Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-04


of her soil as she has done.
@ he Upton Adcertiser, commenting
on the communication of IL. F. p" iu the
Davenport Gazette, says:
"Ihe communication contains some ad.
missions which are not tended to strength.
en- the CAIN OF Davenport on the citizens Of
Jones and Cedar counties. 1t admits that
Muscatne "pays moro for all kinds Of pro-
duce," than does Davenport, but claims that
this higher price is paid as b:ibe to &C.
cure their good will. If what many of our
farmers say, is true, Muscatine has always
acted on tina: principle, and it is ono pecu-
llarly acc ,ptable to the farmers. We think
the fault is in the merchants of Davenport
for their per centage Of prufits must he
higher than others ask. Merchants who
will take paper, containing their own ad.
vertseincnts, tor months, and then refuse
to take 1t from the post Office, aad refuse to
pay for their advertisements, or even for the
paper for the time they did take it, ought to
lose custom; we hope they always WILL
We DO not c''"rge that many Of the Daven-
port merchants d. this, some of them have,
bnt the majority are not 81 tar gone as that,
none OF that kind no.c advertise in the Tip.
ton advertiser. We take it for granted
that the Road will be built from Davenport
to Wheatland, although we cannot see the
necessity for it, if, as they say, the trsfic
must g. to Davenport to cross the Missis.
s'pPI, and we would advise our Dave, port
friends to aid jones' county in building the
Anamosa Branch ofthe Upton r. r. Rome
is point in the B anch road, anil also in
the Davenport project. From Wleatland
to Eole direct is laid to be eig' tc n miles,
while by the G I.& N. R. r., and the Ana.
moSa Branch il is only twenty miles, two
miles further. We have no doubt but Dav-
enport will get her full share of trade any
how, and if, when she has completed the
Anamosa Branch, the Wheatland road is not
completed, she can speedily secure the con.
nection by aiding the Upton r. r.
RAILROAD INTELLIGENCE. The Pittsburgh,
Fort Wayne & Chicago Railroad, since tho
completion of its entire line, has. We learn,
been divided into two divisions. The first
extends from Pittsburgh to Crestline, q dis
tance of 1877 miles, to be known as the east
ern division. OF this portion, Joseph II.
Moore will be Superintendent, and reside at
Crestine. A. A. Beam, residing at Pitts
burgh, Master of Transportation Tho
western division extends from Crestline to
Chicago, distance of 278 miles. OF this
Joseph n. Fairy, residing at Fort Wayne,
Will be Superintendent, and A. j. Hopper,
at Chicago, Master Of Transportation. The
entire road will remain as heretofore, un.
der the immediate personsi supervision Of
Mr.. Du Puy, Vice President, of the Cnnpa-
ny. El3
Scents CORkUPrIoN-Mr. Sherman. of
Ohio, has introduced resolution for tho
appointment OF Select Committee to in.
vest'gate certain charges Of corruption in
the Navy Department. 1t has caused good
Geal OF fultering among the PhiladelI hia
and New York Democracy, who arc cup
posed to have protited somewhat by the al
ledged rascalities. Afidavits have boon
'nade by responsible employees t, the effect
that they have been compelled to pay per
centage Of their wages u master mechanics
in the New York Navy Yard. And The
dis,inct charge is made that certain Mem.
Der of Congress received five thousand dol
lars for influencing contract, and that orc
bid, the lowest one, was suppressed.
T Recent letters from Rome announce
the commencement Of pr,ce elings in the
trial O the prie.t Bogiiasco, for the
murder of a boy under circumstances of Pc
culiar atrocity. To force the child to reveal
secret with which b. thought him ac4uain.
ted, the priest tied him to q tree aud pricked
him with a knife or lancet. until at last
getting, il is supposed, excited aud intoxi.
Gated by the sight of blood, he wounded
him 50 severely that the boy Afterwards died.
They write from R.ms that rumor was
there current that the criminal would be
made to disappear, to escape tie punishment
due his h.inOus offence.
EFFECTS OF EXTREME CoLD.--The Salem
Mass. Register say that during the late
cold spell the earth and ice cracked fre.
qnently with loud report, and in one in
stance large linden tree on Oliver street
was split from the roots to the top OF the
trunk, with an explosion like piece Of ord
nance. The screw of the steamship Sax
ona was destroyed on the 17th inst, while
on the dry docks in the East River, New
York, the intense cold causing It to crack
in several places. sz4ls
New BANK NorE Plate The State Bank
OF Ohio has got out . new plate for the Ten
Dollar Notes. The central vignette contains
a group of three mechanics. The lower
right hand corner contains q portrait Of j.
Andrews, the President Of the State Bank.
The igu. es on the f.cs Of the bill are in red,
to prevent photographing. The engraying
is done by the American Bank Note Co.,
and is very we'll done. -
Some of the English journals have como
out in favor of partition of Mexico between
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