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

"A railroad car manufacturing establish
ment is in operation at Clinton.
The CoNvENnoNs.-Ther We're 39l dele
gates at the Republican State Convention,
and only about 200 at the Democratic con.
vention. The former was the largest con-
vention ever assembled in Iowa.
PARDoNED. - Shellady, one one of the
Iowa City lynchers OF Wilkinson, and W no
was tried and sentenced ten years to the
Peniteniary, the decision being affirmed by
the Supreme Court, has been pardoned out
by the Governor. This was ia response to
petitions numerously signed.
COL II. II. Heath, postmaster, has re-
commenced the pub icaton OF the Dubuque
North Vest as Buchanan paper. The
North Vest gave out last fall, but is again
on its pins.
The o kaloosa Times is out in an arti-
Gle in favor of repeating all laws for the COL
lection of debts. We fear this wouldn't
work well in practice. But pay as You go
is the true policy. 1t would be a little hard
at first, but confer great blessings upon the
country in the end.
The citizens of Iowa City and vicinity
raised $759,20, clear of all expenses, to aid
the sufferers by the late terrible tornado
The money has been distributed among the
surviving sufferers as follows, viz Mrs
Morgan, 1925 ; Mr.. Graham, sos Green
fed, $50; Dwire, 1920; Mccoy, $40;
Waltz, $3.50; Carl, $l0 total $1,000.
GINSENG D GaINa.--Minnesota and Wis
consin are not the only States reaping the
benefits of the gin'eng harvest. Iowa in
clu'.es that root among its natural produce
tons, aud the ginseng trade is becoming
active in many places. We are informed
that one merchant in Chickasaw bought
five hundred pounds, dug. in four days most
ly BY women and Children. One man dug
twenty pounds in one day in the "Big
Woods" Of Chckasaw. 1t sold readily at
first for twenty i've cents per pound, but
prices are already falling. Over one thous-
and pounds hav, been collected by the
dealer, at Chickasaw. Some of the returned
Pixies Peakers are now digg ng ginseng
instead of gold, and are making from two to
three dollars per day.
STRONG MEN-A young physician of Bos-
ton Is said t, be the strongest m IN in Amer
lea, lie having lifted 926 pounds Je,d
weight. &.
We have sen Andrew G,ffney of McGreg.
or lift, for the fun ofit, over one thousand
pounds at square ltt and he tells us that
he can lift twelve hundred pounds without
any straps, machinery or any other advan.
tages. sandy don't think that he is tn.
strong st man in America, but he can pick
up the weight If the 3 ston champion with
the champion Oh top OF it, Boston is
smart place, though Ne Gregor Times
UNDERGROUND LAKES IN MIoHIGAN.-Scat-
tered roughout the Pc insuar State are
large numbers of beautiful, clear lakes, from
a tiny pond to those of miles in circumfer
cnce. Sometimes those lakes are found
over which crust earth from six to ten
feet in thickness, the surface bearing the
appearance # marsh or meadow. In build
ing the Central Road, in crossing with an
embankment for the track, a place of this
kind, near Niles, considerable officially W
found in making the roal-bed substantial.
Recently, in constructing a wagon road near
Battle Creek, an ther one was found. Ths
weight of the material used for the truck
crushed through the crust which covered the
lake, and entirely disappeared, so that not a
vestige of it can be seen. The lake is about
thirty rods across.
1t is expected that the trial trip of the
Great Eastern, which has been dragging
along for several years towards completion,
will take place in July, sailing from Wey-
mouth, England, to the middle Of the ocean
and back again, to test her qualities under
all possible conditions of sail and steam
Hundreds Of workmen are now engaged on
this vessel.
The Hon. Millard Fillmore, who has been
staying in Cincinnati, recently, has been
nominated for the Presidency. At meet
ing of gentlemen Of all parties,' held in
Clifton, Ohio, town Of 800 inhabitants,
Mr.. F. was Unanimously nominated for
President of the United States" 1t was
agreed he should be run in 1860 as the
s'People's candidate"
Kossuth was to leave England for Italy
on the 7th inst. He had had an interview
with the French Ambassador in London.
Some three hundred Hungarians who had
returned from America were to follow him
to Italy.
A fellow living near Evansville Indiana,
killed himself Il few days since by dr. mixing