The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-12-21
NEWS ITEMS,

The New York Tribune says, there are five hun
dred printers out Of employment in that city. The
Express mentions, that one principal Iron Work
there recently discharged 500 men, The scarcity Of
money and the difficulty of closing contracts is refen-
ed to as the principal cause.
Jackson, tried at St. Louis for the murder of Laid
law, the theatrical scene painter, has been acquitted
We judge from the tone of the St. Louis papers, that
the public opinion there condemns this verdict, and
rightly.
The Milwaukee Sentinel estimates the value of the
exports of Wisconsin for the year 1884, at ten mil
lions Of Dollars. OF this sum, Five Millions Of
exports were sent from the port of Milwaukee,
The Springfield Journal says, that the Farmers
and Mechanics Bank of that city has gone into liq-
u'dation. John T. Stuart, Esq, has been appointed
Receiver, and has entered upon his duties r
The Mississippi is not yet closed at Galena. They
continue to skif it at Dubuque, with difficulty and
danger. This state Of things may continue for n
month, though probably not more than week or two
longer.
The City Sexton of Chicago reports the number of
deaths in that city for the month Of November at
200, of which number, 40 died of cholera.
The Empire City Bank, New York City, did not
make good its exchange at the clearing house the
9Th, instant, which is considered equivalent to fail
ure.
Fisher, Democrat, has been elected President Of
the Iowa State Senate. Two of tie Wings voted
Loco Foco. ...., 81.
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erpool the 9th, with thirty five passengers and
specie. $50 f''--'
Counterfeit ives Of the Casco Bank Of Portland
in extensive circulation in the neighborhood of
Boston. sd. 60. -
Kehee, who was convicted at Toronto for the MUIR
der Of his wife, has been executed.
The dogs in San Francisco must be as great nui-
sance AZ they in Constantinople. The last recev
ed Placer Times announces that "ihe Plaza is board
ed up by order Of the street commissions,
OF the depredaions Of number Of dogs on the grass
plots. -'st .'-f-snf ... .a.....
A little girl named Comery, Of Lowell, Mass, a
s;ster Of one of the carriers Of the News, day or
two since found check the Atlas Bank Of Boston
for 1900, which she returned to the owner. lie
made her a present of "thankee!"-and that was
all.
Fity.three slaves, freed by the will Of the late DIR.
Charles Everett, of Virginia, have just left Peters
burgh, Virginia, for Pennsylvania, where they are
to be located with outfit Of one thousand Eve hun
dred dollars each.
The Detroit Advertiser, in reply to the question
esWho is G. X. Philander Doesticks P. B 4s' saws
it is Mortimer N. Thompson, formerly Of Ann Arbor
and at present clerk in store in South Street, in
Detroit. r+fe a+ .~r
Mexican, caught running away with negro wo.
man, was recently tried at Goiad, Texas, and SEN
fenced 10 one hundred and fifty ashes, to be branded
with the letter on his forehead.
The wife of William F. Thaysr, Of Gainesville
New York. committed suicide ON Sunday afternoon
last, by hanging herself in the woodshed to her hus
bands house. No reason 10 assigned for the melan
choly act. "a <st-sts4
The editor Of the Coutland county Wing, says b.
has been presented with "a egg laid by chicken o
last spring, which weigh four ounces, whose smaller
circumstances 10 IA inches, and the longer Ia
inches.