Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-03-24
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A hog weighing 1900 pounds was exhibited recent
ly at Cincinnati.
1t cost 100000 to pave Broadway, New York, will
the Russ pavement.
Orders have been issued for the final removal of th
Indians from Florida.
The Saints are building wall around Salt lax City
The work Is apportioncd among the different wards.
| Two boys have been held to bail in Pittsburgh
charged with sending obscene valentines to q lady.
In the State OF New York there is no law to punish
man for running away with another man's wife.
Abost four hundred Danish smigrants reached st
Louis on the llth inst, on their way to Salt Lake
! City.
company OF thirty-fve Yong mon, OF various
trades and pursuits, left Chicago last Moad " for set.
tlement in Nebra ka.
Petitions for the repeal of the fugitive slave law
the chief OF the last compromi m,as,re,-are 10
ginning to flow into the Senate.
Compe, tion has put down the fare between louis.
vile aid Cincinnati from two dollars aud half to
one dollar.
One thousand dollars reward is offerel for nforma-
ton concerning Edward Sevin who mysteriously dis
appeared from Louisville, on the 20 h January last.
In 1850 the slave population Of Kentucky amount
ed TO 2lO9Sl. It now numbers less than 200 600
showing decrease of ii 900 within the last years
The total loss the vessel and cargo o. The steam
or San Francisco is over $500 000 There were 1000
barrels OF Hour on board, insured at $l2 per bbl i'm
Wall st.
The journeymen house carpenters of st. Louis have
resolved to demand two dollars and twenty five cents
per day for their labor after the first Monday in next
month.
Camel or Candlecoal. has recently been found in
Breckenridge county, Kentucky. The mine contains
Is the companys engineer computes, about seven mil
lions Of tons Of the best coal yet discovered
The president and directors of the Providence and
Worcester Railroad passed vote, at their meeting re-
Gently, to give all clergymen in New England free
pass over tho road for year from the passage OF
the vote.
The St. Louis Evening News estimates the cost ot
the late Legislative festival in that city at about
The subscriptions and tickets sold amounted to s. 900
leaving some $4,000 for the city to pay
law suit has been commenced in Troy, N. Y, t,
recover the value of dress spoiled at ball. by spill
ing hot coffee on it, by one of the walters Tie su
perntendent Of the supper is the deendent in the suit
Con siderable excitement has been created in West
Toph am, w., 10y the preparations making to explore
and test the practicabilty of working lead and cop
per mines ia that vicinity THEY are supposed to lie
valuable.
bill is before the Ohio Legislature compelling Iu-
surance companies OF other st tes taking risks in
Ohio, to place with the State authorities a guarantee
to protect the |, cd. This measure of p,ecatl-
ton, the wisdom Of which cannot be questioned
Elizabeth A. IIawyer, aged Is years, employed in
cotton mill at Ealate, Penn, came to her death in
consequence OF putting in her mouth the yarn she
u
lip, and the yarn contained verligris.
There .everaI societies being f,rmed in New
York to oppose the march of the Cath ic church to
power. Among these is the Guard of Liberty !" said
To number 200; the "KEow Nothin.s,' about as nl:
merous, and the Order of United Americans" about
900.
The Southern Convention ,uraed Memphis con-
ventionis to meet at Charles on on the 2nd Wednes
day OF April to discuss direct trade with Europe by
steam the building of railroads and canals and the
freeing OF the south from the tribute which she an
nually pays to northern commerce.
A man named Ii ,ffman was bratally beaten and
manned IN ST. Louis the other day, by number of
men, so that he is not expected 10 live. Cause, an
alledged insult ofsre by Hoffman t. the wife Of one
of these The affair created great deal Of ex.
citement in that city.
The New York Pacific Railroad Company are re.
solved to bid for the road through the State of Texas
under the provisions Of the late law of the tate The
company depo it $500 600, required as forfeit i'm case
OF falGre to comply with the provsi ms of the law
They also to give bonus to the State OF 81 co.,
600 Of paid up stock.
young marrisd woman has been arrested in New
Haven on charge of stealing goods from a store
Upon examination it was found that she had ngen
ousiy arranged two rows of pins upon her dress, in
such manner as to catch anything which might he
hastily thrown under her mantila. She satisfied the
demands OF justite by paying fine.
There is man in Chemung. n. Y, who has sub
sisted on milk aone for fifty years For several years
past he has not been able te swallow even buttermik
The peculiar condition OF his system, that renders
snch diet Necessary, is not stated His body is quite
emaciated; but he is able to attend to business and
enjoys toleraby good health.
Two clerks have be.n publicly whipped in the
market place. at Charleston S c.. for stealing from
their employers Each received 80 ashes inflicted at
three several times, intervals between being allowed
for the wounds to heal They were dreadfaly lacer-
atsd Ten thousand persons behed the horrible spec
taes of the infliction Of the first 20 strokes.
APpRrHEsDED SCARCITY OF TEA-The wholesale
tea dealers at New York are making something of
about scarcity of teas on account of the civil
war in China. Some of them figure out q large de-
hcency in the supplies as com pared with the imports
OF last year-the immediate effect of which is Of
course, to raise the price Of the article in the market
The colossal statue of Jefferson of the model of
which Hiram Powers is the author, was cast on the
25th ult, at Munich 1t is thirteen feet high has ta
ken ten tons OF metal and is one OF the five statues
which will surround the equestrian of Washing
ton, at Richmond, which is 22 feet in height.
A case of lynching occurred few days ago near
Port Byron Ill. A man who had deceived a young
lady by having the marriage ceremony performed by
an unauthorized individual, taken from the house
whore he was staying, tied up and whipped by par
ty Of six or eight men The chastissd individual q.
greed to leave the country. Several OF rhs lynching
party were arrested and put under bonds t. appear
and answer for the assault.
An intercourse has sprung up and is rapidly ncreas-
ing between st. Paul and Lake Superior. The dis
tdueo foW roh uu LdC at tfe wcStcrn extremity OF
the Lake to st. Paul, might with good common road
be travelled over in five days at most, perhaps in two
or three. From New York to Fon du Lac the time
and freight are about the to Chicago the dis.
tance and facilities OF navigation the head of Lake
Superior and to that Of Lake Michigan, not being
materially different.
TUNNEL UNDER THE ONO RIVER. The Board OF
City Conmissonersshave just sent to the Council Of
Cincinnati plan for iron tunnel under the river
1t is proposed to build tube OF iron Of any desired d
mensons and sink it in the bed OF the river in sec
tions, low may be found practicable by first
dredging channel, deep enough to admit Of the top
being sunk below, even with the bed of the river,
entirely avoiding the OF Golfer dams, the arch be-
ing near parab0lic curve as practicable combin-
ing strength and chcapness.
New YORK WEEKLY LEADER.-We learn that a
paper under this title, dated some weeks ahead has
been sent to the different postocss throughout the
country, soliciting subscriptions on the plan of the
"Perham Gift" enterprise. 1t is proposed to circulate
$50 900 copies of SAID paper 81 each issuing prize
tickets to oil who will forward the money, OF them
to draw house and lot in that City worth $l2 600
and 24s 3G3 to sntite the holders to map of the City
and county Of New York, valued at so cents. or
course the managers of the concern are tncog. and
the scheme a mammoth "sR."
MORMON CoIN-The gold coin which Is circulated
by the saints at Salt Lake is something of curios
ity: On one side is representation Of two clasped
hands with the figures "fSi9 " beneath them and the
hands and around the edge the letters &c. s. l..
C. p c." which may he translated "coin Of Salt Lake
City, public currency" On the othel side u repre-
sentatiou of cap shaped like bishop's mire aud
underneath !, an eye very badly engraved, with the
words Holiness to the Lord surrounding The central
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