Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-08-17
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FRESH GooDs. assortment of staple
dry goods was received by Lemp 4 Sells, Satur-
day, from Boston, sent by Mr.. Lemp, who is now
in the East, making his fall and winter purchases
The goods came through in eleven days, via Phila-
delphia and Pittsburgh, which is now the cheapest
and speediest route.
LARGE SHIPMENT OF MILLIONS. - One day
last week. Messrs. Hoyt & Virgins, of Muscatine
Island, shipped by the cars three tasusand "''I0"s
for Chicago. They have established depot In
that city for the sale of melons. Messrs. Hoyt
Stewart have also depot in Davenport for the
same purpose. Muscatine Island is becoming IA
mons for its production of melons.
W The old acquaintance and friends
of VIM. N. Byers; Esq, in this city and county,
will no doubt be much interested in the short
account given in our paper to-day of an attempt on
his life at Denver. Mr.. B. is perfect gentleman
in his intercourse with his fellows, from which We
cannot but believe that the attack upon him was
without the least justification. He appears to have
the sympathy of the entire community in his
behalf
DELEGATES TO THE COUNTY CLUB CoNvBN-
| TioNi-At the meeting of the Young Mems Repub'
lican Working Club, on the 9th, Messrs. J. Car
skaddan, W. F. Davis, H. Q. Jennison and L. H.
Washburn were appointed delegates, and Messrs'
Thomas Harbach, B. G. Walters, s. It. Hill and
Henry OConnor alternates, to attend the Conven-
ton to be held on the 18th inst, to make arrange.
ments for Grand Republican Encampment
The CRoPs Mov1Na. = Tho shipments Of
wheat from this city, last Friday, amounted to oO
bushels-14sO going by the cars to Chicago and
the remainder by river to st. Louis. In addition to
the wheat 700 bushels of corn were shipped to
Chicago BY the same train ten carloads of grain,
| or about $500 bushels, we're taken to Chicago
from the Matchmaking $500 bushels by one train.
GERMAN PROTESTANT CHURCH. - The new
German Evangelical Protestant Church, put up
this season on Sycamore street, is now enclosed
and the lower room is already fitted up for service
The building is of brick 50 feet long by 80 wide
The main audience room is Is feet high, and the
room on the basement floor, designed for school
room, . feet The entire cost of the building when
completed will be between $25O0 and $3o0o. The
membership of the Church numbers some 70 heads
of families. Rev. Karl F. Oberman, pastor.
Ley The editor of the Muscatine Journal
had his pocket picked while attending circus, one
might last week. He lost five 81 bills. Serves him
rieht-no editor has an honest right to carry sc
much money around in his trowsers-s|dsper (loG.l
Free Press.
story loses nothing by travelling. It is nov
l. hot att in a
when robbed. Next we expect it will be said We
were tight at the time.
| Mayors CouRr.-George Cline, Cana
dian Frsnchman, was arraigned for endeavoring tt
carry out the Douglas doctrine Of Regulating hi
domestic affairs in his own way" by beating his
wife. Both parties appear to be addicted to thu
habit of imblbing their Democracy in the fuit
state, but as Georges proceedings were deemed
both unconstitutional and contrary to the peace
and dignity of the State of Iowa, he was mulctet
in the sum of ten dollars and costs, amounting il
all to about fifteen dollars. Having "nary red,
he was sent up for thirty days.
| MAYORS CoURr. - On Friday, Lorena
Kunig, proprietor of beer saloon above Mac
creek, for keeping disorderly house, was fined
SO and costs, about SIS in all, for which he CAV
security.
Saturday, James Carroll, an old devotee of BAG
Gus, WAS fined 81 and costs for drunkenness. e.
was put to work upon the streets.
| Mrs. o. Brien, of Sweetland township, who wa
brought into the city on Friday evening, on charg
of threatening to set on fire her neighbours houses
and kill her husband, was discharged on promise
not to carry into execution her threats or t
make any more of them. As usual, whisky was a
the bottom of the difficulty, Mrs. OBrien being
victim to that misunderstanding beverage, though
otherwise she is said to be an exemplary woman
~ The above is from the Muscatint
Journal, and republish it in order that we may
in respect contradict it. We received lettel
short time since from the Major, in which ht
stated that, owing to failure in his remittances
he was laboring under temporary pecuniary EN-
barrassment from which he hoped soon to bt
relieved-at which time he would settle his claim:
here and elsewhere.
So says the Dubuque Herald, after copying GU,
last notice of Major Constable. We fear the expec
tatons of the Majors creditors at Dubuque are
doomed to disappointment. His Temporary
pecuniary embarrassment has become a chroni
ailment, owing to a long standing "falure in his
remittances
FROM Texas. - Our young friend, D. T.
Miller, returned, Thursday, sth from Texas on the
steamer Itasca. He reports hard times in the Lone
Star State, in conseq uence of the drought. Corn
was selling in Houston county at g. so per bushel
and the supply had to be hauled 15e miles. Scarcely
anything will be raised in that part of the State.
Politically all the talk is for Breckenridge. Douglas
stands no show at all, and Sam Houston will not
run as we'll in his own State as has been supposed
in this part of the country. Breckenridge will un-
doubtedly carry the State. There is strong pref
udice in Texas against Northern men, but Mr.. NJ.
thinks the stories about plot for a negro insur-
rectlon said to have been gotten up by Abotionsts
are altogether without foundation, Several men
have been hung, however, as Abolitionists. Mr..
M. says no man can travel through the interior of
the State without being convinced that slavery is
| an evil Along the Gulf and the river the slaves
are better treated, and the Constitution" does not
appear in its true light to those who travel on the
main thoroughfares.
TRxAs CArrLE.-The ferry landing pre-
scented an animated scene yesterday for the Sab
bath drove of over 700 cattle from the plains OF
Texas was ferried over by the Decalion. Some of
them were quite unruly and broke away from the
drove, when exciting races took place between
them and the savage looking drivers, mounted on
mustangs and equipped with lassoes. One large
steer ran over and knocked down man but did
not seriously injure him. 1t was attempted at first
to make the cattle swim the river, by taking few
of them on the boat and urging the drove into the
water after them, but they could not be got beyond
au;p,,n;pr denth Rive IF then, wero tramrled IN