Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-05-11

TO this country.
A Paris letter writer says ladies' dresses
now are worn "short at both ends.''
There are indications Ct full, old.
peach crop in New Jersey. Good
Geo. Raymond, Frenclman, was clicked
to death, recently, in Richmond, Va, while
eating his dinner.
A New Orleans cat lately gave birth to
four kittens and puppy. The Delta thinks
it "strange doings."
Thirty -four slaves, men and boys, all f. ON
one plantation. were sold in New Orleans
recently, for $5o,25O.
The Wauk esha (Wis.) Democrat says the
wool crop of the present season in that
county will be worth $l50,0JO.
Fred. Douglass autobiography has been
translated into German by Ottilc Assing,
and published at Hamburg.
Benz. Compton, justice of the peace,
eloped with his sister-in-law, Miss Badgley,
from Somerset, KY, few days since.
There is a young woman living in Alstead,
N. H., who weighs over 700 pounds, and it
takes about 20 yards of calico for dress.
The N. Y. Herald announces that Capt.
de Riviere, the gallant Zouave, has entere1
Redemptorist monastery in Philadelphia
The next Ohio State Fair will be held at
Dayton, in September. Thirty-fve acres
near the city have been provided for its
accommodation.
Maple sugar enough has been mAde ia
Vermont during the present spring, to
sweeten the coffee once of every coffee
drinker on the globe.
Rev. Byrd Parker, of Oshkosh, Wis, died
last week. He was preaching at Randolph,
and in the midst of his discourse fell down
in fit, from which he never recovered.
There is said to be COW in Washington,
D. O., that is nineteen years old, now giving
from four to six quarts Of milk per day, and
has not had ca'f for nearly seven years.
Rev. Archibald Maclay, D. D., highly
esteemed and venerable Baptist clergyman,
expired at his residence in New York, last
week, at the advanced age of 80 years.
Texas has now completed nearly 800 miles
of railroad; in addition to which, there are
l64 miles graded, and iron provided for III
miles. The Lone Star is bound to shine
A man struck with apoplexy was turned
out of the cars in New York, lately, by the
conductor, who thought he was drunk. Tho
unfortunate man fell speeches. to the ground
and died.
Over two thousand persons have been
sued in Montreal for arrears of water rent,
and one of the defaulters said that he thought
'swater was bringing more people into court
than whisky"
Eight men, employed at the canal basin,
Albany, N. Y, SUCCESSFULLY outraged poor
married woman, who came there last week
to solicit employment as cook. Three of
the fendish wretches have been arrested.
There is growing in parlor in New York,
a thrifty plant sprung from seed pro-
cured from an Egyptian mummy, entombed
thousands of years ago. Though the seed
had been injured, the terminating principle
still remained.
The Chicago people have been astonishing
the nation by their success in raising whole
blocks of houses. They are now prosecuting
this kind of work by hydraulic power. One
contractor says he can raise the fremont
House with five men
Philadelphia papers claim a population
of $50, 900 for their city. This, However,
must embrace the whole county Of Philadel.
phia, which, for some years, has been
incorporated with the city proper, by act of
Legislature.
A ''golden wedding" was celebrated at
the Catholic Church, Dayton, O., on Mon
day of last week. As the venerable pair.
who had lived together for half a century.
retired from the church, children strewed
flowers in their way.
The suicide mania rules strong il New
York city. On Tuesday of last week, q drug
clerk on Houston street died of morphine;
man shot himself through the head and died,
and woman jumped from one of the Full
ton ferry boats and was narrowly rescued.
The clown attached TO circus exhibiting
at Nashville, Tenn, was, on Wednesday of
last week, drawn about the Cumberland
river il wash tub, to which pair of geese
were attached. The sublime spectacle was
witnessed by large crowd.
Thaddeus Hyatt is beginning to tire of
what he a. first regarded as luxury. Jail
life loses its attractions with its novelty,
He writes a letter to the N. Y. Tribune in
which he calls the Jail human sty," and
wants to knew when and how he is to get
out.
A party Ct laborers, while digging in one
Of the streets of Cincinnati, last week, came
upon an immense tusk, supposed to be that
Of mastadon. 1t was fifteen feet below
The surface of the ground, and about 10 feet
in length. Tkis is the second discovery of
the kind in that city.
The County Judge at Brooklyn, N. Y, has
Aon;1.I
lew Sunday liquor law, that the officer has
10 right to enter the premises of a liquor
lealer by the back or side door for detecting
Inn IN the commission of crime. This is
bout all the liquor sellers could want.
1t is costly to be profane in Worcester.
IN Saturday Joseph s. Hill was ined s.
nd costs, amounting in all to $3.50. for
profane swearing" If some people this
1ay were to be fined after that style every
me they let slip string of profanity, they
'ould very soon reach recunary ruin.
Rev. Philip Slaughter, of Culpepper Va,
about to publish work entitled "Man
nj Woman or the law of honor applied TO
lie solution of the problem why there are
} many more women Christians than men,
he subject, if well "worked up" will fur.
10" - DhSiS III MUM iHSculouS Specul8.lO0s |
The rooms, u in number, provided at the
etropolitan Hotel, in New York, for the
20 ct The Japanese embassy, are to be
ranged with special reference to Japanese
'usehold customs, and Supplied, SO far MS
will allow, with the convent
ces peculiar to Japanese residences of the
st class.
Mr.. Andrews, the oditor and publisher of
paper at Delavsn, Wis, who, together $
tn his wife, was arrested on charge of S
wing set fire to the building in which his 8
ice was located, last winter, has lust had 8
trial, by change of venue, at Milwauk ee, \
been acquitted. The trial was attended =
tn much interest. 3
Tho Metropolitan Record, the official Y
Jan OF Archbishop Hughes, in New York, = =
dlishes letter from Pope Plus TX, dated 4,
me, March S, 1860, in answer to the W
npathy communication of the archbishops
bIShODs of the United Sfatas nf fro