Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-12-23
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LOCAL Emu. ~
Our New Platform.

Our New Platform.
Delinquent subscribers will receive only Of
> more paper unless they comply with our advanc
pay terms On the lst of October last, We droppe
from our list these who were indebted for over
year. On the Let Of next month We intend to di
continue ~ delinqusnts, and thereafter subsoril
tions must be paid ;nsxs;s1!y in advance. v
dislike to psst1vitA any Of ON. readsrA bptxs "a
not aHord " psblish paper without pay \ Sui
scriptions will be received for 4 or months /
yearly rates.
a. A pocket book, containing nearl
forty dollars in money, but without any nsme I
indicate the owner, has been left at this Office. tn
owner is requested to call. prove property, pa
charges and receive his money. 8 ~
W1xTHR SoLsrIcr. - To-day (22d) the SUI
reaches its extreme farthsst point south of tn
equator, and the time from sunrise to sunset is tn
shortest of the year, being only hours and il
minutes. From this time the days will begin t
grow longer.
AcolpENr.-Ws learn that Mr.. S. P. Hop
son, Of Nuscatne Island. one day last week. me
with serious accident. he IVES engaged in hauling
wood when his hersss took fright and he wa
thrown to the ground. The wagon passing over hin
and breaking his Leg 81
TEE LRorUREs.-It has been deemed pru
dent by the Lecture Committee of the Literary In
sttute to suspend the course of lectures given unds
their auspices till after the holidays. The mex
lecture, therefore, will not be delivered before tn
evening of the I'd prox.
WEST LlBlRrY AoADENY.-This institution
located at West Liberty in this county, is in vary
fourishing condition. Il is in charge OF Prof.
Byron Carpenter, q graduate Of Vermont College
and . gentleman oftact and experience in the man
agement of schools. There are 70 students in the
Academy proper, and about $50 altsgsther attend
ing the school. We are assured chat it fully merits
the very liberal patronage it il receiving
~ Teams have commenced crossing the
river, and the free bridge il considered perfectly
safe In the channel the ice il between and
inches thick. Our merchants will no doubt receive
great deal of trade from the opposite side, if the
crossing costinnas good during the winter. We
learn that drove ofhegs is now waiting for the zee
to become strosgsr before coming over. w
The river il It lmt frozen over ct Davenport,
having closed there Tuesday.
WESTERN STAGE COMPANY. = Travellers
going west of Washington will find elegant coaches
Of this line ready to start on the arrival of the
for Oskaloesa and al intervening points The line
also connects to Dssmoinss, and is preferable in
some respects to the usually travelled route ria
Iowa City. Mr.. D. AcNichael, the gentlemanly and
efficient agent at Washington, is assiduous in his
efforts 70 minister to the comfort of passengers,
and under his management the stage line is in high
popular favor.
Summary NODE Q. EJEor1Na TENANT
A few days ago Marshal Dill was called. upon to
restore family to their residence, in the Third
Ward, from which they had been elected in sum-
mary and unusual manner by q female, one Susan
Phillips, who made claim to the ownership of the
house. She threw out all the furniture of the family
during their absence, and moved in q few of her
own traps including bottle Of whisky. WAsn the
Marshal made his appearance she was insensible
from intoxication. She sent to Jail In default
Of $50 bail to answer the charge Of malicious mis-
chief.
THE FAILURE OF Cook & SARGENT, OF
DAvxxPoRr. learn from the Rock Island
Argxs that about $so,ooo of Florence bills are in
circulation, and that the deposits with Cook Sar
gent reach 800, 900. The depositors are princi-
pally confined to the business men of Davenport.
What the ultimate loss will be cannot now be de-
termined.
The people Of Muscatine and surrounding country
owe debt of gratitude to our bankers snd business
men who have for more than two years past de-
nounced the Florence cheat and discouraged the
circulation Of Cook j. Sargent's and Burrows
Prettymans trashy currency. Very little Of it can
now be found here or among those who trade at
this place. Our business men have Invariably paid
good bankable funds for produce, believing that in
the end it would prove the best policy. And so it
has.
Sw1NDIlxa LzBoRrRs WITH 1FLoR1NcE."-
We understand that alarge amount Of Cook Sar
gents worthless Florence paper has lately bssn
paid cut to the laborers on the railroad wsss OF
Iowa City. Somebody is guilty of rascalty in this
matter. Either the contractors were imposed upon
by the parties from whom they obtained the trash,
or they knowingly defrauded their employees with
it. We understand that great indignation is felt
among the laborsrs in consequence of the svindle,
and violence is threatened if satisfaction is not
this week and threatcned to bring his men and tear
down Cook 4 sargent's marble banking house un.
less some assurance was given that the paper in
their hands would speedily be redeemed with good
money. This urgent demand had the desired effect,
and q promise was given that the laborers should
lose nothing by having Florence" in their pos
session. Cook + Sargent have made promises be
fore which they failed to fulfil and this may be one
of the same sort.
Cook 4 SARaENT's FAILURE. We learn
by gentleman just from Davenport that grea1
sympathy is felt among the citizens of that place
for Cook & Sargent. He says their suspension wal
altogether owing to the failure, of Sargent Dix
WELL at Boston Cook Sargent did not anticipate
the alternative of closing up five minutes before re
ceiving dispatch from Boston advising them to d.
80. This being the case, it is hardly fair to accus
them Cos did yesterday f circulating their Flor
snce paper whom they knew they were about t.
break. We believe in giving the devil his due, ant
while W condemn these men for ever issuing thei
Floreucs paper, it being illegal and irresponsi
BILE currency, We have no desire to charge then
with wilfully AID designedy swindling the people
while the evidence does not sustain the charge
Our informant says he believes Cook Il Sargent ar
honest men and will do everything in their powe
to pay their debts. We trust he il not mistaken.
We can assure the business men of Davenport
that the people of Auscatine sympathizs with ther
in their troublss and though the bitter rivalry tbs
has existed for 80 many years between the two ci
les would give reason to believe that we view wit
tisfactisn their financial distress, such is not th
We sincerely hope that those old and Ions
Inaes men Of our sister city who are no
cksd will be enabled to weather Ii
tbstter for having bsen tried
IS IN OH1e.-We- learn frol
l6rity that Thos. VIM, of springdal