Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-10-28

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/ NEW ORDINANCES.-Fun City
/ Council woke up from their Rip Van
| Wrinkle sleep about two weeks ago, and
passed three ordinances, 80 II we fine
published in the Courier.
One repeats the ordinance passed by
the City Council, Dec. 18th, 1851, Ell.
title An ordinance to restrain cows
from running at large in certain limits
of the city" Bully.
Another amends the ordinance rela-
ting To paving the streets and alleys,
and requires only one-half instead OF
two-thirds the property holders to petit
ton for paving.
The third empowers the City Council
with authority to appoint the judges
and clerks of elections in the several
wards of the city, at least month be.
fore the election. The only reason that
can be assigned for this unheard-of pro-
ceedlng, is that it will rule off the cleo
ton boards all except the political
friends of the Council. With the exam
pie now before the public of the Mayor
advising a voter to perjure himself, our
citizens may expect to hear of gigantic
frauds to keep the present Council in
power at our next charter election
This is one of the means they expect to
use for the protection of ballot-stuffers
Verify, it is a fine thing to be under
Comprehend rule!
Usg- Our readers will recognize Mr..
Williams as an active, Woodworking
Republican. He now sees the error of
his ways, and last night renowned for
ever and ever the dogmas of abolition
lSm.-(Oufier.
"OM' readers will recognize Mr.. Will
liams" as 4 vacillating young man of
some ability, much pretension and a
great deal of brass, with an inherent
itching for notoriety and an Inherited
desire for office, who has always been
the weathercoc> of all parties, and
whose annual migrations are injurious
only to the side afflicted with his adher-
ence, whose unasked, silly harangues
before the Union Club, devoid of ideas,
argument, wit, or even good sense, but
replete with meaningless words and pre-
tentious bombast, Disguised all true
Union men. Pet him, Democracy, and
he is yours, until after election at least.
We would not accord him so much
space but for the fact that his father is
we'll known, a reputable gentleman and
Federal of1iceholder, and the fear that
this Joe may be COMPOUNDED with that
one.
His accession will amply compensate
the forlorn Cops. for the defeat of Long
street by Sheridan.
WATCH THEM.-The following is the
list of men in Muscatine county who OBJ
tanned exemption from the draft because
of alienage. Let them he watched if
they attempt to vote. No one who re-
fuses to help sustain the government in
its hour Of need should share in it's priv
ileges:
FIRST WARD, observation-disclosures Rehbein,
Herman Pierpert.
BLooM1SGroN TowNsHIP.-Johann Kiefer,
VIM. Barnes, Joseph Seyller.
GOSHEN Observation-Disclosures Robinson, Mi
chael Lain. Joseph shannon.
MOSCOW TowSsHIP.-Ernest Greiner, Peter
Brawiiand.
SEvENry-sIA TowssHIp.-Prosper Plessey,
Charles Plessey. Patrick Tomney, Pierre Gros-
jean.
WILTON owNsH1p.-Watson KanOf Aaron
Park Patrick G. Feeley, John McSwiggen.
SwEETLAND rowNsHIP.-EdwardM aher, John
Fielder.
PIKE TOWNSHIP. - Nicholas Fuhr, George
Fuhr.
MONTPELIER TOwNSHIP.-George Greete, John
Kaufman Charles Shielie, Frederick Shielie,
LAKE TowSsHIp-John Bohreu VIM Maple
thOrp.
FULTON TOwNsHIP.-Rudolpn Seblin, Henry
LaschauZkie.