Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-01-04

7 THE JOURNAL.
1g LOCAL DEPARTMENT.. n
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GONE UP.-The price of -four and whea
in New York. Here prices remain firm.
eGoNE DowN.-Eastern exchange was sell
ing at per cent Wednesday. 1tisreportsd
plenty at 4@5 per cent. in Chicago.
~ The ice bridge over the river is now
firm, and teams are constantly going to and
fro.
LARGE Hoes.--A produce house bought
yesterday l2s hogs, 100 Of which averaged
269 TBS. ASS
EJ ]. w. Dutton, formerly Cashier Of
the Branch Of the State Bank in this city, has
removed to Decatur, Ill.
DlsrRlcr CouRr. - The January term OF
the District Court for Museatine county con-
venes next Monday.
G. The steamer Atlanta, formerly Of this
trade, was sunk and completely wrecked,
few days since, ct Platin Rock, below st.
Louis. ~
~Livs hogs are coming in with rush.
Fourtssn carloads were received from
Washingten yesterday. Both the slaughtsr-
ing houses are in full blast.
~ The lecture of MIR. Hayes, Wednesday
night, was attended by rather small crowd,
who, however, heard good lecture. We will
endeayor to notice it more st length in our
LEvHR OoMxIssIoNER.-G G. W. Conner, Esq,
is o candidate for Levee Commissioner Of
Muscatine Island, at the election to take
place ON the 2Sd inst. Mr.. Conner is . thor
ough-going Republican.
Muslo.-The brass band was out on New
Years day, in fine Sleigh, and treated
number of our citizens to serenadss. They
play first rate for q company of musicians
who have had but little practice together.
CANE LAw.--This law is new in force 1t
provides that it is unlawful for any one to
kill wild game, except on his own premises
between the LIST day of January and the 18th
of August.
HWe acknowledge the compliment Of a
call in front of our Office, on New Years day.
from sleighing party composed of "Bloom-
ington School," of this vicinity, in charge
Of Mr.. D. W. Lewis. The party gave three
hearty cheers for "Free Speech, Free
Press and Free Schools"
D@The "6rst class daily" just as we
expected, has fallen into its chronic ailment
of falsifying when it stated that we charged
only five dollars q year for an advertisement
of five squares. The names it gives in Sat
urday's issue prove this to have been the
case.
OYSTER SUPPER The stockholders ofthe Gas
Company gave an oyster supper at Springs
saloon, Wednesday night, to which the mem
beers of the City Council and a number of other |.
gentlemen were invited; also, Mr.. King, of
the Revieso, and ourself 1t proved q pleas
ant social time. II
Supervisors, elected under new law in
November last, will meet for the first time, {
according to law, next Monday. They will
probably be in session three days Their
sessions are limited to fifteen days during !
he year.
WELL DoNE.--A horse and sleigh, belong
ing to Skinkle & Co., was unhitched in some s
way at Mr.. Kent's residence, on Iowa Avenue,
New Years evening, and three quarters OF
an hour afterwards came into the stable,
without anything broken, but with the robes
and cushions missing. The horse was in
sweat, showing that he had been travelling
around considerably before finding his way
to the stable. He WAS seen in several differ
ent localities about the city, going along at
fair trot. How be avoided a collision and
breakdown is rather remarkable.
Frozen TO DEATH.-Jacob DiYeler, wood
chopper, was found frozen to death last Sun
day morning, about four miles below the
city, on the opposite side of the river. He
was in the city on Friday, and having
received his pay from Mr.. Arnold, for whom
he had been working. started home in the
evening with jug Of whisky and bucket
of salt The next seen of him was as above
stated. The jug was more than half empty.
The unfortunate victim of strong drink had
no doubt become supplied from the effects OF
drinking too freely and laid down to sleep
his last sleep. He was Swede, and leaves
no family or relations in this part OF the
country, having lived several years past alone
in q cabin some distance below this place.
wOur blushing reighbor on the Ave-
nue. complains bitterly over the shock he
imagines his modesty has received through |
some of our advertisements, and pitches into
US quite freely in several ungrammatical
articles, Astounding in the choice phrases Of
the card table and prize ring. We fancy
that if he had devoted half the time in solv-
ing propositions Of grammatical nature
that he has spent in investigating the
mysteries of s.euchre' and "seven up" his
readers might have been spared the perusal