The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-04-29

county, Who have heen engaged in the production
of broadcioths. The stockholders are niividu-
ally liable To the amount Of their STOCK; aEd
most Of them are men Of properly, there will
probably be loss for the creditors. Their la
biities are gwen AT Sl00 900.
Another Steamboat Expiosion!
he steamboat Redstone exploded her
boilers on the Ohio river about four miles
abo.e CarroiItou. few days since, killed
from twenty 10 forty persons, woundlng ma
ny more. aud blowing the boat literally to
atoms. The boat was on trial Of speed at
the time, hut had stopped to take on board
some passengers. The boat then took fire,
aud burnt TO the waters edge.
The work,nen Of Messrs Stearns and
Marvin, OF New York, have just finished nj
taeir own expense, a most elegant and cost
ly safe, 10 be- presented by them 70 k0ssuth,
highly furnished with solid silver mould
sngs, silver mounted hinges, beautifully
wrought inah0gany wooi- work. an arrange
men, for making cofnpe,e writing desk of
the interior, secret drawers, m inner safe
for money and jewels, and other conyenian-
ces, rendering 1t the most perfect article Of
the kind ever built.
The Boston journal says that at L meet
ng Of the creditors of the Hen Josiah
Quincy. ir., Henry NJ. Hrlbrook, Prleg
w. Chandler and isaac Liyernore were
appointed assiguees at his property. The
assets are stated to he about : 900 900 and
the liabilities within about $500, 900 Of that
amount.
Mrs. Caroline Baldwin has posted Prof.
Eli III, prnc pal Of he feriaie academy at
Nashville, Tenn, for calling her husband.
who had been employed at The academy, an
: ordinary humbug. She snys: II now call
upon him to come forward ana prove hn.
to be such, II ne can, ar will COW hide him
, as a slanderer every time NEE; him in The
. streets oi Nashville" Nashville is great
place, and great people live there The Ia
5 dies, even, are wiling to fight when their
, spirit is raised, as III this case Prof. Ei-
hot. had better compiy with her request
The gentlemen engaged in the express
aud forwarding business in New YOfl, have
resolved to establish bank with large
capital, for the pun pose Of facilitating their
business operations.
most destructive fire occurred in Elizabeth
. City, North Carolina, Friday night, the Cd
, inst. The Mansion House. the pos,eifce the
Old North State newspaper office. and the resi-
dance Of W. L. Main, p NJ. were destroyed
I HE WAS A MAHi-J0hn Schafer, ho
: lied few days since in Montgomery CO.,
ONO, aged G2 years, VAS Ike one Of the
I characters m Shakespeare the like OF whom
We may not look upon ngain." Rev. Mr..
, Rlenehart writes of hun:
The deceased was the largest man that we
ever saw. The cotin was sufficiently large
. TO contain I'VE men Of ordinary size, meas
uriug 10 Width three feet four inches in the
clear, an three feet in height
Three men could have worked in 1t, at
e the same Time, with convenience. 1t re1ui-
e ed six men to take him from the bed on
I which he expired. This was done l,y rails
= 'ng platform, removing the head board of
, the bel stead, and taking him out endwise
$ hey could not get the coffin into the house
r out by taking Off the door facing of an old
vacant house that stood IA the yard, they
get II into hat, and carried The corpse tbtth-
er on three empty bags. wagon and fo:Ir
horses stood prepared, and ten placed
the coffin and rs contents upon il. in let
ting down the coffin into the grave, they
had two lines douheL-one az each eud
and one large well rope IN the middle; and
seventeen men let down ihiS great sprinkle
= Of mo taty into Its last home On earth
j His weight VAS not kno"n.- Gal. Adv.
1 Piss IN the STOMAcH.-Iho London
] Lancet records the death of Il tradesman's
S wife under peculiar circumstances, which
. rendered post luortem examination neces-
I sary. / he stomach contained, IN its lower
] half, nine ounces of pins of purple black
v color, not corroded, all broken or bent and
/ many very pointed. The contents of the
. stomach were very much tickened The
I ''niesiines contained Il mass OF pins, very
tigtuy packed, Of various shapes, similar TO
Y those found III the stomach, aud wholly OBJ
a., 'i,.;~ -.
about pound. The husband of the de-
ceased had never seen her put pms into her
mouth; but her son said he bad observed
y, his mother biting pins, and believed that she
= swallowed them, and stated, moreover, that
he had occasionally taunted her with the
fact, when she corrected him. 1t appear
, that her appetite was always capricious,
= occasionaliy very keen; and her sister in
formed the doctor, thar when child, she
was in lhe habit Of eating starch and slate
I pencil. aud that she had seen her biting
r pms.
WRONG GUEss. "A physician in going
: down street with friend of his said 20 han
''Iet US avoid that pretty ittle woman you
see there on the left she knows 'ne again,
= and casts upon me looks of Indignation.
attended her husband, Sxc.''
"Ah! Understand you: you bad the mis-
fortune TO despatch him"
: son the contrary" replied the doctor,
81 saved him"
: An acquaintance of the Boston Times, n
few weeks since, purchased d box of cigars,
!; warranted frs.quali'y. After smoking half
/ Il dozen, he became convinced thar the fill
| ing was composed or some other material
than tobacco. Taking a small quantity OF
. rich earth. he filled flower pot, and plant
ed one, and then patiently awaited, for a
few days the result. Half dozen buds
appeared, and at the end Of two weeks, as
{, fine a head Of cabbage was grown as ever
| appeared.
{ Ia Charlestown, Mass, Mr. VIM. w.
: SANFORD, who had been doctering a year
or t~o for supposed consumption, lately
took some Ianian medicine, which caused