The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-05-26
News Items.

Lynch law applied to liquor seller in Glouces-
ter Massachusetts, Thursday night last. His shop
was demolished, and he was ordered to leave the
town.
The Grand Jury Of Boston has just indicted forty
mine tipping houses for violation Of the Prohibtory
Liquor Law.
A" Million Fund" is being raised in Massachu.
sets, to "put through' all rumseIlers.
The La Crosse Co. Democrat has been sold to
LORD & RoDoLPH.
BY the las census, it appears that the whole num-
her of insane and do,ic persons in the States and
Territories 81 ,494.
The law prohibiting the circulation Of small notes
in Virginia, which is to go into effect the first OF
next month, is very unfavorabIy received in some
quarters, and some Of the newspapers in the State
predict from its enforcement the most dreul conse-
quences.
The trial Of Mrs. HAYES for the murder Of Dr..
LUrENER is concluded by verdict Of acquittal the
jury declaring that though they believed the deceased
was murdered, there evidence fix the guilt
upon Mrs. HAYES.
The work Of adding eleven and half acres to the
New York Battery, the Journal says, is steadily go.
ing forward, with every prospect Of being completed
at the time stipulated in the contract.
The enormous bulk of the mails coming West
may be judged by the statement Of the Cleveland
Plandeaer, that there arrived on Wednesday morn.
ing, at the Post Office in that city, $40 bushels Of
mail matter for distribution.
Mr. 10 D,to
charged by Mrs. WILLIAMS with having black
guarded her, vili6ed her reputation, and ruined her
character and the front door Of her dwcllng."
The old tax law Of Ohio has been declared uncon-
stitutiona To obvate the difficulty, a new act has
been under discussion in the Legislature. This, too
has just been defeated by decisive vote. Some
thing else must be proposed, the State will be
without reveaue to meet her obligations.
George Leonard, formerly Of Dunkirk, N. Y, but
more recently Of Danbury, Ct, has been taken to
Boston executive requisi,ion, and committed
to Jail, charge of Obtaining $4,000 worth of goods
10y false pretenccs.-AdU,
Accounts from the East speak of present and
prospective scarcity OF potatoes owing to the preva
lence Of the potatoe rot which is destroying large
proportion of the last years crop. Those who have
the inclination to inquire into the facts in the case,
may find something Of which to take advantage.
The Albany papers announce the death Of RET.
BES WILSON, young printer in the office Of the
J,urnal He member of the Fire Department,
Printers Union, and other Associations, all Of which
unite in expressions Of grief at his demise.
Gov. STEVENS, Of Washington Territory, has
written letter to merchant in New Bedford, re-
commencing the new Territory, as the best place on
the earth for the location Of whaling business.
Springfield, Massachusetts, through its Treasurer,
has advertised $4,000 to loan there bring at pres
ent, requirement for it by the corporation Of that
city.
ROBBERY AT BURLINGTON.-The Jewelry store
Of NJ. Fox. at Burr ington, Iowa, was entered on
Friday night and gold watches, chains, jeweIry, &c.,
stolen to the amount Of $4,000. No clue yet to the
sco,ndrel that did the deed.
Philosophy does not regard pedigree she did not
receive Plato a noble, but she made him so.-Sen
eca.
REslGNED.-It is said that Hon. THOMPSON
CAMPBELL, formerly of Illinois, has resigned the
office Of Land Commissioner in California.