Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-11-18
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We extract the following from the editorial CORES.
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We extract the following from the editorial CORES.
'pondence of the Lin County Regista:
MuscATIsE, Nov. G, 1853.
To-day is the Sahbath-or, more properly, the
Lords Day--and the city is as quiet as the ocean
after the storm has subsidized. hereafter we shall
probably have something say of Muscatine as it i
to be, but at present We conne eurself TO Sun
day tails. This place is pretty well supplied with
churches, ten in numberl though at present rather
destitute OF pastors Decidedly the best appearing er-
to,y, of these, the Congregational This buiidpg
is not completed above, but probably will be during
next summer. When done it will have one of The
finest though not perhaps, the largest audience rooms
IN tbe CITY, AZ present the congregation worship in
the basement. The Rev. A. B. ROBBINS is, and has
been for some ten years. pastor of this church. Though
not brilliant pulpit speaker, he ia sound sensible
evangelical preacher, whose dscourses are ALWAYS
listened to with interest by bis audience The largest
church cdhce in town is the NJ. E. and will when II
receives it's cupola and spire, present. rather a com
manding appearance. The audeucc-room is quite
capacious-has an ehd-gallery and is finished with
TASTE The exterior look of this building
is spoiled by the finish of the front and the mode of
entrance. The ingrsss is by a single door into the
basemsnt and thence by stairs either side ascend
ing into vestibule, with not single window or other
aperture to admit light One feels when entering as
IT going into jail The Rev. j. NJ. WHITE is pastor
of this church, and greatly beloved by his people
though he has been among them but q few months
The society here is now more united than in bygone
days, and the prospect for the future rather proms-
| ing. Besides those already mentioned. there arc
resbyterian, Baptist, Roman Catholic United Breth.
zen, Episcopal, Lutheran, German Methodist and
african All of these have commodious brick
hurches, with the exception Of the Episcopal, which
stone struc,are aud designed to be very fine but
some cause, perhaps because is too small to de-
eop the peculiar beauties of that style of archec
Fare, it is miserable faiure-Col. IsETr's ivra
ab On tie opposite side of tie street. built in the
Same STYLE presents much better appearance.
| TUESDAY, Nov. 8.
In my last promised to give you little sketch OF
this place, it is and it is to be- Muscatne is vel
In her teens. In 1889 the sound Of the first white
mans axe was heard echoing along the bluffs and
across the rayines which the city now stands Now
but come fourteen years since-these bluffs have
been dug down the ravines filled up; and spot, a,
wic and rugged as nature in her widest freak could
some and vigorous city. Muscatine has already q
population Of some six thousand, and is rapidly filing
up. 1t is situated on the west bank Of the Mssis
sippi, on the extreme point of great bend of the
nyer, which throws 1t back into the Interior, and
brings it nearer to larger scope of inand than any
other river town. 1t is therefore now place Of great
COMMERCIAL importance, and the produc. Of Cedar
Jones, Linn, johnson, Iowa. Louisa, Washington
heokuK ana Mahaska counties ought to be brought
here for shipment Several of these counties do trade
here and all of them will, and Others too when con-
templated liucs Of railroad are built. Commanding
as 1t does the trade of such vast score of country
cannet All to become great city.
II Muscatine las really many fine buildings. Amosg
fthese we notice the finest, the banking house Of
GREEN Sross, and the new Masonic Hall; the latter
ID still unfinished. OF hotels there is an abundance
some half score, several of them very commodous
L Tbs Ogiiye House, Fr.nt street. ranks number
zone. of the churches have already spoken The
school-houses Of Muscaine are her pride and glory
Of them there are two, one at either end of town
Situated on the highest points OF the city plat they
| make grand appearance The one in tho eastern
ef upper part Of the town, is the finest and cost some
fourteen thousand dollars. In these buildings the
public schools taught, AID ample facilities are
offered for the education of all the children aud youth
OF this place in the primary branches.
lntemperance, usual in these large towns, abounds
TO some extent though not so greatly formerly a
Temperance League hss been organized, and has done
good service in checking the evil y
Muscatine has become the Porkopois of Iowa. and
as the pork is drawing near it may be an
item Of interest to the readers Of the Register, that
there ample facilities for doing all the poIkng
which may be called for. a. j.