Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-03-25


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twThe Muscatine Farmers Club will
meet at Hon. J. II. Wallacc's office on Saturday,
26th inst, ut one o'clock. A good sized box OF
field and garden seeds have been received from our
State Agricultural Bureau for gratuitous distribu-
tion.
Subject for discussion at the above meeting
Gardening" Address by John Barnard.
Hon. E. SELLS, our popular Secretary of
State, arrived from Desmoiues, Tuesday, and will
remain in the city few days.
BONN l. Co. call the attention of the read
ers of the Journal to their spring styles of goods
Just received. Call and see them.
Our ON BAlL.-Capt. John Phillips whose
Incarceration on an old criminal charge at Rock
Island We noticed last week, is again on our
streets He was released on bail.
JUDICIAL D1eN1rAR1Rs ABour.-All the
Supreme Judges of this State are stopping at the
'Ogilvie House. They are engaged in adjudicating
cases already submitted to the Court and will re-
main in the city till Monday week.
~ The party of young men who left
this city on the 18th inst. for Pixies Peak were
obliged on account of the bad roads to encamp near
Washington some ten days. They pulled up stakes
ON Monday last and departed on their westward
journey.
GEO. D. PRENTICE, the we'll known editor
Of the Louisville Journal, is announced to lecture
in Davenport Monday Of week after next, April
4th, and in Rock Island on the following evening.
Subject-'The Present Aspect and Tendencies Of
American Politics." Cannot he be induced to
visit Muscatine and lecture to our citizens?
~Wehave received a number ofarticles
for publication during the week not accompanied
BY the names of their authors, and are therefore
under the necessity of repeating again that we pay
no attention to anonymous COMMUNICATIONS we 40
not wish the real name for publication but as an
evidence of good faith
He HAD HEARD OF JoNEs.-Yesterday, in
our presence, man asked the clerk of the steamer
War Eagle to leave letter for an individual at
Moline, remarking that probably the clerk knew
the man to whom the letter was addressed, Mr..
Jones' The clerk gravely replied that he Thought
he had heard the name befors!" He'll do!
SowING WHEAT.-Some farmers in this
vicinity have already commenced sowing wheat
From all accounts we judge that a much larger
breadth of wheat will be sown in this region the
present season than ever before. Our farmers seem
not to be disheartened by the unfavorabe result of
last years operations. This is right. We have
hope of abundant harvests this season.
A Pixies PEAK PApER.-A train of " ag-
ons taking out the press, &C., of the Rocky Noun-
tain Ne,cs left town yesterday for the gold regions
with large party, all in the best OF spirits, with
banners fying-Wm. N. Byers in command.
Thus goes westward the march Of empire. We
shall sosn gladly welcome the Neacs to our exchange
list Success to the enterprise, for it Is deserved
Omaha (N. IT, Republican, 9Th.
By the above it will be seen that our quondam
citizen, Mr.. Byers, is engaged in new enterprise
His talents, industry and perseverance will, we
doubt not, make the Rocky Mountain Necs a sue
cess.
SABBATH SCHOOL ANN1vERsARY.-Arran
ments are being made to celebrate in appropriate
manner the twentieth anniversary of the organize
ton of the nrst Sabbath School in this place. The
Methodist School has taken the matter in hand,
and will extend invitations to all the other Schools
to participate. II . 10Th day of May is the
anniversary of this important event. The affair
will doubt enlist the interest of all friends of the
Sabbath School cause in the city, and be most
interesting occasion.
Fowl PLAY.-The denizens of the lower
part of .he city have been honored for some weeks
past by nocturnal visitors who have borrowed from
their hen roosts and clothes lines such Chicken
f1ns" and inery said visitors coveted, contrary
to the eighth and tenth commandments of the dec
alogue. Last night they took from the stable of
Mr. J. S. Hatch, without saying "by your leave,'
three sets of harness and saddle and bridle-in-
tending, perhaps next time to secure the loan of
horses to match the same. We hope the perpetra-
tors of these foul operations will be detected and
brought to justice.
CHEAP GOODS FOR OAsu.-Lemp & Sells
are now opening large assortment of dry goods
Just received from the East and they authorize to
say that for cash they prepared to sell either at
wholesale or retail cheaper than any other house in
Iowa. Their goods have just been purchased under
favorable circumstances at the East, by the senior
partner, who from an acquaintance of nearly TWEEN
ty years with the wants of this market is enabled to
Law in Just such stock as is wanted here. For
liberality and uprightness in dealing, this house is
too we'll known to need commentator from u.s.
We will only invite their old patrons and others to
call and examine their new stock.
C1T1zEN's CONCERT LAST EvEN1Na.-The
second entertainment given by the amateur mu
sicians of our city in fremont Hail. last evening,
passed off with great eclat. The music was better
and the attendance considerably larger than at the
first concert. We have not space to particularize
each piece performed, but cannot refrain from no.
tcing the quartette by a company of juvenile sing
ers-Nisses Ella Lemp and Hattie Scudder, aged
about ten years, and Masters Ben. Lilly and Frank
Richman, the former Is and the latter - years of
age. They sang ''Nature's Woodland CALL" each
one carrying part according to the rules Of musical
science.
We could not ascertain the receipts of this concert
but estimate them to amount to about one hundred
dollars Many tickets sold before the first con-
cert were not used till on this occasion-Daly, 22d.
SpR1Na TRADH.-We notice with pleasure
that our merchants along Second street are prepar
ing to enter upon the Spring campaign, with their
usual spirit and energy. Every day witnesses large
arrivals of drygoods groceries, &C., at the various
establishments which are rapidly hurried from
the sidewalks-where they necessarily are blocked
up for time, to the detrment of pedestrians-into
the sales rooms, there to be displayed before the
eyes of eager customers. In the forward rank may
be found Messrs. Lemp Sells, who are now hous-
ing large invoices from the East and South Their
plan of operations is to sell amazingly cheap for
the ready cash, and for special accommodations as
close on to that as possible We call the attention
of our readers to this important item.
We are indebted to Mr.. Lemp, the senior part