Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-10-28

Tho consumption Of snails is steadil,
! Increasing in Pariss More than smillion o
irancs' worth of this exquisite, generous snI
nutritious animal Are ,brought to msrks
during the year. t..g,gsl ...tt..,
Durango, in the State of Durango
Mexico, was taken aud sacked on the lOtl
uit. by 200 robbers. On the arrival OF th
troops, they were dispersed and many o.
them were killed. q "a !co b.g.
Mr.. Andrew Wind, New York sdvertis
ing agent, has lost $l5S50, which b
advanced for advertising the & st OF stor,
in the newspapers. That will take some q
the wind out Of his financial sails.
Capt Montgomery, the famous leader il
the Kansas border troubles, 10 At present
engaged in cullivating his farm. He Ia,
been nc minated by the counties OF Linn and
Lykens as candidate for Representative te
the Territorial Legislature -ars. -a' ;a
A brother and nephew Of Moses Y. Beach, oi
the New York Sun, are located in the fsl
Southwestern part Of Kansas, on the Arkan.
sas River and the Santa Fe Road, and are
making fortunes in curing buffalo hams
and trading with the overland snigrants.
John Morris~ey accepts the "Boy's" chal-
lenge to meet him again in the prise ring,
and has put up $500 to bind the match,
which is to come Of after Heenan's sight
with the English champion. Heenan will
cover it aud the stake of $lO, 600 . side will
soon be made up. ..ss
The question as to tho admission of Kan
sas into the Union ~ sovereign state will
come up in Congress next winter. There
will b. majority in the house in favor OF
her admission, but the probability is that
the senate will insist upon strict compli-
ancs with the provisions OF the English bill
Mr.. Hawkins, of Marion county, Tenn,
had water. melon vine that produced sev.
enty .one melons, averaging twenty inches
in length and fifteen inches around, aud had
at the time the last melons were picked
some twenty. live smaller enes, which were
growing finely, making the vine to have
borne one hundred melons.
A negro man was hung by the Sheriff Of
Plymouth, in Washington County, N. o.,
recently in presence of 5000 spectators, for
the murder Of q white man last February.
The culprit had reason to suspect undue
familiarity on the part Of the white man
and his wife, so he procured pistol and
shot him dead. Another example of the
beauties of the ''peculiar institution"
A little tool has been invented for thead-
ing needle. 1t is made with two blades,
which hold the needle with its eye opposite
. little funnel-shaped opening, into which
it 10 perfectly easy for . person of weak
sight to pass thread, and the thread inevita.
bly, passes through the eye. When this is
done, the ends of the little implements are
pressed by the thumb and finger, like q
scisst rs, and the needle falls out threaded.
At Portsmouth,, Ohio, short time since,
a young lady was bitten by dog. Hydro
pI Iobia manifested itself on her, and while
confined by the disease she bit her sister,
who was waiting on hes. The sister was
soon attacked ty the same disease, and bit
the mother. All three were alive at last
accounts, but were oil raving mad, and
there was no prospect of their recovery.
Mr.. Samuel Hawkins, living at Mt. Craw-
ford, Virginia. shot an enormous bull. snake
a fortnig ght ago, about mile from Mt.
on what is known AZ Cedar Ridge.
The snake was eleven feet in length, and its
body was eleven feet in circumference. 1t
was in pursuit of young brother Of Mr..
making kind Of believing noise
peculiar to this serpent, when it was shot.
Its teeth were an inch in length.
A recent traveller in Switzerland says of
farms aad farming in that country, that no
good terraced land can be had there for less
than $4 900 to $1,000 per acre, and the
quantity of such land is one per cent. of the
entire territory No man owns more than 10
or Is acres of such land. In that country
investments ure made for security rather
than for profit, and 23 per cent. is usually
satisfactory.
More than sixteen years ago . lady named
Coisan, residing in Hyde Park Terrace,
London, ssresolved never to see the light OF
day again." having been disappointed in
her matrimonial views with Col. H. Ever
since tile year lS43, this eccentric maiden
lady has lived and slept in chamber from
which the light is rigid'y excluded save
what is furnished to her by wax candles.
The Cleveland, Columbus & Cincinnati r.
r. Company has been fined $3.50 because
conductor On the Road put off lady and
her two small children, the family of the
postmaster at Salem, Ohio, within three
miles of their home, the only money they
had to pay their passage from Crestline to
Salem, only few miles, being doubted.
The day was rainy and cold, and tho expos
ure caused the death of tho youngest child.
Z The Chicago Board Of Trade propose .
grain clearing house in that city to obviate
the necessity on the part Of shipper Of
going around among the various warehouses
to procure load Of grain. The plan 10 to
appoint nm officer, who, when shipper pre-.
sents receipts on one warehouse, where the
vessel can be sent forthwith and be loaded,
without being required to avigate Chicago
river several days in the operation.
The St. Louis Democrat says that lager
beer is as q drug in the St. Louis market this
tall. as the unusual quantity manufactured
last winter has lett stock on hand that can
not be exhausted by the regular demand.
To get rid of this, brewing must be deferred
until it is sold, or it must be mixed with
the new beer of this winters brewing. The
Democrat infers that there has been o
reduction in the consumption of the ar
ticle.
Mr.. John Wise writes that out of ! IL bal
loon ascents in which he reached an altitude
Of three miles, the balloon sailed to the East
ll2 times. In the exception it remained
stationary three miles West of the
point of ascension. Out Of 234 clear arial
voyages, and 2l9 topical ascensions. he met
with but two slight accidents, and the loss
Of two balloons By their getting away from
him. The accidents occurred in his novitiate.
The balloons were lost-on, in whirlwind,
the other in q juniper swamp in Maine.
->~$
Hoes. The Oineinnai Price Current
says In the early part Of the week about
2,tO0 head of hogs sold at 90 ret, to be de-
livered the first tsn days in November. A
portion Of them were taken to fll contracts.
The last dsy or two the offerings at this
rate were quite large, and 1000 head, to
average 226 lbs. and to be delivered between
the 10th and 10Th of November were on
the market the last two or three days OF the