The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-04

m en- are too hlgh. lEc cuisequci'ceS l. an al
most total failure in the receipts of coal, while
the supply in the various yards OF that city is
probably not more than enough for a week S
consu inptlO!;.
1:SJ- The ladies of Moline. Illinois, have CT
ganizcd IA society. to be known as The La
dies Maine Law Society. OF Moline. The fol-
lowing is the fourth article OF their constitu
ton:
"Young ladies belonging to this society are
not to receive iivoraby the company Of those
gentlemen who use Intoxicating drinks
| y NOBLE BEQUEsr.--The Bangor (MeD Whi2
learns that the late Thomas Drew, ESQ, recent
/ y deceased. has left by his will the SUN CT
twenty thousand dollars as a portion Of Il per
ulanent fund for the establishment Of a Farm
School for the right training and education Of
boys.
c;-- Avoid Il man that is all jaw. Remcin-
bcr the more person talks the less he knows.
It's your mean geese that are always cackling
not the fat ones. Rccollect this, and avoid
a MAN who has the gift Of "gab" as you would
one that had the measles.
| 9zSs- The Clraveland Plaindealer appre-
hends that the next Congress will be made up
of explosive Materials The Buffalo Com
mercial thinks there is at least good reason to
suppose that it will blow up the Pierce -id
ministration.
! IT c. c. HOFFMAN, who recently returned
from the East with large and select stock Of
boots and shoes, comprising the most substau
| tal and fashionable articles to be found in the
market, has now offered them, and is ready to-
supply understandings ior the people at the
lowest cash prices. Give him call.
I2.:- Soriie editor says that the destiny Of
the world hangs on trife. a little milf be-
tween Charles Bonapartc and his love, Letitla,
night have broken of marriage which gave
birth to Napoleon and the battle Of Waterloo.
To which the Chicago Advertiser says: Yes,
| that is fact. Supposed little milf had taken
place between Adam and Eve. What then
| TINE TO PREPARE FOR SPElNG.-The Indiana
Farmer says: do not let the fall pass with
out having done something to facilitate the
spring work. Farmers should rccollcct that
the fall and latter part of the summer season
is an excellent time for destroying weeds briers
and other fence shrubbery-rectiying old and
rcsetting new strings of fence setting gate
posts and hanging gates, with other things too
numerous to mention. All the necessary work
that is too often left over as being spring work,
that tends to hinder the farmer from his crop
that must be attended to in time or lie is going
back.
g:S- The great bell Of Vienna weights 3d.
400 pounds, and small family could live con-
venicntly under the immense structure. Eight
men are required to ring it, as the clapper
alone weighs l. 100 pounds. In the room with
the clock is stationed a man to watch for the
breaking out Of fires in the city and suburbs
He takes the angle by means Of fine telescope.
and on chart prepared for the purpose, finds
the street and house, ard the alarm is then 81
ven.
The IRoH FOrNDR!Es OF PiTTsEuRG.--It is said
that there are now in Pttsburg thirty-cisht iron
! foundries of which nine are almost exclusively
employed in the manufacture Of stcam-cngincs,
and twenty-nine in the manufacture Of various
kinds of hoiOnwarc, machinery, &c. The
founirics which are employed in the manufac
ture uf steam-cng gnes, consume yearly 5000
tons Of wrought iron, 9 200 tons Of pig. employ
G4O men. and produce I20 steam engines every
year Their net capital is $4,000. The heay-
lest establishment among the other foundrico is
the Fort Pitt Works. In this establishment
there were built some years since t%o iron
steamers of four hundred tons each aid rcve-
nue. cutter, which latter craft is still in exist
ence upon Lake Ontario. In 1853, the Fort
Pit. Wo-ks consumed 1925 tons Of pig iron,
and 900 tons of wrongh: iron, and employed
2GO hands. They are now engaged on gov
ernmcnt order for twcnty-one guns, called Co
lumbians having teE-incf bore, and throwing
one hundred and twenty-four pound shot. Ii
is estimated that the total amount Of pig iron,
blooms and scraps, annually consumed IN Fits
burg is at least equal to 227 ,37j tons.
LAKE SrPERloN FLEEr-Thc Lake Superior
Journal says that at one time during the past
week, we noticed eight steamers and several
vessels in this port. Below the falls there were
four, and four also above. Eight years ago the
first steamboat was put on Lake Superior, at
which time we had but one small steamboat
plying between the Saut and Mackinaw now
We have eight steamers here in one day.
10 Six mills in st. Louis ceased operations
on Saturday, in consequence ofhavlns no wheat
to grind. The millcrs are unwilling to buy
wheat for Touring at present pr.ccs oi "hea'
and flour.
TnE OUTRAGE AT EIISwoRTH.-The Rev. }.
| Bapst. of Bangor, who was tarred and fcathered
and ridden on a rail by cruel and Infamous