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

i Lady Franklin has spent all her fortune
ArctiJ yssearohes. She 10 In the South I
France, in i'll health. 5se isa .sys H.
Robert P. Dunlap, sx-Governor Of Main
and Z Member Of Congress from l64a to a
died ct his residence in Brunswick, Me-,
few days since. gs aeEla& a.a o
/ Ohas Knapp, an old Boston ses-eapt.ir
committed suicide at his residence, on th
evening Of the 2lst inst. by taking laudauuz
and cutting his throat with rssor. 's
FAmorg tho passengers By the STEAMSHIP
Hsmmonla who arrived few days ago frou
Hsmburg, is the noted Lola 4ontss, NOV
Mrs.. Held. -
In the city Of Chicago there are over 1S0l
saloons, Of which 800 are regularly licensed
Twenty Eve gambling houses are in one litl'
circuit of the business portion OF the eity.
A shoek of A earthquake Was felt at I
O'Clock ON the 25th of October, at Machias
Calais and Esstport in Maine, and in st,
Johps. New Brunswick. .s 6e. ..=.e
The Mayor Of Richmond, Va, has given
public notice that hs will give $i0 reward
for every baton taken from the watohmeu
while as,eep during hours Of duly. ca.
The deaths in New York during the year
1851 were p, 1888; in the year 1858, 1894;
the death reports fol eight months OF this
year will show . material decrease in the
mortality. -.
La Mountain, the bslloonist, thinks that
it he had maintained his altitude OF two and
= half miles during his late ascension, the
easterly current would have carried him
across the Atlantic in hirty-sir hours.
Smokey Mountain, N. O., proves to be the
highest peak in the United States, instead
of tho White Mountains, N. H., a. hereto
tore supposed 1t is $500 feet high, while
the latter is but $500 feet. Z
Carl Ritter, the great geographer, Gied Vt
Berlin, on the 28th Sept, aged eighty. lie
wss acknowledged to be the first man Of bis
time in the study to which he devoted his
life. He was an Intimate friend Of the late
Baron Humboldt, 74
Mr.. Douglas is represented as being in
volved in pecuniary embarrassments, which
are troubling him - much as his gloomy
Presidential prospects, A contemporary
says that an effort was made, some time
since, to raise money for him among his po-
litical friends in New York. .,- 10
In Philadelphia. according to tho direct.
ory, there are sos Smiths, 4l2 Browns, 1886
Johnsons, SO4 Joneses, 800 Williamses, 225
Wilson's. and !78 Davises. Of the Smiths,
80 rejoice in the Christian name of John,
while Of the Joneses, there are 26 who are
known by that excellent prefix. Of the
Johnsons, one-half the number are colored.
The Quincy Palmyra Railroad WAS final
fy completed on the 25th inst, forming an
line Of railroad from Palmyra,
opposite Quincy, to St Joseph, No., the
and St Joseph Railrokd. with
which it connects at Hannibal, having been
opened last summer. There is now con-
tinuous railroad connection between Chicago
and st. Joseph.
Luther Preston who has been convicted
BY the U. s. Court of Minnesota, for steal.
ing from the U. s. mail, sto"d high in the
where he resided. The town
was named for him, and ~ to the time Of
bis arrest no suspicion had been entertained
Of bis dishonesty. Yet he made . regular
business of stealing from the mail the reg
issered letters, and sending their conten's to
his accomplice at Peoria, Ill. Further than
This, he made an arrangement with that ac-
to come on to Preston and rob him
Preston) OF the county funds, he being at
that time County Treasurer. Preston 10 q
man of family, and about 80 years Of age.
He is reported to be wealthy, and did not
stand iu need of tho money at tho time be
,ommitted the depredations.