Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-07-13
News Paragraphs.

News Paragraphs.
DR.. boy, of Kansas, is now featuring in
Massachusetts,.
1t is said that Mr.. Buch anan has fallen ont
with Senator Gwinn. of Cali'ornia, and that
the rupture is hopeless.
The San Francisco Bulletin has been sued
for $40, 900 damages for calling a lawyer
esquire Dogbcrry."
The Breckinrdge org ms are dropping the
Stephen in Douglas name, and call him
"Arnold Douglas" Poor Dug!
The Canadian Government proposes to
spend 100000 in the reception and enter
tainment of the Prime of Wales.
In Detroit, on the 4th, Thos Cox's livery
stable was destroyed by fire, together with
eleven horses. The loss is very heavy.
The Winona (Minn) Republican Gays
Patrick Maher, convicted of murder, is to
be hung in that city on the Oath of August.
Sam Celyer, who claims to be the champion
Of Pulaski county, KY, offers to fight the
Benicia Boy for any amount from 81 900 to
$4,000.
In California, the Cinnamon test brandy
by applying lighted match to it, and if it
does not yield blue flame, they pronounce
it mo good"
During an exciting game of poker, played
recently IN Texas town, one of the players
died from congestion of the brain, caused by
his interest in the result.
Abraham Lincoln has been honored. Knox
College, at Galesburgh, Illinois, at it's late
commencement, conferred upon him the
honorary degree Of LII. D.
The late rumor about the intention of
Spain to pounce upon Mexico and 'sp'ck a
bone" with the United States turns out to
be bosh. We hought it would.
Gen. Sam Fl uston's health is very poor.
He now goes about on crutch, because of
ameness in one of his ankles The effect OF
ound received at San Jacinto.
The copyrights of the works of the late S.
Il. Goodrich (Peter Parley) are said to be
worth $4,000. 1t is probable that his life
will be written by his son, Frank B. Good
rich Dick Tinto.)
A few days since, an armed party of twelve
persons obtained entrance by stratagem to
the dwelling of John Brown, jr, Ashtabula
county, o and attempted to carry him off.
Brown and his friends succeeded in beating
the rufians off.
| Col. Mahoney, extensively engaged in the
| importation of JACK asses, recently landed
seventeen at Charleston 1t is a great pity
that they had not arrived In time to lift up
their voices with their illustrious fellows,
but ''better late than never"
The New York Court of Appeals, the
highest judicatory in the State, has decided
that beers, including lager, are intoxicating
drinks. The Germans of New York are
indignant at this decision, be cause it will
have the effect of shutting up their beer
shops on Sunday.
Mr.. James Redpath states that there is no
truth in the statement that the widow of
John Brown has received 100000 from
Hayti. She has not yet received a dollar
from that country. Furthermore, that the
aid received by the family in this country is
not as large as frequently reported.
1t is reported that DR.. Hayes Arctic
Expedition is embarrassed and delayed by
the non payment of some Of the subscrip-
tions to the fund, several "Metropolitan' .
gentlemen having backed down because the
expedition did not sail from New York We
can hardly credit 50 dscrediJabIe a rumor
The Great Eastern was visited by only
$500 persons last Tuesday The preposser-
oas price of one dollar is charged for
admission. Barnum says the price ought to
be reduced to % cents. At that figure, he
thinks, the ship would make money, while
at dollar "a ticket, it is his opinion, she
will ''fail to draw"
The dead body Of Rev. Father Monahan,
a Catholic priest, was discovered, on the
4th inst, lying near Chouteau street, St..
Louis. Father Monahan had been under
treatment at the Sisters Hospital for several
weeks past, and is supposed to have died
from exhaustion while out on o walk for
open air exercise.
A "Sickles tragedy" took place at Warsaw,
ILL.,, on Tuesday last. A husband, becoming
satisfied that his wife was second Mrs.
Sickles, armed himself with revolver, and
ut the first opportunity shot the villain who
had invaded the sanctity Of his domestic
peace He put tour balls into his lecherous
carcass, killing him instantly, and everybody
justified the act.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Inquirer says that Mr.. Buchan-
an passed the 4th of July in the Executive
mansion. A few political friends called on
him, but, aside Of this, he was not intruded
on by the peoble, being lift to seriously
contemplate the present distracted state Of
unfortunate administration has brought
upon it.
The Stark county CO., Republican, in a
recent local item on the subject, says that
no other county in the United States, probe
bly,, manufactures as many reapers and
mowers as Stark county. There are four
establishments - two in Canton, one in
Alliance and ono in Massillon - which
together, manufacture almost 1000 machines
annually, besides large number of thresh-
ing machines, separators, &c.
The Governor of New York, instead of
calling the Legislature together to discuss
the cattle disease, had q talk on the subject
at the State Agricu'tu rooms with the
leading agriculturalists of the State. These
gentlemen thought there was no immediate
danger to New York cattle, but recommend
isolation, believing that in the singeness of
herdng, every farmer has a remedy in his
own control. This opinion is generally
concurred in.
Mr.. Schoonmaker, German who keeps
market garden in Seventy-First street, New
York, took a load of vegetables to one of
the down town markets, on the 9th, leaving
his wife and child in bed. On his return.
he found the woman and child lying on the
floor Of the room with their throats cut.
The child was quite dead, but the mother
still breathed. The murderer is discharg.
ed workman OF M. Schoonmaker, named
Frank Hoffman. lie is in custody. He
also stole SITS.
In Pittsfeld, Vt, during the progress of
4 singing school in a school house, a thunder
storm passed over the village, and the light
ming struck the school house, passing down
he chimney and through the hand of a
7oung man who was sitting near the chin
ley, with his hand stretched out towards it