Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-24
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LOCAL VS..
~ Judge Thayer and D. s. Biles, Esq,
Of the Enquirer delegates to the Democratic State
have gone to Desmoines. 1t is under.
stood that the Judge is candidate for delegate to
Charleston.
Hon. NJ. PRICE, our Representative, re-
turned home on Saturday, having obtained leave of
absence for few days. He will return to Des-
moines tomorrow morning. He says it is impossi-
BILE to determine how long the Legislature will yet
remain in session.-Doily, 2OM.
H- Harpes's Magazine for March has
been laid on our table by Mr.. Burnett. The Ballad
of Valley Forge; Life among the Loggers A
Peep at the Elephant Lost on the Prairie; and A
Night in Snow Storm, are in the list of its very
attractive contents.
A WELL-MERlTRD HONOR. We learn
from Dssmones that David NJ. Sells, son of Hon.
e. Sells, has received an appointment to fill .
vacancy from Iowa in the Military Academy at
West Point. The appointment has been worthily
bestowed. David is an industrious scholar, and we
have reason to believe will graduate with the
highest honors Of that renowned institution.
MAYoR's COURT. - This morning Pat.
Mackey was fined IS, and Mrs. Cline, with her son
August, fined 81 each for assault and battery
on Mrs. Jane Curby. The affair appears to have
originated in neighborhood talk concerning i'm
proper intimacy between Mackey and Mrs. Cline.
The twain in vndication of their honor, visited the
house of Mr.. N. Curby, assaulted his wife and
smashed in the windows.-Daiy, 18th.
IMPROVING. - The Enquirer, in which
nothing original save Sheriff sale advertisement
may be seen for months, in its last issue contain,
several editorials, all finding fault with the manner
in which the Journal is conducted. 1t objects t.
our market reports, without, however, questioning
their accuracy, and finds fault with what we do no
say as well as with what we do say. We congrat
ulate the readers Of that paper on this evidence o
industry in its editorial department.
SCIENTIFIC. - The mysterious movement
of party of scientific gentlemen in front of til
Court House, from dark till after midnight, las
night, excited considerable curiosity in the minds Q
passers by. Two of the party were seated on chair
in the open air, one of whom took down into
| severe, firm tone of voice, who seemed wholly al
sorbed in peerng into brass instrument, at shol
intervals, by the aid of dark lantern. 1t sug
gested by wag to the wondering bystanders tina
these men were taking q census of the stars TIL
| idea "took" and very soon the curious crowd dis
| persed
| We learn that these observations were taken wit
view to ascertain the exact latitude and longitud
of this city. The observer is Col. J. D. Graham,
| at the Mason House. We have not heard the resu
of his observations.-Daily,l 7M.
| THR Upton RAILROAD. - Judge Spice
publishes communication in the Upton Denaocrt
giving the result of negotiations with railroad me
assembled at Desmoines for assistance in compile
ing the Upton Railroad. According to this stat
ment, Simpson, Gelpcke Co., who now own til
Dubuque Western r. r. have agreed to furnis
the iron and rolling stock snecessary to compile,
the roads now undertaken between Dubuque an
Muscatine, and have tile entire line in operation
n.rt vinter! The design is eventually to consol
date this line with the Keokuk, Mt. Pleasant an
Muscatine R. r., and have continuous line betwee
Dubuque and keokuk. The only conditions S. {
4 Co. ask are that the l. c. r. X. Land Grant ma
be left undisturbed by the Legislature and thu
arrangements may be made by which the line ca
be so consolidated that it can be operated by or
company. This is truly liberal offer, and vii
we doubt not, be readily accepted.
We publish Judge spicer's article in anothe
column.
A PRoBLEM-Mr. Editor II have a fel
which is 50 rods square: Three of the sides ar
perfectly level, but in the fourth there is hill !
rods in hight, perpendicuarly, so that the fence O
that side will be in the shape of an arc of perfet
circle. This field is to be fenced with palings @
pickets. inches apart from centre to centre. Qucr
How many more palings will it take to fence tn
| side with the hill? IT.. G.
IA hopeful youth, who picks up a lesson ecca
sonally in his fathers workshop, sends us the fol
lowing answer to the foregoing problem, which i
| evidently correct j
As my father is joiner and a Cub he learn
me to put up work plumb, and it makes no differ
ence whether one picket stands a foot above or
foot below the other-t occupies the same horizon
tai surface. Therefore, the answer to your question
is, it takes the same number of pickets on ever,
side. YOUNG AMERICA
AAClIEMENT IN OPhlNGDALE. SlQce the
requisition on Gov. kirkwood for Barclay Cop
peck, the peace principles of our Springdale Qua
kers have almost orsaken them We learn thai
they have received boxes of Sharps rifles, and that
they have revolvers in the hands of all the young
men of the place. We also learn that they have
taken brick store, formerly occupied by Thomas
VIM, and converted it into fort, making holes II
the upper part to shoot through They say thai
Coppock shall not be taken.
This does not look well for law abiding people
like the Quakers. We not surprized at this
conduct on their part. ANY community which viii
harbor horse thieves and Niger stealers, will moi
hesitate to protect a murderer, pecially when he
one of them. We hope these chivalrlc Quakers
will have chance to try their courage if they de
sire a conflict with the authorities. We would like
ing to pretty pass when a criminals cannot b,
arrested on account of an armed mob of citizens
defending them -7fpton Democrat.
The above, SO far as it charges the Quakers will
armed resistance to the law, is false. The Quakers
as is we'll known, are non-resistants, and those o
Springdae are not an exception, We venture t.
say that more honorable and law abiding commu
nifty cannot be found elsewhere i'll the State 1t il
quite probable, however, that if called upon to ait
in enforcing SO inhuman a law as the Fugitv'
Slave Act they would prefer mourning the penalt,
of disobeying. But they never have and never viii
be found in open resistance to the laws of the land
1t true that military company has beer
organized among the young men of Springdale ane
the surrounding country, and that they use a
an armory an upper room in the building formerly
occupied by Thos VIM. What their object is, i
anything except the learning of military tactics
are not prepared to say. None of the members o
this company are Quakers. The rules of thei
Society forbid it. We deem this statement due the
Qua1ers of Springdale, whom we believe to be
peaceful and law-abiding people.
BILLIARD MATcH.-A billiard match fol-
$40 took place at the Ogilvie House saloon yester
day, the number of points in the game being ESQ
which was won by 1Oe points. The loser was the
distinguished Plenipotentiary and Envoy Extraor-
d;rorv from tho Dasnofisr of VIRGINIA tn tho State