Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-07-15
News Items.
....A. w. Ba bbilt has been appointed
secretary Of the territory Of Utah.

on the 9th inst.
....Deaths from yellow-fever and
cholera are reported as taking place
daily in New Orleans.
....The boy who was bitten by rat.
,lesnake. recently, near Fairfield, in
this State, has recovered.
...,No less than 1850 miles Of rail
road, now in concourse Of construction,
centre at Chicago, ILL.,
....lt is said that Mr.. Beebe of Lam
sing in this State lately killed a rattle
snake, having nineteen ral,les.
1.-THE Mormons in Utah are build.
ing a temple. which will far surpass in
magnitude and splendor that Of Nauvoo.
....Alired M. David, only child of
Col. John l.. David, was drowned in Bur
Iiagton on the 8 b..
....Wm. Brown. the store keeper Of
81. Louis Ho,el, at New Orleans, was
burned to death with camphine q lew
days since.
....A young man by the name Of J.
Oliver was drowned al Keok ak on Fri
day morning last, while bathing in the
river
....Judge Scates has been elected
Judge of the Supreme Cour. for the
Third District, in Illinois, by decided
majority.
....A terrible fire has devastated Os.
wego, N. Y, extending over shout forty
five acres, and consuming property to
the value Of 81 500 900!
-. Barnum, ih. famous. is TO be in 81.
Louis shortly. with a grand SHOW
including Tom Thumb, the Baby Ele
plant, and Pierce, the Icon tanner.
....A man named Dennis Kennedy
had his head cut OF on the Rock Island
Railroad. on the 3OGh ult., aud another
had one OF his arms broken d. The same
time.
....Gates. whowas connected for the
murder OF Lilley. was hung d, Ot,awa
on the % h ult. Although bis guilt
was clearly proved he declared hi, inno-
cence to the last.
1.-THE Free Democracy of Ohio
hid a large mass meeting at Mansfield,
Samuel Lewis, their candidate for
Governor.
....Austin Brooks, Of the Quincy Her.
aid, was tried at the recent term of the
Court in Quincy, and acquitted Of The
charge of assault with inten, TO kill"
John II. Morton, editor OF The Wing.
1.-THE people Of New Boston, III. re.
Gently had grand railroad, internal i'm
provement, national aud Patriotic su oper,
attended by nearly all the citizens Of
that place. and aGording equal sa,islac-
ton 10 all.
..rhe young aides Of Bloomington.
Illinois, recently held meeting and
resolved Ito have nothing to do what
ever with any Young man who INDUCES
in the use Of Intoxicating liquors"
1.-THE shovel used Tor breaking the
earth.on the line of the Mountain Lake
Company, at San Francisco, was made
Of silver, banded with gold. II cost
one thousand dollars.
....A canker worm is said 10 be ma
king sad havoc among he apple.trees
in western Massachusetts and New
Hampshire, destroying. in many insian-
ces, the hope entertained Of large crop
OF this fruit
1.-THE Burlington Telegraph, of the
9Th, states that nearly Inc whole Of the
iron rail for the road from Burlington
to Monmouth has already been received
aud landed opposite that city, and that
the grading is being prosecuted with Wig
or.
NJ Martin
formerly Of Middie,own. VT, was killed
in machine shop Ut Black River, Mich,
on the l4th inst. His neckerchief
caught around small shaft which he
was Wening on the engine lathe
ION the 9Th instsnt, terrible hail
slar.n passed over Marshall county, Miss
destroying corn and cotton. 10 such an
extent. that not a barrel of the one, or
100 pounds Of the other will be raised
to the acre, where it fell.
...Returned CaIifornians from AUS
tralia make the most melancholy stated
menls Of their treatment in the new
FL Dorado. All Americans are treated
with indignity. and they are openly and
grossly insulted in the open streetsl
Frenchmen, returned from that country.
make similar reports concerning them
selves.
1.-THE New Hampshire Legislature,
on June 29th, debated aseries o: resolu-
lions, indorsing the present adminis-
tratisn, pledging its hearty suppor-
to General Pierce, declaring il 10 be
the duty Of the Government to proIec
the fisheries. and. finally, Ina, the acqni
sition of Canada and Cuba is importsn
TO the developmen, Of American liberty
...Women's Rights have taken a
new and useful shape. A. Millersburg,
Ohio. a few DAYS since. the lords OF The
village having seen fit TO neglect the
cleansing of the streets bevy of dam
sci S armed the mselves with shovels, hoes
wheelharrows aud brooms, and com
menced clearing up and wheeling away
the dirt that had accumulated since the
opening Of spring.
....A gentleman from Somervi'le. il
Lower Makefeld township. lately in
formed The Doylestown (Penu.) Dem
ocrat tina, the grasshoppers were very
destructive in that vicinity. The
| fie dis were crowded with them TO suct
an extent, that u person passing owe
them, drove the insects up before hin
! in perfect clouds. Several fields wer'
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