Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-11

LOCAL DEPARTING NT.

O. The half.fare arrangement on the
Railroad to Chicago is as follows: hrsons pur
chasing full tickets to Chicago on Midday, Tues
day and Wednesday of next week Q4l, 18th, ant
l6th) will be entitled to return tickes free, sa,t
tickets to be good and after the 16tf during thu
sitting of the Republican National Con enton, ant
until the second train leaves Chicgo after thu
Convention has adjourned. We expet this favor
able arrangement will induce great numbers t.
visit Chicago during the coming weel
~ The monthly abstract of To condition
of the Muscatine Branch of the StattBank will b.
found in to-days paper.
CO We direct the attentionf our read.
srs to the new advertisement Of L. sutherland, las
Second street. 1t will be seen he gives notice of
considerable reduction in the price ofgroceries.
ca Persons having no convnient place
to put their parlor stoves should sen them to the
''Muscatine Stove Store" where hey will be
backed and put in order, ready for in the fall
HAY FOR MEMPHIS. - Two hay boats,
belonging to Sam. Workman of bwa City. and
containing 16o tons Of hay, departedfor Memphis
Wednesday evening, under command Of Asa b.
Woodward.
MUsoATiNR HORSES FOR ST.. LoIs.-MeSsr
Jos. A. Green and Dan. Bryant tok passage on
the Northern Light, for st. Louis, yesterday
taking with them six blooded horesfor that mar
ket. We are told that Muscatine hGses are more
sought after in that city than any ohers
A Coop SUGGESTION. - TIL, Davenport
line otis hed IN
the various Republican Clubs in hs State. We
think this an excellent idea and me very easily
carried into operation. for in ever club there will
be enough musical talent to form quartette, it
nothing more. Good singing will do great deal
towards making the meetings Interesting. We
hope our Republican friends in this county will
make arrangements for a Glee Club IN every
organization. Songs, adapted to popular airs, will
be plenty after the campaign fairlyope Let us
have Glee Club in every township!
Down ON THE New STYLE. - A cotempo-
rary, waxing indignant over the new fashioned
bonnet, which is made to hide from admiration the
pretty features, otherwise Of tie better half OF
creation, says that he has met with the prediction
that ''the little bonnet of the present day would
surely be followed BY the large sCcp shovels that
hid the sweet faces of the wearers some fifteen or
twenty years since" Now you cannot see q lady's
bonnet for her face-soon you willnot see her face
for her bonnet, but
Searching bng in vain,
You'll spy her features down Leghorn lane"
~ A week or two since, an itinerant,
styling himself CDR J. B. Fore, and protesting
to be able to cure, in from three to ten minutes by
the application Of sovereign balm of his own
invention any all the ills that flesh is heir to,
besides few more, not embraced in that catalogue
called at our office and ordered some job work
done, which he paid, in part, with rascally con-
coction labelled "Ink." Subsequently, he came
again and ordered some circulars printed, but has
since neglected to call for them, thus swindling US
out of our time and labor. Grave suspicious are
aoat in this city that this not the extent OF his
achievements while here - but we let that pass
Our brethren of the press, particularly at Iowa
CITY, are cautioned to be on their guard for this
fellow. We also recommend him to the watchful
regards of the police, wherever he may happen to
turn up in his travels.
RUNAwAYs, AND LEG BRoKRN.-The team
of Joseph Barrick started to run from Adam
blacksmith shop Monday, when Mr.. Barrick
endsavored to check them, but as he caught hold
of the wagon, he was thrown to the ground, and
bruised considerably. The horses continued their
flight to their stable in Kecklerville, where one of
them ran with such force against the door as to
knock him down, though not injuring him, we be-
lieve.
As Edward Bonsall was driving wagon loaded
with wood into the alley between Sixth and sev-
enth streets, just below DR.. Goodno's residence,
Tuesday, he fell from the wagon, and his leg was
caught under one of the wheels, breaking it just
above the knee: The horses became frightened,
and ran some distance, but were finally stopped
without any other damage than the breaking of
Wheel
FRox CAuHoRNIA.-We have been per-
mitted to read letter from Mr.. G. N. Collins,
formerly of this place, to Mr.. John Wiley. 1t IS
dated "Marysvie, Yuba county, April 9Th" Our
readers will recollect that friend Collins was by no
means efeminate physically; but it appears that
his weight has risen from 1913 to 2l5 lbs during his
short residence in the great Eldorado. By his
letter we see that Charley Browning was staying
with him, but expected soon to get job in the
mountains He speaks of making trip to Washoe
alley, to see how things look, it being only about
three days ride from Marysvile. He says the
vegetable wagons had been running for about six
weeks previous to his writing, containing all the
Injuries of the country. We make the following
extract
"The wheat looks fine it was beginning to head
out over a week ago. They Will oegin harVest ~
wheat every year-only every three or fours years.
Winter is the time they do their ploughipg here
The rancho man puts in from two to seven hundred
acres of wheat and by close inquiry, find that Az
bushels is about the average yield to the acre."
Recommendation is no better evi.
dence of the prosperity of city than the erection
of private residences 1t is evidence that those
who are building them intend to make the place
per,nxneat home. A walk in the outskirts of this
cty will satisfy the most skeptical with regard to
the future Of Muscatine that in substantial prosperity
she is BY no means retrograding. Cottage houses
of modest but neat appearance are being put up in
the suburban districts in great numbers. Nor are
we wanting in the erection Of more pretending
private dwellings. A number Of elegant residences
are being built in different parts Of the city Among
them. we notice that VIM. F. Brannan, Esq, is
erecting a very handsome residence on Fourth
street, on the hill. When finished, it will be among
the finest in that locality, and ornament to the
city.
Green i Stone are putting up, next to their
banking establishment brick business house, to
rent. 1t is going up very fast, and will, we pre-
sumo, be finished during the summer. Other
buildings for business purposes are being erected
of which We may have a more extended notice
hereafter.
There never has been time when there were
fewer empty houses in Muscatine than at present
Not only are the business buildings all occupied,
but nearly all the dwelling houses for renting pur
poses have tenants. This speaks highly for our
citv at time when most of her river rivals are
being deserted.
The GALE OF YESTERDAY AND Asst NIaH1
One of the CAixuneys of the Decazion Blown Do,On