Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-08-05
News Paragraphs.

NCVS tSeEdhS EtARAlSs
The Journal Of Commerce estimates tn
number killed in tho Italian campaign a
100000 men.
There are at present seven companies en-
gagged in constructing railroads in india
under the guarantee Of the Indian govern
ment. ~
At camp meeting near Boston, the choice
of carping ground was sold to the highes
bidder, and the premium for choice amounted
to four hundred dollars.
| The Kansas convention decided to retain
the northern boundary, and not nccede to the
desires of the Nebraskians to include the
strip in Nebraska south of the Platte.
John Wise, the @ronaut, has been invited
to make an ascension at Lafayette, Ind, and
replies that he will do so provided 81, 900 is
raised. The citizens are raising the amount.
Wesley B. Fisher, at Ottawa, Ill.,, tried,
for the murder of his wife, has been SEN
fenced to be hung on the 18th Of August.
He appears uttery Indifferent to his terrible
fate.
The longest straight line of railroad in
New England is seven miles, in the town of
Rumney, near the White Mountains. On
the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago
Railroad there is piece of seventy miles
in an air line in Northern Indiana.
Public meetings have recently been held
in Missouri for the purpose of adopting
measures to prevent the driving of Texas
cattle through the State to the North. 1t is
alleged that these droves leave malignant
diseases along the route, of which many
Missouri cattle have died.
The public lands advertised to be sold in
Minnesota, from the 1st of October to the
l4th. embrace the government alternates
within the six-miles limits of the railroad
grants, and the northeast portion of that
State, consisting of one million and three
quarters acres.
A Turkish steamer, with $50 passengers
on board, is reported to have been lost on
her way to ConstantiDople, and II of the
passengers to have perished. The Christian
passengers were assassinated and plund cred
by the Turkish crew during the salvage.
Another steamer, with $50 passengers from
Constantinople, had not been heard Of.
The Statesman at Lexington, KY, says
man was bitten by rattlesnake, and being
alarmed, ran to town four miles for m medica
AID, but when he got there he became blind.
and was covered with spots exactly Ike
those on the snake. On laying out the bodv
q perfect picture of the snake in color
length, rattles and buttons, was found.
The rope on which Mr.. Blondia walks
across the Niagara river s,cags about sew
enty feet-so that in walking over he has to
walk down and up hill, as it were The rope
is made steady by many guys, but about two
hundred feet IN the centre is without re-
straint. Imagine the man walking over this
rope, the seething rapids below-walking
down the incline of the rope the dizzy CEN
tral point-poised there on line over the
tremendous chasm! But he has done it.
Harrison Co., Virginia, is excited by the
discovery Of supposed insurrectionary plot
among the slaves. Ten negrot have been
arrested and ra: ra: III III jail. The story Of the
plot comes from an old negro woman, who
states that the negroes Of the vicinity had
held convention at Shinnston, at which
poison was distributed for poisoning their
masters families, and that they were we'll
armed,- and after killing the whites would
escape to the North.
The feat of running the passenger engine
"BOOn," over the North Missouri Railroad.
q distance of one hundred and forty. y.eight
miles, in seven hours and twenty five min
utes, making twenty-five stops, and carrying
two passenger and one baggage car, with
only one cord of wood, has been surpassed,
says the Cincinnati Commercial, on the
Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati Rail-
road, by run of the locomotive ssNash-
ville," from Columbus to Erie and from
Erie back to Cleveland, total distance of
1926 miles, with less than two cords of wood,
making all the stops of a regular passenger
train.
A most extraordinary affair occurred in
Jasper county, Indiana, last week. An old
man named William Haskins, aged seventy,
married an old lady of almost the same age,
named Anna Mead. T,oenty-secen years Be-
fore, they aoere man and aife, with family
Of five children. Becoming dissatisfied at
the time, they separated, and hearing moth
ing of each other for years, both married
again. But both being left alone, after the
deaths of their partners and coming togther
thus late in life, they concluded to travel
the little journey that was left, together.
So extraordinary case we do not remember
ever to have heard before.
SYSTEMATIC BALLooNlNa-NeD and Novel
Experiment. t.-Mr. Charles E. Wise left Lam
caster on the 2lst, for St. Louis, with the
balloon "Jupiter," in which he and his faith
er propose making series of experimental
ascensions from Western cities Prof. Wise
will follow in few days to join his son.
The programme as we understand it, is
something like this:-They will ascend from
St. Louis into the eastern current, and make
Cincinnati, anchorng the balloon over night