Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-22

Inc navigation OF the Ohio River is still
suspended by gorges above and below Cincin
natl.
Two beautiful young ladies', while skating
on thepond in Brooksville, Me-, recently
slid into an air hole and were drowned.
, Mrs. O'Herron was burned to death a
Greencastle, Ind, last week, from her clothes
taking fire. 81 o; els3S 8.
The Potomac river is ice bound for the frs
time in seven years, and Washington is gath
ering large home crop of ice.
A dealer in figures says that there are s36,
OOO, 900 deaths, 4l2, 500, 900 births, and 80,
100000 marriages in the world annually.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company ar,
depot in Pittsburg GOO feet lonl
and 100 wide, at cost of four hundred
dollars.
There were received at the New York cat
tie markets, during 1868, 268,69O beeves
Gill cows, 34'952 veals, 5l5,l9l shee,
and lambs, and 1891, 239 swine. .e. :
They have been having another fuel fam
inc in Cincinnati. Wood has been selling a
fourteen to sixteen dollars per cord and Goa
at from fifty to sixty cents per bushel. =,
The recent spell of cold weather wa,
severely felt at Chattanooga. Two soldier
were frozen to death at Bridgeport, Ala, ant
seven at Tullahoma, Tenn, on the I'd INST.
The Chicago Times has been sued by Pc
lice officer Kelly of that city for publishing
"wanton and malicious attack" on his wife
The damages are laid at ten thousand dollars
The Kentucky Senate has passed bill
the Governor to raise five thous
and men for State defense. He is empowere,
to recruit them by draft, if volunteers canno
be obtained. .-. .rzat
Thackeray, the celebrated author, wa
found dead in his bed on the morning of tn
Oath ult. He was taken ill only the day pre-
vious. Effusion on the brain is the allege,
cause of his death. j s7aF
Mrs Lincoln, began her weekly reception
for the winter on Saturday the 9th inst. Sh
receives all who call between the hours of
and 3 P. NJ, and no individual invitations ar
sent. ...t."i. --,
g A terrible disaster occurred recently a
Santiago, Chill. The Cathedral took fir
while filled with people, and over 1000 per
sons, mostly women and children, were burn
ed to death. 9...t ... ei
The contract for supplying all the militar,
posts of Illinois, including some Il, 900 pris
oners, with beef, has been awarded to Messrs
A. P. & David Kelly, of Chicago, formerly
of Davenport, at $3.50 per hundred weight
Mrs. F. Bucknolz was burned to death ii
on the 9Th, by her dress taking
fire from CRATE. The frantic woman rushel
from room to room with the flames leapin!
around her, uttering the most agonizin,
shrieks. - .-Li. ...aII
There are $500 negro troops in Bento,
Barracks. In Missouri the enlistment of thi
class Of men has very generally been failure
thwarted by Schofelds provost marshals, who
were either rebels in disguise or intensely
.-+ -. ..a.'...,.1 .
Mrs. Lamb, ofJackson county, Ind, froze
to death in her own house on the night of the
LIST, for lack of sufficient bed-clothing to pro.
tect her from the severity of the weather
She was very old, and was in most destitute
10 O., ---g'.L 41s Ha
St Paul, Mimi, claims to be the creates
fur market IN the world, and supports tina
statement by the following list of furry ami
mails killed this season: $500 buffaloes, $50
bears, 1850 red foxes, 20, 900 mink, 25O0O(
2,258 offers, $40 fishers; 1,6O(
marten, 70 cross fox, and, $500 wolves. f.
The Congressional Commission for the re-
lief Of the sufferers by the late In ]ian hostili
lies in Minnesota have allowed claims to the
amount Of $l,S10,455 The testimony taken
by them showed that over 800 persons were
massacred by the savages, and the pecuniary
damages suffered are estimated at over 1000
300. 81. ..tr ,-..- Ell
Live toads form regular article of com
MERGE in the London market. They are gen
orally imported from France, and sell for from
SOC to. $3.50 per dozen, according to size and
activity. They are purchased by market
gardeners in the vicinity Of the city, to protect
their choice vegetables from slugs and inserts
which they do very effec:ually. F.
Guns are drug now Many foreign mus
kets, imported on speculation, are going back;
md a lot of 900 Austrian muskets destined
'or the rebels, but captured by the Govern
nent, were sold at auction in Boston, the
other day, for S. 5O@3.75 each. We are
now manufacturing all We want, and more
TOO.
The Baltimore Sun says monument is to
De erected to the memory of the late Capt.
John P. Gleason, who, when in Libby Pris-
IN, uttered this sentiment: "Rather than that
ny Government should recede one inch from
ler position as to the exchange Of prisoners,
would endure the suffering twelve months
onge7." A1-'-E | -
The Senate bill reducing the pay Of officers
when not in the field though on duty or un-
Ter orders, gives Brigadier Generals, 81, 200 ;
Jolouels, $4,000; Lieut.. Colonies, $2,25O !;
Majors, $3.50; Captains, $500; Lieu en-
lnts, $1,000. When absent on leave Brig
ldier- Generals, $4,000; Colonies, $4,000;
Lieu. -Colonels, Sl,6sO; Majors, 81, 500 ;
Captains, $1,000; Iieutenants. 1850. The
Jay of Major Generals has been reduced to
$4,000 when on duty, and $4,000 when on
cave. 90
The number of clerks and other officials in
he various departments at Washington is
hus given in round numbers: State Depart
nent, so; Treasury, 1900; Interior, 45O :;
Var, 500; Navy, 100; Post Office, 100;
Agricultural Department, 20; Commissioner
f Public Buildings, office, 40; Senate, 100 !;
House, 100; Police. $50; White House,
courts ETC., 100. Add to these 5000 men
Employed by the Quartermaster's Department
n the city, and at least 5000 more at the
Navy Yard Arsenal, and on the works at the
)apitol and other public buildings, and one
an form an idea Of the army Of occupation
aid by Uncle Sam.
az It was announced in Geographic
spatch, several days ago, that Generals
hancock and Burnside are under orders to
ecruit their respective Army Corps to the
lumber Of so, 900 each, for especial service
itis presumed, the taking of Rich
,ond. We now learn, on the most trust
rorthv authoritv III AZ o,,cl, 10 indoad tho IA NJ