St. Cloud Democrat. [volume] (Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minn.) 1858-1866, 1860-02-09
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Yhe contributions received at Lawrence
!. in aid of'the sufferers by the.late catastro.
Phe have reached the generous sum of$28,
We learn from the Pioneer that Mrs.
Bilansky will be executed on Friday, the
23d Of March.
Whatever Midas touched was truned
into gold. Touch a.'man with gold now
a-days and he will tnrn into anything.
Hon. Charles J. Faulkner, of Va, has
been appointed by the President, and
confirmed by the Senate, as Minister Of
France.
The Tribune newspaper, New, York,
is valued at 100000. The Herald
stands in the same category, and the
Times next
The annual sale of pews in Rev. Henry
Ward Beecher's church in. BROOKLYN,
took place on Tuesday evening, and real
lied the sum of $29, 420.5O, being about
40 per cent; increase upon the amount
realized last year. ~. .~:.,..:.:
On Thursday last poor drunken Irish
man named VIM. O'Nicl, murdered his
wife, who was also incorporate. Their
howell is represented to have presented a
scene Of squalor and wretchedness unsur-
passed in the puriieus of New York. .''
The Washington Star thinks that If
Mr: Glosbrenner, the Sergeant at Arms of
the United States House Of Representa-
tives, would only let the members wait for
their pay a few weeks, instead Of lending
them money from the York Co. Bank, an
organization would be speedily effected, as
most Of them are dependent on, their SAL
aries and mileage for support. Our ider
exactly, .....;,.... -.
The Charleston: Mercu,y, of the 18th ult.,
says that man, supposed to be an Abo-
litionist, Of dark completion, with black
hair aud a scar over the left eye, about
five feet eleven inches in height, and cal
ling himself James W. Rivers, was taken
up on the 18th by the Vigilant Committee,
tarcd and feathered, and the right side
of his head shayen. =" 49, =:
The estate of the late Honorable Henry
i. Ellsworth bequeathcd to the Yale COL
lege, and which was, valued at million of
dollars, turns out to be worth only about
four hundred thousand dollars. A snug
sum, but not near so much as was expected,
The revenue Of Pennsylvania for the
present year was S., 82G, 320.14, and ex-
penses So, S79, 054.8l, and on the Both of
last November there was an available bal
lance of $3.50 1928 in the Treasury.
A nan named Aldridge, residing at
Fort Herkimer, in this State recently at
tempted to murder his brothers widow, by
cutting her throat. Failing in this, he
tried to burn down down her house, and
not succeeding, went and hung himself
That fellow commenced wrong end first.
Last Acts of John Broun. How shall
we characterize in words an incident
showing the Christ like nature of the lat
ter, when, stepping from the jail door,:
and finding, on his way to the gallows, a
black woman and child, he stopped down
and kissed the little one ?-Anglo A6'i-
can. --'..-"..'1 &.
A resolution was offered in the General
Assembly Of South Carolina, on the Goth
inst, recommending the Congressman
from that State to withdraw from the
Halls Of Congress iu the event Of the e.
lection of a Republican Speaker.
The Masonic Register of 1860 states
that the whole number Of lodges of Free
Masons in the United States and Terri
tories and other countries, is 6,360, and
allowing an average Of sixty-:fve members
to each, the whole number of Free Ma
sons throughout the world is 413, 400:
Troy, Dec. 3O!--About one third of the
roof and walls Of the Union Railroad De-,
pot, at its, northern end; fell at, 8 o'clock
this morning, burying the offices of the
Central & Saratoga Railroad. The cause
of the accident was a contraction Of iron
chords of an arch, from the intensely cold.
weather which made the west wall, give
way. Nobody was hurt Two thirds Of
the building was uninjured, and =. trains
run to day as usual: Loss 5000 &. j..
TELEGRAPH 10 W1NoNA--Itr lis said
that the Wisconsin State Telegraph G om-
pany intend to extend their line from La
Crosse to Wipona early III the coming
spring twill probably be continued on to
St. Paul during the year Winona Dem.
Leavenw6rth. X. r., TJan. l7.-The
two wings Of the Kansas Legislature are
still seperatcd--one at ] awrence and the
other at Lecompton. An attempt to rec
oncile the difference will be made to-mor-,
row, by the introduction in both bodies of
resolution favoring an adjournment to
Leayenworth. 49,. .l5'T ~ .'.5 s-.t'o-'
On Wednesday, III both Houses Of the
Virginia Legislature, there was reported
an appropriation Of 100000, for the
purchase of firearms and munitions of
war ~ he Aisfribnted Nv the Gnnvyerr1n5mea,l,f