Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1857-08-15
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bet OF $1,000, that he will eat 1000 har,
boiled eggs, in 1000 hours. The trial wa
to come off some time ago, but we have no
learned the result.
DR.. Cox is oat against the use of the gore
s'church" for "meeting houses He deems
the latter the more honest and correct word
! France can boas. CT more f 10 de Sc fellow
than any other country On the globe. From
"a to '.5 the number of suicides within mel
limits was 25,95l.
| Lola Montcz is in Buffalo, lectuiriu.l
against the Church of Rome. The She Of
Baravia doesn't like the She of 'of Babylon.
Professionalism has sometimes singular de-
Tenders forced upon her. AS for instances
the renegade &C. Burr writing Anti Porasl
lectures for Lola Montez TO deliver!
GoLD.- There is considerable excitement
at tie reported discovery Of God on the
Chandiere River, Lower Canada.
Iii New York, note or draft given hy
parties Of undoubtcd credit is called sfrst
class PAPER in New Orleans it is known as
Sire proof and i'll Boston us gilt edged pa.
per-
A NoSti, American Temperance Conyen-
zion is called to meet at Cis;cago or the 10th
Of November next. j. F.. Ninton, Chicago,
is Chair,aan Of the Core ponding Commit
Tee.
It is pretty ae.., settled now that there is
to be no wa, between Spain aid Mexico.
The difficulty has been submitted fer arbi~
traitor. to England and France, and peace
fal result may be Considered certain.
CaIaE AND IeSoa,Ncf.-The y. Y. Trib-
nne estimates tho proposition Of those who
cannot read and write, in that city, at one
eighth; and that class furnishes unc-kalf Of
the criminal population. ).
YIN. Henry Kent, a son Of the late Mrs.
Kent. WEI. known and popular actress,
killed himself With pistol at Cincinnati, q
few days ago.
Z. DEArn FRoa FElGnr.-A man named
75aneway was SO frightened by the unruly
eouduct of his herse a. the sight Ola locomo-
tive in indianapolis en- the Sd, that he ex-
pired in his Buggy. he physicians who
examined the case attributed his death to
fright, and the eercner's jhrY Sc returned
their verdict.
In Cincinnati, a fine Looking NeWfound-
land dog dropped his muzzle, and instantly
"a if fearing the dog slayer, thrust his nose
into it again, and trotted along off with a
ycry happy wag Of his tail.
Efforts to make horse-fesh general food,
are vigorous e,Etihued in Paris, France.
Z Two men, Germans, named Frederick
Schalk and Joseph Reyser, Rere run over by
train ontfse St. LoGis, Alton 4 Chicago
Railroad, a little north Of Bleomihgton, on
Monday night, and their bodies terribly
mangled. They were both INSTANTLY killed.
a bottle ofbrandy found near accounted for
their being on the track; Wilde drank they
probably got On the track and laid or fell.
Cihcinnati papers Of last week state that
John F. Bender aad John Teller quarreled
at a card table A fight Followed; Teller
got Bender down and while striking, Bender
stabbed him in the brain with knife. Tel
Ter died across the body Of his gambling
oomrade.
"HnusE fson THE FALLEN An institution
hes inst been established in Boston called
the s.House for the Falltn.' Rooms have
been fitted up and placed under the charge
of Mr.. RnlY, where it is proposed to care
properly for drunken men, and to induce
them if possible by kindness to reform. Far
better than prisons for all such.