Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-05-13
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The ladies of South Carolina bave raised
$780, 900 towards erecting u monument ir
memory of John O. Calhoun.
The State now having the largest popu
lation Of free blacks is Maryland, with 75,'
S23. Pennsylvania, with 5S,636, ranks
next.
John Startling has been convicted, at
Kingston, N. c., of the murder of Mrs. Sally
Cotton, and sentenced Sto be hung on the
Goth of May.
Thomas Smithson, jr., has been convicted
at Pittsbarg for shooting with intent to kill
Miss Eleanor Henry because she refused to
marry him.
President Buchanan conducts his family
expenses at the White House very economi-
cafly and will lay up considerable portion
Of his salary.
Piccolomini sang at Chicago and Milwau-
kee, last week, and is now on her way to
the East. She has sskindly consented' to
remaia in this country another year.
A serious strike occurred among some of
the brickyard la5orers in st. Louis on the
2Sth. The militia had to be ordered out to
quell their riotous proceedings.
1t is anticipated that the railroad from
the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, will be
finished this year, thus adding another link
to the chain Of the brotherhood of nations.
"Black Leg" is the name of disease
which is now carrying off hundreds of cattle
and pigs in Illinois. 1t is a stagnation of
the blood, which is rapidly succeeded by
modification.
George O. Atherton. the $50, 900 defaulter
on the Southern Bank of St. Louis, of which
he was Teller, has been liberated on 700
bail, to appear before the next term of the
Criminal Court for trial.
The Messrs. Davis, of Xenia, Ohio, have
invented machine by which the address
can be put upon pamphlets and newspapers
by small machine costing $25 at the rate
of ninety five per minute, and by large
machine at the rate of ten-thousand an
hour.
1t is reported that Mr.. Kimball, eldest
son of Heber G. Kimball, and Jos. Young,
son of Brigham, have apostatized, and are
about leaving for the States with their first
wives, leaving their s'spirituals" behind. -
At least 5000 Mormons will leave for Cali
fornia early in the Spring.
The boarding house keepers, an abused
class in the community, have had their
rights regarded by the Legislature of Mas
sachusetts. A new law provides that they
shall have lien upon the baggage and
effects of their guests and boarders, except
seamen and mariners, until all proper char
ges shall be paid.
1t is stated that the discovery made by
Mr. Lloyd, of Philadelphia, in relation to
steam boiler explosions, is likely to prove
valuable. The discovery is that explosions
are caused by sudden generation of cleo.
tricity, and the insertion of an insulated
metallic rod through the boiler as q con.
ductor, will prevent any explosion.
A solemn and impressive event occurred
recently in the Baptist Church near Var
mouth, Nova Scotia. After the sermon,
John Hilton arose and addressed the con-
gregation closing with the admonition, "Be
ye also ready for in such an hour as ye think
not, the Son of Man cometh,' when he sat
down, and instantly fell from his seat-a
corpse!
Dr. Webb, a we'll known physician in
Windham Conn.,, committed suicide by
hanging himself in the stable where he kept
his horse. He was succeeded in his practice
by DR.. Litch6eld, who kept his horse in the
same place, and once remarked to friend,
81 seem to see him hanging there every time
90 into the barn" A short time after
wards DR.. L. hung himself ia the same
place.
In the Supreme Court at Columbus, Ohio,
Lucien A. Bowers brought suit against Ira
D. Preston and his wife, to recover $4,000
for alternating the affections of the plaintiffs
wife, who was sister to Mrs. Preston.
The Jury found the defendants guilty Of
alternating said wife's affections, and gave
Bowers a judgment for $1,000. So, it is
settled by the Courts, that in Ohio the value
of wife's affections is ST. 900.
On the 10th or 11th inst. Horace Greeley,
of the N. Y. Tribune, proposes starting
westward through Kansas and the alleged
gold region at the East ern base of the
Rocky Mountains, thence through Utah and
the Great Basin to California, returning
across the continent or by the Isthmus, as
circumstances shall dictate. He means to
visit Oregon during his stay on the Pacific
coast, and expects to return to New York in
September.
-Four of the great caravans OF W ombwells
menagerie were recently blown over in a
gale Of wind at Holywell, England, by which
four persons were killed, and twelve others
severely wounded. The accident occurred
during an exhibition. None of the animals
got loose. There were lions, tigers, and
leopards, and were thoroughly frightened !;
but the monkeys and others animals in the
nei ighboring cages heightened the excitement
by loud screaming and yelling.
The Agricultural State Fair fori Illinois
will be held this year at Freeport, commenc-
ing on the 5th and continuing until the 9th
e hot ho nt y
offer some $l5, 900 in premiums, including
in the list almost every useful article OF
farm produce and mechanical skill that can
be named. In the matter Of steam plows,
now the great desideratum Of the prairies,
the Society not only offer large premium,
but we notice the Illinois Central Railroad
Company also offer premium of 81 ,5O0.-.
This will doubtless stimulate ingenuity, and
call out most interesting competition in
that departm ent.
The coal mines of Great Britain are in
extent about 1O,4OO miles. Those Of the
United States are $50 square miles,
| While the amount of workable coal in Great
Britain is put down at 100, ,OOO, 600 tons,
that of North America is set down at 900,
OOO, 900, or twenty-five times greater than
the mines of Great Britain. An English
paper, commenting upon these facts, says
:'When we reflect what has been achieved by
the produce of the coal fields Of Great Brit
ain, and then endeavor to anticipate the
mining of the vast fields of the United States
upon an extensive scale, we are led to fore
cast future of almost boundless enterprise
for that wonderful country"
T1xvrnY SEED.-O. M. Culver. Cedar
county, Iowa, writes:
"I would recommend more of my brothe'
farmers in the West to raise timothy seed
have raised two crops; average crops pei
acre, six bushels; average price per bushcl
two dollars per bushel, 1t should be sown
on good clean ground in the spring. Pre-
pare the ground for oats, spring wheat OF
harlau Sow thA Qrain and harrow one