
and nights affair. transpired. However, he
is possessed of fair share CT that valuable
article on such occasions-presence of mind,
and he determined to see for himself hew the
ground lay before he took up line Of march
fer higher ground. A'ack-a-day! the first
stephe sank in the s:mirc and clay'' nearly
to his Knees and at each succeeding step
matters only appeared to grow worse, added
to which the rain kept coming straight down
on his devoted head, and he had ssno light
on the subject" save what was afforded hin,
by "tallow-dip,' in dilapidated tin Ian
tern But he pcrsevered, and after aoundef.
ing in the mud for half hour or more, final,
" succeeded in reaching the banks of that
beautiful ornament to oNr. city known as
s'the pond" Iiknow net why it is termed
<sthe pond,' unless it is respect to its .di-
nensions, as it is considerably larger than
any other in the city, and Furthermore is
situated on Iowa Avenue, which all well
know is the street Ct the place.; Well, he
found the pond was getting pretty "high,"
and had actually broken banks, and quite :
respectable sized stream was vending It's
way down The Avenue to the ri7er. He
did not then deem it advisable to continue
his explorations further, as he thought (aad
wisely, too) that the undertaking would be
attended with considerable risk, and posi-
blyloss of life.! =. a.. &.
At late hour in the morning, your inde-
fatigabley reporter sailed out again, to,
find out, as near as possible, how things
were situated down in the lower part of the
city. Second street was still int its place,
though a considerable portion Of improve
ments, in the way of plank from the side
walks, etc., were lying about promiscuous:-
lys,not altogether in q. ..mcrknanlike orders
The cellars were .m ostiy filled on the lows-
side Of the street, and in many places holes,
both large and deep, were washed in the
gutters.: Going up to Iowa Avenue, he
found that it haddone considerable damage
in its course from that to the river. MIR.
Crocker's building suffered severely, por-
tion Of the water taking its course directly
dnder i, and washing the earth from the
foundation in large quantities. At the Ogil-
vie, a telegraph pole fell in consequence. of
the washing away Of the earth, and the rail
roadt also was injured somewhat Though
the damage is probably triaipg. Passing
on to Chestnut, he found stake driven
into hole which was washed put in. the
middle Of the street, on Whichwas tackled the
following expressive notice: Beware Of
the Bottomless Pit" : It did look something
like such a snare for the feet Of the ungary,
and your reporterfeels indebted to somebody
who was undoubtedly kindly disposed tow
ards his fellow creatures, for this timely
warning. .. :a.s
There has no doubt been great damage
done in various parts Of the city by this un-
usually heavy fall of rain-mueh more than
by that of few weeks ago, although it did
not come in such a torrent, and in so short
a space Of time. In many places the gas
pipe was again left bare leaving gaps in the
streets calculated to render travelling dam
gerous operation. Measures will have to be
taken to put q stop to this, fer every storm
makes it worse, and the streets will soon get
absolutely impossible. The city authorities
have, it is true been actively engaged in
grading the streets, but are they as efficient
in this matter as they might be?
OH1o.-The Republican State Convention
met at Columbus on the 18th inst, and NOM
mated the following State ticket:
For Governor P. Chase.
ForLieutenant Governor Moses b. Walk
er.
For Secretary Of State "A. P. Russell.
For Treasurer-A P. Stone. y
For Judge of Supreme Oourt-Miiton SUIT
life. -.'.. .,.'- 80
For Member Of B1ard Of Public Works.
Jacob Blickensdeyfer. -. -