Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-07-22

It is curious fact that all the New York
street railroads do less business on Friday
than on any other secular day Of the week.
The State Prison of Indiana at Jefferson
vile, is full to OVERLOOKING. It contal ms Eve
hundred and twenty one cOnvicts. he state
Prison at Columbus, Ohio, and ut auburn
and Sing Sing, New Y,rk, are ais" crowded.
A movement is on foot among the resp.n-
sible circus and menngerie managers to hold
convention in New York or Cincinnati,
next winter, to devise means to prot Ct the
reputation of respectable shows, aud effect
a thorough circus and show reform.
The brothers GODDARD, eronauts, who are
well known in this country, are in Italy
with their balloons experimenting as to the
possibility of getting information of the
position Of the Austrian forces, for the
Allies, from their balloons, but not as yet
with any effect.
The Commercial men Of New Orleans
have in consideration ship canal, six miles
in length, to connect the river with the
ocean, at q point on the coast above the
sand bar. Engineers say that it can be done
at cost of ABOUT million and half, a nd
will give permanent channel.
There are now ten horse railroads rum
ming in Philadelphia, whose truck, if extend
ed in a single straight line, would reach
from there to New York, or about one hun.
dred miles. The number Of horses employed
is about thousand, and Of cars three hun.
dred. On the 18th inst. there were three
hundred and thirteen cars running on these
railways, and the receipts reached So, 734,
We have heard very little of the nam
moth ship lately. 1t now appears that she
is to be completed in Septenber-the con-
tractor to have 1000 for each week he
gains upon his time, and to forfeit 100000
for every week he loses She will have
room for 500 first class, 400 second and any
number of third class and steerage passen
gers. One of the uses to which she is to be
applied, if needs be, is to run down ar
enemy's ships
The liquor dealers in New York generally
declined to sign the re,nonstrance agains
the enforcement of Sunday laws. They sale
it was designed to benefit the lager bee
interest, which had done more than anythin,
else to injure the liquor trade SO it seem
that lager is not only accounted temper
ance drink by some folks, but the liquo
dealers consider it an efficient instrument
| 6iIty WIG tCAu p0AhOo OouoOs Du We VOus'
advise those who love their enemies to lie
Mr.. Beer alone
Mr.. A. j. Davis, formerly of ,linois. on
now Of Kansas, has produced a specimen
of salt manufactured there, that is destined
to work revolution in the salt trade. Th
water from which the salt is made is obtain
ed from two large springs, and We are in
formed that sufficient quantities cas be Oh
tanned to supply the whole country with thi
indispensable article. Three pounds of sal
can be made from two gallons of waite,
and in addition to this fact, the quality 0
salt is pronounced by competent judges t
be 20 per cent. better than that of Syracus
or Kanawha. These springs are located Of
stream called Salt Greek, IS miles frou
Plattsburg, Missouri. Two companies, wit
capital Of 500, 900 each, have been organ
ICED.