The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-21
NEWS ITEMS.

The New York Tribune says, there are five hun
bred printers ont Of employment in that city, The
Express mentions, that one principal Iron Work
there recently discharge 500 men. The scarcity Of
money and the difficulty of closing contracts is referr-
ed to as the principal cause.
Jackson tried at ST. Louis for the murder of Laid.
law the theatrical scene painter, has been acquitted
judge from the tone of the St. Louis papers, that
the public opinion there condemns this verdict, and
rightly.
The Milwaukee Sentinel estimates the value of the
exports of Wisconsin for the year 1884, at ten mil
lions Of Dollars. OF this sum, Five Millions Of
exports were sent from the port Of Milwaukee.
The Springfield Journal says, that the Farmers
and Mechanics Bank of that city has gone into liq-
uidaton. John T. Stuart, Esq, has been appointed
Receiver, and has entered upon his duties. rs
The Mississippi is not yet closed at Galena. They
continue to skif it at Dubuque, with difficulty and
danger. This state Of things may continue for a
month, though probably not more than week or two
longer.
The City Sexton Of Chicago reports the number of
deaths in that city for the month Of November at
200, Of which number. 40 died Of cholera.
The Empire City Bank, New York City, did not
make good its exchange at the clearing house on the
9Th, instant, which is considered equivalent to fail
ure.
Fisher, Democrat, has been elected President of
the Iowa State Senate Two of tie Wings voted
Loco Foco. s..... g..
The steamer Baltic sailed from New York to L;v-
erpool the 9th, with thirty6ve passengers and
specie.
Counterfeit fves Of the Casco Bank of Portland
are ia extensive circulation in the neighborhood of
Boston. -,-t ~ o.. ..~.,,. 80.
Kehee, who was convicted at Toronto for the MUIR
der Of his wife, has been executed.
The dogs in San Francisco must be as great nu-
they in Constantinope. The last receiv-
ed Placer Times announces that "the Plaza is board
ed up by order Of the street commissions,
Of the depredations Of number Of dogs the grass
plots. -'f.t .t-,~s', . .......,
A little girl named Comery, Of Lowell, Mass, a
sister Of one of the carriers Of the News, day or
two since found check the Atlas Bank OF Boston
for $3.50, which she returned to the owner. lie
made her a present of s'thankee"-and that was
all.
Ffy.three slaves, freed by the will of the late Dr.
Charles Everett, of Virginia, have just left Peters
Dargh' Virg'nia, for Pennsylvania, where they are
to be located with outfit Of one thousand Eve hun
dred dollars each.
The Detroit Advertiser, in reply to the question
'sWho is @. X. Philander Doesticks, P. p, saws
it Mortimer NJ Thompson, formerly Of Ann Arbor
and at present clerk in in South Street. in
Detroit. -tst sre Ers
Mexican, caught running away with negro wo-
man, was recently tried at GoIiad Texas, and SEN
fenced 10 one hundred and fifty ashes, to be branded
with the letter T on his forehead 't
The wifs of William F. Thayer, Of Gainesville.
New York, committed suicide on Sunday afternoon
last by hanging herself in the woodshed to her hus-
bands house. No reason il assigned for the mcan-
choly act. "a. <st-3t1.,s
The editor Of the Coutland county Wing, says he
has been presented with egg laid by chicken Of
last spring, which weigh four ounces, whose smaller
circumstances 10 6 IA inches, and the longer IA
inches.