Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-16
LOCAL NEWS.

Coal is selling at cents in Davenpors
1t brings Ia to Is cents in this city.
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS. r. Tape wants
100000 lbs of rags, looc dozen quails 1000 dozen
prairie Chickens &c.
H. W. Moore offers a new variety of stoyes-the
Improved Tropic Coal.
P. Fay calls attention to his fresh lot of whole
sale groceries.
Read all the new advertisements.
IT Sulrs THEM ALL.-We heard Brsokln-
ridge Democrat express satisfaction, YESTERDAY
that Old Abe had beaten Douglas, and about the
time Douglas man rejoice that he had
beaten Breckenridge. The Bell men appear to be
well satisfied that under the circumstances ter
cauddats has carried several southern States. VI
course the Republicans are jubilant over the sue
cess of their candidate. So the result appears to
satisfy every body, and the country is once mote
safe.
RF Miss Louisa Drainerd, young lady
whose marked efficiency and ability as model
teacher have been brilliantly displayed in the Third
Ward Public school of this city. has received
call TO Muscatine, to take. charge of one OF the
higher salary have led her. We congratulate
that school and the people of Nuscatine on their
fortunate acquisitlun.- Ioaca city Rep"ter.
A SUGGESTION - In view of the fact that
there promises TO be good many aspirants for the
Pos. Office here, that Lincolu's election is
sure, and petitions already in circulation, 1t has
been suggested thar ut the pToper time and that
time is long distance ot yet, an e{ecjo0 shalt be
held in our ow u party to decide aUk0Ag the said
party will recommend 10 the department tor this
post on.-Ua0 Gd=. ...
The suggestion is a good one for the Republicans
of Muscatine to act upon. We understand that
there are several asprants for the office. 1t is best
to let the people say who shall have It. THIS, we
think, will be sa isfactory to all.
TIE WAY They DoNE IT HERE.--Every
Republican here who had an irShman or
German working for him gave him to under
stand that his situation depended on how he
voted. As Winter is coming on, to men who
had families to support this was no secondary
ma tier, and we find the result on counting
the votes. .-Reoietc.
Here is another wholesale charge by the
Rerie,y against its Republican patrons, which
is wholly untrue. The only firm we heard
of that endeavored, by threats Of dismissal, to
induce laboring men to vote contrary to their
convictions, was Democratic firm. In tn
instance, the Republican voters had backbone
enough 10 stand Up to their rights, and their
employers backed down from their threats
lust as the dsunionists of the South have
done. That is "the way they done it, TO use
the ungrammatical language of the Rer5esc.
Another charge made by that paper, that
the Republicans gained their victory by the
use of bogus tickets. is also false. We can
testify that none bat straight Republican
tickets were printed at this Office; but we
were shown, after the election, bogus ticket,
headed Lincoln and Hamlili, with portion of
the democratic candidates, which we know
ayas printed at the Reriew office. That "the
way they ltried tol done it,
Upton RAILROAD. The Upton Adcertiser
is stirring up its readers to the Importance OF
doing something for the completion of this road
1t says:
g, he people Of Upton and Muscatine have been
resting il, f.cied security, because they thought
that when railroad should be Quilt North ana
sS,,uth it would be from " iiten TO Anamosa Is IT
NOT time that thty opened their eyes TO the present
tacts in the case d TO tne possible II not proba-
III. darker future? " i'll they wait Till d road Is
built from Marion through Iowa 'ity to Columbus
City or some other point. 10 connect with the heo
kuS and Mt. Pleasant road and see ali the Aor'i,
and south traffic passing around them when by
yroDer eyertiuns on Iie!r par the road wonld Dc
built through these points! The people of Cedar
county and Muscatine eau WITH proper exertoh
secure the completion OF the road tErongh tins
Mace They can bst afford to build two sncn
roads and pay every cent out OF their own PocAeis
than they can afford to lay still and let alroad
he bui,, on the west of them Ne ask the candid
consideration OF all inte ested to this question Is
il not time that d hual and successful effort was
made to build our road?
eve saw some weeks since. in the Muscat!ne
7ournaL statement this effect, that the people
nf linton would have to take hold and build the
road from this point north to the Chicago, Iowa
and Nebraska Railroad before Muscatine would do
ANYTHING in the natter. We do not believe that
the citizens of Tuscatine SO unmindiui OF their
own interests. We do not expect they W IL Dusa
.hc road to benefit US alone bnt We do expect they
will unite with us IN this. the most important t"
tlem. railroad now talked of Ii anything is ever
10 be done we think that this is the time, the only
accepted time, to do It. -
We agree with the -4dUertiser that now is the
time to pnt the work through. Let another eiioIt
be made without delay. This road is of too great
importance to be abandoned altogether.