The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1852-12-25

| MILWAUKEE BY Gas LIGHT.--On Wednesday
evening last our City was lit. for the first time
with gas, and the manager ofthe Company, Mr.
John Lockwood, gave handsome entertain
ment, in honor ofthe occasion, in Ioungs Hall
A capital repast. served up by Beldcn of the
"1fOme. the prince of caterers. and qualified
! by Champagne of Home Manufacture Uong-
worth's sparkling Catawba' y received full Jus
tIcc at the hands of the invited guests: and af-
/ ter this business had been satisfactorily disposed
! OF. speeches, songs and sentiments followed in
rapid succession till past midnight. The occa-
sion was joyous one. and SO the assembled
company deemed it, and a right merry time
they had; Mr.. Upham, who's presided kept the
ball in motion with great spirit. admirably sec
ondcd by his Honor, Mayor Croker, who made
the speech of the evening.
! The event deserved cOmmemoration. II is the
fortunate cOnsumatiOn of an enterprise which
speaks well for the public spirit and liberaliy of
( Milwaukee. All credit is due to Mr. John Lock
wood and his ndefatigable right hand man. Mr..
George l.. Davis, for the manner in which they
have done their work; and we are sure that all
our citizens will echo the wish that they may be
abuudantly rewarded for their enterprise and
labors--.Niltraufee Sent
! We learn that the Cleveland Norwalk and
| Toledo Railroad is short so much iron. by loss
on the Lake and delay in carriage that the
roads completion, this winter. is doubtful
Sondusky Register.
Don't LAY that fattering junction to your
soul, ncighbor Register. The last shipment
of iron for the road has been made at OswcgO
and wind and weather permitting the road
will be completed through by the first day of
January, 1883 and the cars running in unbro-
ken string from Chicago to New York! Won't
there be jubilee Railroad Celebration about
the opening of the New Year? Sandusky
shall be invited.
GEN. SCorr.-It is gratifying to perceive that
political hostility has not rendered the Demo
cratic party insensiblc to the brilliant military
services OF General Scott. At their New York
celebration, the following was given from the
char among the regular toasts, and was drank
amidst hearty cheering
".NdjOr General Winfield Scott: His emil
nent services as military chieftain entitle him
to the grateful thanks of a free people"
Several OF the speakers referred to the reli-
ance which the whole country would feel in
General Scott. as the commander of its armies
if war should unhappily break forth while
! General Walbridge went so far as to express
hope thai the President elect will recommend
the Senate to invest his late antagonist with
the honOrs of Lieutc,.aut Gencral.-RtpuJIic
G.. G. Rowland, Esq, who died stc,ae months
ago i'll New York. left an estate valued a. near
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his estate was in the stocks of various cOmpan-
les, which were sold al auction on the 18th ult
The stock Of the Panama and San Francisco
| line of steamers sold for Ia, and the Panama
Railroad sold for III for every 100 paid in.
HOG SPEcULArIoN-It is said that Mr.. David
White Of Indiana. lately made the sum of SCO.-
600 by one sale Of hogs. owing to the late ex-
traOrdlnary rise i'll the price of that cytraOrdi-
nary animal, and he calculates to make $780,
600 before the season closes. The spirit of
speculation is getting to be not little rampant
in the land.
CHILD ExPosED.-On Friday or Saturday last.
we understand, the conductor of one of the
! trains on the Lake Shore Railroad. observed an
obstruction placed across the track of the Con-
neaut bridge, timely enough to stop the pro-
grcss OF the engine. On approaching it PROV
ed to be box, which when opened exposed to
view a fine, smiling babe! The child has been
placed with the Superintendent of the County
lntirmary.-.qsh. TIL.
GOLD BY THE Ton, WITHOUT OWNERS The
correspondent of the London Times writing
from Melbourne, Australia, says: -
Zone circumstance is not perhaps, altogeth-
CT undeserving of notice There is now at Mel
bourne large quantity of gold, which was
sent from the diggings hy escort. and which has
never been claimed. The amount is stated at
eight tons. and these eight tons of gold are
watched and wardcd by corporal and FIVE
men,
The same correspondent. after noticing the
scarcity of means of transport to and from the
diggings,'' adds:
The last Government escorts of gold
were loaded in bags on the horses The project
of a railway to Mount Alexander has been
started at Melbourne. The prclminaries are
settled and great hopes are entertained of the
| undertaking. inst
pie at the Mount, and the cost of carriage for
flour alone amounts to SI2O,OOO per month";
! CALIFORNIA LIGHT IIoUsE.-Thc first Light
House on the Pacific coast within the possess
ions of the United States has been erected and
lighted at San Francisco, by private enterprise
Upon the declvity below the light house a fog
bell has been placed. Both, the San Francisco
Wing says. will prove of much service to ships
entering the harbor.
There is report that some of the Sioux
chiefs have been behaving badly and that Gov.
Ramsey had been compelled to put one of
them in irons-somcthing which the Governor
would not hesitate to do if the chief deserved
it.-GaIcnd .7dr.
PERTIs OF THE DEEP-On the 21st ult the
propeller SciOta picked up small boat on
Lake Michigan. containing several persons,
which had been ten days adrift, without fire or
warm food One of those rescued was an old
tar, who fought under Perry on Lake Erie.
MAssACHrsETTs.-Thc Electoral College of
Massachusetts met on the LIST inst, and caSt
thirteen votes for Winfield Scott and William
A. Graham for President and Vice President
of the United States. Old Massachusetts, is
walking out of the fOg.-Gaiena .ddr.
MORE GOOD HUNrING.-Mr. c. A. Dcsilva. of
DOdgeville, brought us a fine fat buck last week.
weighing l20 pounds This was one of % ofthc
same sort killed by Mr.. Dcsiva in six days hunt
| ing.--.Mineral Point Tribune.
The L. S. Steam Ship Princeton is bad fail
urc. In her recent trip to Halifax six knots an
hour was the most that cOuld he got out of her.
As one of the Japan Expedition she will prove
an incumbcrance. The Mississippi is also very
! slow. The Government, so far, has been most
unfortunate in its construction of steamers.
| None of our Public Vessels cOmpare with the