Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-09
LOCAL NEWS.

USB lue COuuty loaCHerS ASSooldtioI
will meet at the Second Ward School House, mex
Saturday, 10th inst, at o'clock P. N.
~ One hundred beef cattle were brought
over on the ferry boat, Friday, to be slaughtered
at Leland & Co.'s, They were FROM about Sturgeon
Bay, in Mercer county, Ill. ...
MORE BIG PorAToEs.--G. w. Schooley
weighed on pair of Fairbanks scales, at FunS's
grocery, few days ago, twenty four potatoes
weighing sirty-tsco pounds.
TAX SAIEs.-The lands delinquent for
County taxes, which were not sold last week, will
be offered on the Slst of December, to which time
the sale stands adjourned.
~A lynx has been seen several times
recently in the ''Wapsy" timber, West Lib
erty, in this county. Its cries at night repre-
seutee piercing and frighttul. Seine attempts
have been made to capture 'the varmlnt," but as
yet without success.
CHRISTIAN Rowe, who accidentally killed
himself with gun at Atalissa, in this county, last
week, was an old settler of Iowa. He removed from
Steuben county, N. Y, in 1885, and settled in Scott
county. He was IS years of age, and universally
respected where known. He was father-inlaw Of
Hon. John z. Cook, of Davenport, at which place
his funeral took place, attended by large con-
course of citizens.
"Mrss GlLBERr's OARsER." - This is the
title of new book just issued by Charles Scr bner
1a4 Grand street, N. Y. 1t is an American story
by j. G. Holland the sensible and practical author
of "The Titcomb Letters, and other highly popa.
lar works. "Miss Gilbert's Career is written in
49,, <xln opI las, ,ts
moral. 1t is for sale at Burnetts bookstore, in
this city.
G. 1t appears not to be generally known
that Shannon, the counterfeiter, who escaped from
our Jail over q year ago, is serving out SEN
tence of ten years in the penitentiary at Fort
Madison. BE was arrested at Mt. Pleasant year
ago, under another name, for passing counterfeit
money. He broke Jail ana, in attempting to
escape, shot the She E in the hand He was soon
after sentenced to the penitentiary, where he is
now engaged in the useful occupation of making
hickory chairs.
HONE PAPERs.-Stick to your home news
paper, says exchange. No matter II you are
poor remember none are so poor as the ignorant,
except it be the depraved, and they too often go
together. Keep your home paper, though 1t be
not so large OF imposing as some city weekly, but
remember it is the advertiser OF your nelghbor-
hood and daily business, and tells you what Is
going on around you instead of thousand miles
away. If it is not printed on as nice paper as the
weeklies and as good as you wish to have it, pay
the subscription promptly, and rely upon it the
natural pride of the publisher will prompt hin, to
improve it as fast as possible.
New GooDs.-Mr. Bridgnan, of the firm
of Weed, Bridgman & Kent, has recently returned
from the East, where has been laying in heavy
assortment of Fall and Winter goods for his house,
part of which is already at hand. The long expe-
rience and we'll known taste of Mr. Bridgman in
such matters is guarantee that the stock will be
found suitable to the wants of the trade Every
thing needed in the dry goods or grocery line will
be found at this store, and at prices reasonable
as anywhere in the West.
We direct attention to the new advertisement of
w., B. K.
Row.-Sunday evening at o'clock, Chest
nut street was the scene of disgraceful row. AS
near as we ascertain the particulars, two color
ed boys, named Garner and Norris, were walking
past party of Irishmen when some contemptuous
remarks were made by the latter, to which the
were then set upon by the lrishmen, but ran off,
after showing some resistance, and one, we are
told drew pistol on his assailants. Just at this
time, john Minor, colored barber happened to pass
and was attacked by three four of the party who
struck him number of times the head and
shoulders, but without serious injury. Thus the
difficulty terminated without bloodshed. The at
tack on Minor, who is one of the most quiet and
orderly colored men of the place, was altogether
unprovoked. The affair should be legally investi-
gated and the guilty parties punished.
SERIOUS CuARGE.--Dr. G. w. Fulliam
was arrested yesterday, on complaint of VIM.
Gordon, Sheriff, charged with conspiring to burn
his (Gordon's) new dwelling house in the outskirts
of the city. The defendant gave security for his
appearance at o'clock to day, when his trial is to
take place before ustice Smith.
The charge is based upon the testimony of one
VIM. Calhoun, who says the Doctor offered him
fifty dollars to set fire to the building The Doctor
declares that the whole affair is plot of his enc
mics. The truth will no doubt be revealed by the
examination to- -Gay.-Daily, Sd.
a ACQUITTED. - DR.. Fulliam, charged with
conspiring to burn Sheriff Gordon's residence, was
acquitted before Justice Smith, on Saturday last,
No one appeared to prosecute the charge.
AssAuLT.--Wm. Calhoun, keeper of
saloon on the Iowa City road, was examined
before Justice Smith, yesterday, on charge of
assaulting German named Gottbrecht. 1t appears
that Calhoun became intoxicated at his own house,
Thursday night, when his wife took sundry muir
derous weapons from his pockets while he was
asleep and concealed them. On awakening he was
about to punish his wife for refusing to give them
up, when Gottbreicht, who was present, nterfered'
Calhoun struck him twice in the face. Got.breicht
struck back once, and was then pursued by alhoun
with a bowie knife to neighboring house. The
Judgment of the Court Calhoun was withheld till
another charge, brought against him by Mr..
Koetipg, for threatening his life, is investigated.
The examination will take place to-day.-Daily Sd.
Held TO BA1L.-Wm. Calhoun was held
to bail, by Justice Smith, Saturday last in the
sum Of s1OO, for threatening the life of Martin
Keting. re-. 4 ..- r
~ The Hudson IN. W Daily Star says:
Having so long been acquainted with DR.. Herrck,
and having heard So much OF his Sugar Coated
Pills and Kid Strengthening Plasters, induced US
to visit the Doctors Office and mandatory. The
thought occurred to US, who takes all the pills and
wears all the plasters made at this establishment
We found the Doctor super1ntending his vast
laboratory, which is annually sending out five mil
lions Of boxes of pills and two thirds this number
the world, and command sale unprecedented in
the annals of medicine. DR.. Herrick formerly
practiced medicine in the town of Chatham, in this
county. His sterling worth as a man, his untiring
devotion to his profession, made him much sought
after; and when he concluded to abandon genera
practice and devote his attention to the manufac
fure of his pills and plasters, many thought be
% committed great error. Tho success of DR.
Herrick has convinced all that his plans were vel
rnatured and his present enyiable position is ius
tribute TO an able physician, an honest man, and
right good fellow. We use ResrieEs Pills" :
Zee advertisement in another column. Gs5t