Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1862-05-02
News Paragraphs.


The St. Paul Press says that the tide Of
emigration for the Las Katchewan gold mines
has already set in, chiefly from Canada.
The London papers announce the death Of
Admiral Sir James Clark Ross, the celetra-
ted Arctic voyager, aged g..
While G. p Grant, Of Rochester, N. Y.
was recently conveying his insane wife to the
asylum at Canandaigua, she jumped off the
cars and was instantly killed.
A Frenchman, named Hoses Menard living
in Buffalo, shot his wife last week, killing
her instantly He asserted that he mistook
her for robber.
Embalming bodies has become quite bust
ness at Washington One physician is said
to have made $4,000. The prices are $50
for an officer and $25 for private.
Forty five ladies arc employed in the Treas.
nry Department at Washington, clipping
government notes This custom of employ
ing ladies' where they can do the work as we'll
as men was inaugurated by Secretary Chase.
The eating house keeper of Allegheny, Penn
sylvania, who served up a roast cat to one Of
his customers, has been fined S. and costs
The man who ate the cat commenced suit
claiming $4,000 damages.
A Mrs. Cavanah, living in the suburbs Of
Detroit, walked home from town, and was so
indignant (being drunk that her husband
had not supper ready. she deliberately sharp
ened knife and murdered him.
About 500 bales of cotton have been re-
ceived in Cincinnati from Tennessee since our
troops entered that State. 1t is held there at
80 cents per pound, but the demand is quite
light. 1t is being shipped to the East.
Mr.. Cameron is actually going to Russia
He will sail on the Tin of May, and be &C.
companied by Mrs. Cameron and his daugh.
ter, Kintzinh Pritcheet, his Private Secretary
and Bayard Taylor, bis Secretary of Legation
wife and child.
The escape of Col. Smalley, Of Vermont
on the occasion of the recent skirmish a.
Yorktown, was truly wonderful. A rebe
shot went within few inches Of his head, ant
the conclusion was so great that the BLOOD
spirited out from both of Col SIS ears.
Mary Ann Singer, the wife Of Isaac N
lSnger, 1.-THE well known sewing maehin
manu- acturer) has had $4,000 alimony gran
ted to her pending divorce suit aginst he
husband. The income Of the firm Of whicl
Mr. Singer is member, last year, was owe
$4,000.
Petroleum has not been considered a goo
lubricating oil, except when mixed with sperr
oil. Bat oil localities have been discovere
in Kentucky, about 100 miles from Cinclr
{ natl, which yield very heavy oil, quick
thick and greasy. Ithas been thorough.
tested on the Kentucky Central road, an
T, found to be one of the best if not the best |,
9 br;cator that has been used.
q A portion of the track of the Pittsbur
!. Fort W yne and Chicago railroad, about &c
e feet long, has sunk out of sight three time
/, After losing two tracks the company insertt
: piles. They also sunk out of sight. The
J, are now driving down piles of over sixty fe
C in length ard yet have not found hard groun
e The place where this occurs is supposed
, have been once occupied by lake over viii
:, vegetation has spread thin crust.
III The Baraboo (Wis.) Republic gives t
St particulars of the drowning of j. A. Harris
/, and Samuel Dean, at Manchester. They,
st gethcr with Miss Virgins, were crossing t
=. river in ferry boat, and were capsized.
:. Miss Virgins saved herself by swimmi
- ashore. The bodies Of the two drowned p'
in sons have been recovered, and the sad aft
'g has occasioned much sorrow in the commul