Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-30
News ParagraDlls.

in New York well known to the police.
The Siamese twins, Chang and Eng, with
two of their children, have gone to California
Dickens, it is stated, has received five
thousand dollars from the Harpers for his
story of Hunted Down"
The city of New York alone contains as
many white inhabitants as the States OF
Georgia and South Carolina.
Vermont has increased, instead of de-
creased as heretofore reported, in popula-
tion since 1850, about $500.
Tea has been received in New York from
Japan. 1t can be furnished at lower cost
than China teas of corresponding quality.
A body, recently exhumed at Croton, N.
| Y, which has been buried 25 years, was
found completely petrifed, and every feature
perfect.
John Murdough is to be hanged at Elgin
c. w., on the 22d of December, for attempt
ing to poison his wife, The woman has re-
covered.
Tim Rives, the "war horse" of the DEM
ocracy Of Virginia, says that the minute
men organization is the greatest humbug
ever invented.
John G. Heenan, the champion prize fight
er, exhibited himself to crowded audience
in Kingsbury Hall, Chicago, last Monday
night, at 80 cents sight.
The steamship Ariel, from Aspinwall 10th,
arrived at New York, on Sunday last, with
l50 passengers and 81 100000 in specie
She brought no news.
The letters mailed at New York during
the past year amount to l5,5O7 ,654; received
16,28O,6O0; circulars mailed 4,63l, 1887. -
Persons employed 355.
At Kenton, Ohio, one day last week, a
German woman was 80 badly injured by
being hooked by a cow, that she died in a
few hours ter the occurrence.
John M. Baker, of Bunnville, Caldwell
county, is now said to be the tallest man in
Kentucky. He stands seven feet eight
inches high, and weighs 24O pounds.
A man by the name of Isaac Palmer, from
Mount Morris, N. Y, was hung in Ope-
lika, Ala, for tampering with the slaves
He was in the daguerrean business.
Mrs Sparrow, a lady residing in Lansing,
Michigan, with number of small children
dependant upon her, has just received in
telligence of legacy of $4,000.
The town of Nashua, in Ogle county, ILL.,,
gave on FoteS dt tue ItCtuG clcCtlOn, OF VI
which were for Lincoln and Hamliu, 3 for
Douglas, and 2 for Bell-everett.
John Lyle, newly married man, going
with his bride to their new home in Mime
sofa, fell from steamboat at Lacrosse, one
} day last week, and was drowned.
The admission of Senator Frederick will
to probate gives to Geo. Wilkes, of Wilkes
Spirit of The Times, fortune of $500, 0OO.-
The property has lately greatly increased in
value
There were thirteen trotting horses lost
on the steamer Tecumseh, which sunk last
week near Louisville The fast PAGER John
O. Heenan was also drowned The lot was
valued at $4,000.
There are ten thousand Jews in the
Austrian army, and they are compelled to
attend mass and even assist the priests at the
altar. They are so prosecuted and bowed
down that they dare not refuse.
The richest man in Great Britain is the
Marquis of Westminster, whose annual in.
come is about s. ,000,0 00-as much as the
whole estate, probably, of Mr.. Astor, the
New York millionaire.
Mr.. Samuel Ulruh, a wealthy resident of
Philadelphia, committed suicide recently in
order to avoid legal squabbles with party.
whom he had caused to be arrested for tres
passing on his grounds.
The South Carolina ''Declaraton of indie
pendence" is a hoax, 1t was drafted by a
! Government clerk, and was never seen in
South Carolina The President considers
it a ridiculous piece of business.
The valuation committee of Massachusetts
have established the following prices for the
appraisal of cattle, sheep and swine Oxen,
$40 each cows, $25 each swine, Sc each !;
sheep, 81 each; steers and heifers, $40 each.
Leroy Carney, Esq, a member of the firm
of Thomas Carney, & Co., was found dead
in his bed at the Planters's House at Leav-
enworth, K. T., one day last week, having
died, as is supposed, of congestion of the
brain.
Jimmy WEIGH, an Irish boy in Dudley, Mass,
has gathered eighteen bushels of chestnuts
the present season, for which he has re-
ceived 1880. The boy has attended school
regularly, and the chestnuts were all gath
cred out Of school hours.
Among the curosities lately seen at the
Mechanics Fair, in Richmond, Va, is a
doll which has been played with for five
generations a diamond ring 500 year old
! d uooh -uo years oio alu q duie Ill WulCll
Henry Clay was rocked.
Arkansas and Texas are the only two
Southern States which have doubled their
population within the last ten years. Sta
tstics show that ali the South western States
have made steady though somewhat slow
progress within the last decade.
A riot took place at funeral, at Detroit,
on Sunday, 18th inst, growing out of the
refusal of bar keeper to supply the Irish
men with liquor, during which one German
was killed, and two others wounded The
lrishmen have been unprecedented.
The crops Of both apples and pears in
Great Britain are very abundant. They are
now selling at about one-third the price OF
potatoes, so that many farmers are giving
them to their cows, and it is said that they
are very productive of both milk and butt r.
A nugget weighing s34 ounces was found
a month Or two ago, by the Kohl
moor Company, at depth of 400 feet, at
Ballarat, Australia. About 100 ounces of
gold in small nuggets lay aronnd it, and in
shape this monster piece Of gold resembles
| a leg of mutton
The Duke of Newcastle, while stopping at
the Burnet House, Cincinnati, occupied a
room lettered ''L,' and finding it locked
one time on his return from stroll through
the city, he astonished the clerk in attend
ance by inqniring for the :'key to help
Here is where the laugh comes in.
A &c man Journal says that there are now
in practice 1924 homeopathic physicians
OF these, there are 1,612 in America, 566 in
Germany, 403 in France, 244 in England,
"a in Spain, 26 in Belgium, 7 in Holland,
IA in Italy, "a in Switzerland, 81 in Russia,
Al in Portugal, in ASIA and 6 in Africa.
At the late vote on annexation at Naples,
woman who, from her heroism, has be-
come famous, La sangiovannara, claimed
the right to vote, and voted. She is
the leader of a large district in the city of
Naples, and fought at Capua. Having borne