The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-09-05
NEWS ITEMS.

ONE firm of sheep raisers in Illinois have
sold over $4,000 pounds of wool at one sale
| average SO cents. With coal and cheap
TODD at hand, such State should become
the geeat empire of the wooden manufacture
of the globe.
The corn crops in the northern part of
Kansas are represented as being promising.
A gentleman who has recently been in At
Crimson and Brown counties, says that this
visit in which he has seen the thrift of the
s,il by the growing crop, has 1ppiease4.. bin
better with the country than any previous
trip.
THREE German farmers, near the Wiscon-
sin river, in Dane county, have planted vine
yards to the extent of some five acres. The
vines are doing admirably, and they propose
entering upon the culture Of the grape quite
extensively.
A GREEN Rose ?-One of these extraor-
binary natural curiosities may be seen at
Thornburn's seed store in Broadway, New
York. The leaf, stalk, buds aud flower are
all like those of the ordinary roses in form,
but all of one uniform green color. The pa
rent stalk is said to have come from Japan.
TIE Paris correspondent of the New York
Times writes: "Some editor out West has
been immortalized in the columns of the Pa
ris Presse. The editor in question placed
the following two lines in his columns: "a
gentleman of the name of Thalberg has CIV
en- concert here; he plays the piano very
we'll" The Presse wants to know what is
the use of having a reputation..if it is to be
endangered by such laconism as that.
SOME half century ago, Nicholas Long
worth, practising law at Cincinnati, received
fee for defending ahorse-thief two second
hand copper stills. These he traded off for
lot of thirty-three acres on Western Row,
then so-called. This transaction formed the
basis of an immense fortune, the naked
ground now being worth over two million of
dollars.
IT is estimated that over 5000 acres Of
land in the United States have been planted
with the Sorghum, or Chinese Sugar cane
This is wonderful result when it is consid-
cred that only two years have elapsed since
it was first introduced into the United
States.
THE Washington Union of the 21st. says
the foundations of the connecting corridors
between the centre building of the capitol
and the two new wings are now completed,
and the superstructures are going very rapid.
y up.
THE Frederick (Md) Union states that
the potato rot is making its appearance to a
pretty considerable extent in that vicinity.
and that the loss to some of the farmers in
consequence threof will amount to consider
able.
OREGoN.-Th> Convention to form State
Constitution is to met on the third Monday
OF August, and will submit it to the people
in separate clauses, the question of Slavery OF
no Slavery.
E. THAYER has purchased seven steam en-
gines, equal to..54O horse power, for the saw
and grist mills, to be erected at his free soil
city, Cerodo, in Virginia.
A WRITER in the New Orleans Della fe.
MES the truth of the report that the present
sugar crop in Louisiana will be unprecedent-
ly large. He says the crop will be a short
one, at best. The cane is said to be fullv
two weeks behind the state of forwardness Il
held last year at this time, and the writer
thinks that most favorable season will be
necessary to the production of 100000 hogs
heads.
The New Orleans Picayune has been pre-
sented with an apple grown in that city
sthe first New Orleans APPLE" it says, awe
eversaw." 1t grew on tree only four feet
high. o'
The proposed loan to the Wapsipinicom
and st. Peters Valley Railroad in Jones coun
ty, was defeated at the recent election, BY
237 votes. Also the loan to the DUBUQUE
W.R- R. by the same county, by some $40
votes. -fe .z,s