Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-03-23
WEEKLY JOURNAL.
LOCAL DEPARTMENT.

For PlKE's PEAK. - Covered wagons,
turned Pixies Psakward. have again made their
appearance. We saw quite a number passing
through our streets to-day.
TIE EouNox.-To-d day (2lst) the sun en-
tiers the first point Of Aries, and day and nigh
are of equal length, A friend who seems posted in
the ssigns Of the times' says blustsry weather
ID now past. We usually have 1t this season of the
. year protracted storm of rain, but this year we
have had furious gales instead of rain.
ca While we in this hyperborean
climate have scarcely commenced preparing the
ground for garden ornaments and luxuries, the
early productions. The Picayuns talks temptingly
of roses, narcssus, orange blossoms, datfodils,
daisies and vioets. The fruit trees, too, bloom
ing out luxurianty.
FIRST ARRIVAL. - Lemp & Sells have
received and opened their first instalment of new
Spring goods. They are determined to keep
large stock of everything in their line on hand at
all times, and will sell a. usual the lowest figures
in the market.
We are indebted to Mr.. Lemp, who returned
from the East to-day, for late New York papers.
The LEvRr presents lively and business.
like appearance. Three boats were at the landing
at once, Wednesday afternoon. receiving and dis
charging freight. Although several boats have been
loaded At this place during the past few days, the
quantity of produce on the levee is increasing
rather than diminishing 1t impossible at present
for steamboatmen to accommodate shippers, even
at the high rates asked on freight.
INFORMATION WANTED OF George A.
Pickup who left Mercer count1 ILL.,, about the 18th
OF August, 1855, and is now supposed to be rome
where in Iowa. He is II or IS years Of age, and
had at the time he left Of his upper front teeth
broken of near its middle. Whoever may be able
to pick up any tidings of his Whereabouts and com
municate the same to the editor Of the Record, at
Aledo, Mercer county, ILL.,, will confer great favor
AZ The Auditors Report to the Legis-
lature shows that the delinquent State tax of Mus
catine county up to 1859 is 81 1882, on avauation
of IS, SIS, o99 and levy Of IS 0S2l4- The delin-
quency of Louisa county up to the same period is
81 s7s7l on q valuation of $s,646,7ss and tax of
Ss,970.1s. The greatest amount Of delinquency is
in Dubuque county - 81. 3d. So, on valuation of
%, SIG, 42S and tax of $14,724 "a.
Still AFTER CoPPooK. - We learn on
reliable authority that police officer from Balti
more arrived at West Liberty, few days ago, for
the purpose of capturing young Coppock, if he can
be found at springdae. 1t seems that the chivalry
are 10th to give him up. We shall see whether this
man will be more circumspect than the illustrious
Camp, (now d. Camped,) whose bushwhacking for
two or three months hereabouts made him the
laughing stock Of the Hawkeyes.
THE COMING WHEAT CRoP.-The papers
state that winter wheat in Southern Illinois has
been badly injured by 'freezing out" and in some
localities it il q total loss In Northern Illinois,
where spring wheat is raised, the farmers are not
putting in as much usual, as they think it does
not pay as well as raising corn for feeding stock.
In view of these facts, we suggest that it would be
well for the farmers of Iowa to SOW as much wheat
as possible-and corn, toe, as from present pros.
poets, both will "pay" good crop this year will
bring US "out of the woods" So far as our in
formation extends farmers in this region are SOW
ing more wheat this spring than usual.
BUSINESS OF THE NJ. & NJ. R. r. We
learn by statement published in the Chicago
Press and Tribune that the total business of the
above Road, including the Iowa City and Washing
ton branches, for the year 1889, was as follows:
No. of through passengers going West, s,25s