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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08
Hydrophebia-A Morrible Case.

e-Is EfoM tpe Wa1sttowa AN L. > our mai, fothIy0
he, A very horridI case Of this d sease occurred
in lths, town Of Adams. not fanifron what i.
knoyn as Talco.t's Tavern stand. q Mr.. James
H. Kenyon, q man forty-two years of age
was bitten by a mad dog, last June, in the
town Of Redfield, Oswego county. At the
time he thought very little about It, not know.
ing that the dog was mad until several days
after; Time passed on and Nj. Kenyon said
but little about 1t TO any one until about five
or six days before his death. ~ '''' 80
10 He first noticed an itching sensation on the
thumb which had been bitten BY the dog
whenever he rubbed the sensitive portion,
cold chills wouldinstantly pass over his whole
body. q This wss on Sunday. j. On 4 NJ onday
he felt cold chills agnin he then mistrusted
that be vas having the ydrophobia. He took
a sweat and on Tuesday went out and work
ed some. On "Wednesday he was taken with
vomiting, which continued nearly all day. =
Thursday he was cross and :" 'snappishr y to
those about him, and that night Mr.. Jeremiah
Parker was called. At this fine Kenyon was
having slight fits once in three or four min
utes; he talked rational, and said that he was
unable to control himself, and did not know
what he might be led to do; and thei efore he
wished to be tied to the bed; this vas done
as he requested a.. 60 "a
IN his convulsions he tore the feather and
straw beds into pieces and threw himself
from one side Of the bed to the other, seem
ingly as quick as lightning at the
same time twelve or eighteen inches each way
this while he was lashed to the bed. lie
could not endure to have . drop of water ever,
in the room, and if any was: Offer ed him he
immediately went into convulsions. He now
was ip the greatest agony, and plead with the
doctor to bleed him to death. + He died abou,
Z O'clock on Friday morning. six months from
the time he was first bitten. 30.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

EARrHoUAEE-ExiRAoR WEArBEg.
On Wednesday we experienced perhaps the
visited this part. In the early partof the day
snow fell almost sufficient tocover the ground,
and toward the middle of the afternoon,
a cold. .drizzling rain set in. which lasted un-
til night, when it commenced to freeze, and
weIwere visited with heavy thupder and vivid
flashes qflithtening.T -During .tbs9 night tue
shock Of an earthquake was felt ipl di difftrent
parts Of the city shaking some 3ef the less
substantial buildings to their fonpdation-5
Altoge' her it was quite phenomenon.r The
celestial bodies. seemed to be as badly out Of
joint as mother earth: Y Loaisri4s Journal,
l6th.caaa -. IL. haeu l-.lz ~. - rl
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

A young woman recently died at Honolulu
under the belief THAT she was Being "prsyes
, 70 death The, Pplyne esias, says that it is
Common 60 thing for q nstiye to hire another &c
pray bis enemy to death and 40 great is the
power Of Imagination that the victim, having
been made aware Of the occurrence, dies. :
It appears from recent French official
publication, that the effective force of the
French army in activity, not including the
reserve, on October /, 1868, amounted to
436, ,986 men, distributed as follows: In
France, 325, PIG; in Algeria. IS, ,651 in Italy,
1850; in China and Cochin, sChina. 1878 (;
in Mexico, 34,6s2, The reserve at this date
amounted no. to 217,26l men, making the entire
force 654, ,947. .gii u oit lro1i
! "A, prisoner captured at Chattanooga stated
that It had been a disputed question in the
rebel camp which brigade should escort the
army at Chattanooga to Richmond; and on
being asked why Bragg didn't shell US, said
that Bragg declined to do 30, believing it to
be CONTRARY to the laws Of civilized warfare to
shell prisoners" The rank and 1le Of Bragg 8
army had been fiattered with assurances that
they had our army at Chattanooga jnra snare.
b. A respectable woman in isuenos Ayres was
recently prostrated by hopeless insanity, and
at last apparently died. The body, placed in
thin teoffi9q, wasdeposited in ntheiopen chapel
Of the walled cemetsrysa ard left serburial the
next days Tho next morning the coffin was
found broken open, and the poor victim of
premature burial was found dead in .a.distant
part Of the cemetery, clothed in the thin gar
nents Of the grave, having left marks of her
painful progress from he coffin to the pace
where exhausted nature yielded to actual
death 9.4 .s-A -hr 1 ts-j7 Iatf4 20 fH--'. 'h.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

9 D.asi;sssyst AsAss1Ebi ~ SegEars.s tI4lFqss
--Ths Springfield Ntsss yedrssl ia infomed
that overneightsAundred deserte,s hs3e besn
arrested sn during the f.lt and = Fiptsr IS tie
count counties of Perry, Saline, Jackson and VIII
hamsons eTwo.thisdS of those men. probably,
would never have lsfe the sssks and tlisgraced
thsnsesssS But tbr the influence. Of Copper psr
s.sylg Aft:. .elo9o SiS.l q uoGbi5qxo - .
neao1 q nome Iesoqsib sdg ts E,yFfurfoa sid
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

.iRC II. Cornwall, ,of { Ohio, Chief Of the
Bureau of Redemption, has been. taken into
custody on a charge Of stealing mutilated
treasury notes returned for redemption. and
putting thsmcin circulation, again. b Ills aid
that robbery 7in this way to she extent of,ss
least $lb, 900 has been fixed upon him. :, =,
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08


The Extraordinary Chess Player.
Let me tell you of aiwonderful chess play
er, an account of whose wonderful periorm-
ances received lately from q distinguished
and learned Hindoo Pundit here, Ram Shan
dsh Bal aChreshni. The chess s2payeri came
from Madras to Bombay, where Ram Shandah
saw him. 10 He is between 45l and SO years of
age. He plays several igaines, three, if Il re-
member, blindfold,T and wins them. ivAt the
same. time he plays a. game of cards -there
are 120 different cards in a Hindoo pack.
andfwins. c. At the tifne these games are go
ing on, he is gwen, orally, sums Of multipli-
cation.togthe extent Of fivesigures, (eg 1897
x6, ,999,9 and gives the correct result Arthe
same time sentence of abont one hundred
words, each word being numbered, is given
to him irregularly, (35)af % but, 6lpitcher,
etc. y and he gives the whole sentence. Dur
ing the games a,bell is touched every one
or two seconds, and he gives the number of
times it has been touched A man stands
behind him and throws little pebbles, one BY
one, against his back =; these, too, he counts.
And after the games areoover, and all these
are told, he rscites poem in perfect rhyme,
which he has composed during the sitting -
Ram gShandah is, i assure you, an entir.l ly
credible witness, and avery clever man every
way--M. D.. Conaoay, in the Boston Gmmosa-
fCeG(fh. #t G~ssU 10 fHE-U ID Ft5d-M
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

81 The following table compiled from the
report Of Gen. HslIeck, shows At a glance
our losses at Fredericksburg, and the various
battles of note during the campaign just
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

HJt ssaid that some of the vermin 10
thecamps at the South thrive 50 wonderfully
and have crown saslasse that the letters II.
r. Wa0sare plainly to be seen, on their hacks,
like the ereases in the shell of an old fashion:
1mud turtle. The soldiers say it means On
fortt1e waTrr'' '2l5 'n9sE' u N'oo @ hl3isTbd
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

The Cleveland & Columbus Railroad Com
pany propose TO donate tlio, 900 for the relief
OF soldiers families, and IT IS believed that the
other railroad companies in Ohio will follow
hal L. g..
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

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VOL; X.Y=5s:NOz 25
A ve.sel carried over riagsra

IA vessel Carried over qxiagara
boy,itsd sIa d9id Fallp.u snof1sTq sdt
l. An obliging correspondentItat Chippewa
sends us an account of a melancholy, occur
lrehce which took place. on the Nlagafa k1ver
on Monday last; which tYesaited Inf the desth
| of Eone mani by 1beihg, carEied oyerlthe faHs.
and caused imtninept' peril toC6ye ptheEs. as
well as the loss. Of . small vessel, About II
o'clock in the morning, the steam tug 4. ID.
GrMh, of Buffalo, reached Chippews. having
i'm tow two scoWs, the7 Abby and dthetA Nor
Iray, of Port Robinson. The Captain Of the
steamer moi, keoving the depth of watsr.
kelpf too far III into the river, with not suf TENT
yteam to keep Ihead*Sapyys on the scows. One
|Df thbalatter, the A. Murray qstrIkingagainst
the spiles at the entrance of the harb0r swupg
around with the current almost into the Jaws
| Of the mighty cataract. rThe Captain ana
ff6dr men who we're on board! seeing t6e help
less position 'intou which st,se sessst lhatgot,
sgd the ereataperill With which bthsyI were
threatened-beiDg wlthih less than five min
utes' distance of the great fall-lesped rom
the vessel, and boldly struck for shore -Four
Of thenhy the Captain included, succeeded by
gpat nexertieos in maintainiRe themselves
aheye the surface, butt sad 70 relate the n hitn
sank amid the leaping and boiling waters, ana
vas carried over the cataract. IN the mean
time xboat manned by two br" ve uien, shot
out from. the mouth of. Wellapd River the
assistance Of the helpless beipgs in the scow;
The oarslnen,. Messrs.. F. Lansop, Jr., ana
George Morse, pulled bravely out, rescued
the men from their .perilous pstion, ard Soc
ceeded in reaching the shore just above the
first rapid One minute more and they would
haye been carried over the Falls tte the great
galf1beiow. h!Tootmuch praise cannot he. gF-
enio the men by whose presence Ct. mind
and courage four human beings were, thus
rescued from certain dest1 uction. The scow
glided along the stream tiilif reached Asrotk
almost on the brink of the cataractd dwdere Its
course was stepped, and where it will lproba-
bly, remain till broken Up by the ice in the
spriI,g. = Ioronto Lender. Dec. 1911 -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08
~ no,...f % New YoRx, Jan. 4.
It is stated that the Stonington steamers
have been purchased by merchants of New
York and Boston. 4 i ErA -. ~. -,.-.l.L. 2

Dispatches from Mr.. Prayn, the American
Minister in Japan, announces that the Japan
ese government has agreed to pay the claim
of $4,000 damages for intercepting the
American steamer Pembroke last year. This
augurs good understanding with Japan.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08
NEW York, Jan. 4.

Mayor Gunther assumed che duties Of hi
Office to-day, delivering i long message. Or
the retireuaent of Mayor 0pdyke, he was cs
corted by . concourse Of prominent citizens
with band Of music,rt to q neighboring hote
where an address was delivered and festivitie
indulged in. 5'2'li eii'a . %is1so-a' ili i''a'
F. 1t appears by Mayor 9Gunther's address
that the city debt is, $40, ,00O, 900, probably
arising from the fact, as stated in bis, address
that the system Of local government is lack.
ing in that simplicity 50 necessary to econo
my and efficiency, and that the subdivisions
of functions and the want of responsibility
Pas 1ed 70 extravsgancs m the multiplication
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

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Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08
New : YoRk. Jan. 4.

T9FgITT -701 l1SEW LUX, O8tJs Z,
g A very important seizure Of Confederate
bonds and Treasury notes to the amount Of
81, 900, COO, was made in this city by United
Sta es Marshal Murray's detectives. A large
quantity Of plates, dies, tools, machinery
ETC., was also seized, and the parties con-
cerned arrested. rs-..Iag s7sss.d bra.1a iss,Y
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

.s3so Ewo cid dss1di os bsTotia toH sGE
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08
! rewsd Paraglraapass. 0

. A Buffalo steam tggl lately wentsoyer the
falls at Niagara i1d dons man MAS lostd -alds
Among the novelties of traders Che receipt
q tobaeeo in the New Orleans maEketafrota
NOo4hn1ece'cnt. ~ h1 ,Iiatsr 10 sis 9iodw vi ss6fg
There is place in New Brunswick called
Stockholders ~ Ridge2d 1T H. where some
hfty towards have gone to avoid wearing uni-
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

- - =. =. . BOSTON, Dan, 2. /
- The first anniversary of the Presidents $
Emancipation Proclamation was, celebrated
here yesterday by a salute cf 100 guns and
by a public meeting in the fremont Temple,
at which speeches were made by Messrs. D,
Kirk, Rev A. 4. Minor, and several cc.olored 9.
orators. -
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

The duty on imposts received at this port
for the year ending December, 1853, will
amount to Sc .o6a, ,e74. The number Of for.
eign arrivals for the year amounts to 3,129,
being seventy-eight more than that Of, the
year previous ~ H5-' ~ 54F4 Al5''--@ |
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

- = J. a =.
Secretary Chase strenuously insists on lin
.iting the appropriations TO the means, and in
p,oviding BY taxation for every dollar sppro-
pria; ed beyond the amount which can GER
tainly be Obtained by loans and that without
too largely increasing the public, debt, edi o.
s%sa2 10 sna.ov sTitCAfr RACE Jan. 9. nj
II The steamship City Of Baltimore, from Liv.
erpool tho asd and Qneens.own' The 24.h,
passed this point At one o clock this morning.
% Theo London Timer has dinsinuated that
Arch Duke Maximillisn will not acceps the
the Mexcan crown. and that Napoleon will
hsvc to cast about for some one else eHoa aaohs z
Z King ard iHeensfl had appeATsd before the
magistrates for breaking the peace, and both
were bound over 10 appear at the Quarter
Sessions. Das ~ s''''hSo loi ya'iis'1se :,
: q Fhs London eses, cautions It's readers
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

- L., O. W ASH1NGT0N, Jan. r.
Col. Lowell, OF the I'd Massachusetts caval.
ry. while on sconting expedition near Hay
market on Friday, suddenly came upon q
guerrilla encampment. lie surrounded it, and
dashing upon th- villains killed and wound !
ed many and took IS prisoners-one 4 Cap
tain. We lost one killed and one wounded.
.aosby's videttes were dressed in United
States Uniforms.
Muscatine weekly journal. [volume] (Muscatine, Iowa) 185?-1890, 1864-01-08

|2oNery little business transacted to-day Oh
account of the weather. o. Since the heavy
storm on Thursday the weather has been in!
tensely cold, the mercury having fallenito "a
degrees below zero-unparalelled in this
region. All the railroads leading out Of the
city are blocked with snow. No trains have
arrived or left for two days. The river was
closed this morning, and teams and pedes-
TRANS crossed on the ice all the forenoon .
Large numbers Of cattle and hogs were frozen
to death on the weather bound trains On
the Northern Missouri train quite number Of
frost bitten passengers ars reported, some ol
them of serious character. w q }9iA-
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-08-11

RUNNING ArouL OF A CerPEHnEAp
Recently says the Rochester Express
while the express train on the Central
was passing between Byron and Ber,
gen, going eastward, il ran over one oi
those odoriferous little animals called
sknnks, and the cars were immediately
filed with the peculiarly offensive tfai
via which emana,cd from the remains.
The gentlemen held their noses, while
the LADIES buried their faces in their
handkerchiefs, until very seda,ely ap
pearing lady remarked in very grave
tone. II guess We have run over q
copperheaa," which iustantaneousiy
set the passengers in perfect fnrore Of
laughter The incident furnished abun
.lant food for ,aerrimen, until The train
reached the city.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-08-11

A HORSE SToRY.-Ncar Bermuda
Hundred there is large corral, where
all disabled and worn out horses
brought here by General Sheridan at
at the time of his famous raid-are con-
fined. The poor beasts have apparent
~ bnt little Of their original vigor left.
That was what we thought a week or
so since. Now we have changed our
opinion During the heavy firing on
our right short time since, these Worn
out equine warriors pricked up their
ears Strengthened their sore and stlffen
ed limbs tossed their names, formed in
aud with loud snort charg
ed on a number OF inotfensive mules
Two mules were instantly killed, and
and the others fled in the widest dis
order. The horses again formed to the
music OF Gi!morc's artillery, and charg
e1 on high rail fence, which they at
cncc broke down. They did not desist
from their war like demonstrations up
til the artillery ceased firing.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-08-11

The quota Of New York State is al
legged to be s9,31S This Is about 200
to each Congressional District, taking
the average. In seven and sixteenths
Of the total vote for President in 1860 !;
and nearly one in II ofthe entire pop
ula,ion. This ratio would produce, on
the population Of the Free States and
Territories in 1860, about 435 900 men
"a considerable figure below the hall
million call.
The last case Of Incidence is that oi
\ man named John Hplc, who was SC
lazy that in writing his name he simply
used the Letter -" aud then punched 3
hole through the paper.
Spcakirg & Of rising With the lark, Ar
,cmus Ward says he should prefer tc
raise with gold.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-08-11
DEsrERArE ENCOUNTER WITH

DEspERATE ENCOUNTER WITH A
SHARK--A gentleman writing from,
Maco, on the lsth Of April, says 81
was witness to an extraordinary scene
in the outward harbor on Saturday
last. Several boys from the French
Messareries Iuperales ship were bath
iny, wien a shark was observed max
ing for them. They heard the cries q
their slipmates, and attempted to regain
their vessel, distant half mile. They
would have been too late but for an Of
icer belonging TO the celebrated clip
per Black Seneca, who, arming himself
with black sheath knife, sprang from
the rail, and attacked the monster in
his own element. The shark immedi
a,elv turned upon his antagonist when
occurred scene more easily imagined
than described. Mr.. Lamb dived
again and again, each time coming up
beneath the monster, and infilcting sew
eral wounds. The sea wss literally
dyed with the blood OF the shark. Sew
eral boats having been put eff. he was
finally despatched with harpoon, and
hauled ashore on the beach. He prov
cd to be a blue shark, fully fifteen fee,
long,"
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-08-11

UucLE Tony on TnE MrsER,Es OF
PR1NTISa A NEwsrApER.-"1 pity the
printer" said my Uncle Toby. He's
a poor creature" rejoined Trim. GLOW
so 2" said my Uncle. Because in the
fist place." continued the corporal, the
must endeavor to please everybody. In
the negligence Of moment, perhaps a
small paragraph pops upon him he
hastily throws it to the compassionate
is inserted, and he is ruined to all in
tents and purposes" ''Too much The
case, Trim," said my Uncle with deep
sigh Observation-Disclosures" "And
please your honor" continued Trim,
elevating his voice, ard striking into
an implorablc attitude, "and please
your honor this is no. the whole" $50
on, Trim,'' said my Uncle feel;ngly.
"The printer sometimes" pursued Trim
"hi,s upon a piece that p'eases him, and
he thinks it cannot but 60 down with
his subscribers but alas sir, who can
Gale ulate upon the human mind ? He
inserts it, and it is all over with HIM
They forgive others, but they cannot
forgive a printer. He has a host to
print for, and every one sets himself up
for critic. The pretty Miss exclairns :
Why dent he give US more poetry,
marriages, and bon mots away with
these stale pieces 7 The politician
clasps his specs ON his nose, and runs it
over in search Of some violent invective;
he ::nis none lie takes off his specs ;
folds ,heln, sticks them in his pocket,
declaring tie paper gaol for nothing
hut 10 burn. Every one thinks it
ought to be printed expressly for him
self as he is a subs criber aud yet after
al! this complaining, would you believe
it, SIR said the honest corporal, clasp
ing lis hands besecchinglY, "woul! You
believe il. sir, there are some subscris
ers who do net hesitate to cheat the
printer 81. Of lis pay Our army swore
terribly in Flanders, but they never did
ANYTHING 50 bad as that = Never =
sni my Uncle Toby emphatically.-
Tristram Saanay.
The Iowa transcript. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1858-1866, 1864-08-11


There is tree near the present quar-.
ters Of Sherman's army, called the "fa
tai tree" Eight men were shot, one
after another, as soon as they advanced
TO The fatal tree, to take secure posi-
tion behind its huge trunk. Several
men were shot hen board was plac.
ed there with the word dangerous
chalked upon it. The rebels shot the
guide board into fragments, and ser
geant unsuspectingly took bis place be
hind the tree. In less than FIVE min.
utes two minnie balls pierced the SER
geant's body, and he fol the eighth
martyr beneath the shadow Of the tree
Of death.