The weekly pioneer and Democrat. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1855-1865, 1860-06-08

in Baltimore for the accommodation of the
members and friends of the adjourned Dem
ocratic National Convention, which assem-
bles in that city on the 18th of June. Ac-
cording to moderate estimates, the number
Of persons in attendance will not vary much
from twenty thousand. 1t is reported on
quite good authority, that at least fifteen
hundred persons from the Empire State will
be present, a delegation of five hundred
from Cincinnati, including Captain MEN
TORS fine Coronet Band, and one-third of
the full.grown men from the State of Illi>
nois."
A Texas paper says that Rev. R. P.
THOMPSON, native missionary of that State
is breaking himself of the habit of swear
ing, and reads the Scriptures quite flu
emily"
G. w. KENDALL, of the New Orleans
Picayune, who has for some years past been
branching" it in Texas, writes that he is
now the owner of 1000 lambs, and expects,
in three weeks, to own 1900.
Miss JULIA PAsrRANA, the bearded lady
who visited this city year or two ago, has
died, shortly after giving birth to male
child, in Moscow.
Tom HYER is an active LINCOLN man, and
was the leader of grand procession at
Chicago on the night following the nomina.
ton. .....
IT is whispered in high political circles
that should EDWARD EVERETT be elected
Vice President, the public printing will be
awarded to BoNNER's Ledger.
AT the Ohio Sunday School Convention,
a pious, promising goung gentleman named
SMITH, is reported to have offered the fol-
lowing resolution
Resolved, That a committee of ladies and
gentlemen be appointed to raise children for
the Sabbath schools.
Why, SMITH!
IT will be remembered that after Carl
BALDI married considerable amount of
gossip was afoat about his having separated
suddenly from his wife. A letter from Milan
says that the cause of separation originated
in the gallant general having discovered in
the possession of his bride, letters from an
Austrian officer
AN old darkey in Washington who sup~
posed from the extraordinary preparations
that were being made to receive the Japan
csc embassy, that it was composed Of SUI
perior order of beings, delivered himself thus,
after these strangers had arrived: -"Why,
dey amt nothin' more'n colored folks, wild
their heads shaved. Plenty colored folks in
dis town whittier den dey is. Better not come
here. Go to foolin' round too much, some-
body snake 'em off and sell to Orleans. De
Lord bles US, anyhow, niggers is lookin'
up"
In New ZEALAND, when the marriage GER
emory takes place it is the custom to knock
the heads of the bride and the bridegroom
together previous to their union
In Christian lands it ISM so;
The bridegroom and the bride
To loggerheads they seldom go
Until the knot is tied.
A TERRIFIC hail storm passed over Atlanta,
ILL.,, on the 2lst inst. Fears are entertained
that the growing crops and fruit have sus-
tanned material damage. Masses of hail
stone nearly or quite as large as hens eggs
were seen after the storm subsidized. Its COM
ing was announced by fearful roaring,
which could be heard for miles. Windows
on the exposed sides of houses were riddled
of glass. 1t was not accompanied by much
wind, which rendered it less devastating in
its effects.
The recent refreshing rains extend over
New England, and are said to have entirely
changed the face of nature, as vegetation is
starting up on all sides, and the fields and
orchards wear beautiful appearance.
The Boston Transcript learns from par
ties interested in the enterprise, that some
fifty miles of the Atlantic cable have been
taken up, to point extending seward from
the shores of Trinity Bay, and that frac.
lures were found in the cable just where
they had been indicated by the instruments
on shore. The intention is to underrun
similar length of the wire on the European
side, and it is thought, by the sanguine
promoters of ocean telegraping, that then
the Atlantic cable will be made to work.
WILLIAM G. PRESTON, whose death at
Columbia, South Carolina, has been an
nounced, was born on the 9th of December,
1874, in Philadelphia, while his father was
attending Congress in that place as mem
Der from Virginia. He was educated in
the University Of South Carolina, where he
graduated in 1872. He studied law in the
Office of WIN. WRIT, of Richmond, and in
1916 went to Europe, travelling through
France, England and Switzerland and at
tending legal lectures. In 1924 Mr.. PRES
TON was elected to the House of Represen-
tatives. In 1882 he was elected to the