Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-03-16
WEEKLY JOURNAL.
LOCAL DEPARTM ENT.

c. A few cords of wood wanted on
subscription at this office.
icy The communication of IN. Il. B., -
Of Strawberry Hill, was received too late for this
week. Ma e.
EY Thirteen car loads of produce were
received from Iowa City, by Block Co., Monday
evening, for shipment to ST. Louis.
TWe are indebted to VIM. H. Stewart,
Esq, for late New York papers. Mr.. S. returned
from the East day, and will soon be in receipt
of mammoth stock Of boots, shoes, hats, caps &c.
@ We direct the readers attention to
the new advertisement of Palmer Demorest.
They are just receiving and opening new lot Of
stationery and fancy goods
eB- Another lot of cattle was brought
over the river to-day. We understand that nearly
800 head in all will be brought from the opposite
side for slaughtering and packing at this place. II
we had no Strengthening establishment here, all
these cattle would 60 to Chicago or some Eastern
market.-Daity, 14A.
New BUSINESS HOUSE. Green Il Stone
have torn down the old frame building adjoining
their banking house, preparatory to the erection Of
a brick business house. 1t is to be three stories
high and of the same dimensions as the bank
building. This is an example which ought to be
initiated by other property holders of our city.
The WEATHER for the past few days has
been much like the ''Indian Summer" of autumn
clear and mild, with hazy atmosphere. He must
be fastdiSus indeed who would find fault with it.
We learn that many farmers in this vicinity have
already finished sowing their wheat. The present
Spring has been thus far in all respects unusually
favorable.
H One of tho boats constructed by
Reece 4 Brown for the hay trade to the South
has been launched. 1t is very respectable look
ing ''broad horn,'' substantially built and well
adapted to the business. We learn that they have
abandoned the idea of building more than two of
these boats, as it is impossible to obtain insurance
ON such craft.
WHEAT has advanced to one dollar per
bushel-the highest price paid in this market since
last June. One year ago we quoted wheat at IS to
9e cents there being at that time greater difference
in the quality than at present. The price went up
to 81 20 before harvest but Immediately after went
down to 45a5Oc, since which-time it has been grad
| ualy advancing.
MORE ENrERPRrsE.-Our contemporary, the
ENQUIRER was issued this morning on its regular
publication day for the first time in many months
This magnificent luminary has usually made its
appearance towards the close of the week, but often
he effort was so grea: to reduce it to half the
ora;,.-- size We again take occasion to congrat
ho.h +b conductors and readers of that paper
on its manifest mpr. emen''
FATHER DosELAN, of Rock Island, com.
pleted his account of travels in Europe and the
Holy Land, at fremont Hall, Tuesday evening" ,ne
attendance was not as large at his 70. ''e. ''0
lures, owing, most likely, to the disappoih
two weeks ago and to the short notice given of t.
lecture The speaker sustained his reputation as
one of the most eloquent and interesting lecturers
of the country.
FREIGHT AWAITING SHIPMENT. A large
amount of produce is now the levee awaiting
shipment, and much more is in readiness in the
various warehouses, but the great want appears to
be steamboats, to carry it away. What has become
of the boats? Navigation has been open two weeks,
but we have chronicled as yet only about halt
dozen arrivals from St. Louis. Our friend Block,
ON Front street, who is never extravagant in his
assertions assures us that he is ready to load
ten steamboats, with freight just fast they can
receive it. Won't our St. Louis exchanges let the
steamboatmen know that they are wanted up this
way?
SCHOOL ELEcTIoN-The Tar Toted-At
the annual election, Monday, for school officers in
the Muscatine city District the question of levying
a tax of 81 mills on the dollar for school purposes
was carried by 123 majority. The number of votes
polled was Extraordinarily more than at the last
school election but still not many as ought to
have been cast on this important question.
The old Board of officers was re elected without
opposition, viz:
President-Jos. Bridgman;
Vice. Presidential. jackson;
Treasurer-J. Carskaddan;
Secretary-E. Klein;
Director-F. Thurston.
SCHOOL EXHlBlTIoN.-By reference to our
advertising columns it will be that the scholars
of district No. 2, in this city, contemplate giving an
exhibition this friday evening in fremont Hall.
Our reporter dropped in short time at their re-
hears al last night and away we'll satisfied that
this entertainment will be of the most successful
of the kind ever given in Muscatine. The pro-
gramme is rich, rare and racy-comprised Of such
a variety of attractions cannot fail to make it
agreeable and interesting to the most fastidious.
The purpose to which the proceeds to be applied
the purchase of chemical apparatus-should com.
mend the entertainment to every friend of our pub
lie schools We say, therefore, to those who have
quarter to spend that they cannot invest it to
better advantage than by going to fremont Hall
tomorrow evening
LITERARY 1NsTITgTR-ThirteenM and Last
Lecture - The closing lecture of the course before
the LiteraryInstitute was delivered Mondayevenng,
by John U. wilson, Esq, on "Fanatlcs, to
large and deeply interested audience. Mr.. Wilson
combatted the popular aversion to men who In
their day are usually termed fanatics" but who
have only progressed in science, art philosophy
beyond the compreh ension of their fellows. Thus
Calico, for asserting the revolutions of the planets
Harvey, for asserting the circulation of the blood
and Jenner, for declaring the benefits of vaccine
ton, were each in their day denounced and anath-
ematzed as fanatics. Fanatics are never imposters.
They do not assume false characters for the pur-
pose of deceiving others. The object which every
fanatic has before him is to achieve success for his
opinions-not success for himself. However mis-
guided he may be, real, genuine fanatic is always
honest. He is not necessarily aheretic, or vision
airy, nor creature Of impulse but always Of convc
ton and principle The truth, real or imagined,
which possesses him, is not fastened upon him
with the fairy-like touch of Imagination but with
the giant grasp of conviction. The lecturer con.
cluded by asking his hearers to give hereafter to
fanatics what they had given to him "a patient
hearing. Mr.. Wilson is good speaker. His
lecture was one of the best of the course erL
These lectures appear to have become a perma-
nent institution" in city. this beingthe second
season they have been kept up. The lecturers of
this course were
l. Jacob Butler-subjeet, John Milton.
2. d. g. Rchman-subject, Character of jose
phinp r'@'s