Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-10-26
LOCAL NEWS.

+. LOCAL NEWS. 30 4L
a. Look out for counterfeit 50 bills on
the Bank of Kokomo, Wisconsin. A number Of
them are in circulation here.
D6r Keller sold a returned Pixies Peak
er's OUTFIT at auction, on Saturday. His yoke of
oxen brought &37 and wagon 1915, the entire out
fit bringing about $50. A young horse belonging
to another individual sold for Ut. 1t was well
worth $l25.
THREE. AT Democratic meeting held at
Centre Grove, Wednesday evening, only three
Democrats were present. Judge Thayer made
speech and was followed by Mr.. Turner, of Day
export, in regular disunion harangue. At the |
close the meeting gave three cheers for Lincoln and
three groans for disunion!
AocIDEsr.-On Friday night last, far
mer, from johnson county, whose name we could
not ascertain, walked out of . door in the second
story of the Muscatine Hotel, supposing he was on
the lower floor, and fell to the pavement, dis |
lance of ten or twelve feet. He was considerably
bruised but not seriously injured The door, We
understand, is generally kept fastened, but hap.
pened to be unlocked az the time. rE
ca The Democracy of this township
made the following nominations for township Off
GERS, last Saturday: .....r ...-.-.---. 49,. |
Supervisors NJ. Isett, William Hoyt.
Trustees-F. Kaufman, Reuben Holcomb, Peter
RYAN.
Justices -Madson b. Slime, 7. D smith.
Constables-T. b. James, Henry Dougherty.
Clerks. M. McKibben.
Assessor-Samuel Sinnett.
LAKE TOWNSHIP NOMINATIONS. - At Q
meeting of Republicans at the Lake township
School House. the following candidates for town
ship officers were nominated:
SUPERINTENDENT Crane.
Jusiices-B. Rankin, Serene Humphrey.
Township Clerk-G. W. H. Lucas.
Trustees-O. Dickinson, p. Houtz, 8. Bamford,
Assessor-G. d. Stevenson.
COnstable-Andrew Shelley.
O. DICKINSON, Sec.
BIGGEST YEr.-Our worthy Representative,
Hon. NJ. Price, presented US on Saturday last with
two Neshannock potatoes weighing together sac
pounds and ten ounces! He also gave US bottle
of sorghum syrup made by him this season, of
excellent quality equal in our taste, to the best
New Orleans molasses.
Mr.. James Beaham brought us last week 46
Neshannock potatoes weighing sirty pounds! 1t is
| not often that we hear OF A. potatoes making a
| bushel!
ONE DAYS SHIPMENT OF PRoDUoE.-On
Saturday last the Metropolitan took on board for
st. Louis, at this place, $500 sacks Of grain and
the Clara Hine 1000 sacks. The Col. Morgan also
finished loading for Memphis a cargo of 5000
bushels ofpotatoes onions, corn &c, and fiat boat
departed with 1000 more, making in all not less
than rs goo bushels of produce shipped from
this port in one day. Saturday evening there were
5000 more sacks on the levee awaiting shipment.
If any town on the Upper Mississippi can beat
Saturdays shipments from this city we would like
to see the figures!
TIE PoTATo CROP OF Iowa for the year
1860 is truly astonishing. Tho yield in some
instances comes up to 400 and 500 bushels to the
acre, and the general average is not much less than
90. The quality of the potatoes is better than
usual and far exceeds the best raised in any coun.
try we have ever visited 1t is not uncommon to
find them weighing q pound each, and some that
we have seen weighed three, four and even five
pounds. Not sign of rot or imperfection has been
discovered in the thousands of bushels brought to
this market So plenty and cheap are they that
for the past week many loads have sold at ten
cents per bushel. No danger of starving in Iowa
at these figures!
Mir. S. d. Viele exhibited to us yesterday splen.
did specimens of the "feach Blow" variety OF
potatoes of which he planted Al bushels and raised
$50 bushels. The fact is, Iowa soil beat all the
world for vegetation!
O. The following cases from Muscatine
county are reported as having come before the
Supreme Court now in session at Davenport:
6S2. State of Iowa vs. John Accola, Muscatine
| county submitted.
| 6o3. State of Iowa vs. Moses ONeil, Muscatine
county submitted
$50. Romulus Hawley, street commissioner, vs.
J J Hopes, Muscatine county-submitted.
| 6S7. o Butler vs. City Muscatne - submitted.
| 635. Craig Il Rolf vs. Ii N Sumner, ct al, Musca-
| tine county-con.inued.
6S9. Wood Bacon & Co vs. Levi Jennings, Mus
| catiue county-submitted.
| 500. Harvey COrwin VS. Andrew allace, Musca-
! tine county submitted
| COL. Geo w Bamford vs. Dennis OErien, Musca-
| tine county-submitted.
| 694. James Horton VS. w Hoyt, ct al, Musca-
| tine county-submitted. ...
| sos. Joseph S Knight VS. Dunsmore Chambers,
| Muscatine cOunty-submitted.
696. In the matter of the order of the township
trustees in relation to the support of John D Bry
ant by his father, John IL Bryant, Muscatine
| county - submitted.
| WIDE AWAKE kILLRD.-Wc learn that the
Muscatine Wide Awake who was hit with brick.
| bat at Washington, on the Goth of September, by
some dastardly and cowardly murderer, died on
Saturday, the S0h ult., from the effects of the
wound -Fdirfeld Ledger.
mistake, Mr.. Ledger. The young man was not
| 80, -.
AUGSBURG, Mass, Oct. 18th, 1860
| CAPT. TELLER AND MUscATINs WIDE AwAKEs -
Enclosed please find song, composed by John G.
Whittier. the great American poet, and sung last
night at Wide Awake demonstration at Newbury-
port. All is o K. in this State for Lincoln and
Hamln, Nov 9Th, 1850. Yours, truly,
K. W. LEWIS.
THE QUAKEkiS ARE OUT.
Not vaiply waited and counted the hours
The buds of our hope have burst into flowers.
No room for misgving-no loop holes of doubt
We've heard from the Keystone! the Quakers are
out!
The plot has exploded-we've found out the trick
The bride goes begging; the fusion won't stick.
When the Wide Awake lanterns shining about
The rogues stay at home, and the trae men come
cut
Inc Suou ctate mas broken the coros LOT her spun
Her oil springs and water won't fuse into one
The Dutchman has seasoned with Freedom his
krout,
And, slow, late, but certain, the Quakers out
Give the flags to the wind set The bills all afame!
Make way tor the man with the patriarch name!
Away with msgivings --away with all doubt,
For LINCOLN goes in when the Quakers come out
REPUBLICANS OF THE COUNTY,
ATTENTION!
Tn, citizens OF the variou, townshipl Of Musoa.
tine County will b. addressed by Republican
Speakers, at the times and places indicated by the
following appon tsncnts: