The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-11-14
NEWS ITEMS.

NOTWITHSTANDING the war In which England
is now engaged, the commerce of that country
seems to be in a most prosperous condition ;
the returns of the Board of Trade for the
month of September show an excess of exports
from the United Kingdom of 100000 over
the same month last year-the total value of
exports for the month footing up ss,7OO,OOO,
and for the first eight months of the present
year EST 100000, being gain of nearly elO,-
100000 over last year. .s-,.
Large shipments of American flour have been
made from Liverpool to New York, for q bet
ter market. ..-.s.. ....
Mr.. Finney, a dentist. late of Alexandria,
Egypt, is reported to have found stuffed tooth
in mummy, and several teeth in another
mummy, which bore marks of filling. If true,
this is certainly one of the most remarkable
facts which modern perseverance has ever vet
brought to light, concerning the arts of the an
clients .,r -.'.t
DR.. Hayes, of the Kane Grinnell expedition,
writes from Proven, that it is the custom of
the coast, brought from the fatherland, to set
before the stranger the welcoming cup of cot.
Ace, after partaking which, like the salt of the
Arabs, he may consider himself at home
This custom extends from the governors house
to the natives hut-and good coffee do they
make. a.A -. ..',,t. .4.e>
. a MARRrED.lOn the night Of the 18th dit, on
board the cars of the Watertown- and Rome
Railroad, by Elder Judd, one of the passen-
gers acting as interpreter, johannes Scheilel
and Miss Magdalena Blou, both Of Germany.
The passengers made up a purse which they
presented to the happy couple. This u deci-
dedly the fastest marriage that we have heard
Of tr..f,...- =: ',.. i
There has been: gathered from a single ap-
plee tree, upon the farm Of Nehemiah Perkins,
in Topsfeld, Massachusetts, the extraordinary
quantity Of one hundred bushels of apples
The tree has always been a great bearer, fire.
queuty producing so or 60 bushels. 1t is so
years old. -... '.'.
In the city of New York, it is stated there
are some $4,000 children, between the ages of
Eve end six years attending the public schools,
while the register shows an occasional attend
ance Of 10000 pupils. In other words, for
every pupil who attends school there are two
who are absent. --
Gen. James Hodges, veteran officer, and
compatriot of Gen. Harrison in the war Of
1872, and one Of the original proprietors of
Mansfield, Ohio, where he has resided ever
since its settlement, died last week. ',''s s-,I
DR.. Townsend, Of New York, has donated
our lots of ground, valued in the az gregate at
$4,000, as site whereon to erect suitable
building for the Christian Home for Female
Servants" 4,q5 ~ .,..1 80, Ia, I5i.'
The new edition Of the Encyclopedias Brit
/, tannica has reached its sixth ,quarto twenty
Sur shilling volume. 1t contains . bite Of
Bishop Butler, said to be the author Of I" The
Eclipse Of Faith go .,... ~
The Hon. David Wilmot, ex-Gov. johnson,
Hon. Simeon Cameron and Judge ConrSd, are
spoken Of in connection with the Pennsylvania
Senatorship, made vacant by the expiration Of
the time Of Hon. James Cooper. - \
The Washington! Star cautions the public
against receiving the bills of the I" Arlington
Bank" and the " Farmers and Merchants
Bank" Washington. There are no such banks
there. ~. .--as -.--z, ,,-@.-.' e's'
4 Cardinal Angelo MATS library is likely to
be brought to the hammer. 1t is valued at
c1e O0A, s01k 5rIv 1ffuI
1 stoddard, VIE killed his wife, escaped from
the Rock Island iai o. the night Of the 2lst
end is now at large.