Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-30
LOCAL NEWS.

LOCAL NEWS.
90 "Christmas comes but once year,
and lust four weeks from last Tuesday it will bs
here! E"
ET The advertisement of :. G. & T.
Stein, furniture dealers, will be found on the sec
ond page. .... s ... ...
Sl55 Losr.-Jacob Wharton, Of Illinois,
lost, on Thursday, pocket-book containing Sl9o
The finder will be literally rewarded by leaving
the same on board the ferry boat.
"SouR KRAur" The Davenport Gazette
says several bundled barrels of "sour kraut' have
been shipped from that place for Mempais this
season. This article brings from IS to So per bbl
in the Memphis market.
THs Geip - Saturday was bitter cold
day for the commencement of winter. The ther-
mometer was two three degrees below zero
throughout the day. fhe river was filled thickly
with floating ice, and boys were skating on the
'.shore ice' where twenty -four hours before was
scarcely sign Of freezing.
MrouK.-The Davenport Gasatte says the
Esquimaux dog Myouk, lately exhibited in this
city, appeared greatly delighted with the snow
storm Of Thursday. He watched the white fakes
as they came down, as though they were indeed
old acqusintances. A boy wished to take sled
ride behind this celebrated animal, Esquimaux
fashion. So Myouk was fastened to the sled, and
away be sped with the boy, until in making cross
ing the sled struck the curb stone, and the boy
alighted heels up in the snow.
STEAMBOATS, IN TROUBLE. The steamer
Desmoines City, Capt. Farris, arrived here Satur-
day afternoon, with her rudder broken by the ice.
She left Davenport Friday evening, but obliged
to lay to at Farport till daylight, when she made
her way backwards, sideways and every other
way, almost, to this port, securing safe harbor
below the ferry landing.
We learn by private dispatch that the Lacrosse
has been caught in the ice on the Upper Rapids,
and the Fred Lorenz AZ tue head of the Rapids.
Unless the weather moderates, they will most
likely be torn to pieces
The New RAILROAD TIMETABLE excites
general indignation among our citizens and well it
may. 1t is the grossest outrage on the business
interests of Muscatue ever yet perpetrated by the
Railroad Company. To illustrate, if citizen at
any point on the Railroad between Wilton and
Iowa City should address letter to business
in this city, it mus; be mailed soon after din
aer. 1t arrives at Wilton at o'clock, where 1t Is
detained till half past s. 1t reaches here soon after
o',ock, but as the post office is not open at that
time it cannot b. had till next morning, 100 late tC
reply by return mail. The reply is consequently de-
ssrred till the net day. and does not reach its des-
tnstion for nearly tortyeigt hours alter the hrst
letter ia written more time than is required to
send letter to Chicago and receive arepiy! These
are the facilities our merchants have for cores
pond,ng with their customers at points within the
county. with daily mail Is it not an imposition
too great to be meekly endured? And then the
delay to passengers works injuFiously to our
business interests, besides being annoyance to
the public generally.
Now let us see how it works with Davenport
letter for a Davenport business man is mailed at
West Liberty or Atalissa with the letter destined
for Muscatine. The Davenport letter goes directly
to its destination, reaching there at 5;25. The
business man can put bis in the post office
shst evening or wait till o'clock next morning,
and it will reach its destination about noon.
Again, when citizen of West Liberty desires to
visit one of the river cities to make purchases, he
will conclude to 90 10 Davenport, al hough it is
more distant and the market is better if as good
as Muscatine. The reason is he can leave his
home about O. clock in the morning. reach Dagen-
y,ort at e:&5 have from that time till GAO to make
his purchases, and then start home reaching there
at about o'clock. If he comes to Muscatipe, he
must wait five hours at the Junction, arrive here
at 1910 and start back at $780, or wait till 6:l5
next morning, having another five hours delay at
che Juaction on his return.
Now aii this Inconvenience and loss Of time and
money to the public can be obvia,ed by the cars
making trip from Wilton to this city instead OF
waiting five hours at the former place. 1t Is only
about thirty minutes run, and the expense can be
t,,t trihe. We do net complain because this
arrangement works advantageously to Davenport
We complain because it is gross injustice to Aus
eatiue. We ask an equal chance with our rival
and no more. The arrangement just discontinued
was bad enough, but We concluded to bear it
patiently it was but temporary. But the "winter
arrangement now gone into, is much worse. We
mistake the character Of citizens if they will
silently submit to It. Let them hold meeting at
once and calmly but firmly demand their rights
When shall the meeting be held9
WAsHINeToN BRANoH BASK. - We are
pleased to notice the following good report from
che Washington Branch of the State Bank of Iowa
We copy from the Press:
"The Branch of the State Bank at this place de
c,ared dividend last week OF per cent for al,
months, and the condition of the bank generally il
yery prosperous and satisfactory, both to the share
holders and the public. We do not think there i
another branch in the State that is in better con
d,tiou than that loca ed here It's officers ar
i, sness men of unquestioned ability andintegrity
aad under their control the branch OF the Stat
Bank at Washington is becoming one OF infiuenc
and benefit"
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