The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-05-08
LATEST NEWS.

LATEST NEWS.
1 The Nominee arrived at half-paa tits mo,.
ing, loaded down with feiehi and passehse,.
We extract the following news from the ,,.;e.
Advertiser:
Judicial Election--Sixth Dist,ic,
The Election in this disric. 10 fin fhe vse,,..
accustomed by the resignation of Judge sh.lJ,,
took place on The 29th ult. ] he following :. ii,
vote, 50 far as heard from:
WHITEsIDE COUNTY gives Wikiosop ,cc
Heaton AZ, Mccoy is6. Wilson 80. RorE !.
and County gives Wilkinson 459 una ior..y ~, =
Hraton. Lee eounty gives Iieaion 2lO ma ;a,, -,
over Wilkinson. Henry county il is suppress ,
will give Wilkinson ESQ maj Carroll c.pn,
gives Heaton majority. Nothing frcn, Oy,. A. {.
remaining county IN the district.
From the above We infer that II il not ce,,,,.
that Wilkinson is elected, but that the ~, ia,
is between him and ileaton.
Fire--Heavy Loss.
Sr. Losis, May >.
The total loss caused by the FIRE yeSt,.
day morning, which destroyed the whul
sale dry goods store OF Wetzeii & Co. n,
the store of Bridgeinan & Brother. "
amount TO 500, 600, on which the in,uranc.
is about $4,000. The origin Of The G.e
upknown-
SEsAToRiAL BALLoriNG IN MAss.ra-
sErrs.-The first ballot on the 2irh, yes,
VA
90; whole number $50, necessary I, cho,
1914. Sumner lacked 2 Two votes we.
found TO be given more than names, and pr
prevent fraud the secret ballot WIS a,lople
On the second ballot Sumner was ciactr
Who'll. number 934; necessary 10 az elpc,
1913; SUMMER 1913, Winthrop l66, nil otht
81.
Steamboat Webster Burut-Seveg-
Lives Lost.
LOUISVILLE, May ).
The steamer Webster has been burnt al Isl.
Eighty-Six, above Vicksburg. TIE boat, y4rs
and papers are q total loss. Several lives v,.
lost, amcng whom were HE Captain and his r.
the clerk, chambermaid, child Of one oi . .
pilots, and several others.
The steamboat New Orleans came along O.
hour after the catastrophe and took up lie sur .
vors, the officers rendering all ihe as>,stance q
heir power.
Steamer Ben West Sunk.
BooNvILLE. (Mc.j My ,.
The steamer Ben West struck a snas vest
day morning, about 10 miles above this place,
sunk in five feet water. She will problh', be
total loss.
The Ben West had on board one hundre,
twenty-five passengers. Some Of her freight
much damaged. though none LOST She Was e
sured for 80 1000.
These particulars were received from per,
who arrived here from The wreck this Afternoon
California,
New ORLEANS, MAJ 2.
The steamer Alabama arrived here in ak d;
from Chagres, with 40 passengers and lar
amount OF gold dust. The L. ;. District CO
has decided in favor of John o. Suffers claim
the land now occupied by Sacrameato City.
Webster Meeting.
New YORK, May 8.
The Journal Of Commerce, of this mornil
publishes five columns Of signatures 10 d call y.
Severe Gale on Lake Erie. and Mari
Disasters.
The scvcrest gale occurred yesterday That L.
taken place on the Lakes since | "A. lis
preach was not Indicated NV The Barometer, a.
hence il caught shipping outside unPrerar
and we fear, involves severe loss "i lille
properly At about 10 o'clock, A. NJ, the W.
~ .l-V1
accompanied with snow. hail aud rain. I hi- -
den change of the wind brought grea, quaint
Of waiter into our harbcr- covering the 'ow lat
ON the cas-, side Of the city filing the cellars =
nearly submeTsing the docks.
The FORREST DrvoRcz-The deci-l
Of the court on application of MIR. Furre-
TO have the injunction dissolved grant
against him, ha, been made. The injun,
ton So far as it Restraints the defendant tsoi
molesting his wife is dissolved, because u
act of moieStatiOn is shown, and no go
ground exists for experimenting any. Ii
also dissolved, so far as it restraints the q,
PENDANT from disposing of his property. b
cause he has not abandoned her without .,
equa,e support, and there is no reason
apprehend that he will dispose Of his pre-
er,y so as to avoid the jurisdiction Of II
court. But the injunction is retained so T.
as it Restraints the defendant from procee'
ing i'm his suit in pennsy.v ania, because Il
defendant has not legally changed his re-
tlence from this State to that, aud has n
right, while 10th parties are legally in III
State, to subject his wife 10 foreign juri
diction for the purpose Of obtaini,g d
vorce.
This suit having been, however, inprol
erly commenced Ivy u wife against her h.
hand, without sueipg 10y next friend, 81
injunction will he wholly dissolved uue
she amend in this respect within ten day
How TO Now PRIsoNER.-Wben ca
Orrin Smith, Of the Nominee, was Sheriff OF O.
county, it became his duty to take prisoner
Jail for some misconduct The prisoner obJec
and laid himself down on the ground. on his b;
aud fatty told the Sheriff, that If he wanted b.
at the Jail, he must take him there. As the OF
was small nan, and the prisoner Il large OF
became matter Of some curiosity 70 know b.
the matter was to be 90. along with Smith, b.
ever, had il all settled in n moment. An OK %
/ happened to be standing by. and he eoolly or
ed the driver to take What IS called a 'log-hi'
aroun, the mans neck, and draw him 10 the pi'
where wanted. 1t is unnecessary TO say, be
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