Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-29
FR,oHrruL RUNAWAY. Last SATURDAY.


afternoon, while Mr.. G. W. schooley was driving
his team into the city, with small boy (Cummns
Waters son Of DR.. Waters) in the wagon with him,
the lad requested permission to drive which was
granted, but when near the Mason House the lines
by some slipped out of his hands, and while
MIR. Schooley was reaching forward to get them the
wagon ran over some object, throwing him out at
the heels of the horses. The horses Immediately
started to rum and both wheels of the wagon passed
over MIR. SchoOley. As the frightened animals
rushed down Second street at o furious rate the
lad kept his seat in the bottom of the wagon, but
when it came in collision with another wagon oppo-
site Stewards shoe store be was thrown out upon
the ground with the wagon-bed. Every one wit
Messing the frightful supposed the boy would
be instantly killed by the wagonbcd falling upon
him; but he was fortunately thrown some distance
farther than the bed and falling upon his shoulder
escaped with only slight bruise. He Immediately
jumped up and ran to his fathers store before any
one had time to 60 to his assistance. The wagon
ran against post in front of the State Bank aud
became detached from the horses. They were e.
nally drought up standing against lamp post on
the opposite corner which they foolishly tried to
pass on opposite sides The lamp post was bent
half over by the force of the collision
Mr.. Schooley's left arm is broken just above the
elbow--a bad fracture. 1t was set by Drs. Hough.
ton and Waters. He was also badly injured about
the head, though not seriously
DECLARING HIS INTENTIovs.-O neighbor
of the Zeitung in his last weeks issue, states, in
reply to the inquiries and solicitations OF his friends
that he must not be suspected Of coquettng with
the Democracy while abstaining from mailing the
Republican ticket to his masthead. He wishes to
be less in hurry about entering the lists than
some others, but declares his sympathes to be on
the side Of the Republicans and strongly intimates
that it is his intention to "come out" and do battle
in their glorious cause. when we consider the
conservative nature of the German national char.
acter, we are prepared to exercise any amount of
charity towards the Zetung in its desire to enjoy
for little longer season the peace and quiet of
neutrality. We hope it is an armed neutrality, and
that very soon our neighbor will march his German
Legion into the field, to the terror aud confusion of
our common foe-the enemies of genuine liberty,
who have usurped its hallowed name, Our neigh.
Dor is certainly not wanting in "baek -houe,"
~ A private letter from Newburyport,
MASS, received in this city, states that former
fellow-citizen, J. 7. Brown, whose mysterious in.
jury by burglars and miraculous escape from death
by fire is familiar to most of our readers, is still
in a critical condition. His mind is yet impaired,
and though he is able to go about he cannot stand
erect. His physicians were about to resort to ire
banning as their last attempt to relieve him. No
doubt exists in their minds that the injury to his
brain as well as his physical system was oceasioned
by severe blow on the head. We presume that
the unjust suspicious harbored by few individuals
in this community against Mr.. Brown-charging
that he set fire to his own store in order to obtain
the insurance money, and afterwards pref :nded to
have been beset and almost murdered by desper-
adoes-have long since been dismissed. Ifnot, the
dictates of humanity demand that they should be
now, as the unfortunate man seems to be doomed
to life of dwelling imbecty, if not to an early
death.
800 REwARp.-Mrs. Phoebe Ballard, wife
of. w. Ballard, who was murdered opposite this
city on the 10th inst, offers the above reward for
the arrest and safe delivery of the murderer, John
Farrell to the Rock Island Jail.