Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-12-07
LOCAL NEWS.

lieu 10 tne new advertisement OF frOI. Daymude
HIS schoo! is giving eminent satisfaction, and
should be we'll patEouized,
New JU; rCE OF THE PEACE. 7. D. Smith
has resigned the office of Justice of the Peace and
VIZ Davis has been appointed in his stead and
entered upon the duties Of the same. His office is
opposite fremont Hall.
THANKSGIVING festivities passed off in our
city without any noteworthy occurrence. Religious
services took place in the forenoon at several OF
the churches, after which an attack was made on
Turkey
SFNrENCED. Isaac Wilson, who was CON
bne1 in our county Jail several months, was con
yicted of horse stealing. at the last term of the
Washington county Court and sentenced to two
years in the penitentiary.
81 The Cedar river froxe over so that it
was crossed with teams on Monday week. Capt
White, of Overman's Ferry, has, however, cut
channel through the ice. and Is running his boat
for the accommodation of those who do not like 10
risk the ice.
BLACKsMITHlNo.-Geo. Perry, the honest
son of Vulcan, gives notice in advertising col.
umns that he is still holding forth at his shop
near the Nevada Mill. He does good work, as all
his patrons acknowledge. In two days recently l4o
horse shoes were put on at his shop. Read his
notice to delnquents.
JeB PRINTING We have just received
from st. Louis lot of the finest cards and colored
paper ever brought to this city, which we are pre-
pared to use in turning out cards and handbills
in, 0S$r 10 and IN hort Rusip
neatly printed at from So to Sc 50 per 500 SIS to
Sc per l00o. Send in your orders.
A VETERAN. James Underwood, who
resides with his son. Hanson Underwood in the
suburbs OF this city, cast his first vote for Jefferson
in 1900. He voted at the last election tor Lincoln.
He was born in Durham, New Hampshire, Decem.
Der Slst 177s, and is consequently at this time
nearly 50 years of age. He is st II able to go about
with the use of cane. and appears to enjoy re
markable goud health and strength fer so
advanced in life. His father served III the hevolu-
tionary War as aid to Gen. sullivan aud also
studied law in the Generals Office at Exeter Mr..
L. is a member OF the Society OF Friends, and
doubtless owes his long lite and preserved health
and strength to the strictly temperate habits which
distinguish that honor ible society.
a CANINE "MnL."-Saturday afternoon
our devil came running into sanctum quite
out of breath and delivered himself OF the follow.
ing lucid description of dog fight he had just
witnessed Say, l saw the greatest dog-hsh'
you ever saw in your life. grea big yaller dog
piled on to big grey dog, down here by the State
Bank The yaer dog ketched the State Bank by
the hind leg, and made him ki-yi like hunder-.
They fit about Two hours. Review was there get
ting items fof the King. All the balk tellers
out of the grey dogs front door, an couple q
thousand men on the side walk hollerin' ck'im-"
Here he stopped from sheer want of breath. Upon
inquiry we found that couple Of dogs had been
experimenting their muscle" near the State Bank
-tha, our co emporary and large crowd were
present seeming to enjoy the brutal exhibition
with infinite relish.
- Quite squabble took place at the
cars, Thursday afternoon. between couple of men
intent upon the possession ola girl, who appeared
to be welve or thirteen years of age. As near as
We could ascertain, both the men stood in the rea'
tiou of uncle to the girl. One of them resides in
Ohio and was the point OF returning on the
cars with the girl, when the other intertered. The
Ohioan decla ed that he had the permission of the
girls grandmother aud aunt to take her with him.
lie brought serious charge against the other
uncle-that of seducing older sister of the girl!
The sympathies OF the crowd were with the Ohioan
He finally succeeded in getting off with the girl
who seemed anxious to go with him. The other
man. before the lett, started in pursuit of the
Marshal, as he said, but did not afterwards make
his appearance, nor call the Marshal. The young
girl is an orphan, and has been residing with her
relatives at strawberry Hil in this county Her
sather went to California some years ago, and her
mother died short time since. We did not learn
tie names of any Of the parties.
A BIr OF RoMANcs.-It appears that the
narrative first published in the Revieso and copied
into this paper relatige to certain James 2. kirl
ball. who prsfesses TO have just escaped from ten
years' captivity with the Snake Indians, is alto
Eeher a romance MIR Peter Heny, Of Wilton,
informs us that kimbal and his wife made their
appearance in that place few days before they
here. and that he then professed to have jus,
come from the East, though he said he bad travel
ed all over the country and spoke particularly o.
having once lived in Georgia. He never said
wcrd however about having been with the Indians
but said he was married in Pennsylvania year
ago. and claimed that his wife . cousin of Mr.
hnouse hotel keeper at Wilton He also said ht
was brother of Rev. Mr.. Kimball, who formerly
resided at Wilton.
What object this man has IN imposing upon thu
credulity of the public and the hospitality OF ou
friend Stine, we are unable TO see. We deem j
our duty to warn the public against him, however
as we cannot believe that he has any good motive
in resortirg to deception, .
RIVER NEws--The channel Of the rive
has been nearly free from ice since Wednesday
and u fall of over three feet has taken place. "
learn that the river Is frozen at Leclaire. Th
gorge at that place has no doubt caused the fa 4
this place.
yesterday afternoon, the steamer City Belle
Capt. itcheii, arrived from Oquswka, where sh
was frozen in by the late "cold snap she ha
much difficulty in getting to the landing, but ai,e
several attempts finally crushed her way through
she has gone to Rock Island to lay up.
An attempt Wes made Thursday evening to ge
the steamer Desmoiues City into the channel iror
her essnt position below the ferry landing bu
i. was found that the recent TAIL in the river ha
left her hard sgr round. Unless the river rises 500
it is feared that she will break in two rs she ha
deep water andships but rests on the ground
the bow and stern. az7J ~ -
Yesterday Block & Co were obliged t, unload
barge ut 'he levee which the fall had also left in
precarious situation Daily, 1st. t' a''3 .' +,
ETB Buy your Sewing machines at Du
fee'.. He las the best in use ; also, goo
stock of Watches, Silver Ware, Gold Pei
Willow BASKETS, &c. Watches and Jewels
repaired promptly and in the neatest mann