The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-09-29
NEWS ITEMS.

General PAIxHAN, whose name is SO we'll
known in connection with the artillery and
the bullets named after him, died on the 10Th
ut, after a short Illness at his estate of JOuy-
anx Arches, near Metz at the age of seventy
two.
On the 4th inst, Mrs. NANCY ABRAMA, of
Richmond, Va, was cruelty murdered, and on
the same day her husband was arrested and
imprisoned as being the murderer. During
the night he anticipated the executioner, and
committed suicide by hanging himself in the
cell.
DR.. MOTT, who is now in the eighty-second
year of his age and fifty.irst of his presidency
of Union College, is still hale and hearty, and,
with the exception of rheumatism, which
troubles him severely in walking about, en-
joys as good health as he did twenty years
ago.
The steamer Queen of the West, Capt. Nc
BRIDE, made the trip from Buffalo to Cleve-
land, on Friday night, in eight hours fifty-five
minutes, which is the fastest ever made in
Lake navigation, being little over twenty
miles an hour for the entire distance.
The Boston atlas says that several French
naval officers are at present in that city, who
are about forming contract for the building
Of twelve clipper ships, of about 1900 tons
each, to be employed in the French colonial
trade. The Imperial Government contem-
plate colonizing New Caledonia, and these
clippers will be employed in carrying passen-
gers there from France.
HARMAN BLENNERHAsSETr, the second son OF
HARMAN BLENNERHAssE1T, of the island in the
Ohio river, which bears that name. died in
New York on the 18th ult., after protract
ed illness. He was an artist of very consider
able eminence. The only surviving member
of the family, JOS. L. BLESSERuAssErr, now
lives in Troy, Missouri.
The st. Nicholas Hotel, New York, has
been obliged to turn customers away for seve-
raj days. They now lodge six hundred and
fifty. Business is looking up with the hotels.
The three men from Missouri, who were
charged with the intention of doing bodily in
jury to one Turner, negro, in the streets of
Chicago, were taken out of Jail last Monday
night, on writ ofhabeas corpus, and taken to
Springfield for examination.
All the Democratic candidates for the O.
tober election in the city of Philadelphia, have
come out in letter rcpudiating the Know
Nothings
A match has been made at San Francisco.
between Toe HYER and JOHN MoRR1ssEy,
the noted pugilists, to fight for $4,000
$4,000 side. The fight is to come off with
in five months.
The weather continues fine and business
brisk. The health of the city continues good
Travel is on the increase. Many persons are
coming here seeking new homes.
Miss JENNIE BEAR, a beautiful and highly
respectable young lady, of Bristol, Wayne
county, Ohio, hung herself to a cherry tree,
with chain, on Saturday last. She was dis
appointed in love affair."
A gentleman writing to the Maine Farmer,
recommends that potatoes be planted in the
fall. He has tried it and seen it tried by 9th.
ers with excellent success.
The United States Convention of Universal
lists will assemble in Philadelphia, on the 2Otf
inst.
The Oswcgo Gazette, says the potatoe croI
is turning out much better than was expected
DR.. WMDNAN, of Savannah the discoverel
OF q very efficient cure for the yellow fever
was at last accounts lying at the point of death
with that disease.
During the past week destructive fire
swept over about one thousand acres of wood
land, near Deep Brook, three miles from the
centre of SaeO, Maine.
The cotton sold in the New Orleans market
within the past eleven years, yielded a gross
product of SAL ,243,553.
The Native Know Nothings lodge of Pad.
ucah, KY, has expelled two members for wear.
ing moustaehes- are rank foreignism
They talk of trying some Others for wearing
Irish linen.
San Francisco, California, is said to be
thronyed with young men from the Atlantic
States. in search of employment.
Some Of the people Of Lorain County, Ohio
during the late drought have had to 60 eight
miles for water for ordinary household use.