Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-09


Assessor. it IL hoped that there will be full
at tendance. Let N put our hands to tho car and
shove the whole train to . triumphant victory in
the coming contest. Per order of the Plow-Hendis
Club. W. g. WOODWARD, Pres't.
L. II. wASHBURN, sec'y.
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nT The lines on "Girlhood" are very
pretty, and will be published soon as We can find
room for them.
~ We had call, Wednesday, from
J. R. Needhan, ESQ.,, of the Oskaloosa Herald-one
of the best interior papers on our exchange list
Mr.. N. reports matters prospecting in proud Ma
haska" and Republicanism still in the ascendant.
CARPnrs AT Cosr.- Lemp 4 Sells are
selling their present stock of carpets at and
bel ow cost as they desire to close out the assert
ment. This is chance to get good bargains.
When L. & S. say they are selling at and below
cost they mean it,
LuMBxn.-We need scarcely call attention
to the conspicuous double-colsmn advertisement of
Hatch Fullerton, as the reader has no doubt
already observed it. These gentlemen have a large
lot of lumber, shingles, lath, Sc, on hand which
they will sell on accommodating terms.
CoxN INJURED. are told that in some
localities in this county the corn crop was injured
by the frost last Thursday night. The only injury
thus fur observed has been in the holows and low
lands, in which foggy vapors are most common.
We trust the damage is not general or very extea-
sive.
RAnloAD BusiNEss. -There has been a
great increase of business the n. 4 N. Il. K.
within the past few weeks. Passengers are more
numerous, though the freighting business has inn
proved most An immense quantity Of new goods
are being received from the East by rail. Nearly
all the produce shipped from this place, however,
goes by water to st. Louis
a. The streets begin to present bust
ness-like appearance. The throng of wagons and
general hustle remind us of old times. We Incl
dentally heard this morning that one of our mer-
camille houses sold yesterday to various customers
$1,000 worth of goods, and another sold the previ
GUS day 500 worth. We call that pretty fair
business to do in a small way.
Iowa II. E. CoNFERRNcE.-This confer
ence commenced its sittings this morning in the
Methodist Church, on Third street. There are
about $50 clergymen in attendance, more grave
and intelligent-looking body of men is rarely
seen. We have made arrangements to publish an
abstract of the daily proceedings. The doings of
this forenoon's session will be found in another
coiumn.-Daily, It'll.
NJ A correspondent complains Of the
obscurity of meaning and use of technical and sci
entiic terms in most works on agriculture, and
especially in the Patent Office Reports. He thinks
they are superlatvely scientific in the use of Ian
guage and ore beyond the comprehension of most
farmers This is no doubt too true, but he should
not despair of mastering the meaning of all the
hard words in the English language. good die
tionary and time and patience will accomplish
wonders in this respect.
TIE FARMRKs' s'HoME FEsTIvAL."--This
forthcoming County Fair. The farmers, we under
stand are all going into it with the right kind of
spirit. The Executive Committee of the Agricul-
tura Society have appointed John Schock, Esq, to
superntend the arrangement of the table on the
Fair Ground for the festival. From his acknowl-
edged taste and efficiency in such matters, assisted
as be no doubt will be by the willing and skillful
hands of the ladies, we expect to see the arrange
msnts gotten up in superb STYLE Remember the
festival 1t takes place the first day of the Fair,
(21st iast.)
s.PowHRs' LETTERS TO DIR. SMITH ON
SLAvrRY."-The author of this work, Dr.. J. H.
Powers, who is at present in this city, has handed
u a copy for perusal. We have not had time to
read it carefully, but from cursory glance at its
contents are satisfied that if any man can be found
who is honestly in favor of slavery the arguments
here adduced will convince him of his error The
book contains 800 pages, and is neatly printed and
bound Copies can be had of the author, whose
address is Middleton, Desmoines County, Iowa.
On receipt of one dollar, he will send the book to
any part of the State free of postage. ~
NEW VARIETIES OF Corn AND POTATOES
Mr.. n Graves, of this county, has presented to us
several stalks of Evergreen Coma variety
which keeps green and milky quite late in the sea-
son, and is not only superior to any other for
roasting ears but is best adapted to attening hogs
in the Fall. Mr.. Graves thinks if farmers would
raise some of this corn they would save no small
item Of expense in the cost of fattening hogs.
Accompanying the above We also received a lot
of potatoes Of variety which Mr.. Graves calls the
"Blue Nose" Upon trial we find them larger and
better than any variety now generally cultivated in
this region. Mr.. Graves obtained the seed from
Eastport, Ne. We presume he now has some to
sell, as also seed of the Evergreen Corn"
GRAIN BuYRRs.-Thcre are now at least
a dozen wheat buyers in this market and in conse-
quenee lively competition.
We feel again constrained to remind farmers of
the advantage of cleaning their wheat well before
bringing it to market. Many of them bring it in
just a. it comes from the machine, only about half
cleaned. 1t ought in every instance to be winno wed
and separated as much Us possible from oats. Our
grain buyers are becoming more particular in this
respect and will pay better price for well-cleaned
wheat. The quality of this years crop of wheat is
so uniform that no distinction is made except in the
cleaning. Wheat we'll cleaned will command sew
eral cents more to the bushel.
No TAX AND NO PUBLIC SoHooLs.-The
result of the election in the school district
of this city, on Monday last on the proposition to
levy tax not exceeding one per cent. for school
purposes, was in the negative. There were only
about 1875 votes cast, two-thirds of which were
against the proposition So the public schools will
not be opened this year. We regret this, and think
if fuller vote had been cast the result would have
been different. 1t is true we have been taxed heav-
lily for various purposes, but our educational inter-
ssts are the last we should neglect. Cannot steps
be taken to have another election the question,
at which fuller expression may be had? We
know of hundreds who would have voted for the
tax, but they were not aware of any opposition to
it and therefore neglected to 60 to the polls. We
dislike to see such an important matter as this
decided by default.
"PUTTINa ON AIRs."-The Davenport
Gasstts has opened a department in its columns to
note the receipts and shipments of produce at that
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