The Goodhue volunteer., 1862-07-23
WHOLE NUMBER 3l4.
Miscellaneous Ite66

hfiscclaneous Itett1S:
THEY mean to raise tall students III VIZ;
consin. An exchange says, its Board o
Education has resolved to erect builliof
FOR the accommodation Of five hundred stu-
dents three stories high!
The sugar beet, so successful in France.
has been planted in Illinois, and thousand
acres of it will be grown this year.
TIE Grand Jury Of Fayette county, Ken
lucky, has found true bills of Indictment
againsta number Of rebels Of that county:
including j. G. Breckinridge.
BuLLErs.-The United States Govern.
ment has contracted for 5000 tens Of PIP
lead to be. turned into mimic rife btiletj.=
1t ill..make one hundred and fifty millions
ot balls. 49, - sss.> r,
A prize Of twenty thousand francs has
been offered at paris for the best essay on tho
Regeneration Of the bone," in the hope
that eventually, medical science will no long
have to resort to amputation.
ALL descriptions Of crops are represented
as being very poor in Alabama. Very little
Gotten has been planted, the wheat has been
ruined by rust, and the corn In unusually
backward.
| CHARLES ANDERSON, Esq, late of Texas,
and brother of "Sumter'' Anderson, has been
appointed by Governor Tod colonel Of tho
18th Ohio regiment. He has just returned
from England.
THE Hartford Post says that the man who
acts as the Breckenridge party in Vermont
is to make a convention of himself in July.
Last year he was divided on local issues, but
he hopes this year to present an unbroken
front to the enemy.
FRANK BLAIR. JR.-In speech to SER
anading party at St. Louis. on Friday night
the Hon. Frank Blair, jr., announced that he
would be candidate for re- election to Con-
gress. The Democrat says be cannot b
elected and has strong article against
him. The Germans who have heretofore
supported him will now oppose him almost
to man.
VIZ have come across one really tolerable
secesh verse which claims to be an ephigram.
} 1t runneth thus, and procesdeth from the
Charleston Mercury.
EpIGRAM
Whilst Butler plays his silly pranks.
And closes up New Orleans Banks,
Our Stonewa1l Jackson, with more cunning,
Keeps Yankee Banks forever running.
COULDN'T SUPPORT TIA chap in Vir-
t|ginia was taken prisoner by the rebels, who
. demanded that he should take an oath to
, support the confederate government. Tho
. fellow said he had taken great many big
oaths in his day, but he could not even sup
port his own family, and to swear to support
the confederate government was taller swear.
ing than he dare do.
: The Albany Evening Journal is urging
) the Governor o: New York to raise the mum.
Der Of troops required from that Stately
> drafting.
The Douse has passed bill, which had
previously passed the Senate, locating Gov
ernment Arsenals at Columbus Ohio, India
napolis, Ind, and Rock Island, ILL.,. appro-
priating $1oo, 900 for each.
t, The Mormons, it appears, treat the 4th
Of July with silent contempt, celebrating
( instead the 24th Of July, on which day, in
l947, they arrived in Utah. They are -
coasumately Independent, that they have, q
t favorite toast on public occasions, I'VE
can rock the cradle Of liberty without Uncle
. Sam to help us'.
1Mh1eRATloN.-From the western part ol
the State We hear constantly Of the increas
ing immigration. The excellent opportuni
ties offered to settle in tho Chippewa Vallsy
seem to be getting known abroad Niluau-
kee Sentinel.
A man 1t New OrIesns has asked pay ol
the United States Government for work
done on the rebel ram Manassas. Probably
all tho rebel officers will be sending their
. claims to Washington by and by for then
services in the cause Of the rebellion. Their
natural query will be If the United States
Government won't pay US, Who the devil
will ?-Louisrilk journal.
. Echo answers-"INe derl soiH.''
r GooD.-Ths Rochester Union SAYS:
people used to say that Fremont was 4
Catholic. His refusal to serve under Pops
4 ought to Be sufficient evidence that hs Is
not"
"Pray, SIR" said gentleman 70 wsg
. uron . wharf, "what Is wood now?'
"Why, tsscs cut down and chopped up.''
AUscATIsE county, lows, 10 Rising her
foartssnth company. for the was, and il amt
!. much of county, sither. The rest of ths
= lpopalation i pledged 70 80 II necessary.
RoELE REsrossE.-The common council
{ iof the city u Buffalo, on Monday, voted to