The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1856-03-15

~ MI. Ezra b. Ilbbets, OF Lynn,
Massachusetts,, was almost Immediately kill
ed by an avalanche of snow from house
top, recently. He is said to have been
very worthy man. 1t is stated that as Mr.
Tibbets heard the sound of the sliding ice,
he attempted to escape by running oil the
sidewalk in the street. This is very COM
mon error, as walking close to the building
is the only safe cause.
THREE WEEKS IN THE SNow.-Our fell
low citizen, J. w. Stevenson, arrived home
from the eastern end of New York State last
Sunday-having left that part of our COM
mon country on the It'll of February. Being
in charge of some valuable live stock in the
shape of horses, he took the freight train,
which had to dig its way through snow
banks from Albany to Dunleith. The same
storm that deposited five feet of snow all
along the east and west line of Railroad,
through New York, Ohio, Indiana, Michigan
and Illinois, only brought about two feet to
Minnesota. So it is, every winter.
HIGH PRICE FOR NEWSPAPER STocK.-
The New York Mirror of Saturday last says
that $500 were offered the day previous
for one share of the New York Tribune
This would make the one hundred shares in
to which that establishment was divided a
few years ago, worth $35O,OO0. The par
value of each share is $1,000. This is GER
tainly very brilliant success for a newspa-
per enterprise.
The largest vote cast in the Conven-
ton for Mr.. Fillmore was that of Virginia,
where the Know Nothing were completely
laid out at the last election. His next high
est support was from Pennsylvania, where
the Know Nothings do not poll one-third of
the State vote. Tennessee, North Carolina
and Missouri, which also went in largely for
him, are all Democratic States. Tie only
really Know Nothing States that were in ia
yer of his nomination were Maryland and
California. All the rest of the States that
vote the "American Ticket" or ever have
voted it, either partially or wholly opposed
the Silver Gray nomination. --.<
EscApED.-We learn that A. w. Morgan,
who was recently committed to the Terrific
rial Prison at Saltwater by the Police JUS
tice of st. Paul to await his trial for larceny,
and is now at large. He is we'll known in
st. Paul, and our citizens should be on the
look out for him.
Il The Hon. Edward Everett has been
invited by the ladies of Richmond, Virginia,
to repeat discourse on the life and services
of Washington, which he delivered in Bos-
ton. He has accepted the invit ton, and
appointed the 18th of March for its delivery.
The proceeds of the lecture are towards the
purchase of the Mount Vernon property.
GRocERIEs.-B. F. Irvine & Co., request
us to state that owing to the large stock of
goods yet on hand, they will sell at a very
small advance above St. Louis prices. Coun-
try Dealers wishing to replenish their stocks
will do well to give them call.
ATTEMPT TO FLoG AN Charles
L. Wilson, editor Of the Chicago Journal,
was assaulted in the streets of that city on
the 28th ult-, by Thomas Hoyne, United
States District Attorney for Illinois. Hoyne
had the first blow, but Wilson rallied and
gave his antagonist sound drubbing-
knocking him "clean through" bank win
dow.