The Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. Territory) 1849-1855, 1852-09-09

Clay.
The Chicago Tribune, say that since the laying Of
railroad tracks, aroud the south Of the lake, wolves
have been heard to the southwark. Farmers have
ceased TO set taps.
The Louisville J,urnal, in copying from Eastern
paper, the account Of very tall fellow, with the
Eastern editors spcculations, TO what this tall tel
low did with his feet when he went to bed, re-
marks:
There is man in Louisville mnch taller, and who
finds no difficulty with his feet, he always when
he lis down, shuts them up like Jack-hnyr.
We will lay wager, that if the Louisville
comes to st. Paul. he Knox under TO ono man we
have here.
COUsTEREEIr two dollar notes on the Southern
Bank ii Kentucky, payable Hickman, are in circu-
laton.
Bills Of the denomination Of ono ,al altered to
FIVE dollars, on the Merchants and Mechanics Bank
of Chicago, are in circulation.
oI5-Steamboats without smoke pipes. are being
built the 'Fhames, England Thu smoke, g., is
let of through the whee-houses. These boats WILDE
valuable where there are bridges.
15-Thc New York, and Eric railroad have one
hundred and thirty miles Of their do,stic track under
contract.
The Boston Transcript, says:
sThe amount of trade with Western merchants. in
city this year, will nearly double that If previous
years
us-The death Of Mrs. General Ia, lor, relict OF
the late President Taylor, occurred ut Pascagoula
La, the 14h ult
Lewis 5 Sandford. Judge Of the Supreme Court Of
New York, died few days since.
machine is exhibition in Steubenvle, Ohio.
for the manufacture Of matches. Ii viii produce e-
Their percussion friction matches al the rate OF 20
900, per minute, or 200 900, per hour.
A woman in Cincinnati, lately severely horse
whipped "a man who was in the habit of frequently
calling to en,icc her husband to grog-shols.
Mess pork in Cincinnati market, has rcachcd the
highest point, twenty dpllars attained since 1885,
IL is concspondngly high in all the Western mar
kcts.
COPPER ARRIvED.--For the last two weeks the
receipts of copper from the mines, have been light
Propeller Mauhatt,n n, Capt. Caldwell, brought down
on the 9Th inst. eleven barrels and fifteen masses
equal to twerty-one tons and half from the Mime
sofa mine and to-day she brought twenty balrels and
nne masses, equal 10 thirteen tons from the No, th-
West.
General Cas-, Of the Tnanv democratic gentle
men, who Were Nominated for President, at the
Baltino G Convention, has made an clabo ate speech
N the senate, giving II as his decided cVav! cton
thai Col. Johnson d,d Kill Tecumsch. This, pfola.
bly,. viii put stop to ali further noise and conis
on this su'Ject-i F,reSt City.
well, farmer you told us your place was good for
hunting; now. we have tranrcd il it 70. thl &c
hours, and found NJ game Just So replied Jona-
than, 'weli calculated a general thing, the Less
game III re Is, the more htmtin- YOU have
The amount of travel and from osx CITY, NAV
be estimated by the fact that during the week enl;nr
July 3lst, there three hundred and ninety seven
passengers arrived by Ffink and Co.'S stage lne aud
during the same time, there thee huadled and
sixty-eieht departures. Much credit is due 90 the
business HABITS of the agent here, Mr. Tavlor
With men such as he, the Iulic ma, be assured
of Kind aad obj -ing IT, ltm@ni, ana The company
Of uihouned success. 'Alay his shadow never grow
less. i K ok. Dem.
The Iron Horse is heading this way. The Chi
eago Tribune, of the llth Instant, SAYS
The Illinois and Wisconsin rail- road Co, has a
locomotive on the way to this CITY, from Buffalo 1t
To- BE- used IN the construction the road Enough
non viii be here shortly, to lay thnty miles Of the
track from this city.
As the steamer Danube, was coming up the river
yesterday, she ian upon loI, when about five miles
below, and sunk In sin feet water. The officers ex-
peced to have her III condition to be mp this morn
ing. We learn that her Ceight was all IN a barge
and Is not inured.-[ Gal. Adr.
The Boston Commonwealth, learns ftom good au-
thortv that prosecutions to he Immediately COM
nenced IN that city against unlicensed dealers IN liu-
uor. An EN-Aldarinan Is mentioned as one Of the
the nst scenes Of operation. The anticipated dciay
IN obtaining judicial opinion the validity of the
licenses now held, alone prevents indiscrlninate
conn lainng against all dealers.
The Boston Jjunrl, say that the cit, watch f.
that city have received o.dcis to report to hcauar-
efS, the name OF every person enci ing house
Of iil-f,ne.
Steam nav igation is near Y suspended on the Ili-
noIs river Tney are polling freight out IN la, boats
4 no q Ft,ti,
rcd poundS.-G Gi. Ada.
H2re are hyC hundred ami seventy sin reasons for
opposin- General Pierce: Since the commencement
of Steamboat nav CATION in the West there have
been $40 b ats sunk by snag> and savers. These.
the democratic Iaitv think is 'unconstItu ional' to
remove. They are 80 economical as 10 prefer de-
stiov STEAMBOATS, rather than slaas, and To save ex
pcnSe rather than lifE-[ Az. Ere. Jom
Oac Of those reasons is probably sufficient, for or
posing Scott.
1t is positively affirmed. that Hon. James
BROOKS, 4 New York, viii succeed NJ. Hail. as
Posturis tct General.
Every Boy AND GIRI-, should learn to SWIM
Ii costs nothing, not trouble and is wol III more
than all the Latin and music ever learned A good
swimmer is not Likely 10 l.. Ei,htened out If his
senses and IN cases of ni danger, his services
are avaiiahc in more way, than one. BY all ii, ans
learn how to swim.
ERIE RAiLwAY.--Thc anou,t Of tolls collected
on the Enc railway. 10 the Isl last, during tho pres
ent year, is ISIS, 1872 Dnriu che hs five months
OF leoi tn 81 pail this year, would lace the total
toll at e3.f1 SIS. exceeding by 500 .000 the to lis
collected last year, on the State Canal>.--[Reg.
HALE NtLLIoN MADE ny ADvrRrrsIyG.-
c team i.om the London P,,t,rsai Tt,ies that Hal
ioway, the iamous pili-vender, expens yearly, one
hundred thousand dollars in advertising, aad has
CLEARED about half mion doliars, within SIX wears.
Comment Is unnecessary II ET.
TUE NEW WoDE or ENBAt The BODY
Of Mr. BaIuun the unfortunate indiviGu. who coni-
nitted suicide by juup'ng out ct a window at the
W aShington Hotel, about week since, has been
emsa!ined b, Dl. Piiate, at the City Hospital The
Doctor mecy opened the carotid artery, and inject
cd substance, known only to himself, ,io it, The
effect wonderful, the body comm need dali, 20
grow harder and haider and is now IN a condjo
whi"h thc Doctor assures us, neither time nor eli
mate eau Effect j ~. Of Can.
DRYrNc IoMAToEs.--The Ohio Cultivation
SAID early last summer:
We ale some very tine ioInatoes not long since
dried Iii the following hammer: Frun iuil, ripe
was s>a!'ird strained through u sieve, slowly