Wisconsin herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1846-1849, 1847-11-06
Summary of News.

OF MS Htdu.
The District Court of Iowa county, is
adjourned to the 18th of November.
Il Judge Wilson, of Iowa has resigned.
The Burlington Hawkeye is out in new
type.
The National Intelligencer, says" We
arc now enabled to announce that, though
the Wings of Georgia have failed to elect
their candidate for the office of Governor,
they have secured fair working majority
in both branches of the State Legislature
The Wings have carried the State Legis-
lature of Florida, thereby securing another
u. s. Senator.
The smallest full grown horse that has ever
lived has Just arrived from Java. twas sent
as a present to General Tom Thumb, and in
point of diminutiyeness exceeds the General
himself. 1t seems to- have arrived at foil ma
turity, and weighs only forty pounds.
An accident occurred to one of the boilers
of the Saratoga, on Tuesday, about ten miles
below Cleveland, which compelled her to
put back to that place. Nobody lost.
The Washington Union of the 14rh, says,
g Henry III. Wise, Esq, late minister TO
Brazil, arrived yesterday in this city. We
are happy to state that he is in fine health
and spirits.
In Milwaukee, there was one day last
week when the prices of wheat ranged from
20 cents to 102 cents per bushel, there being
spirited competition among buyers.
Lead ore is now selling at from $22 to
| S23, per thousand; which is higher price
than it has commanded before, for ten years.
During late thunder storm at the east of
Columbus, Ohio, the lightning entered the
telegraph office at that place and melted the
wrapping of the magnet, so that the COM
munication was cut off for several hours
Such things have happened several times in
various parts of the country.
| Twelve hundred Chinese criminals are
/ said 10 have been beheaded in Canton during
the past year.
There are sixteen newspapers published
/ in Iowa.
The President has decided to call out two
more regiments of troops Immediately
from Michigan, and one from Tennessee
Recruiting has already commenced in Mich
igan.
A fire recently occurred at Richmond, Va,
which it is said to have destroyed one half
of the business part of the city.
BY statement in the Buffalo Commercial,
! furnished by the Collector, it appears, the
canal tolls already received this season at
the office in Buffalo, amount TO more than
one million Of dollars. This is certainly an
era in the history of western trade.
/ A buoy has been placed on Lime Kiln reef
rear the Canada shore, at the entrance of
Niagara river. The buoy referred to is a
/, large iron bound cask. The bearings from
/ il are as follows:-Fort Erie, w. by 5. Buff
falo Light $. L. by f. Upper end Black
Rock pier, Il. by w. Coming down vessels
should leave the buoy on the larboard hand,
and, going up, ON the starboard.
The onondaga NY. } Standard, says, "a
man by the name of Ansel Mcdonald, con-
fined in the Jail of this county, under the IN
fluence of delirium tremens, dug both of his
eyes out on Tuesday last! He presented a
horrible spectacle to the beholder
The Milwaukee Sentinel, says: -" 1t will
he remembered that ne,aew of Charles
Matthews, of tho Yankee Blade, was mnr-
dered at Waterville, Maine, a short time
since. ltnow turns out that DIR. Coolidge,
of Waterville, was the nh aerer. This fact
was elected from the examination OF Tho's
4 Flint, student of Coolidge's, and n son OF
Thomas II. Flint, member of the last Senate
of Maine. The circumstances of the case
are curious. Coolidge persuaded Flint to
help secrete the body and money OF Mat
thews, pretending to Flint that Matthews
died of an apoplectic fit.