Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-05
WEEKLY JOURNAL.
LOCAL DEPARTING EMF.

LOCAL DEPARTM EN-.
EsRArA.-Ths compositor made several
eeregious blunders in the original poem published
on the outside Of to-day's paper. In the second
verse of the first stanxa the reader will supply the
word ''poet's" before ''lofty tone in the tenth
stanxa read "cares' for "calls," and in the nine
teenth stanza ''rounds' for Sounds"
~ We are in receipt of the Rocky
N,vtain Nscs of the Esd ult It continues to speak
encouragingy Of the mines and Of the prospects Of
the ''gold regions"
BLAcKBERRIRs are becoming more plenti-
full in market Some Of the finest we ever saw were
retailed last Tuesday At cents per quart. They
will probably be cheaper yet.
B-Mr. Brogan, in company with another
'etixen Of this county, returned from the Nebraska
gold regions last week, bringing very unfavora-
Die report. He spent eight months in the mines.
TsE CoLoRED Folks CELEBRArIoN.--The
oolored folks Of this place celebrated the annver-
.sary of African emancipation in the British West
Indies august LIST, 1888 in enthusiastic manner
A procession headed by martial music marched to
tho woods, above Mad creek, where a dinner was
served and brief addresses made by Ben Matthews,
Alex. CLARK, Geo. Turley, Bob Young and others
To BIZ E-BUlLr--W orkmcn have COM
menced clearing away the rubbish on the site of the
two buildings on Second street which were under
mined by the flood in May last Mr.. Dougherty
intends building threestory business house in the
place Of his old drug store and is understood that
Mr.. Deshler, Of Buffalo, N. Y, who owns the other
building site, will do likewise. We gratitied to
note these evidences of substantial improvement
going on in our city.
FIaur-A Mans Leg Broksn.--Charles
Stick, wellknewn saloon keeper and bully got
into difficulty with a German painter named Mike
Boblettre, on Chestnut street last evening, and
graspng him by the neck threw him down on the
pavement with snch force to break his leg below
the knee. Boblettre will probably be unable to work
for several months He has no family and is taken
care OF by Mr.. Schafer. Stick has either absconded
or else concealed himself so that the officers have
not been able to find him.--Daily, I'd.
A WORD IN SKAsoN.-Our farmers who
are harvesting large crop of wheat will contribute
very much to their own pecuuiary interest by see-
ing to it that their wheat is brought to market in
matter would change the grade of the grain and
mako difference to the grower of several cents to
every bushel, quite an inducement in these tight
times. By the present system of inspection in Chic
ago Sc lbs to the measured bushel is called No. l;
50 lbs. is called Standard and As lbs. No. g. The
difference in price between these grades is usually
about ton cents per bushel. The grade denominated
Rejected includes grain that is dirty and mixed
with oats, DC. We hope those of our farmers who
have heretofore been least ambitious will make
note of this.
s"U1ToRDisM."-Weo often meet with items
from this column of the Gazette in the religious and
secular papers of various sections of the land and
hear of them in many others, with which the Gazette
does not exchange. A late paragraph has been the
Under the head of "Courtesies" the fact was noted
that the late Presbyterian Synod at Lynchburg Va,
and the late General Congregational Association at
1uscatne were invited by the Episcopal rectors at
sabbath. The n 7. cau1etman (High Church)
stigmatizes this common courtesy as "Uffordism,"
prevailing "chiefy at the West and South."-Dau.
Gazetss's Religious Column.
We have but little respect for that Pharisaism
which stigmatizes in any manner whatever the ex-
hbiton Of Christian charity above referred to. We
rejoice that it is prevalent to considerable degree
among all Christian denominations in the West and
only regret that all the professed followers of the
meek and lowly Redeemer are not as liberal and
courteous as the esteemed clergyman of this city
whose name is used to designate it.
G., A Coon THNG.-The speech Of Rev.
':Hon." Henry Clay Dean al the Court House last
evening, though intended great Democratic eff.
ferS hsa . happy effect for the Republican cause
We afe sorry to learn from Mr.. Dean-beg pardon.
'.Hox" Henry Clay Dean Gas the bills have it) -
that he is gong to Missouri and will not be able to
make any more speeches in this State during the
present canvass. He is conceded to be the best
speaker in his party, and when he makes such
failure at issue against the Republicans last
evening it cannot but rebound to the advantage Of
our cause. Cannot he be induced to forego his So
journ among the Mssourans till after the election
By-the-way, how does it happen that the Democ-
raey have 80 soon got over their aversion to
"preachers meddling with politics," MIR. Dean
assured several personal friends in this city that he
did not wish to make speech but was pressed"
into it by the leaders of the party. The handbills
announcing the meeting were printed at the En-
1uirsr office, from which we have had frequent full
limitations against ministers profaning their sacred
profession with politics. Again, how did it happen
that Mr.. Deans ministerial title was dropped and
''Hon" substituted? When did he become honor
a5Ss Will the Enquirer enlighten us?-Daily,
3oA vt.
RoAp.TAx IN THE NEW LrMIrs-An Out
side View.-A few days ago. we referred in terms of
to the refusal of the property holders in the
new City limits to pay their road-tsx to the City
authorities. Since then we have been shown the
outside view of the case by an ''outsider," and we
w44 confess that it changes the complexion Of
matters somewhat. The Township Trustees, it
seems, have made separate road district Of the
new limits, the residents of which have chosen
road officers and claim the right to expend their
road-tax as they think best. One strong objection
they urge against paying it to the City Collector is
that there is really road fund kept by the City
all taxes received being put in one common fund
so that their road-tsx is liable to be expended for
all manner Of liabilities incurred by the City. Un-
DIR these circumstances a road-tax imposed by the
City is virtually tax for municipal purposes"
which the late decision of the Supreme Court de-
clares to be unconstitutional Until the City sepa-
rates its road fund from other resources, think
it cannot with proprety demand road-tax from the
new limits. Another objection urged by the "out-
siders' is that under their organization their
road orders will be at par while City orders are
worth scarcely half their face, and the former will
Of cqnrse pay for more work than the latter. We
undsrstand that it is their determination to resist
to the last the collection of the tax. Perhaps it
would bs prudent for the City authorities to back
down.
The ssSIcK"- LETTER Llsr--Sometime ago
we Published list of the letters then detained in
the Post Office of this city either on account of the