The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-09-11
NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. CuRRIER, of Caslcton, Vt, went out
one day last month into the field to gather
berries, and felt what she supposed was the
bite of an insect on her leg, but paid little at
tcntion to it for three days. On the fourth,
the black spot had increased to the size of a
dime, attended with darting pains and infiam-
nation. The best medical and surgical at
tendance was secured, but the flesh continued
to gangrcne, turn black, and flake off, above
the knee, until the bone and muscles were laid
bare, and reaching the more vital organs, she
expired.
The Charleston papers record the death, on
Sullivan's Island, Aug. 81, of the Hon. DAN
TEL +. HrGER, (ex-Unitcd States Sclator,) a
distinguished citizen of South Carolina, who
had filled many high positions in that State.
Judge HUGER completed his 18th year Oh the
2Sth of June last, having baen born on the
third anniversary of the action at Fort Moul-
trie. His father, DANIEL HUGER, was men,
Der of our first Congress- and his lcat-grand-
mother was among the early settlers of the
South Carolina pioneers.
1t is estimated that the Canadas will raise
the present season a surplus of 100000
bushels of wheat, which of course will look
abroad for a market. By the now reciprocity
treaty, provincial grain and flour come into
our market free Of duty, and upon an equal
footing with the productions of our own far
mcrs.
The Galena 4idre,tiser of the 18th inst says
This day the Central Railroad is opened for
freight and passengers to Scales Mound with
in about ten miles of Galena. This is pleas
ant fact to chronicle The track-layers soon
commence their work at this point, proceeding
eastward.
The express train on the New Y Ork Central
Railroad on the goth ult., ran over two ladies
at Canastota, seven miles cast of Syracuse, i'll
stantly killing them. The ladies' were just
DESCENDING from tho wall train ..n;~.- -~eet,
which was waiting for the express train to
pass. Unfortunately they got out on the wrong
side of the cars, and were caught by the pass
ing express train and horribly mangled. They
were literally torn asunder, their limbs being
rent from their bodies Their names were not
ascertaned.
\ large number of the vocal and instru-
mental musical performers of Galena have uni
ted in society under the name of the Galena
Musical Association, for the practice and per-
formance of the highest and most difficult
pieces of music.
We learn, says the Galcna Adrertiser of the
4th inst, that on Friday night the train on
the Central Railroad going east, ran over a
horse on the track, which threw off the cars
instantly killing one woman from Council Hill
and wOunding two others, one of them, it is
supposed, fatally.
The steamer Lady Egn, while on her way
to Buffalo, on Wednesday last, struck rock
off Manitowoc, and sunk soon after reaching
the pier at that place. She had at the time
three hundred passengers, all of whom cs-
capped in safety.
We arc advised by the Washington Star,
that the assaying operations will be commence
ed in the New York establishment on the LIST
of September.
1t is rumored that fraud has been detected
in one of the New York Banks. An unknown
person went to the Chemical Bank and dcpOs-
tied check for eleven thousand dollars on the
American Exchange Bank, signed BISHOP &
Co.. and then drew from the Chemical Bank
on the strens tn of that check. The whole af
fair turns out to be forgery.
A new counterfeit ten dollar bill on the Mer-
chants Bank of Boston, Mass, has been Cir
cuated.