Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-04-22
LOCAL. MAJ TIERS.
Spring Business.

With hop skip and jump Spring has dashed
Into this latitude with the laughing freshness and
vis,r of youth. She has come laden with pretty
prescnts-with bright-plumaged birds that she sends
flying around houses and nesting in the trees to
pour forth glad song Of rejoicing that the "wnter
of our discomfort is gone. She has brought beautiful
flowers, and is scattering them with profuse hand,
and in daily increasing numbers and beauty She has
brought also with her mysterious ''life elixir
that sends the warm blood through grateful veins,
with accelerated speed. We think, too. that she has
swept the cobwebs out of the sky with long BROOM
Tor the sunlignt comes down so brilliantly that it
makes all nature display her ivores in broad, un
versal SMILE
sprishtly, busy body, is Spring and no coqnette
Having smiled upon US once, she will not desert us
till her death come whatever may be her pract ce in
some States of more variable Climate.
We may therefore announce that spring has come,
AM that there is probability of any more bad
weather. Bat little rain having fallen The frost has
gone out of the ground without mud, and the roads
are now dry and in good condition. Early the sea
is, the farmers have their ground ready for the re
ception OF seeds, and their business is in unusually
forward state.
In town, some dwelling and business houses are ]
ready nearly completed, and others are being COM
mepced or in progress.
v The Masonic Hail. four stories high, which was re-
Gently pur hased by Mr.. ID C. Co1d is nearly finished
The pastering DONE and the painting will comp lete
the work. Occupying the whole Of he first floor is a
new grocery store just opened by Geo. W. Wiley; the
second will be occupied for offices. These Offices are
arge and airy. with windows opening to he foot
The third story is thrown entirely into one spacious
hall, thirty by eghty-fve feet and fourteen feet be
tween the floor and CELL ng-wthout pillar to break
the sound of singer speaker. At end there is
raised platform for concert performers lee tures &C.
We suppose this noble room might as well be called
the City Hail." The city won't have larger one
very soon 1t will probably be ready for use by the
time the Mae Evoy Family comes along which, it il
understood, will be in few days. !
Several blocks OF valuable buildings will probably be
added to the city this summer, one of which, on an
extensive scale, has been already commenced. We
notice a considerable number of dwelling houses of
brick and frame, in process Of construction, and
large brick warehouse, built by Mr. Swine hart, and
rented before the cover was on.
The brick makers are laying of their brick yards,
although it is unusually early in the season.
Spring stocks Of goods are arriving. Mr.. George
Mahan has his store fitted up, nicely, has his goods
opened, and is now ready to wait on customers.
John b. Dougherty has received his fresh stock Of
drugs. "
Messrs. Jay 4 Stone are daily expecting theirs.
Henry Hoover is in receipt OF his goods.
VIM. D. Ament has just received large lot of iron
and other things in his line.
Quinn Bros have received their goods.
Ogilvie 4 St. John have just received their large
stock.
The receipts above named are all heavy.
AcJlDEsr.-By the running away OF . team Oh Wa
ter street, ON Wednesday, man named s. b. Davis
II Moline, Illinois, was severely hurt but not danger
ously injured.