Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25
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ascertain, about fifteen persons are preparing to
leave this city and vicinity for the gold regions Of
Nebraska. The number is not As large as we had
supposed. The following named individuals are
now nearly ready and expect to start next week -
b. Bartholomew and his son Charles, D. Beach, O.
W. Eckles, Richard Quinn, R. W. Chinn, A. J.
Lefingwell, Geo. Lefingwcl, John Lilly, A. Traub,
and H. w. Null. They have obtained the principal
rart Of their outfit here and will go all the way by
land H. Guggcnheim Qor several years engaged
with Block Bro will leave about the LIST of March
by public conveyances. There are several others
making preparations to depart early in the month
of March.
GTWe were visited this morning by our
young friend, Fred. Kaufman, of Louisa county,
who returned from Oregon last October. He was
engaged in mining in Goose county, Southern Ore
gon, and exhibited to us some specimens of the
"dust" obtained there. He went to that country
in 1852, and intends returning the coming spring
with his fathers family He gives us some news
concerning former citizens of this place now in Or
egon. Bob. Kinney is farming in Chehalem Val
ley; John Brooks is running saw-mill on the
Yamhill river; Cyrus Jacobs is in the mercantile
business at Dayton and has become wealthy, and
VIM. s. Ayers and John Fleming mining in
Goose county and doing we'll. Mr.. Ayrcs, as our
older citizens will remember, was afflicted with
pulmonary disease while here, but we are told he
has entirely recovered his hcalth.-Dauy, 1871.
QUESTION FOR SoLUrIoN.-As many of our
readers have shown themselves adopts in solving
puzzles we give the following from the Scientific
american:
Suppose man and girl were to get married;
the man is 35 years old, and the girl years; this
makes the man seven times as old as the girl, and
they live together until the girl is 10 years DID, this
makes the man 40 years DID, and four times as
old as the girl and they still live until she is 49, tn:
man would be 45, this makes the man three times
DID, and they still live on till the girl 30 years
old, this makes the man 60, only twice as old, and
SO on Now how long would they have to live to
make the girl as old the man. at the same rate of
reasoning"
ANorHER.-A correspondent writes:
Gas problems and puzzles seem to be the order
of the day. here is one which, although it is old,
may be new to some of your readers:
"a man has one hundred dollars with which he
wishes to buy one hundred animals, viz: cows,
sheep and calves. For the cows he is to give ten
dollars, for the sheep three dollars, and for the
calves fifty cents. Now, how many must he buy Of
each kind: Yours, &c. ScR1rroR"
Respectfully inscribed to "Demijohn.''
CTAgrceably to the call of ''the People,
Il. e., the whisky sellers) made by handblls put up
at the witchng hour Of midnight, there was large
meeting Of citizens at the Court House Saturday
evening, "to nominate candidate for Mayor
Every one present seemed to be impressed with the
grave and important business about to be dispatch
cd, and with due order and decorum chairman
and secretary were installed. Nominations were
then declared in order, whereupen John G..
Slime, Mr.. Schsfer and Marx Block were presented
to the meeting for their sufffages. Mr.. Block mod
estly declined. Due precautions were taken to
preserve the purity of the ballot box, and the voting
proceeded. The canvass exhibited the following
results
Schafer, $50 votes,
Slime, .E 81 :"
Dan. Harrigan, 2
Whereupon Schafer was declared the nominee
By reclamation! Before adjourning, some ono,
who was doubtless disposed to travesty the pro-
ccedings, inquired ,Ohich Schfer was meant, as he
knew several citizens of that name. We could not
hear that the question was answered, and the nno-
cent and unsuspecting inquirer relieved OF his en-
barrassmcnt. The supposed recipient of the honor
who is not a myth but veritable Teutonic COM
position of flesh and blood, ETC., q Of respectable
embonpoint-was, VIC are told, rather astonished
at the turn affairs had taken. Like Saul of old,
who event hunting his fathers asses and found a
kingdom" it was by no previous design or intrigue
of his that he received the nomination over the
man Of his choice. However, we are told that
he has finally acquiesced to the will of 'the people,"
80 unanimously and enthusiastically expressed on
this occasion. What the result will be- as the Ste
rcotypcd phrase goes, "rcmains to be SEEM
+ yThe following ''pome," handed to W.
by new contributor, is one of the results Of the
meeting of Saturday night. What next?
ELECTION LrRIcs-So l.
The citizens meeting last Saturday night,
Was well attended aud all done up right
For most all the citizens were present there,
TO attend to the city's future welfare,
While Slime and his friends were also there
But new candidate now in the field did appear.
Whose name is sacred to the friends Of lager
beer,
So Meason and Hare might as well di.appear.
For Sch9fer will be the mayor the coming year
ANOTHER PRoBLKM-Mr. Editor: As
questions for solution seem to be the order of the
lay, give the following for your city readers to
try:
If Schnfer can beat Slime 10 majority in conven.
ion, how many Union Republicans" will it take |
% elect Slime to the Mayoralty?
Gsest- Scr ,prs NV