Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-09-04

ceeded to ballot with the following result
For Representative Melville @. Smith, IL
A. D. Shaw, W 3
Mr.. Smith being present, arose, and after max
ing few brief remarks, in which he alluded to
the honor conferred upon him, declined the nom
ination in favor of Dodge County, assigning as
reason his inexperience, and the probability of
his removing to another place. The mark of es-
TEEN shown him by the Convention would be
gratefully remembered. y .o,sAH
The Convention then proceeded to another bal
lot, which resulted in the election of A. D. Shaw,
of Florence.
: WARREN BRIsroL, ESQ.,, Of Red Wing, was then
unanimously nominatedfor Councillor.
After several pertinent speeches by Messrs.
Shaw and Bristol, the Dodge County Delegates
asked the unanimous consent of the Convention
to postpone the nomination of their Representa-
tive, which was granted. ts
On motion of j. N. Murdoch it was resolved
that the proceedings of the meeting be published
in the Times. Minnesotian and Republican.
/, c. Mr.. VIM. Conner, the first white resident
of Central Indiana, died in Hamilton Co., Aug,
9th of dropsy. He was aged "a.
cw stable was destroyed by fire one night
last week at Bristol, Pa, with fifteen horses and
mules.
CT Six fugitive slaves passed through SYRIA
cuse to Canada on underground railroad one day
last week.
Gw There is difficulty about the proprietor
ship of the Catholic church of Carrolton, KY,
between the bishop and trustees.
sD The Know Nothing State Council of
North Carolina has abolished the Roman Cath.
Ole test. --Ia s.. t..s
"a A Canada West paper says that 81
per day are being paid for harvest hands in
York and Wentworth Counties. q, ..te+-
sgT A man named Chenaise has been held
to bail in New York on charge of fitting out
vessel for the slave trade. ,.-ts.
ES The Cholera is raging in Georgetown,
ILL.,, with great severity. l3 deaths have oc-
cured within few days. q r..
E1 The several Austrian garrisons in 1t.
ally have been reinforced by $4,000 troops
from Vienna. '..''
gW@ y daughter of Mr.. James Porter, near
Ellicott's Mills, was burned to death last week,
by her clothes taking fire.
EGS A returned Californian, named Bar
nard O'Rourke, printer by trade, was robbed
of $500 in Boston. ef'e~
P. .s
- Md'lle Whiting, the American prima
donna, has secured profitable engagement in
Europe. 2: 'saa
seD- Miss Andrews, young lady ample
resources, from Syracuse, New York, has ar.
rived at Norfolk, where she intends nursing
the yellow fever patients.
seJ@ 1t is said that there are over three
thousand persons in the City Of New York
whose only lodging place is the doorstep, the
coal-box, or the benches in the public square.
s9~ The Sultan gives Omar Pacla three
valuable estates in Roumelia and Antolia.-
The general;ssimo will, it is affirmed, take the
command of the two armies of Asia. ~
Es1- The barracks at La Prairie, opposite
Montreal, which have been unused for num-
Der of years, are now occupied by five hundred
soldiers t..i.e .fa .-a.-s
s Very fine pototoes are retailing in the
Cincinnati Market at 40 cents bushel. A
few months since they were selling at two dol
lars and fifty cents.
e@- A Chicago paper announces that a run
has been commenced on the Atlanta Bank, and
will be continued until all the Georgia shin
plasters are driven out of circulation. $147,-
900 has already been drawn, and $3.50, 900
more will soon be demanded. The Bank of
Galena and the Bank of Mineral Point are the
main drawers. They are backed by two lead
ing houses in Chicago
ssy~ The long car shed belonging 10 the
Madison and Indianapolis Railroad Co., about
a mile from North Madison, was burned few
weeks since. Twenty-three cars inside of the
shed were burned. Loss $4,000 or O,OOO-
insured for $4,000. 80 ~ ea. sufras
- "A Jew days since young and beauti
fullady, a Mrs. Kemp, Of Delaware city, Del,
while labo-ing under fit Of temporary insani-
ty, caused by religious excitement, cut her throat
from ear to ear, causing instant death. z reg
f5ff4F .ste.fra +
CO. In New ALBANY, Charles Fetz has been
fned $50 and sentenced to thirty days confine-
ment in the county prison for selling liquor con-
trary to the statute.
Cv The Hartford Times says, a girl named
Freeman, was examined yesterday before Com
missioner Fellowes, tor purloining letters or pro-
curing them from the Post Office under false pre-
fences. She implicated a hackman as having ia.
ken one of the letters from her. He has been
arrested.
Cv The Salisbury, N. c., Watchman, records
the murder Of a negro in Yadkin County, in which
the murderer, after beating his victim with an
axe helve, poured hot water in his ears and killed
him.
RICHARD p. RoBISsex NOT DEAD.-The Louis
vile Journal contradicts the story that Richard
P. Robinson. the supposed murderer of Helen