The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-09-30
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The potato disease is making great ravages in Low
er Canada.
The French population in California is estimated
at % 900.
There are three theatres al San Francisco. One
Of them, the Jenny Lind, cost $4,000.
Oue-fonrth of all the men who have left Winthrop,
Me-, for California, within two years, have died in
the land OF fevers and gold.
The Boston Mail saws thrt 1'ona C9rwm chews Il
pound of tobacco per day. VI OIcr If he Its on the
pa,ioimb-LosmN Adt.
There is a clnb in Ne,, York called the Unknown
Club whose being, end and ann, Is 10 have a good
time of il.
If vou wish to place proper estimate on money, 90
ont some Iay and pick wholtIcbarres for pence a
qiart. Nothing Will oe,tiiai. prevent You from
becoming spcnihri,t.
Parents, nlaha Your hone agreeable Let Your
children love it. Maxi thrir friends welcome If
YOU keep il droar, and scoll Your children from il
they will seek enjoyment elseMhe
IL the f,mors Gi-hny town OF Marblohesd, having
n population OF 5000, there not two buildings
standing the same line, and no street that has moi
n term at least in every dozen feet.
Al the Spiritual Convention in Boston, Mr.. Elmer
81 Springfield, said there a liquor dealer there
who had gwen up the irac, and his children 10
the Sabbath School, le oEter OF the spirits.
The Boston Courier SAYS tha, the hicnds Of Mr..
Webster, will let the people throw upon Congress,
the responsibility Of decidin. whether Scott, Pierce,
E Webster, hall bc the next President.
paiful If snow was brought INTO the Office Of the
Nesthern Journal, in Lowvili, Lewis county. y. Y,
Thursday morning " aeh, obtained IN gulf The
bank is three feet dcep,ct and bids far to Ginger in
the hap Of winter.
THE QUsFN's VIstr 70 BEIGIuM.-IIcr Ma
esty started another sea-cruise the beginning Of
the week, and landed on Tuesday N Antwerp, a
vislt TO her regal uncle, Leopoidthcnce proceeding
90 Brussels
4 lump OF we, saleatus, applied to the sting e
wasp Ice, viii stop the pam IA moment, and
prevent from swelling. III, it and see. II i.
remed, for Iattesnahe bite, j. a, pied INN, da.eN
and always at hand. BE sure aud remember it.
The Clarhsburg (va.) Register says tla, there is
nan living IN tina. town. named Stephen Dicks, who
heard the Oh snal Declaration ~ Independence read
from the State iioase, in Phl'a,clph l116 IL
then yea.s old, and is 90.
The shah OF Persia is % wears If age and one of
the bandsomesi in the Enlile. His grea.-gt7na-
father who had 800 wives, had crowd of children
oho have had descendants in their tnn until at
length is computed that the imperial comprises At
least 10000
kossuth appears IT. have fallen irto complete obi
won in England. The Liverpool papers Simply men
tion has arrival that port under The name Of A.ex
auder Shiiih, aad hi- departure the day for Lon
don. The london papers are utter silent concern
in. him.
During .he time the late Sir Robert Peel was Pre-
miPr, Lady Jane Peel was in the habit OF FASTING all
the articles whca appeared in the new spaperS against
a N,.ll =.
g,la that l. but the duty oi ever, good " lie TO
screen her husbands flui,. -
The severe storm oi hal. and ,aia which passed
over Ogien,bnrg y. Y, on the lSth last, vas cx-
perienced also Al The Eastward 81 Jack sou North
Castine, and Bropk>Sl, Me-, pro.tiated dwelling
houses, barns, sheds, fences, and trees and caused
grea, destruction of window glass, besides doing mach
damage 10 the growing crops.
Mon Maefcu, in company with NJ Adams Of
Adams 4 Co.'S Expires, hdyc left New Yo,l. for
Lake Ere, 10 attempt - Ia.c the steamer Atlantic
Mcssrs. Adams & Go, reported TO have $50 900
on board, IN an IRON chest. mJstlH H. bills. The
steamer sunk in l75 icct Of water, lu Mons Aaiile-
Leit il confident Of raising her.-b3st1n T,mes.
The wheat crop Of Eng'anl this wear will, il is
thought, be lighter than Hast year b, several million
bushels. Blight and milew prevail TO a much great
er extsnt than Was supposed. In some of the most
fertile wheat districts. the crops are almost a total
loss. Barley and admit .d on III; hands to be-
abundant. Potatoes are bad, injured III both islands
Lake Erie is only 90 to "a fee; deep; Lake On,a-
RIO, winch i52 feet deep, has It's bottom 23o feet
below the level OF the sea: Lakes iIaron Michigan
and Superior although their surfaces are much L;gh
~, have their bottoms Oh tn same level a. that If
Ontario. Lake Erie is According, a soii OF shallow
canal between large reservoirs Of water
FRrInHT At PITTsBrRcH.-The Dispatch Of
Tuesday last, savs:--Ne have never seen as much
freight on the wharf this period Of the season, as
was piled there Yesterday. An immense quanrit, IF
dry goods were shipped, and were told tha, one
transportation house, alone had shipped 100 tons Of
Eastern goods. The rates were IS cents to ST Louis
% cents To Cincinnati.
The -. Louis 1ntclgencer states that several
steamboats, running from that CITY, have abolished the
fars usually kept board of packe-boats Much
good Is said 10 have resulted from this in the ad,li
tionai safety OF passengers, owing the fact that no
opportunity is afforded either to ,heu or the officers
Of the boat to indulge in the spirit Of rccic>snes re-
sultinS lrom the excitement produced by drink ng.
A very cool way of earning a living, is diving for
coal IN the Ohio river, AT Cincinnati Men work m
TO their shns IA water, and make good work OF il AT
that. They obtain, during the ia, some 80 or 100
bushels of coal; and occasional, secure "a barrel Of
solassts, barrel OF whskey, aud various mi,cclia-
neous articles of hardware. Sc. racre are some
strange ways of making money in thu world. and sure
y this is oi them.
ARKANSAS EDIToRs.-Tle education ncrcss,r,
10 qualify an Arkansas editor for the duties e hi. o
fee, are said to he the following :-ru months urac
tee with hair-trigger rifle, target one hundred
PAGES distant; SIN weeks practice in ~ inang bowie
hniie; SIX or seven months practice in gougng ear
biting, ronoh matchmaking aad kicking al an election
These qualifications viii enable The possessor +, write
POLITICAL ana sianderoas articles with inpuni.y
Gibson, the celebrated Pedestrian is now engaged
IN a most remarkable feat at the Mansion Uouse IN
Hcbosen. and one that has never been atieupted ly
any person IN this any other County, He is walk
ing 1850 miles in MANY successive hours. 1880
haii-mies in as many half hours and 1850 quarter
miles IN so many quarterhours. The whole time oc
euPied IS 10 weeks. days and ID hours He is now
gong on hney IN ms third week, and is quite conf
dent he will succeed
PERrLs BY LAND AID WATER-rhc chain ,f
Lake Shore roads extending along the lower edge Of
Like Ere TO Toledo is expected to W. opened in the
course OF the autumn says the New York Times
The announcements i welcome. Travellers benin ,o
look suspiciousiy the risks Of inland navigation