The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1851-04-10

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houses, principally on Fortieth street
and vicinity, and between Eighth and
Ninth avenues. This is the largest
building contract we ever heard OF in
the United States. Surprising encli
house TO cost FIVE thousand dollars, and
a "first class tenement" cannot be
erected for less, and probably not for
that price, the contract amounts to
three quarters Of u million.
I There will come from France to the
Worlds Fair, an enormous decanter of
cut crystal, without flaw. THIS won-
derful thing is of such dimensions that
three persons of ordinary heigth may
sit with ease inside, and eat a succulent
dinner on a round table yard in diane.
ter. The stopper weighs 40 lbs, and
the whole decanter l2 cwt., and il is ca
pablc Of containing no less than eight
hectolitres and a half Of wine. saA
IMPORTANT BUREAUCRATIC Pitts
burg Transcript informs that
The Robinson spoken Of as having
been arrested for stealing a coat on
Tuesday, is not the George w. Robin
son who ran away with Mrs. Watts,
GuNNING.-The WatervilIe mail states
that Mr.. Curtis, Of Boxford Mass. has
recently been On hunting expedition
along the lakes and in the forests Of
Maine, and in company with two In
dams, whom he hired, took forty.nine
deer, three moose three bear, and
about two hundred parridses. The
entire weight was five thousand two
hundred pounds This is the result Of
four weeks hunting. This game was
transported to Watervile, and thence
conveyed over the railroad to Ipswich,
ito Mr. Curtis's home, where he will
thaw and dress it nicely for the mar
ket. .~. aa7.- r -eoH 80
| Comodore Robcr: F. Stocktonis elcc-
ted United States Senator from New
Jersey, by the Legislature of that State
for six years from the 4th Of March
next.
EAKrHaUAxE IN CHrLi.-Thc des.
patches from the South announce the
destruction of the city Of Conception.
at Chill, by recent earthquake The
city was destroyed in 1885 by similar
event. At that time it was in tho
heigth of its prosperity, and was cele-
brated for many elegant public build.
ings aud private structures. A large
and splendid cathedral-the fines. In
South America was thrown down with
great loss Of life among the workmen.
The city Of Conception is two hundred
miles south from Valparaiso, and stands
on plain perhaps two hundred feet
above the level Of the sea. None Of
the particulars of the late disaster have
yet reached here. 'la sai .s,,,e~as
The COMPLETE Er.TArH WRfrER.-
Since Breese has written his own cpl
taph, we think he should try his hand
at one for Col. Wentworth. We ,sug-
gest that &c the cold marble which graf
itude or affection may raise" for him,
be inscribed simply. He lies. Chi
cago Journal.
VETERAN DEPUTY SHERiFrs OF MID-
pLEsEx.--We learn that Joseph Butter
field of Lowell, appointed by Sheriff
Slomore, has held the Office of Deputy
for forty years: Levi Parker of Cam
bridge, appointed by Sheriff Hildreth,
(formeriy of Concord has held the Office
Of Deputy for twenty six years. A cor
respondent states that Messrs. Butter
field and Sumner have been removed
OUT of office, because hungry petitioners
in Lowell and Charlestown wanted their
births. Mr.. Parker, the eldest Of all,
is retained in his Office fer the reason
that no other person asks for it.-fJ
nal. -
THE CANAL LOCKS TO BE ENLARGED.
We are enabled to state on reliable au-
shority that the Canal Board have direc-
ted the Canal Commissioners to take
the Immediate steps necessary 10 the
enlargement Of the Locks Of the Erie Ca
nall ives. of Syracuse, to be completed
before the opening Of navig tion the en-
suing spring. The plan adopted, Is
that submitted to recent meeting in
this city, the temporary lcngtheningb Of
the1Ocks some thirty feet.
1t is understood that the commissions
ers labor under some embarrassment,
inasmuch as the law requires that they
shall advertise for contracts for at least
three weeks previous to the letting OF fhc
same. They viii apply TO the LegisIa-
turc for permission TO advertize for ten
days only, and il their application shall
be granted, the work oil enlargement
will be put in progress at once II Roch-
ester. t. .4,.,,.s......3
LOWERING SENECA LAKE.--H Is In
contemplation, the Geneva Gazette un-
derstands, by the Canal COMMISSIONER
to lower the level Of Seneca lake, by
removing the Instructions at the outlet.
The damage to theCiynga and Seneca
Canal. which runs parcllel y ith the Lake
along its foot, and also TO private prop
erty. occasioned by The high water and
the heavy gales, is imnrehscs and we
know of no other remedy than that In
contemplation by the Commissioners.
A little deeper excavatioh of the Canal
would be necessary, bm the. preserva-
tion Of its south bank would thereby be-
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