The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-07-25
NEWS ITEMS.

the Lexington Cemetery, n.y., is to cost from $780,
900 to 100000. The committee offer premium
of $500 for the best plan. After all, how tame are
all the forms Of ''du cold marble, - erected in honor
Of that great man, compared with the living memory
that will burn in every true American heart at the
mention Of his name, and which will endure in its
full brightness when the chiselcd rock las crImbcd
| into dust.
In the vicinity of Henderson, Ky, the apple trees
are dying off with great rapidity. The cause of this
fatality is attributable to peculiar kind Of worm
which, it is feared, will work great destruction in the
apple orchards throug hout that section of country.
The contractors who built the Chicago and Rock
Island Railroad, Mcssrs. SHEFFIELD s. FARNAM,
and who were entitled to it until all the sections
were orencd complete, have delivered over the Road
to the Company, according to contract. The Stock
of the Company thus transferred, is $3.50 ,OOO the
Mortgage Bonds, S2,OoO,O 900. The equipment will
soon qurc 0C0 additional stock. Um,cr no
future contingency, the Board of Directors have de-
Jared, is the whole construction to exceed $4,000
100. The length of the road is Isl miles.
The Chicago Democrat learns that the earnings of
The GaIena and Chicago Union Railroad for the month
of June amounted to $40, 900, being thousand
dollars in advance Of the month Of May.
Later adyccs have been received from Mexico
The cholera had not ahatcd. A report was current
hat Gen. ALVAREZ, the leader of the AGA pulco in
surrccton, was dead.
The St. Louis local mail agent, MILLIGAN, ar
rested for robbing the mall has been held to bail for
trial in the Of $4,000 for himself, and $4,000
Tor Mr.. WIN, Fulton, his security.
GEO. THOMPSON, of the Mcndi Mission, Africa,
thinks the missionaries have discovered the very
head of the Niger river. in the Kong Mountains.
1t has been asccrtancd from full examination OF
the books, that the Harlem Railroad Company los,
by the Schuy Ter and Kyle frauds, $780, 900.
The New York correspondent of the Boston Trans.
crim says of Mr. SCHUYLER, that he graduated a,
Harvard University in 1917 lie says, also, that he
contracted a secret marriage more than quarter OF
{, century ago, and that the man ana vie have
since lived in separate houses, and kept up two dis
tnct establishments TO this day.
Lady FRANKLIN refuses to accept widows pen
sion. Sir JOHN, she says, is not dead. Acting,
however, with the contrary conviction expressed by
the lords of the Admiralty, the prcrogativc OF
Cantelb bury has granted probate Of the will, made be.
fore his cmbarhation, by THos. BLANKY, master OF
the ship Ttror.
The fist railroad in Brazil was thrown open to the
public on the 3O'h of last April, the inauguratng GER
cmonics taking place in the presence Of the Emperor
and Empress, and immense cOncoursc of the lead
ing pcrsonages Of the empire. The director on tn,
occasion received the title Of Baron dc Maria, and
the Chief Engineer that ofhc Imperial Order Of the
Rose.
Eleven beds Of coal have been discovered in Ken.
lucky, in the recent geological examination in tina,
State, by DR.. ID. ID. OWEN. The beds vary from
two to five feet in width, and are in the southwestern
part Of the State.
a salt spring has been discovered near Springfield,
in Toulumc comfy, California. The spring g,,shcs
out of hill side, flows short distance, and then
emptcs into small lake, which is supposed to be
deep. The Sonora HuaM says bushels Of salt nigh,
be gathered in the vicinity.
The celebrated trottcr, Mac, Tacony and Frank
Forester have been sold at auction Mac at 81, 100,
Tacony $500, and Frank Forester at S2,25O.
The citizens of Rockford, H., have determined to
eSpend $4,000, during the present year, in enlarg
ing their Female Seminary,
The Savannah, (Geo.) journal recommends the
formation of association at the South, in oppos-
ton to the Emgrant Aid Society of Massachusetts.
No appointment had been made on the 18th at
Washington, Of Governor of Nebraska, in place Of
Gen. BUTLER, who dccliacs.
The failure of Messrs. WILLIS s. Co.. stock bro
kers of b OILS announced. Their liabilities arc
large, but the Boston journal says there will he no
ultimate loss.
Capt. S. c. REID, the brave commander Of the
prvatecr brig Goi. armstrong, famous for her
r'bc battle against the forces of British squadron
at Fayal, in 1914, lately paid the editor of the Ma
h'nm Intelignca visit. He is still in vigorous
health.
The caorc ship Ericsson is announced as again
ready for sea, and is make another trial trip in
few days.
The Congress Of Honduras have granted to the
Honduras Railroad Company $500 900 acres Of land
to aid in the construction of that road
"God Save the Queen and "Rue Britannica
and the March OF the Grand Sultan ABDEL-MED-
JID-KHAU, are hcnccforth to form part of the list Of
airs to be played by the bands Of the French army.
The Boston military who guarded the extradition
of BURNS, have, it is said, contributed the sum
quisc TO his freedom.
Judge WOODBURY., of the Supreme Court of Penn
sylvan'a, has given opinion fully sustaining the
Sunday liquor law.
An attempt is about to be made to cultivate tea on
the Ohio river, in the vicinity Of Cincinnati gen.
tleman has imported twelve Cinnamon to superintend
the work.