Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-25

THE D1srR1or ATroRNEY.- Since the COM
mencement of the present term of the District
Court of this county, We have taken especial pans
to watch the course pursued by Mr.. UComor, fhe
District Attorney Of this judicial Diserrt and we
are compelled to say that he has acted with great
prudence and foresight in his official duties. Be-
fore the Grand Jury he has restrained the finding
the bills of indictment for trial, for ohences where
doubt existed to securing verdict before petit
iurv, thus having most worthy regard for tax
PAYERS and the treasury of this county. We esti-
mate saving of hundreds of dollars to the county
bv the wisdom Of his course Heretofore many,
very many cases have been tried on the criminal
calendar resulting in the acquttal of prisoners and
also in bill of costs for the county of hundreds of
dollars. We cannot too much admire the prudence
of Mr. OConnor. We hope he will go on rs he has
begun and while he lets none who guilty escape,
have care that no indictments are found by the
Grand Jury which cannot be sustained by a petit
jury.-Darenport Necs, 23d. ~
y The above highly complimentary and just tribute
to our distinguished fehow-citizen is worthy of
more consideration because it comes from the oppo
site political party and from a paper which used
its influence to defeat him.
give inyite the attention of our bust
ness men, whose liberality and public spirit is ac
knowledged throughout the State, to the following
suggestion from the Nears spirited paper recently
started at Mt Vernon, Linn county, by Mr.. J. S.
Jcnnison - f.trfFt E~
"Spring is close at hand, and business men of
the river cities should be letting themselves and
their business known through the country press
The Weekly Nesrs has large circulation among as
wealthy and intelligent community as there Is IN
the West, or anywhere else. The towns OF Mt.
Vernon and Lisbon are almost within speaking
distance of each other and the two contain popu-
laton of at least 1900 souls Both places are wei!
filled with general dealers and mechanics Of all
trades They buy great many goods somewhere,
and it certainly is to the interest of the wholesale
dealers to let them know where they can buy their
goods the cheapest. - ~,E
L1rERARY.-We have inadvertently neg
lected to notice at an earlier day that the intelligent
and enterprisng citizens of Muscatne Island have
an organized literary society, before which regular
weekly lectures have been delivered this winter
The place of meeting is at ''the lower School
House." Nearly all the lecturers who have ap-
peared before the Young Mems Literary Institute
of this city have also lectured to our friends on the
Island Judge Thayer will deliver his lecture on
Bendict Arnold to them tomorrow (Wednesday)
evening.-Daily. 22d. aa. E3
E Messrs. B. P. Rowland, of this city,
and Hugh Roddan, of Louisa county, who have
gone to California took with them two of Bevard's
celebrated shingle machines. They bought of Mr.
B. the right to introduce these machines in the
States of California and Oregon. We doubt not
they will make it pay," as the machines are really
popular wherever known, and these gentlemen have
the enterprise and business talent to introduce
them successfully.
Mr.. EDlToR;-Your correspondent, "Scrip-
tor" grows wise and proposes problem, which,
suppose, he thinks will give some poor fellow little
trouble to solve l never dealt much in stock, but
find when pay SO for cows, So for sheep and
so cents for calves if get hundred head for a
hundred dollars, must have five COWS, one sheep
and ninety -four calves. Yours, &c.
Oak Grove, Feb. %, 1859. WV. MoRFoRD.
CRY ELEcTloN.-The proclamation of
Mayor Meason, concerning the approaching munic-
ipal election, will be found in another column. An
amendment to the charter uniting the offices of
Treasurer and Collector is also submitted at this
election.
It'd
MUsoArINR, Feb. 23d, 1859.
Mr. ED1roR:-A report having been circulated
throughout the city on yesterday that had decln-
cd the nomination for Mayor. permit me to an
nounce to my fellow-citizeus through your paper
that such is not the fact. The nomination having
been given without any solicitation my part do
not feel at liberty to decline it, especially as it was
made with such unanimity by my fellow-citizens Of
this great and growing city. l pledge myself that
if elected Mayor l will perform the duties of the
Office faithfully and impartially to the best of my
abilities. am in favor of reform and retrenchment
IN Ine expenses of tho CITY government, far
relates to city officers, but in favor of moderate
improvements in the city where it is absolutely
necessary. return my most grateful acknowledge
ments to my fdllow-citizens for the very fatterng
vote with which they nominated me, and cheerfully