The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-06-17

WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT The La Crosse
Democrat says that lawyer is needed at Spar
ia, the county seat of Monroe county. This is
the first time we have ever heard of an opening
for one of that enterprising class of community
that was not filled before there was time to
make the fact known.
SOUTHERN WISCONSIN RAILRoAD.--Wc were
pleased to learn, (says the Milwaukee Sentincl)
just as we were going to press, that arrange
ments between the directors of the Milwaukee
Il Mississippi and Southern Wisconsin r. Il.
Companies, lave been made, by which the
speedy completion of the S. W. Il. II. from
GAINESVILLE through to the Mississippi. connect
| ing with the NJ. Il NJ Il. II. is secured, so far as
! the directors can secure it. 1t only remains
now for the people of Milwaukee and of Rock,
Green, Lafayette and Grant counties, to come
up earnestly to the work, and the thing is DONE
With prompt action on their part, the good
work of binding themselves together with an
iron band will soon be completed.
10" Ifyou want good times, advertise for
them and they will come.
DISADVANTAGE OF BEING SMALI.-A sick man
was told that nothing could cure him but
quart of catnip tea. Then l must die said
he. Il DOM hold but pint"
rs The Washington correspondent of the
n. Y. Courier and Enquirer says the Cuban fill
busters have 1900 fighting men on their rolls
and that at least 10 per cent. of this number
would be for action at II moments notice. Gen.
Qnitman is at the head of the military organic
alton.
I:c- The two ncghbors who "fcll out"
have got in again. Neither of them were in
jurcd.
10 The man who made shoe for the foot
of a mountain, is now engaged on a hat for the
head Of a discourse.
FROM THE PINEHY.-The Stevens PIT Pincry
of the lst inst, s,ys that the Wisconsin river
is rather low, and not much lumber running
Some of the lumbcrmcn had returned, after go
ing as far as Galcna.
The Pincry says that the stock in the Mil
waukcc e. Horizon X. Il. Co., is being taken 'as
fast as Mr.. Messenger. the Agent, can make out
the papers. Some SIS, 900 had been subscrL-
cd at Plovcr.
Css~ An election is to be held in Texas in
August. when the question of License or
NO License is to be decided. We observe by
the Texan papers that strong temperance
feeling is awake and growing in that State and
the friends of the prohibitory law seem to be
quite certain of success in the election.
The Wheat crop in this country never look
ed better than it does at present, and unless
some unforeseen event should occur the yield
must DC unusually large Oshkosh Courier.
70 The Hotel business in New York is said
to be completely ovcrdonc, and not half as
profitable as it was last year, owing, probably
to the multitude of second class hotels and
boarding houses which originated with the
Crystal Palace.
THE NEBRASKA BrI~-Bells were tollcd in
Utica, \. V. on receipt of the news that the
President had signed the Nebraska bill.
10 In Kccnc, \. H.. when the news of the
passage of the Nebraska outrage reached the
village, minute guns were fired, all the bells in
the village were toled, and the American flag
was hung with black. In Hartford the bells of
the city were tollcd for an hour for the same
reason.
! NEpRAsKA.--Fcw persons have any idea of the
thousand miles in length its area five hundred
thousand square miles, and it will form twelve
States, each as large as Ohio.
TT Dartmouth College holds its Com
mcnccmcnt on the 25th Goth and 9th of July.
CoIORED DEIEGATEs-A very interesting dis
cussion occurred in the convention of the Epis-
copal church in Philadelphia, last week, on a
motion to admit the delegates from st. Thomas
Church (COlOrcID TO seats in the convention
The motion was lost Ivy the following vote of
the clergy, there were as ayes to Il nays.
Twenty four churches were represented by the
laity, of these 81 voted aye. Al nay, and one di-
vilcd The two orders not agreeing, the mo-
ton was lost.-Cin. Gag.
The color of mans skin is no test of his
Christian character in Minnesota.
DAILY PArEEs IN ENGIAND.-Mr. Bright, in
the course of a late speech in the British House
ofCommons, on the subject of restrictions upon
the press called attention to the fact that there
was but one daily paper in all England, out of
London.
A San FRANCISCO bishop, in a late sermon,
speaking of Peters denial of the SAVIOUR, said,
"And why did Peter weep: Because he had
committed crying sin A very neat pun.