The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-07-26
NEWS ITEMS,

Col. BIssELL, of Illinois, is about to resign his
seat in Congress, and retire to private life. Col. b
has distinguished himself upon the battle field, and
in the councils Of the nation and his retirement vii
be everywhere regarded public loss.
The New York Evening Mirror is informed by a
person just from Panama, that he is of party OF
EGG stout young Irishmen, shipped three fou
months ago by the Panama Railroad Company, direct
from Ireland, at dollar per day, board and traveI
free, and of whom, when the informant was shipped
from the ISihmus to New York, less than 100 wer,
living. The average length of life of those who
reached Panama, % days.
The Liquor Inspectors Of Ohio held a meeting
lately at Columbus, at which they resolved that all
distilled alcoholic Liquor must coma n not less than
the following per cent. Of alcohol, to wit Brand
30, Gin As, Scotch Whisky so, Irish Whisky Sc,
american Rye Whisky so, American Corn Whisk,
Is; and that all liquors, alcoholic, produced by tta
mcnta;ion without dist!aton, shall be recognized il
accordance with the following: Wincs-Por 20 pei
cent, Madeira 90, Sherry 10, Lisbon Is, CErct IL
Catawba II, Malaga Is, Champagne 10, Burgundy
10, Muscat Is, Currant 10. Malt Liquors-AIe s
per cent, Porter 4. Sacheane-Perry per cent.
Cider g.
A balloon took place at Hartford, Conn, or
the 4h Of July, which was witnessed by some 20.
900 persons. The two balloons were occupied, tn
one by il Mr.. Brooks, and the other by Mr.. PAU
LIN, of Philadelphia. The former started first b,
being ovcrtaken and passed by PAULIN, rose abov.
BROOKS, when the two, after pleasant sail togeth
er of about an hour, descended safely nine miles from
Hartford.
The scythe factory OF Hon. ISAIAH BLOOD, a.
Ballson, Saratoga Co., n. Y, was entirely destro,
ed by fire on the 9th. About one bundled person,
were thrown out of employment by this calamity.
An Irishman named CoSNELL has been commit
ted to jan, in Waukesha, Wis, for attempting a rape
tween sixty and seventy.
Some three thousand claims have been staked of
Kansas since the passage of the bill opening it to se.-
'lemcnt. AS might be inferred, furious qarres arise
among the claimants, and late intelligence reports
muir Ter as the result of the quarrel thus far
Mrs. ROBINSON, the murde :ess, nov confined in
al at Troy, n Y, assaulted the sheriff fc " day,
since, when he took her meal her cell. She struck
him with brass candestck over the eye, knocking
him down. She was afterwards handcuilcd and
chained to her cell.
The New York Times has been interdcted from
circulation in France, account of its ccnsures o
LOUIS NAPOLEON.
- Her Majesty, Queen VICTORIA, is about to COME,
The honor Of Baronetcy upon the venerable Chic
Justice ROBINSON, of Canada.
c. c. VAN HORNE. ex-Mayor of Joliet, Ill.,, dice
IN Friday last, of cholera. DIR. A. NJ. CoMsTocK.
another prominent citizen, died suddenly on Sunday
A census of the city Of Dubuque, Iowa, just taken
shows it to have population Of s,7l5, again los
n 1850.
There have been 1920 deaths in Boston during
The last six months, being an increase of POI over
the same period last year.
quicksilver mine, probably the largest in the
world, has been discovered by Mr.. CURTIS, at
Whaesburg, Oregon.