Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1853-07-01
Omnibus.


majority that more liquor shall be sold ID their city
Pine apples, oranges and bananas ers abundant
in Mobile. t#
A German Presbyterian Church has recently been
organized in Cincinnati.
The woman rights folks are carrying the war into
Africa" Miss Caroline 4. Putnam Of Salem, has star
ted a barbershcp IN that city. efere.
A company has been formed at Wheeling for the
manufacture of Railroad Iron. All that they can man
rtacture for enc year has already been engaged.
In the immediate vicinity of Cincinnati, there are
three thousand acres Of land upon which grapes
alone are cultivated. i.
Louis Napoieons crown, now in process of MANN
facture, viii be worth near 23,0o0,0e0 francs, about
100000 dollars. - sos re4
-Four thousand passports have been issued to Hun
gaIiars who design eorn. 10 america Nos Of them
are bound for California The emigsAEts ffofnise not
to return to Austria.
An artesian well has been sunk at Charleston to the
depth of 1061 feet without obtaining water. At
depth OF 1910 feet sharks tooth in fine preservation
was found. I&
Miss Martha H. Mowry, NJ d., of Providence, Rhode
Island has been elected professor of Obstetrics and
Diseases of women and children in the female Medical
College of Pennsylvania.
On Friday afternoon the 10th inst. one of the hor-
ses engaged in hurdle race at the H;ppodrome in
"a fenale-almost irstantaneousy.
An infant boy who was drowned by its mother q
few days since, Branchtown, Pa, was found du-
ring post mortem examination of the remains to
havea acuble set Of lungs
A COW belonging to Milton Buchanan, of Lincoln,
Indiana recently gave birth to calves. This is
the most extraordinary and prolific cow ever men
toned in print. The cow, with her little flock have
all died. ag
A turkey hen belonging to Mr.. Samuel Davis, Of
Chester county, Pa got wedged in between the boards
and the hay in the loft, where it lived forty-one
days without food drink before it discovered.
1t was not able 10 stand when released but Is
covered. scu
From single cedar tree cut near Oak Point. Ore
gon 100000 shingIe were made. From a forest COW
ering about six acres, between two and three million
feet of lumber was produced One tree yielding six
teen logs. free of knots limbs the smallest OF which
was IS inches in diameter and the largest 80 inches
Dr. Watson. of Boston, states in the course of dis
cssion with Dr. Draper Of the city that he has
in the course of four years and half taken from the
citizens OF Boston and vicinity hundred barrels Of
boSd and has Gdmiaisterd fortyRiae pounds of nse1
cITy in the same time.
A son of Mr. Bland of Grandville, Ky few days
ago, took gun and placed the muzzle in his mouth
and his toe on the hammer, for the foolish purpose OF
showing. az he said, how persons sometimes kill them
selves. His foot slipped raising the hammer and the
gun exploded, killing him instantly.
Five monarchs have now recognized the ndepend
ence of Liberia, and republic still refuses.
Great Britain, France, Prussia Brazil, and,
informed by the late Moravian advices Belgium have
successfully admitted the young African common
wealth into the family Of nations.
A huge boquet was lately thrown from the gallery
OF theatre in 81. Louis, upon the head Of bombas
tic performer 1t consisted Of four immense cabbage
heads, bound together by piece Of hawser. Ii s said
to have had the effect of knocking some into the
haa isf}sv
locust plague appears to be aficting the people
Of several parts OF Central America cloud OF these
insects aghed on the territory between Baranca and
the Chacarte, consuming the crops; and the Bishop
of that reign had directed public prayers for relief to
be offered up. The locusts had also fallen on the
city of San Salvador.
steam engine of a novel and curious construction
has been invented by Edward d. Tippett. No boilers
turn of the piston is made by the introduction to the
heater at the moment OF the precise amount OF water
needed. 1t is Captain Ericssonis idea applied TO
steam II is claimed that there is possibility OF
explosion, and that fuel is economical.
All Europe is still agog with table moving. In
Spain the exploits Of the messe graterragyrating a
ble--are everywhere set foot. and regarded with
lively interest. In the royal and princely palaces and
in peasants huts nothing is tried talked of but the
new discovery At st. Petersburg, too, the whole
world is gathered to the dance and from Siberia We
have accounts oi successful experiments.
idly decaying The keystone over the door has
fallen out and from the base 20 tie top the enrte
structure is in dangerous condition Since the ex
plosion in 1887 time has made sad havoc in the ap
pearance of the Monument. 10 is said that the gov
ernment intends rebuilding it, The inscription on
the doorway IS nearly oblterated.
1t has been pretty freely circulated by the public
press OF the country that DIR. Cox reported the New
School General Assembly in favor of the propriety of
q marriage between man and his sisters daughter.
This Is incorrect. The report made justified marriage
between man and the neice Of his deceased wife,
The Assembly however, rejected the report and pro- /
nounced such marriages improper.
4 young lady residing in Cincinnati while in a state |
night recently left her sleeping
stepped to adjoining tree upon limb /
OF which she seated herself and commenced singing
A paintlye dittyl She found in this position by /
her friends who by dnt Of great exertions rescued
her from heT perous situation. 1t is said that the
young lady has not unequenty been rescued from po
sItlons OF equal emergency.
The enchanted mountain in Texas il an immense
oval rock three hundred feet high situated about 50
miles north OF Bastrop. Its surface is polished and in
sunshine dazzes the beholder at a distance of three
or four miles. Those who ascend it have TO wear
or stockings, and like those who went up
to Mount Horeb, must put OF their shoes. The Ca
manches perform their religious rites on this singular
bill.
A young woman went into a jewelers. shop in Bos-
ton few days since to buya ring--haying made a
purchase the shopkeeper observed that another ring
was missing, and asked her if she had not by mistake
aken two. She persisted she had not and the shop
keeper feeling candent that she must have taken H.
insisted upon seeing she contents of her pocket An +
ndiarbber ball, which he examined with some curl
oslty was found TO contain the ring which was pressed
through an ilcision in the side of il. I
One OF the China Chiefs, al the head of the great
ebelion has issued proclamation in which he takes
he Bible for his sacred book quotes from it and claims
o be under the guidance Of the Great God (Shangte)
he Heavenly Father. and that the rebellion Is the
manifestation of Gods power against the Tartar Fend
leenung, 1.-THE EmperOr) IL presents a strange mix.
nre OF Biblical language and Pagan notions. In
ontrins the reports that certain French Jesuits are
'ehind this revolutionary movement.
The Prince Of Syracuse Is carrying out extensive
at Cuina, among the ancient olnls These
ombs extend back to period of nearly 900 wears n
md indicate the religion, art and civilization OF for.
ner centuries. The resting places of the dead arc
,ut OF kind OF stone called tufto volcanic mafe
ial Near the surface of the earth are found the P
nan ton6s, below these are found the Greeks and
OVER stll the 0mbs Of the earliest Greek emcrants
fine temple Of the Roman period has also been dis
oyereds
At Rochester, New York there is a fun grown ,
named Cornelius Brooner six feet two inches ta
a years OF age, who has slept fer nearly five years
With only occasional and brief intervals OF wakssuk
less He IS the son Of farmer living in the yicpi.
oi Rochester, and Is the only member Of The family
xhibtng such singular insrance Of somnOlency He
Inst ieli INTO long sleep the 18th og jane Isis I,
nd since that time has been awake at different ne ,