Muscatine Weekly Journal du lieu suivant : Muscatine, Iowa • 2

MUSCATINE WEEKLY JOURNAL: FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 1883. 18 David Washburn knocked down WEEKLY JOURNAL BUILDING IMPROVEMENTS. MUSCATINE FIRES. J- SHIPMENTS. Shipments Railroad Report.

-t 20. Mrs. Wittenineyer lectured on Temperance, i General A. C. Dodge died at Burlington, lowa.i gathering at the Congre- gational parsonage to congratulate the av.

A. B. Robbins upon his 40th year of ij 28 1 Joseph Cook lectured on "Does death end all?" 30 Gorge Barnard left for Paris to complete his studies in the art galleries and studios. I DECEMBER. The above eulj is an excellent and faithful representation of the Muscatine Oat Meal Mills, which, next to the lumber interest; is undoubtedly the most -important; manufacturing insti tution in the city.

Situated corner of Front and Pine I streets, nearly opposite railroad freight depot, and within two hundred yards of the steam-, boat landing, it has every advantage of -location. The building, as will be seen on examination of the cut, is six stories high on Front street, covers a large area and is finely adapted to the purpose for which it is used." It contains twelve dryers, holding 2.5 bushels each, and grinds 2,000 bushels of oats per day, which enables the company to manufacture each day 150 barrels of meal and four tons of feed an immense production, which mainly finds a. market in the large cities of the east, The mill is fitted throughout with the best and latest. machinery that can be secured and possesses' in its. patent" cutters an advantage over, all other whieh ithas'paid about $180,000.

It mills in the United States. These cut- is a-matter of great interest to the gen-ters, ten of which are in use, were de-j eral publie, as well as to the trade, to signed and patented by Mr. Stein, know thaf 1883 has been for the Mus- President of the Company, and are used only in' this i mill. In this, to gether with the fact that only the best an increased capacity of nearly one-Avhite oats (which are first thoroughly half. WM.

KE1DLERV Finishod three 3-Btory buildings on Sec- ond Remodeling house for John Remodling house for Win. Olds Remodeling house for Joseph Improvements for John Knopp House for Claus Beckman House for Axtell 300 300 400 4-0 (150 BOO 7o 8fi0 900 60' 250 00 t-a 1,900 ix. 125 900 1,2110 House and barn for John SchtUtz House for Henry Improvements, Win House, JoSn Hartman Improvements, Henry House, Henry House, Vetter Improvements. Kobt Wilde House, John Improvements, John Ruple. Improvementis, George Wetter Potato house John Hahn.

House, Gus Schlllard House, Geo Funck Geiserend E00 House, Paul Other Improvements 1,000 Total 15,900 W. G. ROWLAND. One dwelling honse with ell 16xS8 i1 stories for Barnard j. Barn 1 ft posts, Dwelling house with ell 14x24, main house 18x30, 1 story, Double ell house, 2-stories 32x48 ft Barn 26x54, 20 foot posts, School house WxS, (2 ft, Lake Extension to barn 24x20, Cow barn, 16x34, Sundry small Jobs Li 800 1,1200 2,000 800 700 200 175 675 7.o In addition to the above Mr.

Rowland makes the following report of pile-driving, etc: Pile-driving, for Muscatine county Pile-driving, for Muscatine city. 171 piling and driving for Muscatine Lumber Co 2iX) 855 Total. 3. P. WrALTON.

P. Walton has raised, moved and re-paired fifteen buildings in the city at a cost of $3,508 Bridge Expenditures for 1883. Following is a statement of the bridge ex4 pendlture by the county during the year Second street bridge," masonry $5,728 i 1 1 superstructure. Pine Creek bridge (when Repair to Moscow bridge. Bridge at Gedney's Lake Repairs to Terry's bridge Repairs to other bridges in the county, including nails, labor and blacksmithing 4,100 2,730 103 140 280 4,44 Total.

4. R. H. McCampbeix, Auditor. MUSCATINE CITY RAILWAY Has built, including "switches and icurves, about ZH.

miles of track. Has expended as I i Construction of railway 09 Cars and fixtures 4,260.00 Horses 2,030.00 Barn and ments Harness car house and improve-; i .....4 3,805.00 i 105.75 Total. MACADAMIZING. Grading and macadamizing of Fronit Street Grading 7th between Iowa Avenue and Chestnut street 800 Filling Sycamore between first and Sec-ond streets and approaches to bridge 175 $20,975 1 GEO. D.

MAGOON. The total improvements made by me this season (including materials for same) is $1. 399. This includes in work at the poor farm. C.

IT. Improvements for F. SG Hotel, Webster's Other improvements HATCn. an 350 12,000 1,200 $14,350 1 CORRIELL BROS. Amount of work done by Corriell Bros, since Jan 1st, 183: Brick work at different things at W.

A Clark's. 1... 4 400 300 150 400 Addition to store room for Wm Achter.i Addition to Jones Ashton's mill Addition to dwelling and half-story fori Olds Addition to dwelling and new barn fori: cnas fox 1 i.i.. 575 Webster addition to hotel, new i shop and new barn 3.100 Gunzenhauser, new machine shop .1,700 uasper itirscn new pnotograph gallery i and addition to i 400 Martin Bitzer. repairs and new addition to Jfam has Lange, new ice house.

1,001 i 400 400 250 150 Dr. Morgridge, cellar, and barn founda tion- Two buildings at poor farm Kleinfelter, Byron Lord, barn Addition to Huttig manufactory 70 jf retl uttig. uarn Dasement 90 Other jobs each i one under $75 which amount to over 300 Total. Muscatine Meteorology. Meteorological table for.

1883 at Muscatine latitude 42 deg. 2 min longitudel deg 8 min 20 compiled by J.P. Walton, showing the range of the thermometer, inches of rainfall, numbers of rainy or snowy days, and the num ber of days that cloudiness averaged more than 8 in a scale of If, commencing with. De cember, 1882 and ending with November 1883. in the street and robbed.

K. Cloud and wife left for their new home in Carroll. 1 I 1 4 Anient te-Son'-a aiafe blown opn. Adams Wiles' shop and Col. Welker's office burglarized.

Jonathan Parsons, of iToolesboro, wlu came t( Iowa in 1837, died and Was buried at that place. I He was 85 years old. I) 1 15 Mr. and Mrs. L.

Cohn and daughter left for; Bavaria, Mr. did home. 20 Major1 Tickler left for Dakota, 19 Geo. Innes 'Co. succeed Mc Colm and take their old stand Father Lambert lectured on "The Mistakes of the Bible." 23 First 'boat of the season, passed up river.

I 27 A hard snow storm, i I i I I five inches I. Muscatine ueep. -iff I I 31 Annual meeting County 1 I Al'KIL. 1 Slight snow! falL of 3 The Amendment rehearing began to-day in Davenport. Anotner storm wun some sno Great gale, blowing a blizzard in the north.

13 Mr. J. Mahin appointed mspep-in the tor of the money ofde service postothce department. J. H.

Canon returned safely from his trip to Mexico. S. Porter's dwelling struck by lightning and; the paper find plastering i. -i Lt. G.

Dougherty elected Major ol 2nd. Regt. 1. N. G.

24 Celebration of the 319th anniver sary of Wjlliam iShakespeare by the two Cbautau qua Circles. 26 Rev. C0nn Hanev delivered his lecture on Ireland and Irishmen. 27 Cherry I trees commence "1 bloom. MAY.

1 Washbnrn excursion of 77 persons left for Gerndt's slaughter house burned thisl i 2 Consolidation; of Muscatine and Star. Co' s. coal mines at What Cheer, i 4 Calico ball at Union Hall. 7 Kev. Dr.

Robbins gave the Academy of Science a history of a forty years' pastorate in Muscatine. 9 lernhc hail storm in some parts of the county. i Green's patent drive well decided in valid. i I 11 i Avery'g ibluff game pn fetter and bill heads exposed. i 17.

Articles of; incorporation of Muscatine Street Railway Company tiled. I I i i 18. II. Clarence Eddy Organ concert at Presbyterian church, i 22 Annual parade of the City Fire Department. i lri 30r Memorial Day observed in i patriotic way! r- JUJfE.

i 2 Iowa's Semi-Centennial celebrated at Burlington. A large delega tion attended from this city. 4 Full amount of funds for street railroad subscribed. i 1 6 Muscatine Island levee ordered built by the Boiard of Supervisors. 9 Hershey Lumber Co.

purchased the grounds and bmldinffs of Musca tine Canning Factory on the Island. Rescue Hose iCompany refuse to de liver the belt to the State Associa tion. 11 -j i New bridsre over Mad Creek on Sec ond Street ordered by Board of Supervisors. i 11 Foreman Banks, of Hook and Liaaaer uompany. presented witn a watch by the miembers of Company.

15 Hook and Ladder Co. returned from State Tournament, 1st prize, as best Pany. securing the drilled com- 22 Eighteenth arinual commence ment exercises of Muscatine Hisli School. County conveption jelected delegates to republican estate convention. 28 Contract left for Second Street bridge for $5,728 and for superstructure lor si.uuu.

ratal cost Diphtheria invaded the family of ex- Ireasurer, Jos.S Morrison, 29 Mercury 98 degrees in shade. Weekly Newsi becomes a Democratic paper. I july; 4 The tiay celebrated in fine style at the Jb air -grounds. Charley Fox's barn burned, Co. carried! bff the first prize at Rock Tsland $200 in irold.

i 5 Wm.a3clb.en's barn destroyed by lire. 1 9 Two unsuccessful attempts to burn the Eastern House. 12 Marriage joif Miss Lena Geise and Mr. Cone, of Harlan. i 18 Chautauqua picnic at Linwood.

20 Houses of Jacob Hendriks and Mrs. Anna Madden istruck by light ning. i il AUGUST. ii 7 The funeral of BJ Langridge attended by the Masons, Knight Tem plars and citizens jin laree numbers. lz benatjor Allison, of Du buque, was found drowned in the Mississippi.

I 14 Capt. Gal.jBitzer returned from reunion at Wilson Creek, Mo. 16 Co. carried off the honors at the Encampment at Fairfield. 18 Republican county convention nominated county offioers.

VjO. given a qruaani reception upon their return from Fairfield. 21. Wm. Freeland's house, near the cemetery, burned to the ground.

U4 lieorge Wnicher appointed fro-, fessor of Natural Sciences and History in Hastings College, Nebraska. z8 Co. lett to Cedar, rails. SEPTEMBER. 3 Postal notes lkssued far the first time to-day.

-j 11 Cars commenced running on street railway to-day. jj County fair opened nnely. 14 Band concert Court House Square. 20 Marriage of Miss Elfa Wood- ward and S. M.

Thompson 26 Dredge boat at work in the river harborl 28 The county Purchased the "Fair- weather Farm," fori a poor Price $12,000. OCTOBER. I 3 Two freight trains on R. I. railroad collided ait IMontpelier.

17 VV C. 1. UJoJ Iowa commence their tenth annual convention. A large attendance from abroad. 26 Dredging in; river harbor ceased; appropriation exhausted.

3 Bryant memorial ser's. at M. Mus- 9 Baker excursion to California passed through, 'jij 12 Third ward school closesd on 'account of diphtherias Frank Warfield's house burglarized. Skating on the ponds. 15 Mercury stood 6 degrees above zero.

Ice running in river. i RATES OF SUBSCRIPTION. PAYABLE ADVANCE. WEEKLY One copy, one year, $3.00. TRI-WEEKLY One year by mail, 4.00.

DAILY-By 50 cents per month. CW Subscriptions received for six mouths at yearly rates. NECROLOGY. The following riamed persons well known to our citizens, have died dur- I ing- the. year: JANCAKV.

10. Mrs. E. Arning, wife of II. Arning, aged 56.

li. Christian Weaver, aged 86 lived in Iowa years. 26. Samuel E. Chambers, of Sweet-land township, aged 50.

27. Elleu Anderson, (colored,) of intirm old age, in her ninety-second year, 29T Mrsu A. II. Knapp; daughter of M. P.

Pace, aged 23. KKBKl'AKY. 2. William Brown, aged 68. Born in England.

Cune to Iowa 1861. i Harmon Foster, in Uloomingt on township; aged l0 years, Born in Maryland: came to Iowa 1850. I 21 Fred Miller, of Wilton, aged 75.1 Thos. 11. Bartlett.

in Museatine, 54. in Virginia; camo to Iowa! in 1855. 2S.i Kev. A. Hetzter.

of U.j B. ehureh, aged 74. I MARCH. 1. Mrs.

M. Kost, near Wilton, sister of II. and J. B. Mark.

3. Near Moscow, Mrs. Elizabeth Gatton, "i 10. Mrs. Martha Stiles.

aged 84; came from New Hampshire to Iowa in 1855. 10. Mrs. Francis Kuriger, aged I John MeMenomv, an old resident of Muscatine, died in Davenport; born in Ireland in 1809. 21.

Dr. W. W. Walters, of Atalis'sa, aged 74 born in Maryland; came to Iowa in 1851. 21.

H. Lnmpe, aged 69. 29. William Weidling, aged 35. 11.

J. Nevenuuis, agred 87. Came from Holland in 1854. 29. Chas.

G. Mathis, agred 76. Born in New Jersey; camo to Iowa in 1850. APRIL i 21 Francis Hopkinson, aged 67; born in Maine; came to Iowa in 18o3. I 24 Stewart Gilbreth, aged 71; born in Pennsylvania; came to Iowa in 1869 24" Robert Beattv, ag-ed 82; born fin Ireland; came to Iowa in 1843.

i -MAY. i 17 Mrs. Amanda Lillibridge, aged 68. -j JUNE. 5 Mrs.

John Hudson, aged 28; born .1 1 iu ocuuuuu; came lo luwa iu 23 Joseph N. Harker, aged 75. 80 Third child of Mr. and Mrs. Jos.

Morrison died of diphtheria. 'I- i JULY. 5 The fourth child of Mr. and Mrs. Morrison, the eldest of the two sons, died of diphtheria.

7 Mrs. Ada McClelland, at Chicago, 11 Francis Willis, aged 81. 19 Robert Williams, Police Judge and Recorder, 74; born in' Penn sylvania; came to Iowa in 1855, 25 Col. Isett, in New York; aged to. AUGUST.

4 W. B. Langridg-e, aged 62. Mrs. Rhbda Smalley, aged 86.

10 J. Brown, aged 31. Mrs. Chasi Kile, asred 54i. 24 Adam Rickard, aged 69.) 25 Charles Groschell, aged 68.

i SEPTEMBER. 12. Mrs. Catharine Berry, wife of George Berry, i OCTOBER 15 Horace Husted. NOVEMBER.

11 Albert E. Lauder, aged 5 years. 14 Mrs. Catharine Little, of Sweet-latvd, aged 79 years, -lb Helen C. Lauder, aged 2 years.

17 D. G. Barkalow, aged 77. DECEMBER. 3 t.

E. Ingham, of Wilton, aged 42. 14 Dr. B. W.

Thompson, aged 63. General Items of Interest. 1 Emancipation Celebration; speech es at Music Hall by Rev: A. J. Burton of Davenport; Rev.

Dr, Robbins and Rev. G. F. Linfield of this ity. The young bolored folks celebrated the event in their own way at Union Hall, i .6 Organization of Western Sash Door Co.

in 1 this city, with Branch Office in Kansas City. I 10 Eighth Annpal Reu nion of Eagle Lodge and No 10 A. U. W. 19 Decision of Supreme Court declaring the Amendment unconstitutional received to-day.

Great interest manifested by all classes. 19 Snow blockaded the rail road so effectually that the G. R. I discontinued the freight trains and double headed (two locomotives) the passenger trains. -j 22 Coldest snap of the season, mercury down to 35 degrees below zero.

Geo. Chase's dwelling located one mile from West Liberty burned; the family escaped with great difficulty. 23 A Celebrated Case, was produced at Music hall by a company of amateurs to a crowded house. I 24 James McMenemon sentenced for life for the murder of his father, 29 Night sehool opened in High School Building with 75 scholars. 31 Prof.

Salmon's concert, FEBRUARY. 1 Golden wedding of Mr. and Mrs'. Francis Gilmore; married in Cadiz jnoved to Iowa in 1865. i 3 County Prohibition Convention held at Court; House.

Large attendance, 'I'M. 14 The rain spoiled the contem- jplated sleigh ride of all the school jchildren in one grand procession. 15 Matilda Fletcher lectured on "The Mistakes of Ingersoll." i 16 Couch's great storm struck the city. The waters of Mad creek sweep Second street wagon and railroad bridges and a million feet of lumber belonging to. the Muscatine Lumber company into the Mississippi, i 17 Wilton House 4n Wilton caught fire on the roof but was saved by the fire department, I 22 Muscatine Lumber Co.

cease labors on the lumber pile in the river, eold what was left for $100 to Schott Fisher, i I 26 The Chautauqua Circle celebrated jthe 75th anniversary of Longfellow. 28 Fowler's feed mill and blacksmith. shop at Pleasant Prairie burned. I Mr. and Mrs.

G. A. Garrettson left fw their new home in Kansas City. MARCH. s- I 2 A large number of ladies' and gentlemen attended the Langtry entertainment at Davenport.

i 12 lco started in river at Supt. the Water Vorks, ports 21 jFlre's During 1883, 1 as Follows: I Re- 2 r- 5 3 3 232 Po-c 5 5 2. C2 S6 iii 1 cr 00c o-rf 2 2 C13 V. I SflS'B'SS'afoSSE'Si'rjs'eB'B'H-rlm IV 3 3 3 3 3B 353333 3 3 3 3 2. CO.

Pot ISP -'S-5i--H 3 a 2.2. I 3- SB sog 3 S3 a 3 So? a-o ra t) ts aF 3 CD 3 2 So 3-3-3 -3 e-o 1 3 CO i 3 En fc- cji 1 000 a t-i ic 55 3i in 31 5i 3t 3 3 a Si-- re 00 S5 0 3 Police Court Cases brought before the Police Court of the City of Muscatine, during the year 1883. About three months of the year there was no Police Court: Drunk and disorderly j. Assault to do great bodily J. hareeny Vagrancy Sent to the Reform Violation of license ordinances, teams and Disorderly Assault Disturbing the peace Vuisance Discharging firearms in the Carrying concealed D.

S. 87 Bilks, Police Judge. LETTSVILLE YEARLY REVIEW. Lettsville, Dec. 15, 1883.

Ed. As the year will soon pass irito history, it is fitting to recount; the changes, prosperity, of thej twelve months past "our community. MARRIAGES DURING THE YEAR. Mr Jacobs and Miss Addie Johnson. Mr Barrett and Miss Katereeland.

Mr Noah Letts-and Mis Lou Runyon. Mr. John Longstreth and Miss Hattie "VTil- liar. Mr A Johnson and Miss N.Jacobs. Mr.

Thos Reany and Miss Lizzie Parkins. DE4THS. Rev Luther McVay. Mr. John Gower.

BIRTHS At the homes of the following gentlemen: II Lieberknecht, a son. West brook, a daughter, Jas Longstreth, a daughter. A Riggs, a son. 1 Frank Brown, a son. i Wm Chatfleld, a daughter.

Frank Snyder, a son. N. Coder, a son. I Harrison, a son. i IMPROVEMENTS.

i Cecil, residence on Main street. I dwelling, Hanover Edwards, dwelling. Clay street. New depot building west of old one. 'I Mary Ware, dwelling, Webster street, Blacksmith shop, Rasley, Cherry street, i I -Hall, addition to dwelling, same street.

And some twenty other buildings Of less im portance in the village. 1 iDH Westbrook, east of town, a large barn. house and' wood-house, i Snyder, north of town, a barn. NEW INDUSTRIES." "i Mr Highs' shoe shopi lowa Avenue. Spring bed manufactory, Geo Richley.

11 Automatic cigar case manufactory, Shieks Cojle, Cherry street. i Blacksmith shop, Rasley, Cherry street. High grade poultry, Coutant, Main street. i 1 i TRAFFIC. amount of sales of the several business firms are reported as folllows: Mrs DeCamp, millinery.

I. 600 8 Furnas, -iron and Iwood workmen I Liun, hotel and Cream collected and shipped A Eisenhardt, harness and saddles Miller, restaurant 4,000 5,000 1.600 2,000 4,000 I Hall, druggist Snyder Williams, meat Shellabarger Son, lumber and farming jiii piuintjiiLa Freeland, Paine merchandize Co-operative store 1 1,000 25,0 0 .36,000 Our skilled workmen have all found employment at remunerative wages Carpenters and tile have been more" than usually busy, Ellis Co. having Set over 20 miles of tile during the! season; D. Kichard, tue setter, has spent most of the 1 season in the vicinity of vyapello, la. It may be remarked that the wetness of the past two seasons has awakened a new zeal anlongst weli-to-do farmers in tiling their low lands Our importance as a shipping: point and the prosperity of our farmers may be inferred from the Statement of business at Ononwa Station for the six months ending Dec.

1st, 1883: x- i FORWARDED. I Cars of live stock Cars qf grain Car of onions Total 'I RECEIVED. Cars of Cars of drain tile Cars of live Car: of Cars of flour. Cars of hard coal. Car of Cars of corn 217 38 1 256 29 il 6 1 7 4 I 5 64 Rev King, of the church, and Rey Snpke, of the church, were our religious instructors during the year.

Chas Blanchard, Rosa GifiBn, Holler and Ruth Parsons have been instructors in the pubhc.schools of the village. .1 Ouir populace are grateful for the general health that has prevailed, and the high moral status of our society. With two or three exceptions no drunkenness has been witnessed in our midst, no fights and but one or two minor law suits. We also feel a. pride in the elevation of one of our citizens to Representative of Leuisa county Linn-the earliest resident, early settler of our village.

C9 I Pit i 33 3 1 "3 ro 3 SS -1 (SO.E;?t(5,3pS3Bg.T.vjSSSd3-SS Et A. tt P. 5T Statement of freight business at Muscatipe for 1883: R. I. P.

R. R. i RECEIVED. 1 i V. Merchandise 8,910 tons tiivo stock L.

10 cars Grain 340 299 "i Salt, lime and cement. 218 Miscellaneous freight 668 i i I FORWARDED. i i I Merchandise 10,880 tons Livestock i. 119 cars 4..,, 178 6,398 "i $alt, lime and cement 70 "1 Miscellaneous 455 B-, C. It.

N. R. R. i RECKIVT5D, 668 tons tive cars dumber 68 I 185 "i Miscellaneous freight. 389 I -1 FOIiWA IIDED.

i i Merchandise. IUimber Live stock Grain Miscellaneous 3,689 tons 2,995 cars 25! 1 12 460 "1 RIVER REPORT, 1883. 1 jThe first boat of the season was the steamor Keokuk, March 27, 1883 Last boat passed ujp was the steamer Sidney, Novi 12, 1883; last bbat passed down was the steamor Nov, 1883. i EXPORTS NORTH. 1 Packages of merchandise 15,723 Barrels 175 Barrels sweet 9,475 Packages oat meal j.

1 ,943 Slicks oat hulls 2,000 Heads of stock- 173 Bundles wagon AflfTT Cases of canned goods 6,978 N6. crates of melons 125 Nb. barrels of -375 No. melons loose. 11,000 No.

packages marble 500 i EXPORTS SOUTH. i i Barrels Packages oat 200 1.CI20 20 1,630 3,430 2,460 .2,300 1,000 1,000 3,400 225 ..100 .16,453 250 Sacks Sacks Barrels Saks Oils barrels Pabkages sash, doors and blinds. Boxes clay pipes Doz Rttipty boxes. Bundles wagon Cases canned goods Packages marble Packages Packages glass ware IMPORTS. 1 Heads of stock 50 Packages merchandise 75,420 Barrels flour.

8,476 Baiirels oil and vinegar 1,240 Packages apples and fruit 710 Barrels lime and cement 2450 agricultural implements 4,520 Pacskages barrel 1,200 Following are the boats belonging to the St Loups St. Paul Packet Co: Gem City St. Paul Wlhite Eagle Alex Kendall Keokuk Grand Pacific War Eagle Minneapolis Arkansas Centennial. Boats belonging to the Diamond Jo Line: Mary Morton Libbie Conger Josie Pittsburgh Josephine Sidney. I 1 W.

G. Block, Agent. St. Louis St. Paul and Diamond Jo Line Packet Cos.

AVERAGE HEIGHT HOF Snpt. Molis furnishes us with the fol- owing interesting figures Avisrage monthly height of water above low water mark for the year 1883 to Dec. 1, 1883: (January February. April 1 Junej August Septepjber 6.24-81 feet 7. 3-9 feet feet 9.

feet feet 1-30 feet 9. feet 7. feet 3. 3-10, feet 4. feet Novejnber.

4.14-15 feet The highest point reached was on May. 3d, being; 13 feet 11 inches above low water? mark. The lowest point being on Nov. 2Cth, feet 10 inches. I- jTheiriverxclosed on ttie 23d of December, 1882.

Ice mved on the. 9th of March, 1883, again on the M)th and oh the 12th it moved out at 4 p. m. ind oij the 13th, the river was clear of ice. I 1 Average height above low water mark for: the following years, to Deeember 1st, 18J83: 1378.

5 feet 4 feet 6 feet 5-12 18811. 1882 1883 9 feet 7 feet 7 feet 1880,. 7-12 4-11 I RICHIE STEPHENS Report the following shipments during the year: if Hogs Bushels Bushels oats Bushels Blbssburg eoal Bushels lump coal Bushels potatoes. Bashefc rye. liushefe anth.

coal Pounds wool 14,000 ,15,000 140,000 7ii00 23,000. 6500 50)00 4,000 FRED WELKER. In answer to your request I would say that my shipments from January 1st to December 1st are about 550,000 dozen: of eggs and' 190,000 poundsj of butter and 1,000 barrels of sweet potatoes. F. WELKER.

Smith Bros. Hahn's Shipments. Smith Bros. Hahn, the new firm which! commenced business in June last, report the following shipments during the season Tomatoes, Taoxes.i Peas, 2,765 265 19,680 :.29,870 ..15,610 Corn.ddzen.... Cabbage, barrels J.i Nutmegs Sweet potatoes, barrels Numbeii of acres in farm Number of acres sweet potatoes 2,143 350 85 Peaches, baskets ..3,050 farms TMs firm 1 possesses its own and: ample resources, while its office is under (lie 1 anagement of Mr.

T. J. Morford, whose friends abroad, as well as at home, are legion, Grain Handled by- Muscatine Eleyator; Owing io short crops and the great demand for feeding purposes, grain of; all kinds has been but prices were air. Number bushels handled 151,000 A i G. Block, Manager.

Produce Shipments from Fruitland. Fruitland, Dec. 8, 1883. The following are the shipments of pro duce froni this station during the year to date: 1 Watermelons. Sweet potatoes ..73 car loads ..9 .12 1 -a Household goods and 9ft 1 9 -r 44 bbls.

W. J. Fttzsimmons, Agt. Nutmegs. 1 Sensational sunsets to-night as for a week I Suicides, Fatal Accidents, anuary 21.

A German named Wills, living near! Durant, hung himself; 60 years old and lived alone. 28. May Schrempf, four years old, drowned in a cistern in her father's yard: r. February, 5. James Murphy fatally injured by the (Saving in upon him of a bank of sawdust ati Hershey 's lower mill, I- March 2.

Moses Gj'Neil, of this city, killed on the railroad near Ottuniwa, April 10. James Rush, of Moscow, killed by the cannon ball train and Mike O'Meala seriously injured. 23. Cornelius Hawk killed by the accidental discharge of a gun. The body of R.

Brown, formerly railroad agent at Fjairport, was found in the river bottom; case of suicide. May 15. Body of Wm. Banyard, a' tramp, found in Hershey's boom, a case of suicide. June 30.

Mr, and Mrs. Jacob Burn- aide thrown from a buggy and seriously injured. July 12. George Hess killed by ngntning. Oct.

1. Mrs. N. Gallagher 'of Wilton burned to death: Her clothes caught fire from a burning brush heap. "Family Reunion." Very, few families are permitted to enjov such a reunion las was held at Mr.

Hiram 2i miles from town, on Wednesday, Dec. 5th. Mr. Gilbert came fto; Iowa from Kentucky in 1837,. was married about four yearg later to Miss Eliza Benetiel and settled on the farm where they now resme.

Here, in this house, were born to them four sons and five daughters, all of whom are now living, the youngest being twenty-three years of age. They nave uvea to see a41 ofi their married and all have been settled in homes of their own, though now somewhat distant from each other. One son, Austin Eving in Hodge man county, Kansas, airs. Esther Cotis. at lhornburg, Keokuk county, Iowa: Mrs.

A. Sanford, at Oxford Mills, Iowa, Three sons, Scott, Wiley, and William, at Nichols. Mrs. W. A.

Longstreth and Mrs. R. O. McGaugh ey near the old home, and Mrs. M.

Kniffen remaining with the parents These were all permitted to visit the bid home together and Jmake glad the hearts of father and mother. It was a beautiful dajr and one much tnjoyed by all who gathered there. uesiae rne nine cnnaren tnere were also fifteen grandchildren present and i few others, relations and friends, making in all a company of forty-six persons. -After doing full justice to a well-pre- uwbu uiuuer ana naving a gooa time ganerally, we assembled in the parlor, where we united our voices in a hymn oi praise ana opwea togetner in pray-ek led by Rev. C.

R. Norton, of Sweet- lind Center. i i i The evening shades silently gathered around the old home and the joyous company dispersed for the night, glad rt a kind" Heavenly Father had so mercifully spared their lives and given them this pleasure. Upon investigation it was found that the combined age the family amounted to four hundred and. seventeen and their com bined weight was sixteen hundred and sixty pounds.

Is there a family in the county which can peat this for age and weight? The Iowa Oil Tank Line. The Idwa oil tank whose head quarters are at Keokuk, established a branch station at this city on Aug. 9, with W. G. Block manager.

This is matter of considerable importance the city, and it is probable that a large tank will be put up here the spring, Mr. Block has to Mucatine jobbers, since Aug. 9, 3,000 barrels of carbon oils, and has handled about one hundred packages of lubricating i I- MISCELLANEOUS. FRESH FISH BUSINESS, Though 'ully 50 more persons have been en gaged in the fresh fish business at this point this year than last, the shipments, owing to a bad season, will not aggregate paore than last year.1 Mr. C.

A. Griffln; who is bur authority on this matter, gives us the following figures: Shipped from Muscatine lbs Bold in 30,000 lbs 1 1 WAGONS AND BUGGIES. W. D. Ament Son report manufactured products for 1883 to the amount of $50,000.

5 MUSCATINE STAR TELE CO. Commenced burning Auar 10th and the out put this season is tile, of all sizes from to 8 inch. i MUSCATINE POTTERT CO, The Muscatine Pottery Co. and Goddard report the manufacture of 66,600 gallons, of ware during the year, besides some brick. THE WILTON MILL AND ELEVATOR CO.

The Wilton Mill and Elevator company have ground 17,942 bushels of wheat and 11,254 bu. of other At present are.bot running; have stopped to change over to complete roller mill, with a capacity of one hundred barrels of flour per day. Johnson, Manager. CANNED GOODS, i The Royal Canning Co. report large pro duction for the year, and its goods stand higher than ever in the market.

No better canned goods are made. i WAGON BRAKE, i F. Giesler Co. report the manufacture 12,000 wagon brakes during the past year date. i 5 i HORSE COLLARS.

W. H. Van Nbstrand Cd. report the manu facture of about dozen horse collars, be sides a large amount of strap and other work. The number of collars manufactured is about the game last year, while the strap and other work has been much increased.

Number of loads weighed on City Scales from Jan. 1 to Dec 11. 183. 3,860 2,438 Number of loads weighed last year .1 1,433 Gxo. P.

VeskyI, "Weigher. W. G. Block has furnished the boats over 100 cars of coal at this point during the past season. cleaned of all weeds and seeds) are used, wilj be found the'j cause for the recognized superior quality, of the Muscatine oatmeal over all other American oat meals.

The meal "manufactured is of four grades: fjFine Medium Coarse and the ground. Medium is the popular. brand, though the ground is also having a very wide sale. Most of the meaKis packed in barrels, though" much of it is put up in packages of 5 lbs. and which latter is largely shipped to the mining districts of- the west.

It-is a noticeable fact that this not export any! meal, but finds a market for all of its production the" United States. This mill employs about 25 hands and has been running constantly night and day nearly the entire year. Its irn- 'portance to Muscatine in the fact that it has is readily seen purchased and converted into meal during nearly 400,000 bushels of the year oats, i or catine Oaf Me 1 Co. a snrwfnl rear' 1 and that t884 finds it in the field 'with LEGAL i' LIFE LNSURAXCE. The Yej-dict in thq, Dwight Case.

orwicli, N. Dec. 13. In the eelebratedjDwight case the jur' gave a general fgrdict for the "plaintiffs for 18, 743.27 jand with 5 per cent, added for costs. jAfter giving the verdict Iiar-osque, for the defendant, asked for the polling of khe jury whieh was done.

-He then asked for a new trial, which was denied. He then moved for a stay of proceedings for ten days, which was granted, The verdict in the Dwight insurance case to-dayjin favor of plaintiffs against the Germao Life Isurance effects eighteen I other companies- When Dwrght diell he had life policies in twenty -one5 companies, aggregating 255,000. Ihe Equtable at once paid 50,000 and a "short time after the Home paid i $5,000. The other companies refused to pay the polices, giv--ing as a reason that Dwrght yrocured the insurance with the intention of taking his life and so saving his family fi'om These companies together tot resist rne payment 01 tne The following named com policies panies are tiose which refused to. pay, and the amount of the liabilities: Man-, hattan," S2O40O; Xorthwestern Benefit and Germania.

$15,00.0 each; Etn'a of New York, lif Union, Mutual, National, Vermont, Washington, New; England, Berkshire, United States Massachusetts, Mutual, Metropolitan arid; State Mutual- of Massa-' each. National United States jf America, Homeopathie ari(j Buckevei $5,000 each. It was agreed by the contesting companies to accept the suit against the Germania as a -test castj and abide by the result. The Great Railroad Compact. Chicago, Dec.

13. General Manager Clark, of the Union Pacific railroad stated to a reporter of the associated press this afternoon the details of the compact entered into at Nevy York between the Union Pacific, St: Paul, and the Rock Island roads. It is in substance that the compact was the necessary outcome of the roads building into the territory of the Union Paeijic lines, which had been feeders of the Union Pacific? They are now its rivals at various points along the line of the road so far west as Denver, i These ri- vals which formerly had their terminus at Cmcag-o and Uniaha now had a W'estern terminus at points bej-ond Omaha, Union Pacific on the other hand had its eastern terminus at Omaha untility signing the present agreement it was placed on even term's with its competitors and had to all intents and purposes a direct line to Chi- cago. interestei official in summing up the matter sail the quegliun resolved i itself into whet3iejL4jJl tlfe Iowa roads would join with the CTaion Pacific and abandon the Rib GiqiniKvW whether a portion of them would" ally their fortunes with the flatter company. It is believed by some that the result will be an alliance between the Northwestern, Burlington, Wabash, Denver Rio Grande, and perhaps the Missouri Pa-, cific on terms similar to those of the triple alliance, if President Perkins of the Burlington road, left for'New York this evening.

JN'o Freedom for Frank James. Kansas City, Dec. 13-r Trank James was released bail at o'clock this afternoon, iand was immediately rearrested on jthe charge of killing Cashier Sheets at Gallatin, in 1868. The case in which Frank James was released the Blue Cut The bondsmen number eighteen and" represent in property. James will be taken to Gallatin tomorrow.

It is considered, doubtful -i whether he will be admitted to bail there, as the charge is murderV Officers were present to-day, waiting to ar- rest ames for Jstopping the United States mail, also ior the robbery of the United States Paymaster of Mussel Shoals, Ala, arid for the Northfield bank robbery in Minnesota. Settling Virginia's Debt. Richmond, Vsl Dec. 13. In Houses of the Legislature a joint both reso- lution was introduced by the Demo cratic members declaring that the people of -Virginia accepted he act of February, 1882, knotn as the Riddlebor ferbill, as the ultimate debt of this tate; that their' unalterable purpose was that the settlement be final, and any expectation of any other basis ever made or tolerated by the people of Virginia was absolutely hopeless.

A Woman's Wroims. 1 Miss Bond Tells her Plain Unvarnished Tale. a Horrible Story of Outrage and I Cruelty. Hillsboro, Dec. At opening of court this all witnesses were called, sworn and the the in- structed by Judge Phillips that they must remain in the room prepared for them or on the street and that they will n6t be permitted in the --court room.

-The defense have- many more witnesses than the -prosecution. The court room was densely crowded. MISS BOND'S TERRIBLE STORY. Miss Bond was the first witness called. She was examined by Judge Edwards for the prosecution, and she recited the circumstances of the outrage as given ati the time.

How, on the afternoon of 'June 29th, 1882, after dismissing school fand sweeping the school house, shle was seized from be- nana oy a man wno aroppea tnrougn building and choked her till she was blind, Her shawl was tied around her waist and she was then pulled up to the loft above. she went up she saw the face of the man in the loft, "and. there," pointing to John C. Montgomery, "is -the very -'man. I will swear that is the face I saw!" She also noticed (tha.t the other man in the loft had on low-cut shoes and red stockings.

She was taken up and laid on a piatiorm in ine loir prepared ior her. She told the men she would rather lose her life than her virtue and begged. theni to kill her. On the cross examination by Judge Thornton, Miss. Bond stated she had never seen John Montgomery but once before the of the outrage and then did not knyW him.

She had never seen him since the outrage until yesterday in the court room. then, immediately recognized him as the man whose face slie saw as she was being drawn into the; loft. She stated that it was not true- that she told different parties after the -defendants were arrested that they W'ere not thq men-who outraged her. Though it was true that she told Mrs. Pettis and lip- -f tl-T.

thai, rkiil-cr turn Viir? nntrpn-nH her she was now satisfied that there were three. Several times during: the examination Miss Bond was taken very sick and compelled to rest many times. She was affected t9 tears while recounting her wrongs, and had to be assisted out of the court room. Her identification of John C. Montgomery was full and complete.

The other defendants she could not swear to4 but the prosecution claim, that they will connect them- by circumstantial evidence with the crime. i A MERCILESS VILLAIX. One of the. men remarked that it wis easy enough to do, and taking out his knife made cuts on her throat and face, nine in all. Upon this she- lost consciousness and on recovering about an hour afterwards found that she Ijad been One man was just getting up and she was assaulted repeatedly; after that, being chloroformed.

When she recovered consciousness about' 1 o'clock in found herself lying" the morning in a heap on sne the school house floor underneath the scuttle She. dragged herself over to Jthe house of the widow Pettis where. two of the Lee Pettis and Clement lived and told Mrs. Pettis that she had "been assaulted by two large men- wearing- lisrhfi shirts and dark pants, whom she did not know. Clem ents and Pettis hesitated to take her home, fearing: that her father migrht but.

upon Mrs. Pettis agreeing- to go they hutched up a team and took Tier home. She-told her father that two men wearing: white shirts had outraged her. She stated that her back was very much bruised and her knees, and shoulders, bore marks where the assailant grasped her. She also stated that" her wrist had been cut, of which the scar still re mained and taking off her gloves showed the scar to the jury.

she I Back Pay for Postmasters. Washington, Dec. 13i The Postmaster General has i -called on the Attorney General for an interpretation the Act of March 3d, 1883, providing for the readjustment of the salaries of Postmasters in accordance with the act of June 12th, 1866. A very larg-e num ber of has been made by Post masters for back pay ymderthis act and the amount involved is variously esti mated from $2,000,000 to $4,000,000. i Thermometer fl Jj Max.

Min. Mean pjfciWQ o9 ccfe. Decern 45 -143 23. 3 2.02 9 12 14 January 35 -24 9.7 1 66 8 8 16 February 46- -20- 19.0 4 67 7 11 30 65 6 3I.4 .7 5 6 5 85 260 B0.3O 5.00 10 7 i 84 31 56.2 6 19 13 13 June 92 43 67.2s 4.77 11 7 83 46 72.3 4 29 9 3 August 89 43 68 3 1.45 2 4 I 8epteinb. 91 335f3- 1 19 7 3 86 26 47.7 6 23 13 14 i 66 6 38.0 3.45 4 4 Total.

T4I 67 98 92 MH. Railroad TIeket Sales. Ticket Agent Chas. Warfleld reports the fol lowing railroad ticket sales during 1883, up to December 11th: i 46,925 B.CB&N 455 J54.481 Suspected of the Cronch Mnrder. Detroit, Dec.

Reese'' and George Bolles, a colored boy, werey ar rested this morning, charged with com plicity in thei murder of the Jacob Crouch family, Nov. 22d. They were remanded for examination Jan. 8th. They were servants at he Crouch homestead and have been in jail ever' since the murder.

Four Babies at One Birth. Frederickston, Dec. 13. The wife of John House, of Homerville, gave birth to four boys this One died two hours afterwards, but the others are doing well. i.