Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1860-03-23
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John Mitchell, the famous and useless
Igitator, has returned from France to this
at Will take three more years to finish the
ew dome of the Capitol, at Washington,
and the total cost will BE- $904, 900. !, ~
A writer ION coal. getk6ns that the coal
fields of Great Britain contain four thou
sand million tons, and the Goa, fields Of the
United States four billion to6s. 81
IN New discoveries of silver mines are
reported by every arrival from California,
and the interest Of mining for it bids fair
to equal if not eclipse that in mining gold.
Information from the seaJ Of war on the
Rio Grande indicate that the conflict is end
ed, Cortinas and his band of marauders
hayini retired to the interior of Mexico. N
:. u The Western railroads, almost without
exception, show an increase Of business this
season over the corresponding months OF
last year. 192ra9aa ~ IT. ''- l'H'o0'l'-' 80
o Among the late California items is a
statement that Col. Fremont is sending
down from his mills to San Francisco ga
chunk Of gold about the size of Philadel
phiu brick" every week. 80 ,'." .
,HoIt is now believed that the yellow fever
having broken out with great virulence at
Havana, it may not be entirely safe for
Northerners to 60 to Charleston on the 23d
Of April next. $780,,
The Charleston papers confirm the state
ment that SIS a day will be the established
price for board ut tie hotels of that city
during the holding Of the Democratic Ma
tional Convention. - ..r. ...
Martha Brown, the widow of Oliver Brown,
who was shot at Harper's Ferry, died at
North Elba, on the I'd inst She gave birth,
aboubfour weeks previously, to a daughter,
who lived but few, hours. Idly
The "srass widows" numbering seventy
one, who reside in and around Elkhart
Und.) gave n ball last week, and invited
their male friends. None but ssgrass wild
ows' were allowed to participate in the
festivities. g.li s.... -uj5. lAi .sJJ21
One Of the oil wells in Pennsylvania is
owned by a Mr.. Evans, a blacksmith, and a
poor man. He prosecuted the work of Dor.
ing himself, and struck vein Of oil at a
distance Of 70 feet. lie has been offered, it
is said, $4,000 for his well, but declines
selling on those terms. .-..' II
1t is said that twenty noblemen and gen.
GlcIhCu VI Vic AISueSG Iuuk Will
the Prince of Wales in his visit to Canada,
next summer, and that among them will be
the Duke of Cambridge, the Duke of New
Castle, and Maj General Bruce. Let our
aristocracy look out
| Samuel Wells, colored man, died lately
in Wyandot county, Ohio, at the advanced
age of l04 years. He was taken by the
Wyandots and Delawares when about five
years Of age, and sold to Simon Girney,
who owned him at the time of Crawford S
battle and defeat in that county.
The American population in the town Of
Mesilla, in New Mexico, (Arizonia,) had a
difficulty with the Mexicans on the 22d ult.,
in which Americans and 2 Mexicans were
killed. The Mexicans had surrounded the
Americans, and the Z. S. troops from Fill
more had been ordered to their protection
Zinc nails are now extensively employed
in the manufacture of boots and shoes in
place of wood or iron. They are also substi.
tuted for sewing in ladies' slippers. An
iron last is employed, and the nails, on be.
ing driven in, strike the last and become
headed or rivetsd on tho inside, thus form :
ing very secure fastening
The Charleston Is. o. papers notice the
recurrence OF phenomenon which is called
in some parts Of the State the "Witch's
Butter" and in others aHSulphur Shower"
During the high winds Of spring large guam
titles Of vegetable pollen fill the air and
fall upon the ground like snow To many
it is source of vague and superstiti Gus
fear.
DR.. P. A. Delk was recently burnt wi tn
his house, at Sussex, Va. He had Just sold q
valuable negro, and had about $4,000 in
his possession, and the presumption is that
the servants first murdered him for his
money, and then set fire to the house. The
doctor was about thirty years of age, and a
widowcr. lie leaves one child and good
estate.
"A bill has passed the Kentucky House OF
Representatives, providing that no slave
shall be deemed enancipated until his pre-.
vious oVner shall give bond for his
removal from the State within ninety days.
| It is made felony for free negro to ent er
the State in future. Marriages between
persons of this class and slaves are also
prohibited:
A married man of wealth died suddenly
in a disreputable house in New York Sun
day night. The young woman in whose
company he was, observing his features
change, ran from the room screaming for
help, and when she got back he lay a corpse
near a chair to which he hal tottered. lie
was in good position, so his name is sup.
pressed.
Patrick McHugh, of Cincinnati, six weeks
since, ended his service of years in the
penitentiary for attempting to kill his wife
| The Cincinnati Gasette says that on Tues
day evening, 18th, McHugh called for his
wife at t, neighbours where she was visiting,
to accompany her home. While she was
putting on h bonnet he caught nor around
the wal t, drew razor from his pocket and
nearly severed her head from her body, she
dying in few minutes.
Few people, says the N. Y. Evening Post,
are aware Of the large sums Of money paid
by some Of our city churches for music. \
cultivated choir cannot be obtained for less
than thousand dollars year and may of
our churches 60 beyond double that figure.
| Most Ct our resident musical talent, and
especially the numerous lady vocalists who
| occasionally sing at concerts, are members
of the various church choirs and many an
illustrious musical young lady, in this way,
adds comfortable sum to her income.
The total number of miles Of railroad
centering in Chicago is 4,736. The total
earnings of these roads for the year 1859
was $l4,97s, 3OO2e. The total receipts of
grain for 1859 at Chicago were 2O,O0S, 223
bushels. Of this. 8,184,746 Gncluding Aour)
was wheat, and 5,4lO,J05 bushels of corn.
The number of cattle packed in Chicago. in
1859, WAS 5l,S09; OF which 1894 were
shipped East The whole number of hogs
received alive and dressed was 2S4, 496;
total shipped, 2l2,S40.
An extraordinary event in the history of
the German Jews has just taken place. In
the free city of Hamburg, where q. Jew, ten
years ago. was not even eligible for night