Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-02-06

The undersigned day established uniform
prices for job Prntns and have also entered into
that all work Of this description MUST BE PAID FOR
ON DELIVERY. Concert Theatre show bills of any
seripuea MUST BE PAID FOR IN ADVANCE.
NV. EYSTRA, Faust Office.
JOHN MAHIN, Journal once.
D. S. BiLES. Enquirer Offee.
MsseAsAe, Jan. Is. 1883. em
LECTURE OF G. w. VAN HORNE. Eso.-The
seventh lecture Of the before the Ladies' Be-
nevoent Society delivered at fremont Hall, last
evening, by Geo. W. Van Horne Esq. The subject,
rs announ, ed was "The Stone Mason of Cromar.y >
The lecture hogah with = sketch CT the life Of
Hugh Miller, his early training, fondncss for books,
aptness at relating stories, and his prod sious
ory The speaker traced briefly his life as mason,
showing his early fondness for meteorological pur-
suits and the study Of nature generally. Then fol.
lowed his first literary essays, chiefly poetry, until
finally, in series of letters to the Inverness Courier,
he first showed his inimitable powers a writer of
prose, and took his place at the head, at least
among the headmost of the great masters of English
composition. Then began his theological labors,
which were soon superseded by those which have
formed the monument of his life, and have made
him famous for all ages to come. The speaker then
took up Miller's geological discoveries, and showed
him to be the champion of Christianity, rescuing
Geology from the polluting grasp of the infdel and
presenting her a radiant, heaven-born being, a
hand>maiden to the church. He reviewed the prn-
Spal facts of Geology and the theory of the creation
OF the earth, deduced from them, and showed
their perfect coincidence with the great truths of
revelation the only discordance that existed
batvvo h.t, Cal INT hn
darkened, conceited and ignorant minds of caviIers
on the one hand, and bgots on the other. The beau
tful truth, that in the outward effects of man 5
mental and moral changes on the earth's face, the
great fact of an analogy CORES pondence existing
between the spiritual and natural worlds is daily
proved to our eyes. was we'll and aptly illustrated
by the speaker, by comparison of the different
phases of the earth's surface, diff rent civiliza
lions and religions pass and govern it.
The house was a good enc, and # character the
most complimentary to the spesker.-Daiy, 30th
ult.
GROCERIES CoMsNo Down IN PRICE.-We
noticed this morning, at of our grocery stores,
sign stating that groceries retail as follows:
IL lbs. Sugar for ST..
u Coffee :"
Sperm candles, rs cents.
Mould Sc 123 I"
Su. b. Moasses, per gal, so cents.
Will the Davenport Gazette inform us whether
these articles can be had in that city at such low
figures for Florence paper DAILY, 30,h ult
GAME LAw.--One of our amateur Nimrods
calls our attention to the fact that according the
Game Law of this State, it is unlawful to kill any
nil IA r;a .b En-
except on mans premises, from the LIST of
February to the 18th Of July. The penalty is q
fine not less than So more than $50. We an
derstand that the law will be strictly enforced in
this locality.
ADVANCE IN THE PRICE OF CAST seems
that our Gas Company, in common with all the Gas
Companies in Iowa, have got into some financial
difficulties, and asking advanced rate for gas
or they will be compelled to stop their works..
They show by their statement to the council that
they are not paying expenses and of course it is
only a question of time when they shall quit fur
aishing gas, unless they are permitted to advance
the price. We will say this much for them-they
have uniformly furnished good gas, and it is great
convenience and luxury to have it.
LICENSE LAW UNcoNsTITUr1oNAL-Byo our
legislative correspondence to-day it will be seen that
the license liquor law recently adopted in this coun-
4y as also in several other counties in the State is
declared unconstitutional and void. The point
which tie decision was rendered is that all general
laws must BE- uniform in their application and ope
ration, and that the repeal of general law cannot
be made contingent upon popular vote. We pre-
su,ne, to be generally conceded that the
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one who is so disposed can deal out death and ruin,
wholesale and retail, without hindrance. 1t is
tainly deplor able state of affairs to contemplate.
CATTLE ON AN IsLAND-WHosE ARE THEY?
Mr.. Josiah Miller informs US that there are two
eetray COWS and yoke Of oxen On Blanchard's
Island "a few miles below this city y which he has
been feeding for some time past. They probably
SWAN from the Illinois shore time last summer.
He has requested us to make mention of this fact
so that the owner, whoever he is, may know where
the cattle are and may them before the
Spring rise overHows the Island. They are marked
with slit in the brisket Mr.. M also reports that
two oxen are on a small island short distance
above Banchard's, which have no means Of subsist-
ance except "browsng."
CoLD AaA1N.--It would seem that "pale
concluding winter comes at last" clustering
western wind, last night, produced decided change
in the atmosphere this moaning. The thermometer,
we believe, was one degree below zero. The river,
which bad been for about ten days clear of ice, was
again thckly studded with its CONCEALED crystals,
and volumes of rapor from its bosom, indicating
the frigidity Of the air.-Daily, Sd. sr.r..-
Our RAILROAD CoNNEcT1oNs.-A cores
pendent gives vent in paper to-day to his vexa-
ton at the delay experienced at Wilton with trains
going west Of that place. We presume most of our
readers are aware that the trains the NJ Il M
X. R. are regulated as to connect with those on
the Chicago and Rock Island Railroad. The evil
complained of is which, in justice to Muscatine
as we'll as the travelling public generally, should be
rsmedied and particularly fer the advantage of the
citizens Of the western portion of this county, WHIT
., have business relations with this city: We hsps
the Railroad Company will take the matter into
consideration and resolve either to make close con
nections with Muscatine by having the C6n trair
make trip to this city during the time it now
stands idle at the Junction, else have the east
and west trains pass each other at that place, indie
pendent of the connections on the Chicago and Rock
Island road.
RELIGIous.-The pretracted meeting al
tho Methodist Church, which commenced abou
xhra. Is in Tho church