The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1854-06-15
NEWS ITEMS.

Mr.. JOHN NABB, of BROOKLYN, has reported to
the President of the New York Board of Underwri-
tiers detailed list of marine disasters which have
been reported in the published marine lists in the PEI
Rod of a single week, from May Is to the 9Th, in
elusive, number pol. OF these, five were vessels
folmdered and sunk at sea by leaking, sunk and
one capsized BY collision; ii collisions; 8 arrived
damaged by collision; Is stranded 17arrived Ieaky !;
10 damaged in upper works; dismasted; IL on
shore and got off leaky shore, and got off and
proceeded on their voyages and other disasters of
various kinds to the number above stated, which
however may have been swollen by some of them
having been more than once reported.
The ship Cortes arrived at New York on Friday,
in the short passage of 50 days from Gaboon on the
West coast of Africa. She has brought home Mr..
f. L. WILLIAMS and lady, and Mrs. Il. H. WALK.
Err, members of the GabDon mission. On the 4lh
of April, the Mission House, Church, and other hou
SEES belonging to the church at Corisco, were set on
fire by the natives, and entirely destroyed. Two f-
male servants were burned to death. For the past
three months, it has been very sickly on the Yves,
coast.
The Green Bay Advocate states that an extensive
shingle manufacturer in that city lately received an
order from St. Louis, Missouri, for 1000 900 shin
giles, to be delivered on the dock of that CITY. It
certainly seems strange that Green Bay should become
a rival of the Upper Mississippi country, in the Ium-
Der trade of the Mississippi valley. When water
communication, by the Fox and Wisconsin rivers, is
opened to that point, what is now novelty will be-
come matter of common occurrence.
Among the theatrical stars who are to 90 to Cali
fornia during the next six months, according to the
Aha are Julia Dean, Eliza Logan, Agnes Robertson,
Miss Davenport, John R. Scott, V. Brooke, Sis
bee, Neafe, Anderson, Stark, Ole Bull and Stra
kosch. Among those already there, are Caharine
Hays, Anna Bishop, Anna Tbillon, Laura Keene,
the batetnans, the DENNIS, Murdoch and Burke
California certainly seems to be looked upon as the
Ell Dorado for actors
The Cleveland Herald states that it has learned
IRON reliable authority, that at late me. ting of the
Council OF Erie, resolution passed for the tear
ing up OF the track and pulling down Of the bridges
IN the corporate limits. To this resolution Mayor
KING declined to give his assent until he had taken.
advice OF counsel, and thus the matter stands There
may be mistake about the passage of the resolu.
tion but is pretty certain that the council is in IA
vor OF It's passage, and have the will at any time to
make it a law.
The section Of the great exhibited at the New
York Crystal Palace, is of the wonders of that
collection. 1t measures SO feet in circumference
feet from the ground, and from thence the tree taper
ed evenly upwards the height of 325 feet, or 100
feet higher than Bunker Hill Monument, or Trinity
Church spire!
The annual Regatta of the New York Boat Club
came off a fortnight SINCE The Una, belonging to
Capt. RUTHERFORD, won the prize among the FIRST
class, making the distance, nearly 80 miles, in lit
tie more than four and a half hours The sloop Rav
came in second, in about two and half minutes al.
Ter the Una.
As Mr.. JACOB BRACKET, Of Woburn, Mass :,
driving team through Winchester, few days
since, he fell from the wagon, and the wheels passed
him, ractnring bis skull, and his arm and shout
der.
We learn from the london Canada West) Proto-
type that brutal husband, not far from that place
actually destroyed the life of his wife by roasting her
oy the hire in his house I! Let none say that as
mankind advance in knowledge, brutal instincts en-
tirely leave Them
"ttie girl, daughter of JESSE SHEAD, Of
wheeling fell upon three pronged table fork, with
"n'cn sne mad been playing, few days ago, the ac-
c'dent producing such fearful wound that her life 10
desraired Of 1t required strong arm to w;,bdr,u,
it, having been forced deeply in the breas, bone.