Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1859-11-11

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Dr. r.lWileswas shot in sthe head and kille
in duel fought with a merehant of Green
boro, Miss,,, on The 8th ut. %
| Ossnw.tomie Brown, was a soldier in, Il
War IF fSf., ana fought at the Battle
Pistsburgh. ads aat" Bsheos ssassi d'1w :
Horses in sSorh America aren 80 nabunt
antias to berslaughtsfed' for their hides an
tallow. The general price is from So
: $40 for geldipgs broken to the saddle.
Miss Della Bacon, who startled the worl
a few years snce ancc with 4 theory ,lat Shak,
. peare was myth, and his playsthcswork {
other shands, died recently in the Iinsah
Asy lum, AZ llartfgrd.e ai Yaa sols.saoyq
oollio Dutton, Of Springfield, Mass,
girl OF ten years, is q prodigy, beside whol
Tom Thumb ceases to be curiosity. Sh
weighs but thirteen pounds, yet is intelli
gent, sprightly, and modelled for perfscsicr
The proposed amendment to the Stat
Constitution of Ohio, providing for gannua
instead of biennial sessions OF the Legsls
ture, which Vas voted upon 1t the Lat
election, is probably rejected by'pa larg
majority. s Hss@ss = enfs' f'-i sos )
Mr.. Green West, of Amherst, Ne, had hi
leg broken below the knee several years ago
Recently an OK kicked him on the same spo
of the old fracture. He tainted immedi
ately, and, although receiving no other inju
ry, died in few minutes. as - 9s1is7
The livery stable of VIM. T.gWells, il
Pulaski, Tenn, was consumed by fire on thu
9th ult. There were forty five horses ii
the stable at the time, all of which, except
two, perished in the flames. The celebrated
stallion "Lieut. Maury," valued AT $4,000
is among the lost. 7ilsa1'' o. 'sd' absr, j.,
Hon. Daniel Cady, one of the .ablest sju-
rists in the State of New York, and at, one
time Judge of the State Supreme Court, a
member Of the l4th Congress, and President
ofthe Electoral Colegein 1885, died at his
residence at John>town,9 Futon county;
N. Y, on the 30th; INT Judge Cady was
about 50 years Of age. -, -, , +
The late news from Europe is of unu sual
interest. The Zurich Conference is al
length terminated. and as far us it has gone
has ratified the arrangements made at Villa
Franco, but the, most .impartant questions in
reference to Italy remain to be considered
by general European Congress, which is
decided upon. There are Indications that
Napoleon means to adhere to the Pope as
far as to protect, his authority at Rome,
while insisting on reforms. in his govern
ment =
A shock Of an earthquake was felt at San
Francisco on the 5th Of October. The
Herald says a new brick house was rent
from top to bottum,to the width OF over halt
a. inch, In many houses the plaster was
thrown + or tie ling clocks were stop;
ped in several parts q the city; glasses
jingled on the sideboards, andTa very general
alarm was felt. 1t is singular that amid all
these occurrences thete was a large number
of persons who did not experience the shock
at all. "''i '''N '-" .|'' ''N'
man Of the name Of Berkley, from
Ottawa, Ill.,, on his way to Pixies Peak, was
arrested last spring. by the Sheriff of St
Joseph county,, Mo. ,un suspicion that he
was an escaped slave. He. was whipped,
put into Jail and, on proof tf his freedom,
sold for the jail"r's fees to Missouri farm
er, who subsequently took him to St. Louis
and sod him tn q slave trader. He was
shipped South, but, in the neiglborhood of
Mem his, jump+d overheard, aud, with n
G mpanioi OF the same lot, made good his
escape,s and few days since arrived safely
at Ottawa. II .ive-h Il ltaE. g.. --g.s
Lrwe's ,''erial ship'' is astounding the
New Yorkers. The basket that will convey
the intrepid voyagers is made of strongly
woven wicker-work, about two In nches thick.
he basket is six feet in diameter, and in
the centre Of its flooring there is circular
aperture, large enough to admit mans bodya
and intended to afford, by means of q ladder,
an escape, If necessary, to the boat that will
be suspended beneath. This boat is thirty
feet long, and is provided with caloric
engine and paddle wheels. The gas neces.
sary for the imitation Of the balloon will be
provided by gigantic meter, eight feet in
diameter, about twelve feet long, and capa-
BILE of registering half a million cubic feet
of gas per day. Mr.. Lowe estimates that
he shall need 812, 900 feet of gas to fully
initiate his monster balloon. 'e.' Sase'
In moralizing upon dueling, The Chicu-
go Press and Tribune informs us, how the
law became a dead letter in Illinois, by
reyiving the history. of the first and only
duel ever fought in the State. ! In the year
1920, Alphonso Stewart and William Ben.
nett fought with rifles in st. Clair county,
and Stewart tell mortally wounded on the
first Gre. Bennett made his escape into
Arkansas, where he remsined two years.
His whereabouts was discovered, he was ar
L. L. i
I'd of murder, and executed. .G,v. Bond
was besieged days and weeks by the barba-
rian disciples of the code, clamoring for the
wretch's pardon. But he closed his door
against petition and entreaty, and William
Bennett dangled at tho ropes end in the
presence of some thousands of spectators
who took in q great moral lesson. This
was the first and last duel ever fought Oh
ahe soil ofIllinois, and il effectually crushed
out all respect for the bloody code in that
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