Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-11-18
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Claggets Fltzaugh, who, arrested Cap
John E. Cook, at Mt. Alto Iron Work.
hear Chambersburg, Pa, Is nephew of tn
celebrated Gerritt Smith, Of Pe'erboro, n
i.'supposeu 20 nave aioeo IN lhstig@'in
'ne ms uFrecslou' .as sec 81. 4sa sIssjg
! .Two bottles of medicines" found amnn
Browns effects, and supposed to be cNntrit
fated BY some KspdDiican, are Cited as cleal
evidence that the 'sNorthern Aboll'ionists
intended to interfere with the "intsrma
concerns OF the oouth. ac. as51z.
Browns Cosnectlcut-made pixies for arm
ing his freed slaves were savage looking in
struments. They consisted OF pole 81 fec
long to which was firmly attached a tw'
edged bowie knife, ten inches long and tw'
inches broad in its widest part. $50.
Gen. Sutter, the old California pioneer, ii
IN trouble. lie borrowed $4,000 at 10 pei
cent month, interest to be. compounded
at the end of each month, and now the
amount has reached SS5, ,00O, on which his
creditor has obtained Judgment and levied
on his estate. ..... s.....s.,. ,.
The Scientific american states that there
are in the city of New York about 200, 900
smokers each using two cigars daily, making
4oo,ooO cigars every day. These, at mn
average OF four cents each, make the enor-
NOUS sum or Sio,oOo daily consumed IN
smoke, IN New Y ork alone!
J A woman in Rochester, N. Y, stole a
horse, was pursued and captured by con-
stable, who confined her in the third story
OF house. She escaped during the night
by means OF her bed cord, and hnding the
oflcer's morse superior to her own, exchang-
ed steeds with MN and made her escape.
James G. Hendrickson, who, had devoted
many years to solving the puzzle of ''perpet.
ual motions" died at Freehold, N. j., on the
29th ult. Some of his machines have been
running constantly for six years without the
application OF any external powers, and
apparently with no intention OF stopping.
"A Salt Company are boring an artesian
we'll at Grand Rapids, Michigan. They
have. reached depth of so feet, ard the
water that boiled up tasted quite as briny
as that of the ocean, and looked, when run
ming into and mingling with fresh water, as
white as milk, The deeper they go, the
strongcrls the brine they get esa4lss1.
While Mrs. Hise, wife Of Joseph IIise, of
Salem, O., was sitting by her table, one
evening, recently, the top If fluid lamp
became loosened, the fluid took Rre, and
soon herself and little child were in flames.
The lady was badly burned, and the child
died from its injuries soon after. And yet
many people say there is no danger in the
use of these lamps.
A woman in Fairfax county, Va, wrote
to Gov. Wise that there are great many
Yankees residing in her nei ghborhood whom
she suspects to be Abolitionists, and
requested Sharp's rifle for herself. 1t is
said the Governor sent her the rifle and
requested her to raise volunteer oerps Of
women in her region. The Governor has
lost confidence in Virginia men lately.
The rowdv clubs in Baltimore provided
themselves for election day with a peculiar
kind of shoe makers awl, with which man
might be killed with impunity in crowd by
cownrdly thrust. This device Of the Bal
tiniore ruilians to pierce the breast or the
eye of an opponent, is certainly the most
i. Il.
duced into civilized Or heather community.
The British Government is drawing largely
IN the white oak forests of Virginia. Over
900 men are now employed in getting timber
in the mountains near Rowlesburg, on tke
Cheat river which is to be used for gun
carriages. The contractor has orders which
it will take two years to fill. The Cheat
river oak is said to be the best yet imported
into England, and far sqrpasses the Canada
oak, which it is fast superceding.
Georce w. Curtis' new lecture is on
ssNodern In6deIitv - Beecher's, "The
Ra,o.;n ~ ~ 'MaLsrs - Rev. F n Chanin offers
a vay;atv and Dr. Holland. who has had an
hundred applications to lecture this seaso.,
has two--:sW ork and Play" and cart and
Life" Curtis says, in his, that "respect
for the clergy is diminishing; that peti.
tion from three hundred ap-hoilers would
receive more attention than o1e from three
hundred clergymen!"
Soma o;nsevs recent|v who had been lott
or;na ahont the house Of Mr.. Thos. Holmes
near Rren,sville Prince William county
Va Va nersuaded him to look into the case Of
j watcb II which Was chloroform, and Will,
lie was laboring und-r the effects of the in
halati on, took from him the key of his bu
reau, and>stole therefrom ST. 200 in gold
with which they decamped. They wer
subsequently arrested, and the none,
recovdred.
+ attba JT s. Court in session at Rutland
WI Renbsn waters "A years of age, wa
.en,enosd t, | wear in the State Prison o.
Oh arra Of transmitting false and forge
nana,s 70 the Pension Departnent. in sun