Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-11-04

Joseph Lacy, q notorious viilsin, has been
convicted Of firing the town of Oshkosh,
Wis.,, and senteacsd to fourteen years i'm
prisonment. ,aagss rssasa
The clause in the Kansas Constitution ex-
cepting the homestead from attachment for
debt was separately Submitted TO the people,
and adopted by q large majority.
Sands, Lent L Co., the famous shownllvesn..
recently dissolved partnership and sold ont:
Their elephants slene brought $22 900.
Messrs. S., L, b Co. retire from the bust
ness, each with q snug fortune iG1Hs,l 7esQ
Mrs. Mary Miller, who was recently bum
ed to death in Mt. Vernon, Ohio, her clo,hes
taking fire from stove, was in the 98tk
year Of her age. Couldn't have CONC much
farther nor Jared much worse. ' SEE !, "a
An instance 10 on record of 1000 bricks
being well and permanently laid in one hour
by single workman. This was done for
wager, nearly fifty years ago, in front of the
old City of London tavern, nowttis sisAsof
the Wesleyan Centenary Hall.ssid td sasas
The oil spring lately discovered at Titus
vile, Pa, is described by the correspondent
of the New York Tribune as yielding 800
gallons Of crude oil asday. The supplys does
not seem to be affected by the quantity
taken out. ~ asG lgs s.i; aas- .,s.iyy;sll ~s,ls
A company of Americans have launched
steamer on the Anoor river, ON the souths
ern portion of Siberia, and expect to make
q profitable commercial enterprises out of il.
The Russian officials show the greatest favor
to the Americans. 80 ysvy.,u~.,r l
Judge Lourie and MIR. Logan, prominent
citizens of Pittsburg.l have been fined .$25
each, for driving in their; carriages on Sun,
day. These suits were instituted under; the
Same law which prohibited horse rail roads,
with the result as stated. They are carry-
ing out the principle. .eYe.s 81 ia .ssts.t "a
x-Governor JamesC. Jones, Of Tennessse.
died At Memphis, on Saturday last, after =
lingering illness. Gov. Jones was q u. So
Tennessee from l84l to l845sa He defeated
james K. Polk (aftsrward President Of tho
United States) in l849 and ine l84S, in tina
race for Governor. aHw gHfsso ~ 4eA1o
Gold dsh, which were originally brought
to this country from China, and once kept
in glass vases as objects of. curiosity, have
now become quite numerous in some Of our
rivers. In the Potomac large shoals Of them
may be seen sporting in, the silvery water
and they are quite common in some of the
creeks that feed the Hudson river. -
John H. Scott, a colored man, and one of
the Oberlin rescuers, took the irstspremiun
at the Lorraine county (Ohio) Fair for the
best buggy harness, manufactured by him.
self. At Wellington he also took the pre-.
MUM tor the best double carriage harness.
His right to these premiums appear to have
been respected by his white competitors.
Judge fancy to the contrary notuilhstsnd-
ing Haas Izisal Has~ .-liw aiif asa -
An extensive gang of horse. thieves. having
their rendezvous near Ashland, Ashland
county, o., has been discovered and broken
up. A man named VIM. Bailey, who is re-
specially connected in Ashland county, was
identified as the active leader of the gang,
but escaped. An officer has been dispatched
in pursuit Of him. The gang have been in
operation for . considerable length of time,
and over 1000 worth of stolen prdpdrsy,
consisting Of horses aud buggies, was rScov.
cred near Ashland. 5sa F3fo y agl5iFh@
The plan to raise funds for the completion
Of the Washington National Monument,
through the medium Of the Post. Offices
throughout the United States, bids fair to bs
successful. GA ~ sH@3 T1Aaa,vzG ysX
From some Offices returns for the first
month have already been received. q The
town of Lynn, Mass, stands at the head of
the list having contributed $46 Wheeling,
w., sent SIS; Washington $l7 Baltimore
aud Portsmouth, Va, $l5 each; New. York,
New Haven, Charleston, Petersburgh, Va,
Ala, Windsor, N. g., and
al Al u II n
and Macon, Ga, Frederiofsbursh, Va, Hsss..
asndo, Mississippi, and Tulip, Ark, from
other towns range from S. down to Eve ots.
# each community, where there is e post
he latter sum, fund would accrue to the
monument Of over SIS, 600 per year. .sss