Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-02-17

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Prof. Espy, the great rain King ami for
some years past connected with she Matt onl
Observatory, at Washington, died at Gin
cinnati lately Of paralysis. N
During Is days in October and November
last, 1875 vessels, including the Australian
steamer Royal Charter, were wrecked on the
coast OF Great Britain, causing the loss Of
TAT lives.
Gov. Downey, who is now Governor of
California, by the resignation of Latham,
elected to the u. S. Senate, is an Irishman,
aged 33 years. He formerly lived in Mary
land, but emigrated to California in 1850.
70 Ladies' Skating Matches are in vogue at
Boston just now, and some of them have
made remarkable "time.' A Mrs., Farm
ham slated half mile in two minutes and
| fifty nine seconds, and q Miss Fogg in three
minutes, eleven seconds. llH ~ a aHo
| Valuable salt springs have been pierced in
Grand Rapids, Saginaw and Baltim ore,
Mich. The latter was discovered in boring
a we'll for the Grand Trunk Railroad line
The Grand Rapids saliner yields bushel of
salt from twenty nine gallons of water. ..'..
James Redpath has reconsidered his
determination to 60 before the Senate &C M
mittee on John Brown, and has lett for parts
unknown, instead of Washington. There
are now three who have taken this course,
John Brown, jr., Sanborn and Redpatb:
They are having small ssMorgan" affair
at Sandusky,O. One Curtis exposed the
secrets OF the Sons of Malta, and has since
mysteriorsly disappeared. There is some
excitement about it, but it is not generally
believed that he has been made a martyr.
! A couple applied to the Legislature of
Nebraska and obtained q divorce, and
Immediately after the man and woman each
pre-empted 100 acres of land apiece, and
having proved their title thereto, were
married again the next day. Sharp pair
Among the severe sufferers at Washington
by the delay in the organization of the
House have been the gamblers. Very little
money has come to their tables, and several
of them are reported to be nearly bankrupt.
There are about forty Of these hells on
Pennsylvania avenue. ,...
A man in Brooklyn, N. Y, lately made a
bet that he could hold his mouth five
minutes over an ordinary gas burner, with
the gas turned on but not ignited. he
ately strangled, so that his life was saved
with much difficulty.
Gen. Robert Butler, Assistant Adjutant
General to General Jackson at the battle of
New Orleans, died near Tallahassee, Flori-
da, ON the 18th. But three prominent Off
GERS engaged in that battle now survive
These are Gen. VIM. o. Butler of Kentucky,
Col. A. P. II ayne of South Carolina, and
Major Shotard Of Mississippi.
The foreign news by the late arrivals
possesses more than common interest and
Importance. The views of Napoleon and the
Pope are becoming irreconciIably different.
There seems to be an s'irrepri ssibe conflict
going on between the Emperor and the Pope,
which it is hoped may result in the abridg-
ment of the temporal power of the latter,
and the ultimate freedom of Italy from the
Alps to the A driatic.
A dreadful catastrophe occurred at Malaga,
Dec. 25th. The magnificent steamer Genoa,
belonging to King Victor Emanuel, and
chartered to the Spanish government for the
war, blew up in the harbor, and as soon as
the smoke of the explosion had cleared
away, raging fire was seen. With the aid
of row boats many were rescued from the
wreck, but over 1000 persons were killed or
wounded
The last accounts from Utah say that things
were growing worse and worse. The Nor
mons were getting to be little better than
horde of thieves. The gentiles could keep
nothing movable without standing guard
over it. Young's doctrine on the subject
was thus defined in late discourse: "fhave
had no revelation in regard to the stealing
that is going on in this Territory. When
the Lord wants it stopped, He will stop it
| | believe that q man can steal and be lust j.
fed in the act"
The Coshocton (Ohio) Age gives an &c
count of a murder committed in that place
on Saturday week. Dr. Howard, the victim,
was very respectable man, and the MUIR
derer was his own brother law, Lewis
Farnell. The quarrel originated between
their wives. Finally, Farm II struck How
ard over the head, killing him instantly.
The only witness was FarnelPs father, an
aged and wealthy citizen of Coshocton. The
murderer has been lodged in Jail.
| The European papers make some of the
most amusing blunders in reference to Amer
lean affairs. The Paris Journal de Debats,
in giving an account of the attempts to Or
ganize the American Congress, makes the
following amusing blunder: 'sMonsieur
Gilsner received 80 votes and Monsieur Scat
| tering 9. On the next vote Monsieur Gill
sner retired, but Monsieur Scattering's
nine friends continued to stand by him."
The Debats will notice that Monsieur Seat
teriHg'' is one of our most popular EN- and
is always run for all the Offices.