The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-10-20
NEWS ITEMS.

The St. Louis Intelligencer of the 9th inst
quotes prime Upper Mississippi potatoes at
81 so to 1855; choice, SLIGO. Common II
linois Bottom potatoes sell from wagons at 81
to Sl,25.
B. f. Cutting declines running again for
Congress in the city Of New York. He is an
able lawyer, but his talents as Congressman
do not meet the expectations of his friends.
The Univcrsalists Convention, which has
Just closed its annual session in Philadelphia,
adopted strong resolutions in opposition to
slavery and the repeal Of the Missouri Com
promise. 1t meets next year at Middletown,
Conn.
The exports of -four to Great Britain and
Ireland from this country, during the month of
September, have been 2,O7S bbls., against a.
$50 bbls. last year.
Mike Walsh is again candidate for Con-
gress in the city of New York.
The work on several sections of the Hemp
field Railroad, near Wheeling, it is said, has
been suspended.
Frosts on the mountains west of Cumber-
land, Maryland, have, it is said, destroyed veg
citation.
The aledgcd defalcation of S. D. King, late
Surveyor General of California, is only about
$l2,4OO.
The Agricultural Fair at Pittsburgh has
been postponed until Oct. Oath.
In addition to the yellow fever at Charles
ton, disease called the "Broken Bone Fever
has made its appearance there, and is causing
considerable alarm.
A woman named Hester OBrien, native
of South Carolina, died at St. John, n. b.,
on the 18th, at the remarkable age of IL
years.
The Lancaster (Pa.) Herald says the Hon.
Thaddcus Stevens, the great leader of the anti
Masonic party has Joined a Know Nothing
Lodge there.
The Boston Atlas states that there are not
above one-third enough caulkers in Boston to
do the work now on hand.
COL Sumner, U. S. Army, who took out
dispatches to Mr.. SOule at Madrid, has return
ed to Washington.
Lieut.. John Heath, Revolutionary patri-
OF, aged 80 years, recently died at Windsor,
NY.
Matt. Ward has again left Louisville, on &C.
count of the circulation of an inccndiary hand
bill, calling town meeting.
The War Department will send large num-
Der of recruits to Texas and the South West
ern ports about the LIST November.
The question of calling State Convention
in Arkansas has been lost. The majority was
1900.
Judge Irwin died at Harrisburgh, Pa, on
the Goth inst. He was lieutenant in the ar
my in the war Of 1912.
The President it is said, has determined to
send MIR. Wheeler, of North Carolina, to
Grcytown, to ascertain all about the lombard
ment.
The U. S. practicc-ship Prcblc has arrived
at Annapolis. The officers and crew were all
well.
Col. Benton has returned to Washington
from Missouri.
Benjamin Harrison, grandson of the late
, President Harrison, died of yellow fever, at
New Orleans, on the 7th instant, aged II
years.
The Pittsburgh Post says hay in that city is
selling for twenty-cight dollars ton! This
is one of the sad effects Of the drought in that
region.
Ned Buntline is lecturing at Bangor in full
uniform-his subject, as usual, being "Ameri
ca for Americans"
Plum trees arc in blossom in Harrisburgh
Pa.
Thomas Champion, formerly member Of
the Maryland Legislature from Frederick Co..
is dead.
No rain has fallen in Allegheny county
Nd, since early in August, and springs and
streams are dried up.
A bear weighing 275 pounds strayed from
the "John Brown Tract" and was killed al
Union Square, Oswego county. The editor Of
the Syracuse Standard acknowledges the re-
ceipt of fine Slice"
The Louisville Journal has the following
item" Among the curiosities on Main street
yesterday, were eighteen negro men handcufed
in pairs, in charge Of two white men. A LOT
of women and children were following in their
wake
The New Albany Tribune of the 9th inst