Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-10-21
BY JOHN MAHIN.
LOCAL N E w S /.

~ The pavement and store room OF
VIM A. Brownnell is now blocked up with new
assortment Of stoves, but he says he will
store most of them in his cellar and up stairs, so
as to be able to '.receive calls in q few days
N Our friend Crocker, as w be seen
bv his advertisement, is spreading hinsssiM" He
has now on hand large and fine stot V Of goods IN
his line. and is prepared as usual make up
c,oth;np in the latest style and in fhe very best
manner.
~O'Connor, the Celtic war-horse OF
Muscatiue, is wearing splendid new hat when ne
from good but rather ,mpruoso' On racnn0;asS
when he returns home with his poll thus orna-
ented.-Davenpert Gasstts.
SHIPMENT OF PKoDucE LAST WEEK
During the week ending Saturday last, l,4ss
sacks or es,s7O bushels of grain were shipped by
river from this port to St. Louis. These hgures
NAV be relied on, as they were furnished to US by
MIR. Block, who never exaggerates. They show that
the produce business of our city amounts to very
considerable item, and has increased greatly over
previous seasons.
~ The total vote in this county, as wall De
seen by the official abstract given to-day, was ISL
The highest number ever before cast was 2olS, NJ
the Presidential election of 1885, when Fremont re-
ce;ved 1921. Buchanan s95 and Fillmore 50. At the
e,Ac;on for Governor on the 18th of October, 1857
the total vote was 2245. loves majority for Gov-
eruor was IS, Faville's for Lieut.. Governor u,
Patterson's for Senator "a, Algers for Representa-
tive 5. and Hoch's for Floating Representative from
M,,...%;r. erd Cedar o..
t~We see it stated in one OF our ex-
changes that in Mercer county, ILL.,, on the opposite
side of the river from Muscatine two young daugh-
ters of Mr. Meadows were out gathering hazei NUS
When but a short distance from the mousse they
we're bitten by rattle snake. The mother OF tne
children heard their cries and came to their assist
ance, Whisky was at hand and was freely admin
istered II seemed impossible to into1icate the one
first bitten. and her recovery is yet considered
doubtfu,. The other became 'sdead drunk" and
has nearly recovered from the effects of the bite
STRANGE CONSISTENCY. = Some OF our
Democratic friends in this city, who profess 10 De
mar excellence the friends of the foreigner, are chuck
ling over the fact that Rusch fell rs votes behind
Kirkwood in this county, and they openly express
the hone that he is defeated. 1t will be well for
those foreigners who yet cling to the Democratic
party, believing it to be the party most watchfui OF
their interests to bear this fact in mind and also to
the results of the election in this township
to nee whether the Democratic or Republican party
has most Of the Know Nothing elementin it. The
Democrats of Bloomington township nominated for
Clerk VIM. G. Kennedy, against whom nothing
could be said except that he is foreign born cit
zen and Catholic-yet on this very issue many OF
his Democratic brethren scratched him from their
tickets. and in this Democratic township, he was
defeated by majority of rs, while every other
Democrat on the ticket was elected and Mr.. Rusch
was beaten only 21 votes by his opponent! Which
is the proscriptive party? 1
NUMBER OF SCHOOL CHILDREN IN sMUscA'
TINE County, IN 1858 AND lS59.-We are indebtedto
w. F. Brarnan, Esq, our present County superin'
tendent of Schools, for tte following enumeration
returns of persons in this county between and 81
years Of age, who entitled to the benefit OF the
School Fund. twill be seen that there is falling
off in some of the townships compared with last
wear. which can only be accounted for by the nac-
curacy of the census as have good reason to be-
leve that there are at least one thousand more
children in the county than the number here given
for 1859:
L y.