Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1858-10-14

IL seems 70 De pretty Wen estSUusus0
that the Hillibuster. Walker. wss himself
the author II the recently started report. In
one Of the New York papers, TO the eject
that as had sailed from that port tor Mica
ragua with band Of followers He was
In New York at the time. but went west
via Philadelphia.
Tho ssmi-oentsnnary anniv srsary Of the
foundation Of Mount st. Mary College. En-
mittsburg. Nd, was observed at that inst'-
tuition on the eth inst with much ceremony.
The College was fou nded on the 9th Of Oct /.
1905. Archbishop Hughes Of New York.
participated in the celebration.
A gentleman by the name Of Mitchell.
who was passeng.r on board Of the III
fated steamer Arctic. Was supposed TO be
lost. end in consequence. several persons
Who considered themselves heirs-St-lsw
hove Ia en- his property aud distributed it
among themselves. The dead man" has
however. very unexpectedly turned up ut
the ST Nicholas hotel. New York. and has
comm snced p. oceediDgs against the parties
who have 30 unceremoniously assumed con-
troll Of hi. goods and cha ttels, believing him
70 be no longer in the land 4 the living
A telegraph operator sfirms that the
Hughes instrument will work over the
lesks Ia the Atlantic cable where NO other
instrument can, and cites - proof Of this
the success which attended it in working
the New York and Brooklyn wire. for
many weeks through two cables. both Of
whiah were leaking badly.
Alexander Buchanan died lately in Smyth
county Virginia. at the advanced age Of
ninety eight years He had voted for every
President of the republic since its founds
ton. Capt Brown Of Russell. the sdjoin
ing comfy. is one hundred and one years
old, and still in good health.
The national monume nt TO the forefathers
al Plymouth Rock has been commenced. -
Workmen are excavating for the founds-
ton, the granite is being quarred and is to
be laid Immediately; and if the weather IA
vors, the corner stone ia TO be laid with ap
propriate ceremonies on the 2lst December
next
The n. Y. Sun says that few days since
tho sheriff sold out the effects Of merchant
who has been ruined by the purchase OF
lottery tickets. He bought for years, but
never gained q prize until few weeks ago
and the lottery men refursed to pay the
only hit he made.
The process of knocking off the chain
that bind unwilling hearts in Indiana is
prospecting amazingly Ten divorce cases
are now on the docket Of the Vigo circuit
court for the next term. Tippecanoe county
term, fourteen of which are from other
States
A Minnesota State telegraph company
has been formed at st. Paul, with Alexan-
der Ramsey at the head, to build line oil
telegraph from St Paul to La Crosse, con
Meeting at the latter place with the eastern
lines. Il ia estimated to cost sac, 900, and
part Of the stock has already been taken
A natural curiosity is on exhibition il
Boston. which is intended rs o present 4
Queen victoria. IL is a block Of New Hamp
shire granite, bearing on its surface the ex
act resemblance of the top part of tree, o.
shrub, all the lines of the foliage beins
clearly md perfectly visible. 1t is suppose,
the eprig ,r branch Of tree accidental,
fell into the crevce in the rock, which after
wards, by the action OF the frost closed up
and in course Of time the fresh. green bougl
became pctriiied into solid rock.
Another narrow escape at Niagara Fall
is mentioned. During the storm Of Thurs
day, Mr. &. j. Thomas, Of Niagara Fall
Village, was swept towards the catsrac
Will attempting to cross in a light row
boat from Navy TO Schlosser Islands. Hi
boat capiized, but he clung to it till he We
caught by two men on Navy Island, an,
towed in. Several times he gave himself VI
for lost.
The only SURVEYING daughter ofSchiller
who some years ago published the corr es
prndence which pass Il between her Ia
rents in ITS and 1889, is preparing 70
print the correspondence of Schillers widow
with her friends a.d the notsblee of he
time.