Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-08-05

child in Central Iowa, no matter what
their avocation may be, but can do
something, and not one but is deeply
interested in the success of our soldier
boys "benefit." Let the suggestion of
the committee be acted on, then, imme-
diately, energetically and earnestly
Let meetings be Immediately called and
everybody made working member of
our Fair.
LAYING OF THE CORNER-STONE.-|
Notwithstanding the early hour fixed
for the exercises upon laying the corner
stone of the Baptist Church, yesterday,
they were well attended by an attentive
audience. The order of exercises was
as follows: Singing of hymn, commence
ing,
Lord Of hosts. to thee we raise
Here house of prayer and praise"
Prayer by Rev. VIM. Davis. Reading
sketch of Church history by the pastor,
Rev. s. l.. Burnham. Addresses by
Rev. DIR. Power and Rev. w. Davis.
Singing hymn, commencing
"Here in thy name. Eternal God,
We build this earthly house for thee"
After some very appropriate remarks
from the pastor, the following articles
were placed in the box:
Sketch of the history of the First
Baptist Church of Muscatine. Copies of
the last date of the following papers
The Waterman and Refector-Mdcedo-
nian-St. Adams (Vt.) Messenger-New
York Examiner Home Evangelist =
Christian Tmes-Chitd at Home Young
Reaper-and Muscatine Daily Journal.
ton. Minutes of Iowa Baptist State
Convention. Premium list of Musca-
tine County Agricultural Society. Bush
ness cards of our merchants. Pieces of
silver coin. Sample of w. H. Stewards
currency. Copy of Church Covenant.
Samples of postal currency. Circular
of Iowa Central Sanitary Fair. Hymn
book. Copy of New Testament.
After this, an anthem was sung by the
choir, and the services concluded with
the benediction, by Rev. DR.. Power.
The exercises were admirably conduct
ed, and will long be remembered by
those who participated.
The work upon the building is being
prosecuted with great energy. 1t will
be quite an addition to our city when
completed.-Daily, Sd.
FROM IDAHo.-We have received a
letter from Moses Oppenheimer, former
ly of this place, dated Virginia City,
Idaho, July 9th. He left St. Joseph on
the 18th of February, with party hav-
ing train of ten wagons loaded with
merchandise. They were SO days on the
road, and experienced many hardships
from snow storms, &c. They arrived at
| Virginia City on the LIST of June. He
says business has been good, but is slow
at present, the market being overstock-
ed, and train after train is coming in
every day. There are good many rich
mining claims, but they are all takenup,
leaving poor chance for new corners.
He thinks many will return disappoint-
ed, as the immigrationisla large. Miners
wages are Sc per day !, board SIS per
week. Gold dust is the currency of the
country. Property is high; log cabin
on business street will bring $4,000 or
81, 900 in dust. Snow fell there on the
5th of July; hence he concludes the
country is unhealthy.
| He mentions having seen number of
former residents of Muscatine; among
them F. B. Crockeran Mr.. Scudder, Jr.,
who are doing we'll. Geo. Leffingwell
had gone to the upper mines.
CHILD LosT.-A little girl, about
three years of age, daughter of G. w.
Fisher, who lives in Buffers addition to
the city, strayed from her home Sum-
day morning, about 9 o'clock, as is sup
posed, in search of her father, who had
gone to the woods in search Of a cow
AS soon as her absence was discovered
search was made, but up to dark last
\ night nothing could be heard of her,
1t is feaIed she was out in all the severe
storm of the afternoon. Her distressed
parents request their neighbors to join
with them this morning in a thorough
seaach of the neighborhood. We hope
q goodly number will respond to this
call.-Daily, LIST.
i
THE LOST FoUND.-The little daugh-
ter of G. w. Fisher, who strayed away
from home on Sunday morning, as an
nounced in yesterdays paper, has been
found, alive and well. She walked
about mile and half, to a house on
the Iowa City road, where she was
taken in just before the storm came up.
DAILY, I'd:
A TIMELY H1NT.-Let every person
who has friend in the army send him
dollars worth of quinine, with in
structions to put as much as will lie on
the point of knife in his coffee every
morning, and the probability is that he
will escape chronic diarrhea, fever and
ague and bilious fever. Three years
ago the surgeons of some Of the regi-
ments in the Army of the Potomac adj
ministered Peruvian bark, or its extract,
quinine, to all the soldiers in their regi-
ments every day during the three sickly
months of August, September and Octo-
Der, and the published statistics showed
q remarkable exemption from disease in
those regiments. So says the Chicago
Journal.
| DONATIONS FOR THE FAIR.-We have
heard of quite number of valuable
donations to the Iowa Central Sanitary
Fair to commence in this city on the
! 18th of September. We hone the COM