St. Cloud Democrat., 1860-06-21

Jaw, ana the 0tner JUST ABOVE tue montn.
Lee fell and died Immediately. The wound
inflicted upon Mrs. Lee was of most
dangerous Character. At the last accounts
she was in most critical condition. The
jury Of inquest acquitted Mr.. Flowers.
f, p0r Theodore Parker bequeathed his
private library, containing over 10000
volumes, to the Public Library, Of the
city Of Boston. T&sa @'i1 ,b21I@'22i
,'' D9-A farmer in Liberty township, Iowa,
set fire to astraw stack in his FIELD; not
knowing that his little son was asleep upon
it, and afterwards found his remains burn
ed to a crisp. s..a ,.r s,.,.$ g..r
1% The Legislature of Connecticut
has passed bill appropriating SEQ, 900,
and authorizing the Governor to appoint
three C Commissioners, with entire powers
to suppress and prevent the cattle disease
p that State. o. .,l.. -. .,..f
r; GooD.-Dick Barrett, the member of
Congress from the St., Louis District, has
bern ousted, and Frank Blair, Jr., CRep.)
admitted. Enormous frauds on the part
Of the Democrats were proven. i@: -
9zS GGErr1Na FAST. "A great trotting match
came off lately on Long Island between
Flora Temple and George NJ. Patchen.-
The race Was che greatest ever known.
Flora made her mile in 2 213, and barely
won at that. "A Anhalf mile was made in
one minute and eight seconds. zt.sz2o,H2:i
10 1%We lean, from the papers that
Sam Houstan has accepted the. nomina-
tion to the, Presidency, made tor him on
the battle field Of. San .Jacinto.. On Tues
day evening, a popular demonstration in
his behalf was made in New York: There
were about 1000 people present. The
speakers were severe on Bell and Everett.
ed ~ The Pittsburgh (Pa3 Gaxsttestates
that Chas.o Highly, late, Postmaster at New
Brighton, Beaver county, Pa, has become
crazy from the effects Of Spiritualisn. He.
embraced the delusion some years ago.
Post Office officials are sadly given to "em
bra6ing!" q In some quarters they may Sc
lect 6 spiritualism" or other "delusions, n'but
in others they don't, Their tastes differ.
"a The St: Louis Herald in speaking
Of the recently, discovered embezzlement
by clerk in that city, says the defalcation
for which Smith, the clerk, was arrested,
will hardly fall short of 500, 900. n The
rock upon which he split was the one upon
which many another has been wrecked
the lottery Office. The extent Of his ope-
rations' in this line may be imagined, when
it is stated that he is indebted to one lot
terry firm in that city to the amount Of
$lO, 1000. Z adt IL 1sz>a s....:&E a4y asers
ha1T A. correspondent writes that q the
Ambassadors have brought no priest with
them, that they perform no religious GER
emnaonieess' and u, observe. no 10 Sabbath
In their own country they say they arc
goodevery day" Says the Albany States
man :-'.s5What ! contrast to us who only
prefes. to be?good one day in seven, and
o. the strength Of + that that profession 60 it
loose on the of six days"
>; CHANGE Or TFoRTuNE.--Some years ago
servant girl who had robbed her mistress,
a mi1liner in London, was sent to Sydney
for a term of years. Since the discovery
of the Bathurst plains, she has written to
her former mistress that the, colony was ,
good place !; that as she now kept her car
riage She recommended her to come out
and set up shop, and she would be happy
| q extend he1 patronage to a. lady she SO
much esteemed. .~n~rs -zyx, 1::ss ..,.I
,b;D~i a few days ago, remarkable show.
er of frogs took place at or near Port Jer-
Wis, New York 2aAto Troy, on Saturday,
during aSrain storm there was shower Of
stones, averaging from about half the size
Of q hens egg to the size Of : small birds
egg Seven picked up promiscuously,
weighed an ounce and half Every stone
hid the smoothness and polish peculiar to
wster.side pebbles, they were supposed to
be Lake Superior asates. otasl of}# lis bra
20 E The bleached remains Of the, emf eemuli
graat party massacred at the Mountain
Meadow, ID Utah, have been collected into
q single grave, and stone monument, con-
ieal tin form, fifty feet in height, nov. marks
tho spot where they rest. This ris- sur
mounted by = cross Of red cedar, twelve
feet in; height, on which IS carved. the fol.
leEiag inscription so enganee i mine,
I viii repay, saith The. LODI On. Ae
base Of the monument, stands a. Halit5
slab, on xhieh ape cut, ,the words :T1fHere
| 100 men, Women and children. were mas
sacred in cold blood, early in September,
1857. They were from Arkansas"