The daily Minnesota pioneer. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1855, 1855-01-06
NEWS ITEMS.

w. T. Sacket, receiving teller of the Market Bank
of New York, is defaulter to the amount of $685.
600. lie admitted the embezzIement, and stated
shat he was sorry it was not twice as much.
The Lexington (Ky.) Observer says that they
have been shown counterfeit bill of the Northern
Bank Of Kentucky. 1t is one dollar bin made into
twenty. By holding the bill to the light and rub
bling the finger the face the fraud can be detect,
ed.
The man is now living, in the town Of Amherst
Mass, who heard the firing at Bunker Hill, 100
miles distant therefrom in direct line He was
then IN the township Of Cumminston, adjoining Berk-
shire county negro was lying on the ground near
him, and hearing the guns, said ''there was war
somewhere, for he heard the cannons." The gentle.
man TO whom we have alluded, Ebenezer Shell. NOW
upwards OF 81, put his ear to the ground, and heard
the firing distinctly, and for long time. After a
few days the mystery explained by news of the
battle Of Bunker Hill, which was raging at that very
time.
The ship Minerva, Of Bremen, has been seized at
Baltimore, for bringing to that port twenty more
passengers than is allowed by the act of Congress-
The Minerva was built at Bremen Is months since
at cost Of $4,000, and has made but one voyage,
and Is in every respect one Of the finest ships in the
port OF Baltimore. 1t appears that the boarding off
GERS have admitted that the ship in most excel
lent order and condition on arrival, and the only
charge was the excess OF passengers
The quarter of million Of dollars Congress voted
two years ago to Robert L. Stevens to complete his
steam battery at Hoboken, for the protection of New
York harbor, has all been expended it is said. The
work, however, is far from completed SO that it is
probable another appropriation will be required
Several hundred workmen were discharged few
days since.
The Philadelphia Ledger says no regular work.
being carried on in the county prison, at which DR.
Beale could be employed to advantage, he oflicatcs
as an assistant in the apothecarys department, and
performs all the dental operations required by the
prisoners. His health, it is said, is suffering from
The close confinement of his CELL
The Rev. George ID. Cummins, of Richmond, has
accepted call to the rectorshp of Trinity Church in
Washington city, and intends to enter on his duties
in that parish early in January. .l.->
The couon factory Of Rufus Graves, in New Up
switch, New Hampshire, was burned on Thursday
last. Loss $4,000 Insured in Manufacturer Co.
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He has imbibed great error who imagnes that
the chief power Of wealth is to supply wants. In
ninety-nine cases of hundred it creates more
. than it supplies. 49, ..-.. ..... g.. ..s.4a. I
George ID. Smith a porter at Wright's Hotel in
Syracuse was instantly killed Thursday afternoon by
falling through skylight the roof of the Central
Railroad depot.
DR.. Miller has been convicted at Montgomery.
Ala of the murder of A. G. JONES' and sentenced to
the penientiary for life. james Patton, respecta-
bic citizen of New Orleans, who time since
convicted Of killing Col W. Turnbul, has also been
sentenced to the penitentiary for lie.
Smith made an assertion to Jones. Jones replied
that it was COMPOUNDED lie-kely story. Smith first
started, and then bIndy requested Jones to be kind
enough to place his syilabes closer together. Very
proper request. .at.