The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-10-07
Varieties.

point Of novelty:
; WIFE Wmted,--I have under my charge a
see married to a suitable widow lady. Beauty and
wealth are deemed Indispensable small family
objection, and Southern country lady acceptable.
Persons disposed 20 act mediators, with exclusion
of the designated lady, daring the prclimnares and
willing to agree "a compensation, may communicate
for two weeks post paid, to Alphonso 7. Bernard,
Philadelphia, Pa.
The Boston Evening Post, published in the city Of
notions in 1875, has the following curious advertise
ment of negro printer for sale:
''To he sold by the printer of this paper, a negro
man, about 80 years DID, who do both town and
country business very well but will suit the country
best, where there arc not many dram shops ax we
have in Boston. He has worked at the printing bI
sness fifteen or sixteen years, can handle axe, saw +,
spade, hoe, other instrument Of husband,y AZ well
most men, and values himself, and IS valued by
others, for his skill in cookery, and making SOAP.
Now -a-tay' it would read soup. [PIosEER.
Col. Mix has arrested J. Y. M'Cabe, late Post
master at Coouvii, Miller county, Iowa. for robbiny
the mail at that place, his wife akso ARE sted
The report IL, tGat about hundred letters were
found under school house, ri6cd Of their cuntens
A few weeks ago, Mr.. VIM. Pink residing
some miles east of Taycheedah, in digging a well
found lump of copper almost pure, weighing I6 lbs
and IL ounces; tins Is the largest lump found in
this county-tFond du Lac Jour.
Six collins are said y the Lowell News. - have
come down in train, the Lowell and Nashua
railroad, variousiy Marked and appearances, smell,
&c, strongly indicated tn, the ssyits still remained in
them.
They have Scott man in Tennessee, according To
the Atlas, Col. Henry, who is the most terrific ora
tor, overwhelming. all -ubdung DICTATOR, ever Scar
ed up" in those larts> He frightened a thunder
shower so, that it begged his permission TO pass over
and an earthquake inquired If Col, Henry WIS in
town, before it dared to STANDARDIZATION Post.
A gentleman from the South, while viewing the
stock at the New York State Fair, at Utica on Fri;
day last, discovered that one was cutting open
his pocke III which was the Of 81, 900. He
waited until his pocket OPEN and then drew
Il bow'e Knife and plunged il info the heart of the
rcbher, killmg him Instant, after which he gave
himself up to the authorities.
II is stated OF fire best authority, that between I5D
and 100 persons died in New York city within the
pa-t twelve months of delirum tremens, Also in the
same time, y murders were committed in that city in
consequence Of intGXication, and almost 10 900 five
day commitments were made for drunkeness,t
The Chief Engineer Of the Illinois Central Rail-
road, has made his report. From it, we learn that
The Road with It's branches, is to be six hundred and
ninety-irInc miles long. 627 miles viii I've straight
road; 33S mikes Of this road will be level; on II3
miles. the ascent will be Ices than 10 feet to the mile
ON us, from 10 to 70 feet; 70, from 20 to 80; on
1872 from 30 to 40 and on 2 mile, tl,c ascent viii
be ~ feet to the mile. The amount of land which
has been appropriated by Government for the benefit
Of the road, 2,6Sl 100 acres, which as cw an est
mated value of S29, f06, 900.
Benton's majority, officially reported in tI,e st.
Louis district, is S47 votes.
young, very handsome, and intelligent booking
girl, 20 years of age, calling herself John Hastings
but better known as Mary Jane Hastings, alias Mary
Jane Rhoades, altlred in male apparel, was arrested
on the first inst, on Boston Common. she b,lorcs
to Providence. and has the reputation Of being uci-
pocket.
Mr. Lowell Mason writes homes that il has become
fashionable III England, and to some extent On the
Continent, to omi, the nterlue the organ between
the sanzas of the hymns. The adoption of about
twothirds of this fashion, by some Of Our churches
would not be amiss.
Upwards of 5000 head Of fat hogs have been ship.
ped from Dayton, Osborn, and Enon, during the past
three weeks, destined for New York they 90 BY way
of Mad river and Lake Eric and New York and Erie
Railroads.
MIR. M0not, Of the New York Hotel is arranging
Tor the construction OF large hotel to I've built Of
white marble and 10 cost about $500 900. II will
front Madison Square.
There are 400 900 Indians in the United States
Territories west of the Mississippi. Among them.
are laboring hundred ordained miss ;ou1ries be-
sides assistants, and 10000 Indians are conmuni-
cants.
The bar keeper Of the Troy dredging machine I'M
dertook to commit suicide last week by stranc,iuc
himself with bed wrench. Cause--Jeaiousv Of the
second mate.
The Merr mack Company. in Lowell paws tax of
SI3.oOo' J ne total valuation OF the city is So
0o4,I36; 5000 $50 of which is the property of
manufacturing corporations. The Of taxation is
b. cents on each : 100
The present force in ireland is hrrer than if has
been for the previous six months amounting to up-
wards OF % 900 man
The apple crop near Cincinnati is ur,rsI,a, large
the trees literally breaking down witt, the weight
Of the fruit. There arc scarcely any peaches
new Paper Mill has just been started at Moline.
Iowa.
The English language is now spoken by about sew
enty five millions of people.
recent bull ieht Madrid, Cor the benefit of the
poor, realized 5000 francs.
a writer from PeariShmrgh, Giles county Va.
says:-''At Il distance Of three mills from thi.
place, where some workmen were blastinr rock hav
ing made an excavation Of ten or twelve feet the
earth gave way, and all were plunged into a large
room, apparently dug ont. At the further extremity
oil the ROOM human skeleton was found in a l.,un'r
posture, reclining, as II seems. against the sides of
Inc cavern, 'md seated upon something resembling
cnes'. No clue as yet is known get at The history
Of the human relic
The officers of the Michigan Agricultural Society
are actively engaged in preparing for the State Fair
which Is To b, hell IN Detroit on the 22f 23d and
9th of this month. fine Ia, on the s.Cass farm
IN the lower part of the city, containing about Is
acres, has been enclosed for the purposes of the Cat
tie Show.
LIGHT DINNER.-The dinner of the Amer can
Vegetarian Society came of At New York on the 18th
nit. About 50 persons attended. Dr. Alcott presd-
ed. Dr. Nichols apoIogscd to the audience for the
absence of the dinner and hoped they would Just iu,
gine the dinner over and the cloth removed and he
would commence tho intellectual pant Of the festival
by proposing the first Of tn regular list of toas,s-
Chicago Jour.
The EoUINocrIAL.'--W have 10 appcaran-
ccs, fairy entered the ccuinoctial blow out and
We venture the opnioa that storm ever had a more
hearty welcome. The Illinois and other Rivers which
have been ''down IN the month so long. viii doubt
less get high over it, and produce dealers will have
to acknowledge the corn. We learn the Illinoi, has
already felt the effect of the recent rain and we may
anticipate full stage of water in it, the balance #
the scason.--Chacaeo Jar.