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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14
TE,e Weather.

FRIEND MAMN.-I often sec remarks or
the weather in the JouRNAL-such as "snow.
ing fast, with a prospect that it will be coat
tail deep in the morning." when in fact
could See nothing but squally clouds, which
produce falling weather; and then not much
storm unless the wind is in stormy direction,
for instance, from that half of the horizon
across the river, or south. Thunder showers
come from the west and northwest.
But what l was going to say, is that in the
warm, open weather Of November, it was
often remarked by the veather-wise that We
should have an open winter, and in Decem-
Der, when another long spell of dry weather
came, many signs were seen, and had been
seen all the fall, that we were to have an open
ointer,-the musk-rat hills were very low, the
husks thin or the corn, the goose-bone was
nearly all dark, an Indian had said 'twould
be an open winter. Surprising we had had
three months this winter like December, what
would all these signs prove? What would
we say of the Smithsonian Institute if they
would look at the corn husks and goose bone
to farther and teach the science of the wealh-
or?
The moon is a source of vast calculations
for foretelling the weather. We often have a
dry moon here, and no farther off than Indi-
ana or Ohio it is a wet moon; and very sell
1om do We see the same kind of a moon all
over our broad continent, and if any one will
1eny the moon to be a Estate Rights" instl-
it certainly is a National institution.
will not apply to Europe. 1870
A good observer Of the weather can usually |
a few hours ahead what the weather
will be, but the best frequently miss it.
Why did not these weather Projectors tell
IS what kind of a month January was to
ave been? Thermometer below zero nine
days. Depth Of snow fallen in JAN
thirteen inches. February Tn, Their
noneter below zero five different days. Who
tell us what the balance of the winter is
0 be ? And how does he tell.
SuEl Foster.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

CAMP LIFE AS A ToNIc.-An cx-
change speaks Of the altered habits Of
our young volunteers, acquired by
roughing it amid the hardshlps of the
camp. Many of them are better in
health than ever before, and when they
return on furlough, show a manly dis
taste for close rooms, soft beds, Leah
crate cookery, and other e%nervating
Injuries of home. There is no doubt
that they may acquire more vigorous
stamina, physical and mental, for the
simple and hardy regimen to which
they are restricted. Our life gets sub
divided by a thousand interests until it
is be.ittled. 1t is not much Of any one
thing, but q general hash and chowder
Of all. Life in camp is marvelously
simple. Il has a few great aims, a
few ennobling impulses, a few regular
y recurring occupations and diversions.
The imprcssible nature, glowing with
enthusiasm, is poured into a warlike
mould and hardens into manliness.
Those who shun idleness and low asso-
ciatons, those who keep the heart warm
by frequent lette1s Trombone, and the
head busy with we'll chosen reading,
conversation and thought, will have no
cause to regret that they have passed
a part Of their youth beneath the aus
pieces Of ''the red planet Mars" No
delicate carpet knight will they prove
hence forth,, and though they may not
return either with the shield or on it,
they will bring back a will of iron and
and mucles of steel, better projections
than any brazen buckles. in the stern
school of arms they may, if they c@oose,
acquire the chivalric virtues Of mag
nanimity and courage, and fit them
selves to be guardians Of the defense
less and champions of the right. Anc
they will remember for years how sim
pie the necessaries of life, anc
what hearty enjoyment may be fount
in the absence of luxury and folly
Springfield Rep.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14
LIABILITIES

LIABILITIES
The amount of Liabilities due or not
due to banks or other creditors, None.
Losses adjusted ard due None.
Losses adJ usted and not due 1878 w
Losses unad justed, in suspense, wait
Ing proof, contected or trusteed, $l64, 6Sl 46
All other CLAIMS are small for printing, &c.
agents instructed to take no risks over Twenty
thousand Dollars. without special permission.
The greatest amount insured in any one City,
Town, Village, or Block, varies.
Twenty Thousand Dollars deposited with the State
OF Tennessee, in stock of said Slate, which is not
included in our assets and is equivalent to 10
deposit OF cur C pital or savings. Deposited
with the state of ohio, Ten Thousand Dollars.
The chatter is on file with the auditor of Ohio.
Hartford, January LIST. 1862
S. j. HENDEE, Secretary.
STATE OF CONNECTICUT, l..
Hartford County,
Hartford, January LIST, 1862.
Personally appeared before me. Henry Fowler,
a Justice OF the Peace. for said State and County
l.. j Hendee, Secretary, and made solemn oath
that he foregoing Statement of the assets and
condition OF the Elna Insurance company, is true.
HENRY FOWLER,
Justice of the Peace.
AuDIToR's OFFICE, Iowa.,
Desmoines,J {. IA, 1862.
1T Is HEREBY CERTIFIED, That the 11th day
of January, 1862, a sworn statement q as led in this of.
bee showing the coudition of the 4Etna Insu-
rance company, located at Hartford, In he Stale OF
Connecticut, on the first DAY of January, A. D. 1862, in
with a provision of an Act of the sneral As
of the State of Iowa, entitled can Act in rela-
to Insurance Companies approvei J ,Duary 2Sth,
1851, and an act amendatory thereto, approved February
1888 that said statement shows that said company
possessed Of the requisite amount of capital, and in
vested as required by law.
Authority is therefore given to the above named COM
pany to transact business of INSURANCE in this State in
accordance with the laws thereof, until the 31st day of
January, A. d. one thousand eight hundred and sixty.
.wO.
1t is also certified that Chester Weed, ESQ of
has been duly appointed by said Company
heir lawful Agent and Attorney for the county of Mus
.atine, with full power to take ri-ks of Insurance
herein, and to acknowledge service of process, as pro-
ided by law, upon his filing with this Clerk of the Dis
riot Court in and for said county, a certified copy of the
Oh file in this Office. 1t is further certified
hat the attached is a true and correct copy of the said
tatement. Ii
!" IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto
LIS set my hand and affixed my seal of Office, this
- Nth day OF January, 1862.
- J. W. CATTELL, Auditor of State.
Jan3O DAN. ELLYS0N Deputy. s
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

Thomas Mcnamara was sentenced last
fall at Dubuque, to one years Imprisonment
in the Iowa Penitentiary for passing counter
felt money. In view Of certain mitigating
circumstances, he has been recently pardoned
by the President.
A boy, Is years of age, living with Capt.
Sherman, on Bowen's Prairie, Jones county,
committed suicide Saturday before last. The
Eureka says he loaded a gun with a heavy
ball, and placing the muzzle in his mouth,
he touched the trigger with his foot. The
ball passed through his head, killing him al
most instantly.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

s99 The piles under London bridge
have been driven 500 years, and on ex-
aiming them in 1915, they we're found
to be little ~decayed. They are princl-
pally elm. Old Savoy Place, in the
City of London, was built $50 years
ago, and the wooden piles, consisting
of oak, elm, beech and chestnut,
were found, upon recent examination,
to be perfectly sound. Of the dura-
bility of timber In a wet state, the
piles Of the bridge built by the Empe-
ror T%rajan, over the Danube, afford
a striking example. One of those piles
was taken up, andfound to be petrl6ed
to the depth Of taree-quarters of an
inch, but the rest of the wood was not
different from its former state, though
it had been driven 1900 years.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14
ORIGINAL NOTICE.

STATE OF IOWA, Is
Muscatine County.
To William D. Ament, Amelia NJ. Ament, Thomas P.
McMurry and Elizabeth Mem riy.
Won are hereby notified that there is now on file in
i the office of the Clerk of the District Court of Mus
catine County, Safe of Iowa, a Petition of b. A Fahnes-
took & Co., partners by that name and style, claiming of
YOU, the said William A. Ament and Thomas P Nc
hurry, the sum of four hundred and ninety four Is. 100
dollars, with ten per cent. interest the con from MAY
18th, 1850, and the further sum of one dollar and 7S-1OO
protest and notice fees, as money due on a promissary
note executed by you to one Frederick L. Stone, and
now the property of said petitioners Said petition also
prays the foreclosure of the right Of all of said defend.
ants to redeem frt m a mortgage executed by said Will
liam D. Ament, Amelia NJ. Am"nt, Thomas P. McMurry
and Elizabeth McMurry to said Frederick II. Stone, to
secure the pay ment of saii note, upon The west half of
lot eight () in block thirty (3o) in the city and county
of Muscatine, Iowa, with the APP urten noes
Now, unless you appear Thereto, aud defend, on or be-
fore noon of the second day of the next term of said
Court, commencing on tho frs; Monday of May A. D
1862, defaul, will be entered against you and judgment
thereon, as prayed in said petition, for the sale
and possession of said premises and the amount due on
note with interest and costs.
RICHMAN & BROTHER,
jan51w4w Solicitors for Plaintiffs.
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ORIGINAL NOTICE.

ihf M snaah &c COUNTY, aUTA' SIS. To John B. Macomber.
VOU are hereby notified that there is now on file in
L the Office Of the Clerk of the District Court of
Muscatine County, State Of Iowa, a petition of John
knopp, claiming of you the foreclosure # a mortgage
executed to you by said John Knopp on the 2Sth day of
May, 1851. by which mortgage you conveyed to said
knopp the west halfof the northeast quarter of section
nineteen Q9,, in township seventy eight (7S), mort h
OF range one ~ west, of the 5.h p. NJ, to secure the
payment of a promissory note, dated May 18th, 1857, for
SIX hundred dollars, with interest at ten per cent, pay
able annually, executed by you, payable 70 said John
knopp, or order, on which note the said petition alleges
that there is now due said John Knopp 717.5 for
which sum, with interest, the plaintiff asks Judgment
against you, as provided by law, and that said land be
sold to pay said Judgment, interest and cost, as pro-
vided by law in such cases.
Nov, unless ron appear thereto, and defend, on or
before noon ofthe second day of the next term of said
Court. commencing on the nrst Monday of May, 4, d.
1867, default will be entered against you and judgment
rendered thereon. THUS. HANNA
jan24-w4w prsfeeS6 Solicitor for Plaintiff.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

The Dubuque Times denounces, as "a
gross libel on the people of Iowa." the state
mcnt that has been going the rounds of the
press, that organized bands of squatters have
been IN the habit of locating in non-organized
counties, electing themselves to Office, and
taxing the nonresident land owners for mon
ey to line their own pockets. The Times is
most probably correct.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

A GAY SEAsoN.-The winter now nearly
ended has been the gayest one, in these
parts, on record. What with lectures, balls,
mite societies, dime societies, festivals, dona-
ton parties, ~masquerades, &C., &C., the peo-
pie who $50" are kept busy in keeping up
with the times. The most singular circum-
stance in connection with this subject is that
Notwithstanding the universal grumbling
concerning "hard times" "money tight
and all that sort of thing, the charity con
certs, &C., have never paid better than.during
the preSnt season.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

ARREsrED.-E. S. Piper, the man whose re-
cent exploits in our city we have heretofore
noticed, was arrested on Friday evening OF
last week at Cleveland. Ohio, by an officer
from St. Louis. We were unable to learn
any particulars of the capture, as the tele-
graphic dispatch announcing the fact was
very brief, merely stating the arrest had beer
made. Mr.. Crane, who was badly victim'zed
by him a few weeks since, LETT for Cleveland
Saturday.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

The WAR TAx.-By our special dispatches
it will be seen that the levy of war tax oy
the bill now before the Legislature IS two
mills on the dollar. This will amount TO
about 5000 for Muscatine county. The
State tax is also two mills. Last year It was
one and O half mills.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

l6TGenerals Halleck and Price have agreed
upon a system for the exchange of prisoners,
which is to be Immediately carried into effect.
Gen. Halleck accepts the tariff of exchange
proposed by Price, but carefully excludes
from its provisions all persons charged with
a violation of the laws of war, such as spies,
bridge-ourners, %marauders, etc. This class
will not be exchanged, but will be held for
trial.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14
SdERIFF'S SALE.

DY VIRTUE OF AN EXECUTION TO ME DIRECT.
u ed and delivered from the office of the Clerk Of the
District Court of Muscatine county, State of Iowa,
against the goods and cbattels. lands and tenements
Of J. 5. Colbert, have levied upon and will expose to
sale. on Saturday, the 18th day of February, A. D.. 1852,
at the Court House door, in the City of NJ u~scatine, the
following described property, to wit One yoke of cat
tie. about 6 years old, and one Reaping and Moving
Machine combined. All of which or so much thereof az
may be necessary, will be sold to satisfy sail Execution
in favor of E Ball. Sale to commence at ten O'Clock
in the forenoon of said day.
WIN. GORDON,
Sheriff Muscatine County.
By T. B JAMES, Deputy.
Muscatine, Jan. %, 1862 w4w. prsfee$5.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

GEN. FREMoNr.--Gcn Fremont is still
quietly domiciled in Washington. The
charges against him, and the request he has
made to be court-marshalcd, have not, so far
as have been ascertained, been definitely
acted upon by the Government, and there
fore it is not known what course will be pur-
sued toward that gentleman Washington
Correspondence N. Y. Times, Feb. 1.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

SHARP PRACTICE.-Three little boys in our
office have the monopoly of the extra trade
when we issue them. Last week a little sha-
yer from the street hired out to the foreman
to turn the press wheel, and to take as pay
for his services two extras. Finishing his
task he departed with his receipts, and soon
came back with five cents, and bought two
more, and a little while later he appeared
again and purchased quite a number. He
came back several times, buying more extras
each time. Our boys soon discovered him
on their respective routes, busily engaged in
hawking his papers. This proceeding they
conceived was an Infringement of their rights,
and they attempted to clam" their successful
rival, but soon gave that up as a bad job
The sharp boy made a good thing out of his
speculation, while the regular sellers came
home mourning over their dull sales. The
speculater thinks "some folks can do things
as well as Others"
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

to the other, he hardly knew whether
the fellow was a knave or a fool. Lee
glanced meaningly on either hand,
and replied, Perhaps between the two,
The young gentlemen by this time con
cluded to leave the itinerant to his
own meditations.-NorM american
HevieW.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

O. The meeting of the County Teachers
Association, at school house No. l, Saturday,
was we'll attended. These meetings are de-
servedly becoming very popular among the
teachers of our county, who manifest . great
deal of interest in the exercises.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14
GEORGE A. FOSS,

A 7 It O * N + Y A L A w,
PARTICULAR ATTENTION GIVEN TO THE
l prosecution and collection of soldiers Claims
Bounty money and arrearages of pay obtained for The
heirs of those who have died or been killed in the serv-
ice of the United States.
Office over Adam Ogilvie's store, Second street, Mus
catine, 10 sa. FEB S '62-dawtf
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

0rThe Postmaster General suggests that
postage be collected for telegraph!c dispat, b.
es sent over the wires, at the rate of five
cents a dispatch. He calculates that by this
means q large revenue will accrue to the gov
eminent, and his suggestion deserves the
consideration of Congress.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

DOMESTIC W1NE.-Last week D. @. Cloud,
ESQ.,, showed US a specimen of choice do
nestle wine, manufactured out OF grapes
raised at his place a short distance from this
CITY. We are not much of a "hand' at wine
ourselves but a gentleman connected with this
office who pretends to be booked up IN the
article, %pronounces it to be as good as the
best. We know of no reason why wine can
not be produced in large quantities in this
vicinity, as no end Of grapes can be raised
by those who will take the trouble to PLAN
them.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14
ESTRAY HORSE.

TAKEN UP by Fritz Berger, at his plantation, in
i the Township Of Montpelier, Muscatine county,
Iowa. on the 18th day of December, A. D.. 1861. AN
ESrRAY HORSE, supposed to be twelve years old,
about 15% hands high, of a light sorrel coler, a white
snip in the face, lame in the right hind leg and de-
fective in the shoulders valued at twenty five dollars.
A true copy G. S. FOSTER,
Jan. q. 1862 w3m Clerk Board of Supervisors,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14
DIED,

On February 9th, of Diptheria, in this city, Edwin
b., son of Elias NJ. and OLIVIA NJ. Kessinger, aged 8
carr and II months. The funeral will take place to-
day at 9 O'Clock. at the residence of the family, corner
Fifth and Mulberry streets. The friends and acquaint-
ances are respectfully invited to attend.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

Nor so.-Some genius in this city sends
the editor of the Davenport Democrat a copy
of a petition asking the Legislature to pass a
general bankrupt law and praying that body
to abolish all laws for the collection of debts
during the existence of the present war.
The writer adds that the petition is very popu-
lar in this county and is being generally signed.
This is not so. The petition has not been
circulated to any extent and has met with de-
cided ~disapprobation from those to whom it
has been presented. The people of Musca
tine county are not so poor that they cannot
pay their war tax, and also cancel honorable
debts. The Dem ocrat mar is right in his as
sumption that the people of Muscatine have
too much sense to embark in any such spec.
ulation as the above.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

AN Iowa STATE SENATOR IMPLICATED IN
TREAsoN.-Senator English, of Fremont coun-
ty, is the official reported as being implicated
by the Governors report of recent rebel oper-
atoms in that county. His loyalty is much
doubted. An investigation of the circum
stances is probable.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

0W Capt. Turner's Company. of the 10Th
regiment, have held an election of officers, with
the following result :-Captain, }. H.. Turner;
lst Lieut., George Lawrence; "a Lieut.
John A. Hines. This company is now near
ly full. 1t was made up principally from the
counties of Mnscatinc, Cedar and Louisa, and
promises to be one of the best companies in
the acknowledgement Gazette.
1t will be seen by the above that Capt. Iur-
ner has been rewarded by his men as his en-
ergy and perseverance deserved.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14
Bsg The clock on St. Paul's. lor

80 The clock on St. Paul's, Lon
ion, is 81 ''blg thing" The pendu-
lum is four feet long, and the weight
at the ed Of it IS 100 pounds , the
dial on the outside is regulated by a
similar Il ; tie length of the minute
hand on the interior dial is eight feet.
and the weight Is pounds the length
of the hour figure Is two feet and two
and a half inches.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

The SPoLs.-The value Of the munitions
of war captured from Zoll;coffer's rebel army
at Mill Spring and Cumberland River may be
estimated as follows:
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WANTED.

ITO EXCHANGE. the following property for goods or
l. real estate; Four Horses - including a pair of
fast trotting spotted ponies; two se's of Double Har-
ness. one Two Seated Carriage, one California Wagon,
covered, and one Open Buggy. NJ W JENKS.
jan27.dRWtf TAT Skinkle's Liyery,)
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

CuR1oslrIEs.-We were shown last week
morning, by G. G. Hayes, Esq, an ivory box,
a pipe of cocoa wood, and a picture of a re-
view of an East Indian Army. These pre-
sents were sent to Mr.. H. by a sister who is
now residing in the city of Delhi, India. The
carving on the first article is in the highest
style of heather art. The pipe is arranged
so that the smoke, before it reaches the mouth
of the smoker, must pass through a little
chamber containing water, thus cleansing it
Of the poisonous qualities that are said to
render the smoke Of tobacco so obnoxious.
The army picture is a decided curiosity in
its own way. We have seen a few soldiers
in our time, but we must confess that the
brave men that compose the military force
of his majesty, the king Highcompoop, COM
pletely stake the rag off the BUSH"
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co.

y Htna Insurance Company, on the LIST day of
January, 1862, made to the State of Iowa.
The name of the Corporation is ETNA INSURANCE
COMPANY, locase1 at Har' ford, Conn.
The Capital is FIFTEEN HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS,
and is paid up.
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n W.

A R AT LAW N NOTARY PUBLIC,
n will give prompt attention to conveyancing, exam
lining titles and paying taxes in Muscatine and Louisa
counties. Office on Second street, over Adam Ogilvie' 8
Store, Auscatine, lows. March 5th, 1861 -dawtf.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

FuRTHER-E. S. Piper, who swindeled a
citizen of this place out Of $500 a short
time since, subsequently turned up at Gene
SEQ, ILL.,, where he cheated the Bank out OF
about $500 more and made good his escape
We learn from the Davenport Gazette that
he lived for twenty years at Maquoketa,
Jackson county, Iowa, where he enjoyed the
reputation of being Il counterfeiter, horse
thief, gambler and swindler. While there he
was detected in burning his house to secure
the insurance, and was arrested for manufac-
turing counterfeit coin, the dies for which
were found in his possesson DAILY, SM
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14
WANTED TO RENT.

A FARM with from forty to eighty acres under cul.
II t~ivation, Tor which I will pay a cash rent if pre-
ferred. Eeqiure at the store of J. Compton, Muscatino.
dec27wtf J0HN COMPTON.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-02-14

OUR EYES AND DOLLARS, by purchas
= ing Light, at j. ID CANON 1 CO.S
owl City Drug Store.