Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-12-23
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CANE TO GRIEF.-A gans Of burglars doubt
less the same who visited this city last week
met with All appropriate reception at Burling-
ton night before last. See the dispatches.
TAXES HIS SEAT.--Mr. Neiie takes his seat to-
day, as Mayor of our city. "Give Praise, o Ye
Peorle?' that your city is redeemed from cop
perhead rule, from which. In the future, good
| Lord deliver us.-Daily, 18th.
! ~ We notice III the list OF promotions Major
Charles c. Horton to Lieutenant Colonel of the
2d Iowa Cavalry, vice Hepburn, mustered out.
Also. Lieut.. Geo. w. Budd to Captain of Co. @,
2d Cavalry, vice Eystra removed, IA
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| RELEASED.-Mr. Lewis Coo received q Lei tee
yesterday from his son Justin, who, with Pink
Sparks and some others, whose names we were
unable to learn, were at Annapolis. having
been released frona the clutches of the rebels.
The boys are expected home to morrow.
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! The DIgFERENCE.--O year ago the price of
live hogs in this market was So 25@4G 5 8 100 lbs.
Now they bring Sl0N@li,0O. Spring wheat
then sold Il; S5G9oc; now at sl,l0@l,iS. The
price of the WEEkLY JOURNAL was then 81 per
year; now 1t is $50.
/ ny. In the Supreme Court now In session at
Des Moines the case of Hershey VS.. Hershey,
MuScatine county, was affirmed. The case of
The case of Isett 4 Brewster against j. w. Luz
cas- and others has been aftirmed--Lucas WIN
ming. .c.
~ Col. Blu was shot about o'clock ON the
afternoon Of the 18th, while leading his brigade
i'll u charge upon the enemys works. The ball
entered ju.t below the left eye and came out
near the right ear causing his death almost in
stantly. Maj. Dill at once took charge of the
body. These particulars were learned by letters
| received yesterday.
| The funeral will take place at "a o'clock this
| Friday afternoon.
| FROM NAsHvILI.E.--We have seen q letter
| from a member of Co. B. S5th Iowa, written on
the battlefield at o'clock on the evening of the
18th. 1t Estates that the regiment had been en-
! gagged in two days hard fighting. The killed
| were Col. Hill and private Kennedy, of Co. +.
About twenty were wounded. NJ names are
mentioned. None are missing from Co. B. The
division had TAX en- about 80 pieces Of artillery
and captured, Killed and wounded about $500 Of
the enemy. The writer says the victory over
Hood is complete.
EMANCIPATION CELEBRATIoN.-T The colored
people OF this place are making preparations
for an appropriate celebration of the second an
Y,iy cinnt ion,
Proclamation, Jan. lst.) The exercises will
take place in fremont Hall, on Monday, the I'd,
and illconsist of reading of the Proclamation,
speeches, &c. Inyitations have been sent to
the colored people of neighboring cities and
towns to participate, and large gathering is
anticipated.
A Coop IDEA.-Five teams were loaded with
freight p nj started for Sigourney Monday night
by Robert Hatch. The high rates for freight
charged by the railroad has nccessitated the
adoption of some plan by which goods can be
shipped without eating such enormous holes
into the profits of merchants, by paying so
much for transportation. 1t costs by railroad
to Sigourney 81, 80 per l00 bs while by this line
1t is only 81, l5, quite an item to merchant who
is constantly shipping and receiving
INDIAN PORTRAITS Miss Lou. Compton, Of
this place has just completed two elegant life
sized Indian portraits One is the likeness Of
"Big Eagle" the head chief of the Sioux nation.
and the other OF Wa-su-da, Il daughter of Mar
pi-ya O-wa-cha, the fourth chief the same
nation. Both were taken from life, the subjects
being ut present confined in the military prison
at Davenport. Persons who have seen them
say the portraits are faithful representations
They are certainly fine specimens of the art
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! THE ARMY VoTE.--ReturnS have been re-
ceived from the army on the vote for county
| officers. The total number OF votes cast was
554. For Clerk, J.. w. Jayne received AGO votes,
and r. T. Wallace IS. For Recorder, G. S. Fos-
ter 46s, VIM. McElroy76. For Judge, H. W. Per-
kirs i67, G. ". Hunt rs. For Surveyor, J. A.
| Mathewson i5i. s
! The total Union majorities, therefore, inclu-
ding both the army and home vote, as fol-
lows: For Jayne, 92s; for Foster, 939; for Per-
kins, 995; for Mathewson ono opposition,) 2,22l
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| MONEY ORDER SYsTEM.-Through the Posi-
j Office, under the Money Order System, is proba-
bly, the safest, cheapest and best way OF sending
money to different parts Of the United States.-
For twenty cents $50 can be sent to any money
order Office in the States. and for less sums 6
1 less fee is charged, .
1 By depasiting the money with the Postmaster
he will give an order on the office where tht
money is to be sent, and the Post Office Depart
ment becomes responsible for the amount.
All such orders will be paid upon presenta
ton. Thus, while the depostor is perfectly SAT-
tie system is guarded as to make 1t almos
impossible even for the Government to suffe
loss.
THE CoxsECRATIoN.-Trinity Church wa
crowded to its utmost capacity Yesterday du
| ring the conservation of Bishop Vail. Their