Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-01-28
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STATE Prison CoNvIoTs. -M uscatine coun-
ty sends to Fl Madison two prisoners, convicted Of
crime at the term of the District Court last week
Stewart, for eight months, for passing counterfeit
money. On the same day, John P. Embrec, of At
alissa, was sentenced for six months. His crime
was forging note of ten dollars. Both are young
men, scarcely 90 years of age.
sw-A dozen wagons loaded with wheat
came into this city together from the vicinity Of
Rome, Jones county, one day this week. This is
the kind of delegation from the country our mer
chants like to see, and we glad to say they are
becoming more frequent. Our readers should bear
in mind that these teams came about fifty miles
from region of country heretofore trading most al
Dubuque or Davenport. No more conclusive eyi
deice need be cited Of the superiority of this mar
ket
P.S. Our eye has just caught the following par
agraph in the Davenport Gazette-whch speaks OF
a cpse almost parallel to the above. We congratu
late our ncighbors the fact that the influence of
their market is felt tuenty miles in the interior!
Five wagons loaded with wheat arrived in town
Yesterday afternoon, from Clinton county. They
came distance of twenty miles. Davenport must
hold out very superior inducements to attract farm
crs from so great distance, in such weather, and
oyer these very rough roads.
RELIGIOUS REvIvAL.-The revival at the
United Brethren Church, which we have noticed
once twice heretofore, and which has been in
progress nearly two months, continues with una
bated interest. Rev. J. Fohl minister from Indi-
ana, has been aboring in this Church fortnight,
and his forcibe and earnest manner has had good
effect The old soldier of the Cross who has stood
on the walls of Zion many years, and endured much
hardship on the frontier (but densely popuated
portion of our country, still sounds in the ears of
his fellow mortals the alarum cry which our
blessed Saviour first proclaimed Eye must be
born again'-and many have, through his efforts,
sought and found an interest in the precious blood
of Jesus Christ. Rev. Mr.. Foil preached his fare
well discourse last evening, at which time number
turned their backs upon the City of Destruction,
and their eyes towards the New Jerusalem Rev.
Mr.. Hetzler, the pastor, who has been in the work
in the country, will continue the meetings in this
city, and it is hoped he may have "many souls for
his hire"
A protracted meeting is also progressing in the
Methodist Church, attended with an encouraging
degree of religious interest Wehope to sec gen.
eral revival of religion in the Churches of the city
Daily, Path.
Rev. J. P. DoNELAN's LEoTURE.-Tremont
Hall was crowded last night to hear the lecture of
Rev. Father Donelan, of Rock Island. 1t was the
largest paying audience, except ono, perhaps, we
ever saw assembled in Muscatine. The lecturer
found his subject "Recollectons of travel in
Europe, Egypt and the Holy Land'-entirely too
lengthy for evening, and notwithstanding he
passed hurriedly over many scenes and occupied
two hours, he only took his auditors across the
ocean giving them inkling of sea sickness on
the VOYAGE and through England and Ireland to
Paris, promising to complete the journey at some
future time. The speaker is scholar of extensive
information and close observer of men and things
as was shown by his remarks. Much information
and instruction was condensed in his lecture His
mower of description is great His remarks abound
ed in humor-almost too ,.uch SO we thought for
the grave subjects on which he treated. Several
indclicatc illusions might profitably have been
omitted. He was also excessively bitter against
the English government and those rulers of Eng
land who, i'll less enlightened and more bigoted
age than the present. prosecuted men for the liberty
of conscience.
We shall be pleased to hear the remainder of the
discourse. That concerning Egypt and the Holy
Land, we imagine, will be even more interesting
Than the portion we have already heard.-n.ily.
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