Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-16
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EXPENSE OF TIE D1srRlcr CouRr. = We
earn from the Inquirer that the expense Of the
ate term of the District Court at this place, for
Which the county is liable, amounts to more than
one thousand dollars.
tWAn interesting letter will be found in
our paper to-day from Mr. Foster, President of our
County A gricultural Society, who is now taking
tour Eastward Mr.. F. is a wide-awake and intel
igcnt observer and possesses the faculty OF evoly-
ing new and instructive ideas from what he sees
and hears. . sra
HoRs. TinEvEs About. very hns mare,
the property Of Mr.. Herr, living near Wilton, VS.
stolen from his stable on Friday night last. The
thief took also new saddle. Mr.. Herr offers
reward of $40 for the return Of the mare Drown
color and five years old) or for any information
leading to her recovery.
"GoT The SIIAxss."-Ths Enquirer vas H.
sued half sheet last week, with an apology that
the editor and two Of the hands have been taken l
down with the fever and ague. They have our SYM
pathy but we fear the disease will prove ''oatch |
ing and that the entire Democratic party in lows
will be seized with similar Belshazzaran exer.
else in October is,,1.a ~ asa.sr-1,.. 5fz4s
A FizzLs.-The Enquirer's Campaign
daily it seems is not to be issued. The Democracy
Of this county feel too much dspirted and disheart
ened since the Republican nominations to raise the
sspondulix" necessary for the enterprise. eun-
derstand that the proprietor of the Enquirer de.
mands bonus Of sixty dollars per week to issue
daily aanl ~ rs1 sa4s tsa.vsa I'd --,...s-s.-
rF The steamer Decalion returned from
off the ways at Rock Island, better than before
as we learn by of her proprietors, and is now
labelled p.Muscatine Packet" She is loa ing a
large shipment of lumber at Dunsmore Cham
be IS mill The lumber is to be sent to Kansas,
but Will be discharged from the Decalion at Hnnn-
bal. Capt. scudder commands the Decalion. we
believe that no arrangements have yet been made
| to place her again in the ferry business
RELIC OF THE DARK AGEs.-The Enquirer
shows its contempt for the diffusion of useful
knowledge by Withholding from its readers all
alluson whatever to the most important events Of
the day, and persons whose reading is confined to
that paper are stin ignorant OF the fact that the
Republican County Convention has met and nomi-
mated candidates. The Enquirer hopes, no doubt,
by keeping the people in the dark on this subject to
preserve its own ticket from being scratched. Vot
a newspaper!
Gw The religious exercises at the Meth
odist Church yesterday were deeply impressive and
were attended by crowded audiences. At the morn
ing service it is supposed from careful estimate
that 1000 people were present. Many went away.
unable to get into the church. Bishop Simpson
preached from the text found in the Cd verse of the
4th chapter of Cd Timothy-"Preach the word. y
His discourse was addressed mainly to the Young
ministry and was one ofthe best we ever heard. II
was delivered extemporaneously, but was taken
down in the photographic art by Rev. E. H.
Wariug, the accomplished Secretary of the Con
ference, and will probably be published. at the
close of the sermon twelve members of the Confer.
ence were ordained as Deacons. (, 1-....t ;
Atthe close ofthe afternoon service, during which
Dr. Elliott, of Mt Pleasant, preached, eleven min
listers were ordained to Elders orders-Daily 18th
Iowa CoSFERENoE.-This body closed a
session of one week last evening. The proceedings
were harmonious throughout. The most important
action of the Conference to the secular world was
the adoption of thoroughly antislavery resolutions
} We are glad to the Churches OF the NORTH
very generally bearing testimony against this grea
National SIM
A resolution requesting division Of the Confer
ence was adopted, which will no doubt be granted
by the General Conference. In case Of division thu
Iowa or Southeastern Conference will hold it, mex
session at OskaIoosa and the South W estern Con
ference at Indianoa.
We publish to-day the appointments Of thu
preachers. 1t will be seen that Rev. d. Worthing
d ton is retained at this place.-Daily, 1871.
Our ClrY.-We frequently hear from
strangers expressions Of surprise to find Auscatne
city as large and we'll built as it is. and doing q
much business as is daily transacted here. gen.
tie nan now in the city from the Southern part o.
| the State remarked to US a few days ago that he
had no idea Muscatine one-thii as large as he
fund it. The fact is our people are too modest by
half They take but little pains to let the world
know that they are progressing and bid fair to build
I'D city second to none in the State in point Of
population and business Importance. Already we
pack more pork and ship more. produce than any
other city in the State and when our railroads now
under contract are completed our commercial faci
tiles will be more than doubled, Let it be generally
understood that Muscatne is but little behind the
largest city in Iowa in population. and is doing
more business than any of them, with avery bright
prospect in the future.
GTF The Muscatine Journal gives notice
that it will adopt the cash advance system on the
first of October That's the only sensible way,
friend John as trial will no doubt fully convince
you.-Ce1r Rapi1s Times.
We are already convinced on this point, friend
Davenport, and are sorry we did not enforce the
system long ago. No after looking over our
| books and seeing the number OF acknowledgements
of them well able to pay-who suffer their accounts
to run for years without adjustment will us
for adopting the system We intend to devote our
time and means to make the Journal useful and
interesting, aud if is worth reading it is worth
the subscription price, 1t is favor to us Gas some
seem by their conduct to think for any one to take
our paper without paying for it. On the contrary
it is drag to our business and injustice to those
who do pay promptly, as the loss we sustain by
non paying "patrons cramps financial energies
and prevents us from making such improvements
in the mechanical department Of the paper as are
needed We trust that all our subscribers will
cheerfully acquiesce in this arrangement, as we do
not wish to give ofense to any one, while that
sirst law of nature" self-protecton, demands that
we should rigidly enforce advance-payment. q
WHO is TO BLAME p The sacrifice of the
public schools is agitating painfully than ever
the public mind, and new developments are daily
making which shift the responsibility of this retro
gade movement to where it properly belongs:
Owing to the andiscreet-not to use harsher term
management of our. present County Treasurer,
the burden of a previous school-tax levy was very
| unequally divided; the exaction being mercilessy
made from those least able to bear it while others
successfully evaded it, and the funds collected have
been so invested as to benefit certain capitalists