Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1858-09-04
NEWS ITEMS.

graph Company is 100000, equal to about
So, 100000. Mr.. Field is said to own one
tenth of it. Tho other American stockhc Id
ers are, David Dudley Field, John c. Green,
Jacob Little, Matthew Morgan, G. I. Trim
BILE, Most Rev. John Hughes, Peter Cooper
August Belmont, Wilson G.. Hunt A. NJ
Lawrence, Henry G. Marquand, B. II. Van
Auken, A. A. Low & Bro, W. A. Sale & Co.,
Mrs. K. W. Perkins, Estate of Mortimer Liv-
ingston, Duncan Sherman & Co., Schuchard
e. Gebbard, Phelps, Dodge & Co.-al of
New York city. E. r. Stevens, Esq, Sara
toga Springs, N. Y, William Dow, Esq,
Montreal, Canada.
The Madison (Wis.) Journal records a no
mantle marriage at Mazomania, in that coun
ty. The groom was a returned Ca ifornia,n
who left his wife for the auriferOus land about
seven years ago; and the bride the wife that
was LETT. She had heard of bis death, but
subsequently heard he was alive, but did not
intend to return, and therefore procured a
divorce. A short time since he returned.
and called on his former wife. courtsbip
was re opened, the result of which was, he
led her to the altar second time.
AT a Democratic convention, held last
week at Rutland, VT, Hon. Charles g. East
man was nominated as tie candidate of the
party, br Congress. The opposing candidate
is +. P. Walton, the present member. and
resides in Montpelier the residence also Of
Eastman. The Republican majority in the
district is several thousand. Both nominees
arr editors who d" understand their business"
MRs. WILLIAMS, the wife of wealthy
farmer named BENJAMIN Williams, in Pitts
field, Lorain County, Ohio, hanged her little
daughter and then hung herself Her hus-
band appears to be brute who drove ner to
desperation by his wicked condlct. When
he was introduced to the dead body Of his
wife and child, he exclaimed that it was too
damned bad to kill a poor innocent girl"
The divine law pronounces him guilty of the
murder of both.
On the heavy grade from Altoona to Cres-
sen, on the Pennsylvania Railroad, which is
ninnty-fve feet to the mile, it has been Gus
tomary to attach an additional locomotive to
the train but on TUESDAY last the experiment
was tried of making the ascent with but one
engine. the same which had brought the train
to the former point. The experiment was
successful, though the speed was necessarily
somewhat reduced.
ONE of the Illinois papers in the service of
the Office holders announces that Administra-
ton meetings are to be held at Oquawla,
Sprinficld and Monticello, on tie 22d, 25th
and 2Sth, and that Vice President Brecken-
ridge, Col Carpenter and II. S. Fitch are to
be speakers.
GERR1r SMITH of New York. the Abolition
and Temperance candidate for & vernon of
that State, has issued another manifesto, adj
dressed to the "Aboitionists and Prohibi-
tionists," in which he gives some of them
pretty good raking down for not rallying more
promptly to his support.
A GERMAN named Myers having dishonor
ed his own daughter with whom he was re-
siding near Bowling Green, Pike county, Mo-,
shot her dead on the 18th inst, and then
committed suicide. 1t is supposed that they
both had agreed on bloody death as amears
of not being living witnesses to the exposure
of the guilt of the one and the shame of the
other.
1t is stated that the people Of the city of
London sent by post 80, 100000 more letters
during the last ten years than all the people
of this country is ten tim greater. Of the
95,000,0O0 letters posted in London, more
than 49O.OOO,OOO were for circulation within
the limits of that city.
THE prospects for the return to Congress
of Bill English or English Bill are growing
dubious enough. The organ of the Wash
ing;on County Democracy, Indiana, 1.-THE Sa-
lem Democrat) repudates. him, and comes
out directly for the Opposition candidate. A
lively stampede of the Democracy of that
county in the same direction, is spoken of as
q certain event. The same thing may be
looked for in the other counties.
BARON RorHsCHILD having recently been
admitted to a seat in Parliament, the inquiry
is elected what is he Baron OF, to which an
exchange replies, that he is barrcn of every
thing but money.
TIE Republicans of Indiana have re-nom-
lntcd all their present members Of Congress
-Messrs Colfax, Kilgore Petit, Case and
Wilson-and are supporting also Mr.. John
G. DAVIS, who though elected by their oppo'
ncnts, did his utmost to defeat both the L.
compton and English bills.
Look out for a well gotten up gold dollar
of the "bogus kind" the result of the labors
of an ingenious crew of rascally counterfeiters
in Massachusetts. Nothing but strong acid
will show the deceit
THERE is an increasing religious interest in
Cincinnati Tent meetings are held daily, all
the churches uniting. The Times says that
two thousand people assembled in the Union
tent at a single meeting held on the 18th inst.
A chldren's meeting was held last week, at
which Mr.. Griffin, of Rochester, N. Y, made
speech.
THE Richmond South announces to its
readers that Mr. Buchanan is the only can
ddate whom the Southern people could hope
to elect" in 1860.
A military organization, to be composed
exclusively of New Englanders, is about to
be inaugurated IN New York.
WHEAT ranges from Sl,00 to $l,lO per
bushel at Milwaukee. 1t was about the same