Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-03
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ca We understand that the question n ow
asked by travellers through the county north of Us
is, elbow are you fortifed?" -.- ,....s--~-rr-
~ Great bargains are offered in dress
goods, &C., by Lemp and Sells, till the 18th o.
March. See advertisement in another column.
o. The receipts Of the Literary Institute
for Horace Greeley's lecture were sos He was
paid $50, the overplus going into the treasury Of
the Institute 80
W Wo have heard it stated that young
Coppoc has taken the advice of his friends and left
springdale for the present. 1t is understood that
he has gone to Canada.
EF The Pixies Peak fever threatens to
carry off a large number OF citizens Of Iowa, the
coming spring tough we think the excitement is
not as great as 1t was year ago. We have heard
of none as yet who contemplate going from this
city. il A-A.- -.'
A STARTLING THEORY - We direct the
readers attention to the article on the first page
the Important subject of raising The fact set
forth by scientific sayans and corroborated by ex-
perience and observation that the orn.producing
power of the earth is becoming exhausted should
call attention to the best of recuperating the
soil AS bread is the "staf of life" this question
becomes Of uital Importance, and should engage
the attention not only of farmers but Of he rest of
mankind" ~
UNDER BoNDs.--Mr Dutton, late Cashier
of the Muscatine Branch Bank, whose arrest on
charge of misapplication of the funds we have
already noticed, has waived an examination and
given security in bond of $4,000 to answer the
charge at the ensuing term of the District Court
begin on the goth of next month. When this ex
animation takes place we will probably be enabled
this affair, which appear to be SO generally desired
and which are now impossible to obtain. -.
A QUESTION OF VERAcrrY.-For tho bene,
fit of the gentleman who writes the original arti-
cles of the Enquirer we will state that the review
in our paper of Mr.. Campbell's lecture on John
Brown was written by Aaron Stein, an employee of
this office. We are not particularly anxious that
the aforesaid gentleman should accept this statement
as true, since reputation for veracity in this
community will by no means be affected by it. His
imputation against Mr.. Campbell was ungenerous
and wholly uncaled for while his insinuatiou that
the senior proprietor Of this paper would asseverate
fact he knew nothing about is altogether gratuit
Gus and would be received as an insult did We not
consider the source from which it comes.
AN OLD SOLDIER CONE Died, at Column
bus City, Louisa county, Iowa, on Tuesday, Jan.
24th $780, Robert Britt in the 65th year of his age
Mr.. B. was a native of Virginia and enlisted in the
US. service at Hopkinsville, KY. in lsi4-before
he had attained the age of 81 years-and was at
tached to the regiment commanded by Major r
Harrison. He was in the engagement at New
Orleans-the incidents of which he would frequently
relate. His remains were inferred at the Columbus
City Cemetery, amid large concourse OF people,
with religious services by Rev. Mr.. Jones, of the
Congregational Church and military honors by the
Union Guards, Capt. w. S. Robertson. 1t was the
6rstappearance ever made byt the military in Louisa
county upon funeral occasion.