Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-08-10
News Paragraphs.

Corn is selling at Columbia, S. c., at
$l,25 per bushel. That pays!
The Pixies Peak Express broug hit $12,O 5
in gold dust to St. Joseph on the lst inst.2
The suspension bridge at Wheeling, Va,
is finished. 1t will cost about $37 900. The
first bridge cost about $25O,0OO
MIR. D. Men. Mckay, one of the Bell and
Everett electors in North Carolina, has
gone over to Breckenridge and Lane.
An Ar:esian we'll in progress at Macon,
Miss, is throwing column OF water some
fifteen feet above the surface of the earth.
Tom Marshall was lecturing on temper.
ance at Poughkeepsie, last week. He has
again spledged himself to drink no more
Intoxicating liquors.
Six horses were killed by lightning on
the farm of Mr.. Philemon Shelby, near
Maquon, Knox county, Ill.,, during the storm
of Saturday evening week.
Tie speeches made by the Prince of Wales
are said to be written by one of his suite,
the Duke of New Castle. The young sci on
of royalty has at least good memory.
Tho Girari House, Philadelphia, is light.
ed with gas made fro ~ water. The expense
is SO cents per 1000 cubic feet. The ordir ary
coal gas costs So so per 1000 cubic feet.
The fourth national exhibition of horses
will be held this year at Springfield, Mass 4,
Hampden Park, near the railroad station.
A mark ct gardener in Southern Iudi ana
has patch containing 100 acres planted
in waterme.ons. His markets are Cincin.
natl, Louisville, New Albany and Chicago.
The exodus from Ireland continues thus
far at as great ratio as in 1859. The pop
ulation of the country is now 533 800 less
than in 1851, when the last census was
taken.
John A. Dix has written letter favoring
B,eckinridge and Lane, but Recommending
the CO operation of all opponents Of Lincoln
to decide the Presidential election in New
York against the Republicans.
Homeopathy has been recognized by the
States of Ohio and Michigan, in the late
appointment of physicians to the State
indignant at the innovation. An indignation
meeting OF NJ. DPS was held in Columbus
last week.
Douglas, left by bis first wife, have come
into the possession of large fortune by the
death of their maternal Grandmother, who
resided in North Carolina and it is further
stated that Mr.. Douglas will visit his con-
nectons in that State after he has completed
his New England tour.
Considerable excitement has been caused
at Ogden, near Rochester, N. Y, by finding
several cattle killed near a swamp noted
for snakes, principally large black snakes,
with yellow rings about their necks. The
appearance of ths cattle denoted that the
snakes had fastened around their necks and
strangled them to death.
A destructive tornado passed ever Marys-
Vile, Kansas, July Both, demolishing every
thing that came within its reach. Three
dwelling houses, two business houses, and
the Platform printing Office, were blown to
pieces, and the post Office was turned round
and set in the street. Every building in
the place was more or less injured. No
lives reported lost.
Ono Of the drill exercises of the Chicago
Cadets is the Zouave mode Of loading and
firin. while lying on the ground, to avoid
shots from artillery; one file lying on its
back. and loading, then, turning quickly,
rising, advancing over file in front, then
wing down and firing while the file behind
load their pieces in readiness for like
performance.
Four of the FIVE Generals of the U. S.
army are Southerners, and two of them from
Virginia. The Judge Advocate General and
his assistant, the Qaartermaster General,
The Acting Commissary General, and the
Surgeon General, are Virginians. The
Commander in Chief of the army, the COM
mander in Texas, in New Mexico and in
Utah, are all Virginians.
Alta demonstration by the s'Union'' men in |
St. Louis, last Saturday night, they carried
,ut the s'Bell'' idea with tremendous bell.
hung to wagon, the wheels of which were
,ome twelve feet high, besides hundreds of
,ther bells, graduated in size to that of q
loor bell. The feature, however, which most
attracted attention, was calliope on wheels,
which disoourssd very tolerable music as it
rent through the streets.
The Prince of Wales 10 taking the ladies
" storm. They are enthusiastic over his
sbrillisnt hazel eyes" swell knit figure, -
lie graceful condescension and very delight
nj dancing. At st. Johns he made himself
popular BY remaining at the
all till two O'Clock in the morning, danc.
No with half dozen different ladies in
the best of dancers, either.
{ would appear. He even took upon himself
be duty Of calling out the figures OCCASION
couple right and left''- s.bal.
noe to the rieht',-"ladies to the centre,0
nd 90 forth-all very charming in Prince,
ut very natural to syoung man OF nineteen
atsnsefy devoted to the Terpsiehorsan art.