Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-01
News Paragraphs.

! Levi Long, country postmaster, few
miles from Pittsburg, Pa, has been sen
fenced to Is years in the pcnitcntary fo
stealing letter from the mail.
The National MtelIigencer figures up thu
! cost Of keeping Cuba, if we get it, at $40,
! 00O, 900 per annum, in addition to the eight,
or Il Luudred millions already spent.
a Amonthly Journal, dey otcd exclusively tt
thunder aud lightning, has recently beer
established in New York, under the editoria
supervision Of +. Merriam the meteorolo
giSt.
COL Lockridgc, the fillbuster, has al
agent named Frent, at Pixies Peak, enistins
men for another invasion of Sonora. lie
states that large number have joined him
already.
Thirty or forty feet of rock in the center
of ST. Anthony Falls, on slsc upper Missfs
sippi. has been broken off by the frcshct
leaving the Falls in form something like 3
horseshoe. [
Some idea of the density of population in
Europe, as compared with this continent,
is c, nveyed in the fact that North and South
America combined have less population than
France and Italy.
While some boys were 6shing at Falmouth,
Mass, recently, one of them booked bass
weighing IS pounds. 1t took three Of the
boys to haul this ''wh6pper" safely to shore
Can any of our leyec loungers beat that.
The performing elephants, Victoria and
Albert, have been sold by Mr.. I. Q. Quick,
(ot Sands, Nathans, & Co. New York the
proprietors,) to Mr. John Wilson, Of Cali
forna, for $22 900.
The most important foreign news is that
in Paris tight sleeves and short dres ses (short
in frent) have come into fashion, and to be
admitted into the best society, Il lady must
have her hair cut short in front and wear it
frizzled.
The French Government, in imitati ton of
the Russian during the Crimean paign,
is purchasing munitions of war q 9l(tract-
ing for ships in this country. SeUfet agents
are now in the United States attending to
this business.
1t is estimated that 100000 was investe ed
in railroad tickets last week while the low
rates prevailed. From Chicago and vicin-
ity tickets are again worth nearly doubl e
what they were then. A pretty handsome
speculation, that.
Three men, named Ransom Fleming,
jacob Afron and Andrew Hanson, three
worthy citizens of Mount Morris, Wis, were
killed by lightning. recently. They had
taken refuge from storm in an unoccupied
house, and were there struck and instantly
killed.
According to the census of 1850, there
were, in the United States, 23,09O,976 peo
pie. AT the same time there were 26, ,S42
cergymen, or one to every S63 inhabitants.
New Hampshire takes the lead in support
ing clergymen, there being in that State one
to every 400 people.
Herr Driesbach, the famous lion-tamer, is
not dead, but, on the contrary, enjoys the
best of health, on the fine farm which he
recently purchased in trant county, Wis.
where, he says, he finds more happiness than
in the lions mouth. 1t was reported that
he had been killed on a railroad.
The Wisconsin Methodist Conference has
expelled Rev. J. W. Wood for what they
call ''scriptural adultery,' which consists in
marrying a second wife while the first was
living, from whom he was legally divorced,
but not for the reason for which alone the
Bible allows divorce.
Aside from the loss occasioned at Moline,
LII in stoppage Of mills during the last
rise Of the river, the following damage has
been estimated and reported: In jury to the
dam, $4,000; logs owned by II. q. Nourse,
S. II. White, and W. Barber, $4,000 mill
owned by the Water Power Company, $3,-
500.
Hunts Merchants Magazine enumerates
no less than thirty, eight substances which
arn apn1nyp pI n riV nOtpucy flavor
sistence, and other desirable qualities to
American Lager Beer. Among them are
chalk, marbledus,, opium, tobacco, alum,
henbane, oil of vitr;ol, copperas, stryclnine,
and other deadly poisons.
1t was stated by leading dentist Of Chic
ago in recent address to his brethren, that
the amount of gold plate and leaf used in
the United States in one year, for repairing
and replacing defective teeth is 50 $3.50, 900.
This fact abundantly attests the existence
of high civilization and a good deal Of
toothache in this blessed land
The recent verdict Of 100000 given by
Il Jury in st. Louis for Miss Carstang, against
Mr. shaw, elicts considerable comment
from the press. 1t is reported that the de-
fendant, not disposed to pass the matter
quietly over, will endeavor to obtain a re-
vcrsal or modification of the judgment, and
for that purpose has sent an agent eastward
to collect testimony in relation to the char
acter Of his late aftianced.
Last week young lady in Philadelphia
ran rusty nail in her foot, the injury pro-
ducing lockaw of such Il malignant charac-
ter that physicians pronounced her recov-
cry hopeless. An old nurse then took her
in hand, and applied pounded beet roots to
her foot removing them as often as they
became dry and the result was complete
and astonishing cure. A remedy so simple
should be borne in mind.
The twin daughters Of Abraham Guise, OF
Gettysburgh, Pa, died there recently at the
age of A years. They were born and raised
together-never separated for single night
during their livestock the same disease
(measles,) died within few hours of each
other, and were buried side by side in the
same grave. They Travelled life's pathway
hand in hand, and in death they were not
separated.
Rembrandt Peale and Thomas Sully, the
eminent Philadelphia artists, are engaged in
painting each others portraits. Mr.. Joseph
Harrison, wealthy and liberal gentleman
Of that city, originated this enterprise, and
has commissioned each of these venerable
artists to do this service for the other. Mr..
Peaie, who is 80 years of age, has painted a
portr2it of Washington from life =; and Mr..
Sully has reached tie age of 76-a charmed
number.
The liquor-venders are becoming so nu
merous in Philadelphia that many of them
are unable to make laborer's wages The
authorities have granted 3 400 licenses fol-
retailing liquors, and not a few of the Ii.
centiates' have, in consequence, been starved
out of business. When we remember tina
whisky, which costs raw but 35 cents pc
gallon, after passing through the manipula
lions and being converted into s'brandy' viii
realize profit of 400 per cent, the business
must be very poor if it doesn't yield som
sort of livelihood.