The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1858-11-04

Willis, the New York gambler, accused
OF pitching man into cis,ern and muir
derng hun for his money, publishes card
in the New York papers relative to the
charge made against him, lie thinks tia
curious affair all rousd, and Tor thas mat
ter so do other people. Willis says the
servant girl who frs, accused, aud then ties
titled agains, him. stole articles from Mrs.
WILLIS, which to her were " literally price
less among them three bedluilts, made of
the clothes Of deceased relatives, and that
for prosecuting her for theft, she rcvcnged
herself hy accusing him Of murder. Mr..
WILLIS expresses himself remarkably well,
but there are awkward circumstances in the
matter, such M the blood stains, &c, though
the doctors say they may have been there
for year or 40, which his card doesn't
quite explain. The New York police have
succeeded in finding Mr., MIDDLETON, who
answered the description Of the person float
ing in the cisiern, and now they think JonS
SULLIVAN. baker addicted TO gambling
and red waistcoa,s' may be the robbed and
drowned individual.
FREDrmck y. CouRNs has been warmly
received as delegate representing the literary
men Of New York. by the literary and ar
tstic congress at Brussels, aud made one Of
the vice presidents.
VERY dowcry styles Of head dresses are
given in the late Fashions" Ono Of white
daisies, with cluster Of white roses on the
left side another Of blue forget mo nots,
with similar cluster; one OF tiger lily,
forming u wreath, with u white feather on
the left and another wreath of moss roses,
with grasses and large rose.
irv. Dr. CuEgyER, the notorious negro
philite preacher Of New York, writes a
communication in the Independent, in which
he calls the mona practice Of the Paris doc
tors on Senator SUMNER the trial by fire"
and says, loosely, that il We could hear
Books, possibly we should hear some
thing about suffering from fire there also"
The indeoeDcy Of this little clerical pleasant
ry will strike some people. Another pro
fame man, not doctor Of divinity, comment
ing on CuEEvga's jest, said--'I should call
that HI Of q Joke"
A poor unfortunate lunatic named Hen.
ny BIx0nAM, who was confined for safe
keeping 10 the Buchanan county jail, Iowa,
hung himself on Sunday, the oath ult. with
a rope made oihis bed clothes.
A SERIOUS railroad accident occurred last
Tuesday night on the Davenport and Iowa
City Railroad, near the Fulton station. A
man named CoswAY was run over by the
trsin. He was lying drunk beside the track,
with bis bead only few inches from the
rail- when the "cow catcher struck him
throwing him Oh one side, and cutting bis
head severely lie was Immediately cared
for. but was thought 10 be fatally injured.
LryrarooL papers notice the ossation
this year, Of The grea, influx Of Irish labor
err, who annually cross the channel 10 On.
gage in the English harvest, md argue
,bercfrom the improved condition q the
Irish rcasan,ry, who can BE- more proGtably
occupied ia the culture Of their own farms or
thoee Of their beighbors. than 10 seeking
work elsewhere.
Tue Grand Jury u stanton county,
Va. recently indicted a postmaster Tor open
ing letters 10 his Office. lie had taken no
money, bu, appeared 10 be instigsted by
mere curiosity.
We see by the New York papers that The
friepds Of JoHs T.. HAsgis had q meeting
On saturday night, at Yonkers, at which
Cd FogsyY made another fierce onslaught
On the President, 10, quite M personal A.
his Tarrytown display, but foil Of the ZANE
bittr spiri, Mr.. IInsIs also addressed
,be nesting.
A WHITE in the Philadelphia L,igr,
who ,heoriDs % the satstance and nature
Of comets, s.ys 'ha, light and electricity are
ia a great measure identical.
OFFICIAL returns " the State electihn 10
Pennsylvania show that RSAD received
s.ll9 votes for Supreme Jadge, and POI.
rss III y0je. READ. majority 27.022