Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-08-24
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The daily expenses Of the Great Easter
. AF.ench Republican Club Is in acsi,
operation in New York. ,,l5,93l... "A, ,...,
The census returns show the. populstio
!. in 1850. .1e7,--,' -
Col. Forney sets down the Breckinrids
8 vote in Pennsylvsnis at 30, 600, and that Ia
} Bell at double that figure. Sas snl, 9iD17 .
q. Kenneth Rsynor, Of North Carolina. q
a!d wing and American fame, has declare
himself for Breckinridge. 50 @F--.l i
The report that ex. Governor johnson. O
, Pennsylvania, had declared for, Boil an
Everett, Is not true. He declares himsel
Tor Lincoln and Hamlin. -
~ A man named Pangburn lives at Risip,
Sun, Indiana, who is one hundred and thirty
hve years OF age. he is supposed to be th,
Oldest person in the United States. -. +
Mons. De Lave, the rival of Rlond;n
i appears before the pubic again. He il
a0ous snrowing hempen bridge across tn.
Niagara, nssr the Falls, and inteuds per-
forming thereon before and in honor of tn,
Prince Of Wales. n@s.. .4a~.r J1- ~
One Of the features at the inauguration Of
the Perry statue, in Cleveland, Sept 10th,
will be q mock naval battle on the Lake. i n
full view of the city. Secretary Toucey will
probably let the government steamers on
the lakes take part a,H;l G~la
A race Of four mile heats will be run over
the Fashion Course, Long Island, on the
10th OF September, for sweepstakes of
$40, 900. The best three horses in the Uni on
are entered = Planet, Daniel Boone and
| ConRaree. q. ,t.'-'e'i@~ 2af 81
| A party Of excursionists from Boston
CLAIM to have seen . see serpent of Cape
Cod, Sunday week. They describe the
''critter" as black, about one hundred feet
long, with . head almost the size of "s
Kossuth hat, and the body as large round as
tar bucket" ''F
Clarence ]. Prentice, son, of George D.
Prentice, of the Louisville Journal. was
married in Paris, on The 10Th ult., to Mile,
Amilie de Falkenstein, Of Strasbourg. This
must be runaway match for, of course,
old Mr. Prentice can't approve Of his sons
marrying "foreigner." -g., ..
A mechanic in Valparaiso, Porter county.
indiana, has completed, after several years
OF labor during his spare hours, q very fine
microscope. 1t magni6es 800 diameters,
and 10 SAID to be equal to the best foreign
INSTRUMENTS in every respect. The makers
name is Joseph Foultz. g -.-.a..
The overland stage upset near Fort Smith.
Ark on Sunday, July 29th, and six pas.
sengers, besides the driver and couductor.
making eight in all, were killed. Only one
passenger escaped out of the load. The
h~,t h.
of in coming down the mountains.
There are 81 inmates of the Ohio State
Prison, at Columbus, under sentence for
life, one of whom has been confined twenty.
four years, nine others more than ten wears,
ete. OF these, ten are hopelessly insane,
others are on the last verge of insanity, and
the tendency Of nearly eli is to monomania
and despair. Is this punishment anyway
preferable to death?
OF $50 men who were sent about two
weeks since from Governors Island, N. Y.
to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 38 deserted
on the way. Drunkenness and aversion to
the service are assigned as causes. The
Germans make the best soldiers they Join
the army to get money, and prudently stick
to it until tho end Of their term of service,
when they leave with their entire earnings.
Oak trees in the French forests have been
attacked this year by strange disease. They
are covered from the top branches to the
roots with caterpillers, which form q coat
ing some inches thick. In some localities
the principal authorities Lave publ shed a
notice forbidding children to enter the woods.
These insects, at the approach Of human
being, cover the face, neck and body. Their
sting has in many instances produced fever.
Messrs. Geo. Law end Gustavus A. Con-
mover, suret,es in ST., 900 of ex postmaster
Fowler, of New York, have obtained an
injunction restraining government from
levying on them for the amount until it has
met them in their own suit and proved that
Fowler was not known to be defaulter, BY
the administration, when they (Law & Con
nover) were induced to become surety for
him. 1t is said that government cannot
successfully defend this charge, and ill
tacitly admit the truth Of it ~ letting the
matter die out gradually and drop. So here
Is probably the last of it.
While workmen were excavating near the
old Fort, at Toronto, Canada West, a few
days ago, they discovered the remains of l5
DO lies of British and American soldiers,
who fell in the war of 1912. Several but
ta ns, bayonets and epaulettes were also
found. One button has the initials of
Pennsylvs mia Rangers upon it; another is
marked q. s., and another 9th B itish Gren.
adiers. A few American coins were also
found. From the position of the bodies it
is evident that they were buried in the trench
near where they fell. Gen. Pike and 200
Americans, and q number of the British,
were killed near this spot in 1918, by the
explosion Of powder magazine.
At Valatine, Columbia county, N. Y, q
few months since, young man named
jeremiah Miller fell in love with pretty
girl Of the village and wanted to make her
his wife. Like all pretty village gi. Is, she
had more than one beau, and although Jer.
emiah was very attentive, she preferred his
rival, John O'Nell. When first be realised
this fact he attempted to drown himself,
but was rescued after struggle. Finally,
O'Neil and the pretty girl were married.
This occurred one day last week. and the
following night the inconsolable jeremiah
was found in Mr.. Rathbone's paper mill,
hanging by the neck. The foreman found
him in this uncomfortable predicament, and
cut him down just in time to save his life.
A very touching incident occurred at the
funeral of Mr.. w. Cliff, n, who died in
Louisville, recently. Prior to his death he
manumitted his slaves, numbering some
forty, many of whom attended his funeral.
During the march, an old slave, who had
been greatly attached to his master, came
up quietly to the hearse, the fringe of which
he respectfully kissed, and behind which he
walked the whole distance to the cemetery.
After the prayers at the grave were ended
and all had gone save the blacks, the old
man signed to them to kneel, and throwing
himself upon the ground prayed most vehe-
mently and tearfully for his master and
those he had left behind, which SO affected
the listening mourners that the place was
filed with cries and groans. .
HUMoKs OF THE CAMPAIGN.-The Missouri
Democrat has a notice of Douglas demon
stration st. Joseph. It says that banne re