The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1855-12-08

IMPROVEMENT IN DENTIsTRY.-An Ohio
Dentist now i'll Boston, claims to have made
an important discovery in the dental art
He has discarded gold and other metals, and
adopted gutta percha as basis for artificial
teeth, which it is said possesses all the pos
sible advantages of the present mode.
DR.. BEALE PARDoNED.-Dr Beale, the
Philadelphia dentist, says special dispatch
to the New York Tribune, has been par
.doned by Governor Pollock, and liberated
from prison.
r. Hon. Peter Lott, formerly of ILL
nois, has been appointed Superintendent Of
the California Branch Mint.
e Rachel, the actress, has been so i'll
at Philadelphia, that her advertised perform
ance was postponed.
x Rev. Stephenson R. Child, Rector
of the newly established Episcopal Church
at Decatur, died on the 18th ult.
e The wife of James o. Kendrick, Of
Tazewell county, Virginia, after protracted
illness, was supposed to have died, and pre-
partitions were made for her interment.-
About ten hours after her apparent decease,
some friends who were employed in making
shroud, were amazed to hear her ask, in q
faint voice, for food. She had had q catalep-
tic fit, which fortunately passed off in sea-
son to prevent the horrors Of premature
burial.
e. VIM. Hood Smith has brought suit
in New Orleans against two Judges of one
of the election precincts because they refus-
ed to receive his vote, and laid his damages
at SIS, 600. - j. @
Il The State of Vermont, with po-
pulation of over 100000, pays about $3.50
600 per annum for all expenses of Govern
ment, or less than fifty cents per head for
her people. She owed at the close of her
last fiscal year $48,03S, and had funds to
balance this sum to the amount of SIS, 1852.
There was in her Treasury at the years end,
$l6,702, and her annual expenses had been
$153,l5 .rt ID -a
Il 1t is said that Mrs. John Tyler
who is Gardiner-is heir to just dis
covered fortune in England, by which she
will get 100000. Think of John Tyler
being accidentally President of the United
States, accidentally marrying one of the
handsomest women in America, and acciden-
tally having fortune of half million
'Fool for luck" sure enough. -s + .e-,-
e. A Snowy Owl having wandered
from his native northern cline to Mason
County, Kentucky, was not received with
the accustomed hospitality of Kentuckians,
but was laid low by bullet from a rifle.
This rare visitant was three feet two inches
high, and five feet seven inches from tip to
tip of the wings.
balloon excursion state at the height of
$4,000 feet above the earth, everything
spoken distinctly by them was returned in
about minute in an echo as clear and d.
tinct as the words spoken.
E The Cincinnati Sun says that that
city is just now in state of financial pros
traitor. The prospect is anything but cheer
ing. Employment Of nearly all kinds is
languid. Retail business is duller at this
season of the year thar ever was known,
while the wholesale is fiat and Improbable.
* The citizens of Nebraska are trying
to secure the early construction of railroad
| from the Platte Country" to the lows
line.
e In the Louisville Post Office they
stamp papers on the wrapper, " too late for
the mail" when not put into the office in
season for the mail they should 60 in
E The committee appointed to inves-
tigate into the cause of the disaster at the
Gasconade bridge, have reported that i'm
their opinion the immediate cause of the
disaster was the high rate Ct speed at which
the train was running. Mr.. Henry kayser,
however, one of the committee, dissents from
the above conclusion, and says:
"The cause of the disaster was the break
age of the wooden structure in, and the SUI
perstructure over the bay, between the
eastern abutnient and the next pier west, a
consequence of their entire insufficiency in
foundation, material and construction to bear
the pressure of the locomotive and cars run
ming over the same.
"And further: The attempt of running
locomotive and cars carrying human life over
river like the Gasconade, upwards of IS
feet above its bed, upon such frail structures,
can only be ascribed to incompetency, reck-
lessness or infatuation.
And lastly: The fact of the said attempt
having been made, and particularly at
speed of about fifteen miles per hour, can
only be ascribed to management Of the az
fairs of the company defective in system,
supervision and responsibility"
NAsHINcroN, Nov. e..