Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-18
River News.

The river is still rising at this point, and is near
ly bank full There is plenty of water on both the
Rapids for the largest class boats, loaded.
CANApA.-This favorite Northern Line packet,
under command Of that veteran steamboatman,
Capt. Ward, passed down Saturday, literally crowd
ed with passengers and freight-mostly Pixies
Pcakers and their craps" From twenty to thirty
passengers went aboard at this place.
STEAMER FOR KANSAS RIVER. - A new
steamer for the Kansas river is nearly finished by
Mr.. Chase, in Lawrence county, Ohio. She is to
will carry IS tons. The cabin weighs but 500
pounds, and will seat 100 persons. 1t is expected
that three cords of wood will the boat $50 miles
ut the speed of 10 miles al hour.
kEoKUK AND Rock ISLAND PAcKErs.-We chad the
pleasure of meeting Capt. Dodge Saturday night,
on the steamer Canada and he informed us that he
was then on his way to Montrose for the purpose of
bringing out the steamer Keokuk. If he finds her
ready for service, he will get up steam this evening
and arrive here tomorrow morning on his way
to Rock Island. The other packet in the line, the
Ben Campbell, is now at Davenport and will COM
mence running Wednesday evening, under COM
mand of Capt. Myers. The time for the arrival of
these packets at Muscatine is ten O'Clock at night
going down and seven o'clock in the morning going
up.
We learn from the st. Louis Republican Of the
l4th, that Capt. Washington Fairman, mate of tn e
steamer Canada, died suddenly on board that boat,
on Friday last Capt. Fairman had been engaged
in steamboatng with Capt. Jas. Ward, of the Can
ada for eight or ten years. His family res ids in
st. Louis.
We learn from the st. Louis Republicans of the
nth that the Ksokuk packets and the Hannibal 4
St. Joseph Railroad have entered into an arrange
ment by which tri-weekly line has been formed
to run regularly between st. Louis and Keokuk,
two boats leaving St. Louis each day. They are
all passenger boats, and constitute two lines Of
passenger packets, which cannot fail to accommo-
date all the travel and freight in most satisfactory
manner at all points on the route. The tri-weekly
line will be composed of the steamers Hannibal
City and City of Louisiana, of which will leave
St. Louis every day at O'Clock p NJ and will make
close connections with the Hannibal and St. Joseph
Railroad at Hannibal. These boats will take only
railroad freight. They will stop at Alton, after
which they will not stop at any point until they
arrive at Hannibal, where they will transfer their
railroad passengers and freight and continue on to
Keokuk Returning, they connect with the rail-
road and continue on to st. Louis. The semi
weekly line will be composed of the steamers
Quincy, Warsaw and Des Moines, which will do
the local freight business and land at every point
on the route for freight and passengers. The semi
weekly line will also carry the mail. These boats
leave St. Louis at O'Clock P. NJ. This arrangement
will be very expensive to the Keokuk Packet Com
pany, but cannot fail to please the Upper Missis-
sippi trade. They will be As we'll provided with
passenger boats as any people on the face of the
earth.
The Missouri river was stationary ut last ac-
counts and in excellent stage.
RIVER MATTERS AT ST.. Lou1s.-We clip the fol-
lowing from the Republican of the 18th:
The river here swelled IL inches in the "a hours
ending at dark last evening, and was still rising
slowly. The upper rivers are all high and rising.
good deal of drift continues to come down. Boats
have ceased to report the channel out to Cairo
The weather is exceedingly fine and business brisk
on the landing. The Missouri river steamers 60
out crowded with gold seekers.
FIsH.-Our friend, Washington Williams,
who resides Oh Muscatine Slough, brought to the
city, last week, fine lot Of fresh fish, among which
was a pike weighing 81 lbs. He authorizes US to
say that if anybody will beat it he will treat to
the lager!
wKErCHAM, at the City Boot and Shoe
Store, offers goods at such unequaled low prices,
and makes such fair promise s to please that if he