Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-07

CHARLES s. FOSTER the present efficient Clerk of
the District Court. for election. Charley is
deservedly popular. He will be elected.
SALTY.-We notice 1900 sacks of Turks
Island Salt just received and put in store by Block
4 Co. This looks as though preparations were
being made for the pork business.
MISUNDERSTANDING medals Of all the
candidates, of heavy coinage with mied edge, are
for sale at Burpet's bookstore. They are quite
fashionable, and are certainly cheap and appro-
PIRATE style Of jewelry for the times.
I Capt. Fisher, of the ferry boat
Decaiion, authorizes US to say that he will reduce
the fare for persons attending the Republican
Camp Meeting from Illinois. We anticipate several
thousand people on that occasion from the Sucker
State. as. :
ca The Muscatine Wide Awakes will
find by notice in another column that a purse of
500 is offered to the best drilled Company attend
ing the State Fair at Iowa City. We should very
much like to see our Company have the honor of
carrying off that prize.
W News has recently been received
from Denver City of the stabbing and death of
Garrett Cofey, formerly resident of Moscow in
this county. We have not heard the particulars.
Another man who went from Moscow, German,
whose name we do not recoect, is reported to be
under sentence of death somewhere in the Pixies
Peak country for some offense. /:
i Sd or A writer in the New York Tribune
OF August Oath, Colbert ]. Greene, of Tarrytown,
N. w. giving an account of the burning of slave
ut st. Louis In 1886, says:
"Mr. George F. Farrand now or late of Musca-
tlne Iowa, was also present. and has pointed out to
me the identical spot which the tragedy took
place."
We think Mr.. Green is mistaken in locating Mr.;
Farrand at Muscathe. No such individual ever
resided here to our knowledge. - .-
DISHONEST. - Two sums of money, one
of $55 and the other of $685. were recently lost in
this city in such manner that they must have
been picked up shortly afterwards Notice of the
fact has been given in our paper during the week.
and the finders cannot but have been aware of it.
yet neither sum has been returned. This may be
set down as certain: the money will do the ndi.
viduals no good who keep it under such crcum
stances. 1t is but little better than theft.
gentleman from Upton that over 1000 people
attended the Republican mass meeting at that
place last Friday. Speeches were made by Senator
Harlan, w. Penn Clark and J.. D. Ingersoll. While
Mr.. Clark was speaking some Democratic rowdies
threw rotten eggs into the assembly, whereupor
he remarked that those were the only kind Of ar
gumants they had the ability to advance.
There was great enthusiasm at the meeting. Ole
Cedar is good for an increased Republican ma
j0rity.
SUPPORT Your HOME PAPER.-The Cleye-
land Herald makes some very sensible remarks or
supporting home papers. 1t says "Recollect that
if a home weekly paper is to be supported, homo
influence must do it--every dollar sent to Eastern
papers is at the expense Of the local papers, A
county acquires prominence throughits paper more
than in any other way, and to every one who has
county interests at stake his home paper is neces
sty. Never will such man take paper printed
away from home until he is able to take second
paper. His first paper will be his home sheet, and
he will SO identify his own interests with those Of
his county paper to consider his subscription
much matter of yearly duty as the payment OF
his taxes"
Mr.. O'CoNNoR's SPEECH LAST NIGHT
At u O'Clock last evening, the Wide Awakes turned
ont and marched to Mr. O'Connor's residence from,
whence they escorted him to fremont Hall, which
was soon filled to overlooking, 4 number of ladies
being present. MIR. O'Conuor, upon being called
out delivered a speech of two hours and half,
which, for point, purpose and pith we have not
heard excelled during the present campaign He
took mp successfully the propositions of Henry
Clay Dean and refuted every one of them to the
satisfaction of all candid hearers. On the subject
of Intervention by Congress in the Territories, he
showed by numerous citations of acts of Congress
from 1877 to 1919 that it was the policy of the
General Government to intervene. On this ques-
ton, it will be remembered, Dean dwelt loud and
long, repeatedly challenging any one to show
single instance of intervention previous to 1919.
The lateness Of the hour at which We write pre-
vents US from giving Mr.. O'Connor's speech the
extended notice ii deserves. Its gentlemanly and
courteous tone was in striking contrast with Deans
low and scurrilous harangue. Mr.. O'Connor is
certainly of the most effective speakers in the
state.-Dajly, 3ls5. a- @s5 E-
FITTING RGBUKE. - While Mr.. O'Connor
was speaking in fremont Hail. Thursday evening,
q
| rah for Douglas" Mr.. 0'Conuor took the inter-
ruption good humoredly. He asked the man why
he was for Douglas, but, receiving no response
proceeded to show in the most Grcible and eloquent
manner that the Irish had no reason whatever to
feel grateful towards the so-Called ''Iite Giant"
who, when Ireland was suffering with famine in
ls47, refused to vote assistance for her dying peo
pie, and who, when Herbert the California Con-
gresham, unproyokedlp and cowardly shot down
an Irish waiter in hotel at Washington, used his
influence to keep the mul1erer from beingexpeled.
These facts, recalled in the manner they were, and
referred to as only an lrishman ardent with the
love of his country and her down-trodden people
could refer to them, had thrilling effect on the
audience and completely siIenced the over Jealous
admirer Of Douglas. Daily, Isl.
SwEErLANp WIDE AwAK2s.-On Friday
night the Sweetand Wide Awakes met at the Cen
tire, for drill. They had invited Lieut. Satterlee of
the Muscatine Wide Awakes, to be present and
drill them. We accompanied him. The Centre
School House was crowded with Republicans from
all parts OF the township and the neighboring town
ships After the adoption of the Constitution, the
roll was opened for receiving .ames of members,
and FoRT1-Two Wide Awake Republicans enrolled
themselves in fifteen minutes This was twice the |
number that we supposed Sweetland could raise. |
Ii we were surprised by the numbers and the en-
thusiasm of the Sweetland Wide Awakes, we were
still more astonshed at the facility with which they
learned the drill and erolulions. If the Sweetland
Wide Awakes improve as rapidly as they did Fri
day night when they procure their torches and |
uniform, and turn out to the Camp Meeting, the
Museatine Company will have to look out sharp or
they will find themselves excelled by their Sweet
land comrades.
There are some whole-soued Republicans of
observation-disclosures pillars of the party for years
among whom we need but to name John r. Merritt
and John A. Parvin, to show the stamp of the men,
who stand right up to the backs of the young men
who have formed the Wide Awake corps, with all