The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-10-28
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We see it stated by the Cincinnati papers, that the
proposed great TUNE! in the vicinity OF that CITY is
advertised for letting. The hills The north side OF
the city rise about 200 feet above the upper plain Of
the town, obsructing, excep, in direction, the
tree access OF railways TO the upper part of the
company has been formed to tunnel the hill for the
benefit Of the railways approaching from the Ohio
side This tunnel viii be 5000 feet in length. and
will have 200O feet OF side cuttings. Ii is intended
10 lay 1t with iou tracks, and thu, provide free and
safe entrance into the city fox SIX OF oigh, different
railways.
Recent experiments have shown that steam. as en-
Grated steam boilers, cfcctai cxtiraui.her Of
hFc. \ foreign Journal states that it applied 10
lire en- board steamship, from the boiler. with the
most complete Ii also tried at Trenton
IN an iron mandatory with the same result.
1t Is singular fact. that the Duke of Wellington
never visited Scotland he is SAID have entertain
ed sue, >tlticn that visit tn that country would be
fatal to HIM. The collins in which he is to he en-
closed four in number, incu ding of lead of unit
sua' sohdIty, are IN hand. The inner coffin is of
; spanish mahogany, French polished lined with white
satin; the lead coffin, when the bod, is enclosed " III
he hcrnctrIcay scaled; the third coffin will be SIM
lar to the inner one with the exception of the lining
aud the outer, or state coffin nanufac urcd Of the
finest Spanish mahogany, will lie covered with rich
Genoa velvet thickly studded with Gilt nails arno-
rial bearings and ornaments.
FL AZ
has been supposed they did no exist bv sinking nets
hundred t,ct OF 50, at a distance of 4 dozen miles
from the shore. Fifteen hundred pounds were taken
at one haul lately. Over thirty were then taken
weighing thirty pounds each
Mr. Bancroft has comp ted the 9th volume of his
History of the United States and has been in the
hands of the storeots pers in New York. for several
weeks. OF he fourth volume, issued last spring the
very Large number OF twenty thousand corics under
stood to have been already sold, in this country onc
and there have been editions of ii published in Lon
don and Paris, and half dozen TRANSACTIONS in va
rIo,is parts Of Europe.
FIGHr WITH AWHALE.-The crew # a boat
belonging to the schooner GazclIc, Of Insharn took
voting whale about 40 feet long, on Saiufda, last
Oft Cape Elizabeth. When iirsi seen thrashrr and
sword fish were engaged in assault upon him. and
they continued their assault for nearly two hours
when the whale began to spout blood. At this a
portion Of the crew of the Gazcllc lowered boat
and running alongside Of him, succeeded in throw inc
Il harpoon into him and capturing him. His body all
over, bore the marks of the severe manner in which
his natural enemies had handled him. They had
ripped open his throat aud torn out his tongue; and
torn away most of his tail, and made deep !acisons
into him IN many places.-[}os Trans.
Horses carried by railroad from Cincinnati to
New YORK. or Boston, in five days, and for the sun
of ! l3 each. The omnibus proprictors Of New York
are supplied from Cincinnati The demand for GOOD
sidcrabiy ahead of the supply; the Mexican war
ompticd the pasture fields and stables Of Indiana
Kentucky, OHIO and Illinos, and caused rise
in stock Of fifty per cent.
The Bunker Hill Aurora contains the following
paragraph, which shows at what a sad price many
purchase the golden of California:
"Thrce of our citizens have lately returned from
the country Of gold sick, hoping TO be restored to
health by the ar OF their native climate and the
fitness OF friends but all have died. dropped into the
grave among their kindred, without m either case,
being able 10 communicate TO them any information
respecting their affairs, either in California or here.
They account II great blessing at last to be permit
ted to return home to de-
Prairie du Chen has subscribed $50 900 for rail-
road 10 Madison.
Jenny Lind has given 4O0, 900 Rix Thalcss, to es-
tabsh Il girls school in Sweden.
NEW QUIRK!-At the camp-,neeting at Bethel
last week, IT noticed that some ''New Tesla.
ments,' which were hawkcd about near the camp
ground sold rapidly, especially to the rnconver,ed;
and 1t turned out that they 'earthcrn vesses''
IN the form of books filed with liquor. Two persons
who were engaged in the business were arrested and
hned go and costs each.-[Port. Adv.
a new system of taking chickens to market has
been put in practice. 1t Is simply railroad car on
the principle Of refrigerator, the Sides bottom SC
are filled with some non-conductor OF h at, and at
tached to the axle by ingenious gearing, which
drives bellows pump other cooling machine, that
cApels the hot air and keeps the contents cool Such
a car was loaded with chickens and other FILINGS at
Waterown, few days ago, and passed over the sew
erai railroads to New York.-[Rome Sen.
Herbert, the wild animal man. entered the care at
New Orleans, short time since, in strange dress
whereupon the tiger seized him by the hand. but the
hon stianged the tiger and saved him.