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The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11
Despatch to the Chicago Journal.
ACCIDENTON THE ROCK ISLAND RAIL.
ROAD
Thirty or Forty Passengers Killed and Wound
ed

JOLIET, Nov. 2.
EDITORS JOURNAL. The passenger train for
Z. |. which left Chicago at IL O'Clock last eve
ming broke the axle of the engine near Midoka
station-the engineer reversed the steam i'll
stantly but at that instant 4 horse jumped upon
the track throwing off the train breaking the
ribs of the engineer and killing or wouuding
and sca!ding from 80 to 30 first class paSsen-
gers. a part Of the train has just backed UP
10 this place. Two little children lie dead in
the Depot, another is in the cars dead in its
mothers armS-and they are carrying men,
women and children badly scalded to the Ma
t.onai Hotel. every moment-N. ID. Elwood
and the citizens OF Joliet are rendering all the
assistance in human power to the wounded and
dying. The physicians present say that at
least a dozen of those who are scalded will die
during the day. l cannot learn any names
yet, but will send or bring full particular in
course of the day. canuot learn how many
have died.
ALBERT S. EVANS.
Since the above was received, Mr. Evans, has
arrived here and furnishes the following par
ticulars, and list Of those injured by the catas
trOphc.
7. s. loA. M.-Thc sufferers have all been
removed to a large Stone Building on Scott st.
and the employees of the Il. |. Road are using
every effort to alleviate theis suiicrings.-
When the engine was thrown OFF the track, the
two forward passenger cars were hurled on the
top CT it. and the steam escaping was driven
with tremendous force through the dense mass
Of human EelrS packed closely among the
wrecks Of the cais.
The Engineer. Wm. G. Brown, is fcarfully
scaled. His brother who was acting a. fire
rhan, had his legs broken. y gentleman named
Carpenter, from Pom hkeopse, n. V, iearfully
bruised ard scaled.
}. ". Aib.D. Sarah .Albin. Hannah. Albin and
- Albin, Of Mngo Co., Ohio, are badly
bruised and scai,lcd.
Mr.. Cox frcm Washington CO., Iowa, seri-
cusly injured.
jiargaret LaugLl:n from Gettysbcrg. Pa, Sc
ricVgy ihinrvI.
Many others Injured whose names cannot be
ascrria.ncI.
The whole number seriously injured is now
said 10 he over 40. The conductor. Mr.. Van
JHeiirk, escaped uniniurol. Several Of the
scAied were iE>ens!Lie,anu others were with
ing in their last aconcs at the time ofMr. Ey-
aaS' leaving Juliet. at 10 clock y II.
1t is but Justice TO the conductor and persons
having charge OF the road to say that the acci-
dent seems to have been utterly unavoidable.
and was in 10 manner the result Of carleSsness.
','t tia no human foresight could have pre-
vented t.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

EiLLATNoUs.-Thc Galcna Jy.crsonian men
lions the fact, that between Galcaa and Scales
Mound, some unhung scoundrels have already
commenced putting distractions on the track
Of the Ills. Central Road. \ few days since. q
bar of railroad Iron was found lying across the
rails in narrow cut, and on Saturday. the
train going out found the track, in one place.
NOV ed foot to one side, in such a manner
that the cars had they run over. must ineyita-
bly, have been thrown off.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

DUBUQUE PAcKET.-The steamer Backhawk,
Capt. Maxwell. will hereafter run as a regular
daily packet between Galena and Dubuque.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

AMERICAN VESSEL FIRED INTO.-The steame
Bay City was fired into by the English war brig
Bonita, while bound for San Francisco. The
posed to have either been drunk or mistaken
the American for Russian steamer.
NG- A Telegraph Wagon is in use in tho ar
my in Turkey. 1t is formed of large coil of
gutta percha, covered copper wire, attached to
a selfacting plough, which buries the wire a
few inches below the surface Of the ground. On
changing quarters, the wire is dug up and
again used
NAIL RoBBER.-The Detroit Free Press Of
the 9th ult., gives an account of the arrest in
that city of Henry Cummings, Postmaster at
Harrison Valley, Potter county, Penn, upon
charge of mail robbery. Cummings has been
taken to Pittsburg, in charge of Deputy Mar
shall
~ P. T. Barnum accuses the originators
Of the Baby Show at Springfield, Ohio, of hav-
ing stolen his thunder He claims to have sug-
gested the idea and announces that he will
shortly publish list Of premiums for one at
his museum at New York.
TO Daniel Chandler. of Concord. \. II has
bocn sentenced to State Prison for life, on con.
viction of having altered the switch, which
caused the train of cars to be thrown off the
track of the Concord Railroad.
E.Iy- Gen. Sam Houston has been nominated
by the General Committee of the Burke Sec
ton of the Democratic party in New lamp
SHIRE as candidate for the Presidency.
MATERIAL FOR PAPER.-It is said that DR.. An
tiscll, has discovered a new material for paper,
that will greatly reduce its cost and enable
manufactures to supply the demand.
TIE WEALTH OF OUR LANGrAGE.-Dr Worces-
cestcr is about to publish a new edition of his
Dictionary. 1t will contain upwards of ten
thousand words not in any other Dctiona-
ry.
~ \ country editor received a remit
lance with a request to ''send the paper as
long as the money lastcd.' Hcindulgcd in
bit of "sprec" the next week. got broke, and
respectfully announced to his subscriber, that
according to his own terms his subscription
was over.
~ The committee to raise subscription for
the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company, con-
sisting of u. VI. Stees Chas. II. Mix and G. W.
Prescott, will call upon the citizens to-day.
~ DR.. Arnold Dean, Of Tuscarora, y. Y,
has been convicted Of committing rape on a
girl fourteen years Of age. and sentenced to
fifteen years imprisonment in the penitent-
larry.
II curse the hour when We were married."
exclaimed an enrag"d husband to his better
bali: TO which She mildly replied, don't. my
dear. for that is the only happy hour we have
seen
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

MELANCHOLY ACcIDENT.-We are informed
that daughter Of Mr.. John GarrarJ aged II
years. was thrown from horse, and her foot
hanging in the strrup, she was dragged along
by the horse, and so terribly mangled that she
expired in a few hours after being found
Cynfhidna .NSus.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

INDIANA MoSEY.--The Louisville Journal con-
tains an account Of the meeting Of the citizens
OF tina: city to hear report from Dr. VIM Lee
White, one Of a Committee appointed to inves-
tgate thoroughly TIE condition OF the Inddna
Free Banks. The Journal says:
DIR. White remarked that since his return to
the city be had not time to prepare written
report but he would say that the Committee
were satisfied that Stale Stock Banks were all
perfectly able to redeem every dollar of their
issue, and that ct least $4,000 daily were
being redeemed. They were allowed to OK
anime the securities in the Auditors Office.
and he further remarked, in answer to what
had been surmised as to oycr-ssues by the
banks on the stocks deposited with the Audit
or. That the plates are ordered by the Auditor
and the notes printed to his order and the
plates retained in his Office, rendering al wa
issue inpractcallc.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

Wo'tAH's EIGHrs.-T.4e cZ;tor Of the Grnca
Bay Alvocate hav:g.; gone from home CT
Democratic elcct:on"rrus mission, and left the
editorial conduct q Inc paper il charge oc iii:
wife. The lady with t~ac spirit AID ialc .c2ti-
cncc, writes the following leader:
Well. ue arr occupying r.. E'.tor'al C,.o'r
this week, as our bigger half" has gone r,,iu
home and the junior Is ,ok and tic jours the
boys, and the GerH too, ere calling In copy.
ntas,n. and We are LIT - w,yi,l the scissors
and III ppn.--alacit. We are more :cc.s:um,t!
to use the needle IA connection with the sc:S
sors.
We p!ea. orr inc.:i .@.;;a..ec as al c@crsc for
any and al! defects. AID h%ss CIR Readers to
pass our imrrrtj ctioas by
II our articles this week shoulI have = bear
ing t'ie oHtr ,csy. We wo'll say. by way O. e.:
pluua!ion tlat We are q Wing. slau.G.i New
Il. gland Clay N'hig-that We were brought up
in the way NC should go, and now that we are
old, we don intend 10 depart lvo.1 t. And
we wou!d like to say here, that We Goa't be
icVc III al anal yaiiation. even Of political par
ties. We believe al coalitions, for the sake Q!
temporary victory. II oe wron1. aid rroiuc-
tive OF wrong and corruption. We cant see
the 1sht of the Wing parry merging It's tent;-
~ INTO That OF another paity. and thereby los
Iny their own. "" can see 10 lu,t aid ruoj
reason for 50 doing for we believe ,!I,. party
has always been right Oh the q, at qucst ous OF
the times. If other parties or inli,itra wis.,,
to cooperate with us. let them fall into the
ranks and gather around our standard. Eut
let the Wing party remain entre. Y reality. a
substance, and ultimately its principles will
triumph.
The being used as the cal paw to take out
the chc>tIutS from the political fires tor the
free soil or any party 10 eat at their Leisure
should be scori:ed and rcpu1iat"d by all true
and honest Wings, fer it is better to be right
and in the minority tlan wrong and victorious
We adopt as one Of our political axonS. the
saying of our immortal Standard bearer. Us
better to be right chan PRESIDENT But then.
what can a ,c0naa haoic Of politics!
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11
The U. S. Treasury.

WARRINGTON. Nov. /.
The Trcas"rers Official statement shows the
amount iii the |. S. Treasury. subject to draft
on the I'D to have been $50, 0iS,ODD.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

TT Hamilton & Co. are removing their
book store from the Winslow House TO St. Ar
thony Street, opposite the Empire Block.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

ANOTHER RAILROAD Acc1ErST-oO LIVES
Lo>r.-We learn that another collision took place
last night on the Lake Shore Road, near Tole.
do. 10y which twenty lives more were lost. and
a large number OF persons were wounded No
particulars given.-UefrOt II hume, SATURDAY..
18th.
The FRANKLIN EXPEDlTIoN-Thc Galcna Ad.
vcrtiser says: The expedition of Sir John
Franklin originally consisted of 1873 men, In
comparing places, it appears that nearly all
expeditions that have been fitted out have ex-
plored regions too far north The remains are
reported to have been found about GS degrees
north. and at the very time when the first ships
sent out in search ofhim and his party were
exploring for them near the pole, they were
suffering the pangs Of starvation some seven
degrees further SOUTH
MIRACULOUS EsCAPE-The DAYTON fOh;o>
Empire relates how providcntial Mr. IIolser cs-
capped death from a stroke of lightning: a
few days since, while walking home in storm
Inc mud entered his hat. where the crown
JOINS the rim, burning a large hole and tearing
the brIm to pieces passed down his face, LAGER
atlns it severely. and knocked ont five of his
teeth, tore off the greater part of the lower lin,
then passed down his body. tearing about half
q dozen holes in them, and ripping off the sole
OF one of them. AT the time of the causality it
was raining in torrents, which must have &C.
counted for bis not being instantly killed.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

10 Tie Chicago papers contain an agree.
ment, entered into by the proprietors of the
several newspapers, by which they give notice
OF an advance Of twenty per cent in the rates
Of advertising.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

BALTIMORE. Nov. l.
New Orleans papers Q! Thursday have been
fecelved- They contain accounts of a revolt
in the Baton Rouge Penteutiary.
twenty-five prisoners attempted to escape.
Two were shot and the others escaped.
NEW York. Noy. /.
The Crystal Palace was closed day fore Y, r
and can be visited during the removal of the
goods only.
a Washington correspondent Of the Tribune
seiegraphs that the British Government has is
sued orders to its naval officers and diplomatic
agents TO abandon the Mosquito Protpctorate,
rs far as Greytown is concerned, the officers bc'
Ing directed not to interfere in any. except as
to claims for actual British subjects for de-
mands FOR damages In the bombardment, which
are to be taken note Of
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

The liquor retailers Of TUscumlia Alabama,
have all closed their houses. A tax Of $1,000
acted as a settier.--Cincinnaii Eng.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

20 The large St. Louis and New Orleans
steamer ST. Nicholas, recently struck a rock
near Cairo, and is total loss.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

cowhiding a-a,r .oak r.ac, ca FRIDAY
evening. at a house On I.lth street. near Mound
The person who EActcd the chast.Semcut was
young married Woman; tat recipient q dry
goods clerk on Fiith street, =. nice roanr
man, in his o"a estimation. Who sports a SEX
Unlocking moUStacLc. and IS one OF the Title
Bat Titmouse genus. lie had, it seems, been
Boosting OF certain tend u fax ors bestowed UPON
him by tha lady rrcv:nus T. 10y r,ar"i,ss ...,d
which hav ing come to her cars through the in
strumen;ality Of female acquautaace. She
armed herself az aforesaid. and discovering that
her scandalizcr was TO make one O. an invited
party on the above mentioned evening. She
rang the bell, and being shown into The paror,
the first object she saw was Mr.. "Titmouse.''
seated between a couple OF fair damses. pour
ing soft nonsense into their willing ears The
enragcd lady forthwith commenced operations,
and the manner in which she gave it him, over
face and head. was caution to all Dragging
tops Of future generations. Finally. having
satisfied herself by the favors. neither soft or
precious which she had bestowed. she was.
from sheer exhaustion, compelled to dpsist
The aggrieved young man has. we understand,
sworn out a warrant. Il viii be q rich case
when il comes up, until which time We SUPPRESS
the names Of Tie part.cs.-C nctlaat pag.r.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11
THURSDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 9, 1854
Proceedin IS of the City Council.

TUESDAY, NOv.7
Prescnt--Ald. Bazil Tanning, Irv inc, Knox,
kreiger and Marvin.
AID. Knox in the Chair.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

~ The committee to raise subscription for
the Pioneer Hook and Ladder Company con-
sisting of ". VI. Stecs. Chas. II. Mix and G. W.
Prescott, will call upon the citizens to-day.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

~ DR.. Arnold Dean, of Tuscarora, y. Y,
has been convicted Of committing a rape on a
girl fourteen years Of age, and sentenced to
fifteen years; imprisonment in the pcnitcnt-
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

~ Daniel Chandler. of Concord. \. II. has
boen sentenced to State Prison for life, on con.
rction of having altered the switch, which
caused the train of cars to be thrown off the
track of the Concord Railroad.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

NAIL RoBBER-The Detroit Free Press Of
that city of Henry Cummings, Postmaster at
Harrison Valley, Potter county, Penn, upon
charge of mail robbery. Cummings has been
taken to Pittsburg, in charge Of Deputy Mar
shall
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

~ p. T. Barnum accuses the originators
Of the Baby Show at Springfield, Ohio, of hav-
ing stolen his thunder. He claims to have sug-
gestcd the idea and announces that he will
shortly publish a list Of premiums for one at
his museum at New York.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. ..

III" TnT Deposit brldT" gave away Nh.lc a
drove Of 100 cattl" were passing over II cac,.
ends hangs on the abutincnt in q dangerous
cOlli1iun. \ large number of cattle persisted
and it is feared that some persons lost thcir
lives. as some hats were found floating ca the
water.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

II curse the hour when We were married.
exclaimed an enragrd husband to his better
bali; TO which She mildly replied, don't my
dear. for that is the only happy hour we have
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

AMERICAN VESSEL FIRED INTo.-The steame
Bay City was fired into by the English war brig
Bonita, while bound for San Francisco. The
captain and crew of the British vessel are sup
posed to have either been drunk, or mistaken
the American for Russian steamer.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

Try Gen. Sam Houston has been nominated
by the General Committee of the Burke Sec
lion of the Democratic party in New lamp
SHIRE as candidate for the Presidency.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

TIE WEALTH OF OUR L,NGuAGE.-Dr Worces-
lester is about to publish a new edition of his
Dictionary. 1t will contain upwards Of ten
thousand words not in any other Dictiona-
"
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

MATERIAL. FOR PAPER.-It is said that DR.. An
iscll, has discovered new material for paper,
hat will greatly reduce its cost aud enable
to supply the demand.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

~ \ country editor received q remit
lance with request to 'send the paper as
long as the money lasted" Hcindulged in
bit of 'sprcc" the next week, got broke, and
respectfully announced to his subscriber, that
according to his own terms his subscription
was over.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

I'D The publicly promulgated edicts @!
some Of our St. Paul bankers, from day to day,
In regard to paper money, are almost as fuctu.
sang as the rariations Of the magnetic needle
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

Hs- a Telegraph Wagon is in use in tho ar
my in Turkey. 1t is formed of large coil Of
gutta percha, covered copper wire, attached to
a selfacting plough, which buries the wire a
few inches below the surface of the ground. On
changing quarters, the wire is dug up and
again used
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

IT. In these times OF uncertainty in paper
money operations, we would advise holders in
minnesota to Gr're home Atlanta money as ra
P'diy as possible. 1t i, one of the most upcer.
tain Of the uncertain.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11
Heavy Verdict.

George ". Kcyser. convicted Ofthe seduction
of Sarah Ann Ashton. has been sentenced t.
pay fine of $1,000, and be imprisoned for three
years to the Eastern Penitentiary.
The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1854-11-11

7=- We learn, as we go to press. that at the
election i'll Hudson yesterday: DR.. Iloyt led
Washburne sixteen votes
Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-27
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THE METROPOLITAN.

A NEW AND SUPERIOR COOKING RANGE, man
ufacured and for sale, wholesale and retail, by CILS0N
RICHARDSON. b CO., 374 Broadway, New York; also
81 and So Blackstone street, Boston.
1t embraces all the modern improvements combining
beauty durability and economy in the of fuel, with
perfect efficiency in operation. The simplicity of its
structon, and the consequent facility with which it is
managed particularly commend t to the attention of those
in want Of a hrst-class cooking range
The fire chamber is materially different in form from
that of any other range in present use being construct
ed that by spreading the coal large surface and
burning it in thin stratum, the heat is equazed under
all the boiler openings.
The revolving CRATE supported by lever is adjusted in
" empted while the range is closed to prevent the
escape of dust or ashes into the room.
The oven is of extra size, with the ues arranged as
to secure in the highest possible degree, equal amount
with the top of the recamber; the draft is entirely up.
ward and natural The external plates lined with
composition which being noncouductOr of heat gives il
the advantages of a brick oven.
Under the oven s large and cspacious Hot Closet
where is continually found mild and gentle heat render.
ing valuable service for warming dishes of food
Being supplied with powerful back, the range
may be made to furnish without extra fire. large amount
of hot water at all times for bath other purposes.
Provision is also made for the attachment of hot-air
lures. by which, in addition to its culinary department il
subserves an important purpose for warming dining
paror either above adjacent to the apart.
ment in which it is placed.
The Flues large and equally adapted for burning
Anthracite and Btuminous Coal, Coke or Wood It re-
qures additional fixtures for thu of either For those
purchasing for transportation to distance Il offers pecu-
liar advantages, being complete ITSELF and in no respect
dependent brick-work for any of its flues.
In points Of finish, workmanship and general appear
ance, it will not suffer BY contrast with any.
In respect to cost compares most favorably with either
of the Elevated-oven Ranges now in market
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