The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1863-10-24
THE CITY.

largest orchard in this part Of the State
He has 100 acres in apple trees, probably
serenty-fve acres bearing. The other
tsenty-five is set with trees not yet old
.aough to bear, and cultivated also in
strawberries. He estimates his apple crop
at 5000 bushels the present season. The \
demand is good, and his opples are readily 1
sold ut the Orchard for fifty cents per BUSH
D. He has large cider mills in operation
with copper pans set in arches for boiling
and has made large amount of cider, for
which thore is ready market and good
price.
AS Mr.. Avery's estimate of his apple
crop only includes his winter fruit, the
cider Manufactured is a part of the product
Of. his orchard, above. the 5000 bushels OF
APPLES. which ~ worth $1,000 at the farm.
The amount Of cider made is large, and he
has considerable yet to manufacture. IL
we add to this the amount realized from
the twentv-fvey acres in strawberries,
grown upon part of his orchard set Win
Young trees, we shall find that Mr.. Avery
realizes a gross amount exceeding oo,ooo
from 100 acres Of Orchard. Probably the
amount is nearer $4,000.
We invite our slow going farmers to look
at these figures and see if growing fruit is
not better than growing grain? 1t is true
this ais an extraordinary year. Fruit is
more abundant than. usual, truly, but OF
necessity this abundance reduces the price.
Mr. Avery understands his business. He
is a nurserylnan and well-informed horti-
culturist, truly. But anybody can set an
orchard and take care of it. There is little
hard labor about it. compared with grow
Ing corn.
We should like to see thousands of acres
OF the rough timber land and breaks in
Des Moines county set out in orchards and
vineyards. There is no better grape grow
ing country in the world-no better wines
are made than in the vicinity Of Burling-
ton. And the profits, as we have the best
evidence, are far larger and the labor less,
than even of stock growing or sheep hus-
bandry, which is much better than grain
growing. There will always be good
market r'fruit.
DISTRICT CoURT.-Des Moines county
will be well represented at Fort Madison.
Five gentlemen have already got their
credentials for long terms. Benner and
.Tuli, both convicted of burglary, have
been sentenced for ten years each. st.
Clair, convicted of conceaiing stolen goods,
has been sentenced for five years Hidden,
for forgery, five years, and Carnahan,
grand larceny, three years.
rs A number Of soldiers, coming up the
river, complain to Us, in long commune
cation, of harsh and unkind treatment on
board the CoRNELIA, between st. Louis and
Keokuk, especially by the Clerk ofthe boat.
They were ordered out of the cabin, when,
they say, there was plenty of room, to the
deck where it was both wet and cold
: They denounce the Clerk as Copperhead.
We have no doubt TREY are right. None
but reptiles of that sort would turn q SOL
der out into the cold. If the owners of
that boat want business they had better
{, get a new clerk.
IA, GssT Mr.. Boomer exhibited to us yester-
day some plug tobacco OF his own growth
and manufacture. 1t looked well, He
raised about three tons of good tobacconear
the city.
G, 37th Iowa, -"Greybeard' regiment-for
st. Louis papers Of Monday. He reports
The regiment in good health.
.Aoc1DEsT.-AsM Mr.. Coburn, of this city,
was riding with his family short distance
in.the country, his horses became fright
ened and manageable, and finally over
set the vehicle, breaking the arm and 9TH
erwise seriously injuring his mother, who
was riding with him.
9 AsoTHER.-We learn that sor,e one con-
nected with the Western Railroad was Sc
riously injured in coupling cars at the de-
pot yesterday afternoon.
I'm the 9TH Iowa Infantry is COM
.panysfrom Van Buren, county-Gen. Tut
sles county-which voted solid for Stone.
Tuttle did not get vote.
B AMERICAN SECURITIES ABRoAD.-The
New York Herald, abiding to the import
and export tables for the month of Sep
tember, says: obstructive and suggestive
as they are, they fail to convey perfectly
. reliable picture of our foreign commerce,
d
Dlents of securities. Within a fortnight
zone steamer is understood TO have taken
out not less than Sl,000,000 in bonds and
stocks. AT other times nearly as large
amounts have come here from Europe for
ssale. 1t is generally understood that from
Che year 1858 to the year 1862, both inclu-
{ .sive, the current of American securities
,fwas from Europe to the United States.
AT the outbreak of the war the influx Of
+ securities from Europe became so rapid as
seriously to affect the exchange market,
, the principle buyers of bills being bankers
who had sold out stocks for European
holders. The problem now arises, how
much Of their American securities have
they sold? How much had they in 1857?
/. These are questions which we confess that
we can see no means of answering. Again,
in 1862 and 1868 a Europe demand arose
afresh for American securities. AT times
this year the export of stocks, especially
/. government securities, has been very ac-
) tive. One leading banker, deeply engaged
in the business, estimated within a week
that of the go bonds alone the continent