Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1859-11-19
NEWS ITEMS.

OF In some tlmea A Mr. jackson Sage made
a wager of $500 with some parties in Fredo-
ma that he could shoot fifty consecutive rifle
shots, off hand, at target OF two and one
fourth inches, at the distance of ten rods,
without once missing the mark. He accom-
plished the feat, but did it by setting up
heavy boiler iron funnel, one foot in diameter
at the wider end, and tapering to size less
than that of the mark, just in front of the tar
get. He had only to keep his ball withinfive
or six inches of the mark, and the funnel took
them home, sure. He had the Yankee i'm
pudence to claim the stakes after this per-
formance, and we cannot feel certain that he
did not deserve them, for his sharp trick, if |
not for his sharp shooting.
sE Some of the Indians on Lake Superb
or have formed temperance society. The oc- |
ca sion of which was as follows A large num-
Der Of them had collected a considerable |
amount of money in small sums, which they
entrusted to the keeping of chief in whom
they had implicated confidence. This digni-,
tary was not infallible, and one day they
went on spree and spent it all. The red
men held an indignation meeting over it, and
after most emphatic series of grunts, form
ed self protective association, based on fun
damental principles-that is to say, the very
first Indian who should get drunk was to be
tied to stnmp and whipped with twenty-five
lashes.
~ '' Howadjie Curtis" of New York, in
a recent lecture, pitched into the sleepy SER
monizing of the day, and described the for
ty-fve thousand congregations in this coun-
try as so many gatherings where the young
of both sexes tangled their eyes in looking at
each other where no sensitive heart cords
were touched where those of mature years
were calculating upon the business of the en-
suing week where some were falling alseep,
III DIR the happy consciousness that nothing
aorOng would come from that pulpit. And
upon the close of service at these churches,
and as the people would assemble in the
porch, you would hear such EXPLANATIONS as
"What good sermon." and How your
uoots shine' -7. T..
we Gen. Singleton and Hon. James B.
Clay have made a wager of $4,000, forfeit
$4,000, between the progeny of 'Silver
Heels" and Membrino Chief" each party
to make their selection from the colts of the
respective horses, either horse or mare, three
years old next spring. "Membrino Chief y"
was brought out to Kentucky by Mr.. Clay.
He is "Messeager horse, of remarkable
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232, and his colts have shown extraordinary
speed. The wager between these two gentle
men contemplate two meetings., the first at
Louisville, i'm the spring, and the second at
the Abbey, near ST. Louis, in the fall.
fHe The design for the pedestal of the
equestrian statue of Washington, to be erect
ed in Washington city, has been completed,
and will be submitted to Congress for its ap-
proval during the coming session. 1t is des-
igned to be of marble, twenty three feet high
and divided into three stories, representing
the great epochs in the history of the country
as it appeared on its first discovery, when
inhabited by the Indians; the second its gen.
eral aspect under the influence of civilization;
and the third and last the revoluntinary strug-
gle. The pedestal is to be surmounted by a
colossal statue Of Washington.
- Mr.. Robinson, Of Lancaster England
the election Auditor for the Southern Divis
ion of the county, has published +" a full and
true account of the expenses incurred by the
lion. Algernon Egerton and Mr. VIM. Leigh
to serve in Parliament for the said Division,
! at the last general Election the sum footing
up to the amount of f6,3lO las. 4d., ol
nearly thirty thousand dollars. 49,
sy~ On the 14th ultimo, slight shock o.
an earthquake was felt at Santiago de Cuba
which was preceded by long rumblins
sound. At Matanzas on the night of thu
18th ultimo the white light which precedes
the aurora bOrealis, was observed, accompa
MED by wonderful transparency of the at
mosphere in the northern horizon, which las
ted from liz p. NJ. till l A. NJ.
rY- Accounts from Havana state that on
the 9th ult., twenty one Asiatic "lree colo
!, nists," ran away from a plantation called La
Maravilla, near Mantanzas. They were ap
pretended and taken back the same day, and
on the succeeding one they murdered the
owner of the estate, Don Agustin Valera, with
their spades and other agricultural imple
ments John Chinaman will cause serious
trouble some of these days in the island.
, e3g. When, in 1885, the venerable Bishop
kemper began his services as Missionary
Bishop of the Northwest, there was but ont
. missionary in Indiana, one church with ont
t clergyman in Missouri, and one missionary il
Wisconsin-which comprised all his diocese
Out of this region have been erected six dio
ceses, and he now retires from his post o
Missionary Bishop to take charge of the doces'
r of Wisconsin. .....
- A man named Lambert, on Slater
1 Island, was sick In the course Of the nigh
Mrs. Lambert rose to light a camphene lamp
: and while she was filling the lamp witt
: camphenc, which was done very imprudently
: when the wick was lighted, the camphene ex
r ploded, and Mrs. Lambert's dress caught fire
:. and she was almost Immediately envelopeC
in fames At this instant, Mr.. Lamber
: rushed out of the bed and attempted to ex
tnguish the fire, to save Mrs. Lambert from
: being burned to death His wife lies in
: horribly distigurcd condition. "
4 nwA An accident occurred at Newsom'
o Plantation, ID miles below Tuscumbia, OF
5 the Memphis and Charleston railroad, no
f long since, by which the chief engineer, vii
liam Cotton, was instantly killed, and tn
o second engineer and fireman so badly seal
ded and otherwise mutilated that they wer'
. expected to die when our informant left
The accident was caused by running into
, bull which was on the track. Mr.. Cotton
the engineer killed, WAS a resident of Hunts
f vile, Ala. He leaves wife and three chill
+ dren to mourn his untimely fate.
~ The Buffalo Commercial says they
have commerce employing sixteen hundred
steamers and vessels upon the Lake proper
5 of an aggregate tonnage of over four hundred
thousand tons, navigating over five thousand
miles of continuous lake and river coast
transporting imports and exports annually
, to the amount of six hundred millions of dol
lars.
9s- The Washington correspondent of th
New York Tribune says that President Bu
, chanan processes to favor the nomination
, of Southern candidate at Charleston, an,
seemingly indicates Mr.. Fitzpatrick bu
; his friends look to the contingency of his be
ing himself selected. Most officials act q
that idea.
We Among the incidents connected will
the iiarper's Ferry enaeute, it is mentioned b,
the National hntelligencer, that deputatiol
from the free coiored population Of George
town, waited upon the Mayor of that town
and respectfully profered him their unitet
and thorough cooperation in any service i,
( which he might see fit to employ them in tn
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