Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-06-19

APPROPRIATE TRSTIMoSIAL.-A beautiful
silver cup, appropriately inscribed, has been pre-
.entsd by citizens of Newburyport, Mass, to Mr..
Dam F. Bryant of this city, for his heroic conduct
in rcscuinx tho life Of their former fellow-citizen
Mr.. John T. Brown. The cup arrived by express
On Monday last, and shown to us yesterday by
DrsWaiers. At his drug store. Accompanying it
was the following note: Il, .-.. ........
"Wir Mr.. Bryant please accept the package,with
this, as a testimonial from the friends of MIR. ).
T. Brown. Newburyport, June, 1855"
The following is the insert pton on the cup which
is from the establishment of Ball, Black & Co..
" .Mn. DANIEL BRYANT,
from the friends Of
J.T. BRowN,
As . testimonial of gratitude for
reseuing him from the flames,
May 18th, 1885,"
Our friend Bryant is deserving Of this magnih-
cent and appropriate testimonial, notwithstanding
he nodestly ayers that he did nothing more than
am other mau would do under like circumstances"
The friends of Mr.. Brown in New England are as
sufed that his friends here heartily respond to This
token Of gratitude timely and suitably bestowed
BY them.
The JAlL.-Sheriff Gordon has had the
doors Of four cells in the Jail secured by addi-
tional bars that it will be impossible for prisoner
- escape As Shannon did-by thrusting his hand
through the bars and picking the lock with nail
OF piece of wire. Some such precauton should have
been taken when the Jail was built, or at least i'm
mediatcy after the first prisoner escaped by unlock
Ing the dssy of his CELL Shannon is the second
man Fhosssenped in this manner9 Sheriff Gordon
will pay $209 reward for the arrest of Shannon and
he feels confident that if he gets him once more in
his possession he will keep him till legally re-
leased.
There now only three prisoners in the jail
two. Of, whom Mr.. and Mrs. Schell) are not crimi-
nails but confined account of insanity, there be-
ing no other suitable place to keep them. The third
is Mich ae Bonfeld, who was sentenced ninety days
for stabbing Thomas Lamb. His term will expire
on the 19th inst. - "a ! g. |'
!" NATIVE FLowERs-Mr. J. P. Walton has
shown us a specimen of flower plant found on his
farm on the Island. 1t is not described in any
work on botany, but evidently belongs to the spent
Steman" family. 1t is perennial the stalks grow
about two feet high, dozen or so coming from one
root, and each stock bearing IS or 100 flowers The
flowers not fragrant, but quite snowy and OF
violet color. Some If our citizens have transplant
ed them into their gardens, in which they make a
beautiful ornament. Mr.. Walton keeps plants for
sale at his residence Eighth street.
New RAILROAD 7ARRANGEMENr.-Ana ar
rangchncnt+ has been made by the Chicago and Rock
ksland and the Mississippi and Missouri Railroads,
~ which they are to be managed one road, under
the superintendent of Mr.. j. F. Tracy, ESQ, Mr.
Day retiring from the Office Of supcrntendent of the
NJ. L NJ. R h. As the matter now stands, the two
roads are under one President, and the same board
Of managers. ~ - -
Our WESTERN r. R.-The track between
this city and Iowa River impossible for the cars
in several places. It is covered by land slides at
place. in "Whisky Hollow" and two or three bridges
are gone. Beyond Onouwa, portion OF the track
rods in d,stance-ties rails and al-was swept
of by the food. 1t will take several days to make
the necessary repairs, and in the meantime our
friends out that way will have to exercise little
more patience in testing how it goes to be cut off
from railroad communication with the rest OF the
world.-Daily, l4th.
FROM NEBRAsKA.-We had the pleasure
this morning of receiving visit from our 1riend'
VIM. N. Byerf, Esq, of Omaha, N. I. He will re-
main week or so visiting his friends in this vicin.
ity. He informs US that times are hard in the
s.Far West" There is considerable immigration,
but money is scarce, and the country is overrun
with mechanics and laborers seeking employment.
Mr.. B. ia engaged in the land agency business at
Omaha and appears to be satisfied that that city Is
to be the metropolis Of Nebraska-Daily, 18TH
Pro Bono PUBLIco. - Postmaster Nc
Cormick and Mr.. Drury have filed up the ugly gap
IL the street opposite Cedar Block, at their own ex'
psnse. Their example is worthy of imitation by
Others. in view Of the many gullics washed out by
the late rains on frequcntcd thoroughfares and also
Of the fact that the Street Commissioner has more
Of .uch work than he can attend to just now.
Man CREEK BRIDGE.-The red bridge
over Mad creek, the telegraph road, is anchored
x.ains. a tree about hundred yards below its
proper position. 1t was stopped tb' re on voyage
southwark during the late freshet. 1t ought to be
hoatcd back to its old place before the water falls
otherwise it will have9to be torn to pieces. VIII
the proper authorities see to it!
Bus1NEss-A train of twenty teams, all
with wheat, came in from the north yesterday.
number Of other trains Of ten and dozen teams
g-,veye~ssieed coming in from different directions
a)ik~wi.s with wheat. The change in the weather
Hasa ected visible change in business, and pros
pects are tolcrable fair for resumption Of the
usual activity Daily, 18th.
MAD Doc. yesterday morning little
black nscc, apparently suffering from hydrophobia
,xan Though several streets of the city, and bill
@ui4 Aunsbcrsof other dogs and several cows ane
&gs NE WAS followed by crowd Of men wh'
finally succeeded in killing him. We have hcart
several instances of hydrorhobin in the city ant
Iicinity recently. Great caution should be observ
I'd, and it would not he incxpedent perhaps, to de
.oauIe waa,pf determinations against al! canine
found ruasips It large.-Daily l7th.
r,.fnssk II TRACK TO Iowa R1vER.-A
large force Is caployed day and night in repairing
etbsdamage By the recent rains to the railroa
stran bclsv This place and elumbus City. Thi
portion a tAe soad seems to have been worse in
sYursd thaIi3by other. Conductor Root informs u
ehss it will net beia rapnipg order fore the mid
die of next week.
Bic CArrIsn. MIR. g. y. Miller, who re
tass Just opposite this city, caughta catfish las
week which weighed $50 pounds. He says anothe
m@,istsS still larger-some ten feet in length-sc
onh{s hook but straig htened il and escaped.
MllrA n LOOKING Ur-Fifty- eight cent
per bushel was paid for wheat in this market ye
terday. The roads had just begun to be passibe an
the arrival of grain was quite brsk.-Daily, 16tf
.i4EEs We, caught one of our merchants thi
smerning dllipg a Wholesale order Tor dealer
Moptexuma, in rowcshiek county. Business seen
to be resiyipg.4 Daily, 18TH 81.
haJ3uaxxss- LIKE. - We counted a doze
wheat teams in front Of our Office at one time, t.
mo.uing.-=paily, 18th. '.