Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-22

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EooNoAy gl-7Ae cefsein meWqsEp o. ne
City Coaneif have sxhibi 1atsly smbst SOumsa.
dab,e dispitisa 70 sesseuisN tsg ~ cay theyine
cut down. poor wsoasaHysr's bill fsyn ens dcllal
70 City ssnfe and attsnpt ted y redueethp bll q
this once to les than living r1tss) NJ will iseet
their attention to- something more worthy Of the
3istinguished dnsncial ssnius. The oas compsny'a
bill against the city for the month Of April = STA
Al this rate the city will have to pay e5.loo ~
ssnuu for kas-and u may b, sven more, = April
Is month Of shos cnsshts. How does this happen
Less than year go the city '.ss = sontsses with
the Gas Company for We lighting q TIE city with
gss q the rate Of ~ per lamp pot o. ehepe ~
$50 pot year. Nowsws arepsythg asasls deasle
that rate. Il TnAr econemyf Wss itsnsst sxps-
dent to pay the company .tys The thoussnd cubic
feet or by the poet We leave TIE esares - facts
to answer these quettions. We alyads to this mat
ter not from any dispositioato hnd fault with the
Gas Company. This company has hsen fsrntshsng
~ with On excellent quality of1gss ahehsd thef
lamps barning 1t al Reasonable hours 90 Tar - We
have observed. Our object 10 to point ont the iu-
constituencies Of certain virtuous counc'lmen who
have taken upon themselves tho duty ct -higeiing
over little bills presented against the city while
they neglect to "a, anything against larger ones =
They desired to hold us to contract in matter to
which we denied that it extended, and yet they will
lingiy released the Gas Company from it, contract
and allowed it to charge the ty per thousand
for gss, simply because The company declared Il was
'0os'ns money unaef 'ns "s1 s0a''a''. ~
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r;.;a soonomv On \. n.,, 81 thar n,h;;. servant.
thew will not sanction . nipp.rdly vav Of paving
the c;tv,. de,A,. An ,b,;oation. ;u,t,v Incurred
sbou,d h. fo;-,r MOI and cara taken 70 ;ncur No
u,,ra a.h,. $. .hxo,uts,x ne..,..-x un,;, III.
.rsd,ad ~ N. .;,v !. ,.;,.d ~ Tho ..nao,d heov
vh;cb ,.-,bo,,d newer b. ne,m;t,ed 10 fail .v.;n.
Tb.,s .,r;.tur.. arc mot intended 70 .nn,v 10 Al
the member, of The Council Regular ,ttepdant,
an tbs meet;no. NJ that bodv xili!not be at loss
to know VIVA. msmben deserve them.
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Two mea unaer arree' on Suspicion VI eom""'"g
tue n'gn,nshoea Outrage IN tn" cry ia'' Aas'a"s
veet. Tbs cb.rg. Of v,vr,nov. which va, 6r,t
brought np.;nst them, bos been dismissed and the
cnarve 81 Arson md ..,temnted murder pref.rred.-
rheevidsnc. ,van.. them i. altogether cir:um.t.n.
"a, and Gin h. ,dlv h. c;ent 4. hold them Some
new aeve,onmcn,,. hovcvar. NAV b. made.
-a,,h. ho,- "a. Gov ,ho ,,u;n.,;on v..,.rd.x af.
lorpe crowd oo,,.c,cd in the street before
N. Mavor. Office and ,.dsno,; t;on v,. manifested
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Though !, NIGH, no, bs The ;n,s,,;on n ,.ko tho
live, Of the prisoner, the mob would be most lkev
to resort TO extreme measures under the excitement
Of the momcnt( On vithout evidsuc. NJ pv;l. m
rho mr., of tn. n,.one,.. wba,ever hs rho d.,.x,
Of the n. ,achn;cs,;,;. nv xb;.h 70
know offender. often e.e.ne their inst d..er,.-;t
will be found by experience that It i, hast to tru,t
to its strong for defence and protection than
the spasmodic acts Of thoughtless and exa.perated
multitude Let the law be rigidly and fully en-
forced, and We will guarantee that 1t will be found
sufficient.
~ Onr notice l.st ivvoak of thu Pnst OF.
so. robbery A. At.,;... ~, er,o,sou. in ,ex.r.,
r.r,;cu,.,. I'll. rohhs-x -. nsr,..-., a., nj, srr.
day night. 9th inst. The postmaster, Geo. worrelI,
ESQ.,, keeps store in connection with the Office
The amount of his loss is not actually known, but
supposed to be not less than $780, The thieves not
only took all the money they could find together
with lot Of postage stamps, but also carried Of
some silks and other valuable goods They ELECTED
an entrance by pying open the window OF the store
with crowbar: No clue was discovered As to who
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CONDITION. os NIX. Dho"S'-mr' Down
still recovering from the injuries inflicted iue'-
day night. HIS physician, however, has forbidden
visitors 70 taik with Nun. ne Is sui ignorant OF
d,.,;n. -. hus;n... tor him +, :. ,h,n.h, nn.d.
v;.,h,. -, ..ou.n, him w;,h n, ,hs .;,crm., .nce.
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5yA ooAAiss.-. ~ - su'n'''e0 y so"e ps''
sons that the burglars VINO accomplished sueh aes-