The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-08-12

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BILE be claims it can be worked any dis
lance without the aid Of any electric bat
terry, the cable being Of itself perfect bat
terry I; consequently the longer the wire the
greater power in working will be obtained.
It is said that some capitalists are about
taking II 10 band with view OF giving it
thorough test.
AN ingenious dodge Of the counterfeiter
was detected recently in the uncurrent mo-
ney department of the Metropolitan Bank,
New York. Good one-dollar bills Of va
rious banks are mutilated by taking out the
name the bank which is afterwards pasted
tens and twenties Of broken banks. The
bills thus manufactured, being composed of
parts Of genuine bills, are dangerous, the
process Of FASTING being neatly done. Ope.
rations, as far az discovered, have been con.
fined to the bills Of the Seventh Ward Bank
Of New York city Unadilla Bank Flour
City Bank Rochester and State Of New
York Bank, Kingston.
A NEW YORK correspondent writes that
the fancy" are on the ga, p,ue in anticipa.
tion OF a contest between Ton liver and
the Benicia Boy. After what had trans.
pired on Saturday night, it is not seen how
HYER can decline fight HEENAN is anx-
GUS for the fray, and let HYEs say what he
will in ordinary talk, he has secret hank.
ering for further pugilistic notoriety. He
will undoubtedly fight before a year rolls
round.
A CHILD of Mrs. CArHARISE OFLAHER-
TY, eighteen months old, was found locked
up in the house No, l07 Hudson street,
Brooklyn, on Thursday where it was aban
doncd the day previous by its mother. The
child was much emaciated, when found, for
want of nourishment.
Mr.. JONI KERR, druggist of Allegheny
City, Pennsylvania, was stabbed in the
breast as he lay in bed the other night. A
young scamp Of nephew of Mr.. kERR's,
who has been in the house OF refuge twice,
suspected of being the pcrpetrator, is in
custody.
CAPT. ScnEsLEY, the Englishman, who
made himself famous in this country some
years ago by carrying off Miss CRooHAS,
Z huir A.,
daughter, from boarding school at Pitts.
burgh, Pennsylvania, and marrying her, is
elected member of the British Parliament
from Dartmouth.
A DIVORCE in high life " il noticed in
the English papers. A son of Lord HAIR
yEy discovered a criminal intimacy between
his wife and Lord RIBBLEsDAIE, and jury
granted him separation and large damages
from the correspondent.
| IT is said that conspiracy has been dis
covered among prominent and wealthy citi.
zcns OF Fort Wayne, Indiana, TO tear up
the railroad track at that place, because the
company have refused to pay for stock killed
by it
Tue Niagara Mad states that the Ma.
CARA dock property, belonging to the estate
Of the late SAMUEL ZIMMERMAN, Esq, was
sold few days ago TO the Bank OF Upper
Canada Tor the sum of $4,000.
oN Sunday a son Of Mr. CoLEs MERRITT,
of Newbridge, Queens county, New York,
aged l5 accidentally shot his sister, MARTHA
Ann, aged about l3 years. and the wound
proved fatal.
MADAME JENNY LIND GoLpscHNIpr is to
visit Ireland in the autumn. for the purpose
Of singing in oratorios. She intends giving
the d" Messiah" for the benefit of the Mer.
GERS Hospitals in Dublin.
/ Ma. MURE, ex.British Consul a, New
Orleans, who recently obtained a divorce
from bis wife for adultery with Hon. GEORGE
ArGrsrrs HAMILTON CHICHESTER. was put
ashore from steamboat on the banks Of the
Mississippi, few years ago, in company with
kmale friend, his "compagnon du voyage"
the officers Of the boa: thinking their con.
+ duct was not in accordance with good NOR
/ ais.
/ The offensive state Of the Thames is ex.
citing general remark. The London Times
says i, is exhalng ef'iavia more terrible, il
possible, than those which created panic
last year the committees Of the House OF
Commons are obliged to sit with their win.
dows shut. in order to escape the stencil
which rises from the river and penetra.es
every corner OF the ediiice which is no, closed
against il.
RAsEY has been very successful in London
in tanning a vicious horse, the " K Ing OF
] Da,ia " The nndon Ns,c, saya the and,