Muscatine journal. [volume] (Bloomington, Iowa) 1849-185?, 1854-03-10
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The culture OF tobacco in Connecticut is said to /
becoming extensive and profitable.
Passengers are travelling from New York. via Oh
cago and Psrl, to ST. Louis in 4S hours.
In New York. the length Of gas pipes laid throug
the streets is 2j63 miles.
| The nuisance of street-smokng Is forbidden in Sa
lem, Mass, in the day time 'nly.
calf was born at Charleston. Ill.,, few days ag
which had two heads, two tails, and six legs
The expense of taking and publishing the last Gems
or the United States will be over 81 500 900.
| The directors of the New York House of Industr,
have prohibited the sale of Robnson's work eatitlet
" Hot Cora
VIM. Forrest, but 10 years of age, has been commit
ted to Jail in Kings county, N. Y, for having thre
wives.
Rice hay is a new article of traffic now osshred il
some OF the Southern Cities II Is said to be equal Il
| timothy or clover.
The quantity of lands now asked for railroad pur
poses. il appropriated by Congress would amount a
81 Is per acre, to $3.50 100000.
The "Big Mound at st. Louis. from which thai
place derives its name of Mound City has been cu
down to make room for improvements.
The snow deep in the streets of PhiIadelphia
on the 10th ult, that horse and cart were covered
in drift. The horse was taken out lifeless.
Mr.. H. d. Bacon, Of St. Louis recently gave So,
Gao towards the buling of a Presbyterian church i'd
that city. The whole cost of the church $40 O0
petition has been presented to the New York
Legislature, asking for law prohibiting the use OF
tobacco except for medicinal purposes
great cattle show is to be held at Springfield o.
during the present year, to the worlds comneti
ton. From Sc 0o0 to SO 900 arc offered in premiums
new hotel to cost $500 900 for construction and
$500 900 more for decorations &c. is about TO he
built in New York. 1t is to be called :" The Great
West"
The Georgia Senate has passed bill to punish the
keeping of faro and other gambling tables or esab-
lishments, with imprisonment in the penitentary
from one To five years.
A few days ago. &c slaves including many women
and children, were sold at New Orleans for s37470
One man commanded $4,000, another 81 go. others
81 500 and l,709.
The cities of San Francisco and Sacramento, and
State of California. all deeply in debt or as one
of the papers expresses it, Knee deep in gold and
over head and ears in debt
Murders and outrages have been OF such common
occurrence lattery in Minnesota that the St. Antho.
ny Express calls for the appointment of vigilance
committee.
bill il before the New York Legislature prohibit.
ing the admission of any children under l6 to circus
or theatrical exhibition in New York city, unless ac
companied by their parents or guardians.
Mrs. Panina W. Davis of the Providence Un1. "a
Woman's Rights paper) has been assgi Ian seat in
the reporters gallery of the U S. Senate The hus-
blnd Of Mrs. Davis is a member of the House.
resolution in favor Of an amendment of the Uni
ted States Constitution that the Supreme Judges
shall be elected by the people, and hold their offices
only eight years, has been adopted with only five neg
ative votes in the Ohio House.
baby show took place at Palmer, Mass. few
days ago, there being six eight competitors tie
haEdsomest Of whom premium of So was awarded
Un the announcement of the decision, one bachelor
gave dollar to kiss the premium baiy and another
fnt
Geo. Law is rapidly disposing Of the 200 900 guns
he some years since purchased of the Government
aud getting for them quadrnpe the sum he paid for
them. The demand from abroad for American man
ufactnred muskets and other firearms is represented
to be Far greater than the supply.
The system of farm culture at the United States ar
my posts in the West, by the soldiers is to be aban
doned forthwith, being found not to suit the require
ments of tn, service. 1t originally instituted by
Mr. Calhoun when he was Secretary of War; but was
subsequently abandoned, and few years ago was re-
established.
A mssmeric subject at Hernaudo Mis- woald al.
ways during his mesmerc spells attempt TO shoot
some On the 30th January last he succeeded
and shot a man WHO attempted to wrest the pistol
from him. He is now in prison for murder and his
case will furnish nice nut for the legal metaphysi
Clans to crack.
woman living in the eastern part of DAYTON o. .
short time since presented her husband with boy
who weighed just one pound. His FIRST bed was made
Oh y uuieT piaIe. Ifle event has
ated a great sensation in the Convention city The
Gaztc says half the ladies' in town have been to see
it, and the rest are getting their things readyp to go
to see it.
last and peg factory in Bnffal, has, during the
past year worked up nearly 500 cords of wood for
lasts l25 logs for pegs 600 feet of lumber for crnps
1000 feet of scantng for boot trees and turned out
95 600 lasts, 1900 sets OF boot trees 1910 pairs of
crmps, 400 toestretchers, and 1000 lshes of pegs
The capital employed in this establishment is from
s22 900 to $4,000.
convention of cigar makers, from different State,
assembled at Albany, N. T., the 18th ult for the
purpose OF getting up reonstrance against increas
ing mportations OF foreign cigars. The meeting was
largely attended A resolution was passed request
ing Congress to impose specific duty of forty cents
per pound on all imported cigars and appointing a
committee Of one in each Congressional District
whose duty it shall be to circulate petitions to be pre-
sented to Congress.
An interesting case has recently been tried in New
Orleans to determine whether person was a white
man or negro. Mr.. Pandelly, an Alderman of that
city, wos accused by Mr. Witt of the ta.nt of black
blood in his veins. The charge was that his great
great-grandmother, who was the mistress of Michael
ofacon, a Greek adventnrer, was malatto. On The
other side, it was claimed shat she was an Indian =
Pandey brought an action for SANDER and verdict
was rendered in his favor. Had it been decided that
he was OF African extraction, he would have been in
eligible to hold his Office and deprived of social posi-
ton.
nisn in Providence, II. L. who had very handsome
wife, recently became dissatisfied with the attentions
OF others towards her, (without cause of course
and started of and travelled some two or three hun,
dred miles and visited several hospitals for the pur-
pose OF catching the smallpox that he might give
1t to his wife, thinking, if it should become pictty
well pited upon her face, il would have tendency TO
keep away her admirers. But the fun of the Joke
was that he took the disease himself, went home and
died. and the young widow who did not take at all
has since married handsome man who is not jealous
On one Of the recent cold Sundays there were TO-.
600 persons skating at once upon the ice in the Lon
don Parks.
On the night of the 9TH January last, fire broke
out in the Public Lunatc Asylum, of Bergen Norway
and out Of 26s patients, % perished in the flames.
There are 322S McDonnells and McDonads in the
county Of Glengarry, Canada, among total popula-
ton Of II 900.
The Russian feet in the Black Sea consists Of 60
vessels of all kinds with 2449 guns OF the vessels,
and 81 brigs, besides several steamships.
The Empress Of France having been recommended
by her physicians to exercise has pair Of skates ar
ranged with Wheels and ON them she skins about the
polished floors Of the Tusries.
One of the largest diamonds known was deposited
lately at the Bank OF England by London house, to
whom 1t was consigned from Rio Janeiro. Its weight
is 254 carats and its estimated value according to
the scaes $3.50 900. 1t is saidsto be of the finest
water and without fiaw and was found by negro
slave who received his freedom as a reward.
Kalafat, of which much has been said lately iss
town Of 1000 houses. 1t is surrounded with walls,
has quarantine, town hall, a custom house, three
churches and cavalry barracks, 1t il the chief place
nf a district ralo