The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-08-28
NEWS ITEMS.

Fair Fugitive" describing the escape of a
young female slave from her master, a Mr..
GLCHRIsT, in Easton, Nd, has been going the
rounds of the papers, copied from the Vermont
Tribune. The Easton Gazette, a paper of re-
liable standing fatty contradicts the whole
story, stating that no woman has run away
ftom that town within the past three years,
and that no person by the name of GLcHRIsT
resides in the vicinity Of the place. 1t says
that either the story was manufactured out Of
whole cloth in Vermont, or that the woman
was an impOstor.
Considerable excitement has been created
at Denton, Nd, by the discovery that an Eng
lishman named JOIN HOWARD, who pretended
to be Methodist preacher, was an impOstor.
The Denton Journal says suspicious were
aroused by the fact that he had contracted en-
gagemcnts of marriage with two young ladies.
Letters had been obtained showing that he is
the same person who figured last year at South
Groton, Mass. under the name of JAS. CooP-
Err, or COwpER, where he married Miss
FLETCHER subsequently he created a sensa-
ton at Rockland Lake, Mass, and in January
last came near securing the charge of the Clay
street chapel, at Richmond, Va. The fellow
was arrested
The departure of the mysterious schooner
Grape Shot, loaded with $4,000 of GEO. LAWS
muskets, from New Orleans, so much alarmed
the Spanish Consul that he Immediately char
tered a fast sailing vessel to carry the intelli-
gence to Havana. The New Orleans Delto
has some speculations on the probable destina
ton Of the Grape Shot, but winds up by con-
Tossing that it knows nothing whatever in re-
gard to her movements.
The Ericsson went down the bay recently
on another trial trip. Only one engine
was in use the other hot being ready, and
it is said she was making about nine or ten
miles an hour as she passed the Battery. The
steamer is laden with coal for voyage to Eu-
rope, and l20 tons of iron. Steam has been
substituted for hot air, but the steam is gene
rated and applied on new principle.
The petrifed body of a man, on exhibition
in Boston, is creating much excitement there
1t is pronounced great curiosity.
ROBERT CAMPBELL, of Georgia, has been
confirmed as Consul to London.
On Wednesday of last week ten negroes
were killed by lightning, while asserting to-
bacco, at Mecklenburg, Va, and about the
same time five horses were killed; the driver
had sought shelter in house close by the team
and escaped.
The Cincinnati Gazette is informed that from
fifteen to twenty lives were lost by the
recent sinking of the steamer Cape May, near
Mount Vernon, Indiana. At last accounts,
five dead bodies had been taken from the wreck
The bridge across Rock river at Rockford
is completed, with the exception of the finish
in" touches of the paint brush. 1t is said to
be splendid structure, and reflects much cred
it upon the citizens of that fonrishing city.
HI. RAYMOND, Editor of the New York
Times, is also the responsible editor of Har-
per's Magazine, and for his duties receives the
snug little sum of $4,000 per annum.
We have $4,000 miles of railway in the
Union, and 100000 invested in them.
Wine is now being made in Texas from the
native Mustang grape. 1t is pronounced by
connoisseurs a superior article, of excellent fla
vor, and possessing all desirable qualities.
ROBERT Schuyler, the swindling railroad
defaulter, was few years ago President of the
New Jersey Transportation Co., and Mr.
HANDY, of Newport was Treasurer of the
same company. Large defalcations were dis
covered, and poor HANDY was next morning
found dead, with a bottle of strychnine by his
side. Did he commit suicide?
1881 emigrants arrived at New Y ork last
month. The amount of foreign emigration
this year will greatly exceed that of any pre-
vious year.
The Deaf Nutcs have contributed $4,000
for monument to the Rev. THOS. H. GALL.W-
DIET, the originator Of deaf mute education in
this country. The monument will be erected
1t Hartford on the 9th Of September.
The President of the United States has rec
ognized ADoLPHE PoNBElET as Consul for
Belgium, at Chicago; and JAMES F. MEI1SE.
the same, at Cincinnati.