Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-08
WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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LOCAL DEPARTM EMF.
HAwkRYR MAroa FAcroRY.-Mr. Judson'

Local DEPAR,rM EMF.
HAwkRrE MAroH FAcroRy.-Mr. Judson'.
matches are spoken Of through the country
wherever they have been tested as the very best
aud cheapest offered to the trade. We wish this
gentleman success in his undertaking. HI design,
supplying the trade Of Central Iowa.
FlNE HAUL OF FlsH.-W ednesday Vim. b
Fish appropriate name for fisherman, isn't it ?
and Wash. Williams caught at one haul with
seine, in Muscatine Slough, twenty pike, averaging
eight pounds in weight. These men keep our mar
ket we'll supplied with the very best fresh fish.
ENronoLoaIcAL.-The enjoyment of the
pleasant evenings we now favored with is sadly
marred BY myriads Of little winged insects which
infest the air, and insist making close acquaint
lance with the genus homo. Will not some gnat-
urast explain why these pestiferous little creatures
are most numerous at this season Of the year!
Boy DROWNED NEAR RocHssrER.-Wm.
Mclaughlin, son of Elder Mclaughlin, living in
the vicinity Of Rochester, Cedar county, was
drowned while bathing in Cedar River on Saturday
last Three other boys narrowly escaped drown
ing at the same time by getting into deep water.
Tho deceased was promising lad of 10 years. His
body had not been recovered at last accounts.
~We had call Tuesday morning from
John F. lnncombe, Esq, editor of the Fort Dodge
Sentinel He has recently been doing a sensible
thing-committing matrimony. His bride is the
beautiful and accomplished daughter Of Maj Will
liams, whilom citizen of this place, but now Of
Fort Dodge. The happy young couple have been
spending the honeymoon tour to Niagara Falls
and the principal Eastern cities, and now on
their return home.
SABBATH SouooL Characteristics Sab
bath School children and people generally in the
country Immediately west of the city are anticipat
ing good time at the celebration to come off in
Vanattas Grove on Saturday. Nine Sabbath
tich's brass band, and probably the "Nunner-
macher Guards" with a number Of other invited
guests from this city will attend. Several speeches
will be delivered and free dinner will be served.
A BoY's Lee FRAorURED.-A small Irish
boy, whose name we could not learn, had his leg
badly fractured yesterday by log rolling on it. at
Chambers mill With . number of other boys, he
was endeavoring to "take ride" on the log. which
one of the workmen was hauling from the waters
edge. The boys were repeatedly warned away, but
did not heed the warning till the accident occurred
The little sufferer was only or years of age and
il entirely too small to be allowed to run about the
streets.-Daily, til.
PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON COUNTY BONDS.
by the following from the N. Y. Tribune Of June
18th it will be seen that the July interest on the
Railroad bonds of Muscatine and other counties in
this State has been promptly met:
1.-THE interest of the Bonds of the county OF
Muscatine, county of Washington, county of Iowa.
county of Poweshek, and county of Pottawattomie,
of the State of Iowa. issued to the Mississippi and
Missouri Railroad Company, and due LIST Of July,
proximo, lwill be paid at the Corn Exchange Bank
date"
RAISING BRICK HOUSE TO THE GRADE
Our ingenious fellow citizen, J. p Walton, has just
accomplished the difficult job of elevating brick
house more than six feet above its original founda
ton. The house is the residence of Louis Coe,
Esq; dimensions, 20 by 80 feet, two stories high
1t was raised by means of about thirty "jack
screws" placed under timbers supporting the walls
The family of Mr.. Coe remained in the house, feel
ing perfectly safe. Mr.. Walton says he can not
only raise brick houses but nsove them. His inge-
nuity is equal to any task he undertakes.
HORSE THIEVES Held TO BA1L.-The horse
thieves, whose recent arrest and incarceration in
our Jail we have already noted, were brought
before Judge Thayer yesterday, but waived an ex-
animation; whereupon they were held to bail in
the sum of s., 500 each. Their names are Kress
md had
rogues, and will be furnished with term of res
idence in the stone mansion at Fl. Madison fthey
do not succeed in escaping before the law has its
. ,urse. The Jail has been beset since their i'm
prisenment by numerous suspicious characters,
who have tried under various pretences to gain
admission; but as yet in vain. They are no doubt
accomplices of the thieves, who are seeking some
opportunity to rescue them. A guard is kept con-
stantly about the JAIL in order to keep the prison
ers secure.-Daay, 9Th.
CATHOLIC PRIEST Observation-Disclosures
has been received in this city that Rev. Peter
Magne, formerly of st. Matthias Church, in this
place, was drowned one day last week while At
tempting to cross creek in Washington county.
He drove his buggy to the banks of the stream and
asked party of boys standing near if it was safe to
Cross They told him it was, whsreupon he made
the attempt, but was swept into deep water by the
current, and both himself and horse were drowned.
His body was recovered on Saturday last and inter-
red at Richmond, in Washington county. The
deceased was some months in charge of the Catholic
Church at this place, and only left it last Spring.
He has since resided, we believe, at Mt. Pleasant,
and was on his way to Henry county from Washing
ton, when Death overlook him in the manner
described. He was native of France.
USAD Fatality Once in a while We are
reminded with more than ordinary force of the
dread uncertainties that envelop human existence,
and that at the moment when We congratulate our
selves upon having escaped some formidable calam-
ity the destroyer may be lurking in closer ambush
and visit US with the last and certain blow. Among
the names published of the killed by the terrible
disaster on the Michigan Southern Railroad is that
Of Mr.. Henry Fickinger, the same individual whose
narrow sscade from death by the tornado near
Iowa City, We then reported At that time he was
on q visit to the farm of Jesse Berry, and having
fed into the open air from the barn in which Mr..
Berry was overwhelmed, encountered the storm in
its greatest fury, lifting and tossing him around
like foot ball. and choking him, eyes, ears, mouth
and nose with dust. Mr.. Flickinger was young
man Of twenty-five years, and has resided in
Adamstown, Lancaster county, Pa, where he leaves
wife and one or two children. He came to the
West some time since with view Of purchasing a
farm. which he had just succeeded in doing and
was returning East for his family when his life was
20 sadly and suddenly terminated. Mr.. Flickinger
has relatives residing in this city.
CITY CEMErERY.-Our graveyard, lying
upon the bluff southwest OF the city proper, has
certainly the finest situation of any in the West
1t embraces Is acres and lies in such position as
to render it impossible for water to stand in any
part Of it. The original space has been enlarged