Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-15

Tor sale at this office.
Mok. RA1N.-As we write this paragraph
uutterins thunder and gathering clouds betoker
more rain.
sCome ye rains, thcn, if you will,
Mays at home and with us still"
But, perhaps, the following couplet expresses bet
Ser the wishes Of our farmer readers
"But come, rather thou, Good Weather,
And find Us in the fields together
Daily, lSth.
hAIoR,s CouRr.-May 11th.-Catharine
Cline wife of George Cline, for disturbance of tn.
psaes BY threatening to shoot and actually point
ing agun at her neighbor, Mrs. Elizabeth Mathews
va lned thr.e dollars and costs. The difficulty
seems to have origin lted about some chickens, the
defendant having "let he angry passion rise" be-
cause her ncghbor drove them out Of her GARDEN
According to the testimony of of the witnesses
Mrs. Cline INDUCED in several unlady-likc gym
hastic feats, jumping three feet high and "going
like wild" while in one Of her paroxysms of anger
Tho offence not being the FIRST of that nature com.
nitted by her, the fine was rather too light.
WOMAN "SuAsloN' AT RocHEsrER.-The
town of Rochester, in Cedar county, whose moral
atmosphere has for many years been polluted to a
notorious degree by dram-shops, the scene of
heroic explicit by the ladies of the place on Saur-
day, tho lst inst. A short time previously, as We
are informed, a man named Howe, cooper by trade,
forsook his lawful and honest occupation, and for
the cake Of . little filthy lucre undertook to ruin
his fellow-citizens by opening dram and gambling
chop. The women of the place, determined to Grad
isate the evil, assembled and marched together to
his establishment. He having heard Of their COM
ing, locked the door and fed. 1t the work of
but few minutes to break into the establishment
and empty all the liquid death it contained into
the street. The party then proceeded to another
similar concern kept by one Edwards formerly a
profes.ed Christian and minister of the gospel, to
his shame be it sad,) who was also absent. Here
they performed the same work of cleansing. Some
of the ladies armed with pistols and other
weapons, but no one opposed them. very lud'c-
rsus incident occurred. An old topper named Swab
seized brandy whisky cask and attempted to run
of with it, cut was caught by one of the fair de-
predators and thrown down. The head of the cask
was knocked in and as the fiery liquid ran out the
desperate "sucker" attempted to imbbe little but
was ehoked of and wallowed through the mud
thus served literally IS a swAB.
Rochester is now free from such curses grog
shops, aud We hope it will remain 80. We do not
wish to BE- considered as justifying mob law, buew
cannot con.lemn the action of the women of Roch-
ester in this instance Where this law is powerles:
and moral suasion is of avail, forcible
sometimes required.
SANITARY.-Our attention has been called
TO the various small pools of water about the city,
with the request that would remind our city au-
therities of their duty to drain them before warm
weather comes upon The duck pond opposite
the past office already looks stasnant. 1t would
be difficult to tell just how many ague shakes it has
in store, but it is quite probable enough to shake
the inhabitants that locality out of their boots.
One or ponds between Water street and the rail-
rv.d track also need draining or filling up.
The '76."-Capt. Phillips is running his
ferry boat regularly to Billiards. and return. Yes
terday she made two trips, carrying quite number
Of "dead heads" Tie Mayor, who is the executive
officer Of the city. thinks that according to the
wording Of the wharf ordinance. he has au hority
to collect Wharfage while shc runs packet from
the city to any pint above, a. the ordinance pro-
vidss only that two dollars shall be collected from
steamers "landing their upward trip If, how
ever, the boat persists in carrying teams, &C., and
thus runs ferry, he will consider it his duty to
interfere aud protect Capt. Fisher in the rights guar
anteed him BY the ferry charter.
VAHDALIsN.-The habit INDUCED in by
some visitors at the City Cemetery Of plucking
iwgs from evergreen trees and defacng tombsones
shsud be punished as provided by law if it cannot
b. otherwise prevented. We can hardly believe that
any one would wantonly commit sue. an offence,
aad therefore remind the guilty that they
should regard sacred these emblems by which the
living NANTES. their af.ctionate remembrance of
The dead. W. hope that the disposition already
manifested to appropriately ornament this holy
treat will be encouraged rather than discouraged
it has been in the manner We have referred TO.
A HrNr.-There are some quite young
msn-mere boys, in fact-of our city, with respec-
table connections and respectable in appearance
themselves, who are in the habit of visiting disrep-
utable places and spending their Sabbaths in the
wort kind of associations. Their habits, SO to
speak, are not yet formed, but We advise them to
take heed. They may nattcr themselves that they
will indulge thus only few times, that nobody
for it. This is the syren's song. Do no. listen to
j. but remember that you can indulge in no sinful
act that viii! not stain the character, nor in any
impure conversations or impure thoughts that will
not leave An impress on the soul.
For rnR LAD1Es.--Mr.. White, the mil
liner, has + complete and fashionable assortment Of
goods in Der line and is prepared, with skilful
list MT IA all nd in
. satisfactory manner. We advise such of our lady
readers As want new bonnets, &C.. land who of them
does not :! to give Mrs. White a call at her estab
lishment opposite c. Weed Co.'s store
SPRING. Notwithstanding sundry chilly
mornings Of late, vegeta; ion is beginning to give
Indications Of the advent Of spring. The foliage
on the opposite bank of the river looks almost as
green and dense as in summer time.
"The queen Of the spring, as che passed down the
Left her robe on the trees and her breath on the
gale.
NEW GooDs.-Dunsmore s. Chambers
have just replenishcd their large and varied stock
Of goods with q new and seasonable assortment Of
al kinds usually kept by them. We invite our
readers to give them call at their earliest conve-
alenee. They will md gentlemanly ana accomoda-
ting clerks in attendance and goods of as good quail
isy and prices - reasonable could be desired.
RELIGIOUS NorlcE.-The third quarterly
meeting of the present Conference year for Musca-
tine stationof the N. L. Church will be held Sat-
urday and Sabbath next. Preaching at 2 O'Clock
on Saturday afternoon and at the usual hours on
the Sabbath.
CHuRcn RosBBRY.-Ws learn from "Die
xAitung' that some sacrilegeous miscreant entered
the Catholic Church last Saturday night and carried
q the contribution plate and charity box, worth
together about Eve dollars.
Quick "osK.-Tbe work Of putting new
roof On the Court House WAS commenced Monday
marping and completed Tuesday evening. We
Sais<skea in saying the cost of this work would b6
Thek-o Ind ais he Of naiut.