Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-09-14
News ParHgraplls.

1t is currently reported that Gen. Lane
intends to follow up Judge Douglas in bis
projected Western s.umping tour.
The value of the cotton crop of the Slave
States this year will be $500. 600, 900, and
the corn crop OF the Free States $250, 900,
900. ..
The Roman Catholic clergy Of New York,
as body, follow Archbishop Hughes in
refusing to make marriage returns to the
city inspector, as required by law.
The census of the State of Rhode Island
has been completed, and foots up 1869.
In 1850, 1t vas 147 .349, being gain of
about l8 per cent. The city of Providence
has population Of 49,9l4-in 1850, A.
SIG.
1t is said that John Wood, the present
Governor Of Illinois, arrived thirty-swo
years ago at the site Of the present city Of
Quincy, with only Is cents in his pocket
Now, Quincy contains 10000 Inhabitants,
and MIR. Wood lives in and owns q residence
there which cost him 100000.
Farini, in bis next trip over the cable at
Niagara Falls, will represent an Irish wash
erwoman, and will take out with him on the
rope washing machine weighing 100 tbs.
He intends to draw water up from the river
and do washing on the line. He will hang
out the cleansed clothes on the guys.
Dr.. S. G. Smith, of Delaware county, O.,
says he is now 50 years old, and has never
voted any other than Democratic ticket,
but is now resolved to vote for Honest Old
Abe. lie says with him as their standard
be rer, the Republicans are sure to defea
the pie-bald, double-faced, treasury, power
loving, pro-slavery party. That's so!
Snakes appear to be unusually plenty ant
venomous in Michigan. MIR. VIM Walton
of Oronoko, was bitten by rattlesnake ON,
day last week, and died in forty eight hours
At Coldwater, q woman was bitten in ihe
neck by massauga, while she was picking
berries in q swamp, and died before sh,
could get home. In the same town, sor
Of II Marsh vas bitten by ra.tlesnAks
but is recovering.
Blondiu and Farini each performed thu
} ''great feet" of carrying man across thei
Niagara cables, few days ago Biondir
was entirely successful, but Farini rather
: made fizzle of 1t. His man was too heavy
and he was obliged to set him down on tn
rope, and make him trulge along behind
holding to his leader like grim Death. Thu
spectators are of the opinion that there il
but one Blondin.
Mrs. Susan Sentcr and her son Harrison
age 80 years, have been committed to an
swer the charge of numbering young CIR
in Cabot, VT, named Elmira Wheeler
about three weeks ago. The girl was abou
Is years of age, and it was supposed at tho
time that she died IF fever, but after burial
the body was taken up, and an examination
by physicians disclosed On internal wound
by an attempt to procure abortion, wkict
was the cause Of her death.
New Bedford, Mass has . greater aggre
gate Of wealth, according to the population
than any other city in the United States. II
case Of sn equa! distribution of property t.
every male citizen of the place, the amour,
would be more than $4,000 each and il
divided among all the inhabitants, every
man, woman end child would receive sum
exceedin, $1,000. The total valuation is
$23, liz. 900; the numser of males paying =
poll tax Of 81 so ZACH, 5,317.
The Atlantic telegraph, it is conceded,
has, for the time being, at least, failed |; but
the Pacific telegraph, crossing our oontinen.
instead Of tempting ''soa CHANGE" is likely
to prove great success. The Missouri and
Western Telegraph Company have just com.
menced to stretch their wires westward in
the direction of Fl Kearney, and by Nov
ember, it is anticipated, everything will be
completed up to that point. Next year, it
is pretty certain that San Francisco and
New York will, electrically speaking, be
''shaking hands,
A Baltimore letter writer says that Mr..
Winans is more than ever sangune of his
celebrated 'cigar steamer" He has, on
| friul tripo made % villas
is said has the full knowledge within him.
self, from private experiments, that his boat
can be put up to an average OF 80, perhaps
80, miles an hour. So confident is he that
the invention will eventually succeed, that,
in due time, he proposes to build another
vessel Of similar construction, on 8 much
more extensive scale The one now built
has cost him about 100000.
A number of workmen have been engaged
for some time past in IN s,ng excavations in
a swamp at Ellenville, Ulster county, N Y,
for the purpose of discovering the remains
of MANN 9th fossils. For the last four or
five years several portions of these pre-
Adamite m onsters have been discovered, and
the New York Geological Society are now
going to considerable trouble and expense
for tho purpose Of procuring, if possible,
full skeleton of the mammoth. Already IN
immense tusk has been taken out. which
measures ten feet, as well as several i'm
mense bones.
"Prof." Lowe, the aronaut, was adver.
tised to 20 up in his mammoth balloon from
Philadelphia, Friday, the 7th, and cross
the Atlantic to Europe He made great |
fuss initiating his balloon and 'sgoing through
the motions" Of getting ready to 20 up, in |
the presence Of an immense crowd, who had
paid their tquarters 5" but the big concern
happened to collapse just at the anxious
moment, and 80 be was Reluctantly and
SO rowfully" OBLIGED to announce to the
curious and expeotant public that be would
have to postpone his proposed fight across
the wide md billowy sea. The crowd dis
persed disappointed. and Lowe, when last
seen, was picking scale from the corner of
his left eye!
CLIPPINGS FROM VANITY FAIR. -Queru-
Does Mr.. Lincoln's support of the Homestead
Bill prove him to be a sectional candida:e.-
Fall Millinery. - 1.-THE Uuion Ladi. a Of
The interior of Kentucky are hayinq Bell and
Everett painted on their Bonnet Strings"
20 says an exchange. This indicates a II.
md consequently no election.
Remarkable Joke.-While the rails on onr
team highways rest upon sleepers, Lincoln,s
'olitical rails are borne up by Vide -Awokes
Custom House Couplet.-Atter MANN. :
loose, III
lers comes Bucks agent by whom you'll b. bled .
here comes chopper to chcp ID your head. \