Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-14
VOL XII-NO. II.
IOWA NEWS.
Hon. J. J. Baldwin, one of our Supreme
Judges, Is visiting Pikeb Peak. gs s4


is Hon. J. ). Baldwin, one of our suprem
Judges, Is visiting Pikes Peak. gs s&
i. CEDAR CounrY-A. Shaw has been nom
mated by the Republicans for reelection t,
# the Office of County Clerk.-An Agrioultu
Ii raj Fair is to be held, at springdale, on ths
l20th and 21s. inst. @RftfY "A
r TR1rLsTs.-The Iowa City Press says tha,
Mrs. James Cherry, of Pleasant Valley
e johnson county, recently gave birth to
" three living childrcn-two boys and one girl.
Two have since died.
! OIL MILL AT DEsM0,uEs. - Arrangements
are in progress for the erection of an oil mill
' at Desmoines, in this State The cultivation
of flax in Iowa is settled thing, it being
proved by experience to be paying thing.
There is constant and increasing demand
for oil, and flax seed furnished it in such
quantities as to warrant the cultivation of
faz, for the seed, if not for the fiber. . =,
| CRops DESTROYED BY FIRE. stable.
wheat stacks, &c, Of MIR. Samuel Ne:man, II
miles south Of Upton, comprising his entire
crop OF wheat, were accidentally set on fire
with the careless use OF matches by little
boy, on Sunday, I'd inst, and wholly con-
sumed.-Mr. John G. Mower, of Cass town.
ship, Cedar county, also lost three stacks of
oats by fire, on the same night, supposed to
have been the work of an incendiary. A
Mrs. Stout, in the neighborhood, was arrest
ed on the charge, but acquitted for want of
evidence. We learn these particulars from
the Democrat.
Gov. Kirkwood has published card in
reference to the unjust charges made against
him for pardoning one VIM. Latta ou. of the
penitentiary. He shows that the pardon was
granted at the earnest solicitation of Sheriff
Hlllhouse, of Desmoines county, and other
respectable gentlemen, who hoped that Latta
might be made of service in detecting other
counterfeiters. The Governor says:
81 cannot conclude without expressing my
regret that the public ntermeddling in this
matter, of persons who did not know and
did not seek to know the facts in regard to
it, have probably rendered nugatory tie
plans OF Mr.. Hiilhouse and the other gentle
men who sought Lstta's pardon, and who
are laboring essiduopsly and intelligently
for the protection Of the public"
The Cedar Rapids Times denounces in
severe terms the management OF the @. l. &c
N. r. R. 1t says the Company invariably
charges three cents more on wheat to Chicago
than the N. & N: or Dubuque Western
Roaes. The present freigh. Oh wheat rom
Cedar Rapids is 10 cents. The Times says
that as consequence 'the wheat around
Upton mostly goes to Muscatine, as the buy
ers of that city are able to ship to Chicago,
and pay some ten cents more per bush ell than
the buyers at Onion Grove" The Times is
a little mistaken as to the reason our buyers
can afford to pay ten cents more than those
Of the interior. The river transit to st.
Louis gives our city an advantage and is the
principal reason why wheat commands g
higher price here.
The Iowa STATE TEAoHER Assoc1AT1cs
met in Upton on the 2sth ult., and was in
session four days. There we're in regular
attendance about 209 persons, representing
the counties of Scott, Muscatine, Louisa, Ke-
okuk, Desmoines, Johnson, Linn, Jones.
Cedar, Hardin, Marion, Pottowatomie, Polk,
Allamakee ard Jackson. There were in
attendance representatives from Ohio, ILL.,
nois and Mississippi. During the session Of
the Oonvention, Prof. Wells, of the State
University, delivered an able address on
Selt-Culture and its means Prof Ingalls, of
Muscatine, read On Essay on Prizes in
schools; Rev. E. D. Jones, of Celumbus
City, report on Music, and Miss Mary Il.
Washburn, of Muscatine, an original poem.
Prof. Wells resigned the Presidency of the
State Association ard A. S. Kissell, of Day.
EXPORT, was elected in his stead.
EXTRAORDINARY YIELD OF WuEAr-Judoe
Hamilton writes from Gas sade that on an
area of ground 245 yards by "A, equal to 81
acres, on the farm of Mr.. VIM. Atchison.
Cascade township, Dubuqre county, the
yield of wheat has been 1913 bushels of 60
pounds to tie bushel. This is the most ex.
traordinary yield of wheat we have yet heard
of, and it challenges the whole country for @
better. Fifty.one and half bushels of
wheat to the acre! 1t is almost incredible,
but it is fact. Dubuque Herald.