Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-11-08

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Journal Office Removed. r
This office is now located in the the Post "
Ofic, Entrance the alley :.
ss-Best KEROSENE OIL at 50 cents per Gal 10
at tbs Crockery Store of :"
.Tryit," GEO. W. DILLAWAY & BRO. r.
Notice to City Subscribers.
The Weekly journal will hereafter be distributed
through the Post Office to our City subscribers.
t# Sabbath school "Socable' is to =,
come off at the NJ E. Church, in this city, :;
this friday evening. ~
D%The shipment of potatoes to st. Louis, lie
by one firm in this city, already amounts to
over seven thousand bushels. al
"BUsrED."-The German Theatre of this N
Nifxy iS hrOl-or, Tn Of fhc n
hard times, its proprietors are unable to keep s.
it in motion.
The WEArHER.-We are now enjoying &C
succession Of delightful days. As the little IN
boy said "They amt too hot nor too cold, W
but 'zactly right" "A
DISTINGUISHED ARRIvAL.-Crazy " Pat" is ar
again in town. We are afraid that Pat is q,
more of "vag" than maniac He GER Vi;
tainly manages to get cheap living, sane or or
insane ~
H Capt. Turner left for Davenport Mon &c
day, with eight men. He is rapidly filling WI
up his company. Capt. 7. will be here again WI
in day or two, and will stay until he again 10
fills his company IN
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IMPRovExENrs.-Mr. Low, the popular pro- hi
prletor OF the Ogllvle House, has large force wi
Of men employed in repairing and improving of
that hotel We understand Mr. L. intends
making the Ogilvie equal to any public house
in the State. es
A "KNoT"-It is stated in the papers Tx
that the naval expedition will make about tn
seven knots an hour As some of our read te,
ers may not know the distance meant by the th
term, we will state that 1t Is a nautical mile, gu
or little more than geographical mile. ed
Bound OvER.-Messrs. Bryant and Nc -;
Junkin arrived Monday, having in charge ho
the horse-thief, Oldidge. He was taken be- -
fore Mayor Meason for examination and plead -
ing guilty was bound over to appear at the in
December term of Court, in the sum of five
hundred dollars He went to jail
SAD AccIDExr-An old lady, named Mrs ma
Freeland, nearly eighty flour years of age, who
resides about nine miles north of this city, fell
down the cellar stairs night before last, and
fractured her thigh badly. DR.. Hershe was
called in and the bone was reset. Very lit
tie hope is entertained of her recovery.
A SK1AFUL OPERATIoN.-We were present
Monday afternoon, during surgical opera
ton performed by DR.. Hershe, with the as
sstance of DR.. johnson. A large cancer,
weighing nearly two pounds, and over six
years duration, was removed from the body
of man named John Zimmerman. The op-
peration was performed while the patient was
under the influence of chloroform.
ANOTHER COMPANY FULL.-Capt Purcell
arrived last evening from recruiting expedi-
ton into the country. lie informs us that he
has succeeded in filling his command up to
the minimum standard, and will leave Musca- n
tine for Camp Mcclellan, Friday or Saturday =
He will receive few more men. We say to .
those who wish to go and serve their coun-
try, that this is probably the last opportunity ito
that will be offered them. :.
A VICTIM OF THE BALTIMORE RIors.-A Ian
young man is stopping at the Ogilvie House, 10
in this city, who is shockingly mutilated, hav- :
ing lost one leg and one arm. Part of his on
nose and upper lip are also gone. He says
he received his injuries while passing through No
Baltimore with the Sixth Massachusetts, Reg POI
ment last spring, he being connected with that
command in the capacity of Drum-Major
C1DER-An article, which appears to be a a :n
compound between rotten apples and pond aw
water, and is facetously called "cider," is of
sold in great quantities by the saloon keepers the
in this place. In matter of taste, it possesses me
what Sam Weller would call a Every strong arr
flavor of warm flat irons'' We got hold ~.
some the other day that took the lead of any be
rifed whiskey we ever came across. p.
A Coop ACCOUNTABILITY had the pleas an
ure yesterday of meeting our old friend, Mr.. ha
George Stone, of Mt Pleasant. He was fee
passenger on the Pembina, and is returning fo'
home from visit to Davenport. Mr.. S. has r.
receivsl disappointment of Major in Colonel ho
Eroy