Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-12-28

ON the ice Saturday forenoon. The ice II n'
considered firm enough to bear loaded teams'
OoLp.-Saturdsy was the coldess day
the season. In the morning the various the
mometers about the city indicated . temperatu
of IL. IA, II and 81 degrees below zero.
~ We direct attention TO the ne
advertisement of Bishop and Shammo. They ma
on hand freah assortments Of cranberriss' lemon
candy, and apples; and are also receiving oys'e
daily.
TsI Fam Of the ladies of the Congreg
tioual Society, at fremont Hall, concluded Frid'
evening with several very fine tableaux. The Dra
band was present and made excellent music ''
the occasion. --..zs55-
AFALL. "A drunken man fell from tn
lower end of Pappoose bridge, on Second stree
last Saturday, distance of ten or twelve feet d
was fortunate enough to light in o snow drlft an
was therefore, we understand, not seriously hur'
ScIRc1rY OF CHANeE. There is grea
scarcity of silver change at this time among on
business men. Some of them refuse to sell DIM
OF fifteen cents worth of goods if they are ooige'
to change dollar bill in order to do so.
>1N>-
WILTON HousE.-F. McElroy has succeed
ed Mr.. Passmore in charge of this well-knowI
hotel stand at Wilton. Mr.. McEiroy is not un
known to the public in his present capacity. w
Guarantee all who stop with him good fare ant
reasonable charges.
TaE Snow STORM. - Thursday night w
were visited BY driving snow stern. the vino
prevailing from the North. The snow drifted con
siderably, making seighing difficult. 1t was fearee
the railroad track would be impossible, but ths
trains bad no trouble.
~D. s. Biles, Esq, late editor Of the
Enquirer, lost fine COW, day or :wo ago, Dy nei
swallowing piece of lead which Mr.. Bilss thinks
must have occurred while eating bran.-Hec'e0:
Does our friend Biles feed his cows on old type
metal?
e. The following cases were before the
Supreme Court, in session at Desmoinss, on the
9Th inst:
ss:. State of Iowa vs. John Accoa, Muscatine
county-affirmed.
ssi. State OF Iowa vs. A. NJ. yanpelt, Muscatine
county-affirmed.
A SuGGEsrloN.-As the last freeze has
left our sidewalks in such condition as to render
"navigation" extremely difficult, we suggest that
our citizens "spilP' few ashes in front of theiI
respective doors. By so doing walking will be
rendered more easy, and accidents OF serious
nature may be prevented.
NIB. Don't empty ashes in the street, as i
ypoils the sleighing.
~ 1t is only a few days ago that thu
Journal boosted that it was the only paper In lowi
that took the dispatches.
What a pity our neighbor has such shor
memory! He belongs to that class of people whom
the proverb says should have ''long memories.'
We stated some weeks ago that the JOURNAL wa
the only paper on the line of the III. M. Il.
taking dispatches, which, at that time, was th
case. 1t is evident to citizens that the 'hrst
class daily in Muscatine does not take dispatches
while the JOURNAL does.
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HORRIBLE AFFAIR Canphene Erpl0sioi
and FatQl Aecident.-At about 81 o'clock last night
Sarah Lee, a colored servant woman in the falnii
ofJ ". Richardson, on Fifth street. was filling
csmpheue lamp from can containing about thre
pnts of fluid, when it exploded, setting fire to he
clothes and:illing the room "a back kitchen apart
ment) with blaze. Screaming with fright an
pain. she started for the sitting room, when MI
Richardson, with great presence OF mind, close
the door so that she might not come IN contae
with his wife and rndanaer her life also, ate
which he seized lot OF bed clothing and rushin
around tie house entered the kitchen BY bac
door. The flames were soon cxtnguished, an
Drs. Hershe and Hardman were called, who rer
dered all medical aid in their power, but at
o'clock no hopes were entertained OF the poor W.
mans recovery. Her body WAS burned horribl
about the face and breast
This accident ought to induce our citizens
dispense with "murder light" as camphene
sometimes called. 1t is dang rous with the mo
careful usage. Mr.. Richardson declares he wi
never have any more of it about his house.
this instance, however, there is the same old sto
OF Gu, elessness in attempting to fiji lighted lam
duly, 2lst.
DEAN. = Sarah Lee, the colored woms
who was injured by camphine explosion, Thur
day night, in the house of M. Richardson, d
about 3 o'clock Friday morning. She h
resided in this place about eight months, and fs
merly lived in Davenport and Rock Island.
THE Meeting SATURDAY NIcnT was Z
most intei es,iag and enthusiastic ever held
Muscatine. fremont Hal was well filled, many
those in attendance being business men who S
dom attend political gatherings. The committ
on resolutions, consisting OF J. Scott Richman.
A. Paryin, Jacob Butler, W. G. Woodward o
Geo. c. Stone. reported series of resolutions c.
servatve in their character and strongly re affir
ing the Chicago platform. They declare that 8
laws, whether of those Northern States in VIII
personal liberty acts exist. or of those Southt
States which deny to citizens of Northern Sta
the privileges to which they are entitled in each
the stvtes, should be tried by the Federal Com
tuition and if pronounced contrary to that by
proper tribunal, should be repealed" and also
clare that secession is trampling upon the g
stitution and the laws, and that it will be trea
In those who administer the government if q
peaceably submit to it. The resolutions "
adopted unanimously. Speeches were made
Henry O'Conner, chairman of the meeting,
also BY Jacob Butler. W. g. Woodward, J.
Parvin, Suel Foster and Dr.. Horton.
The official proceedings will appear to-morr
when We may have something more to say oh
the meeting.
DIED,
On Friday morning, Decs 2lst, 1860, of COM
ton Of the lungs, lAznE D., only child Of Cha
8. and Sarah D. Bartlett-aged years, moi
and 26 DAYS. - =