The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-11-09

J.F. HERNANDEZ, Spanish pedler of
fancy goods in Boston, fred two pistol shots
at Miss Fanny May, who had been en-
ployed as his book keeper, and when dis.
charged, fired a shot into bis own body.
Miss May was slightly wounded. Herman
dez it is supposed is MORALLY wounded. He
has a wife and children. The supposed
cause of the tragedy is unrequited and
jealous attachment to Miss May, who is
a respectable and handsome young woman.
The Boston Journal says that "a Glou-
cester mackerel catcher was run down by a
steamer outside of Cape Canso, and in
twenty-four hours became waterlogged and
disabled. Seven of the crew were washed
overheard and the remaining nine took to a
boat and were in it two days, when it cap
sized, and before they could get her righted
two men were devoured by sharks. By this
misfortune they lost all their provisions,
water and oars. In this condition they
aoated about for four days, during which
time two men died from exhaustion. One
of the bodies was thrown overheard and
the other was kept to satisfy the hunger
which was consuming them; but just as
they were about to partake of this horrid
meal, sail hove in sight, which rapidly
neared and rescued them more dead than
alive. The vessel which rescued them was
a Portuguese. She carried them to ST.
Domingo, where they were kindly treated
and sent home by the American Consul.
EZRA BRAINER, man who murdered his
reputed mother-he always denied her
was hung at Three Rivers, IOWA Scotia, on
the 25th. He was insane, wrote doggerel
poetry, and refused all religious comfort
except saying the Lords Prayer, Gas he
remembered it" at his execution. He pro-
tested his innocence to the last, and died
hard in consequence OF the hangman's bung
ling performance of his duty.
Mr.. SOUTHARD BARNES, respectable
citizen of Plymouth, Massachusetts, com
mitted suicide on Monday by drowning
He arose as usual in the morning, said
be was going to call upon one of his ne
phews, and did not return to dinner. Sub
sequently the bells were rung, and the citi.
zens turned out in large numbers to ascer-
tain his fate,-and on the borders of Trian
gle Pond, about three miles from town, bis
hat, coat, boots, dickey and watch were
found, carefully laid out, and his body was
discovered in about two feet of water. He
has been subject to fits of depression for q
number of years.
The Philadelphia Board of Trade excur.
sionists arrived at Lexington, Kentucky
October 3lst. They were conducted to
Ashland by Mr.. Breckenridge, and partook
of dinner given by the merchants of Lex
ington. They were escorted to Louisville
by committee of the Chamber of Com
merce, arriving at six o'clock this evening
The last Thursday (29th) of November
will be the common Thanksgiving Day thi
year. 1t has already been officially named
in New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts
Maine, New Hampshire, Michigan, Ohio
Indiana and Iowa.
THE sum of $9O5, and woman, be.
longing to Terry Keelan, of New Orleans
ran off on the 2lst with gay Patrick
Cornell. Mr.. G. was arrested.
The Portland advertiser says the Grand
Trunk Railway never did better business
than it is doing at present. Freight from
the West is crowding upon it beyond tn
ability of the road to transport, and thu
officers having charge Of the freight depart
ment say that if two hundred additional boz
cars could now be added, that the receipts
could be run up at once to one hundred ant
fifty thousand dollars per week. There are
10000 barrels of -four at Toronto, alone tt
come over the road as soon as cars can bt
had. There were three hundred and thirty
nine loaded cars at the Portland depot or
Friday last from the interior, while the Rail.
road warehouses and sheds were also full Of
merchandise.
The wife of cotton broker at Mont
gomery, Ala, received and opened tele-
gram in the absence of her husband. 1t
ran thus " Your darling-sick- Saint
Nicholas-send l,000-true love only
Mary-New York, Sept, co." Jealous
rawlings and fainting fits employed the wife
till her husbands return, when, curbiDg her
feelings, she handed him the missive. She
was comforted by an explanation from his
CIPHER book of the dispatch.
A FREE negro fractured the skull of a
young man, named Henry Pregnall, in an
alteration at Charleston, South Carolina
on Thursday night.
A FROG was killed in Centre GrotOn
Massachusetts,, last week, while attempting
to swallow chicken three weeks old the
frog measured 10 inches in length.
The first theatrical performance in New
England was given at Newport, R. l., in
the year 176l, by a company under the