Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-02
LOCAL NEWS.

PARksR PLLsBuRY, Of Boston, will deliver
An anti.slavery lecture in this city on W ednesday
evening. Nov. 7th. He lectures at West Liberty
Eo-morrow, at Iowa City next Friday and at West
Liberty again tomorrow week.-Daily, 9th.
For THE FoRT.-A convict named Stevens,
from Linn county, in charge of an officer who is
taking him to the penitentlary at Fort Madison,
was lodged in Jail at this place Saturday evening
His crime was larceny. E4sa aI fiu &a
q D0r The following letters are detained in
the Post Office in this city, for the reasons stated
Miss. Sallie Bishop, Chiago. llanoy-1 Ct stamp.
Nr.O j. Sharp, Danvilie-no State given.
Geo. ). Harker Co, East Liverpool, Iowa = no
such post office.
Rev. D. WoRTHINaToN.-The numerous
friends of this gentleman will be happy to learn
that he is comfortably fixed with his family at his
new charge, Ottumwa, and is we'll pleased with his
location. His health has improved some since he
left Muscatine. f -zvej.g mas
q The BREcKINR1DaE MAETiNa.-There was
quite respectable turnout at the Court House,
Friday night, to hear Breckenridge Electors, Judge
Mitchell and G. H. Parker, OF Davenport. The
Judge led off in a lengthy speech, which was
doubtless highly satisfactory to his party friends
We did not stay to hear Mr.. Parker. 3e
W- Immense quantities Of produce are
going down the river this fall in fat-boats. We
saw four heavily freighted boats ono day last week
within haiing distance of each other, and not a
day passes but more less are deserted slowly
making their way to the South. We doubt not all
this produce will find profitable market, as there
is great scarcity in the Southern States.
AID FOR KANSAS. Public contributions
being taken up all over the country to aid the
sufferers in Kansas, who. in consequence of the
crops being almost total failure, are threatened
with starvation the coming winter. Shall Musca-
tine be behind her neighbors in the good work !?
Who will call public meeting to devise the best
means of contributing from our abundance OF all
the necessaries of life? .-sg,-,4 -.a
MUoH NEEDED IMPRovRMENT.--At the last
meeting ofthe City Council petition was presented
praying for the improvement of Sycamore street
from Second to Water, to admit the passage OF
teams. This is an important improvement, as it
will open passage to the open space near the
mouth Of Pappose creek for farmers to drive in their
teams and feed. Since the erection of Col. Neal.
ley's new building a spot of ground much used
for that purpose is no longer accessible and now
the streets are blocked up with teams. We hope
the Council will give this petition favorable con-
sheraton at its next meeting. rs5f
SALE OF PRINTING OFFICE BY THE SHER-
lFF.-The remaining materials of the Enquirer
Office, consisting of Foster hand press, Gordon
job press, four stands and some twenty cases. with
few fonts of old type, were sold by the Sheriff,
Friday, and brought something less than 800
about $500 less than original cost. Mr. King. of
the ReyieU. purchased most of the articles. .
So the old Enquirer is no more. 1t was estab-
lished in 1s4s, by II. d. La Cossitt, gentleman OF
fine talents and great industry, under whose man.
agement it was for many years the leading Demo.
cratic paper in the State. Mr.. cossitt died Iowa
City during the winter of 1861.
E. |. TINKHAM & Co.'s BANK NOTE Re-
PoRrEs.-The last number OF this invaluable work
is upon our table. 1t is highly important one
containing descriptions of several new and dan.
gerous counterfeit and spurious bank notes, which
have lately made their appearance. There are but
few persons in commercial life who do not fire.
quently have occasion to refer to Bank Note
Detecter, and in our community one published in
the West is much more valuable than an Eastern
one. If counterfeiters get up bills on Eastern
banks, they select the West to circulate them, and
large amounts are frequently passed eff before q
description of the;n get into Eastern
Reporter. Messrs. Tinkham & Co. have intro
duced into theirs new and valuable improvement
over any others we have seen, by describing the
genuine bills of the banks on which there are so
many spurious and altered notes, by which means
any one can detect at a glance fraud. By con.
suting this Reporter it seems almost impossible to
be imposed upon, and we highly commend it to
our readers. Published semi-monthy at 81 so,
and monthly at 81 per annum. Subscriptions
received by Palmer & Demorest, agents for Mus
Catlne.
EVERY FARMER SHOULD HAVE ONE.-We
paid visit one day this week 10 the Fair Grounds,
on the Island, where Mr.. j. A. Green has in oper-
alton one of Hedges, Free & Co.'s Agricultural
Steam Boilers for cooking food for stock. 1t is,
we believe, the only in the State, and it is
al important invention we desire to call the at en-
ton of stockraisers and farmers to its advantages
total cost of getting it here and putting up the
necessary arch to make it ready for use did not
exceed $50. The boiler will contain 20 buckets Of
water. Four buckets are exhausted in cooking Is
bushels of corn or potatoes, sufficient to feed 60
hogs four days. 1t will cook as much food in two
hours as can be cooked with an ordinary agricul-
tural kettle in four days. Steam can be got up in
an hour, and in an hour and half or two hours at
most from starting the fire full cask of corn, Is
bushels in all, can be thoroughly cooked. 1t
requires but little more wood than an ordinary
stove. The boiler is provided with safety-valve,
and there is therefore danger of explosion. This
apparatus is not only an advantage to farmers for
cooking food, b.. can be made serviceable in heating
water for scalding hogs or for any other purpose.
Farmers and others are requested by Mr.! Green to
call and it and judge Of its operation for them
selves. rr
Mr.. Green is now feeding at the Fair Grounds
upwards. of sixty hogs, mostly thorough breds. He
has eleven pure Chester Whites, which are univer-
sally acknowledged as the best breed extant. He
has some II months old weighing 500 lbs, and
thinks with proper care that this stock of hogs can
be made to weigh from 400 to 500 at that age.
We also took survey of the grounds, part of
which Mr.. Green is now converting into an extern
sve fruitery. He set out the past spring 300 peach
trees 100 cherry trees, 1900 grape vines iCatawba,
Clinton and Concord), besides number of straw
berries, all of which appear to be doing well.
For the Review.j
Mr.. EDlToR:-Permit me, through your
paper, to reply to charge of political favor
tism, made against me in yesterday mornings
Journal, on account Of the proceedings of the
last session of the City Council not being
handed to that sheet first for publication. In
the first place, was not present and did not
Keep the minutes of the meeting in question,
having had friend kind enough to do it for
ne.) When Mr.. Mahin called upon me for
he papers, l told him that the key Of my |
lesk was in the hands of one of the Aldermen,
ind taat would get it, and hand the minutes
,ver for publication, which did, but FORUM
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