Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-12-16

he tried to live INCORRECTLY, and hard
y any two pspers use the same orthog-
rsphy. Il should Be written OsGwGl-
osie, according to the only town map
in existence. The name Is not that Of
IN Indian tribe, as many suppose, but.
is made from the names Of the two riv-
ers on which the town is located, name
", the Usage, and the Potswatomie
LOCAL NEWS.
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IL The District Court at Des Moines
nas affirmed the sentence of Howard and Cress, the
fSsethieves who were sent from this county TO the
<itsntisry 1t the September term of the District
Court. tF
W Upwards of ], 200 live hogs were re-
csived at the slaughtering houses on Saturday. A
large drove came on foot from Benton county and
seventeen carloads were brought IN from Wash.
ington, ss
CO W. Meyers, Esq, formerly Of this
county, now editor of the Rocky Nos.tai. Msss,
was recently challenged to fight duel. Like a
sensible man he declined the honor and pronounces
the dvsllo humbug
~ The steamer Belfast did not get
through to St. Louis on her last trip down. II was
thought hazardous 70 attempt the passage Of the
Rapids in the thick oating ice, and she accordingly
laid up at Montrose. Her cargo, iucluding zoe
sacks of grain shipped from this city, uas transfer
red to the Colonna and John Bell which took it ia
| st. Louis.
c. Two skaters on the river, last evening
who had laid aside their oyercoats "fodnd them
missing when ready to return hons. Alter CON
siderable search the coats were found at another
place, having been carried of BY soms evil disposed
person who had purloinsd the contents of the
pockets and would probably have appropriated tn,
garments also il they had ct him. Skaters will d.
we'll to kssp an eye on their cast.6f clothing il
future. Daily. 1oth.
An exchange says Mrs. Croley, sditress. Of tn
Rockford C) Daily Nsas, is out in favor Of ladie,
skating. She recommends to the fair skaters tuni
and trowsers Of dark stuff, bound with crimson and
stout morocco or doeskn CATERS, Is suitable ant
becoming costume. The idea Is good one, ant
was put into practice quite extensively in the Eas
last winter.
THE SWAMP LAND CoNrRAcrs.-A sub.
scriber suggests that the law concerning letting
contracts to drain the swamp-lands ought to b
amended It requires the contractor to give secur
lily for the performance Of his work in such large
sum that men of ordinary means stand poor
chance to obtain contracts. He thinks the System
in vogue among railroad companies should be
adopted--that il, pay two-thrds or three-quarters
on monthly estimates of the work performed and
reserve the balance till the job is completed, a
security. We give the suggestion for the purpose
of calling public attention to the matter. Ifit is
thought expedient to amend the law, as suggested
petitions to that effect should be circulated seon
and forwarded to the Legislature.
b6r An illustration of the Importance Of
testing all weights and measures by law came un.
der our observation few days ago. A customer
Of one of our groccrs came into his store in high
glee, telling him he had found place where he
could buy coffee cheaper than of him, and declaring
that he had just then purchased seven and a-hall
pounds Of the very best coffee for one dollar. The
grocer weighed the coffee on his own scales and
found that there we're not quite five pounds in the
lot! rs 1ssez+ s5ssk ssa.e
Uniformity of weights aud measures would be
better for both buyers and sellers and as the stan
dard weights are furnished at the expense of the
General Government we see no reason why they
should not be put 70 service by the proper author
| tiles. Let there be an inspection of weights and
measures. 80, ~
The "HoME JorRSAlr FOR I 860s-A new
year of this deserysay popular. family newspaper
yIa -
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founded on events which occurred in the troubled
times of l7s2, Immediately after the close of the
Revolutionary War and the recognition of Ameri-
can Independence. A brilliant Venetian tale, BY
Octave Feuliet, is ais omised, with the other
welknown attractive festures of the Home Journal,
including sketches, songs and ballads by Geo. p.
Morris and the interesting letters BY N r Willis,
with amusing sketches b the inimirable Barry
Gray As a Christmas fw kringesent toa
wife, sister or other lena w Of no.
thing more appropriate l1lD q yes description
to the Home Journals 1t may be Il Il the book
stores or by addressing Morris Willis, 107 Fulton
street, N Y. Single copy 81 three copies $, seven
copies $40, fifteen copiss $40. y
ACuLT1vAT1oN OF SoRenuM IN SpRINepASk
demonstrating to the statement Of Laurie
Tatum, Secretary the Agricultural Society having
its headquarters at springdale, in Cedar 1ty,
there are in .springdals townships iron mI3ls and
IS wooden mills that have been ui<d for orashing
cane the list Fall. There is also Id iron mill and
apparatus on the 0ge Of an adjoining township,
where molasses was made from cane which nearly
all grew in springdale = virtually making 20 mills
for the township& The number Of gallons made in
each mill varies from 90 to 800. The aggregate
the twenty mills is 6.9sl gallons. The rollers of
several Of the wooden mills are covered with sheet
iron, which appears ID answer good purpose. The
fastest work reported was on one Of these mile
70 gallons having hgen made in twenty six hours
township contains 174 families 80 that there
has been fraclio9 more than 40 gallons made on
an average for each family in it. Mr.. Tatum
observes: "Nearly all the molasses made is Of a
very good quality, and relishedSnone the lass for
being manufactured without the assistance of
slaves. .
We have been furnished by Mr. Adams, of this
city, with sample of he molasses made at Spring
dale aud Ance 1t as good q the hest Belcher's
refined h5' price Of this molasses By the barrel
in osnstset is Accents per gallon.
RIVER C,essD. quite unexpectedly our
citizens found the ice gorged in the river this
morning. The weather had moderated 70 much
yesterday that il was thought the river would not
freeze over for some time Jet.
MI.