Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-10-07
News PIrHSraOilS.

uoFdce Oleelcy TcaChcO NeW 1OTk, Oh MS
return from California. in the steamer Hoses
Taylor, on Monday of last week.
During Gen. Scott's absence, Gen. Wool,
as senior officer, will be acting Commander
in Chief in the Atlantic States.
Charles P. Parsons was fined $50, short
time since, in San Francisco, for insulting
his own wife in the street.
"What is in name9" One of the can
didates for county officers in La Sale coun-
ty, Illinois, is named Wait and another
Waitmore.
D. A. Rawlings, Marshal of st. Lou $
and Frank Molair, his predecessor, have
been indicted by the grand jury for misap-
plication of public funds
The people Of Ohio at The October e,ec-
ton vote upon IN amendment to the consti-
tuition establishing annual instead of bien
nial sessi ons of the legislature.
The project is seriously entertained #
uniting France and Great Britain by a
bridge across the English Channel. The
distance is about lS miles-depth l6s feet,
estimated cost, $3.50, 100000.
A Californian has broached in the Alta a
plan of thirty mill ions for the Pacific rail-
road, by lottery of 100000 tickets at
SIS each, the prizes from million down to
twenty five dollars to be paid in stock.
At ball held by colored people in La
fayette, Ind, recently, some white mi~creant.
who had managed to enter the hail, threw
cayenne pepper on the floor, causing gen.
eral stampede of the dancers. 'sDe white
buzzard" escaped.
An oyster bed, three miles long, one mile
wide and foot deep, has been discover d
in Long Island Sound. The New York
Tribune states that one vessel landed 500
bushels Of the largest bivalves ever seen in
that market, were taken from it. Over 200
vessels are engaged in raking up the oysters.
The Ohio Statesman says that young
lady aged about sixteen, Of considerable
intelligence and preposseesing appearance,
is now residing with the sheriff OF Ottawa
county, preparatory to her removal to the
lunatic asylum, having become insane from
viewing the aurora borealis, a short time
ago, which she was induced to believe be-
tokened the approaching end Of the world.
it is said that the first time horse ever
trotted in public in America for stake was
in 1918, when Il match was made for 81 900
that no horse could be produced which ,ould
trot a mile IN three minutes. A horse nam
ed "Bo>ton Blue" won the stake, contrary
to general expectation, by trotting the mile
in few seconds less than The prescribed
time. ....,'..
o. Mrs. Partington was much surprised
to find Ike one rainy afternoon, in the spare
room, with the rag bag hung to the bed
post, which he was belaboring very Justify
with his fists, as huge as two one cent ap.
rles. "What gymnastiness are you doing
here 2" said she, as she opened the door,
He did not stop and merely replying,
"Training," continued to pitch in. She
s God looking at him, as he danced around
tile bag, busiy punching its rotund sides.
s'That's the Morrissey touch, ," said he Civ
ing one side dig; land that" hitting the
other side, ''is the Benicia Boy" She said
sstop," and he Immediately stopped, after
he had given the last blow for Morrissey
"In afraid the training you are having isn't
good" she said ''aDd l think You had bet
ter train in some other company. thought
your going into compound fractures in
school would be dlatorious toyou. don't
know who Mr.. Morrison is, and don't want
to; but hear he has been whipping the
Pernicious Boy, poor lad with sore leg,
and l think he shonld be ashamed of HIM
self" Ike had read the Herald with all
about the great prize fight in it, and had
become entirely carried away with it.