The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-07-24
NEWS ITEMS.

change The sale was made for the Insurance Com
pancs The first bid 900. The price OBJ
tanned S2S, go, the purchaser being n. i.
PALMER, Esq, well known shipping merchant
The price realized comparatively nothing. The
ship it vii! be rccolectcd, was partially burned las,
winter, while lying at her dock at the foot Of Dover
street. The hull however, remained nearly free from
serious injury.
correspondent of the IriIune states that in the
case Of Menafd, French conscript Who is of French
parcn,agc but of American birth, the government has
decided against an application for his discharge,
based on the ground of American citizenship, and he
| is carrying arms under the tricoIor.
| The Nashville Union says that three fourths Of the
cholera deaths have taken place among persons who
use spring WATER while those who coninc themselves
to hydrant water, and are otherwise prudent, have
nearly all escaped. This it says is well demonstra-
ted fact. There had been no cholera interlnents
there for the forty-csht hours ending Saturday eve
ming last.
The Louisville Democrat says: ".i German fair
ono, up in ChiIico,hc, waited on her false lover
ing that she should lie his wife, and then tying
himself to another. Not being quick enough in his
reply. she fred pistol in his face, and-ncaly
spoiled his beauty"
Quite excitement caused at Pqua, says the
Cincinnati, Ga-atc, on the 5!ll inst, by the hosting
of cross over the American flag Catholic
church. The priest Immediately advised to
take it down, and he complied with the advice. Had
he refused. the citizens would probably have torn
down the church.
The Cincinnati Times notices strange mortality
in that city in one locality near Taylor's tannery.-
Out Of twenty-thrce workmcn, nineteen were taken
sick, and eleven had died. The disease is supposed
have originated from drinking stagnant water from
a well.
The Russians, it is said, have sold us their Amer.
lean Possessions with all the ice. fur, and "irrin-
ers'' therein contained If true, this looks like an
..ss, ..".."s In contemplation OF bankruptcy" with
intent to dcfaud Great Britain and France, who have
issued execution the property, but not Yet made
a levy.
The disi,llcry Of p. HowLFr, at Lockhourne,
eleven miles below Columbus, Ohio, was destroyed
by fire Saturday night. the 9th ult Loss 49,
O00-insurancc, $4,000.
j ne new ollCanS IfUN IHcntNpItS Il S;l HCCNlcHI
which occurred at Bayou DIES AlIemands, Sunday,
the 18th ult. Two young men while riding in ski0,
were capsizcd, and one of them swallowed by
an alligator. The other escaped uniniured.
The wife of the Rev. Mr.. LYMAN, rector Of Trim
ity Church, in Pittsburgh, has, by the death of her
father, fallen heir to the fourth fifth Of an estate
worth some two millions of dollars.
The election of U. S. Senators in New Hampshire
has been indefinitely postponed.
The Peoria Republican announces the death of Mr..
JAS. +. MCKENZIE. an cstimablc citizen of that
place. lie Frustrated by an attack of coup d.,
solol, while hunting in the woods, and died in an
hour. Another fatal case occurred in Peoria. A
person fell on the pavement and died in few min
! utes.
A bill has been introduced into the United States
Senate to establish Law Department, the Attorney
General to be the supreme officer, and to have an
Assistant Attorney General at salary Of $1,000 per
annun, and three clerks with salaries at $500 to
: 1900 each.
The Western Ttrqn learns that there are now be-
tween seven and eight thousand head of cattle and
other stock on the way from California to Texas
The China papers state that gold discoveries have
been made in the vicinity Of Canton by some returned
Chinese from California.
As an evidence of the advancement of civilization
in Kansas Territory, it is stated that lawyer has
already hung out his single at Fort Lcavcnworth.
Ripe peaches have made their appearance in the
St. Louis market.
The St. Louis Republican contains list of the dis
asters the western rivers since the 1st Of January
The number of steamboat and faboat accidents Civ
10S and there were besides $50 aI-boats lost
The New Hampshire House of Representatives
passed the Liquor Bill by vote Of l55 to 1O6.
The Stcubcn Courier says the crops in that County
are suffering severely for the want Of rain.
All the American army and navy officers on fur
Tough in Europe, have been called home.
The London Tines gives account Of the escape
Of three English Engineers from Russia. Others
who are still in Russia will probably he detained till
the close of the war.
The whole number of patents f,vorably decided
Upon at the Patent Office, during the past year, will
probably exceed 5000.
child leaning over a tub Of wafer, lost his BAL
ance and was drowned, in Lebanon, Pa, few days
ago.
"A fire occurred at Coxsackic, on the Hudson,
Monday evening, destroying forty bindings in the
business portion Of the place, and $4,000 worth of
property.
WIN. F. STERLING and JOHN DRAKE have been
sentenced to the pcnitcniary by the IT, s. Court of
WISCONSIN, the former for tell aud the latter one
year.