Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-02-10

known.
G. A. Salt is very scarce in St Louis.
The Chicago water works have been CON-
pleted.
The eminent DR. r. NJ. Bird, one of the
editors Of the Philadelphia North american,
is dead.
The roof Of an iron foundry at Yonkcrs,
N. T., fell in on the Goth inst, killing one
man and wounding seven others, severely.
Quinn Bailey, of Oskaloosa, was killed
near that place on the 25th ult., by being
thrown from his wagon while the horses
were running off.
''Billy Ross,"t tho we'll known temperance
lecturer, was caned by liquor seller, at
jackson, ILL.,, few days ago. The offender
was fined S..
Capt. Andrew w. Sublette, brother of
W. l.. sublette, the famous trappcr, died at
Los Angeles, California, on the 10th De-
cember.
Capt. Gunnison's notes Of survey have
been recovered from the Indians. They
demonstrate the practicability of railroad
Route as far as Salt Lake.
The Sioux, Omahas and Ottos are wapinp
petty warfare against each other on our
extreme western frontier. One Otto brave
and two Omaha squaws were recently killed
by foraging party of Sioux.
NJ. r. Kelly, teacher of public school in
Rock Island, rewards children who do not
whisper more than ten times, or misbehave
otherwise, during the quarter, by publish
ing their names in newspaper, and says
the experiment proves entirely successful.
Elizabeth G. Smith has presented petit
tion to Congress for three months extra pay
and bounty land, for services as soldier in
the Mexican war. She was eight months in
the army, disguised in male attire, before
her sex was discovered.
The completion of the Rock Island rail-
road has been somewhat delayed on account
of the detention of six locomotives at the
" Erie Break" for several weeks. They
were brought over, however, on Thursday
last.
The Chicago Tribune publishes call for
meeting of those opposed to the abroga.
ton Of the Missouri Compromise. The
meeting was to have been held last Wednes.
day. Nearly column of names are ap-
pended to the call.
Our government has sent an expedition
to explore the La Plata and Paraguay rivers,
in South America. Lieut.. Page, commander
of the expedition, writes that Lopez, Presi-
dent Of Paraguay, had rendered him every
)heedful assistance, and that the expedition
was progressing finely.
TnE RsADo IN OaIo.--Ths storm which vin.si
the vicinity Of Nj. Vernon, Ohio on the 2Oth ult. Of
which accounts have reached - By tae mails il d
scribed - terrific beyond ecsdeut NoianYu.s. can 10
justice TO its fesrfu magn6cence e Il staked vrsth
fully over the land. Il seems to have worn the Al.
pearance OF mighty black pillar, reaching from earth
TO heaven, irradistea BY binding flashes Of lightning
and accompanied in its devastating march By the na
sic ofa hundred osnnons. Fences were demolished
and the rails fang like straws for hundreds of yards
houses eveed with the ground. and roof Of one was
whiring srsight up into the air not fragm .ut
Of which has yet been discovered; COW was Ii.t.d
high In the air. and blown several rods and all trees
in the pathway Of the fghtful tor.sAo were either
blown fst upon the grousd stripped Of their boushs
and branches until they looked like vhip-cords
great many persJns wers MANNED injured bat for
tunately none was killed. Tho time occupied BY the
passsg, Of the tornado any spot l. variousy
represented ct from two to Eve minutes and the sver
ago width was aquarter of mile. The town Of B,s-
don, which has sustained the seveEest less situated
about six miles from Ne. Vernon, and u commoulv
knswn by the name Cf "Fsur Cornen." The yillacs
contained from thirty 10 forty house,
The reports Of the suffering Of emigrants st Cai,o
were greatly exaggerated. At last accsunU al had
left bat about 2eo and they were neither deettue Of