Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-08-31
WEEKLY JOURNAL.
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THE IOWA STATE FAIR will b held At Iowa
City Oct. "a, ID, 4th and 9Th w.
~ THE NUscATiNE COUNTY FAIR will be held
the Island Sept. 18th and 18th. ft
a. Messrs. Vandever and Ssmnels, can
didates for Congress, have Published list OF
appointments for joint discussion. They win be in
Muscatine next Saturday week, September sth.
~ Geo. W. Van Horne, Esq, will ad-
dress the Republican Club of Pike township at
Cones School House, on Thursday evening, Sep
TENDER 9Th, 1860. Turn out, everybody.
~ Our announcement that the attempt
to start Bellpaper here had failed was premature.
We have been shown printed prospectus of the
new paper. 1t is to be q weekly, called the
Asssenger, and published by s: C.sDunn, at 81 so
per annum. IL Y
A Coon SIaN.-Our lumber merchants
inform Us that their retail sales Of lumber the past
month have been larger than during correspond
ing period for q number of years past Most of 1t
goes to the country. This is q good indication,
showing that the farmers are making improve
ments. H&E3' rs I'll Es 81
wJ. Oppenheimer, clothing merchant,
was receiving and opening his new stock OF goods
Yesterday. He has laid in unusually large stock
for the Fall and Winter trade Of which our readers
will soon be more particularly advised in our ad'
vertising columns.
Rupa1ARy At ArALIssA, - Overman u
Jones' store. in Atalissa. vas broken into Monday
night and SIS in money and few articles in goods
were carried off. 1t Is supposed that the burglars
were frightened away before taking oil they intend
cd, BY the barking of . dog on the outside Of the
building. We learn these par ticulars from F. g.
Waterman, Esq.
ATALIssA MILLs.-Messrs. Rowe 4 Hyde,
of Atalssa have arranged by elevators SO that they
can by hopper and spout run wheat into the cars
on the track. This mill is of the best arranged
in the west. They doubtless will do their part
making -four from the heavy crop of wheat in that
vicinity. We acknowledge the receipt of sack Of
Super No. from their mill.
The PoTATo BUSINESS. - The Bartlett
Brothers, of Muscatne Island, are building ten fiat
boats for the potato trade this fall. They have 10
acres of their own in potatoes, and number of
other farmers ON the Island are also extensively
engaged in the business. 1t is estimated that the
potato crop will average 200 bushels to the acre.
They will be shipped to the St. Louis market.
~We publish to-day an official notice
of the organization of Wide Awake Company in
Pike township.
Last Tuesday night Wide Awake Company was
also organized at Neidigs School House, with
twenty -four members. Hugh J. Campbell, Esq,
was present and made speech of about an hour.
This makes four Wide Awake Companies already
organized in the county. We hope to see at least
half a dozen more. -a. .a '. 1913
~W We had copious rain night before
last. Just before daylight yesterday morning,
terrific thunder clap startled most of citizens
from their slumbers. The lightning struck and
slivered to pieces huge raft oar-stem placed
upright alongside Mr.. Funk's new building, as a
support for the scaffoldng. 1t is remarkable that,
although heavy rain was falling at the time, there
had not been any flashes of lightning or thunder
previous to this stroke, and there was only slight
rumbling of thunder afterwards.-Daily, soA
~ A friend who has recently returned
from the interior of the State reports the price of
wheat at Independence as 55c, at Cedar Rapids 500
sc, and at Iowa City and West Liberty SOC. These
are all railroad points, with facilities nearly as
good as Muscatne for shipping to Chicago The
price of wheat in Muscatne, however, has not been
below Csc this season and is now at Zoe. So much
for the advantages of water transportation. A
these figures farmers will be justified in brngingt
their wheat in wagons to this market from long
distance in the interior of the State.
a. The Davenport Democrat, as usual
when attempting to say anything, blunders into a
falsehood We believe the man is constitutionaly
unable to tell the truth. In yesterdays issue he
says we gave the average receipts of wheat at this
place for the past week at 1000 bushels per day,
and then makes COMPARISON with his reports for
the same week at Davenport. showing a considera.
BILE difference in favor of that place. We placed the
average receipts at 5000 bushels per day-a differ.
ence of COCO during the week. Will the blunderer
correct?
TIE ENoANPNENT.-We hear encouraging
reports from.ail parts of the country in regard to
the Grand Republican Encampment to be held
adjacent to this city on the 18th aid 18th prox
From this county the people will turn out almost
naasse, and many intend bringing their families
for the purpose of camping and staying on the
ground during the two days of the Encampment.
From Louisa and other adjoining counties large
numbers are preparing to come. There is gen.
eral anxiety to know who are to be the speakers.
We can assure our readers that the Committee of
Arrangements will lose time in ascertaining and
publishing the names of such distinguished speak
ers may be depended upon to be present. 1
ca "IIon." Henry Clay Dean, Docg. las
orator, who yesterday at the suggestion of lady
made his annual abution with bucket of water
and soft soap, held forth in the Court House
last evening to crowded room. He said
many unfair and bitter things, denouncing the Re
publicans as "hypocrites, skaters of their
try" &C., but as everybody here knows Dean they
laughed at him and took no offence. 1t was really
amusing to see this "Boanerges' foam and froth at
the mouth as he egotsticaly boosted how he would
teach the arstocrstc Republicans of the land what
was true philanthropy when he should become Gov.
ernor. He berated Republicans for causing, as he
charged, two sections of the country to become
inimical, while in almost the same breath he en-
deavored to stir up prejudice and luminosity
among neighbors and friends as aristocrats and
plebeians. Such is a sample Of the arguments
which he appeared SO anxious that some one would
refute. Go on, Mr.. Dean. you are doing our cause
good. No one in our party has desire to do any
thing that will make you 90 home and send in your
resignation as Elector, which you promised to do
if your positions" were refuted.-Daily, 2Sta.
MUscArlNH ISLAND AND THE BLurF.-Per-
haps the most noticeable features of the landscape
in the vicinity of Muscatine are Muscatine Island
and the Bluff. The Island as most of our readers
are aware, is formed by slough extending from
the river at South Muscatine to q point near Port
Louisa forming regular and beautiful semi circle
some five miles across to the river at its widest