Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-09-23


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St. buis has 1ne five fee evs1ink school,
taug in the ps6Iic school hou1ds. -
In town Of ranfeld, Maho jne sSunty,
O., extenstH coal oil fact6 q are nov
in o. alton, and three more arsbsing buik
!. MdEDe Law, the-Rochester rops.walker,
is going to walk the Seneca river, at Seneca
Fails. The riyaF is, at that place, 800 feet
wide, with banlGl 6O feet high.
A mammoth mule was on exhibition ut
the National Horse Show, in Dayton, O.. He
stands l93 hands high, and weighs 1900 lbs.
the largest mule in the world.
The notorious Sioux Chief, Red Iron, en-.
gagged in the Spirit Lake massacre, has been
arrested and is now in Jail at New Ulm.
Two indictments have been found against
him-one for murder and the other for theft.
The auroral phenom ena which illuminated
the skies in this latitude few weeks since
seem to have extended over very wide area.
They were seen from Montreal to New
Orleans, and from st. Louis to Cuba and
Bermuda. 4.ea5 sft %
A great religious excitement is agitating
the north Of Ireland, the stronghold Of Pres
byterianism. All the dissenting sects have
taken part in the movement, which has pro-
dueed some surprising effects upon individ-
uals and upon the community.
The navy contracts for beef and pork have
been awarded to parties in New York, at
$ll, so for the former and $3.50 for the
latter. The price for beef is considered less
than it can be packed fer, while the pork
leaves no margin. 49, -....t
Bears are becoming common among the
mountains of western Pennsylvania and
Virginia. Their usual food, mast, has failed,
and they have descended to the lower coun.
try with good appetite for corn, cattle,
sheep, and the rare delicacy of young
children. .r ..-',.....
Georgia probably the lightest taxed State
in the Union. Its State tax is only two-thirds
of mill on the dollar. Aman owning $lO,-
600 of property pays only 1862 taxes.
Georgia is one of the most Aourishing States,
and is rapidly rising in manufactures as we'll
as agriculture.
The Hudson River R. R. 90. has added
six more coal-burning locomotives to the
road during the last four months, making the
whole number of 81 now in use on it. The
burning of coal reduces the current expenses
of locomotive As per cent an item that
adds largely to the profits.
| "Don't slap a man familiarly on the back
when talking with him )" it is not only un
gentlemanly but dangerous. Samuel @. Ben.
net, lawyer at Cairo, New York, was 80
accosted while standing on the verge Of q
hotel piazza, last week, lost his balance, fell
upon his head, and died next day.
Another champion" has turned up. A
negro in Sandusky, one day last week, ate
ninety large peaches on wager of $3.50.
He arose from the repast apparently refresh
ed, and resumed his artistic avocation az
boot black, amid the enthusiastic cheers of
large and enlightened concourse of his
fellow citizens.
In many towns in Maine the wells are
dried up. Brooks, also, that were never
known to be dry, are now entirely so, and
people find it difficult to get water for family
use. Fires are raging in the woods, and the
atmosphere is thick with smoke in many Of
the towns in Washington county. The rivers
are very low, and no lumber can be sawed
until the Fall rains.
A committee of the Grand Lodge of the
Masonic Fraternity of New York have
recommended to all the subordinate Lodges
in their jurisdiction, $50 in number, tha,
they each contribute a sum not exceeding IS
in aid of the sKane Monument Association,
chartered by the New Work Legislature at it.
last session. 10 rear memorial to the
intrepid explorer.
/ The new suspension bridge, now in course
| of ~
have span Of over 1000 feet. 1t will be
composed Of four new cables, two on each
side, each cable being 3.s inches in diam
eter, and containing $50 strands of wire,
making single strand of 9,273, 600 feet, Of
l,745 miles in length. The estimated ccs
of finishing and completing the whole struc-
ture is $4,000.
At the fremont House, in Chicago from
the 10th to the 18th inclusive during the
time of the National Fair), the following
articles of food were consumed: 1860 lbs
beef, $40 lbs. mutton, 400 lbs butter,
l,425 lbs. sugar, 600 lbs. coffee, 1860
chickens, 1926 doz. eggs, rs bu. potatoes,
26 bbls. -four, &c. This will give some idea
of the multitude collected together at that
place during the past week.
A careful experiment made on the Mich
igan Central Railroad, in regard to the
comparative value of whale and metallic
oils, resulted in showing great difference
in favor of whale oil. In running a single
train one hundred and three days, one half
of the journals were fabricated with whale
oil, consuming twenty-eight and one half gal
Ions, costing sixty cents per gallon the
other half with metallic oil, consuming
twenty-seven gallons, costing one dollar and
thirty-four cents per gallon.
In the town of Danbury, Conn, they are
manufacturing a new kind of brick, which
has been patented. They are three or four
times the size of the ordinary brick, and are
made of sifted gravel and lime, mixed to o
certain consistency, and then pressed by
simple but powerful machine, and laid in
the sun to cure. They have an opening or
mortice through them from top to bottom,
say inches long and Il inch wide, so that
when laid the air can circulate through the
whole wall. They are what you might call
''perfect bricks"
AGREEING WITH HER.-A clergyman, who
was a bit of humorist, once took tea with
lady of his parish who prided herself
much upon her nice bread, and was also ad.
dicted to the common trick of depreciatipg
her viands to her guests.
As she passed the nice warm biscuit to
the reverend gentleman, she said:
"They are not very good am almost
ashamed to offer them"
The minister took one, looked at it rather
obviously. and replied
''They are not so good as they might be!''
The plate was instantly withdrawn, and
with heightened color, the lady exclaimed
''They are good enough for you"
Nothing further was said about the bis.
cult.