Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1858-05-29
MUsCATINE IOWA SATURDAY MAY 49, 1883
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News Paragraphs.
Copper ore is said to have been discover.
ed, and is quite plenty, in the neighborhoo'
of Elk Rapids, Polk county.
ApPolNTMENr.-Th Senate has confirmed
the appointment of Warner Lewis rs Sur
veyor General for Wisconsin and Iowa.
!; The cars are now running regularly be
tween Vicksburg and New Orleans. A maj
can now take breakfast in Vicksburg, ant
supper in New Orleans.
Herr Driesbach, the celebrated "Lior
Tamer," who has lived for several years nea
II Petosi, Grant Co, Wis.,, has located a
i Driesbach City, Minn., which he intends
making his permanent residence.
! The small pox is destroying the Flathead
and Nez Perces Indians, the most powerful
tribes of Oregon.
The working days in Switzerland are from
IA to l9 hours. Wages for children,
cents per day; women, from l6 to to 30
men AZ to 50. sssa
GOLD IN MIssoURI-It is said that gold
has been discovered on Cowan's Branch OF
Grand River, in Gentry county, and that
persons are digging the dust at the rate OF
six dollars a day.
Rock ISLAND BRIDGR.-The suit of James
Ward against the Bridge, for it's removal as
nuisance, is set down to be heard at Bur-
lington, Iowa, before Judge Love, on the
29th day of June.
The fourth ward, New York, which has
just excluded the Bible from its schools, cast
2, IL votes for Fernando Wood to 525 for
all others, and every fourth house in the
ward is grogshop, gaming house or brothel,
and some are all three. SYST t-I
Robert Gallup, revolutionary hero, and
the last survivor of the Fort Griswold mas
sacre, died in Greene, Chemung Co., N.Y.,
on the 2lst inst, at the advanced age of SO
years.
The Presidents of the Pennsylvania and
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad Compa-
MES have tepdered to the friends of General
Persifer F. Smith the free use of their roads
and cars properly arranged, to take his re-
mains to Philadelphia. f9as
Two persons, giving their names as JAS.
Sampson and Thomas Pullen, were arrested
at Cincinnati, on the 10th inst. On them
was found $l4 700 in counterfeit SIS bills on
the Hadley Falls Bank, admirably executed.
The face Of the bill, however, is darker than
the genuine, by which it can be detected.
S Amongsome unclaimed baggage in ware
house at Akron, Ohio, has recently been dis
covered an incendary cloak. The works are
adjusted, that after running certain num-
Der of hours, the wheels would ignite bunch
Of friction matches which communicated
with a small can of camphene. Of course
an explosion and fire would be inevitable. =
1t is not known where the clock was ma lie
nor who is its owner.
FRIGHTENED TO DEATH. An elderly lady
mother of MIR. Parker, late of the Ironton
(O.) Register-who was on her way to
Brownville, Nebraska, was frightened to
death few since. She, in company with
her son and a number of acquaintance,
were on tie steamer Florilda ascending the
Missouri. Before arriving at Kansas City,
the cry of fire was raised on the boat, and
for time all thought the vessel was on fire.
Mrs. Parker was lying on her bed in state
room, and she stated afterward that when
she heard the alarm her heart seemed to
swell and jump as though it was trying to
get out Of her body. II seems the alarm of
fire was false. But few moments after
wards the boat struck a snag, and the cry
was raised that the boat wa sinking. This
increased the terror of Mrs. P, and she grad
ually sank from that time, and died in day
or two afterwards. He, ON informed us
that she was apparently in good health pre-
vious to receiving the fright from the cry of
fire. Her remains were taken to Brownville
for Increment. $50 -
Coon News FOR THE BoYs.-For the last
year or two there has been deficiency in
the supply of Chinese fire crackers. owing to
the rebellion in China. The consequence
has been a great advan ce in the price OF those
indispensable articles for the fourth of July.
But this year there is likely to be an abun-
dance which will bring the price down.
From July 1st, 1857, to Feb. 26th, 1858,
there were shipped from Hong Kong to the
United States 1896 boxes Of fire crackers,
against 42,97S in the previous year, and S5,-
800 boxes in the year before that. e.--,,
GREEN IN LADIES' DRBs-ss.-Something
singular, if not signifcant, is the amazing
predominance, Just now, of the tint of green
in ladies habiliments. TN large sale of
valuable shawls, recently" says the New
York Express, Git was noticed that green
was prominent in all the most beautiful, late
and costly patterns. The founces of silks,
bareges and grenadines, show the same color.
The bonnet materials incline to it, and it
triumphs in the wreathes and sprays that
flourish so near the cheek of beauty. 1t is
bud, or the silk of the young ear, or the
vcrdure Of the tender grass of April; it lis
chastened sober green, pure and delicate as
the crested wave, and allying itself har-
moniously with the pale violet and the lilac
blossoms. 1t has freshness that suits the
spring costume, and GOODNESS that attracts
II, 81 Of Ioc
never been so universally favorite as now.
Fashion seems i u love with nature for once,
and resolved to appropriate her livery"
EIaEs OF THE TIMEs.-Many of the finest
stores in the city are adorned with small
placards containing the significant words "to
let, . and in some districts a NUN Der of cost
" dwellings which have been recently finish
ed stand unoccupied. In the most lively
part of Chestnut street may be seen four ad
Joining stores without tenants. 1t may af-
ford consolation to property holders to know
that the administration at Washington, ex-
pect ssthat business will revive in the Fall"
He who lives upon hope may chance TO die
fasting- Philadelphia Nescs.
The PRrDs THAT APES HuMILrrY.
ceremony Of washing the feet OF twetvepoo,i
men by the Emperor Of Austria, took place
in the palace Of Vienna on Holy Thursday,
according to custom. The proceedings COM
raenced with prayer, and were closed by
dinner in which each of the twelve men
were allowed four plates of meat, dessert
and a pot Of excellent wine; each W as be-.
sides presented with suit of clothes cut in
the style of the middle ages, a small sum in
money, and apewter goblet bearing a. suitable
inscription. The same ceremony was per-
formed for twelve poor women, who obtain
I'd good dinner and received similar pres
ents.
"A WONDERFUL WOMAN. There is wo-
man named Hayes, in New York State, in
{ neighborhool, we believe, Of Skaneatles.
who lived whole year wholly on dried
raspberry juice the next year on small |
quantity OF cold water and now for nearly
| q year, she has neither ate or drank any
thingl Still more wonderful than that-she
has been known to live as many as SIXTY too