The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-14
NEWS ITEMS.

conieoeracy, increasing the number to thirty
Tour. Minnesota has already adopted her
constitution, by nearly unanimous vote OF
the people. In Oregon, at the last adv,ces,
the constitutional convention had not com.
pleted its labOrs, but will undoubtedly do so,
and the constitution be voted on by the peo-
pie, before the opening of the session of Con-
gress. The question of prohibiting or legal
izng slavery is the only one that will proba-
bly, create much division, and there can hard
ly be doubt that despite the Jealous efforts
of sham Democratic intriguers, freedom will
prevail.
"A Kansas letter says there is q great
scarcity of servant girls in the territory, and
wages are very high, while the matrimonial
market Is still more active. and female domes-
tics readily obtain SITUATIONS where there
are but "two in the family A married lady
can hardly keep servant more than month
or two, before there is an announcement that
q wedding is to come off, and her servant
maid is to be the BRIDE
SOME weeks ago little girl twelve years
OF age was abducted from her home IN Chica-
go, and after being brutally outraged, is sup
Posed to have been murdered to conceal the
crime. The police, in their fruitless search
:or her, however, discovered another little
girl of the same age, who had been taken by
hack driver named Brush into his hack,
driven to remote part of the city, where a
brutal outrage was attempted on her, and
then deposited at Mother Moody's-an old
bag who has been in the penitentiary, and
now keeps den of iufamy in Chicago. When
search for the other girl was instituted,
Mother Moody got frightened and sent her
away to Canada, but she was finally traced
out by the detectives, and is now at Chicago
to give evidence against the wretches who
are on trial for her abduction.
The n. Y. Tribune states that the derangc-
ment of the money market has had most
disastrous effect upon the market for horses.
Horses which cost their owners $3.50 were
sold lately for Sl75 in that city. Another
horse, which year ago had standing offer
of $1,000 was sold for $500 and a hand
some bay, for which 5000 was paid last sum-
mcr, and not considered dear at that, brought
but Sl25 a few days ago.
The Commissioners of Emigration met on
Wednesday in New York. There was de-
bate in the Board as to the propriety of send
ing able-bodied emigrant paupers who had
some means and had applied to them for re-
lief, to the West. From the spirit of debate
it seems probable that, in very many instan-
ces, this will be done during the coming win
ter, as it would be cheaper for the Board to
do so than to support the emil rants at
Wards Island. The emigration to date has
been 158, 400, showing an increase of 40, 1918
as compared with last year.
The Tablet Roman Catholic newspaper
published in New York, says flew insu-
rance companies, we venture to assert, would
take risk on the national life of creed
which puts five hundred daily into the grave
fer one it wins to its communion. And yet
this is what Catholicity is doing in these
States while we write"
A new Railroad car has been constructed,
the principal popularity of which is, that
the seats are so constructed as to be readily
converted into sleeping berths. There are all
so berths suspended against the sides of the
car, in such manner that when occasion re-
cures, it may be turned into sleeping ROOM
with tier of double berths and ties of
single ones on each side.
When tn great Pacific Railroad is finish
ed, trains may be provided with one car fer
co liking and the others of this pattern, by
which means passengers may be carried from
st. Louis to San Francisco. without stopping
for rest or refreshment.
The Washington correspondent of the
Philadelphia Press says that the collector Of
customs in New York, and others capable Of
giving reliable information, are of the opin-
ion that the receipts at the New Yok Gus
tom House will run up, three or four weeks
hence, to the rate of 100000 per day, and
the receipts fiom the same source in oth1l
parts will proportionably increase. If this
should prove true, there will be no necessity
for the Government to negotiate loan, or tc
issue treasury notes, or curtai operations on
the public works.
THE depot of the Illinois Central Railroad
at Caro- was, with all its contents, destroy
ed by fire Sunday night, including four freight
cars and engine house. Loss $2OOOOO.-
Part of the building was occupied by agents
clerks and expressmen, who lost everything.
a package of fifteen hundred dollars, be
longing to the Express Company, was des-
troyed. Also package of the same amount
belonging to Adams, Gresham & Co., was
destroyed. Insurance not ascertained.
TIE late freshets have been very destruc-
tive in the East. The loss in Champlain vii.
lagc, N. Y, alone, is $4,000. In Massachu.
sets the Kennebec river has torn away many
bridges. The Mohawk and Ausable rivers
have risen to a great height, and overfowed
the country, destroying property on all sides
THE citizens of Muscatine have called a
meeting for getting up grand wolf hunt
There are large numbers ofwolves, of large
and ferocious species, prowling about that
city, making night hideous by their bowling
and destroying large numbers of sheep, calves,
pigs, &c.
GERMAN and Italian emigration is said to
he on the increase. During the past nine
months of the present year 1888 emigrants
have embarked at the port of Havre alone,
being an increase Of 1000 above the previous