Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-30

Coon PAY FOR Coop WuEAT.-Some of
the banks in the interior of Illinois have practically
refused to redc en- their bills. They do not openly
suspend, but they throw all possible obstacles in
the way Of those who demand the specie, examining
the bills slowly and counting out small coins in
redemption. The natural consequ nee is that trade
is turned away in direction where there is better
currency. Banks may refuse to redeem their bills,
and public opinion may sustain them; but the peo-
pie not obliged to dispose of their wheat for an
irredeemable currency We have again and aynin
expressed our bitter aversion to this miserable
trash Of money, too much of which has been foisted
upon our own market. AS the only elfactual means
ofgettng rid Of this imposition, our farmers should
make it matter principle to demand in all cases
in exchange for their grain the currency Of our own
State The Iowa State Bank is amply competent to
supply our. traders with good. safe and reliable
currency and il sellers of produce would only agree
frmly to urge their demand for it there can be no
difficulty about their getting it. This system would
prove advantageous to the entire community and
powerfully contribute to the prosperity State
Farmers, try it.
REAL ESTATE S.,LEs,-We hear of "a num-
y
give unmistakuble evidence of the revival of good
times. A few days ago, Mr.. Reuling bought Of Mr..
Green lot on the corner of Third and Pine streets,
the price paid being one thousand dollars. Mr.
Reuling intends erecting handsome residence on
the ground That locality will soon be Baden Ba-
den. Mr.. Block has already a tasty residence ad-
joining Mr., Reung's purchase, and Mr.. Henry
Funk intends building one on the opposite side OF
the street. Being well elevated it is one of the
most handsome parts Of the cityior residences.
Ley The Chicago Press and Tribune, in
noticing the great trotting at this place, says
our County Agricultural Society offered the s., 00O
parse This is Il mistake The County Society had
nothing to do with the race. The Fair Grounds are
/ private property, and permission to have the race
ON these grounds obtained from the individual
owner and not from the Society.
By-the-way, we neglected to state, that Flori
Temple made her first half mile in Ill, which wa:
at the rate of 2:22-her best time the Long
Island Course. She made the best time at her race
here ever made on a hali-mile traca
TIE SWAMP LANDs-A subscriber living
in the swampland district in this county, sends us
the following interrogatories to PROFOUND to The
-''powers that be- concerning these lands; til,
affairs of which he says according to a vague
notion among his neighbors) have been badly man
aged:
How many acres of land have been sold on Mus
catiue Island, west Of the slough, the proceeds o
which belong to the Levee Fund of Muscatint
island? How much of said land has been sold by
the county, and the amount received by the count,
for said land? How much OF said land has beeI
sold by the United States since September, 1850
the proceeds of which belong to the said l.eve
Fund? How much, If any of the proceeds OF salt
4 lands has been drawn from the United States Ri
i not drawn, how and when can they be? How man,
acres of land on Muscatine Island, west of TIL
slough, are taxable for levee purposes - thu
amount levied per acre in 1855, and how much o
said tax has been collected :? .4-
The whole of the aforesaid Fund, according to tn
Acts of the Legislature, must be applied in TIL
making and repairing Of said lcvee. What is tn
amount Of work done on said levee, and the pros
pect of its completion? Why was money loaned tt
Messrs. Miller, Kincad and Hoyt, and not paid di
rect to the contractors of wcrl: on said lcyee upo.
orders issued by the respective Levec Commission
ers? BY law the Loyee Commissioners canno
handle one cent of the evee fund aside from thei
wages of 81 per day for each day actually employed
for the use aud bcuc!it of the levee. Their time
bill must be allowed by the County Judgc-thcn
and not till then, they authorized 10 draw OF
the levee-iu in the County Treasury for tina
amount. * q 49, ii , s. HUzzARD.