Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-06-01
LOG AL N EW S


c. Another rain, accompanied by ter
rife thunder, hail and strong wind, visited us last
night. We understand that the wind did consider
able damage by blowing down fences, trees &C., on
the other side of the river, Drury's Landing
Daily, 25M.
ScnooL LAws.-We have received from
the County Superintendent of Common Schools a
copy of the school laws of the State, passed by
the Legislature and Board of Education. They
make pamphlet Of 100 pages. School officers can
be supplied by calling on Mr.. Woodhouse.
JUMPING. "A bet was made among some
countrymen, on the levee, Monday that one Of them
Abraham Snyder by name, could jump 81 feet in
three consecutive jumps, with three trials He
made the attempt, and on the third trial jumped "a
feet 10 inches. losing the bet by feet 2 inches
This is pretty good jumping. Few men have beaten
it, and very many can't equal it. Snyder is a
resident of Cedar county. - 49,. -,
SHIPMENT OF PnoDUcE.-The little steamer
Wenona, which arrived from St. Louis yesterday
afternoon with two barges, was still at the levee
when we went to press. She had taken on board
over 900 sacks of corn, besides large lot of hay
eggs, butter, &c. The shipments Of produce from
this port contnu. quite heavy from day to day,
notwithstanding the vast amount sent forward
since the opening of navigation. -Datlg, 26M.
A TALL SroRY.-We find the following in
the N. Y. Mercury: os. "a a .s.es.szl
HY-MEx. - There were thirteen men married the
other day, in the same church and by the same
clergyman, at Muscatine, Iowa whose average
height was six feet five nches-the tallest being
feet eight inches, and the shortest six feet inches.
No such interesting event has taken place here
to our knowledge, though we know of at least a
bakers dozen of elongated bachelors in this city
who ought to be married. f
CBIruARY.-Jacob Klepfer, a resident of
the Third Ward who accompanied the party that
went down the river with Neidig 4 Burtner's hay
boats, nearly two months ago, returned on Wedpes-
day, severely i'll. AS he got out of the omnibus
and entered his house he said, Il have come home
to die" - after which he was unable to converse
with his friends, and lingering till last evening, he
died. He was about % years of age, and leaves a
wife and child. His disease was some kind of fever
contracted at Memphis, Tenn. He was too i'll ON
the way home to give directions concerning his
baggage, and it is supposed to have been lost at
some point on the route - probably at Lasalle or
Rock Isand.-Daily 26th.
DROWNED. Frank Barrick, one of the
party who left this place with Neidig 4 BURNERS
hay boats, was drowned from a steamboat, last
Monday night, short distance above Memphis.
when returning. He was sleeping on the deck, and
is supposed to have walked overheard in his sleep.
This makes two deaths in the party of about
twenty men who left our city in such high spirits
some two months ago. Truly, Sin the midst of life
we are in DEATH" Young Barrick was about 81
years Of age. He was cousin Of Joseph Barrick,
butcher, of this city.-Daily, 2sth.
RAISING ToBAooo IN Iowa. Several
agriculturalists in this vicinity have tried the
experiment of raising tobacco with success. Mr..
Kaufman, tobacconist tells US that he has manu-.
actured some cigars from native tobacco and found
hem nearly as good as the best "Habana." Our
,eople have not yet sufficiently learned the art of
Trying and preserving tobacco, and in that respect
ny is it inferior to the foreign article. A friend
# ours, who is an excellent Judge of a good cigar
tates that he has tried some made from tobacco
aised by B. Hershey, Esq, of this place, and I
ound them frst-rate. Mr.. Hershey made a thou
and cigars from tobacco raised BY himself II our
ltixens must use ''the weed" (which we in no wise
ommend) we think it is an excellent idea to pro-
nee it on their own soil, instead of importing it
rom abroad. al
! @ In speaking, yesterday, of tobacco
nlture in Iowa, we said that cigars made from
obacco raised in this vicinity equal to the bat
Hsbana" We should have said connecticut Seed
eaf" As that Is the best quality Of tobacco raised
this country. The Messrs. Graham have been
lltivating it for two or three years. and salts
ed it can be raised in Iowa a. well a. any other
|ats in the Union.