The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-08-21

Smith Herald, 24th.
THE Cosr OF PRAcr1cAL JOKING
A few days since, near La Grange, the
Conductor of the freight train noticed a
man on the track waving handkerchief.
Supposing that some accident had oc-
CURED, the brakes were put on, the en-
gine reversed, and the train stopped
The man with the handkerchief sloped
across the fields, but the Conductor slo-
ped after him, and overtaking him OH a
sloping spot, gave him a deserved thrash
ing with bell cord.
Two days after, man was discovered
walking on the track. The whistle
squealed and the bell rang out an alarm,
hMt the pedestrian d;dn't hood ei,hor.
The brakes were put down and the en-
gine reversed, but it seemed impossible
to avoid running over the man-whcn,
he stepped lightly aside. and as the train
rolled slowly by-applied his fingers to
his nose. a la b'hoy, and laughed at the
engineer whose train he had checked. The
laugh stopped the train and started the
engineer, who pcunced on the funny pc
desirian and gave him a reasonable :"
drubbing. 1t is supposed that neither Of
the gentlemen will stop another train on
the C. c. and C. Railroad. Cleveland
Herald.
THE LIoUoR LAw.-The Providence
Journal remarks as follows upon the op-
Grafton Of this law in Massachusetts:
The liquor law appears TO he very gen.
orally observed in Massachusetts. In
Boston they are selling under the licenses
granted before the law went into effect !;
but the legality of this, we believe, is TO
be tested. In Cambridge at the last ac-
counts, the warrant, which the officers
refused to serve without bond Of indem-
nifty, remains unexecuted. In most pla-
ces the dealers have voluntarily abandon
ed the sale; in others, the authorities
have issued warnings; and in many pla-
ces voluntary associations Of citizens have
been formed to secure the execution Of
the law.
THE HoLLAsDEns.-Dcr Nederlander,
the Dutch paper published at kalamazoo,
Michigan, and extensively circulated
among the Hollanders in that vicinity,
has cspoused the election of Scott and
Graham. The paper is strongly in favor
of River and Harbor Improvements and
Land Reform. There are very few pa
pers published in America in the Dutch
llnguagc.-.New York Tribune.
PIERCE AND KING AND THE SErTLERs.-
On January 18th, 1889, the following
proposition came up in the U. S. Senate !:
find be it further enacted, That when
any Of the public lands Of the United
States have remained unsold for the space
of fifteen years after the termination of
the public sales, the same may be enter
ed and purchased by actual settlers on
the following terms, to wit: If settler
desirous to purchase for a residence,
eighty, or less than eighty acres, he may
enter and purchase the same at fifty cents
per acre.
Upon this proposition the vote stood,
ayes 81, noes %. Among the noes were
Franklin Pierce and VIM. r. King. The
votes of Senators from Ohio, Indiana. ILL
nois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Arkansas,
Mississippi, Michigan, and Tennessee,
without regard to party, were given for
the provision, which was defeated by the
votes of Pierce and King.
BILIOUS DISEASES DEcREAs1Ne.-A
druggist in this city, long extensively en-
gagged in business here, also physician,
informs us that bilious diseases are fast
on the decrease all through the Western
country. In proof of this. he says there
is not as much quinine sold now in two
months by druggists, as has been some
times sold in two days. The falling of
is so great, that it has materially atiected
! the price Of the article.-Gotena .4dr.