Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-11-12
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NEWS ITEMS.

rows, pieces of flint and other small change
AT Ruthland (Vt) on Friday the sleighing
was very good At Lockhayen, Clinton CO.,
Pc, snow fell to the depth, of six inches on
Thursday; !; the sleighs were out and every
thing seemed like winter. ~ IL, "-'a.J tl'.,
The prospects of the Pork Market begin to
excite inquiry. The Cincinnati Gazette of the
26th ult. reports that some small lots of hogs
had been contracted fo, at $3.50 for the last
half of November and SIS for the late Decem-
Der delivery. For the first two weeks in
in November, Sc is generally asked. Con-
tracts are reported in the interior of Ken
lucky, deliverable on the line of the railroad
at 81 gross. E.,............
5E There are five starch manufactures in the
town of Stowe, w., each of which consumes
from 1900 to 10000 bushels of potatoes
yearly, yielding about 8 pounds Of starch to
a bushel.s.b sTa- szod" ",o1rlf.ggl. 10
One hundred and seventy negroes were
sent South from st. Louis, on Wednesday
last All of them were purchase in Mis-
souri,. -... o-,... .... .,.-........ ,
SO The night Express of the p. F. w. & G..
Railroad ran into six horses on last Saturday
night, killing five on the spot and wounding
the sixth so severely that wa suppose he will
not live: n;'e" o-l(1 -| ...a... .ai.
John Mitchell, the Irish exile, has arrived
in Paris from the United States.
The Tennessee Legislature has before it
proposition to expel all free colored persons
from the State after the lst day of January,
1862. ..-.. ...,
Henry H. Worthington, the oldest editor
of the South, died at Columbus, Miss, on the
18th inst.
The Louisville Journal of Wednesday last
notes contracts for 5000 hogs, for November
delivery, at 81 gross. '
The Republicans of Oneida county, N. Y,
have formed an "Irrepressible Club" to
maintain the doctrines of Seward.
Ten million of dollars have this year been
imported into England from Russia, up to
October 1st.
Paul Farnum, well known Philadelphia
merchant, died on Tuesday last at Beverly,
New Jersey.
Hon. Harrison G. Blake, the Republican
candidate, is elected to Congress in the four
teenth district, Ohio.
Thos. Kelly, convicted in New York of at
tempting to kill a policeman, has been SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for 20 years.
Bishop Ames, of the NJ. E. Church, was
lately robbed of 800 at Galena, ILL.,, by ro-
que who got into the room where he slept.
In Hamburg, Germany, out of 2,34s cases
of cholera this summer, l,194 have died, and
LAO have recovered.
Mr.. j. Proctor, the American actor, is per-
forming at the National Standard Theatre, in
London.
Bayard Taylors lectures in San Francisco
produced profit of 81 800 to the Mercantile
Library Association.
A son Of ex-senator Ewing, of Ohio, has
been elected Chief Justice of Kansas, on the
Republican ticket. -".-
To work our own contcntment, we shall Ia
Dor not so much to increase our substance as
to moderate our desires.
The people of Indiana have, with great
unanimity, voted down the proposition to call
Convention to frame q new State COnStitu-
ton.
1t is stated that Mrs. Ellen Key Blunt,
daughter of the late Francis S. Key, author of
the Star Spangled Banner" will soon give a
series of readings and recitations in the city
of Boston.
At fair held in Wilmington, Delaware,
last week, walking match for horses took
place. The horses which took the prize
walked the mile in about 4. Is and f. 81 re-
spectively.
The population Of Mobile is set down by
one Of ITS papers at thirty two thousand. 1t
has increased eleven thousand during the last
nine years.
Mr.. Ten Brooks horses, Starks and PriO
ress, we're beaten in running for the Cesare
witch stakes at Newmarket, England, on the
18th ult.
The Boston Courier gives q rumor that the
defalcation in the Savings Bank in that city
will reach $4,000, instead Of $4,000, as
was supposed.
DR.. Edward Maxwell died at Bloomington
Indiana, on the 18th ult., from an overdose
of morphine, administered, it is believed, in 8
mistake.
The two California steamers, North Stal
and Atlantic, sailed from New York or
Thursday week, for Aspinwall, taking ou
800 passengers.
The subscription started in France for tn,
relief of the wounded in the late war amounts
now to the handsome sum of 8, 300, i5O francs
or S1,ll1,l 100.
In 1S41 the annual assessment on tn
property of the city OF New York was 81
cents on the 500. In lS49 it was $l.1S
In 1850 it is $l.79 on the $lO0
Gold has been found in some Of the cobbl
stones brought from the mining districts cas-
Of Sacramento, to pave the streets of Sal
Francisco.
A bunch Of ripe strawberries was placed o.
the Speakers desk in the Massachusctt
State House on Friday week. They wer
raised in Quincy.
The California papers state that Senate
Broderick's property does not, in fact, reac
$50 900, as has been shown in the Probat
Court of San Francisco. 1t appears that h
died without making will at all.
1t is proverb in jefferson county, N. Y
that snow always falls on the 10th of Octt
Der, at Sackett's Harbor, and an old resider
of that county annually wins money by be
ting on the event.
1t was considered great achievement
make hot air as motive power, but sti
greater one has just been noted. Compress
Ell cold air is now used in New York city {
set in motion some twenty or thirty SEWN
machines.
Rufus D. Allen, Of London, N. H., recent
eloped with his wife's sister, while the wi
was absent. The sister had resided in h
family, and the parties were in good standir
in community in the city.
We observe that the Great Eastern is no
styled in several journals the Great Unce
tainty. 1t was rumored in England at ii
latest dates that she would not sail for Por
land, in the United States, until the ensuir
spring.
Geo. Little, of Paducah, Ky, was shot