Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-07-05

THE JOURNAL.
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Republican County Convention.
The republicans of Mu,catine county requested
meet in Convention Saturday. July Goth, 1851 at
O'Clock P. M. in the Court House. for the purpose
appointing delegates represent this county in tn
Republican State Convention on the 3lst Of July.
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OWNER WANTED-For gold lingering
with the initials F. J. B. on the outside and
J. s. or J. T. inside. Apply to the editor Of
this paper.
eWHenry Oartor, who once resided in OF
near this city, may hear of something to his
advantage by applying at the Post Office
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s" School teachers should not forget the
Teachers Institute, which is to commence in
this city on Monday next Every teacher in
the county should attend.
TEA letter received yesterday from
Brighton, Washington county, says:
1--WE have lost the music of the locusts
They have done all the damage they could to
our young fruit trees, currant and gooseberry
bushes, and have left in disgust"
s|@We notice numerous shipments of flour
barrels received recently at this place from
St Louis and other points down the river ;
also, bv railroad from Chicago. This does
not look well fox or corpers. They ought to
be able to supply The home demand.
~ Springfield 40, the point to which
Gen. Lyon has gone with the first Iowa regi-
menl,, is about l25 miles directly south of
Bonneville, and nearly 200 miles southwest of
St. Louis. 1t is nearly 100 miles from any
railroad, and but about 50 miles from the Ar
kansas border.
The WHEAT CRoP-We have more IA
vorable reports this week in regard to the
wheat crop. The late rains and cool weather
have been beneficial in coun. elacting the in
fuence of rust. The prospect now is good
for fair average yield. Harvesting will
commence next week
sYA large and delighted audience attend
ed the exhibition by Mr.. Daymude's pupils in
fremont Hall Wednesday evening. Circ,Hl-
stances prevented us from being present.
We hope some friend who was there will
furnish our readers a full account in our next
of the exercises on the occasion.
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POSTMASTER AT ArALIssA-F. G.. Water
man, Esq, has received the appointment of
postmaster at Atalissa, in this county. The
appointment was one eminently fit to be
made" Mr. W. has for some time been III
discharge of the active duties Of the Office as
the assistant of Mr. Worrall, and given gen
eral satisfaction to its patrons.
60 We copy the following sad intelligence
from the Rocky Mountain Nevs of June 10th.
The deceased was son of II. N. Sumner,
Esq, of this county;
Oh rles Sumner, brother in law Of the
senior editor of the Meas, died suddenly this
morning o: out 10 o'clock. He had been iii
only few days with mountain fever, and
sat at he breakfast table this morning. He
was in the 18th year of his age.
Our BOYS PAID OFF. - We saw Hiram
Price, Esq, Monday morning. on the
steamer Key City, homeward bound. He
left Boonville Thursday afternoon Of last
week, having on that day paid off the First
Iowa Regiment The amount paid 10 each
volunteer was about eight dollars. He re-
ports the regiment in good health and spirits.
They were making preparations to march
Southwest expecting to start the next morn
ing probably for Springfield. No fight is
expected of the rebel Missourians they in
variaby take to their heels at the approach
Of our troops. Jackson is supposed to have
Joined Ben McCulloughs cut-throats in Ar
kansas Business is completely stopped
t.r0ughnut Missouri, and even corr fields IN
some sections tre neglected and growing in
weeGs
Fac new outfits for the First Regiment
are at Quincy, and al be forwarded as soon
as it can be as4ertlined where they may
reach the regiment.
3YrThe ladies of this place have been in
formed that our volunteers are in need ct
twenty shirts Ito be used in case of sickness
and havelocks for the two companies from this
city, in Ill two hundred. They cannot have
them unless furnished by the citizens here.
The ladies are willing to make them if the
materials are furnished, which will cost about
o..e hundred and fifty dollars. They propose
to obtain the means through subscription by
our citizens of small sums each, say fifty
cents; and we trust that all will feel anxious
to do so small part towards furnishing our
men now in the field an article Of such great
utility to their comfort and health. Other
places in our State, and elsewhere, are doing
the same thing, and we trust that we shall not
be behind them Such attentions to the COM
fort and wants of our soldiers are to them
cheering evidences that they are remembered
by us at home. Dy all means let them be
purchased, and that at once.
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