Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-06-03
News Paragraphs.

Sette tNat MT. Nlcnaru CODuen mas IOlnel
MIR. Greeley in his journey to California.
A young couple belonging to Minneapo
lis were married at the Falls of Minnehahs
in the open air, on the I'd inst.
The clerk of the Probate Court in Gin
cinnati, who issued marriage licenses, ha:
eloped with pretty girl worth 100000.
The Empress Eugene, who is now th'
monarch of France, during her husbands
temporary absence at the wars, attained hel
SD year on the Sd inst.
The total value of horseAesh in thu
United States is 1897 100000. The number
of horses is 4,5OO,0Ol, of which Ohio has
the largest number and Minnesota the least
Garrett S. Mott has recovered 81 900 from
the Hudson River Railroad, for running over
the hose belonging to an engine which was
playing on his house when it was on fire,
whereby the house was burned down.
Great events alway. come in couples. The
two last steamers bring the sad tidings to us
that Baron Won Humboldt, the distinguished
Naturalist, and DR.. Lardner, great man of
Science, are dead.
The Little Rock (Ark.) Democrat asks
for an exchange of apples for peaches. an
abundant crop being promised in that Sec
tion Of the State, though killed in the north
ern portion.
The farmers of Warren county, ILL.,, be-
lieving themselves imposed upon by the
speculator, merchant. politician and others,
have formed a club for mutual protection,
improvement and advancement.
Mr.. Homer Schenck, of Fishkill, N. Y,
shot himself through the head, upon his
fathers grave, short time since. He was
fifty years of age, and leaves an interesting
family.
The Cincinnati Enquirer, of the S,h, is
assured by gentleman from New York,
that Teresa Bagioli (Mrs. Sckles) is pre-
pairing for the stage, and will appear on the
boards next Autumn.
A merchant in Winchester, Va, has ta-
ken into partnership his daughter, Miss
| Virginia, and announces that hereafter the
business will be conducted under the firm of
j. Wysong & Daughter.
A negro girl in Louisville fell, recently.
distance of twenty five feet, striking head
first on brick pavement. She was sense
less for several hours, but on awakening
had apparently recovere d, and attended to
her usual duties.
Tom Sayers has accepted the challenge of
Aaron Jones, now in this country, for the
pugiiistic championship of England, and a
deposit Of e25O a side has been put up to
bind the match, in the hands of the editor
of Belps Life in London. There is nothing
new in relation to the challenge of Heenan.
The Logansport lind. Journal says that
gold has been found among quartz at Tip
~
which has been tested, and proved to be of
a pure quality, rating as high as twenty
carrots, or only four carrots from perfect pu-
rity.
A German woman in Saginaw, Michigan,
last week invited party Of friends to dim
ner, and having entertained them a little
while in the parlor, asked to be excused for
a moment. She went directly to her room
and took arsenic, laid herself down and
died thereby.
The Irish citizens of Cincinnati have re.
solved to present VIM. Smith O'Brien with
a chair made from black ainut, emblem>
atical Of the history of America and Ireland.
The seat is to be of green cloth embroider-
ed with gold, the whole to be surmounted
by the American eagle.
The Rev. Mr.. Fitzgibbon, Of Springfield,
recently advertised that one Of his congrega-
tion had found roll Of money, when forty
or fifty different persons called to claim it
So persistent were some of the parties, that
the dominic was summoned before a justice,
but the claimants could not describe the
money and went their way.
There are accounts of great wind storm
causing much damage in Eastern Kansas
and on the western border of Missouri
Thirty houses were blown down in Doni-
phan, several in Atchison, and mnch prop
erty destroyed at other points and through
the loss Of several lives from the violence
of the wind.
On Easter Monday there took place at
Salisbury the wedding of cattle dealer,
who had vowed that if ever he did get
married he would ride to and from the
church on donkey. His friends kept him
to his word, and provided fifteen donkeys,
that they might bear him company en- suite.
This ludicrous wedding procession, headed
by a fife band, went the rounds on Monday.
A son of Mr.. Henry Kent, of Delhi, New
York, was killed while attempting to crawl
into the school room window Of the place.
The little fellow got to the school before it
was opened, and placing block of wood
under the window, opened the latter and
attempted to get in. The wood fell from
under his feet, and the window falling down,
caught him by the neck and stranged him.
He was found dead when the mistress came.
We should judge from reading the St.
Louis papers that at least fifty square miles
had been laid off into lots and added to the
city limits of St. Louis, the owners of
which, in addition to all present lot specu-
lators, are crowding the market and at
tempting to force sales. What does this
mean? Do the lot owners and land agents
expect to sell out the town to the returning
Pixies Peakers?
A San Francisco journal received by the
last overland mail contains statement to
the effect that Thomas James of Buffalo, the
manager Of Wells, Fargo & Co.'s house,
made bet of SIS, 900 with Commodore Van
derbilt, against the latter's magnificent
1000 span Of horses, that the overland
mail with dates of the 21st of March, would
arrive in San Francisco before the passen
gers by the Nicaragua line of steamers land
ed in the city. BY the arrival of the over
land mail on the 9th, Mr.. james won the
span of horses.
A San Francisco letter says cit does one
good to zee how rapidly the Chinamen are
becoming civilized under the tuition of
Young America hereabouts. saw four of
them coming home from a dash out on the
road yesterday, behind pair of fast horses,
all very drunk, smoking cigars, and giving
other evidence of progress. The one that
was driving made ludicrous fist of it-he
persisted in standing up in the carriage and
putting one toot on the dasher. A China
man behind was hauling taut on the pig
tail to steady him, and they we're in high
state of enjoyment, going it at 2:4o gait"
The Hamilton GO. W. Times states that
there is great excitement in the vicinity OF
the town Of Brantford in regard to the arrest
of q Young man named William Robertson,