Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1855-02-20

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5THs MAINE Law IN New YoRK.-Mr. r. B
Coleman, one of the proprietors of the Astol
House, New York City. recently made speech
against Prohibtory Liquor Law, claiming that
there were laws enough to repress intemperance
if they were only put in force. In the course ol
his speech he carried the idea that good liquor
would not intoxicate, to which the Tribune peril
nently remarks: a-roI,
DIR. Graham, so far as we can learn, always
| drank good liquor, in licensed houses, kept by
men of '.good moral character" according to the
statute; yet tho purity of the St. Nicholas liquor
did not suffice to shield his brain from phrenzy
nor his hand from bloodshed. Move respect
you, neighbor Coleman! your speech was a good
one, and your hotel is of the be.t; but Liquor is
not a wholesome beverage, and you ought to stop
selling it, as you SciH when the Prohibitory Act
takes effect, just as you stopped selling Sunday
when the Mayor told you it must be done. About
the lst of May, he will give you similar notice
to stop selling at all, and you will come down.
like the gentleman you are. Shutting up your
bar on Sunday did not destroy your hotel, nor
will the stoppage of the Liquor Traffic altogether.
On the contrary you will live to thank us for hav-
ing aided to cleanse your house of tippling.. You
more who can afford to travel when they are not
compelled to do so; bookkeeping will be a more
laudable, reputable business than it now can be-,
even in your hands; and you will make more
money, and money enough for all legitimate uses,
for you understand your business and attend to
it. Wait a little and see if we are not right!
The UNExPLoYED.-It is estimated, and VIC
think correctly, that green hands from the old
country, cannot get at farming or any other busi-
ness, in this country, more than $l2O per annum
with board. Many of them cannot get any en-
ploymcnt whatever. In view of this state of
things, the N. Y. Tribune suggests the following
plan, which we think a good one:-
We believe there is room in our City, after
Charity has done its best (or worst,) for great
company, with capital of at least $l 100000,
to be ably directed and intelligenty devoted to
the outright purchase Of Unemployed Labor and
its transportation to sections where it is most
wanted. For nstancc-Five hundred emigrants
land here from ship, of whom four hundred are
ticketed for various locations throughout the
country, or welcomed here by friends, while the
residue have little means and no immediate pros
poets of work. Here let the company step in, and
say, i" If you can do no BETTER we will hire every
robust man and woman at $50 per year for the
former and $50 for the latter, taking our chance
of contracting your services to others at profit
which will pay US for your living until we find
them and refund the cost of your passage to the
place where you are wanted." .S
SHUTTING UP THE DANCE EHoUsEs.-Mayor Wood
has been actively engaged endeavoring to sup
press vice in New York City. Thus writes a cor
respondent of the Times:
On my way home from the Mariners Church,
a few Sabbath evenings since, passed where
most of the sailors dance houses are located
The doors were wide open and in full view were
groups of both sexes dancing, at the sound Of the
viOl. Others stood about the doors and on the
walk, to cnticc the sailor into their dens of ini-
quity. ..E
Last Sunday evening passed that way again,
and what change? e?-cvery door was closed, every
shutter was in its place, no music was heard, and
all was quiet. l have not seen the like before in
If Mayor Wood carries out the reforms he has
SO nobly begun, he will deserve and receive the
support of every good citizen.
Cy Sherman NJ. Booth, of Milwaukee, has
gone to prison under sentence for aiding the es-
cape of an alleged fugitive slave, but does not
seem much disheartencd by his position. He
says:
sWell! We are in Jail for the second time,
on the charge Of aiding human being to escape
from bondage! And now, that We can say it
without having our motives impugned, We pledge
ourself to aid openly every fugitive to escape
that VIC have an opportunity to aid And this
Fugitive Act, which has developed the iniquity of
Federal Judges and officers, We pledge ourself to
oppose while we live, till it is repealed.
DEATH BY FREEzING.-The Rock Island Repub-
lican gives the following account of the death
Of Mrs. Butler and her child by freezing. Itsecms
her husband was at Rock Island, and in conse-
quencc Of the cold, had made up his mind to re-
main there. The Republican adds: r
s'AIrs. Butler and her child were alone and
during the terrible storm and wind on Sunday,
started to 90 across the prairie to acquaintance
who lived about mile distant from her house,
and both mother and child perished on the way.
When found, the little child had its hands clinch-
cd full of snow and frozen fast. 1t is said by
some, Mrs. Butler was forced to 60 to the neigh
bors or freeze, as she had got out of wood. Mr..
Warner says that this is not SO, for there was
plenty of wood at the door, and plenty of all
kinds of provisions in the house, as it was the
boarding house for his men. Besides she might
have found shelter at Mr.. Bysant's, not half the
distance she attempted to go. Mr.. Warner thinks
the woman got frightened or lonesome, and start
ed for the house of an acquaintance to stay until
Mr.. Butler returned, and thus mother and child
perished in this most distressing manner"
FRozEN.-Saturday Jan. 26, was the coldest
day we have had this winter. The mercury was
25 deg. below zero, in the morning and did not
rise more than Is deg. through the day. We are
informed that man was lost on some Of the large
prairies in the vicinity of Cannon River, through
the whole of that day, and was without food or
fire from Friday till Sunday, when he reached st.
Paul, so badly frozen that both his logs were am
putated nearly up to the body. The wonder is
that he lived through such an exposure, nor will
it be less q wonder if he survives so dreadful
surgery.-Nfia. Rep. .. ~,a- o,.,....--,. o.
ST. ANTHONY MnLs-A Big Ne,cs Nem-We
understand that Dorillus Morrison. recently from
Bangor, has taken from MIR. Chute, agent for
Franklin Steel, leese of the St. Anthony Mills,
for the term of FIVE years from the 18th of May
He is ut liberty to build eight new mills doubling
the present number) and to erect a large boarding
house on Hennepin island. All repairs to be at
the expense of Mr.. Steele and he is to receive for
the use of the property $l0,O 900 year.-Min. Rep.
..-a ,.s.L ..... .I g.. BosToS, Jan. O..
Jacob F. Brown, messenger of the New Eng