The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1859-11-18
Geographic and Other News Items.

DENVER Cry pixies Peak dates to the
Goth ult., bring the report of duel be.
tween RICHARD WHITTsEr and VIM P
MCCLURE. The latter was shot in, or a
little above, the groin, and the wound is
supposed to be fatal.
A WASHINGTON letter affirns that the
President will not appoint a minister to
Paris till the meeting of Congress.
ARCH. /. Cook, one of the Oldest tele-
graphic reporters in the United States, died
at Baltimore on Thursday, the 9th Oct.
THERE was killing frost in various parts
of louisiana and Mississippi, on Sunday
morning, the 30th Oct.
AN old man in Indiana recently cowhided
his daughter, nineteen years old, for wearing
hoops. Another man in the same State
turned bis daughter out Of doors for the
same offence.
A DISPATCH from New Orleans, of the
I'd inst, states that WELLS FARGO & Co.,
the great Express Company, have obtained
the privilege from Sonora to run line of
stages from Arizona to Guaymas on the
Gulf Of California.
Tens On the Bank of Lansingburg. NY;
twcs Oh the State Bank, Montpelier, VT;
fyes on the Bank Of Commerce, New Lon.
don, CT; threes and tens On the Bank Of
Mutual Redemption, Boston, Mass; ones on
the Bank of Mt. Carmel, H., are among rhe
latest counterfets.
THE celebrated picture, The Duel after
the Masquerade" has been sold to gentle
man in Chicago for $4,000.
A BLOCK consisting Of about twenty FIVE
wooden buildings on Green street, between
Fifth and Sixth streets, st. Louis, kuown as
the "Robber's Roost," composed of notori-
Gus Irish doggeries and disreputable dance
houses, was burned on the night of the
81. Loss, $4,000.
Gov. WISE has issued proclamation
Offering a reward of $500 each for the arrest
of the following named fugitive insurgents
--OwEN BROWN, BARCLAY, MERRIAM and
TODD.
A COMMISSION de }unaiico inqluirendo has
been appointed in the case OF Mrs. BLANDI-
Ma DUDLEY, in view of alleged recent sim
gular dispositions made by her Of her prop
erty.
A FIRE occurred at New Orleans on the
night OF the Sd, in the Fourth District, at
which sixty dwellings were destroyed, at an
estimated loss of quarter Of million OF
dollars.
AT Charleston, S. c., on the 4th instant
CHARLES MACBETH was elected Mayor by
500 majority.
A WASHINGTON letter says that JUDGE
ROOSEVELT is a prominent candidate for The
French mission. Mr.. PRESTON is expected
home soon from Spain, and it is said he will
not return.
In the four weeks during which PAGES
Venus was exhibited at the Dusseldorf Gal.
lery, in New York, about $4,000 were taker
. at the doors. This will give an aggregat;
OF 10000 visitors.
The Boston Post, abiding to the exposure
made by FORBES, states that the cotton spec
ulation of the Massachusetts humanitari
ans" is likely to prove hempen one. Tht
spectators did not expect TO be roped in af
ter the manner indicated.
The Legislature Of Alabama met at Mil
ledgville on the 2nd inst, and both branche
were organized by the election OF LEGRANl
GUERRy as President of the Senate, ant
ISAIAH IRWIN as Speake- ofthe House. Th
Governor communicated lengthy messag
solely confined to State business, no refer
ence being made to national politics.
Cam. JouS +. CooK.--The Yale
Blode, u Democratic paper published a
t Paris, Edgar Co., H., says that Capt. J. I
Cook, one CT the Harper's Ferry incurred
+ tionists, is brother-in-law of Goyerno
: ! WILLARD, of Indana--,.iso that the Hor
) D. w. WORRIES, of Terra Haate, has bee
engaged to defend nim.
q a DISPATCH from Albany, OF ,he evenir
=, Of the 9th, states that TuuRIow WEE
:. claims the election Of II. 81. LEAyESwosT
e the Republican cand;date for Secretary
q State, over JONES, the Democratic and U
x ca nominee, by 5000 majority, aDd Of RoH
J. DENNIsToE, Republican and Utica cap(
a date for Comptroller. By 250O majority.