Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-01
News Paragraphs.

| The great Lindel Hotel atSt. Louis, which
cost $750. 200, has been sold to Henry Ames
& Co, for 100000. a
In the rebel congress the substitute clause
in the conscription art has been ahrogated
and those who are drafted must fight.
Charles Atkins, Mormon, who had com
mitted = murder, was hung by mob at Los
Angeles, Cal, on the 18th ult.
| Upon the recommendation of Gen. Grant,
Col. A. Chetlain, of the 18th Illinois, is ap,
pointed Brigader General of negro troops
! The smallpox is alarmingly prevalent in
Washington just now. In the kalorama Con
traband Hospital there are now nearly one
hundred case. The city hospital is also full.
Government is paying in Cincinnati for two
year old mules, Is hands high, sl30; for
three year olds, $40. and for four year o!ds,
$l45, and for horses, $3.50.
| Another hotel is in course of erection at
St. Louis which will be nearly as large as the
Lndel 1t is to be called the Southern Hotel,
and will be completed this winter.
Seven buffaloes and three elGs haze recently
been added to the stock Of wild animals in the
New York Central P.rk where there is quite
menagerie of strange beasts and birds.
Trusten Polk, formerly e. S Senator from
Missouri, and now rebel prisoner at John
sons Island, on account of severe illness, has
been psroled, SO as to allow of his remaining
in Sandusky until he RECEIVERS.
The venerable father OF Ex- Gov Dennisor,
| died Mt the residence of his son, in Columbus,
| on the 18th inst, aged 81 years. His re-
mains were taken to Cincinnnti for inter-
ment.
The Rev Daniel Waldo, who has attained
the venerable age of lOl years, preached at
The Presbyterian Church in Fulton, n. Y,
few Sabbsths ago. His discourse occupied
about half all hour.
Not single steamer under the American
flag now sails between the Unit, States and
Europe. There are about so under foreign
flags English neutrality" alius confederate
piracy, has its perfect work.
A sad affair occurred at Rossvie, Indiana,
on Tuesday of last week. Mrs. Hutchinson
left her home for a short time in charge Of her
two small childred The house took fire, ard
both children persisted in the flames.
Two balloorists who recently took balloon
ride by moonlight at Springfield, say the
moon looked nearly five times as large as
from the earth, and made the clouds appear
like immense mountains of snow.
John W. Dobbins, who was convicted. a
week Or two ago, in Dayton, Ohio, for killing
man by the name Of Lindenmutb, was SEN
fenced on last Thursday, to be hung on
Thursday, JAN 2Sth. 1854.
One of Morgan's men, who escaped from
Camp Douglas, in Chicago, with the party
who tunneled out. was arr stcd last week in
Lafayette and returned to his old quarters
About thirty or forty who escaped have been
re-taken.
Com. Vanderbilt, the we'll known millionaire
of New York, celebrated the 50th anniversary
| Of his wedding on the 10Th inst. When
married in 1873 he was 19 and his wife lS
years of age. They have had thirteen chill
dren, all but one of whom are still living
The order from Washington requiring that
three-fourths Of a regiment shall re-enlist in
order to secure a furlough, has interfered SER
iously with recruiting at Chattanooga. Few
Of the regiments have so many men on duty,
many of them being prisoners or in hospital.
| Charles Brooks was lately hung at Mount
Holly, n. j., for the murde of his father last
Narch. In dying confession he confessed
his own guilt, but said the crime was planned
by his mother and brother in law, and he was
forced into 1t by them.
Since Quantrells raid, only three months
ago, about one hundred and fifty houses have
been erected in Lawre ice, the best bridge in
knko L.,:1
ments commenced, which were not thought
of before.
Gen. Corcoran came to his death by being
thrown from HIS horse near Langsters Station.
resulting in fracture of the skull, Death
ensued in few hours after. Being good
horseman. it IS supposed by his friends, he
may have had an attack Of apolexy.
adlan half-breed. She is said to be su pass
lngly beautiful, and is the petted and idolize1
wife of rich MN, who took her when lit
tie child from her mothers lodge, had her
educated in a convent, and for time set all
Chicago wild with bis lovely foreign bride.
At Commodore and Mrs Vande, bilts cel-
ebraton of their golden wedding, on the 10Th,
there was profu-ion Of golden presents
The Commodore's gift to his matron bride
was miniature propeller Of pure gold, fash
ioned after the Roanoke. twenty inches long
and five wide, with revolving towers, which
filed the room with music whenever the del
icate machinery was set in motion.
Three soldiers at Nashville, i'll with the
small pox, were being taken in hack to the
pest-house few days since, when the negro
driver found out their complaint and immedi
ately ran off. One of the soldiers then took
the reins, but. being unacGuainted with the
ford, drove the horses off an embankment
into deep water and was drowned, together
with the other men and the horses.
Mrs. Douglas, widow of the Senator, feels
her poverty and widowhood keenly, and Sc.
cludes herself from public observation as
much as possible. What change to her
from the days when she was ther igning star
of Washington society! She has fifteen
hundred dollar clerkship in the Treasury
Departments favor granted by Secretary
Chase, and hence, no doubt, the story that
she and the Secretury were to be married.
There is fearful suffering on the plans in
consequence Of the heavy SHOWS which fel!
there about three weeks ago. The whole
route from Leavenworth to Denver is covered
with snow. There is no G. ass, and hay can
only be had at the ranches. The firm Of
Irwin, Jackman & Co., Government freighters.
have lost over two thousand head Of cattle.
Passengers from Denver state that oxen and
mules are dying by hundreds on that route.
Alphabetically speaking. . woman should
be amiabl-, benevolent, charitable, domestic.
economical, forgivsng, generous, honest. in
dustrions, Judic,ous, kind loving, modest,
BAT, obedient, pleasant, quiet. rejecting, So
Der, tender, urhane, virtuous, wise, exempla-