Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-26
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BoDY FouND.-A party Of young men,
engaged, Friday, in hunting crap es on the oppo-
site side Of the river found the dead body OF man
lying at the waters edge, near Nestlebush's old
building. It is supposed to have been washed ashore
The deceased entirely Invested Of clothing, had
sandy hair was about feet in hight and apparently
had been in the water but short time.
Upton RAILROAD Notice is given by the
Secretary of the Mussatine Branch of the Upton r
Il. Co. that the tenth and last instalment of sock
falls due on the first of next month. All the stock
must now be forthcoming soon as possible, and
if the necessary aid is promptly extended the work
Of grading, &C., will all be finished in very short
time. Let US put our shoulders to the wheel and
make one more vigorous effort to put the road
through.
morning, by our young friend, Lyman Banks, an
Indian axe (stone) weighing eleven pounds. 1t is
the largest relic of the kind We ever saw. 1t was
found by some boys near the mouth Of Pappoose
creek.
John Hayes, Esq, found few days ago greater
curiosity than the above, in the shape Of pot made
of muscle shells. The pot will hold about pint Of
water and has two handles How the shells were
cemented together is difficult now to determine
They seem to have been pounded into fine particles
and mixed with some adhesive substance, then
moulded in their present form and subjected to a
thorough hardening by fire. The pot contained Il
xrhi 10 hnll sod a
The whole was probably made to contain the food
deposited in the grave for some departed brave on
his supposed journey through the spirit land
Other relics OF this nature have been found in the
same locality where this discovered, but it is
the only one taken out whole. The pot was found
on the bluff above Mad creek, which seems to have
been once used as burying place by the aborigues
A MODEL DEMOCRAT One of our agents
recently sent us new subscriber, who, after re-
ceiving the first number Of paper returned the
following unique epistolary mandate:
- Iowa Augl9 50
Mr. Editor wish my paper stopped my political
cpnan an yours differ l wish my paper stopped
amedt.ey ***
We have taken compassion on him and "stoped"
his paper "amedtley." We fear that perusal Of
the truths it contains would be injurious to his pre-
conceived political opinions if not to his health. 1t
would be too bad to intrude upon him a single
thought idea that he had never before entertained
it might seriously discompose the equilibrium of
his mind. Who does not detect, however, in the
subject before the true type Of the that prn.
cipally compose the file of the Democratic army p
narrow minded, selfish and illiberal they refuse to
listen to the voice Of reason, or, indeed anything
conflicting with their established and antiquated
views. These are the men that ore marshaled by
Brig Gen. Dodge, their slavish devotion to whom
encourages him to hope for victory in the present
campaign. These are the men our present Chief
Magistrate loves to honor and appoints to lucrative
and responsible offices. Our ci-dsuant subscriber.
now that his merits are known, may confidently ex-
pect post office appointment, at least at the hands
of. B. "Where Ignorance is paid it's folly to be
wise"
REPUBLICAN CLUB MEErrNo AT TRKMoNr
HALL.-There was quite a large and enthus iastic
gathering of Republican friends at this meeting
last night 1t was cheering as an indication of the
warm attachment Of Republicans to their principles
to see, early in the canvass such an assembly on
so slight notice meeting for the express purpose
of demonstrating their devotion to the great princ
pies of Equality, Progress and Reform of which the
Republican Party is the chief champion and defend
or. After the organization Of the meeting by the
appointment Of D. c. Cloud, Esq , as Chairman and
John Mahin as Secretary, a speech was made by
Henry o 'Connor, Esq which was followed by a
brief, manly and earnest appeal by VIM. Penn
Clark, Esq, Of Iowa City, to the Republicans Of this
county to rally to their standard remembering that
s1eote for the lowest candidate on the ticket is a
vote in favor of all that is good and right and just
in American politics, and vote against any one Of
those candidates is vote in favor OF all the tyranny,
wickedness and meanness of the party now at the
head Of the Federal Government and an omission
to vote for them is the same thing This demon.
strait on will be of use to the party in the mora
force that it will have through the weight of in flu
ence of the who signed the call and gave the
sanction of their presence to the OCCASION num-
Der Of most esteemed citizens, men who seldom at
tend political gatherings took occasion last night
by coming out to eviuce their attachment to their
political principles and cast their influence on the
side of the right This alone will inspirit friends
and lead to the thorough organization Of the Club
aud its efficient action
We have one word to the managers of the Club.
We hope due care will be exercised in the selec-
ton Of their speakers that the expectations of the
public shall not be deceived and the interests of the
cause damaged Such care is due the cause and the
public-a word to the wise is sufficient. -Daily, 90
WATRRxELoNs.-The finest melons on sale
in our city last year were brought from Muscatine
Island the sandy soil Of which is very favorable to
their production We understand few have been
brought to the city from that locality this season,
and tr,,s thn Orplv ynov aa Varotine
raised in this vicinity are generally of quite an in
terior quality -Dapenport Gazette.