Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-29
PRor. CuLEx RECEIVES HIS WALKING Pa.


fingered gentry to follow some ostensible calling
for livelihood, in order to escape suspicion
Mitchell, who is now in our Jail on change of bur-
glary, pretended to be painter, and was vending
small signs, such "Terms Cash." &C., at the time
of his arrest. Our citizens will do we'll to keep an
| eye on itinerant peddlers.
| MORE HUNGARIAN GRAss. - Mr.. Hiram
Gilbert, of this vicinity b'ccght into Office this
morning two punches of Hungarian grass. The
| stalks in one were over five feet in height. But
the other the greatest curiosity. It was one
| hundred stalks with we'll formed heads grown from
one seed. Messrs. Hiram and Samuel Gilbert will
have about IS bushels of the seed Of this grass for
sale this season. They commenced raising it three
years ago, having received the seed from the patent
Office. The first one ounce of seed produced
half bushe. 1t is prolific that one gallon of seed
sown on an acre of ground will produce 40 bushels
But its principal value is for hay. Stock will eat
it greedly if it sheaf oats. Chickens are
asotand of the seed. Three or four tons Of this hay
can be produced on an acre Of ground Hungarian
grass promises to be Of vast benefit to stock rasers
in this country.-Daily, 25th.
INJUNCTION AGAINST riiE LOUISA Co. RAIL-
ROAD BoNDs.-Applicstion for an injunction against
the issue Of the railroad bonds recently voted in
Louisa comfy was argued before Chief Justice
Woodward, in this city, on Monday, and the inj unc
tion was granite l. The counsel for the Injunction
was Henry o'Connor, of this city; against it, MIR.
Byington, of Iowa City, and Mes.rs. sprague and
Wright, of Wapello. By agreement, the case is to
h., mad Fora full ne h. g.
Court az Iowa City, on the 9th prox. We have but
little doubt that Judge Woodward's decision will
be re-at,irmcd. The injunction affects only the
loans voted by Louisa county to the Air Line and
Iowa Union Railroads. the amount of each being
100000,
| LICENSE 70 SELL MkAf.-The butchers of
This city are about to petition the City Council to
impose ajax Of $40 upon al'persors who Sell meat
in less quantities than quarter cf the animal
The object is to prevent farmers and others living
in the country from. pedlling meat in the city and
! underseling the butchers at a season Of the year
when it is not difficult to keep the meat from spoil
ing. In the summer time the butchers are at great
expense in keeping their meat in ice, and selling at
ordiy ary rates, have but little margin for profit,
while in the fall and winter, 1.-THE best time to sell
fresh lneats) their business is almost moncpolzed
by peddlets. We think GONE such protection as
proposed ought to be extended them. 1t is Gus
tomary in other cities to require license Of persons
! selling meat.
MU>cA-1NE AcADRMY.-The notice of the
| opening of this school will be found in our paper
to-day. Mr.. Stone, by whose insefatigable labors
the Academy has been established, is now assisted
by full corps Of teachers, consisting of the iol
| lowing: Richard Ii. Stone, Associate Principal
Miss Mary J. Dutton, Prcceptress Miss Mary 3.
Stone. Associate rreceytress; Willard W. Capron,
Teacher of Vocal Music Carl Rntteck, Teacher Of
German; Cornelius Hunting, Teacher of Piano
Music.
! The school will hereafter be held in tie hand
SOME and conveniently located academy building
near the Presby terrain Church.
| FOUND DRowSED.-The ferrynien On the
"Muscatine" discovered dead body floating in the
river yesterday, which they drew to the shore:
An inquest held before Justice Burgesser, with
Geo. P. Randolph, W. B. Keeler and Ewing Lewis as
jurors. Nothing was found on the body to indicate
| the name Of the deceased From appearances, the
| body had been but short time id the water. The
deceased was supposed to have been deck hand.
about Is years OF age. H. dressed in dark col
ored pantaloons, hickory shirt, red dannel under
shirt, with shoes, but no hat coat. He was prob
ably drowned from the steamer Ben Campbell,
which passed up early in the .norning.-Daily, q
i CURIOUS PRocEED1Na.-On the Mayors
docket we find the case of Robert Hutchinson, who
was arrested by Marshal Unger for drunkenness and
disorlerly conduct. It is there rec rdel that the
prisoners conduct was "conteniptuous'' to the
court, that he was too drunk for trial, aud was ac-
cordingly committed to Jail to get SOBER On the
same day; however, he taken out and again
brought before the Mayor by Daniel Hauigan, and
fined two dollars-cbeap enough, surely! Who is
Daniel Hanigan? Is he police officer : II not,
what right had he to release from all a man whom
the Marshal had committed7 We ask for nforms-
| ton.
CRY ''1MPRovEXENrs." p In regard to
grading the streets of tbs city, we hear almost a
unanimous opinion expressed that the authorities
had better SECURE what they have done than to I'M
dertake MORE at present. 70 continue grading is
about as utter folly as throwing the public money
into the rver for much of it is washed here by the
rains anyhow. We suggest, then, that 10 more
work be undertaken until that which has been ac-
complished be secured from loss.
TRorr1Nc MATCHES AT THE County FAIR
Besides the ordinary premiums to be awarded at the
Muscatine County Fair I'd be held next month, $50
is offered for the best ttottihg time by two yea,
old colt sired by Green Mountain Morgan: Ter
dollars is offered for the best trotting time of
stallion in HAIRLESS also; ten dollars for the best
time by mare or geldng
THEFr.-Some petty thief got into Neidif
4 Sons butcher shop by the back window, to-day
while the attendants were at dinner, and robbed tn
till Of small amount Of change. One or two o
the bills taken We're iincurrent, but We presume th
thief didn't take title to 22d
RENrs.-We hear frequent complaints o
high rents, particularly for business houses in thu
best localities OF the city. A thousand dollars
year for business house on conspicuous corner il
a pretty high price, but not as frightful to new
business man as the same amount for room not OF
the corner If our propersy-owne wish to encour
age business men to locate among Us, they must b
a little more reasonable in their demands for rent
4, "Go1Na GkAPiNdo is just now all the
rage with our young folks: Parties of ladies ano
gentlemen are crossing to the Illinois side daily
and returning With loaded baskets of larges blue
grapes which are said to make excellent Jelly, pies
&c. The grape is very abundant this season.
d PLuMs.-Wild plunls have appearedin the