Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-02-11

WEEKLY JOURNAL.
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.. :
EorlpsE OF THE MooN.-There will be
total eclipse of the moon the 18th of this month";
early in the morning visible throughout the On''eo
States DOM. ret to wake up in time to see It,
TpR IcE BnpGE.-Loaded teams are hour
ly crossing the river the ice opposite Chambers
mill. 1t is no doubt perfectly safe at that point
though Immediately opposite the city there are sew
eral large air-holes and cracks in the ice.
Our MUNICIPAL ELEoTIoN.-By letter
from Mr.. Sells which we publish to-day, it will be
seen that the law of last session does not, as has
been supposed by some, affect the time OF holding
the election for municipal officers in this city.
AocIpENr.-We regret to learn that Mr.
Hamilton st. John, who resides on Mr.. weed
farm in the suburbs suffered the fracture of one Of
his thighs while loading wood, last Thursday after
MON The surgical aid of Drs. Reeder and Coover
was summoned, and the unfortunate man Will
probably recover the use of his leg.
~we observe by the Jefersonville
(Ind.) papers that revival of religion is progress
inc in the NJ. E. Church at that place, under the
pastoral charge of Rev. J. w. Sullivan, formerly
of Muscatine The Republican says the revival rs
by far the most extensive one that has ever pre-
vailed in that place.
~On account of the unusual number
of deaths which have occurred in the city within
the week, and in sympathy with the afflicted, the
"Ancient Concert" which was to have come OH
tomorrow evening for the benefit Of the Mt. Yer
non Association has been postponed until next
week. The evening has not yet been decided upon'
but will be duly announced
HAt times, the prices have been higher
here than at Muscatine. At times again, the! nav
been higher there than here. The farmers OF Jones
and Linn counties just like the farmers OF any oue
neighboring county, will go where they can get the
best price for their grain, as general thng-Dde'
Gd-.
Just so, Mr.. Gazette And it somehow happens
that prices are always higher here whenthe farmers
of the counties named have anything to sell-so
they invariably come to this market
PUZZLES seem to be the order of the day.
A correspondent sends us the following:
"MR. EprroR:-This puzzle, though old. may be
new to many of your young readers. II you THINK
it will amuse any, it is at your service InIee
Jealous husbands namely, Jones, Brown and Smith,
with their wives want to cross river, and having
but small boat which will only carry two persons
Mt time. Now each husband is unwilling to allow
his wife to be in the presence OF any other man I'M
less he himself is present. Puzzle: How 90 they
get over? "hhhNh'
LECTURES ON SPIRIrUALIsM.-An number OF
our citizens signed card inviting Miss NJ. F. HUI
lett now delivering course of lectures i'll Daven-
port on the doctrines of Spritualism, to visit our
CITY and lecture here on that subject In answer to
the request the following reply has been received
DAVENPORT, Feb sth, 1859.
GENTLEMEN Il shall be most happy to accept
your invitation to lecture at Muscatne on my return
to Davenport l have at present several engage
ments in Illinois, which claim my hrst attentloh:
shall in all probability return in the course OF tour
or five weeks, and will write before coming
Very truly yours, M. I. noLEfr'
c~A correspondent of the Muscatine
.zovrnaz. offers the following stupendous question
for the perpleXity of mems brains:-"lf an rreslst
able force come in contact with an immovabe body,
what would be the result ?" The consequences are
too disastrous to think of with composure, and we
shall not therefore pretend to point out the result
-DaUenport Gazette.
we nave Walteu uuAlOuStS loi Soihe ohS w Wv
tempt solution of this dangerous problem, and
have finally concluded to give the opinion OF a
somewhat eccentric divine, which opinion we con-
slider the most reasonable we ever heard on the
subject He held that in the event supposed there
would not be- as many people imagine, "a wreck OF
matter and a crush of worlds" but tremendous
kicking up behind and before
NORTHERN LINE PACKET Cove learn
from Mr.. Block, commission merchant, who re-
turned from st. Louis few days ago, that the
Northern Line Packet Company has made arrange
ments to run daily line of first class boats between
St. Louis and St. Paul the coming season. The
line is to be composed of the six steamers run by
the Company last year and two others-the Henry
Clay and new boat now being built by Capt Al
ford This line did good business last year and
we doubt not will do full as well the ensuing one.
The Company has made such arrangements that
low water will not break up their line, but their
boats will make regular trips throughout the sea-
son. Mr.. Block has been appointed agent OF the
Company for this city.
AN ILLUSION OF HoPE.-The editor Of the
Davenport Democrat rubs his hands and chuckes
with inward Joy at what his hopes have magnihed
into evidences that the Muscatine and Upton Rail
road is embarrassed and about to be suspended
He thinks the calls for more stock and for public
meetings, "of which the papers give only general
and indefinite accounts" show that the enterprise
has "dark prospects" Poor fellow! 1t seems
hard. when he is able to become elated on such a
slight pretext to show him that he is only indulg-
inc in fond delusion as baseless as the fabric OF
Dream" With him ''the wish is father to the
thought"
Ouerv How does it happen that the Democrat
rejoices at the supposed embarrassment OF an en-
terprisc which itsome time ago pretended to believe
would prove ''more beneficial to Davenport than to
Muscatine?" Will our contemporary explain?
THE PRop1eAL's RETuRN.-An event fraught
with such deep and heartfelt emotion, transpiring
right in our midst, deserves to be chronicled Some
two years ago a son of German family residing IN
this city became missing, having left home on some
errand and failed to return. He was favorite, and
poignant was the grief felt by his aged parents as
DAYS. weeks and months rolled by and brought no
tidings of their absent boy. Still hope was not
relinquished, and once again hope was rewarded.
Less than week ago the son returned, safe and
sound, and, though but STRIPPING Of seventeen
summers, brought with him chosen partner for
life. The joy of the parents is said to have been
indescribable- friends and neighbors were called
in, and the day closed upon scene of festvty and
glee in which lager gave but another expression to
love.
The young hopeful, it appears, from his own
account, had suddenly been fired with spirit OF
adventure in obedience to which he left thus uncer
enormously his home, and-to use Scripture phrase
-"went and joined himself to farmer in neigh
boring county Unlike the prodigal we read OF,
his career abroad was highly prosperous, and the
oharaotar he established for himself such ena-