Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-15
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| 1hey nave California board In Boston
sawed from one of the redwood trees i
that State, which is six feet seven inche
wide.
In Liberty, Ohio, thereis child six year
old, named Isabella Thompson, weighin
over 200 pounds. Her arm between tn
elbow and shoulder measures III inche
in circumference. ...-.
The Pope has issued q decree, maxim
Boston the head quarters Of the Catholi
Church in this country, and the Archbishop
Of the diocese henceforth takes precedenc
Of others. s-
Kossuth has arranged with Napoleon tina
when ever he has obtained corps Of Ii, ,00'
or 10000 refugee Hungarians, the Frencl
are to furnish vessels to convey them t,
Hungary, to raise the revolt against Aus
tria.
Mr.. Robert Baker and Mrs. Anna Groom
er, of Clay county Indiana, perpetratet
matrimony on the 10th ultimo. There i
nothing strange in the nero announcement
of the fact, but there is in the other fact tha
they are both over seventy years old.
Gen. Pierce expects to return home from
Europe next month, recent indications il
Mrs. Pierce's health being less encouraging
than heretofore. This intelligence causes
sadness to large circle of personal friends
in this country.
Sir Walter Scott admits that the battle o
Waterloo created in the British empire if
teen thousand widows. 1t is probable tha
the recent battle Of Magenta has created al
least twenty thousand widows, and sixty
thousand orphans.
Mr.. Greeley writes that not less than 9
dozen gold seekers have been killed on the
plains during the last two months, by an
awkward and careless handling of fire arms
Most of them were killed by taking rifles by
the muzzle to pull them from their resting
places in the wagons.
An can't Cursing Club" has been form.
ed at Grass Valley, CAL. i, the members of
which are fined twenty-five cents for every
oath; the money to be appropriated to
some worthy purpose from time to time. At
the last accounts the Club had cursed enough
to buy pew, and there was balance on
hand.
The Philadelphia Ledger says that since
the last act of the delaware Legislature,
renewing the lottery grants, the business
has revived with double activity, and lottery
tickets and lottery policies are sold here in
Philadelphia by the thousands. The busi-
ness has got SO bold that scarcely an effol t
is made to conceal it.
The City Council of Philadelphia have
passed an ordinance providing for dri hiking
fountains to be erected along the principal
streets and outdoor places of resort in the
city. The measure is to be carried into ef-
feet Immediately, and besides its great con-
venience it is expected to lessen the tempta-
tion fors indulsApg in stronger drink.
At Martinsburg, Mo-, on the 18th ult.,
George W. Crane undertook to punish A.
NJ. Carnes, who had made improper pro-
posals to his wife, when Mr.. Carnes drew a
pistol and shot Crane, inficting a wound
from which he died in few days. Carnes
is held for trial, at St. Auberts, in the same
State. William Stahl shot William Spill
lers, his son-in.law, in domestic difficulty.
A man named Shaggers was hung, Friday,
24th ult., at Mumfordville, Ky. There was
an immense concourse of people present
from all the surrounding country. Shag-
gers, in order to have the company of Miss
Mcdowell snurdered his wife on the night
of December l, 1856. He entered her room
while she was asleep and smothered her to
death, placing quilt over her mouth, whilst
Miss Mcdowell held the hands of the unfor-
tunate woman.
A self propelling steam fire engine has
been built at Lee & Lamend's Novelty
works, Philadelphia, and was propelled
twenty miles over turnpike, few days
ago, in two hours. The highest rate Of
speed attained was eighteen miles an hour
Several steep hills were surmounted at the
rate of ten miles an hour. The weight of
the engine is 5000 pounds, and the weight
of fuel and water and nine men who accom-
panied it, about 5000 pounds more.
NJ. BLoND1N's TIGHr-RoPE FEAT.-On the
afternoon of June 3Oth, Emile Blondin, a
Frenchman, accomplished the terrific feat of
crossing the Niagara river, in close prox-
unity to the Falls, at the hight Of Isl feet
above the raging torrent. It reminds one
of the daring exploits Of Sam Patch, but
as an exhibition of nerve, it has perhaps, no
parallel, The feat was witnessed by at least
10000 people, 5000 of whom were congre.
gated on the Canada shore, where the inter-
est appeared rather the greatest. The report
er of the N. Y. Tribune says: g..