Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-01-27

A Coon OMEN. "A quaint old English
ballad thus discourseth Of the year succeeding that
IN which Christmas occurred on Sunday
asaf Ifthat day that Christ was borne sss aa
Falle upon Sunday, dss3FslEl g.qs-.
isd Tina. wynter shall be good parfait,i 81
< But CRATE wyndes aloft shall be- ss!if b.
The summer shall be fayre and drye. 50
BY kynde .Srtce -withouten lease,
AT What chylde t6il " borne be,
! SIS A CRATE lord shall be. REQ ESQ.,
If reliance may be placed on the italicized line,
croakers and predicters Of war and pestilence may
we'll close their dolefu mouths at opce for during
the twelve ensuing months of this most fortunate
year the gates Of the temple of Janus will be closed
France will not invade England; the Chinese will
not be forced to destruction Gen. Walker will not
again invade Nicaragua; and last, not least, the
people of the United States, North and South, will
be restrained by nobler counsels and purer motives
than those of an infamed partzan zeal from imbru-
ing their hands in each others blood. So mote it
be, and the year of Our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and sixty will, indeed, prove 'Happy
New Year" throughout the world and to all the
inhabitants thereof. ="
EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUsOATINE
,CorNTY.-This body, now numbering some 80 or 40
members, has recently been recognized by the
election of the following officers President NJ.
Ingalls, .VicePresdent, J. H. Goddard; Record
ing Secretary, Miss G. A. Barrows; Corresponding
Secretary, j. II. Park; Treasurer, Miss H. NJ. Bar
rows. The object of the Association, composed
principally of teachers, is mutual improvement in
the art of teaching and the government of schools
The second regular semi-monthly meeting was held
as before announced, on Saturday afternoon last,
in District school-house No. !, and was attended
with much interest. Among the various lessons
given one on Phonetics. by D. H. Goodno; one
on Mental Arithmetic, by J. R. Park one on
Objects, by Mrs. =. NJ. Upham; one on English
Grammar, by Moses ingalls,, and one on Geogra-
ply, by Miss c. A. Barrows all Of which were
highly interesting and instructive.
The next meeting of the Association will be held
at the same place, on Saturday evening of this
week-the only interruption designed, we under
stand, to the semi monthly rule.
ca One of our readers, says the Hawkeye,
has insisted upon our either printing the whole of
"Wolfgang' or furnishing him with the numbers
of the New York Ledger containing the conclusion
of this "thrilng tale." This, continues the editor,
is view of the matter we had not before taken.
Should our readers generally concur in making
similar demands upon US, and we be forced to re-
spond, Bonner's advertisement will be bad specu-
lation to US.
There is food for reflection in the above especially
applicable to the Inquirer. Has our neighbor ever
taken this view in relation to Helpers Crisis But
we opine its labors for the circulation of that emf
neutly worthy book are prompted without even the
hope ofreward, beyond the satisfaction of beneftng
the black race, and, of course, demands like the
ones suggested would meet with a cheerful re-
Spouse. What say you. neighbor ?-let US have
that thrilling work complete. -s ..-, 90 ...
A CRY CATTLE MARKET.-The Zei!ung is
out with an article reviving the market house ques-
ton, ana, in view of the difficulties in the way Of
realizing at this time the success of that scheme,
proposes as the least equivalent the establishment
of regular cattle market in this city, where at
stated intervals-say once a month-the farmers
might offer their stock for sale The editor urges
| in support of the measure the advantages that
must accrue to the business Of the city, no less
than to the stock raiser who would be brought in
to direct communication with home and foreign
buyers. The arguments appear to us conclusive,
and doubt not the proposition will be favorably
entertained by all who take interest in the pros
perity and advancement of business here. ..
SUlc1nE.-We have received somewhat
confused but reliable account of a case of suicide
recently committed near Wapello, Louisa county,
under circumstances peculiarly distressing. A
woman whose husband, it appears, became involved
in lawsuit, a few days SINCE while under severe
depression of spirits in consequence, leaped into
the we'll on their premises and was drowned before
she could be rescued Her shrieks attracted several
persons to the spot, among them her husband, who
had just returned from hearing of his case before
| Justice but too late to save the woman from the
| sad consequences of her rash act.
THE SUICIDE IN LOUISA COUNTY. - The
woman who committed suicide, one day last week,
by leaping into the well, we have learned since our
previous notice, was the wife of Mr.. Peter Haun,
an old and estimab!e citizen of Louisa county, re-
siding near Grandview mot Wapello, as before
stately She herself was upwards of sixty years OF
age The family removed to this state from
Ohio, and had settled upon farm of some twenty
acres which they owned and cultivated with pru
dence and thrift The aged couple were universally
esteemed, and the melancholy tragedy which has
terminated the life of the one has profoundly
startled the community The rest of the facts in
the case are substantially as before given.
TIE DIPLOMA of the Iowa State Agricul-
tural Society is now ready for distribution among
those to whom it has been awarded. The engrav'
ing is from the establishment of Capewell & Kim
nell, New York, from design by h. w. Petit,
Esq, of Jasper county, in this State, whose draw
ing it will be remembered was selected from quite
number presented. The cost of the design and
engraving was about $500. careful description
of the design has been published in this paper. The
Society now has diploma which will compare
favorably with that of any now presented by similar
organizations, and one that will be exhibited with
pride and pleasure by those who are so fortunate as
to receive It.
THE ANTI-TEMPERANCE PETITION. - we
understandable our friends, Messrs. Pliny Fay and
JOS Bennett have been written to from the Legs-
lature, enquiring about their signatures to the
petition for the repeal of the Prohibitory Law OF
course their reply, denying all knowledge OF the
matter and disclaiming the act, will lead to an in
vestigation, aud the forgery OF their names pelng
discovered, the "infnite jest" and humor of the
jocose gentlemen who perpetrated the forgery will
be duly laughed at by all lovers of joke, but the
petition itself will suffer, also, being tainted with
fraud, and will most probably be promptly laid on
the table. $50. =
s-w We are Informed that Gen. Sargent
assures the creditors of Cook Sargent that full
statement of their affairs will be made public upon
the ''opening Of navigation y" Good! = Dae. Dena.'
Proceedings of the City Council.
COUNCIL CHAMBER, Jan. 81
Council met in regular session; Mayor and mem
bers all present bp"
Committee on petition of Mr.. Richie reported an
arrangement made with him, granting the privilege
prayed for by his paying S. per month and agree
ing to remove at ten days notice Report adopted.