The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-04
NEWS ITEMS.

The Sacramento Union mentions that he has seen
field Of wheat Of six hundred acres, growing in
Yolo county, part Of which he thought would harvest
seventy bushels TO the acre, and that ten
had been measured off and reapcd. The owner
thrashed and weighed it. The weight 80 ,00i
pounds, which, at 81 pounds to the b,sheI, gives
62 2-3 bushels of wheat the acre, and other parts
would furnish greater yield.
The sandusky Register says that the shops of the
Mad River Railroad company in that city desert
ed by reason Of strike among the workmen, who
resist reduction of their wages.
The same paper says that Samuel Frohman took a
doubIe-barrelled pistol down from the wall, where it
had hung for several days, and, cooking Of the
hammers, proceeded with his knife, 10 pick off the
cap from the the the muzzle of the barrel being held
to his breast. The hammer came down, by slip OF
the finger, and the pistol being charged with ball.
exploded, lodging the ball in his left breast, killing
him instantly.
Bristow is elected to Congress in the FL District
Of Kentucky. to fill the vacancy occasioned by the
death Of Presley Ewing. Bristow is Wing.
Building operations in New York City show a
that there is almost entire Cessation Of bui ding in
the upper avenues, where they were active year
or two ago. Lumber is accommodating in the yards
there in enormous quantities for want of market.
The Black Hawk I" horse, raised in Vermont,
and owned by Mr.. FELTON,, Of Govanstown, Maryland,
died Few days since from choking, while eating
He a very beautiful and valuable animal, great
trotter, and held by his owner at $4,000.
Edwin Forrest, the trayedan. was the Know Moth.
ing candidate for Congress in the Seventh New York
District.
Out Of one hundred and ten steam packets now en-
ployed in carrying the U. s. mails, 81 are built Of
wood, and IS Of iron.
The cholera is raging at St. Johns, New Found
land. The Courier soys: eThat fearful epidemic
is just now making serious rayases IN our town, no
person, we imagine, will venture to deny;'' and calls
upon the a,thoriies "a appoint day Of fasting in
Consequence. = ' 'tl' =. 20 I'D 10" $50.
=. The Atlanta. Georgia, Exani,sr says that com
Pany Of sn'crprsng gentlemen, who time since
leased ot land on the Chattahoochee river, with
view Of mining for silver. had met with great sue.
cess. Three shafts had been sunk, and rich silver
ore had been found in large quantities. ','saa
Wv Corconn, the rich banker, is building a
,hanfsome and substantial edi6ce in Washington, Tor
a Necklaces Library. ..rat - ..r''ra'
An extensive novemens T. NOW on foot in Canada
to procure the passage of bill by Parliament, in
session. similar TO that proposed for the United States
in the Homestead Bill. "a o. iisla
The hsrpse Edward Koppisch, Capt John H. Eg.
gIessoa, cleared Al the Salem Csstom House lately
for asoyasc y tapan, AID the ports in the Pacific
ocesn.s rr1z r.rz1oa yer =
Tbs BrsnAamy Teas iEYiree hsaraa that the
Know Nothinss are becomiss quite auaeross = rh..
s'S1leI- tss 4aqsa 10 Is i7s-eg aiiisef '-oF
go Jenny Lind lateiy wrote ID ftsd IN Boston tha,
it wss NOT imrvlrbie than she shDs'd again visi,
b America. Isia. - 40 ,7.',. selss Tl7TEfEy
Five members Of the Canadian Parliament are ma.
tives Of the D. 81 . . u { Ga
-4sE ffIs- .i9-,ac-- .sslsfi.l ? r L, &.
.iRev.t n. Maryland. Of Brown University, has nc
csptr cait of the first and third Baptist Societies
,sf Wsvess,er. Mass. and liked his own salary a.
ss s7oe 'ssspss ssa " y, Than ". was offered him by
The socey. AaaJd I
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treal. VI sz1sxa IIAFAa nsh zIhssItA~
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The sfsse9A Epsx oe Aalfsa Aasinst closed a
ease assm 10 ls2o, seSpecsas the lUsadsry between
twV eommunes,