Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-17
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~ He (Father Donelan) delivered his
a a.c orally thu: giving the speaker opportu
widely and justly acknowledgement.
Will our neighbor inform u how else but
orally" the speaker could have delivered his
.@iiEal
BowLsBEY HOUSE,, WEST LIBERTY. - We
had the pleasure the other day of stopping at this
house, kept by Mr.. S. W. sedgwick Nsatnssss
cleanliness, and good cheer, well prepared, make
this house remarkable exception to the average
Of country hotels in this State. The traveller who
has experienced the nissries Of many of the man.
traps in the country called taverns, where man and
beast are taken in and come cut squeezed will bless
their stars if they have the good fortune to light
the Bowlsbsy House.
SABBATH AMUSEMENT. = We understand
that some of our German citizens, who have organ
lied theatrical company gave public perform
ance in Accola's Hall, Sunday evening. Theatrical
exhibitions on the Sabbath are quite frequent in
some of the cities Of the country, but this is the
first we believe, that has ever taken place in Mus
catine We know that many of our German friends
think them no HARM but as the prevailing moral
sentiment regards them as desecratng the Sabbath,
it would be we'll to pay some respect to that
| sentiment.
RENovATING AN IRIsHMAN.-A " broth of
a boy" recently arrived from Ireland, who is now
| staying, somewhat reduced in circumstances at
one of our hotels, was taken in hand few nights
since by some bsnevolently disposed fellow-board-
ers and Invested of sundry offensive accumulatons
of d,,s< tod. oxho
dent to storage passage on shipboard across the
''briny Deep and long tramp to the interior of
this country. Pat who, by-the-way, is but youth
and had not been consulted about the matter, was
taken by force, stripped, plunged into a th-tub
and thoroughly secured after which he was rig
gsd from head to foot in a change of rament, pro.
vided for the occasion. The suit which he had worn
from the could country" he was obliged to fling
out Of doors. Pat bore this initiation into Amcri
can society with admirable patience and bids fail
at some future day to become a very "dacent" i
not influential, American citizen-unless he should
by the rubbing-in process, have become infected
with the political creed of his renovators, most
not all of whom were Democrats.
GLOOMY PICTURE. - The following para
graph is going the rounds of the Eastern press.
presents gloomy picture for people to SCI
themselves in We need scarcely assure our intel
igent readers in other States that it is slightuay'
ovsrdrawn. Speculation has been checked in Iowa
but the substantial growth Of the State, beth il
population and wealth, continues at healthfu
ratio, as is conolusively shown by the census. W.
say Of our own city that is steadily improving
though not as rapidly as few years ago:
=
partner, transacted the heaviest grain and lumbe
business done in that section of the country is
earning his bread by driving an express Wagon
The city of Davenport is dead broke. No watchmal
no gas, no money in the city treasury to pay fo
anything Iowa is, in fact, worse off than Mime
sofa, where good crop Of wheat was raised fo
expectation last year. Two COED crops will restore
the Northwest to something ike prosperity, but tn
pressure it is now undergoing will ruin Thousand
of individuals and check the general growth of tina
region for several years.-B0ston Herald.
MANuFAcTUREs.-The Davenport Gazett
of the 10th has an able leader intended to encour
the establishment of manufactures at that place
1t takes the ground that no town between New
York and Pixies Peak will ever become CRANE
central grain market like Chicago. The city which
takes the lead in establishing general system o
manufacturing will outgrow all its rivals. That
general manufacturing centre must be established
somewhere on the Mississippi river it takes TO
granted. Dubuque, Keokuk and Burlington ar
each too far from the coal fields to become that cen
tire. Davenport is adjacent to the coal fields o
Illinois and Iowa, and therefore, according to tn
Gazette, occupies the most favorable position fo
manufacturing. 1t concludes the article as follows
"Muscatine is our only rival. The western angl,
, of the Illinois coal fields nears the Mississippi
| 10 fha touflvi form 10,
this side the river also runs down to Muscatine
The policy Of our railroad company has also giveI
Auscatne two railroad connections West. Our only
advantage, perhaps, Is a reader connection East
. Whether own city is the manufacturing
centre nature has marked out for her, depends upol
QUE OWN ACTION"
The suggestion of the Gazette is we'll worthy o
practical consideration by the citizens of Nuscatns
1t is fact that our city is surrounded by mex
haustible coal fields and possesses better facilities
for communication in all directions, by rail and BY
water, than any other point in the State.
az Our neighbor of the Zeitung, who's.
ofactories for seeming out any threatening demon
stration against the liquor traffic is only equalet
by those of certain Democrats to discover "a Niger
in the woodpie," has article in his last pape,
of which the following is translation:
. Translation
, From various sources we observe q rather CON
current report of pundering raid designed against
the iquor-selers Of this city. The preliminary in
vestig atoms said to have been CARR ed so ia,
that the next Grand Jury may find indictm ents
Nearly 80 indictments spoken of. Notwith-
standing cur inquiries VIC not enabl ed to war
ran the assertions as positive We hope, however
to be able IA our next number give more partic.
ular disclos ures. We must confess that We cannot
avoid feeling somewhat Indignantly delighted at
this state of things. Tho German Democratic
saloon-keeperS and beerbrewers merit such lesson
very much. They have brought it upon themselves
inasmuch as they indicated by casting their vote
against Lieut.. Gov. Rusch that 1t will not repay
the effort to do any thing for the and that he who
does anythi ng for them can by means ca Gu late
upon their sympathy and support. We even hal
| predicted such an event. When tho temperance
advocates see that their opponents in the law giving
council (those behind the beer-tabe are of course
not tai en- into account) left without any sup
pof from the people, they must necessarily arrive
at the conclusion that the anthem perapce feeling
is not yer lively among the people, and that,
| therefore, already an advance may again DO made
| to new assault. Of tire 81 votes less for Lieut..
Governor than for Governor, cast in last State
election, 40 were lost to Rusch and only to Bah
| bitt. Precisely these Sand no more-it was that
were cast by German Democrats of this vic nifty fer
| Rusch. Be thankful then, to your Bullies and
Itzgs for the good counsel they gave you, and bear
with patience the blessings it has brought you.-for
you have deserved no better You cannot be advised
| and therefore cannot he assisted and, if it had
depended directly on you, Mr.. Rusch, with all his
sion, would in all probability have threshed empty
straw for upon you hops and malt are lost.
Strange rumors ia eircu !ation as to the pre-
text for the next Temperance campaign. Let US
hope that the Grand Jury will be composed of
reasonable men, who will draw line across the