The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-03-06

this CITY. aged about Il years. .fsIl into
Shears well, ID Old Town, yesterday
and was taken fout short time after
wards dead. The lad, il appears, had
drawn up bucket Of water and in ut
tempting to lift it out ofthc curb, slipped
and fell into the well, drawing the buck
ct after Him, dislocatingihis neck in the
fall.-Galena Jefiersonian.
ELoPEMENr IN Conference.-The
Hartford Times gives the particulars Of
an elope;nent from the village of Cos
cob, % of young girl named Cunning
ham, aged IL, with an Englishman a
bout forty years old, named a. d. Jcn-
nison. l'hey eloped to New York and
were maaried there. The father of the
girl set cut in pursuit, but did not over
take them. Jennison was journeymnn
tailor in New York He was discharged
from employ, and sailed for Europe on
the day following, unfeelingly leaving
his new wife But she returned TO her
fathers, seeming to care very little
about the loss Of her husband. Jenni-
sou is said to have another wife in Eng
land.
A Fodr RAcE-.a great run in snow
Storm. Charles w. Herman, green
New Hampshire boy of II. who calls
himself the "Swamp Indian" made a
wager that he would run from North
ampton to Amherst, ID miles and
back, in two consecutive hours. On
Wednesl day, the race came off between
the hours Of 10 and IL o'clock. The
track was icy, and it was showing quite
hard, but he reached Amherst in hour
and minutes, and at half-past III had
half the; distance back, when the snow
troubled him so much that he gave up
the job without apparently being ia
tigued. THE same boy walked $50
miles last spring, eating but orce, and
drinking only glass Of liquor on the
road.-Spriagfeld Mass Repub.
Ralhs;. Long Worm.-Dr. Warren,
of Boston. recently took from the stomach
of an Irish girl, at the Massachusetts
General Hospital, by means Of an Incl
sion, thpe-worm, toriy-one feet and eiev-
en- inches in length. The operation was
performed while the patient was under
the influence Of ether. She observed,
in coming to her senses. sob l have
had pleasant dream, and feel relieved. "
The wonnd was dressed with great care,
and she has scarcely complained of pain
from the operation. This, we are told,
is the only case on record where the
ltape-wosm has been literally cut from the
human stomach.--Boston Journal.
The $4,000 diamond watch which
has beea exhibited at New Orleans for
some tine, was ratified for on the eve
ming Of the 18th ult, at the St. Charles
Hotel, and was won by DIR. Knapp,
formerly of Baltimore,) and Capt.
Broadwell, Of New Orleans. The for
tunate parties purchased tie throw
(45) for $3.50, which was not afterwards
beaten, :and thus secured the beautiful
prize.
New ORLEANS, Jan. 81.
Murder Of Lady IN a ball room
Horrible Our city last evening was the
scene OF one Of the most terrible TRACE
dies that lave occurred here for many
years 1t occurred at a ball, the par
ties being Mr.. TATE and Miss SHEPARD.
The former asked the lady to elope with
him, to which she answered ''No,
whereupon he drew pistol and shot
her dead. 1t appears that the parties
had been previously engaged to be mar
ried, but the parents Of the lady were
opposed to the match.
The territory Of Pennsylvania contains
about $1,000 square miles. Her whea,
crop Of lS47. reached H. $50 600 bushels
Her coas fields, anthracite and htnminous
are esti hated to cover 200 square miles
1916, reached $685. 900 tons.
MuRpER At AURORA, ". Y.-The Buff
falo Cosrer, of the LIST uIt., states that Q
quarrel arose between TWO worknen n,
Darrow's Mills, Aurora, which resulted il
The death of one of them named Abraham
Smith. The murderer's name is c. X
Vinn. He broke Smiths skull with q
piece Of scantling. He has been arrested.
PAYi,:G HIGHWAY MAN IN NorE-
A wag :vas Jogging home, rather saie, anC
a little happy, when, passing 10y dark nj
ley, t,yo- listed fellow stepped nut aud de.
handed his money. "Money," said ths
way, "isioney ] have none--but if you'll
stop moment, I'll give you note at ,hir
ty days;'
Fifty: colored persons, emigrants from
Kentucky, left Louisville last week. un,e
charge of the Rev. Alexander NJ. Cowan
agent Of the Colonization Society of tina
State OF the route for Liberia.
LEGISLATURE OF MINNESOTA.