Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1861-11-15

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cash must accompany the subscription.
Journal Office Removed.
This Office Is now located in the room over the Pos
Ohac Entrance the alley
ss-Best KEROSENE OIL at so cents per Call
at tn. Crockery Store OF
TRY it," GEo. W. plLLAWAf bho.
RErURNED.-Our friend, Charley Evans,
member Of company A, TIA Regiment ar
rived Tuesday. Charley has been yer.
sick, AMI i'll fact is not well yet.
-s<o~e
BIG EAGLE.-A boy NJ med Nicholson, " h.
resides in this vicinity, while on reccn
hunt near the Iowa river, shot a large gre!
eagle, which measures eight feet from tip t
tip.
DIs-BANp-ED-The Brass Band attache,
to the / It'll Regiment has ben broken up II
consequence of an order from the War De
partment, forbidding the enlistment of any
more musicians of this class.
AppLEs-Mr r. NJ. Pinkham, Of this vi
cinity, has oar thanks for some very choice
striped sweet pipins," raised by him, from
trees planted since he came to this country
which was not a great while ago.
W-The packing establishment of g. L.
Palmer & Co. commenced Strengthening Sat
urday A lot Of l2O hogs We're disposed Of
We understand that the quality of the pork
this year is far superior to that of last
p@- Company ii, of Washington, suffered
severely at the battle of Belmont, being
killed, IL wounded, and abo, t 80 taken pris-
oners. The gallant Capt Crabb, who was
taken prisoner, has probably been exchanged
ere this time.
WILL NOT STOP HERs.-Lieut. Chambers
has declared that the 18th regiment cannot
stop here on its way to St. Louis, as we have
been led to hope When they once get I'M
der way he says they must proceed direct to
ST. Louis.
HoRsEs.-L. V. Skirkle & Co. have pur-
chased and sent to Dav nport upwards of 40
head of horses since they obtained n contract
fer the same. We understand that on the
whole, it was tie finest lot that has yet az
rived at camp.
LARGE Hoes. One day this week, c. L..
Palmer packed 81 hogs raised by Vincent
Chambers, of this vicinity, each OF which
averaged 800 pounds net. These were
part of 1870 head which averaged 26S
pounds net.
The LATEST FAsnIoN-The winter fashion
for bonnets or hats is already beginning to
be seen in this city. We hate to say it, but
those who wear this style look infinitely more
like rat-eating Cinnamon than the pretty
American girls they really are.
Coop NEws.-A letter was received in
this city Wednesday, dated Cairo, Nov. 9th,
from W. P Ketcham, Clerk of company a,
7th regiment, in which he states that strong
hopes are entertained of the recovery OF
Lieutenant deHeus. This is indeed good
news to the many friends of this gallant otii-
Ger in this city.
FUlL.-It may not be generally known
that Iowa's quota, urder the call of the Pres
idcnt, is full. We understand that there
are now companies enough organ ed, and
IN process of organization, to complete an
other Re ,ment Is there another city in
the State, b. sides Muscatine, that can boast OF
having contributed over Regiment We
ask for information.
eYeWill be sold at Keeler's auction rooms
1T Second street, Saturday morning, at 10
o'clock, fine set of pa,lor furniture. con-
sisting of sofa, six sofa seat chairs, one
rocking chair and centre table Also, one
very fine stell plate engraving of Washing
ton, in heavy gilt frame; all of which will be
sold without reserve. Call and examine be-
fore the day of sale.
PRETTY NEAR COLL1sIoN-Pat. Hickey,
meeting locomotive on the railroad bridge in
South Muscatine Wednesday morning, saved
his neck by jumping, but unfortunately dis
located his shoulder in the achievement
Doctors Hershe and johnson pulled the bone
in its proper place again, and PIT was made
whole, to his exceeding great joy. He says
if he had not slipped he could have jumped
twice as far, and not strained himself a bit.
"STILI. They Come" -Robert Armstrong
another wounded ne mber of Company &C. ~
FIRST Regiment, returned yesterday morning
He left Springfield on the Oath ult., the day
before it was recap,ured by the Union forces
Mr.. A. is still compelled to walk on crutch s
as he is not completely cured of the wound
he receive at Wilson's Creek. The prevail
ent opinion in southwest Missouri is that