Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-01-06

81 s64eQ MlCH IN LlTlLE.e e5nt S
4. als.# 10 Ial DOMESTIC II
Co,lis now selling in Boston foy nine dollars ton
4 Elihu Barritt. the LEANED blacksmith, has returnc
Il A machines6r churning butter by clock power ha
q been made In Connecticut by Mr.. Crane. ~
y Ths dd1kscoIlected at st. Louis upon foreign i'm
ports are upwards Of $400 900 a year. rsIf
i A bill has been introduced into the Tennessee Leg
satnre 10 tax the selling of slaves when carried
| q business. "a sO13 knE sou4a ats a1 +.
six bookstores-fonr Of them wholesale-and fv'
i ilewsrooms. 3 1863 9ss @
Tho gross receipts OF the late sPoor Ballp in St
i Louis, amounted to the handsome of nearly S.,
The entire population Of Utah Territory number Is,
206r being an increase Of 6,s5i since the census o
for the last few years have been as follows n 1850
lO4; in 1851, ll9; in 1852, III; in 1853, 229.
The State of Ohio has over seventy county agricul
tra societies. all i'm full operation besides severa
other institutions for the promotion of industry aud
| mechanical arts.
a man in Pittsburgh has Instituted one hundred
and sixtyve SUITS for violations of law prohibiting
the circuarion of small bills. The penalties will
amount to ninety thousand dollars one half of which
! ii recovered will go to the informer. : W 200.
|, Mr.. Hector jennings, of Sandusky, Ohio, has re-
Gently received letters assuring him OF the entire valid
ity of his claim as one Of the two heirs to the i'm
] mense Jennings estate in England at $50 00e,0
Two surveys have been made for bridge across the
Mississippi at st. Anthony-one where the river i
1900 feet wide and the other where it Is 800 feet
Nothing definite yet has been determined upon The
bridge when constructed will cost $50 600.
A gentleman Of Peoria, H.. owning livery stable
has introduced from Iowa pair of eks. which he is
/ training to work in harness. He paid for the two
! $3.50, and has another pair engaged at the same
/ price. Vii sEHs fGa gHaf a flga
The following statistics show the strength of tile
Universalist denomination in the United States at the
present time 4097 societies. sa7 houses .uf worship,
642 preachers 20 periodicals 10 academies schools
ll9 ecclesiastical societies, college
/ Miss Sirah Hector, school teacher, at Greenfield
Ohio while under the influence OF choroforrn (taken
to cure the headache,) few days ago, fell ipto the
FIRE and horribly burned, from the effects Of which
she died the next day. Ea g, nhUs
The body of woman buried in Nelson county, Va.
some years ago. was disinterCd few days SINCE and
found to be petrfed partakng Of the hardest quail
ty OF limestone formations IL weighed over tive hun.
dred pounds At the time OF her death, the woman
weighed only about one hundred pounds aa e
Miss PAMELA Dumas dan liter of j. d. Dumas tav-
ern keeper at Strykersville Wyoming county, Pa re-
Gently elected from the stomach, blacksnake some
six or seven inches in length 1t had white ring
around It's neck, very distinctly marked The serpent
was about tile size Of a common goose quill.
Several vessels have just returned to New York,
with full cargoes Of guano from newly discovered de-
posts in the Islands of the Carrban il is said
that the quantity and quality of the deposits lately
discovered are fully equal to those of the Islands be-
fore known.
new alarm bell weighing 81 ,l2e pounds, was re-
Gently hung in the cupoa OF the n. Y. City Hail.
The bolt and hammer weigh 500 pounds each. II is
said TO be the heaviest bell in America one OF
Is 900 pounds. in Roman Catholic charch ut Mont
real.
An engineer by the name Of Behins proposes plan
in the Railway Times for rad over which the ears
the rate Of 100 miles an hour 1t embraces four rails
instead OF two-the main pressure to be on the cenre
one. The, cars to be 60 by 20 feet--itted up with
cooking, dining and lodging rooms.
At the time the officers were searching the hoase Of
Squires the New Hampshire railroad lobter after his
recent escape he was securely hid in straw bed. be-
meath feather bed, on which his wife was lying
The modesty f the officers prevented them from
quiring Mrs. s. to arise and they went away with
out securing their prize. @"' t'
! INDIA RuBBER on RAfLwAYs.--0n TIE New Jersey
Central Railroad they laying for the spaeeof
miles, india rubber seepers under the iron rails ex
pecting thus to relieve the train OF those sudden jars
which ruin the running gear so, speed ly, doaway.
with very much OF the noise, and communicate
splingy, elastic motion to the rider eel 't-
B During the year ending June soth 1853, the value
of late pencils imported was $4733 of sausage skins
1924 little night tapers, s267 toothpicks, s3ll
bladders, $l2j7 orange peel, s5s4 peach kernels,
s. goose skins, 500 rose leaves, S773 Skeletons
1881 mushrooms, $io03 sand, 81 gooseliver pie.
sl3l; spunk, $l4. bt@g sas tlr@ 81 $3.50
Mr.. Latham, Washington banker several months
since, offered premium of $500 for national poem.
1t issaid that Ave hundred poets contested for the
prize, and yet the committee appointed to examine
them could MT lind solitary production OF the whole
number worth the paltry sum OF five h,ndreddolars.
Surely, patriotism and poetry do not travel together
A very nice portable stove, heated by an Gil lamp.
has been invented by F. Arnold, Middle liaddan, Conn
Its sides being Of glass protected by grating. it may
also be used as lantern 1t is also adapted for heat
ing kettle OF water by the heat Of the lamp, and
thus it is very useful at night in families when there is
sickness. The Inventor has applied for patent
Two hunters ia Ellsworth ne. recently foi,r pair
of dead bnes whose antlers were inextrrably lockcd
together the tip of one being thrust directly through
that Of the other and into his neck to the
jagulr. The explanation is that the two animals got
into fight one was killed, as indicated, on the spot
while the other died afterward being unibe TO clear
itself from the dead body of its opponent. ane sd
| Overland emigration to Oregon this season. 6449, of
which S9S wives, l403 sons, 1913 daughters 1880
mes sO77 oxen, G5l8 cows. 20o9 horses 327 mules,
1900 sheep, 1863 wagons This does not ineltiethose
who turned of the southern route those who crossed
the Columbia at Walla Wala, on the Puget Sound
route. The entire immigration will amounl this year
to little over 1000 souls.
"A new church is erecting in New York city to cost
500 600, the most striking feature OF which viii be
the northwest angle, quite detached from the main
body OF the church.. 1t will contain clock, twenty.
two feet in diameter, face OF which will tell the
hour Of the day another the day Of the month, and
third the direction of the wind. ssansel ,EQ#
The Steam Fire Engine put in operation at Cncin-
natl has proved itself TO be OF such utility in arrest
the progress of ires as also in dDng away with the
necessity OF havin many persons to attend the En
gnes and thus prevent riots, that the council OF that
city have determined to purchase four other Steam
Fire Engines Other large cities OF the United States
will probably follow this example.
YANKEE CLocKs.-These measurers Of time. multi.
piled like the leaves OF the forest regulate the move
ments Of Individuals in all parts OF the world. re-
cent traveller encountered them In the mountains of
Asia and but q few days ago parcel was shipped
to Jerusalem via Joppa" The universal Yankee
clock may now be considered the fit representative OF
the Yankee nation, and appropriate device for her
Icutchcon.
IT is said that owing to the great mortality at New
Orleans caused by the late epidemic, irge amounts
Of property have been inherited lay absent heirs who
reside In different States Of the Union. BY the law
Of louisiana such property is only bound for the pay
ment OF liquidated debts that all partnerships or
subsequent contracts are null and void. The absence
Of the lawful heirs has opened wide field Cor frauds
which, are being daily practiced. glnoe oi tSgt4
plan is on foot to persuade Congress 70 lend its
sanction 10 the Pacific Railroad in the following form
The government 10 lend its bonds TO tile Company Ia
king the road as security tor their payment, ~ the
amount Of money paid in by individuals, and for every
81 000 thus paid in bs persons 81 600 to be loaned by
/ the General Government. II ty millions are paid By
subscribers to the company, Congress VIII be asked (
/ subscribe the same amount. VnN0o AHAEoRfft-
The Great American Desert IL fifteen hundred mile,
j long, and thousand wide. Like the Sahara il can