Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-11-23
News Paragraphs.

News Paragraphs.
There are $4,000 hotel and tavern keep
ers in New York State.
The young folks at Denver CITY had q
big sielgh-ride, on election day.
The gold yield for the Pixies Peak reuio,
tor the current year is about S. ,OOO, 900.
The number of Offices in the Gift ne tho
National Executive is about 60 900.
The population of Philadelphia is 5ss, o34
In 1850 it was 4OS, 769. Increase, 1922.
The Hon. VIM. Yancey was hung in
ethgy on the morning of the 9th, in Okalona.
Mississippi.
sixteen hundred emisrants arrived at
New \ ork last week, and the total since
January lsti 9S392.
Judge Douglas passed Vicksburg on his
way up the river Friday morning last, 10Th.
lie WAS in good health
George Z. Thornburn, florist, of Newark
n. D., son of Grant Thornburn. died on the
10th, of injuries received by fall,
John B. Cough, the temperance orator.
Is worth $4,000. lie receives $3.50 for
each lecture he delivers.
| Col. Fremont's Marposa mines, in Cali
Iorna for the past five months, have netted
him the snug sum Of $4,000.
The population of the city of New York is
o2l, lib. In 1885, it was 515,547, and in
1856 it was 529,3lO
| Two sisters got into fight, in New York
city, few days since, and one Jezsbel beat
the other 80 that she died.
In birmingham, England, woman was
l tod co.
children during the past ten years.
The small pox is making fearful ravages
at Puerto Principe, Cuba, Entire families
have been swept away by this loathsome
disease.
There are now confined in the Ohio Peni-
tertiary $50 convicts, and the number is
daily increasing. The largest number ever
confined at one time was 965.
a Toledo CO., paper SAYS there are no less
than six ladies in that city who are swallow
ing live frogs daily, in hopes of curing them
selves of consumption.
MIR. Reuben Gulliver, of Williamstown.
Mass, a revolutionary pensioner, who died
IN the I'd instant, would have been SO wears
OF age on the 18th Of February, 1861.
The New York City Wide Awakes at a
regular meeting, have resolved to attend the
inauguration on the 4th of March next, at
Washington, en- 'nasse, and in uniform.
Calvin Fletcher, one of the Oldest mer-
chants IN Cincinnati, died in that CITY re-
Gently in the sixty seventh year Of his age.
He first settled in Cincinnati in 1915.
Col. S. P Shafner writes from Iceland,
Aug. 29th, that he is confident of success in
connecting Europe and America by telegraph
through the North Atlantic.
The Jews in Philadelphia are about erect
ing q magnificent building for a Hebrew
Orphan Asylum, at an expense of from sew
enty-dve to one hundred thousand dollars,
| Edward Bates, of St. Louis authorizes the
Democrat to contradict the report that he
voted for Bell, and to state the fact that he
voted tor Lincoln and the straight Republ-
can ticket.
The shipping on the great lakes is rapidly
increasing. There are now $50 steamers,
valued at So, SOC, 900, aud 1, 167 sailing ves~
sells, valued at sl,8o0OOo employed in
freighting.
| A genius named DR.. r. 0. Davidson
thinks he has discovered way to fly, and is
lecturing on the subject in Washington,
demonstrating his theory by the use of
stuffed eagle.
a man in Jersey City, the other day, in
attempting to kick q stone eff the railway
track, got his foot fast in some manner. and
not being able to extrcate it, train of cars
coming along killed him.
The property of Nicholas Lonsworth Of
Cincinnati, is said to have been ascertained,
within few days, to be as follows. Real
estate, $4,000 900 personal property, ST.
100000. Total, $3,5OO,OOO
The Worcester (Mass.) Spy says The
infant found on Cushman's doorstep in ELL
lngton, a few days since, is TO be named
Stephen A. Douglas, for the reason that the
little sucker was il seaoh of his mother.
Large numbers of the young men are en-
listing in the United States Army, in these
days, as the pay is from $ll to S22 per
month, and found good fare and clothing,
with good quarters by the government
Mrs. Eliza Blount, aged sixty-eight, was
married at Kingston, N. O.. a few days ago,
to Mr.. A. Y. Buger, aged twenty-five. The
lair widow had 100000 to counterfeit the
summer" which have passed over her head.
A specimen Of silver from Pixies Peak is
at the Office OF the Missouri Republican,
1t assays at the rate of $500 to the ton Of
ore There are said to be several veins of
this ore about seventy miles from Denver
City.
The Board of Supervisors of Tazewen
county, ILL.,, have offered reward of s., COO
dollars for the detection end conviction
Of the persons who were engaged in the late
murder of Mrs. Orcndorf and children, near
Delavan.
In one day last week, little son of P. D,
Tompkins, Episcopalian minister at Ports
mouth. Ohio, was killed in factory at that
place, aud at about the same time an elder
son was thrown from his horse and killed at
Wheeling, Va.
The Minnesota people, not liking the
Government sale oflands, hit upon the ex-
pedient Of advancing five cents or the acre
on their bids, bidding so slowly that one
quarter section was only knocked down in
day. At this rate there is no chance of
sale.
AS the loser of bet on the result of the
election, Mr.. w. A. Pearce, of Portland, Me.
peddled forty bushels of charcoal through the
streets of that city. He created great merri.
ment by clearing his throat with the Juice of
lemon, in imitation of his leader, Mr..
Douglas.
A little boy in Bennington, Vt, fell into
well fifty feet deep, and containing ten feet
of water. file managed to keep his face
above water by clinging to the stones at the
side of the well. He was found and rescued
by his father after long search. Strange
to say, he was not hurt by the fall
The ST. Louis (Mo.) Republican states
that total of $4,000 buffalo robes has been
received in that city during the present year.
These robes are all tanned by the Indian
squaws. 1t is understood that owing to the
last winter being SO warm. no less than
$4,000 robes were left in the hands of
the dealers.
Rev. Mr.. WiIlett sunnosed tn bovo ho.